Nails Collection (page 2)

Boy stuntman on bed of nails
Britains youngest stuntman, 8-year-old Tom Paynton, is encouraged by his father Eric as he practises on a bed of nails in the garden. Date: circa 1960s

An idol from the Congo with nails and knives driven into it
An idol from the Congo with knives and nails driven in to it. The wooden idol, from the region north of the Lower Congo (Chiloango River)

Gibbs Happy Families - Master Chips
Gibbs Happy Families - Miss Tooth the Dentists daughter. 20th century

Man lying on bed of nails - street performer, Paris, France Date: 1980s

Isola Sacra Necropolis. Roman Imperial times. Relief. Medica
Isola Sacra Necropolis. Pagan cementery of Roman Imperial times. Relief. Medical patient washing the feet. To the right medical instruments. Italy

Jesus showing sores with Virgin Mary and Saint John and two
Doctrine Chretienne. Manuscript. France. 13th century. Miniature depicting Jesus sitting, showing sores. Beside him, the Virgin Mary

Foot case for a mummy. Roman Period. 1st century AD
Foot case for a mummy. Gilded feet with sandals and a checker pattern depicting basketwork. Linen with plaster, painted and gilded. Roman Period. 1st century AD

Our Lady and St. Bernard, 1709. Copy. Prague. Czech Republic
Our Lady and St. Bernard. By Matej Vaclav Jackel (1709). 18th century. Baroque sculpture decorating the Charles Bridge. Copy of the original. Prague. Czech Republic

Caricature of G H MacDermott, English music hall singer
Caricature of Gilbert Hastings MacDermott (1845-1901), English music hall singer and lion comique. No theatres for him at Christmas: he nails his colours to the music hall mast. 1882

Mill and wheel on a cutout birthday card with rustic border and verse. Date: circa 1890s

Mill and wheel on a cutout New Year card with rustic border and seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

On a Bed of Nails
A passer-by gives a donation to a fakir who lies on a bed of nails Date: 19th century ?

Boy and girl attaching New Year greeting to a tree
Boy and girl in historical costume attaching a New Year greeting to a tree. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl attaching Christmas greeting to a tree
Boy and girl in historical costume attaching a Christmas greeting to a tree. Date: circa 1890s

The Docks, Millwall, London
The Docks, Millwall, Ilford, County of London, England. Showing Crates of Empire Horse Shoe Nails from Sweden Date: 1909

India - Group of Fakins
A black and white lantern slide of a man sitting on a bed of nails. Slide number 36 of Box 221 Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Spain - Segovia - House of the Nails
A black and white slide showing a house in the city of Segovia. Segovia is a city in Spain, the capital of Segovia Province in the autonomous community of Castile

Dutch boy scout scrubbing his fingernails, Holland
A Dutch boy scout scrubbing his fingernails, Holland

Fakir on bed of nails, India
Fakir (a religious ascetic) sitting on a bed of nails, India. Date: circa 1890s

False Nails
Rather clumsy clip-on false nails! Date: early 1930s

Girl of the Ouled Nails - Algeria - North Africa
Woman from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Nails of Milagro-Quevedo Culture. 500-1500. Copper. Art from the Guayas basin. Decorative Arts. ECUADOR. Quito. Culture House. Proc: ECUADOR. GUAYAS

Water Skiing

Daily inspection of teeth and finger nails. Older pupils make the inspection under the direction of teacher who records results. This has been done every day this year. School, 49, Comanche County

Nails are withdrawn, but the marks are still there. Print showing a boy examining the marks on Jesuss hands and feet. Date c1891

Beautiful woman surrounded by roses
Glamorous young lady with red lipstick, red nails and startling green eyes, surrounded by a beautiful array of pink roses. 1937

Varnishing Nails
Nail varnish should be applied very carefully, with a small brush, first horizontally from left to right, then vertically from the fingertips downwards. Do not smear the varnish! Date: 1930s

Vivid Varnish

Chalking Nails
A white chalk pencil applied to the nails gives a pleasing appearance to the fingertips! Date: 1930s

Lovely Hands and Nails
The attraction of lovely hands and varnished fingernails. Date: 1930s

Flattered Model
Head and shoulders portrait of a woman in a plain blouse looking rather flattered. Date: late 1960s

Alexander Cruden
ALEXANDER CRUDEN Churchman, compiler of the classic Bible Concordance : ornamented with an open Bible, crown of thorns, hammer and nails etc. Date: 1701 - 1770

The Divinity that Shapes our Ends by Lindsay Cable
A rather tranquil scene showing a man having his nails manicured by a pretty beautician. Date: 1930

Algeria - Biskra - Ouled Nails Women
Algeria - Biskra. Women from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

David Wright woman in black negligee
Elegant woman with blonde hair, wearing a strapless black negligee. She is looking at herself in a mirror. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

David Wright woman in black underwear
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing black underwear. She appears to be sitting up in bed, with a dark green cover in front of her

David Wright woman in black fur stole
Elegant woman with black hair, wearing a long black fur stole over a turquoise day dress. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Women of the Ouled-Nails resting, Algeria
Women of the Ouled-Nails resting and drinking tea. Women from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing

Biskra - Street of Ouled Nails
The houses of the Ouled Nails, Biskra, Algeria. The women of the Ouled-Nails earned money through belly dancing. The women are heavily made-up, going unveiled at all times and wear their hair up

The houses of the Ouled Nails, Algeria
The houses of the Ouled Nails, Biskra, Algeria. The women of the Ouled-Nails earned money through belly dancing. The women are heavily made-up, going unveiled at all times and wear their hair up

Ouled-Nahils, Algeria - Southern Algerian Woman
Woman from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Sweetness of Doing Nothing
Il dolce far niente... In Italian, it means " the sweetness of doing nothing"... She is likely a woman from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive

Lear / Nonsense / The Nile
There was an Old Man of the Nile, who sharpened his nails with a file, Till he cut out his thumbs, and said calmly, This comes of sharpening ones nails with a file! Date: First published: 1846

Crucifixion & Attributes
Jesus on his cross is surrounded with the attributes of his Passion - nails, sponge on a stick, St Veronicas handkerchief, scourges, 30 pieces of silver, cock etc

The wooden Hindenburg
A big wooden statue of Field-Marshal von Hindenburg erected in Berlin. It was proposed that Germans could drive nails into the statue for a fee, with proceeds to go to charity

Syringe Ready for Action
A nurse holds up a syringe, ready to perform an injection on her patient - ouch!

Hand Holds a Telephone
A hand with manicured finger nails hold up a white telephone handset

Madras Check Frock 1940S
A young woman, wearing a madras check dress with short puff sleeves, paints her nails

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