Mirror Collection (page 10)

Vain man at a mirror on a comic greetings card, with verse. Date: circa 1850s

Boy with dog and mirror on a cutout greetings card
Boy with dog and ornate mirror on a cutout three-dimensional greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic postcard, Man with hangover mistakes his hairbrush for a mirror Date: 20th century

Cats in a dress shop on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cupid with a camera on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Cat dressing in front of a mirror on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Woman in a garden with fruit and flowers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Young woman in nylon nightie
A young woman in a nylon nightie sits at her bedroom dressing table and combs her hair. Date: late 1970s

Advert for Royal Worcester corsets 1914
Slim silhouette of women wearing waist-line corsets. 1914

Page from catalogue of toilet requisites
Page of toilet requisites from Harrods catalogue (1911 - 1912), Brushes and Turnery Department. This page includes shaving brushes, nail brushes hand mirrors and bath mats. Date: 1911

Advert for N D Eynede Paris corsetmarker 1909
Women wearing elegant corsets with drawstrings to the back to bring in the waist with lace edging. 1909

Billie Dove - American Actress of the silent film era
Billie Dove (1903-1997) - one of the most popular American actresses of the 1920s. Date: circa 1925

Aztec / Mixtec. 15th-16th C. From Mexico. The skull of the smo
Mexica/Mixtec. 15th-16th C. From Mexico. The skull of the smoking mirror. Turquoise, lignite and pyrite. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Reichstags Dome by Norman Foster (b. 1935). Night. Berlin. G
Dome of the Reichstag, seat of the German Parliament, designed by Norman Foster (b.1935). Interior. Night. Berlin. Germany

Jazzy Curtains 1930S
Jazzy bedroom curtains and pelmets, decorated with musical instruments. Date: 1930s

Dining Room 1940S
A typical 1940s dining room, decorated in a dark green colour. Note the picture rail, Art Deco style fireplace, radiogram, sideboard, table with tablecloth, vase, etc. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Advert for Maple & Co. furniture 1890
Various furniture, available from Maple & Co, Tottenham Court Road, London. circa 1890

Advert for Maple & Co. bedroom furniture 1906
Soild oak bedroom furniture, consisting of wardrobe with mirrored door, dressing chess with landscape mirror and washstand with marble top and tiled splashback. 1906

Advert for Maple & Co bedroom suite 1882
Beautifully enamelled and highly-finished bedroom suite. Consisting of large wardrobe with drawers bevelled plate-glass door

Mermaid of Zennor wood carving, Zennor Church, Cornwall
A wood carving of a mermaid on the end of a pew in Zennor Church, near St Ives, Cornwall. She is known as the Mermaid of Zennor and is depicted with long flowing hair

Cartoon, The Bulgarian Cad, WW1
Cartoon, The Bulgarian Cad (with a pun on his large nose), showing King Ferdinand of Bulgaria admiring himself in a hand mirror. Date: 1915

Fire at the Balham Covered Retail Market - 1953
Six-Pump Fire at the Balham Covered Retail Market, 31 Bedford Hill (on junction with Shipka Road), Balham, London 8th May 1953. Date: 1953

The Sad Experiences of Big and Little Willie. - WWI
A bound copy with gold-leaf edges of The Sad Experiences of Big and Little Willie during the first 6 months of the Great War as portrayed by W. K. Haselden in the Daily Mirror

Erasmic soap, WW1 advertisement
Advertisement for Erasmic soap, a popular brand during the first half of the 20th century, depicting a pretty young woman with flaming red hair contemplating her reflection in a hand mirror while

A young woman at her dressing table
A woman applies powder puff to her face as she beautifies herself in the mirror; make-up, perfume and clothes are scattered around the room which the maid in the background seems to be sorting out

Graven Grace and Modern Chic by George Barbier
The caption reads: Paris looks at the past: Cecile Sorel in an 18th Century setting. Date: 1926

Looking in the Mirror
A lady looking at herself in a dressing table mirror, holding her face and scrutinising her features. Date: early 1930s

Thomas Hill, Bookman
THOMAS HILL Bibliophile, book collector and author of The mirror of fashion, Date: 1760 - 1840

Artistes de Music Hall by Rose-Marie Guillaume
Salon de Paris - Artistes de Music Hall - painting by Rose-Marie Guillaume Date: circa 1910

Just like Mother! A little girl tries on a corset
Just like Mother! A little French girl tries on a corset and checks out the result in an ornate full-length gilt-edged mirror with the aid of a footstool. Date: circa 1905

Anna Neagle dancing the twist with Grenville Collins
Anna Neagle (1904-1986) - popular British stage and film actress and singer dancing the twist with 19-year-old guest Grenville Collins (1943-) !

1920S Bedroom
A light and spacious bedroom with a connecting door leading to the next room. Date: 1920s

Eyebrow Pencil 1940S
Forties glamour - a brunette model defines her eyebrows with an eyebrow pencil. Date: 1940s

Edwardian boat interior, with table and chairs
View of the interior of an Edwardian boat. A table is set, but possibly more for drinking than eating, with a bottle and several glasses. There are three upright chairs with wicker seats

Addition and Subtraction by P. B. Hickling
A typical 1920s flapper girl, wearing a short dress, yellow stockings and with bobbed, shingled hair, applies her lipstick in the mirror watched by a fairly diffident cat

Studies in femininity by Suzanne Meunier
Illustration of an attractive flapper girl admiring herself in the mirror

Woman in Nylon Nightie
A young woman in a nylon nightie sits at her bedroom dressing table and brushes her hair, checking how alluring she looks in a mirror, before going to bed

Allan Ramsay / Eglinton
ALLAN RAMSAY Scottish poet and editor, reading to the Countess of Eglinton and others

Nude blue lady
A nude, blue lady admires her reflection in a hand mirror

Medusa (Anon)
The chief of the Gorgons, her face is so terrible that anyone who sees it is turned to stone : but Perseus slays her by looking in a mirror as he removes her head

In the Mirror
Madame is satisfied with her reflection, wearing her grande robe du soir by Paul Poiret which cost her husband a pretty centime

Fads and Fancies revue by Joseph Hayman, with music by Herman Darewski, presented by Harry Day. First produced at the New Cross Empire on 18th October 1915

La Poupee by Ernest Hubbard
A young woman in a slip admires herself in front of a mirror. Close by a poupee or boudoir doll sits with its arms outstretched looking up at its owner. Date: 1929

Lip stick in Tutankhamens day
Illustration reflecting facts described in Adolph Ermans Life in Ancient Egypt showing an Egyptian woman applying rouge - apparently the Egyptians applied this even to corpses. Date: 1924

Ethel Irving as Lolette in Dame Nature by Frederick Fenn
Ethel Irving (18691963) as Lolette in Dame Nature by Frederick Fenn from La Femme Nue by Henri Bataille, (Renaissance Theatre in Paris on 22nd February 1908)

For the Tousseau 1933
Model wearing fashionable nightdresses, all available from Harrods. Date: 1933

Cartoon, Forever Young - Appearances Deceive - Theatre Makeup. early 19th century

Lake view at Engelsberg, Vastmanland, 1893, by Olof
Olof Arborelius (1842-1919). Swedish painter. Lake view at Engelsberg, Vastmanland, 1893. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

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