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British propaganda welcoming the AmericansLittle uniformed British girl gives a pointed thankyou to a little girl in stars and stripes I have waited for you for so long'. WW1 Date: 1917
Acrobat balancing pudding on nose on a Christmas cardAcrobat balancing a pudding on his nose on a Christmas and New Year card -- Balance of Currant Accounts. Date: circa 1890s
Three goblins with laughing gas on a Christmas cardThree goblins with laughing gas on a triangular Christmas card designed by Robert Dudley. Date: circa 1880s
Clown with donkey and bottle on a comic greetings cardClown holding a bottle of ginger beer for a donkey to drink from on a comic greetings card. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century
Clown with barrel on a comic greetings cardClown filling a bottle from a barrel of ginger beer on a comic greetings card. (1 of 2) Date: early 20th century
Woman with red heart on a Valentine postcard -- My heart is still with you wherever you go. Date: circa 1890s
Clown with red heart on a Valentine postcard -- My heart is joyful when I think of you. Date: circa 1890s
Female clown with red heart on a Valentine postcard -- Make other hearts happy if thine would be so. Date: circa 1890s
Clowns face on a hat-shaped New Year cardClowns smiling face on a hat-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Clown head on a Victorian scrapClown head in profile on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, The Brothers Griffiths -- Athletic Drolls. Two clowns in costume. 1884
Dr Syn by Russell Thorndike and Ivan FirthDr Syn by Russell Thorndike (6 February 1885 7 November 1972) and Ivan Firth, adapted from Thorndikes novel. First produced at the Wyndhams Theatre on 11th October 1925
Children and tutor from Penzance Gym Club, CornwallChildren and tutor from the Penzance Gym Club, Cornwall, performing a street dance scene from the TV programme Fame. circa 1980s
Children in fancy dress - clown and princessUnidentified children in a somewhat sinister fancy dress tableaux. A small boy (at least we assume its a boy) wears a clown outfit
The Induna - Zulu headman - Natal, South Africa. Date: circa 1910s
The Babes in the Wood, Theatre Royal, Bournemouth. The Funniest Daintiest Pantomime in the South of England, from Boxing Day for two and a half weeks
Elephant goad, 1802 (c); wrought iron open work staff with pointed ends; constructed from six bars, each divided by six discs which are pierced and hold a brass bell; decorated with painted gold
At the circus, two clowns playing musical instruments 1888Two traditional circus clowns, wearing ruffled collar, pointed hats, white faces with red noses, lips, eyebrows and cheeks, playing musical instruments. Date: 1888
WW1 poster, Hun or Home?Poster, Hun or Home? Buy more liberty bonds. circa 1918
Statue of a man wearing a pointed cap or helmet and a cypriot belt. 590-540 BC. Limestone. From the Sanctuary of Apollo at Phrangissa. Tamassos. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Gothic art. Cathedral of Santa Maria de Regla. Tympanum of the central portico in the main facade. Christ the Judge between angels with the attributes of the Passion
Mr Punch. 19th century
Silver Evening JacketA silver lame evening jacket with large, pointed, over- stitched revers, waistcoat basque & half-length sleeves with gathers at the shoulder. Date: 1930s
15th century English ladiesA noble lady receives a slightly less noble lady who kneels submissively : perhaps she is being ticked off for not wearing a pointed hat like the rest of them... Date: 15th century
Charles Gounod / St CloudCHARLES GOUNOD French musician and composers home at St Cloud, near Paris Date: 1818 - 1893
14th century noblemanAn English nobleman and his servant, both wearing pointed shoes. 14th century
Victorian Scrap - Mr Punch and Toby with portraitVictorian Scrap - Mr Punch and his dog Toby with a portrait of Judy and the Baby. late 19th century
Victorian Scrap - Clown squatting. late 19th century
Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and a fortune teller, WW1Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm goes to consult a fortune teller to find out when the war will end. Date: 1916
Belone belone, or Garfish, also known as Sea Needle, Longnose and Hornbeak. Date: 1865
Soldier of the German 14th Regiment, WW1Soldier of the German 14th Regiment, 2nd Company, with bayoneted rifle. Date: 1914-1918
WWI Flechette Dart with a flattened top and pointed endFirst World War Flechette Dart with a flattened top and pointed end.. Firearms & Equipment
Cartoon, The Glorious Twelfth -- the Bird to be brought down this August being not a Grouse but a Mad Eagle. A comment on the warmongering Kaiser Wilhelm II
Bertram Mills Circus 1938Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia, London. Various clowns in costume: Kelly, Coco, Busti, George Sayer, Pinocchio, Coco-nut, Pipo and Joe Craston. Date: 1938
German face shield helmet, WW1A studded German face shield helmet, nicknamed by the French La Plaque Elephant, used during the First World War. Seen here on display, probably in a museum
Advert for J. Roussel lingerie 1939Personally for you. A belt by J. Roussel gives you the feeling of slimness and freedom. The Roussel method of expert individul consideration given to each figure control problem
Gazi, Ankara, Turkey - Railway Station. A wonderful mid-1920s Station displaying a variety of Architectural styles - opened by Kemal Ataturk in 1926
WWI - Patriotic German soldiers bearing their FlagFour German soldiers proudly advance into battle bearing the national flag. The caption translates (loosely!) as: Living for the banner - No faltering will lead to glory
Strombus gigas, queen conchPlate 2. Watercolour by Jean Charles Chenu from his Illustrations Conchyliologiques, part 17 (1843)
Mousterian toolsA slide scraper and a pointed tool made from black flint of Mousterian age, 40, 000 - 55, 000 years old (Middle Palaeolithic), from Le Moustier, France
King Nikola I of Montenegro and Queen MilenaKing Nikola I of Montenegro (wearing a rather splendid pointed hat) and Queen Milena Vukotic at a ceremonial rural pageant Date: circa 1912
Satirical cartoon with Turkish and German soldiers, WW1A satirical cartoon showing a fat German soldier strangling a thin Turkish soldier during the First World War. The cartoon (in French) reads: The brave Turk is afraid of no-one
Emperor Charles I of Austria and Admiral Paul von HintzeEmperor Charles I of Austria (1887-1922, reigned 1916-1918) talking with Admiral Paul von Hintze (1864-1941), who served as Germanys Imperial Foreign Minister from July to October 1918
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and General KrafftCrown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (1869-1955), the last Bavarian Crown Prince, seen here with his Chief of Staff, General Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen (1862-1953) during the First World War
Lieutenant Kurt Rackow, German army officer of the 158th Infantry Regiment, credited with being the first German officer to enter Fort Vaux in northern France
Kaiser Wilhelm II presenting decorations to soldiers, WW1Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) presenting decorations to his soldiers during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Kaiser Wilhelm II and Crown Prince Wilhelm, WW1Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, with his eldest son, Crown Prince Wilhelm of the House of Hohenzollern (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst, 1882-1951), with others