Robe Collection (page 14)

Princes Mary Vicountess Lascelles and her son
Princess Mary, The Vicountess of Lascelles (1897-1965) and her 7 month old baby, born on the 7th of February 1923. George Henry Hubert was christened on March 25th. Date: 1923

Celanese Coronation advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Celanese acetate yarn in the year of Queen Elizabeth IIs Coronation featuring a Coronation robe and Kirtle of velvet made for a Baroness by Ede and Ravenscroft. Date: 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
The preparation for the anointing of Queen Elizabeth II. While the anthem Zadok the Priest is sung, the Queen is divested of her crimson robe and train

Veiled Lady of Grand Cairo, Egypt
A Lady of Grand Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian woman in a white robe with a veil across her face. 1803

Toutoun Bashi - Chief of the Tobacco
The Toutoun Bashi of the Grand Vizier or, Chief of the Tobacco. He wears a green robe and a red and white turban and carries a tobacco pipe with a very long stem. 1803

Sir William Gascoigne
SIR WILLIAM GASCOIGNE Chief Justice of the Kings Bench in the reign of Henry V. He wears a hood, mantle, cope and ermine-lined robe. Date: 1350 - 1419

Sir John De Sitsylt
SIR JOHN DE SITSYLT (or Seisylt = Cecil), knight, carrying a shield and banner emblazoned with his arms, and wearing a red robe lined with ermine, betokening his status. Date: flourished 1333

Promenade Dress 1840
Public promenade dress: green & black robe with skirt en tablier & bishop sleeves with reverse points at the cuff. Accessories: collar fastened with a brooch. Date: 1840

Racial / German Magistrate
A magistrate (left) and a knight (right) 16th century

Edward V of England
EDWARD V Reigned April to June in 1483. Date: 1470 - 1483

Medieval Legal People
Three legal men from medieval England. Date: 14th century

John Atkins, Mayor
JOHN ATKINS Lord Mayor of London, 1819, in his robe of office. Date: CIRCA 181

Britannia and Eve Christmas cover 1940
Front cover illustration featuring a beautiful 1940s woman wrapped up in a Santa robe, her alluring smile peeping out from within the hood

Death, skeleton
A wonderfully macabre grinning skeleton with a full head of hair and wearing a robe, crouches by a fire of burning human remains to warm its hands

Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London (1843 - 1901). Prior to his premature death, it was widely believed that Creighton would go on to become the Archbishop of Canterbury

Uganda - Rukidi III
Uganda - Tribal King Rukidi III (ruled 1929 - 1965) - seated in his opulent throne, surrounded by leopard and cheetah skins and wearing a hat with an Osprey feather

Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden (1882 - 1920) with Prince Bertil (1912 - 1997). She is wearing a simply fantastic hat of grandiose scale!

The Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich
Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich in the costume of a Russian Lord from the late sixteenth century, Tsar Boris Godounof

Patriotic pro-Turkish card depicting a veiled Turkish woman in flowing see-through white robes, carrying and waving a large Turkish flag

Olwen by Daphne Allen
Scene from The Mabinogion showing Olwen, wearing a robe of flame-coloured silk, with cascades of yellow hair and anenome white skin

Magician Mr Philippe, the Chinese Physicis
Undated print of lithograph of magician Mr Philippe, the " Chinese Physicist" (Physicien Chinois) with Scottish assistant, Domingo, behind him. HPG/8/2/1 (xxxi)"

Peeress Tricorne Hat
A tricorne hat, made from black velour to be worn by the life peeresses in the House of Lords. Designed by Ede and Ravenscroft the robe-makers

Native man in India
A native man, possibly a monk, in an unidentified location in India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

A Zoroastrian Man (Parsi)

A Young Jew from Tashkent, Uzbekistan
A reflective Young Jewish boy wearing a fine robe from Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Elderly Egyptian man
An Elderly Egyptian Muslim Man

Egyptian Tribesman holding a long pipe
A fine portrait of an Egyptian Tribesman holding a long pipe

Iln Cover / Queen & Pow
ELIZABETH II Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II pictured with her eldest son and heir, Prince Charles of Edinburgh, later Prince of Wales at his

Paris Fashions for May 1869
Engraving showing fashionable summer dresses for Paris, May 1869. The dresses were (from left to right): Toilette de Promenade

Easter Fashions for March, 1847
A sketch showing the Easter fashions from Paris couturiers, 1847. From left: A lace head dress and a robe of taffeta, d italie rose and trimmed with ribbon

Paris fashions for February, 1864
Sketches of designs featured on the monthly ladies fashion page. (From left) The walking dress, made from dark brown silk, trimmed with black velvet

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An indoors dress, both front and back views, featuring a high waist, full, bunched skirt and a deep lace collar

Paris Fashions ?1840
Yellow dress: bishop sleeves, skirt en tablier showing white underskirt, trimmed with scalloped edged lace. Hair: plaited & coiled at the back with ringlets round the face

Hyder Ali (Haidar)
HYDER ALI Indian ruler and soldier. Helped form first corps of sepoys with European aid

George V / Robe & Stole
Wearing the Royal Robe of Cloth of Gold and stole

Blonde on Leopard Rug
Blonde model, wearing a black & white striped baby doll nightie (or is it a beach robe ?) strikes an alluring pose seated on a leopard skin rug complete with head

Henry Viii / L. Claessens
KING HENRY VIII Reigned 1509-1547 Hat and ermine robe

Regency Beauty
A Regency beauty wearing a white robe over a blue slip, low cut corsage with lace tucker & medici collar, cameo belt buckle, pearls, long gloves & Kashmir shawl

Costume / Men / Indianpriest
An Indian priest in simple orange robe and carrying a large fan

Costume / Men / Frenchbishop
A French Roman Catholic bishop in full ceremonial dress, giving the sign of peace

Alfred the Great
King of the West Saxons King Alfred

Plague in Manchuria / 1911
The Plague scours over the Manchurians, with his scythe, dressed in a deep red robe

Students at Jacqmar
Students from the School of Fashion Design at Jacqmars in London, being shown a Coronation robe for a duchess, worn over a dress of ivory & gold brocade by Victor Stiebel

Babies / Long Clothes 1863
Long clothes - possibly a christening robe adorned with tucked panels & lace insertions; short clothes with vandyked sleeves & bodice, also habit-shirts & sleeves

Edward Vi / Hargrave
Full length portrait wearing a large, ornate gold and red robe

Spanish Moor Soldier
A Moorish soldier of medieval Spain in white robe and turban, carrying a spear

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