Plume Collection (page 5)

Rhipidura fuliginosa, New Zealand fantail
Ff. 155. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Muscicapa ventilabrum and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Pyrrhura melanura, maroon-tailed parakeet
Plate 30 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph

Struthio camelus, ostrich
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Goura cristata, western crowned pigeon
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Podiceps auritus, Slavonian grebe
Plate 259 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Phaethon lepturus, white-tailed tropicbird
Plate 262 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Fratercula cirrhata, tufted puffin
Plate 249 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Egretta rufescens, reddish egret
Plate 256 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Egretta tricolor, tricolored heron
Plate 217 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Xipholena punicea, pompadour cotinga
Plate 341, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 3 (1764)

Paradisaea rubra, red bird-of-paradise
Plate 6 from Francois Le Vaillants Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rocliers, Vol.1, (1806)

Paradisaea apoda, greater bird-of-paradise
Mounted specimen of the greater bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda), from the Natural History Museum at Tring

Eunymphicus cornutus, horned parakeet
Ff. 43. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Psittacus bisetis and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Paradisaea raggiana, raggiana bird-of-paradise
Trade skin of the Raggiana bird-of-paradise. Skins such as this were the first specimens of birds of paradise to reach Europe

Egretta caerulea, little blue heron
Plate 307 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Botaurus lentiginosus, American bittern
Plate 337 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Catreus wallichii, cheer pheasant
Watercolour by Rajman Singh (c. 1856-64)

SPAIN. Alpera. Alpera Cave paintings Man wearing
SPAIN. Alpera. Alpera Cave paintings.. Man wearing a plume at Cueva Vieja, aka Cueva del Venado (8000-4000 BC). Mesolithic art. Cave

Hat with Chin Strap 1913
A woman in a black hat with a round crown, up-turned narrow brim & chin-strap. Date: 1913

Porte plume Ideal Waterman l arme de la paix. A woman holding a giant fountain pen. Date 1919

Royal wedding 1863 - a cake of colossal proportions
One of the royal bridal cakes prepared by Mr. Bolland of Chester, which stood at nearly five feet high. All three tiers were ornately decorated

Sicilian Carriage - Sicily, Italy
Decorated (and fully occupied!) Sicilian Carriage - Palermo, Sicily, Italy Date: circa 1903

Charles Farrar Browne -3
CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE American humorist, nom de plume Arthemus Ward. with his autograph Date: 1834 - 1867

Charles Farrar Browne -1
CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE American humorist, nom de plume Arthemus Ward. Date: 1834 - 1867

Charles Farrar Browne -2
CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE American humorist, nom de plume Arthemus Ward. Date: 1834 - 1867

Christopher North / John Wilson
John Wilson (1785-1854) - professor of moral philosophy at Edinburgh, journalist and writer, under the nom-de-plume Christopher North, editor of Blackwoods Magazine. Date: circa 1830

Outfits by Doeuillet, Beer and Drecoll
Three young ladies wearing the latest spring outfits. On the left, a brown 3/4 length coat with black fur on cuffs and high standing collar, with tie at the hips, by Doeuillet

Evening Mantle 1912
A blue satin evening mantle open to the waist & ornamented with black bows & possibly Irish lace. She wears tiara & an ostrich feather plume in her hair. N.B jade necklace. Date: 1912

Costume / French Page 1800
Livery of a page of the French Empire: red breeches & waistcoat with gold braid, green coat with stand collar & gold braid, tricorn with white plume & tricolore rosette. Date: circa 1800

Thomas Alexander Browne
THOMAS ALEXANDER BROWNE Australian novelist (nom-de- plume ROLF BOLDREWOOD) Author of Robbery under arms, The squatters dream and many more. Date: 1826 - 1915

Trooper - 1st Regiment of Life Guards. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Early Hollywood actress dressed as a Shah

Officer Lieutenant of the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales Own) circa 1890. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

King Alexander of Yugoslavia (1900-1934). Ruler of Yugoslavia; Crown Prince of Serbia

View of Vesuvius Volcano - showing the Funicular Railway
A view of the Volcano of Mount Vesuvius, east of Naples, Italy, showing a plume of flame touching the evening sky and the Funicular Railway, winding bravely up the volcanos slopes toward the summit

Fire at Kasim Pasa, Constantinople
A fire at Kasim Pasa, Constantinople, Turkey. The city was very prone to fires (which broke out regularly) due to wooden buildings and charcoal cooking fires, resulting in regular conflagrations

Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) Knight of the Garter
The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) invested as Knight of the Garter. Seen here at the centre of the photograph, wearing a large plume of white feathers

Plume Oil sign
An enamel sign advertising plume oil with the logo of Pegasus the winged horse of ancient myth. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Shkoder Ottoman army volunteers in traditional costume
Albanian volunteers for the Ottoman Empire army from Shkoder, Albania

Two Kenyan Men
A fabulous photographic portrait of two Kenyan Tribesmen in full traditonal costume. They wear Ostrich Feathers in their hair and one holds a fly whisk

Kenyan Men in full ceremonial attire

Tatler front-cover: Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard, the American film actress in the role of Mrs Cheveley, during the filming of Oscar Wildes An Ideal Husband at the London Film Studios at Shepperton

Colour Sergeant - 37th Regiment of Foot - North Hampshire Regiment amalgamated with the 67th South Hampshire in 1881 to form The Royal Hampshire Regiment. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Militaria - on blue cloth
An assemblage of British Militaria, including swords, hats, a belt, plumes, crests, chainmail, colours, epaulettes, a bearskin and a cutlass. Photograph by Malcolm Greensmith

Militaria - on red cloth
British army militaria, displayed on a vivid red cloth. Includes short knives, plumed helmets of the Life Guards Regiment, a cereoinial drum and light cavalry helmets. Photograph by Malcolm Greensmith

Dancing Couple - 1920s
A twenties dancing couple - Madame is wearing a very fine white feather head adornment and Sir is dapper in white tie and very shiny shoes

Fashion Hats of 1827
A selection of six bonnets, plumed hats and turban hats in satin, all in bright colours with elegant decoration

Baroilhet - Robert Bruce
The actor Baroilhet in the role of Robert the Bruce, King of England

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