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Artistic Italian nude standing amid stylised watery backdrop
draped drape sheer white cloth nudity nude model poses pose posing stylised artistic postcard erotic naked woman Italian backdrop studio photography photograph attractive form body Date: circa 1905

Red-headed girl seated in a sheer red dress. Painting by David Wright reproduced in Men Only Magazine

An Intimate backstage moment - Paris Revue, France
An Intimate backstage moment behind the scenes of a Paris Cabaret Revue, France Date: circa 1910s

Young lady - arms crossed wearing a sheer black wrap. Reproduction of a painting by David Wright

Petra - The Treasury, Jordan
Petra - The Treasury (Al Khazneh), Jordan - the fallen pillar was restored in the 1960s - 4th century BC Building of the Nabatean Culture. Date: circa 1920s

Naked woman by David Wright, preliminary sketch
A preliminary sketch by David Wright depicting a naked woman reclining, with sheer fabric artfully placed to hide her modesty. Date: c1948

David Wright
LANCE-BOMBARDIER DAVID WRIGHT Illustrator and artist, photographed for the Sketch during his time with the Royal Artillery in 1942

French boy scout rock climbing
French boy scout on a rock climbing activity

Model indoors in elegant nightgown with sheer skirt. Date: circa 1965

Model Barbara Goalen in sheer net evening gown with corset bodice - outdoor. Date: circa 1950

Advert for stockings by Bear Brand 1940
Luxury stocking, showing a model holding up a pair of sheer Bear Brand stockings Date: 1940

Cape Wrath headland and lighthouse from seaward - Scotland
Cape Wrath headland and lighthouse from seaward. North western tip of Scotland. The picture was taken from the 27ft sailing boat Jalcyon during her 3000 mile cruise around the entire coast of

Peggy Piano Desmond - BBC Queen of the Ivories
Peggy Piano Desmond (1913-1977) - The BBCs Queen of the Ivories Date: circa 1943

Sorrento, Italy - Hotel Vittoria, with lift up the cliff - perched on the hillside overlooking the Bay of Naples. Date: 1910s

Cliffs at Ault-Onival, Somme Department, Haut-de-France
The Cliffs at Ault-Onival, Somme Department, Haut-de-France, France. Date: circa 1930s

Glamorous young French woman with a set waved hairstyle, string of beads and coquettish smile Date: circa 1910s

Reflections In The River Somme
A landscape oil painting of a large flock of sheer, some of which are gathered by the edge of the river Somme, drinking, three boats are stationed next to each other. Date: circa 1919

The Castle
An architectural etching of a distant castle, perched on a rocky peak, with sheer drops on each side. Date: circa 1918

Hill Climbers, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England
Hill Climbers (Abraham Brothers - George and Ashley), climbing near Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England. They made a photographic record of the exploits of many of the climbing pioneers

Desert Village, Arizona
An oil painting showing a desert village in Arizona, U.S.A. with a sheer rock face, boasting an impressive use of shadows, Date: circa 1919

CLIMBING IS DANGEROUS
Pressed against a sheer rockface, buffeted by a howling gale, a climber gains a vivid insight into the narrow gap betwixt life and death. Date: late 19th century

Four costumes representing Maytime Modes. Suggestions for dancers both on and off the stage, 1928, Top left: sophisticated simplicity - a gown of black satin crepe

International Exhibition - Milan, Italy - 1906
Publicity postcard for the International Exhibition - Milan, Italy - 1906 Date: 1906

Advertisement for Bear Brand superfine Stockings. Date: 1936

FALL / STANDARD POODLE / 84
SHEER HEAVEN FROM TIOPEPI A black poodle with a Continental clip. Owners: Bissett & Cord Date: 1984

MAN CLIMBS STEEPLY 1930S
Held tightly by safety ropes, a climber progresses up a sheer rockface. Date: 1930s

CLIMBER ON ROCKFACE
Making his way up a sheer rockface, a climber considers his next move. Date: 1930s

YELLOW EVENING GOWN 1823
Yellow gown with intricate detailing at hem, sleeves & bodice & with a star-burst detail at the bust. She wears flowers & feathers in her hair & a holds a sheer scarf. Date: 1823

TALMAS AUDIENCE
French actor TALMA, by sheer will-power, sees his audience divested of their clothes and transformed into skeletons, which he claims inspires his finest performances Date: late 18th century

A really very bizarre silhouette postcard depicting a man with a dancing monkey, entertaining a young couple, the gentleman in a suit, the lady in the sheerest of sheer negligees

Mountain Climbing - Alps - Chamonix, France. Date: 1920s

A British Bride with veil, bouquet and train
A 1920s British Bride with veil, bouquet and train Date: circa 1920s

Lila Nikolska (1904 - 1955), Russian dancer Date: 1927

Advert for Three Knots de-luxe stockings 1934
The ideal Christmas gift. Give three Knots de-luxe real silk fully fashioned stockings in attractive Christmas boxes. 1934

Sheer stockings packaging design by David Wright
Packaging for Glamour Girl sheer stockings from the Sherwood Knitwear Company, Burbage, Leicestershire, designed by pin-up artist David Wright

Pretty girl caught getting dressed
Caught " Una-wears" - a curly-haired lovely is shocked to be discovered whilst getting dressed into a tiny sheer green undergarment. Date: early 1940s

Long-haired girl on a massive black horse
A fantasy scene of a long-haired girl on a massive black horse Date: 1913

Young lady in evening gown by Paul Poiret
Young lady wearing a sleeveless evening gown of grey velvet with embroidered silver pattern, with a long lightweight sheer dress scarf draped around her neck and arm, by Paul Poiret. 1924

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1940
Loveliness that lasts 1940

Rock climbing at Bosigran, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1935
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Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1934
Bear Brand crepe luxury stockings. " Hallo... long distance? oh, lo darling.. sweet of you to ring me.. you ll be be back for christmas... marvellous... what do I want?

Woman wears a nightdress from Robinson & Cleaver
A woman wearing a nightdress of Linen Lawn from Robinson & Cleaver. The nightdress is a hand-drawn design with fine hand embroidery, trimmed with real filet lace and ribbons

Marjorie Spiers - The Punch Bowl revue - Duke of York s
Miss Marjorie Spiers () - in The Punch Bowl a revue by Archie de Bear at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, London in 1924, known as The Breakfast-time Follies

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1936
What fineness this Christmas... What a perfect Christmas stocking.... all the lastest fashion able shades, fastidiously fashioned into a dismally dull-lustred stocking. 1936

Trafalgar Square Birds
Tourists in Trafalgar Square are virtually obscured by the sheer volume of pigeons around them. Date: 1950s

View of Palisade, Nevada, USA
View of Palisade, a ghost town in Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1906

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