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St Matilda / Butler LivesSAINT MATILDA Queen of Henry I of Germany, noted for her philanthropy; she founded many convents
Putting on Ice SkatesThree young women, sitting down to put on their ice skates at Wimbledon Common, London. One girl is accidentally showing off her bloomers!
Gipsy girl plaiting horses tail at an encampment in SurreyA gipsy girl plaiting the tail of the family horse as she sits on the step of their caravan at an encampment in Surrey. (2 of 2)
Hiawatha / PortraitA portrait of Hiawatha
Nimidoff - Russian Operatic Mezzo-SopranoMademoiselle Vera Nimidoff - Russian Operatic Mezzo-Soprano in a historical role. Date: circa 1906
Three people in Cowboy and Indian costume in studio photoThree people in Cowboy and Indian costume in a studio photo -- signed The Three Shentons. Date: circa 1910
Gipsy girl plaiting horses tail, SurreyA gypsy girl plaiting the tail of the family horse as she sits on the step of their caravan at an encampment in Surrey. (1 of 2)
Justice PersonifiedJustice holding scales to symbolise even-handedness, stability and equality
A labour of loveDutch boy plaits the hair of his girl friend while she is knitting socks. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1911
Sudetenland ElectionsSchoolgirls counting the votes during the Sudetenland elections, which had become part of the new Republic of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and included many German speakers
Learning Sign LanguageA class of young women learning sign language at a school for the deaf
Malvina Dunreath music hall singer and long boot dancer. In costume, wearing ?little girl? knee length white dress with full skirt. Hair in long plaits with large bow
Four young women, Nigeria, West AfricaFour young women with fashionable headdresses and hairstyles, Nigeria, West Africa. Date: 1922
Quechua woman sitting in the sun, Bolivia, South America, wearing homespun cloth made from the fleece of local animals such as llama and vicuna. 1922
Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Elisabeth of Bavaria, 1837-1898), also Queen of Hungary by her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I. 19th century
The Sleeping Beauty and the old woman at a spinning wheelIllustration, The Sleeping Beauty and the old woman at a spinning wheel, by Muriel Baines Date: 20th century
Cartoon, Bread and Circuses, WW1Cartoon, Bread and Circuses. The figure of Death kneels by his broken sword. He says he's done enough now, and would like some bread to eat. Date: 1916
Children of Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of WiltonViscount Grey de Wilton and Elizabeth Grey Egerton, children of the Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton. Daughter in ringlets and frilly dress holding a doll
Ancient Roman hairstylesAncient Roman hairstyle from a head in the Mattei Garden 1, hairstyle from the Casa Giustiniani 2, and hairstyle from the Villa Albani 3
Three graces of the Ballet of **. Elegant ballet dancers in costume (one in turban and shawl, one with tambourine and dress decorated with flowers)
Young girl of the Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a small toque and her long hair is plaited with ribbons
Anne of Auvergne, Dauphine d Auvergne, 1358-1417Anne of Auvergne, Dauphine d Auvergne, wife of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, 1358-1417. In a crown of jewels, hair in plaits
Eleanor of Austria, second wife of King Francis I, 1498-1558. She wears a Spanish net cap, hair parted in the centre and plaited over the ears in oreillettes, slashed sleeves with ermine trim
Norman fashions 11th century: Norman soldiers with chainmail hauberks covered in square plates or tegulated armour1, woman with her hair in long plaits encased in ribbons 2
Rear view of woman in chignon plaited in three parts with a fichu bonnet. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from the era of King Louis
Studio portrait of a young woman, Francesca Sullivan, ItalyStudio portrait of a young woman, Francesca Sullivan, Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1880
Daphne Strutt and Vida Cuthbert by Madame YevondeDouble portrait of the Hon. Daphne Strutt (1911-2003), later Daphne, Lady Acton, together with her step-sister, Vida Cuthbert, later Vida Schreiber (circa 1910-2003)
Quechua woman, Bolivia, South AmericaQuechua woman sitting in profile, Bolivia, South America, with silver spoons adorning her plaited hair. Date: 1922
Queen Victoria as a young woman. 19th century
David Frances Barry photo - Wolf ChiefWolf chief wearing traditional dress and jewellery, including a beaded necklace, earrings and rings. His hair styled in plaits wrapped with fur and cloth. Wolf is wrapped with a heavy blanket
Sewing dollys dress - Young girl with plaits mending her dollys dress, aided by her friend. Artist: Enid Warne Browne Date: circa 1930
Advert for International Hair Co. 1910Latest transformation in wiglets for women. Date: 1910
Victorian women 1869Selection of fashionable hairstyles for Parisian women. Date: 1869
LITTLE GIRLS DRESSESTwo little girls in attractive dresses. The one on the left is in two shades of blue and white. The one on the right in green wool crepe. Note the jacket effect on the bodice. Date: circa 1930
GIRLS PARTY FROCKA fair-haired girl with long plaits wears a pretty party dress in salmon-pink crepe ornamented with frills and smocking. Date: 1930s
GIRLS JUMPER 1930SA jumper suitable for a young girl with round neck & long sleeves. The body is enlivened with rows of different colours. It is worn with a box pleated skirt. Date: 1930s
GIRL WITH POTS C1850A German girl with remarkably long plaits carries her basket of earthenware pots securely balanced on her head. Date: circa 1850
The Sleeping Beauty, pantomime. early 20th century
Frankish Court Dress C11Man: mantle fastened with a brooch, embroidered super- tunic. Woman: coronet, veil, hair worn in long plaits, mantle & super-tunic with a girdle. Date: 11th century
Cartoon, The New Dance Mistress, WW1Cartoon, The New Dance Mistress, showing an Austro-Hungarian or German officer in eastern costume introducing a plump German woman, Fraulein Gans (Miss Goose)
Clare LeightonCLARE LEIGHTON British/American writer and artist, who in her long lifetime wrote 15 books and illustrated over 40 others. Date: 1899 - 1989
Tuareg Girl from the Hoggar Mountains, Algeria. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23
Gina Lollobrigida / LevinGINA LOLLOBRIGIDA Italian film actress dressed as a gipsy
Aryan Types / CoupleThe Aryan race : " nobility of blood, incomparable beauty of form and mind, and a superior breed". An ideal Aryan couple
Aryan Types / Girl / ProfileThe Aryan race : " nobility of blood, incomparable beauty of form and mind, and a superior breed". The German ideal - here a girl is shown in profile
Aryan Types / Ideal GirlThe German Girl; the ideal type of the Northern Race. The Aryan race : " nobility of blood, incomparable beauty of form and mind, and a superior breed"
10th Century WomanA Carlovingian noblewoman, wearing her hair in plaits as became the fashion
Two women in costume with horse in studio photoTwo women in costume, one dressed as a cowboy, the other dressed as a native American Indian, with a horse in a studio photo. circa 1910
Aryan girl with plaitsWoodcut rendering of an Aryan girl with plaits. Date: circa 1930
English Costume Mid C14Woman: cote-hardie with long tippets, kirtle buttoned over the hands, ornamental fillet, veil & plaits coiled over the ears. Men: mantle, fur hood, houppelande, girdle & pouch. Date: 1365 - 1376
Womens hairstyles 1886The latest coiffures for women. 1886
Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he... Old King Cole and a lady selling tickets to hoards of excited children to enter the world of nursery rhymes
Advert for International Hair Co. 1912Latest transformation in wiglets for women. 1912
Group of people in Native American Indian costume, CornwallGroup of people in Native American Indian costume at a Country and Western Club in Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s
Womens hairstyles 1864Selection of the latest styles of arranging the hair as adopted in Paris, and as practised by the leading Parisian hair-dressers
Mexican woman sitting with paper tissue flower arrangments. Dressed in white with two long black plaits. A man sits further down the picture, in Tijuana Mexico. Date: 1982
Chidren in carnival costume, Venlo, Netherlands. circa 1959
The Round Game of Happy Families, Miss GrimesChad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Miss Grimes the Sweeps Daughter. circa 1910
Two girls at a fair in medieval costume on horseback. Date: circa 1930s
Miss Evelyn D Alroy as Yaouma in False GodsMiss Evelyn D Alroy (1882-1915) in the role of Yaouma in False Gods alongside Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His Majestys Theatre in London (ran from 1909-1910 for 69 performances). Date: 1909
Misfitz Dolls - Swiss. Date: early 20th century
Valentine card, Alpine Love. 20th century
Music cover, The Chocolate Soldiers Daughter, words and music by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr. 1938
Happy Familes Playing Cards - Miss Chalk. circa 1935
Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Miss Churn the Dairymans daughter. 1928
Two Girls with PlaitsTwo young, blonde girls happily hold hands. Both wear their hair in plaits. Date: 1930s
Jack Russell / Girl 1930SA little girl and her dog Date: 1930s
Advert for International Hair Co. 1913Latest transformation in wiglets for women. 1913
French Costume Men C17ThFarmer: wears his own hair, petticoat breeches, ribbons at his throat & on his uncocked hat. Gendarm: Jack boots, a cocked hat, a sash, gauntlets & plaits in his wig. Date: circa 1690
Laurence Olivier & Jean SimmonsLaurence Olivier (1907- 1989) & Jean Simmons (1929 2010), in the roles of Hamlet & Ophelia
Annie Purcell, actress, in 1904 Date: early 20th century
Ang Kauffmann / TestaANGELICA KAUFFMANN Swiss artist, resident in London (1766-81) and then in Rome; seen here in traditional Swiss costume Date: 1741 - 1807
Advertisement for Rashleigh electric lamps - Sweet Sixteen. Date: 20th century
Advert for Noirat, hairstyles, hairpieces and headbands 1910Advertisement for Noirat, women wearing the latest hairpieces and headbands. Date: 1910
Smiling girl with her pony in a field, May 1934. Date: 1934
Cartoon, German communique, WW1Cartoon, German communique, a satirical comment on a German claim that their squadron has sunk a Russian torpedo boat with the loss of 15, 000 lives
Anne, Dauphine of Auvergne, 1358-1416.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834
Woman in gipsy costume with a dog in a garden or back yard. Date: circa 1910s
Little girl with Siamese cat by Muriel DawsonA little girl with a Siamese cat, sitting on the grass making a daisy chain, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1940
Jane by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl out walking with her pet dog. Date: 1944
Home Gardening magazine, September 1929Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a young girl picking asters Iwhich, apparently, don t mind the dry summer) in a large garden. Date: 1929
Liberty character dolls in various costumes, all looking very cute. Date: 20th century
Two young women in a fieldTwo young women sitting in a field in their best dresses
GIPSY GIRLA pretty little gipsy girl chopping logs with an axe, Penshurst, Kent, England. Date: 1973
