Plumed Collection

Nubians in Ancient Egypt
Nubians from the south bring tribute to the Egyptian Pharaoh; they wear a variety of clothing - skirts short or long, tunics, animal skins, and plumed headgear

The Conference of Kaw Indians with the United States Governm
Image showing the Kaw native American Indians appealing to the United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs to protect their land from settlers, 1857

English Royalists 1640-9
English Royalist soldiers: doublet & breeches, lace falling collars, lace-edged boot hose tops, bucket-top boots, plumed hats, cloak

Court gowns by Reville
Court gowns approved by King George V and Queen Mary for presentation at court in the year 1926. Designed by Reville of Hanover Square. Date: 1926

18th French Court Dress
Man: trunk hose, doublet, ruff & boots that reach over the knees. Woman: gown with a square neckline & tucker, voluminous sleeves & reverse cuffs & a plumed hat

Royal Horse Guard Sentries - Life Guards, Horseguards Parade, Whitehall, London Date: 1943

Drummer of the Swiss Guard - Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Plumed cockscomb or silver cocks comb, Celosia argentea (Cock s-comb, Celosia cristata). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden

WW1 - Italy - A cycling sharpshooter - Bersaglieri
WW1 - A mobile member of the Italian Army - a cycling sharpshooter ( Bersaglieri ). The Bersaglieri are a corps of the Italian Army originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora in the 1830s to

The Buffet
A portrait oil painting showing a woman, wearing a floral patterned, yellow and blue dress, with a red plumed, black hat. She is standing, calmy infront of a table

WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL
The Horse Guards, who will be marshalling the procession. Top hats tied with black crepe are worn. A tent housing the coffin & funeral car & plumed horses can be seen. 18 November 1852

Ada Broadbent wearing an exotic plumed and feathered
Ada Broadbent, premiere denseuse, wearing an exotic plumed and feathered costume in the Plume Idea - a new Fanchon and Marco presentation on the West coast USA, 1927 Date: 1927

Orange-breasted bushshrike, Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Orange-breasted bushshrike or sulphur-breasted bushshrike, Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus. (Orange-breasted bush shrike, Malaconotus chrysagaster)

Europe as depicted by the ancients. Europe kidnapped by a bull from a mural in the tomb of the Nasoni family, Rome 1, as a nymph on a bull from a cameo 2

Nut-tree tussock and plumed prominent
Nut-tree tussock, Colocasia coryli, and plumed prominent, Ptilophora plumigera. Phalaena coryli, Phalaena plumigera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann

Tau emperor moth, Aglia tau, male, female, variant, larva, pupa and chrysalis. Phalaena Attacus tau. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers

The roller coaster at Belleville, 1812
The roller coaster at Belleville with its five cars riding a distance of 600 feet in 9 or 10 seconds. A fashionable woman in plumed bonnet, shawl and parasol watches from the terrace

Plumed cockscomb, Celosia argentea, and clover, Trifolium species. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Gren iguana, plumed basilisk and green forest lizard
Green iguana, Iguana iguana 1, plumed basilisk, Basiliscus plumifrons 2, and common green forest lizard, Calotes calotes 3

German women in big shoulder pads, 1572
German women in dresses with big shoulder pads, 1572. Young woman in gold hairnet and plumed cap, and doctors wife in unusual hat and veil that hides the hair, mouth and chin

Twins, Betty & Beth Dodge
The Dodge Twins, from America, performing in a new musical called Oh Kay!, at His Majestys Theatre. 1927

Curtis British Entomology Plate 328
Lepidoptera: Ptilophora plumigera (Plumed Prominent) [Plant: Acer campestre (Common Maple)] Date: 1824-39

Captain on Bicycle Date: 1922

ROMAN CAVALRYMAN
A Roman cavalryman, with shield, lance and plumed helmet

A rice raft - west of Georgetown, South Carolina, USA
WW1 era - For God and Kaiser - A young officer in the German Military - 7th Company of the Guards Fusilier Regiment. Date: circa 1914

Pretty young woman in Harem Pants
A tall glamorous lady draws approval (and less favourable opinion!) with her choice of new style Harem Pants. Date: 1911

Court gown and evening dress for the opera, 1930
On the left, a court dress from Reville of Hanover Square, carried out in shimmering white satin manufactured in Britain. On the right

The Countess of Galloway in court dress
The Countess of Galloway, formerly American-born Miss Philippa Wendell, photographed in her court gown. She was presented by her mother-in-law on the occasion of her marriage to Lord Galloway

WW1 - An Italian Bersagliere - the Bersaglieri are a corps of the Italian Army originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora in the 1830s to serve in the Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia

Oliver Cromwell in Hat
OLIVER CROMWELL a French engraving showing him wearing a plumed hat, rather uncharacteristically... Date: 1599 - 1658

Costume of C15Th
Clothing includes: a houppelande with hanging sleeves, pouch hanging from a belt; plumed fur hat worn over an undercap; high buskins & a cape, cote-hardie, piked shoes Date: 15th century

British Cavalry and Artillery Units during the Crimean War
Engraving showing officers of the 8th Hussars, 17th Lancers, Royal Horse Artillery, 5th Dragoon Guards, 4th Dragoon Guards, 1st Royal Dragoons and 11th Hussars in their dress uniforms

1797 WOMENs COSTUME
A lady wears a long high- waisted dress and a plumed hat, carrying a shawl and a fan

Harrods head-dress for court presentations
Advertisement for Harrods for head-dresses to be worn at court presentations. On the left is a design for a debutante, suitable for shingled hair to support the court plume of feathers

Greetings card in the shape of a cocked hat
Greetings card in the shape of a British Army cocked hat, with the officers plume lifted up. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a cocked hat with plume
Greetings card in the shape of a British Army cocked hat with officers plume. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Four women wearing outdoor jackets 1910
Four women wearing new fashionable jackets for the season. Date: 1910

Four women wearing outdoor clothing 1910
Four women wearing large plumed hats. Date: 1910

Floras Feast; a Masque of Flowers
Black knight at arms, the white plumed thorn; in pomp the crown-imperial born. Date: 1889

Charles Earl Bellamont
CHARLES earl of BELLAMONT Noble lord, who chooses to have Sir Joshua depict him in his fanciest dress - plumed hat, cloak, sword etc down to his dinky slippers... Date: 18th century

Sir John Charles Ardagh
SIR JOHN CHARLES ARDAGH British military, photographed in full uniform, with plumed helmet and sword. Date: 1840 - 1907

Madame Saqui at Vauxhall
Madame Saqui, the celebrated tightrope walker, wearing a magnificent plumed headdress performs at Vauxhall Gardens in London Date: circa 1816

Costume / Women 1816
A pale lilac redingote with long sleeves finishing over the knuckles. The ruffles at the neck of her gown fall over the collar. She wears a white shawl & a plumed hat. Date: 1815

Fine Tango Clothes
The ladys fine dress and plumed headgear are set off by her partners smart outfit, a welcome change from the ubiquitous evening dress. Date: 1914

Caroline Brunswick / Coope
CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK Amelia Elizabeth Caroline Queen of George IV Half-length portrait in a large plumed hat Date: 1768 - 1821

Hair styles for state functions in 1937
Suggestions for hair styles to be worn with regulation headwear at court presentations or state functions in 1937, the coronation year. Emile of Conduit Street advises curls dressed high on the head

Harrods tiara for court presentations
For Their Majesties Courts or the Coronation Ceremony (in 1937), a tiara of rhinestones and pearls, plumes and regulation veil from Harrods. 1937

Royalist or cavalier from the time of the Commonwealth (1659-1660).. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin

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