Plain Collection (page 9)

Canadian armourers repairing rifles, Salisbury Plain, WW1
Canadian armourers repairing Ross straight-pull rifles on Salisbury Plain at the start of the First World War. Another man in the background is repairing a bicycle. Date: 27 September 1914

Panoramic view of Afyon, Turkey. Afyon - know known as Afyon Karahisar - capital of Afyon Province in Western Turkey. Growing area for Turkish poppies, used mostly for medicinal Opium

French Victory Algeria
The duc d Aumale, in command of the French forces, returns in triumph through the plain of Mitidja, after the taking of the smala of Abd-el Kader. Date: May 1843

Evening Coat 1913
Wonderfully exotic theatre coat using 2 fabrics - a plain blue & a red & white floral design. The cuffs & hem are trimmed in fur. N.B the unusual feather headdress. Date: 1913

Greece / Marathon Plain
Marathon: the battlefield, seen from Mount Pentelikon Date: 1906

Middle-aged Victorian woman in a dark crinoline dress
A middle-aged Victorian woman in a dark crinoline dress, standing near a chair in the photographers studio

Plain of Bejaia viewed from the ramparts
Plain of Bejaia(Bougie), in Kabylia, north eastern Algeria, viewed from the ramparts

Young Edwardian woman standing in a garden, Mid Wales
A young Edwardian woman standing in a garden, Mid Wales. She is wearing a white blouse and a plain dark skirt

Cell contents, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
The interior and meagre contents of a cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. The inmate sleeps on a plank bed covered by a thin mattress

Adana, Turkey - Caravan of Camels
Adana, capital of Adana Province in south east Turkey. The ancient Antioch on the Sarus. One of the largest cities in Turkey - the gateway to the Cilician Plane

Adana, Turkey - Armenian Quarter
Adana, capital of Adana Province in south east Turkey. The ancient Antioch on the Sarus. One of the largest cities in Turkey - the gateway to the Cilician Plain

A secret is shared
A woman whispers something into the ear of a humbly dressed servant who carries a bible. The painting is entitled Peine Perdue, meaning a waste of time

Lieutenant Hyslop and Lord Mayor on Salisbury Plain
Lieutenant Hyslop with the Lord Mayor, both of them on horseback, during a review of the Territorial Army on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire

Titanic Third Class Smoke Room
The Third Class Smoke Room on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912

Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire
A general view of Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, from near Amesbury, notable for Stonehenge and other rude stone monuments

Canadian soldiers training for the front, in the mud and water of Salisbury Plain

Canadian soldiers inspecting armoured cars at the Salisbury Plain camp

French infantry advancing in Woeuvre
French infantry advancing over shell-torn ground and broken barbed wire during the capture of Les Eparges, formerly in German hands and of strategic importance on the Woeuvre plain

The Melbourne Riots
A plain clothes policeman, in centre, using his revolver to keep strikers apart from a free labourer during the Melbourne Waterside Workers strike of 1928

Death of the Prince Imperial
Sketch of spot where the Princes body was found. By special artist Melton Prior. Panoramic view of the plain where the Princes body was found

Plain of Gediz Turkey
The plain of Gediz (formerly known as Hormus) and mount Sipylus

Frenchwoman 1850
Femme comme Il Faut: Plain, modest looking woman wearing a lilac redingote with bow fastenings, a large bonnet & fur-trimmed shawl

Claude Perrault / Langlois
CLAUDE PERRAULT physician & architect wearing plain, modest clothes of breeches, hose (stockings), falling collar, a cloak with cape collar & shoes without buckles

Palms and Plantains
An assortment of monocotyledonous plants : palms and plantain, with a couple of giraffes drinking in the foreground

John Gower / Warren
JOHN GOWER English poet, friend of Chaucer

Franco-Pruss / Mans-Champ
Battle of Le Mans-Champagne on a snow-covered plain during the Franco-Prussian War

BLOUSES 1915
Selection of blouses in floral, striped & plain fabrics with lace over-bodice, wide shawl collars, wired stand collars, epaulettes & various cuff styles

Patriotic Pillow 1915
Dress by Jessie Porter: triple skirt in a lightweight striped fabric, the upper skirt in plain black, vest bodice with dentate edge, wide brimmed hat. Girl: short double smock

Frenchwoman 1760
The ruff is back, but integrated with the plain but rich gown worn by this noblewoman during the reign of Louis XV Date: 1760

Mt Jefferson, Oregon
A government exploring party camps on the plain below Mount Jefferson and Black Butte, Oregon

Strindberg / Morgan
JOHAN AUGUST STRINDBERG Swedish playwright and novelist

Children in East End Street
Three little girls from Londons East End wear aprons or pinafores over their plain frocks. One girl wears a hat another wears black wool stockings & stout boots

Stanley Leaves Congo
Emin Pasha relief expedition : the expedition starts to make its way across the plain after leaving the great Congo forest

Costume / Men / Peasant / 1461
A peasant in plain grey-green tunic and brown hood

Costume / Women / 1620
A middle-class lady in lacy collar, decorated top and plain skirt

Sodom, Gomorrah / Martin
The Cities of the Plain are destroyed because God finds their lifestyle unacceptable

Shakespeare / Hathaway Cot
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Interior view of Ann Hathaways Cottage, with two children enjoying a meal

Robert E Lee / Harpers 88
ROBERT EDWARD LEE American Confederate general just after the Mexican War Date: 1807 - 1870

Lot Leaves Sodom
Lot and his daughters flee the Cities of the Plain, but his wife turns for one last look and is turned into a pillar of salt

Pandolfo Collenuccio
PANDOLFO COLLENUCCIO Italian historian

Colette / Postcard 1908
SIDONIE-GABRIELLE WILLY French novelist

Franz Joseph / Franck Cdv
FRANZ JOSEPH Austrian emperor

Chiang Kai-Shek / Uniform
CHIANG KAI-SHEK Chinese general and politician as a young man

Costume Mrs Hunter 1860S
Plain dress with bishop sleeves & reversed cuffs composed of folds. A string of large beads falls between the stand-up collar & belt. N.B broad bracelet with disc motif

Costume / Amy Aged 10 1865
Girl wears a dress with loose, pleated bodice, a crinoline supported short skirt trimmed with lattice motifs & sleeves with epaulettes & turned back cuffs. Hair worn plain

Costume & Harpsichord
Low corsage with tiny vandyked tucker & cuffs, plain ankle length skirt & bouffante sleeves ornamented with a large bow. Hair: dressed in coiled plaits with ribbons

Dress with Buttons 1846
Dress with a plain skirt that buttons up the centre, jacket / caraco corsage buttoned high to the neck, tight sleeves, frill at neck & cuffs, green parasol

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