Shawl Collection (page 10)

Two Young Dutch Children - both in clogs and rather wonderful outfits. The elder (left) may be blowing some kind of whistle? Date: circa 1914

Singapore - Kling Dancing Girl and Traditional Musicians (playing a form of the Sarangi (or Tar Shehnai?) and the Chande drum)

Pretty French girl with roses
Pretty French girl in wide-brimmed hat clutching a large bunch of roses to her breast. Date: circa 1910s

A High Ranking Boyar Woman
A Boyaryshnya - A Boyar (high ranking) Woman in a fine and expensive silken gown Date: 1904

Elderly woman of Beja, Portugal Date: circa 1910

CHINA. Manila shawl (19th c. ). Detail with musical
CHINA. Manila shawl (19th c.). Detail with musical

Nonell I Monturiol, Isidre
NONELL i MONTURIOL, Isidre (1873-1911). Gypsy on Foot with Shawl. Charcoal and watercolour. Modernism. Watercolour

Castles in Spain by Nick
Front cover illustration by Nick depicting a fashionable woman dressed up in a Spanish style mantilla and shawl. Date: 1927

Idealised Victorian shepherdess
An idealised Victorian shepherdess with a lamb and a horned sheep. (3 of 6) Date: 19th century

Elderly Amerindian Woman - Peru Date: circa 1910s

Saving a baby from flooded building, South Wales
A baby is handed to safety after houses were swept away when heavy rains hit the Aberdare area of South Wales. circa 1911

Romanian Women - Sinaia. One appears to have purchased (or is about to sell) a fine angora rug or blanket. Date: circa 1900

Romania - Rich folk of Rucar
A portrait of the Rich Class at the Port of Rucar on the Olt River, Arges County, Romania Date: 1913

Romanian Woman by the well
A Romanian woman standing by the village well. This is likely to be a lever-action well, where the bucket and rope are attached to a long wooden lever

Woman from Romania
A woman from Romania in traditional costume, standing by the wheel of a watermill. Date: circa 1910

African Coptic Priest - probably in Ethiopia. He is wearing a spectacular tradional hat and carries a staff and a Coptic cross. Date: circa 1930s

Venetian Dress
A beautiful traditional Venetian dress, embroidered brocade worn with a becoming lace shawl. Date: 18th century

German Folk Costume - Freiberg Region
German Folk Costume - Markgrafler, Freiberg Region - note the spectacular headdress. Date: circa 1910s

Japanese lady about to unfurl her umbrella. - she is weasring distinctive block shoes and a purple headscarf/shawl Date: circa 1900s

Kabyle Women and babies - Algeria. The Kabyle are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated population today of 5 million individuals. Date: circa 1910s

Oriental Beauty - Egypt
Oriental Beauty in Egypt holding up a thin gossamer wrap/shawl Date: circa 1909

A Punjabi Woman
A study of a Punjabi Woman Date: circa 1910s

Kettle holder maker - West End, London
Lady who makes kettle holders in the West End. These holders were small round pieces of thick cloth used to hold over a metal kettle handle to prevent burning ones fingers! Date: 1908

Tangiers - Morocco - A Woman of the Mountains carrying her sleeping child in a sling across her shoulders and wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and very large scarf/shawl. Date: circa 1910s

Elderly Victorian woman
An elderly Victorian woman poses for her photo in a studio. She is wearing dark clothes and gloves, with a white bow at her neck and a bonnet on her head. Date: late 19th century

Advert for Wolsey spring fashions, underwear
Wolsey lustral arttificial silk underwear and hosiery. Young lady modeling a slip with a floral shawl with long fringing. 1928

Spanish Money Lender
Thwe fiadora or female money lender, is a familiar figure in the poorer districts of Madrid, Spain. Date: 1930s

Old lady and five geese
An old lady goes for a walk, and is irritated by the cackling of five geese. first published 1879

Figures that speak for themselves by C. Farley
An attractive young woman, wrapped only in an embroidered, fringed shawl, her Spanish fedora cast on the floor, reads a newspaper, unaware (or is she)

Elderly lady in front of Liverpool housing
]An elderly lady wearing a headscarf and shawl looks out at the camera on a Liverpool street of terraced housing. 1960

Austrian Couple in traditional costume
Jolly Tyrol Austrian Couple in traditional attire standing in front of a studio mountain backdrop - slightly sickly... Date: circa 1910s

Toad in Disguise / Grahame
Toad in disguise: " She arranged the shawl with a professional fold, & tied the strings of the rusty bonnet under his chin." Date: First published: 1908

Scottish Girl 1840S
" TARTANA" A young scottish woman wearing a tartan shawl. Date: circa 1845

Female Type / Dolly Varden
A pretty Victorian woman in a Dolly Varden dress. Date: mid-19th century

Stevenson / Aunt Balfour
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writers maternal aunt, Miss Balfour, Chief of our Aunts Date: 1850 - 1894

Costume Miniature C. 1800
A young, unknown blonde woman in a simple, white muslin gown, red shawl and straw bonnet sits in a landscape setting holding a basket. Date: circa 1800

A Spanish Bella
An attractive young Spanish woman, wearing a headscarf with coins, also an embroidered shawl wrapped around her waist. Date: 1912

Workhouse inmate Mary Jane promoting charitable work
A postcard promoting the work of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG). Its caption reads Mary Jane, who is a deaf and blind inmate of a Workhouse in Devonshire

Victorian woman in a crinoline dress
A Victorian woman in a striped crinoline dress with a dark lacy shawl round the skirt

Woman in profile, standing at a gate, Mid Wales
A woman in profile, standing at a gate, Mid Wales, with a thoughtful expression on her face. A patterned blanket or shawl is draped over the top of the gate

Couple outside cottage, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A middle aged couple outside their cottage in Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Colliers widow, Hook, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
The elderly widow of a miner from Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. She is walking along a lane with the aid of a stick, and carries a tin tray in her hand

People on a street of terraced housing, London
Adults and children on a street of terraced housing in the East End of London. The girl on the left appears to be cutting pieces of leather

Cross looking baby on a sofa
A cross looking baby lying on a sofa

Union Workhouse, Tonbridge, Kent, Womens Ward
Interior of a womens ward in the Tonbridge Union workhouse, Kent. The three inmates are wearing the typical uniform of long skirt, blouse, shawl, and bonnet

Union Workhouse, Tonbridge, Kent, Female Inmates
A row of female inmates seated by a window inside the Tonbridge Union workhouse. A uniform of long skirt, blouse, shawl and bonnet was the normal attire for elderly women in the workhouse

Open air church service at a workhouse
An open air church service for workhouse inmates, location unknown. Male and female inmates in workhouse uniform sit on chairs while a service is conducted by two men

Elderly inmates, Islington Workhouse, London

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