Portugal Collection (page 21)

Restaurant Angola, Lisbon, Portugal - 300 year anniversary
Postcard commemorating the 300 year anniversary of the Restaurant Angola, Lisbon, Portugal. The postcard illustration is a drawing of a decorated tile pattern from the wall of the restaurant

Madeira, Portugal - Embroidery
Madeira, Portugal - Embroiderers working on traditional Madeiran Embroidery. The hand embroidery of Madeira is generally recognised as being the finest of its kind available in the world

Madeira, Portugal - Funchal Cathedral Date: circa 1910s

Villa Franca de Xira, Portugal - Fishermen
Villa Franca de Xira, Portugal - Fishing boat and crew Date: circa 1908

San Lourenco Fair, Beja, Portugal Date: circa 1910

Young boy of Beja in the Alentejo region, Portugal Date: circa 1910

Elderly woman of Beja, Portugal Date: circa 1910

A well at Estremoz, Portugal Date: circa 1910

S. Joao Fair, Evora, Portugal
S.Joao Fair, Evora, Portugal Date: circa 1910

Carro Alentejano, Estremoz, Portugal Date: circa 1910

Water Carrier at Beja, Portugal. Date: circa 1910

Houses on the Largo da Misericordia, Evora, Portugal. The lovely arcade pictured is now the Hotel Albergaria Solar De Monfa! Date: circa 1910

Avenida da Liberdade - Lisbon, Portugal Date: circa 1900

Lisbon, Portugal - Antiquarian Bookseller Postcard - overprinte with a black band following the double Royal assassination of February 1908

Lisbon, Portugal - Fish Seller carrying two wide wicker baskets of fresh fish on a pole over his shoulder - he is wearing traditional national costume

Borracheiros - Madeira, Portugal
Madeira, Portugal - wine pickers ( Borracheiros ) and handlers who transport the grape juice as soon after it has been pressed as possible in a goatskin; a sight now fast becoming a rare sight

Transporting Sugar Cane - Madeira, Portugal
Transporting Sugar Cane by Ox-pulled sled - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Date: circa 1910s

Women Villagers weaving - Madeira, Portugal Date: circa 1910s

Portugal - Lisbon - Baker Boy Date: circa 1910

Portugal - Madeira - Traditional costumes. The Grey heaired (and bearded) guitarist is wearing a distinctive pointed carapuca hat

Portugal - Madeira - Children in traditional costume, featuring pointed red carapuca caps. Date: circa 1909

Portugal - Lisbon - Fish Selers
Lady Fish merchants (one displaying a rather small example!) from Lisbon Portugal, all in traditional costume of patterned aprons and wide-brimmed hats with decorative tops. Date: circa 1908

Portugal - Wandering Salesman
Portugal - A Poor wandering salesman, with a small basket of wares in his wicker basket at the end of a long pole. Date: circa 1908

Portugal - Young girl in traditional costume Date: circa 1910s

Funicular Cog Railway - Madeira, Portugal
Funicular Cog Railway from Funchal to Monte on Madeira Island, Portugal which operated between 1893 and 1943, and went further up to Terreiro da Luta at 867 m above sea level

Flag of Portugal and Portuguese Woman
Blank Flag of Portugal held by a Portuguese Woman in traditional costume pointing toward the central heraldic motif of the flag

Flag of Portugal and Abilio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro
Portrait of Abilio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro (1850-1923) - Civil Servant, Member of the House of Representatives, Journalist, Author, Satirist and Poet

Flag of Portugal (when still a monarchy pre-1910). Date: circa 1905

Flag of the Portuguese Republic Date: circa 1930s

Madeira - Transporting Hammock
Amongst the three best-known unusual means of transportation to have be found on the Portuguese Island of Madeira was the transporting hammock

King Manuel II of Portugal (1889-1932) - the last King of Portugal, from 1908 to 1910. Exiled to Twickenham, London after the Republican Revolution of 1910

Portuguese coins - early 20th century, charting the change from the reign of Carlos I, up to his assassination in 1908, the brief reign of his son Manuel II

Lisbon Portugal - Sights and Local Types, including the Belem Tower, Fort Almeida, the Royal Castle, a Lisbon Lady and a gentleman refered to as A Sport ! Date: circa 1900

Manuel II of Portugal (as a boy)
King Manuel II of Portugal as a boy (1889-1932) - the last King of Portugal, from 1908 to 1910. Exiled to Twickenham, London after the Republican Revolution of 1910

Palace of Necessidades, Lisbon and King Manuel II
Palace of Necessidades (Palacio das Necessidades) in the Largo do Rilvas, a public square in Lisbon, Portugal. On 5th October 1910, during the Republican Revolution, the palace

King of Portugal - Carlos I
Carlos I, King of Portugal and the Algarves, also known as Carlos the Diplomat and Carlos the Martyr (18631908). In 1908, Carlos (and the heir to throne Luis Felipe)

Acrostichum squamosum
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 8

Adiantum reniforme and A. capillus-veneris
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 12

Scolopendrium officinarum, Polypodium valgare, Asplenium can
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 20

Asplenium palmatum
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 16

Insect Collection of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820)
A collection of more than 4, 000 insects, including butterflies, flies, bugs and moths

Panoramic: Landscape in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Landscape in Madeira
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Landscape in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Townscape in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Funchal, Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Port in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Panoramic: Landscape at Madeira
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping