Moors Collection (page 2)

Womans hairstyle and jewelry, Senegambia, 18th century
Womans braided hairstyle and jewelry, Senegambia, 18th century. Headress and ornaments of the negro women. Coiffure des negresses. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Worker, soldier and queen termites, Macrotermes bellicosus
Worker termite, Macrotermes bellicosus of Guinea 1, head of worker 2, soldier 3, head of soldier 4, female, winged state 5, and pregnant queen 6

Moorish grisgris, water bottle and pouch, Senegal
String of gris-girs, leather water bottle and pouch made by the Moors, Senegal, 18th century. Grisgris, water bottle and pouch. Collier de gris-gris, outre des Maures, giberne

Mandinka man playing a balafon with sticks
Mandinka man playing a balafon or gourd xylophone with sticks. In the background, men sit outside a hut or granary near a river. A negro playing on the balafo

King Sandaineh of Saloum, Senegambia, 18th century
King Sandaineh of Saloum, seated on a couch of reeds, Wolof or Jolof Empire, Senegambia, 18th century. In gold crown, cotton tunic, smoking a tobacco pipe. Scimitar and saddle on the walls

A floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River
Man and donkeys and other porters with sacks on their heads cross a floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River. View of a a bridge over the Ba-Fing or Black River

Weapons and musical instruments of Senegambia, 18th century
Weapons, musical instrument and pipe of Senegambia, 18th century. Bow, powder horn, lance, quiver, arrow, boot, guitar and tobacco pipe

Metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century
Forged metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century. Horses bit, spade and napha or portfolio. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Man weaving cotton on a loom, Senegambia, 18th century. He sits with his legs in a pit, with the warp tied to a large rock, under a mat shade. A weaver. Tisserand negre

Two slatees guard a coffle of enslaved men, Senegal
Two armed Mandinka slatees (slave merchants) guard a coffle of six enslaved men, each wearing a heavy wooden neck collar supported by the man in front. Senegal, West Africa, 1800s

Woman of Senegambia beating cotton, 18th century. She beats the raw cotton instead of carding it. She sits on a wooden bench in front of a thatched hut

Blacksmith or goldsmith at work, Senegambia, 18th century. He works unders thatched hut with tools including fire, anvil, hammer, pincers and bellows. Orfevre ou Forgeron Negre. A goldsmith

View of a Fuli town and plantations, Senegambia
View of a Fuli or Fula town and plantations, Senegambia, 18th century. Circular walled village of the Fuli people. With cattle and guard house at left, rows of huts in centre

Plan of the King of Sines palace, Joal, Senegambia, 18th century. Entrance A, courts B, connecting huts C, kings hut D, wives huts E, reception area F, dining area G, servants huts H

Women of Senegambia washing themselves, 18th century
Women of Senegambia washing themselves with water from a basin, 18th century.. One carries a baby on her back. Negro women washing themselves

Johnny Newcome drinking grog in the cockpit with other middys (midshipmen), HMS Victory. Sextants, pistols and muskets hang from hooks on the walls, a tub of grog on the floor. The Cockpit

Order of Alcantara and Military Order of Christ
Knights of the Spanish Order of Alcantara, Knights of St. Julian, and the Portuguese Military Order of Christ. In ceremonial robes with emblems. Ordini Cavallereschi di Alcantara, di Cristo, etc

Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
View of the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, near Madrid, Spain. Prospetto delL Escoriale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Medals and monuments of the Celtiberians, Celtic people of the Iberian peninsula in the centuries before Christ. Medaglie e monumenti del tempo dei Celtiberieti

11th Armoured Division exercise, Yorkshire Moors, WW2
11th Armoured Division exercise on the Yorkshire Moors, attended by Winston Churchill during the Second World War. 1941

Plate from Chaffagiolo, Tuscany, Renaissance enamel ware, with Moors head within escutcheon, border of dolphins, shells and cornucopia

Moors of Beni-Ulixes surrender at Annual, Morocco
Moroccan Campaign - Moors of Beni-Ulixes surrender at Annual, Spanish Morocco, to Franco-Spanish troops. 1925

Lunch on the Moors in September 1870
Group of women sit on the Moors having a picnic and painting the view. Date: 1870

Bonnie Prince Charlie in hiding in the moors of Scotland
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720-1788) - the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII, and the Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain in hiding in a cave in Scotland

Algeria - Two Moorish women in traditional costume Date: circa 1910s

Tangier, Morocco - A Moorish Boy Date: circa 1905

Tangier, Morocco - Moors selling sweets Date: circa 1905

Tangier, Morocco - Moorish Saints House Date: circa 1910s

Tangier, Morocco - A Group of Moors. Date: circa 1905

YORKSHIRE MOORLAND
YORKSHIRE : Barden Tower stands above Wharfedale, which runs through the moorland countryside of Yorkshire, England. Date: 1909

ORDER OF AVIS A knight of this Portuguese order, created in 1162 to oppose the infidel Moors currently invading the peninsula

Ribble Valley, winter - 02
Remote hill farm barn in winter near Ingleborough, in the Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales. Snow is on the fields Date: 1990

Ribble Valley, winter - 01
Remote hill farm barn in winter near Ingleborough, in the Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales. Snow is on the fields Date: 1990

Hutton-le-Hole
Sheep wander at will around the village of Hutton-le-Hole, North Yorkshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: circa 1990

Coal spoil tips Staffs
man walking his dog in the early morning rain below the coal spoil tips Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Image first appeared in The Sunday Times Date: circa 1986

Livorno, Tuscany, Italy - Monument of the Four Moors
The Monument of the Four Moors (Monumento dei Quattro mori) - located in Livorno, Italy. It was completed in 1626 to commemorate the victories of Ferdinand I of Tuscany over the Ottomans

Distress in Lancashire: mill-hands work on Preston Moors
The distress in Lancashire: mill-hands at work on Preston Moors. Unemployed operatives levelling waste ground on the north side of the town, over seen by inspectors

Battle of Tours or Battle of Poitiers. Octuber 732. Miniature of Great Chronicle of France. Chateau of Chantilly. France

Old woman with a cigarette in her mouth climbing over frence
Old woman with a cigarette in her mouth climbing over a fence, accompanied by two friends, on what looks like a day-out in the countryside. Presumably in the North York Moors national park

England / Kingsthorpe
An early summer scene, showing the May blossoms at Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England, with a view across the meadows, known as The Moors, to St. Johns Church. Date: 1950s

Gillie boy with dogs on grouse shoot, Scotland
Gillie boy with pointers or setters on a grouse shoot on the Scottish moors. 19th century

Blackburn Road, Great Harwood, Lancashire
Blackburn Road, Great Harwood, Blackburn, near Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, England. Date: 1900s

Collecting sphagnum moss for dressings, Dartmoor, WW1
Picking up sphagnum moss on the moors on the Royal Duchy of Cornwall estate near Princetown for use in surgical dressings during the First World War

ECUADOR. Quito. Convent of San Francisco. Inside the church and main altarpiece of 18th c. work of Bernardo de Legarda and the Padre Carlos. Mudejar art. Architecture

Morocco - A group of Moors - Tangiers
A Moorish man with two of his wives in an outdoor garden in Tangiers, Morocco

Irish Setter (Shaw)
Irish setter on the moors

Crusoe Escapes the Moors
Robinson Crusoe escapes from the Moors

Postbridge, Dartmoor, Devon
Postbridge on Dartmoor, Devon, a clapper bridge over the East Dart river, built circa 1400. circa 1908

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