Pointed Collection (page 12)

Bird looking out of a nesting box
A bird -- probably a Blue Tit -- pokes its head out of a nesting box to see whats happening outside

Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, Laos
View of Wat Xieng Thong (Temple of the Golden City) at Luang Prabang, Laos, built around 1560

Wat Chiang Man, Chiang Mai, Thailand
View of two buildings of Wat Chiang Man, the oldest temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Construction of the temple began in the late 13th or early 14th century

Wat Si Saket, Vientiane, Laos
Wat Si Saket (or Sisaketh), a Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos. Built in 1818 in Siamese style, it is probably the oldest temple still standing in Vientiane

Rotorua Museum, North Island, New Zealand
View of the Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. The museum is housed in the historic Bath House building, located in the Government Gardens

Gaula couple dancing, Funchal, Madeira
Two members of a folklore group from Gaula, seen here dancing in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. The couple are wearing traditional costume, including black skull caps with points

Two Machico men in Funchal, Madeira
Two young men belonging to a Machico folklore group, wearing traditional costume. The man on the right is holding a musical instrument known as a brinquinho, a stick decorated with wooden dolls

Boa Nova group couple dancing, Funchal, Madeira
Two members of a Boa Nova folklore group, seen here dancing in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. They are wearing traditional costume, including black skull caps with points

Boa Nova group members, Funchal, Madeira
Two young members of a Boa Nova folklore group, seen here in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. They are wearing traditional costume, including black skull caps with points

Kaiser Wilhem I in Turkey - WWI
Turkey - Kaiser Wilhem II and Sultan Mehmet Rashad V meet in Istanbul during WWI. As is evident in this photograph, the Kaiser had a withered left arm as a result of a traumatic breech birth

Children from Madeira in traditional (and brightly coloured) costume

Folies Bergere - dancer
A dancer from the Astronomers Revue at the Folies Bergere, Paris. The dancer is Mademoiselle Geczy, a name that hints of an Eastern European origin

Visit of German Kaiser to Turkey
The Visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II to Turkey for an official state meeting with Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918). They are visiting the German School at Constantinople

Tombs of Sultans Ahmed I & Murad IV
The Tombs of Sultans Ahmed I and Murad IV

Magician Mr Philippe, the Chinese Physicis
Undated print of lithograph of magician Mr Philippe, the " Chinese Physicist" (Physicien Chinois) with Scottish assistant, Domingo, behind him. HPG/8/2/1 (xxxi)"

Christmas children by Florence Hardy
A quintet of children in winter jerseys and pointed caps skate in unison on a pond holding bunches of holly in a very festive manner

Phyllis and Jack Dare in Arabian costume
The actress and singer Phyllis Dare (1890-1975) with her elder brother Jack. They are dressed in costume for an Arabian Nights Ball

Temple in Mandu
A wonderful photograph of a Temple in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. The distinctive pointed arches frame the late afternoon light creating beauty in design and form

Young Jackal Aldin
A young jackal

Woman from Kashgar
A woman from Kashgar, in Xinjiang Province, China. She is likely a Uyghur woman, of Turkic ethnic extraction. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Native House - Singapore (then part of New Guinea ), with a distinctive high pointed roof

German Soldiers in Strasbourg - WWI
German soldiers in Strasbourg during the First World War

A revolutionary in shackles
A revolutionary/rebel in Turkey, held in shackles and flanked by two soldiers of the Turkish Army

The Mauser and its clip of five pointed cartridges

JEUNE ELEGANT 1480
A Jeune elegant (= young elegant) at the French court, wearing the fashionable long pointed slippers, sword and cape, and a truly astonishing hat !

C-E MINIE / ILN 1855
CLAUDE-ETIENNE MINIE French army officer, inventor of the conical-pointed cylindrical bullet (1849) and of the Minie Rifle

Long Trained Skirts 1875
Dresses: cascading trains & jacket bodices (with revers & ruched sleeves or high collar, pointed basque & back-lacing like a corset) & over-skirts in plaid or floral prints

Serpollet Steam Car
Leon Serpollets steam car Oeuf de Pacques (Easter Egg) which set the World Land Speed Record in 1902

Polaniase Dress 1868
Girl: spatterdashes & fur trimmed garment with a cape cut into 2 deep points. Women: black & pink polonaise dress with pelerine; yellow dress, black tunic with pointed hem

Silhouette of a Witch
A silhouette of a witch with her broom and a new moon. She has a particularly pointed nose and chin

Ball Dress 1840S
1882 depiction of 1840s fashions: pink dress with pointed waist & vandyked tiers on the skirt trimmed with white roses. The corsage is low & off the shoulder

Henri Rochefort / Gill 79
HENRI ROCHEFORT Controversial French journalist: a satirical view

Astrakhan Trimmed Suit
Black Suit by Paquin of Paris. The jacket is lined in white visible on the collar & revers & is edged with astrakhan. Worn with a brimless hat with a pointed crown

Xmas Table Setting
Festive Xmas decoration, possibly a table setting, consisting of Holly berries, a Christmas rose, pine needles, cottonwool & green & red striped candles

Wizard Oz / Wicked Witch
The Wicked Witch of the West with her tall pointed hat and umbrella

Wizard of Oz / Munchkins
Three of the Munchkins wearing pointed hats with bells on

Costume / Men / Swiss / 14C
A middle-class Swiss gentleman in white winter coat and pointed-toed orange shoes

Coxs Tasteless Pills
Six jolly imps play a ball game with some large examples of Coxs Tasteless Pills

Owen Jones Flowers 93
Ivy Palmata and Common Ivy: full-sized leaves, traced from nature

Owen Jones Flowers 95
Various leaves, full-sized, traced from nature: Vine, Holly, Oak, Turkey Oak, and Laburnum

Evening Dress 1860S
Coloured skirt & bodice; corsage off the shoulder, pointed waist back & front & a doule skirt. White bertha & overskirt caught up at the sides & trimmed with roses

Tartan Trim Dress 1865
Evening: short, puffed sleeves, pointed waist, over- skirt with demi-train caught up at one side. Grey dress: tartan collar, cuffs & ribbon ceinture with floating ends

Fashion 1900 / Liz
Tunic dress. The simulated tunic is pointed front & back with a chevron design to which is attached accordian pleated flounces. A double ruffle ornaments the bodice

Mace Bearer C14
A mace-bearer of the Paris Parlement - the costume of an official functionary, wearing fashionably pointed shoes

Fashions for July 1864
Girl: white dress, magenta Swiss corselet with petal-like basques. Black trimmed purple dress with long pointed scallop edged basques. Fawn coloured mantle with tassels

Eliz York / Players / 20 / 50
Elizabeth of York Queen to Henry VII

Costume / 13th C Bourgeois
A medieval middle-class couple, both richly dressed; she carries a lily; he wears brocade and ermine

Costume / 1490 Bourgeoisie
A late 15th century middle- class couple: well fed and well dressed (if a little drab); he wears pointed-toed shoes

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