Powdered Collection

Distinctions with a Difference at Gleneagles
Illustration showing a fashionable trio at famous Scottish golf course, Gleneagles. The chap in the middle wears wide plus fours and a lurid, patterned tank top

Powdered quaker, red chestnut, brick moth, etc
Powdered quaker, Orthosia gracilis 2, red chestnut, Cerastis rubricosa 3, brick moth, Agrochola circellaris 4, 5, and archers dart, Agrotis vestigialis 6

Oak hook-tip and barred hook-tip
Oak hook-tip, Drepana binaria 1-3, and barred hook-tip, Drepana cultraria 4-7. Phalaena Bombyx hamula, sicula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph

Woman in embroidered velvet coat, powdered golden hair
Woman in embroidered velvet coat, powdered gold hair. Manteau de velours broche, Cheveux poudres d or. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Woman in ratine blouse with embroidered belt. Blouse de ratine a ceinture brodee. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des Modes

Dry clean at home, 1943. Dry cleaning with vinegar, powdered magnesia and bicarbonate of soda at home in wartime. Date: 1943

Extravagant 18th century costume - colouful, elaborate with powdered wigs, ribbons and plenty of make-up! 18th century

Monsieur de La Live de Jully by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) - painting on canvas. Date: 1759

Pitt, William the Younger - British politician
Pitt, William the Younger (1759-1806) - British politician (Tory), Prime Minister. Date: circa 1780s

Benedict Arnold - American military officer and traitor
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) - American military officer and traitor who aided the British during the war of Independence. Date: circa 1790s

Louis XVI, King of France - oval portrait
Louis XVI, King of France (1754-1793, reigned 1774-1792). Date: circa 1790

Alexander Wedderburn, first earl of Rosslyn (1733-1805) Lord High Chancellor, when Baron Loughborough. Date: circa 1790s

Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (circa 17141794) - English lawyer, judge and Whig politician - first to hold the title of Earl Camden. Date: circa 1780

Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai, India
Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai (Madras), India Date: circa 1920

Ruth Harkness and her baby Giant Panda, Sun-Lin
Manhattan socialite Ruth Harkness(Mrs. William Harness Jnr)(1900-1947) fulfils her explorer husbands dream of capturing alive the first Giant Panda

INSTANT POTATO MIX
Pouring powdered potato mix into a plastic bowl with a plastic spoon in it, ready to make instant mashed potatoes. Date: 1960s

Powdered Mashed Potatoes
Fluffy mashed potatoes made from a powder mix. Date: 1960s

Scrubbing Woodwork
A French housemaid scrubs down the woodwork using Hudsons powdered soap and a bowl of hot water Date: 1878

Advertisement for Horlicks Malted Milk - milkmaid and cow. early 20th century

The Empire Cookery Book - Advert for Cow & Gate Baby Milk Food Date: 1920s

Gobbinsite comprises of (hydrated sodium potassium calcium aluminum silicate) and derives from the zeolite group. Specimen found nr. Black Cave, Island Magee, Co. Antrim

Tillite
This Tillite specimen is from Kimberley, South Africa. Tillites are the consolidated remains of the rock fragments and powder that are left behind as a glacier melts and retreats

Chalk
A piece of flintless white chalk from the Upper Chalk, Flamborough, Yorks. Chalk is a sedimentary rock formed in deep seas

An old, old story by Wilton Williams
Twilight scene with an 18th century couple seated in a garden, or on a balcony, with the man, apparently whispering sweet nothings into the ear of the woman who wear a powdered wig and pink dress

The Imperturbable Nymph by Prynne
A naked nymph perches on a hillside eating an apple, unmoved by the jewels offered by a powdered and be-wigged 18th century in a frock coat. Date: 1927

Gentleman kissing the hand of a lady
An beautiful cover design showing a gentleman stooping to kiss the hand of a lady. Both wear impressive wigs, and are surrounded by an intricate patterned border in red, gold and black. 1925

Pierrot in white ruffle collar and red face paint
A pierrot wearing a white ruffle collar and black scull cap, with bright red lips and white powdered face. 1937

Sir Alfred Frederick Bird, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR ALFRED FREDERICK BIRD, 1st Baronet (1849-1922) British chemist, Conservative Party politician, food manufacturer and proprietor of Alfred Bird & Sons, a company founded by his father Alfred Bird

Watteau fancy dress costume
Suggestion for a fancy dress costume from 1884 for a fanciful 18th century heroine from a rococo painting by Watteau. Reproducing the picturesque and charming beings from Watteaus work

German Workers unloading food, Berlin, 1945
Photograph showing a group of German workers unloading barrels of powdered milk from a British truck, under the supervision of a British Soldier, Berlin, August 1945

Wartime Rations
A table full of powdered and rationed goods, as available in Britain during World War Two, including Birds Custard Powder, Victory V lozenges and Sylvan Flakes

Long Wigs of C17 Satire
Satire on the long wigs fashionable in the late 17th century, in which the caption suggests that a man wearing such a wig is nothing more than a poodle powdered

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