Nails Collection (page 3)

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

Penitent / Sedan Chair
A shaven-headed religious man (possibly a monk) spends reflective time in a spike - lined sedan chair in China in penitent repose

Cross and Symbols
depicted with a variety of other Christian symbols, including the Crown of Thorns, the nails with which Jesus was fixed to the Cross, the dice used by the soldiers &c

Demon & Horse Shoe
A cottager nails a horse-shoe over his front door, thereby frustrating the Devil who is lurking nearby with evil intentions

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A girl with exquisitely tapering fingers (and nails perfected by Cutex) dresses a Christmas tree

Caxton - Second Pawn
THE SECOND PAWN which stands before the Knight represents a smith who provides the knight with bridles, saddles etc

Nail Varnishing 1960S
A girl in a flouncy pink dress applying pink nail varnish to her nails

British Sailor 1797
John Crawford nails the flag to the main top gallant masthead on board the Venerable

Satires / Suffragette
The suffragette nails her colours to the mast

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