Pointed Collection (page 13)

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

Shakespeare / New Place
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE His home at New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, from a drawing found in 1786

Marco Polo / Travels 1477
MARCO POLO Venetian merchant, traveller and author

Ambroise Pare / Larmessin
AMBROISE PARE French surgeon, author of books on medicine and monsters

Arthur Nikisch / Eichhorn
ARTHUR NIKISCH Hungarian musician and conductor

Mierevelt / Boulonois
Michiel Janszoon Van Mierevelt or Miereveld Dutch Painter

Sainte-Marthe / Larmessin
SCAEVOLA DE SAINTE-MARTHE French writer at the age of 38

Malherbe / Francois / Academ
Francois De Malherbe French Poet

Lessing / Gotthold / Eilers
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING German dramatist and critic

Philip Iii / Spain / Darton
Philip Iii, King of Spain

Pontus Heuterus / Larmessi
PONTUS HEUTERUS Dutch historian

John Harington / Thurston
SIR JOHN HARINGTON English courtier and writer; inventor of the flush toilet

Hubrecht Goltzius / Boulon
HUBRECHT GOLTZIUS Flemish painter and antiquarian

Pierre Gassendi / Mellan G
PIERRE GASSENDI French philosopher

Christian Vii / Danish Roy
CHRISTIAN VII King of Denmark and Norway (1766-1808) - became insane and handed over control to Crown Prince Frederick (Frederick VI)

Tu Fu / Anon German Eng
TU FU Chinese poet

German Couple 1475
A fashionable couple from Lower Germany : her finger points to her swelling belly - Now look what you ve done, she says, you and your codpiece and pointed shoes !

WOMEN & GIRL 1876
Girl: short grey dress trimmed with red ribbons down the front. Women: jacket bodices, one with pointed basques at the back, tie-back skirts & long mermaid-tail trains

Costume June 1870
Dresses comprised of an under- skirt, upper-skirt with apron front & jacket bodice with basques deep enough to form an over-skirt. Girl: tunic with pointed hem & waistband

Red or White Dress 1838
Grey robe redingote: bishop sleeves with 3 rows of ruching. Round dress of blue & floral vertical stripes: half sleeves, single flounce, pointed waist, bow trimmings

Costume Parisiens 2885
Hat: large turned-up brim at the front, trimmed with plumes. Dress: lace imbecile sleeves with mancherons, low bodice pointed front & back with Grecian drapery

New Zealand / Mitre Peak
Mitre Peak: a dramatically pointed mountain reflected in the water below

Grape-Trimmed Dress 1840
Dress adorned with bunches of grapes: with a lace falling tucker, pointed waist & short puffed sleeves. The skirt is pinned up on one side. Worn with a plumed tudor style hat

Photo / Girl & Chair 1870S
Little girl wears a short dress cut low off the shoulders in a narrow horizontal striped fabric: full skirt, ribbon trim, buttoned bodice with long pointed basques

Girl in Green / White 1870
Girl with ringlets: green & white striped tunic dress, square cut corsage, ribbon ceinture & pointed hem drawn up over a short green skirt with flounce & bouillon trim

Fashionable Couple 1837
Man: frock coat with roll collar & pointed lapel. Woman: pink & white open-robe, bodice with lace tucker & quilling, tunic fastened at intervals with a shell shaped trim

Huntsman Costume 1820S
Cossacks, waistcoat with pointed front, blue d-b coat: gigot sleeves, cut-away in a curve, short tails; tartan stockings & cravat, black pumps. French hunting attire

Striped Toilette ?1885
Costume in vertical striped fabric (see real swatch): pointed waist, deep V neck with falling lace collar, tunic hitched up at one side & trimmed with ribbon

Asian Headdess
Depicting various styles of headgear worn in Asia including brightly coloured turbans, tall pointed hats with ornate patterns or in fur

Shoes of C15
English footwear: a pair of Piked or Copped shoes, also called Poulaines or Cracowes ; a pair of late C15th leather pattens

Ermine Stole, Scarf, Hat
A young woman wears an ermine muff, hat and scarf to keep out the winter chills while out foraging for fir tree branches to decorate her home at Christmas

Paris Evening Gown 1904
Pretty Paris gown created with layers of sheer fabric profusely ornamented with ribbon & three-dimensional flowers. The pointed sash emphasizes the tiny waist

Fur-Trimed Shawl 1913
A shawl in a translucent fabric bordered with fur & with a fur-trimmed high stand collar with two pointed capes terminating in a tassel. A fur toque completes the ensemble

High Neck Dress 1922
Clinging gown with high stand collar & cuffs that extend over the hands with button detailing & gored flared skirt. Contrasting colour trim adds interest

Astrakhan Trim Coat 30S
An unusual coat in bottle green wool with wrap-over front & full sleeves. The bodice, pointed cuffs & angular collar are in grey astrakhan. Jonelle of Paris

Social / Britain Vicar 18C
A farmers wife wears a white gown & apron, black pelerine, shoes with pointed toes & vamps, a mob cap, straw hat & pink belt. Her son wears a smock & blue stockings

Farming Couple 1790
A relatively prosperous farming couple. She wears a fashionable white muslin gown & shoes with pointed toes & vamps. He is more informally attired in his shirt sleeves

Old Mother Goose & Boy
Old Mother Goose and her son Jack

Old Mother Goose Flying
Old Mother Goose flying her goose

Racial / W Africa / Mali 19C
Young woman from Timbuktu, Mali, wearing a pointed hat and carrying a fan of pink and green feathers

Lear / Book of Nonsense
There was an Old Man of Corfu, who never knew what he should do; So he rushed up & down, till the sun made him brown, That bewildered Old Man of Corfu

John Dee / Scheneker
JOHN DEE, occultist, astrologer and magician

HELL
Those who were guilty of wrath during their lifetimes are punished by being pierced by pointed lances

Duke of Buckingham 17C
GEORGE VILLIERS, 1st DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM English statesman

MENs COATS 1828
Grey overcoat with cape & hip pockets. Brown D-B frock coat with gigot sleeves, shirt with stand collar & pointed cuffs, patterned cravat, top hat, cane & strapped pantaloons

Wedding Dress 1840
A young bride about to sign the register wears a dress with 3 lace edged flounces, pointed waist, bell shaped upper sleeves worn over a tightfitting under sleeve

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