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Cover of The Graphic - Christmas Number 1912Cover of The Graphic - Christmas Number, November 25th 1912, featuring a young girl surrounded by toy farm animals and buildings - the style is akin to an old embroidery sampler. Date: 1912
Stylised Art postcard for the National Swiss Fair of 1924Stylised Art postcard for the National Swiss Fair, Switzerland. The rather enigmatic image shows a young Swiss man (note the cross belt buckle)
Japanese Geta shops, selling traditional colourful footwear. Geta is the term used to describe a form of traditional Chinese-Japanese footwear that resemble both clogs and flip-flops
Harrods menswear advertisement - holiday and cruise wearAdvertisement for The Mans Shop at Harrods, specifically promoting attire for holidays and cruises including beach gowns, swim trunks, beach trousers, Lisle beach shirts, panama hats and sandals
Water Wear for Whitsun - 1930s swimwear advertisementAdvertisement for water wear, available from major retailers. As well as the striking Red Seal swimming suit in the Persian Pheasant design, there is the submarine bathing cap, submarine sandals
Mens fashions for the French Riviera, 1934A gentleman wearing a short-sleeve double-breasted shirt, baggy, linen trousers and sandals on the French Riviera in 1934
Cruising fashion 1935An outfit of shorts, blouses with sun back, coat and hat all in matching spotted blue and white crease resisting linen. The lifebelt is really a bag which is most capacious
Burmese Beauty - Studio portrait with parasol and cigarBurmese Beauty - Studio portrait holding a paper parasol and cheroot cigar. Date: circa 1903
Relief depicting Nike or Victory tie his sandals. Bastion of the Temple of Athena Nike, by Phidias (c.432-490 BC). 427-424 BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece
The Vision of Saint Francis, ca. 1620, by Carlo Saraceni (15Carlo Saraceni (1580-1620). Italian painter. The Vision of Saint Francis, ca. 1620. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany
Lekythos. Red figures. GreeceLekythos of red figures. Narrow-necked vessel used for storing oils or perfumes for religious ceremonies. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany
God Mercury. RingGod Mercury depicted with his caduceus and winged sandals, and the cock and the goat. Ring. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary
Foot case for a mummy. Roman Period. 1st century ADFoot case for a mummy. Gilded feet with sandals and a checker pattern depicting basketwork. Linen with plaster, painted and gilded. Roman Period. 1st century AD
Pre-Columbian art. Aztec. Standard Bearer. 15thearly 16th century. Sandstone, laminated. It comes from the town of Castillo de Teayo in northern Veracruz, Mexico. Metropolitan Museum of Art
The three Marys announce to the disciples that Jesus has risen. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy
Peter denies knowing Jesus for the third time. Then, he remembers Jesus had already told that before the cock crows he would have betrayed three times. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin
Jesus, between Tyre and Sidon finds a Canaanite woman who begs him to heal his daughter possessed. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy
Jesus and his disciples, going along the barren fig tree. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy
Jesus calls James of Zebedee and his brother John to follow him. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy
Japanese Art - Couple out for a walk - Springtime. Date: 19th century
Japanese Geisha seated on a bench - studio photographic portrait (this same backdrop can be seen in a number of Geisha photographic studies). Date: circa 1902
Advert for Dolcis shoes 1931A selection of fashionable evening court shoes & sandals in a variety of fabrics or kid leather with high heels & an ankle strap or bar across the instep. Date: 1931
Casual Wear 1940sBib and brace shorts (dungarees) or dress; shapeless, woollen coat with patch pockets; halter-neck summer frock or two-piece summer suit. Date: 1940s
St Longinus / Martyr / 1696Saint Longinus the Martyr Date: -
Demosthenes / VauthierDEMOSTHENES Greek orator and statesman Date: 384 - 322 BC
Harriet Lady BulkeleyHARRIET, viscountess BULKELEY wife of Thomas, 7th viscount Bulkeley (1752-1822) Date: flourished 1770S
Advert for Simpson lastex swimwear 1938Lastex rules the waves. Two women posing with their swim-suits made from wool lastex. 1938
Demosthenes / VaticanDEMOSTHENES Greek orator and statesman Date: 384 - 322 BC
Paddling suit for boys and girls 1907Young infant holding bucket and spade on the beach, wearing jersey, short-kilted serge skirt and knickers. Date: 1907
Mother and child standing on the beach - France Date: 1920s
Young woman with feather fan on a New Year cardYoung woman with a feather fan sitting near an orange tree on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Advert for Debenham & Freebody swimming suits 1933Advertisement for Debenham and Freebody and their smart swimming suit fashions for 1933. Models posed wearing belted one-piece costumes (left) Ribbed light top in bright colours and dark shorts
Japanese couple in traditional and western costumeCaption reads: In spite of the fact that she does her hair in the old style, this wife is sufficiently " advanced" in her ideas to walk beside her husband in public. Date: 1932
Children with toy pram, Balham, SW LondonChildren playing with a toy pram on a Balham street, SW London. A small girl and a teddy bear are in the pram. Date: circa 1961
Seven girls on a Balham street, SW LondonSeven girls in front of a wooden fence on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Six girls on a Balham street, SW LondonSix girls huddled together in front of a wooden fence on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Japanese soldier wearing a helmet, kimono, leggings, sandals.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845
Japanese soldier wearing helmet, jacket, short kimono and sandals.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845
Japanese ensign carrying a standard, and umbrella bearer.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845
Statue of Venus, Roman bracelets, fans, shoes, parasol, and mirror.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity
Greek and Thessalian accessories. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages. 1798
Woman in Egyptian dancer costume.. Lithograph with pochoir stencil handcolouring from Our Fancy Dress Costumes, Paris, 1928
Costume of Madame Besuchet, nouveau riche.. Costume of Madame Besuchet, nouveau riche. She wears a bonnet a la frivole crowned with a knot of ribbons, loose hair
Costume of Egle, merveilleuse in the fashion of 1798.. Costume of Egle, merveilleuse in the fashion of 1798. She wears a Minerva casque open at the top, an Omphale robe decorated with flowers
The Dolly Sisters fashion look and accessoriesSlippers, sandals, hair and jewellery for the Dolly Sisters. Part of their new look provided by the French couturier Patou as he used them as his publicity weapon to invade America in the Spring of
Girl eating ice cream on a Balham street, SW LondonA little girl in a dirty dress, eating ice cream on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1967
Boy with toy gun and cowboy hat, Balham, SW LondonA little boy named Freddie, age 2, with a toy gun and a cowboy hat, on a Balham street corner, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Edward Rayne, shoe supremoEdward Rayne of the famous Rayne shoe dynasty, founded by his grandparents in 1889 and shoemakers to royalty, contemplating a pair of the firms shoes in the 1950s. Date: 1952