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Strikes With Nose, Chief. Date c1899
Chinese Emperor(?) and Empress(?) seated on raised platform with musicians seated in front of them; the Emperor appears to have lost his nose and part of his right shoulder
Kyogen play with three characters, one wearing a large hat and a disk over his nose. Date between 1800 and 1870
Two views of an airship shaped like a long tube with a pointed nose, propellers on the side and a rudder, resembling an 1850 design proposed by Pierre Jullien, a French clock maker from Villejuif
Half length image of bearded tramp in hat, touching finger to nose with full length image of same tramp to the left. Date c1890
Silhouette of a pointer sniffing out a scent
Pahouin man from Gabon, Central Africa. circa 1910s
Crashed RAF aircraft - WWIA crashed RAF Saulnier monoplane - The Joan of Arc - which brought down the German biplane Albatros at Vaudemanges, France. Date: circa 1915
Irritable LionessA lioness growls at the flies on her nose! Date: 1960s
Caricature - William Eugene Pussyfoot JohnsonSatirical postcard, railing against the arrival in Great Britain of William Eugene " Pussyfoot" Johnson (18621945), a leading American advocate of prohibition
The Man Who Blew His Nose In A Silence Zone, by H. M. BatemIllustration by H. M. Bateman showing a man disturbing the peace in a residential area. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander
Ayah - Indian Nursemaid looking after a rather pampered little baby in a very elegant pram. Date: circa 1910s
Sprint CyclistsSprint cyclists, nose to tail on the cycle race track, Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980
Nose Sunburn ProtectorSunburned noses are a no no on the fashionable ski slopes of St. Moritz, Switzerland. Our model wears a nifty nose protector to keep her nose out of trouble. Date: 1930s
HOPEs NOSEHopes Nose, a rocky part of the British coastline, near Torquay, Devon, England. Date: 1950s
Fortune Telling CanaryA young woman with a hooked nose, wearing a cloche hat, asks an old gipsy woman if her canary can tell her fortune. Date: early 1930s
Kissing a Ladys HandA gentleman kisses a ladys hand through her glove, taking care not to catch his nose on the flap of her built-in wrist watch! Date: early 1930s
Hand Painting PotteryA lady with rather a long nose, hand painting pottery. Date: early 1930s
German Hannover CL. II crashed biplane, WW1An American photograph of a German Hannover CL.II escort fighter biplane, brought down on its nose behind American lines north west of the heights of Montfaucon in the Argonne, eastern France
I ve broken the iceDog with his nose frozen after dipping it in an icy bucket of water. Date: circa 1920
Two women in outfits by Bernard and PremetTwo fashionable women one wearing a navy dress coat with multicolored lining and matching brimmed cloche hat and handbag, by Bernard
E Richards. Two bonny blue eyesTwo bonny blue eyes, a dear little nose, a pretty little mouth, and her name is Rose. A little boy pays court to a little girl who stands watering her garden. 20th century
Princess Elizabeth wiping Princess Annes nosePrincess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) wiping the nose of her second child, Princess Anne before listening to the pipe band of the Argyll
Lady powders her cheeksA Victorian young lady with a beauty spot powders her cheeks. Date: 1889
Nubian Children - Elephantine Island, Egypt. Part of the modern Egyptian city of Aswan, the islands shape is similar to that of an elephants tusk. Date: circa 1910s
Women dedicated to the worship of KhandobaKhandoba, also known as Khanderao, is a Hindu folk deity, worshipped by the people of Maharashtra in India. The worship of Khandoba developed during the 9th/10th centuries from a folk deity into a
Assorted SettersAn English, an Irish and a Gordon Setter nose around in an Autumnal wood hoping for something exciting to emerge. Date: 1919
Pinocchios Nose PeckedPinocchios nose pecked down to normal size by the woodpeckers Date: First published: 1880
Jimmy Durante / MgmJIMMY SCHNOZZLE DURANTE American comedian of vaudeville and films Date: 1893 - 1980
Santa up Chimney / C20Th"...& laying his finger aside of his nose, & giving a nod, up the chimney he rose". Date: First published: 1823
Using her powder puffA young woman checking her appearance in the dressing table mirror Date: 1923
French Theatre / NiveletNivelet ( laquais de Rodomont ) A character from Les Contens by Odet de Turnebe. Date: 1584
Origin Species, CH Bennett, man on holiday - cockCock-a-doodle-do. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of man on holiday from a cock. His nose is a beak, his beard once a cox comb
A strange and mysterious creature -- answers on a postcard, please!
Bull with ring and chainA rather sad looking bull with a ring in its nose and a chain round its head
Patients in cafeteria, Medical Centre, HendonScene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing five patients in the cafeteria enjoying a hot meal served by a catering lady
The Discomforts of the carriage - a young man suffers the result of Nanny attentiveness to Babys botty needs!!!
Champion South Devon Bull at the Royal Cornwall ShowA champion South Devon Bull and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall
Champion bull at the Royal Cornwall ShowA champion bull and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall
Policemen arrest a drunkCartoon postcard by Phil May - The New Licensing Act - two policemen escort a (once) smartly-dressed drunkard for a night in the cells to sober up
Not keen on Egyptian FoodA British Tourist wearing a straw boater and white suit, takes offence at " the smell" of the Egyptian seafood dish he is presented with
Bombay - Dancing GirlsTwo dancing girls - Bombay
Nose and Matchbox RaceA boy and girl have fun playing a party game where a matchbox is passed from nose to nose as quickly as possible
Crashed German aircraft - WWIA german light biplane which has crash landed and come to rest on its nose on the battlefield - World War One
Lear / Nonsense / NoseThere was a Young Lady whose nose, was so long that it reached to her toes; So she hired an Old Lady, whose conduct was steady, to carry that wonderful nose
Lear / Nonsense / DoverThere was an Old Person of Dover, who rushed through a field of blue Clover; But some very large bees, stung his nose and his knees, so he very soon went back to Dover
Lear / Nonsense / The WestThere was an Old Man of the West, who never could get any rest; so they set him to spin, on his nose and chin, which cured that Old Man of the West
Indigenous African Egyptian womanAn indigenous African Egyptian woman, with golden jewellery (including a large hooped nose ring), large bangles and enveloped in a long white toga-style shawl wrap