Necks Collection

Two cows with bells round their necks in Alpine scenery. Date: circa 1970s

Dante & Virgil on Ice
Virgil is Dantes guide on a tour of Inferno; they come across some evildoers punished by being placed up to their necks in ice

Dante & Virgil in Hell
Sinners stand in a frozen lake, with only the tops of their heads above the ice; the rest of their bodies are subjected to a permanent cold bath: Dante & Virgil look on

Three German Sunlovers
One-piece bathing costumes for men & women. His is striped, the ladys ones have V -necks & short legs. The lady in the sleeveless costume wears bathing shoes or espadrilles

High-waisted houppelandes (gowns) with turned-down collars, V -necks, funnel sleeves & trains, sideless surcoat, mantle, girdle & headdresses, templers & veils Date: 15th century

Photograph of Swan With Two Necks PH, Whetstone, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

DANTE IN HELL
Virgil is Dantes guide on a tour of Inferno; they come across some evildoers punished by being placed up to their necks in ice

Comic postcard, Supply and demand - the price of poultry Date: 20th century

Woman with Goitres, Traveller in Swiss Alps
Woman with Goitres (swollen neck) and Traveller, both in the Swiss Alps. 1834

The Swan with Two Necks was once a coaching in in the City of London. Until the arrival of the railways, it was one of the principal departure points for travel to the north of England

Girls with swans, River Thames, Windsor
Two girls feed a flock of white swans beneath Windsor Bridge, Henley on The River Thames Date: 1989

Weasel in white winter fur - adult (Mustela nivalis). common predator in taiga-forests, Russia

Japanese / Manchurian / Red-crowned CRANE - pair dancing in snow (Grus japonensis)

Msai GIRAFFE - x three, Giraffe peers over 2nd giraffes back with tongue out (Giraffa camelopardalis). Ruaha National Park, Tanzania, Africa

Suffragette Votes for Women Ceramic Cats
A pair of dark grey ceramic cats with the textured fur coats and ribbons around their necks. Their mouths are open as they demand, Votes for Women. Probably of English origin but with no marks

A pair of Ostrich - Kenya, East Africa Date: 1940s

Mother and baby - Hong Kong - Babies carried in bright bags on backs wobbly necks. Date: 1952

Satirical ballooning cartoon
Satirical cartoon: The Aerostatic Stage Balloon sets out from Swan with two necks Various passengers can be seen, sitting on three levels. They include royalty, a pope, a cardinal and a devil. 1783

Two prisoners of war captured by Canadians, WW1
Two young prisoners of war with tins hanging round their necks, captured by the Canadians during the First World War. Date: 23 April 1918

Children Eating Soup
Two children, neatly dressed, and with napkins around their necks tuck in enthusiastically to a steaming bowl of Campbells vegetable soup

The Zulu wars. An attack of Zulu warriors
Zulu warriors in full battle dress with plumes around their necks and elaborate head dresses launching themselves into battle, carrying shields and rifles

Costume / 2 Girls 1860S
Two girls in identical dresses with short full skirts, a row of pleated braid on the hem & sleeves & loose bodices with high round necks. Hair: hair net & chignon, ringlets

Folklore / Hydra
Herakles must slay the Hydra of Nemea, whose nine heads are self- renewing : his nephew Iolaus has the answer - cauterise the necks as soon as severed

Sport / Unconventional
THE ROPED-HEAD GAME A Bavarian contest, in which two men seek each to pull the other with the rope which links both their necks

Meneliks Subjects Rebel
When 50 of his subjects rebel, Menelik, Ethiopian ruler, cuts off their right hands and hangs them round their necks

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