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Rocky Mountain Goat Date: 1948
14TH CENTURY STYLIThese styli, or stili, are used to write on waxed tablets, in which they leave a trace with their sharp points. The Romans used much the same instruments. Date: 14th century
Englishman of 1670In 1666, a new style for men is introduced in sharp contrast to the extravagant court styles : the long vest or body-coat is an intimation of things to come Date: circa 1670
A fantasy swordsmith, dressed in a costume made up of the products he makes. Date: circa 1700
Becky Sharp, a play, Lyceum Theatre, IpswichBecky Sharp, a play based on Thackerays novel, Vanity Fair, at the Lyceum Theatre, Ipswich, previously at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London
Algeria - A Moor Date: circa 1907
Ornamental scars on face and sharpened and filed teethPhotograph of a couple from upper Congo, Central Africa - bearing facial scarification and sharpened upper teeth and filed bottom teeth
Tsunami wave and tropical paradise - EveningInspired by Hokusai, this graphic picture by Malcolm Greensmith depicts a tropical island cast into sharp silouette by the low light of the evening sun as a menacing high set of waves (a tsunami)
Laos - Traditional and non-traditional costumeLaos - Women in traditional dress with two Laotian gentlemen in very sharp white jackets and plus-fours!!
Tradesman sharpening scissors on a Christmas cardTravelling tradesman sharpening scissors and other items on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card with a pencil breaking through it. Date: circa 1890s
Tabby kitten sharpening its claws on a chairUnusual Friends - tabby kitten sharpening its claws on a chair. 1950s
One Womans Wardrobe - Laurie Newton Sharp. Feature in London Life magazine. Mrs Newton Sharp, News Editor at Harrods, here wears mostly Balenciaga. Date: 1966
Balloon popper -- an elderly man with an umbrella pretends to pop a balloon belonging to some trendy young women riding in a white sportscar. Date: 1970s
Dartmoor ponies at Sharp Tor, Devon. circa 1980s
Country people in the Middle Ages -- a woman feeds a hen and chicks, a man sharpens his scythe before continuing to cut grass, and an older man carries a basket on his back. Date: circa 13th century
Sharp-petaled bletia or pine pink orchid, Bletia acutipetala or Bletia purpurea.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan
Visit to Madeira - A Basket Bullock CarroBlack and white lantern slide of three women seated in a ox drawn sledge (carro de bois) - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection
Luxembourg - Esch-sur-Sure CastleEsch-sur-Sure Castle (also known under its German name Burg Esch-an-der-Sauer) located in a small village with the same name
A Matabele WarriorSouth Africa - A Matabele Warrior, wearing a distinctive (and spectacular) neck decoration with a variety of sharp animal horns forming a fearsome spectacle
Megadytes ducalis, water beetleMegadytes ducalis (Sharp, 1882) is a large freshwater diving beetle found in Brazil. Only known from one specimen, it is one of the rarest beetles in the world
Two sharply-dressed black american menA marvellous postcard photograph of two young black men in early 1930s New York in sharp suits and smoking cigarettes, obviously having made a bit of money
Song by Thomas Arne, Look sharp, take careSheet music, song by Thomas Arne, Look sharp, take care -- a misogynistic song about scheming women. 18th century
Christmas Eve by Charles RobinsonThe Childs Christmas by Charles Robinson, with text by Evelyn Sharp. Printed by Blackie and Son Limited. Illustration showing two children hanging up decorations on Christmas Eve. Date: 1906
Highland cow, Scotland. Date: 1960s
Switzerland - Switchback turn on the Sustenstrasse, built between 1938-1945 - in the Cantons of Bern & Uri. Date: circa 1940s
Spectators watch the Bobsleigh Run at Morgins, SwitzerlandSpectators watch a Bobsleigh team negotiate a sharp turn the run at Morgins, Switzerland, part of the Portes du Soleil ski resort. Date: 1921
Lillian Smith shows Queen Victoria her rifleLillian Smith (1871-1930), American sharp shooter, pictured showing Queen Victoria her little rifle at a Wild West Show at the Great American Exhibition held at Earls Court, West London in 1887
Dental Instruments, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co Ltd. 1921
Art Nouveau advertising postcard for Koh-I-Noor Pencils. Date: circa 1905
Greetings card in the shape of a razor. Date: circa 1890s
Tubular Bridge and Man O War Sea Stack, Gobbins Path - a view of a man on the middle of a tubular bridge spanning a sharp drop to the sea. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Islandmagee)
Poster, Gillette Blades. circa 1930s
Snap Playing Card - Scissors to Grind. circa 1900s
Snap Playing Card - Man shaving and cutting his chin. circa 1910s
Simple Simon with thistleSimple Simon with a thistle (looking to see if plums grow on it). (4 of 4) 19th century
Wandsworth Unions Old Peoples Cottages at TootingCottages for the elderly poor erected in 1902 at Church Lane, Tooting, by the Wandsworth and Clapham Union. The scheme was designed by C.A. Sharp. Date: circa 1911
Sheep in Hyde Park 1933This picture was taken in Hyde Park, central London, where these sheep are now grazing, in sharp contrast to the rush of traffic that is passing through a hundred yards away. Date: 3 June 1933
Alison Skipworth (1863 1952), American character actress of stage and screen, seen here as Miss Crawley in Becky Sharp (1935)
Englishman of 1655Puritanism is in fashion - and even the sharp dresser must go with the zeitgeist : collar instead of ruffs, simple hues, and the plainest of hats... Date: circa 1655
Robert Blake (Sharp)ROBERT BLAKE Parliamentary naval commander Date: 1599 - 1657
Carnaby / Lord John ShopCARNABY STREET A young man in a sharp suit walks towards Lord John, a clothes shop for men. Date: 1960s
John Dryden SharpJOHN DRYDEN The English poet and Poet Laureate. Date: 1631 - 1700
Frontispiece of The Childs Christmas 1906Showing a lovely Frontispiece with the illustration by Charles Robinson and text inside by Evelyn Sharp. Date: 1906
A large circular saw. Date: 1898
Robot shocks a group of menA robot strides across a room, shocking a group of men. They were hideous things, without brains, without feelings, without souls
White flowers, thorns and a cross on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
A saw on a Christmas card -- the basis of a fairly excruciating pun. Date: circa 1890s