Posing Collection (page 3)

Photographer explains the posing machine in his studio
The cartoon follows a photographer explaining and poking fun at the posing machine used when capturing portraits in a studio.He comments on getting people to sit for a photograph is an art form in

Petty Officer Matthew Curran, Irish boxer
Petty Officer Matthew Curran (1882-1938), nicknamed Nutty Curran, Irish heavyweight boxer. Date: circa 1910s

Danahar or Danaher, boxer
A boxer named Danahar or Danaher (there were several), seen here in what appears to be a turn of the century studio photo with painted backdrop, and a trophy on the right. Date: circa 1900

Charlie Hardcastle, English boxer
Charlie Hardcastle (1894-1960), English featherweight boxer Date: circa 1910s

Tiger Jack'Smith (James Addis), British heavyweight boxer
Tiger Jack Smith (James Addis) (1875-1931), British heavyweight boxer from Merthyr Tydfil. Addis fought James Gunner Moir for the Heavyweight Championship of England in February 1907

Swimmers at Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight, 1920s
A group of women pose for a photograph on the beach at Thorness Bay on the Isle of Wight. The back of the photograph describes the day as a picnic for Gs 21st birthday. G is fourth from left

Six jolly little schoolgirls pose for the camera, Antalya
Six jolly little schoolgirls pose for the camera, Ankara, Turkey. They wear black school uniforms and are having fun Date: 1985

Human models pretending to be a marble statue
A pair of nude (mostly) human models pretending to be a marble statues, complete with rocky plinth! Date: circa 1910s

Men and women in St Trinians costume, Cornwall
Men and women in St Trinians school uniform, Cornwall, possibly university students during rag week. Date: circa 1980s

Woman with a Mask
An alluring woman posing with a black mask. Date: 1911

Voluptuous Redhead
Illustration of a voluptuous young woman posing in a green gown with shawl. Artist: Anon. Date: 1928

Bathing Belle
Pretty girl in a red bathing cap posing on the seashore. Date: circa 1920

A large group of young boys at a military school - Lacrosse
A large group of young boys at a military school (?), posing in their sports kit with lacrosse sticks. Date: circa 1910s

Martin White Ltd Advertisement Photograph
A photograph advertising for Martin White Ltd, portraying a woman sat perched on a post, wearing a swimsuit, she is posing with one hand held behind her head. Date: circa 1939

Ingrid Reynard Advertisement Photograph
A photograph used for the advertisement Ingrid Reynard Ltd, portraying a young woman posing from a seated position, wearing a fashionable dress. Date: circa 1939

Three American Women posing with hands on their chins
Three young American Women posing with hands on their chins seated on an outdoor bench beneath an arbor with a simple wooden table in front of them. Date: circa 1910s

The Symetri Brothers, original posing act with Frank Bell and Jim Hunt of Darlington, UK. Date: circa 1930s

Municipal Council of Fouzy-Les-Croustettes
An illustration which portrays members of the municipal council of Fouzy-Les-Croustettes, posing together, with serious facial expressions. Date: circa 1901

No. 1 Engine on original rails, Stockton & Darlington Railwa
No. 1 Engine on the original rails, Stockton & Darlington Railway

Ballet Dancer
This tempera painting gives a view, looking down at a solitary ballet dancer on stage, mid performance, wearing a pink dress, posing on one leg. Date: circa 1920

The Cake-walk Dance. Date: 1903

Two sisters posing for a photograph - Blackpool, Lancashire
Two sisters posing for a photograph - Studio aimed at visitors/holidaysmakers on the seafront at Blackpool, Lancashire Date: circa 1904

Toytown family posing for Mr Lion the photographer Date: circa 1940s

Delf Defiance, Show Dog
Delf Defiance, a show dog of the Sealyham Terrier breed, facing the press at the Kensington Society Dog Show. Date: 1933

Finnish Gymnasts
A team of female gymnasts from Finland, touring the UK with a gymnastic display. Date: 1933

Binnie Hale
Beatrice Binnie Hale-Monro was an English actress, singer and dancer. Here she is publicising a revue show at the London Hippodrome. Date: circa 1932

Achieving Women
Carrie Fin and Lady Gordon Cumming displaying large fish. And actress Gladys Cooper (1888-1971) sitting for a portrait with Walter Webster (1877-1959). Date: 1932

Athletes and Sculptures
Athletes posing, and being rendered in the form of sculpture. Shown posing are swimmer and actor Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984) and boxer Primo Carnera (1906-1967)

Madeleine Carroll
British actress Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987), shortly to be appearing on the West End stage in a play called Pleasure Cruise'. She went on to have a successful career in Hollywood

Sally O'Neil
An American actress of Irish descent, Sally O'Neil (1908-1968) was born Virginia Noonan and appeared in over 40 films. Date: circa 1931

Edwin John
After a brief spell as a middleweight boxer, Edwin John (1905-1978) pursued a career as an artist. Date: 1931

Dancer Chita
The dancer Chita, real name Gladys Hawking, active on the West End cabaret scene. Date: circa 1931

Frances Dee
American actress Frances Dee (1909-2004) had a film career spanning from the 1930s to the 1950s. Date: circa 1931

Georgia Hale
Actress Georgia Hale (1900-1985) had just been picked to appear in Chaplin's film The Gold Rush'. Despite a promising start, her acting career foundered with the advent of the talkies'

Julie Sudo, Dancer
Oriental dancer Julie Sudo, appearing in Carnival Time at the Criterion Restaurant. Date: circa 1925

Mildred Harris in The Deceivers
Actress Mildred Harris (1901-1944) started as a child actress, had a succesful career in silent movies, but struggled with the advent of talkies'. She was also the first wife of Charlie Chaplin

Flora Le Breton (1899-1951) was an English stage and silent film actress who moved to the United States in 1924. Date: circa 1924

Mona Paiva, a Russian dancer of the Opera Comique in Paris. Date: circa 1924

Studio portrait of a woman on a carte de visite Date: 19th century

Mrs. Bassett Wilson
A portrait oil painting of a lady, named Mrs. Bassett Wilson, smiling happily, while posing in a black robe, pinned at the shoulder with a flower. Date: circa 1924

Lord Newton
A portrait oil painting of Sir Charles Hay (1740??1811), Lord Newton, posing a serious expression, wearing a black coat. Date: circa 1919

Judith Barrett
American actress Judith Barrett (1909-2000), also known as Lucille Kelley and Nancy Dover. Her final film role was to be a year later in Those Were the Days! Date: circa 1939

Advert for Aquascutum
Advert for a woman's tweed suit, from Aquascutum's autumn collection. Date: 1939

Mrs Christa Brassey
Christa Brassey (1909-1986) was born Dorothea Christa Baronin von Bodenhausen. Here she is being celebrated for her talents as a linguist and aviatrix. Date: 1939

Actress Valli Valli
Born Valli Knust in Berlin, Valli Valli (1882-1927) spent most of her life in England. She was a musical comedy actress who later made a transition into silent films. Date: circa 1910

Portrait of Lady Islington
Anne Dundas, Lady Islington, was the wife of Sir John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Governor-General of New Zealand from 1910 until 1912. Date: 1910

Lydia Kyasht, ballet dancer
Lydia Kyasht (1885-1959) was a Russian ballerina and dance teacher. She moved to London in 1908, to be ballerina at the Empire Theatre. Date: 1910

Portrait of a Miss Gebhard
Miss Gebhard, an American whose family appear to have taken residence at Corsham Court in Wiltshire. Date: 1910

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