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Fairy sheltering under lily leaf on a greetings cardFairy sheltering under a lily leaf on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
Frances Lady DucieFRANCES lady DUCIE Aristocratic lady depicted toying with a lorgnette suspended round her neck by a necklace. Date: CIRCA 1840
Piero Paolo BissaroPIERO PAOLO (PIERRE PAUL) BISSARO - Italian jurist, in his finest clothes - fancy lace collar and cuffs, and a whopping great crucifix dangling from a necklace ! Date: 17TH CENTURY
Paul ChamberlenPAUL CHAMBERLEN Medical : accoucheur, inventor of the anodyne necklace for teething children and women in labour. Date: 1635 - 1717
Marie-Louise (Heath)MARIE-LOUISE OF AUSTRIA second empress of Napoleon I wearing tiara, a double- necklace and a resigned expression. Date: 1791 - 1847
Josephine (Bond)MARIE JOSEPHE ROSE TASCHER de BEAUHARNAIS empress of Napoleon I wearing tiara but, for once no necklace. Date: 1763 - 1814
Josephine (Gerard 2)MARIE JOSEPHE ROSE TASCHER de BEAUHARNAIS empress of Napoleon I wearing crown and necklace. Date: 1763 - 1814
Josephine (Ribault)MARIE JOSEPHE ROSE TASCHER de BEAUHARNAIS empress of Napoleon I wearing crown and necklace. Date: 1763 - 1814
Josephine (Champagne)MARIE JOSEPHE ROSE TASCHER de BEAUHARNAIS empress of Napoleon I seated with tiara and necklace. Date: 1763 - 1814
Advert for Eugene permanant hair 1938The secret of beautiful dressing is largely hair dressing! 1938
Evening Dress 1890Mrs W J Bonsor wears a decollete evening gown with tight lace bodice & draped skirt & marabou trimmed mantle. She wears three bracelets, a necklace & tiara. Date: 1890
Necklace pendants and earrings 1929Sapphire and diamond necklace pendants and long drop earrings, products for Harrods catalogue jewellery department. Date: 1929
Kitty Gordon (1878 1974), English stage and silent film actress, wearing a tiara, pearl drop earrings & a double string of pearls around her neck. Date: circa 1905
Alexandra FedorovnaALEXANDRA FEDOROVNA of Prussia Wife of Nicholas (Nikolai) I of Russia (1796 - 1855) (ruled 1825 - 1855) Date: 1798 - 1860
Female Type / DressingA pretty young woman kneels on a chair to get dressed, and is rather pleased with her new pearl necklace, a gift from an admirer. Date: 1914
Female Type / 1917 PhotoA young woman of the First World War period, wearing a hat. Date: 1917
Female Type / Actress 1889Unidentified Victorian actress of the older generation. Date: 1889
Ball Dress Dec. 1824White gown with gallo-greek bodice & short puffed sleeves. The hem is decorated with rouleaux - some applied in wavy lines. Bows adorn the skirt, sleeves & bodice. Date: 1824
Egyptian Lady SmokesEgyptian woman stands holding a cigarette, her face turned away from the camera, wearing striped headscarf, necklace and metallic bangles on her wrists. Date: 1919
Evening Dress 1818White evening gown worn over a blue slip. The neck-line is cut low & off the shoulder. The long sleeves have vandyked epaulettes & cuffs. The hem has 3 deep flounces of lace. Date: 1818
Selling a necklaceA jeweller shows a necklace to a potential lady customer 1933
Cartoon, The gift from France, WW1Cartoon, The gift from France, showing a German lady receiving a simply adorable gift from her soldier, a severed hand on a necklace. Date: 1915
Pink Ball Dress / 1823A pale pink gown with a deep, decorative border at the hem, ornamented with blue flowers at the neckline and on the sleeves. She wears a pearl necklace & pearls in her hair. Date: 1823
Constance Cummings (1910 2005) (Constance Halverstadt) American actress of stage and screen
Alice Terry (1900 1987), American silent film actress and director Date: 1884
Carolina Otero / ReutlingCAROLINA OTERO Spanish actress and dancer wearing a fur coat Date: 1868 - 1965
Connie Gilchrist / 1889CONNIE GILCHRIST English actress who left the stage in the late 1880s to become Countess of Orkney Date: 1865 - 1946
Ka-Te-Qua / Female EagleKa-te-qua (Female Eagle). 15 year old daughter of the chief of the Shawano (Shawnee) tribe. Date: 1830
Louise Thurn und TaxisLouose, countess von Thurn und Taxis in the 16th century, Count Roger of Thurn und Taxis set up a German mail service. Date: 17th Century
M Antoinette / Bosselmannqueen of Louis XVI, wearing a necklace - possibly the one which caused such a scandal ? Date: 1755 - 1793
Jane Shore - BartolozziJane Shore (? - 1527) - Mistress of Edward IV
Beresford / Lady CharlesLADY CHARLES BERESFORD Wife of Lord Charles Beresford Intimate friend of Edward VII Date: -
Lady Carew DrawingJULIA MARY, (NEE LETHBRIDGE), LADY CAREW Wife of the 3rd Baron
Alma Taylor English film actress and member of the Hepworth Picture Players Date: 1895 - 1974
Lucy Hutchinson / Anon EngLUCY HUTCHINSON nee Apsley Writer Date: 1620 - ?
Margaret, Lady CliveMARGARET, LADY CLIVE Wife of Baron Clive of Plassey Date: 1735 - 1817
Anne De BaviereANNE DE BAVIERE Duchesse d ENGHIEN She married the Duc d Enghien on 1 December 1663 Date: 1648 -
Annie Besant / Ilz 1933ANNIE BESANT English theosophist and Indian political leader in old age Date: 1847 - 1933
Helen Hayes (1900 - 1993), American actress of stage and film
Queen Anne / RonjatQUEEN ANNE Reigned from 1702 Date: 1665 - 1714
Egyptian jewellery & figurinesAn Egyptian necklace and figurines. Date: ANCIENT EGYPT
Eyecare / Eyebrows 1928A lady attends to her eyebrows Date: 1928
Montespan / Mme / Mote EngFRANCOISE-ATHENAISE ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART alias MME DE MONTESPAN Mistress of Louis XIV and mother of six children by him Date: 1641 - 1707
Racial / New Guinea 3 MenMen of New Guinea Date: circa 1870
Emilia Boldrini Date: -
Baroness BolsoverBARONESS BOLSOVER In 1889 Date: -
Elizabeth / Countess / LelyELIZABETH COUNTESS OF CHESTERFIELD nee Butler Second wife of Philip Stanhope, 1st earl Date: 1640 - 1665
Elizabeth / CountessELIZABETH COUNTESS OF CHESTERFIELD nee Butler Second wife of Philip Stanhope, 1st earl Date: 1640 - 1665