Short Collection (page 40)

GERMAN NOBLES 1570-88
Two German noblemen wear small ruffs, doublets, cut-fingered pumps, hose or breeches ornamented with embroidery or ribbon bows, a sleeveless jerkin & short cloak. Date: 1570 - 1588

Short-Sleeved Cardy 30S
Young platinum blonde wearing a Peter-pan collar & a short- sleeved hand-knitted cardigan with cuffs, deep angular revers & fastened with 3 rows of knitted buttons. Date: 1930s

Ball Dress & Cloak
A young lady arrives at the ball wearing a beautiful, white, short cloak or cape ornamented in gold & red with a paisley pattern. Date: circa 1860

C12th Male Dress
Labourer: Phrygian cap, hooded tunic hitched up, long stockings & short boots. Rich Jew: conical hat with brim, mantle pinned with a brooch, super-tunic, girdle & pouch. Date: 12th century

15th Century Couple
A lady and gentleman in fashionable summer wear : she wears a stomacher, he wears a short doublet over his shirt, with trouses and breeches. Date: circa 1499

Kirchner Girl Circa 1913
Parisian milliners apprentice delivering a new hat wears a short narrow skirt with a buttoned split at the side, Louis heel shoes, blouse with tie & a square, brimless hat. Date: circa 1913

Paris Fashions 1915
The new wartime fashion of short full skirts in bold designs & colours, high Louis heeled boots, loose jackets with belts, V -necklines & hats with vertical feathers. Date: 1915

Costume / Children / 1880
Boys: knickerbockers, bowler hat, tunic with cape. Girls: low waisted dress with yoke, striped stockings; coat- bodice, kilted or flounced short skirts, trimmed hats. Date: 1880

French Nobles of 1580
A nobly-born couple, he with a wide collar to his cape and frilly breeches; she wears a short fur jacket Date: circa 1580

Anglo-Saxon Women
Two Anglo-Saxon women, one side-saddle on horseback. They wear long house-gowns, and hoods wrapped round neck and shoulders; the rider also wears a short cloak. Date: 750

Churchill / Randolph / Uhl
LORD RANDOLPH SPENCER CHURCHILL British politician Date: 1849 - 1895

Two Gents Drinking C1860
Two smart-looking gents at a London bar counter, one with a short, the other with a stout and bitter; if they get peckish, there are sandwiches under a glass dome. Date: circa 1860

1927 by Lewis Baumer
A quintessentially twenties young woman with an Eton crop, a short skirt and a cigarette holder, posed nonchalantly by a stylised picture of Adam and Eve hanging on the wall

Britannia and Eve magazine, July 1933
Front cover illustration featuring a pretty blonde 1930s woman with a Bob haircut and short, solid fringe. She wears a floral patterned scarf tied to one side

Young Victorian man in head and shoulders portrait
A handsome young Victorian man with short blond hair and a moustache in a head and shoulders portrait

Victorian girl in matching velvet jacket and skirt
A little Victorian girl wearing a matching velvet jacket and skirt, leaning against an upholstered chair in the photographers studio

Cotoneaster Horizontalis, a short shrub cultivated as an ornamental plant. Depending on the time of year it has white or pink flowers and red berries (pomes), and is a source of food for birds

Elegant young woman -- The Mauve Dress
An elegant young woman with short blonde hair sits in a mauve dress

That Newest Step by Laurie Tayler
That Newest Step, by Laurie Tayler. Young couples on the dance floor comment jealously on the couple in the middle doing the latest dance

Mrs Carol Carstairs, Art Dealers Wife
MRS CAROL CARSTAIRS wife of Mr Carol Carstairs, art expert of Knoedler s, the picture dealers

Gladys Cooper, actress of stage and screen
A double-page portrait of Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), English actress of stage and screen. She is seen in profile with her eyes closed, holding a large bunch of flowers. Date: 1925

Shortsighted young cricketer is bowled out
A shortsighted young cricketer is bowled out -- the bales are flying off the stumps

Edwardian vicar in head and shoulders portrait, Mid Wales
An Edwardian vicar in an oval-shaped head and shoulders portrait, Mid Wales. He is sitting at a desk with a book under his hand

Middle aged man with potted palm, Mid Wales
A middle aged man poses in the photographers studio, Mid Wales, with a potted palm on a table

Young man with book and table, Mid Wales
A young man poses in the photographers studio, Mid Wales, with a book on a table on the left, and a carved chair on the right. There is a painted backdrop behind him of a lake and mountains

Middle aged man in studio photo, Mid Wales
A middle aged man poses in the photographers studio, Mid Wales. He has a pointed beard, and wears a three-piece suit, with a spotty tie and wing collar

Young man in a garden, Mid Wales
A smartly dressed young man poses for his photo in a garden, Mid Wales. He is wearing a light-coloured matching jacket and waistcoat, with round collar and tie

Young man in studio photo, Mid Wales
A pale young man in a suit that looks too big for him, in the photographers studio, Mid Wales

The Bridge Builders
The title page of Rudyard Kiplings short story The Bridge Builders, as it first appeared in the Illustrated London News Christmas issue, 1893

Paper sorting, Salvation Army Elevator
Men sorting paper at one of the Salvation Army Elevators. The Elevators provided the destitute with both short-term work and hostel-style accommodation

Airport scene with Caravelle jet
Scene at an airport with a Caravelle jet on the runway, with nine small aeroplanes flying in formation overhead. The jet bears the name of the Italian airline, Societa Aerea Mediterranea

Curly haired boy in photographers studio
A curly haired little boy poses in the photographers studio. He is wearing his best jacket and short trousers, and sitting on a table top

European man in a white suit, Middle East
A European man in a dazzling white suit with rather short trousers and white shoes poses in front of a handwritten sign in arabic writing, in a street somewhere in the Middle East

Kensington & Chelsea District School, boys group photo
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Gebrauchsgrafik fashion
Graphic and stylised art deco fashion images with women wearing dresses typical of 1930 and with cropped or shingled hair

Met Police officer speaking to tourists
A Metropolitan Police officer speaking to a group of young tourists outside Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall, Central London

George Moore
George Augustus Moore (1852 - 1933). Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist"

Music cover for Godfreys Chilperic Quadrille
Music cover for Charles Godfreys Chilperic Quadrille, based on airs from Herves popular opera buffa (or operetta) Chilperic

Short-sighted signage / W H Robinson
A new kind of pub sign for the short sighted which can be winched down from its normally sky high position to a much more comfortable level for those with less than perfect eyesight

Blue shoes from Harrods
A stylish pair of blue and white patterned ladies court shoes with a short heel, from Harrods, London

Little girl in a knitted cardigan, smiling
A little girl in a knitted cardigan, relaxed and smiling. She has short, curly hair

Happy little girl in a knitted cardigan
A happy little girl in a knitted cardigan, holding her hands above her head in delight. She has short, curly hair

Lady in riding attire
Lady in finely cut riding garb, holding a short whip

Mother and two children of Kostel (Podivin), Moravia
A mother and her two children pose for their photograph on a wooden bench. The girl on the left is wearing a sailor dress

Ann Miller in short pyjamas
The American film actress, dancer and singer, Ann Miller (1923-2004), modelling a pair of short pyjamas while lying on a white fur rug

Ensign Air Liner and Empire flying boat
Poster advertising the Ensign air liner for European services, now being built by the Armstrong Whitworth company, and the Empire flying boat built by Short Brothers

Pope Hadrianus V (Ottoboni dei Fieschi) Born c1205, achieved little during his short time as Pope

1920s children
A group of boys and girls sit together in a countryside setting during the 1920s, as evidenced by the bobbed hair of some of the girls and short dresses

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