Short Collection (page 44)

J Murat / Miniature 1813
JOACHIM MURAT French cavalry commander who became King of Naples in 1808 under the title JOACHIM I NAPOLEON

M-A Muret / Larmessin
MARC-ANTOINE MURET French poet and humanist

Martin / John / Thomson / Derb
JOHN MARTIN English painter

Conan Doyle / Photo C 1895
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE British physician and writer, circa 1895

Aj Cronin / Cig Card
ARCHIBALD JOSEPH CRONIN British physician and novelist, born in Scotland

Evert Cornelis / Postcard
EVERT CORNELIS Dutch conductor and pianist

Auguste Comte / Toulliou
AUGUSTE COMTE French philosopher

Vera Brittain / Harris Pho
VERA MARY BRITTAIN English writer

Marjorie Bowen / Cig Card
MARJORIE BOWEN alias GABRIELLE MARGARET LONG English novelist in 1936

Full Dress 1807
A yellow printed muslin gown or possibly white muslin worn over a yellow slip. Accessories: short white gloves, fan, gold armlets and maltese cross pendant

Water Packs
diagram to show various types of water pack, including the full-pack, steambath in bed, Kniepp short wrap and calf packs

Pink Full Dress 1805
A short white transparent tunic with self-coloured embroidery & fringing worn over a pink slip. Worn with long white gloves & a lace handkerchief in her hair

Palatinate Pair 1580
A well-to-do couple from the Palatinate; he wears a fur cape, she also has a short jacket and puffed sleeves

Summer 1915 / Bon Ton
Summertime fashions for women & girls by Paquin, Doucet, Beer etc. N.B tunic dresses, short voluminous skirts & small vertical hats & feathers or broad brims & flowers

Model in Shorts 1940
Young model wears white linen shorts and a striped, short- sleeved, double-breasted linen jacket. She also wears a pair of thick soled shoes laced up with cord

Cooking an Old Lady
When the natives run short of food, they strangle the oldest and least useful woman of the tribe and smoke her; when shes cooked, they consume her slice by tasty slice

Shortage of Flesh
- They are starting to run short of meat in Germany ( Carne means both meat and flesh )

Adjusting Tv, 1960S
A young woman with short dark hair, wearing a stripy mini dress, adjusts her television set

WOMEN & GIRL 1876
Girl: short grey dress trimmed with red ribbons down the front. Women: jacket bodices, one with pointed basques at the back, tie-back skirts & long mermaid-tail trains

Boy in Knitted Outfit
A small boy with aesthetic curls wears a hand-made knitted costume of jumper and shorts with short white socks & leather shoes with a bar across the front

Satire on Fashions 1869
A satire on the fashions of the day include flashy, tight trousers & fancy broad shouldered jackets. The polonaise, short skirts, panniers & false hair of the ladies are also mocked

Costume / Amy Aged 10 1865
Girl wears a dress with loose, pleated bodice, a crinoline supported short skirt trimmed with lattice motifs & sleeves with epaulettes & turned back cuffs. Hair worn plain

Racial / Norway / Lady 1821
Red dress: square neckline & short, puffed sleeves ornamented with cord trim, tucker & cuffs possibly of muslin & a broad black belt with a silver clasp

Skating Girl in Jumper
Girl in her winter woollies wears a hat, gloves, stockings & hand-knitted jumper in garter stitch with zip fastening & collar. The skirt of her dress is rather short

Short Mayo / Mercury
Flying-boat Maia takes off with Mercury on its back, then releases the seaplane, which has not had to expend valuable fuel to get airborne so has a much greater range

3 Evening Dresses 1843
Hair is worn off the face & covers the ears & is ornamented with white ostrich plumes & wheat, rosettes & tiny flowers. Ans shaped coil of hair is secured with a comb

Ball Dress for 1830
Gauze gowns with Greek designs. Horizontal revers forming mancherons on the shoulders. Gigot over-sleeves & reversed points at the cuff. Short skirt & boots

Marie / Sachsen-Weimar-Eis
PRINCESS MARIE von SACHSEN-WEIMAR-EISENACH Wife of Prince Carl of Prussia in 1825

Evening Dress 1824
Pale yellow gown with short, puffed sleeves. The hem is decorated with 2 rouleaux infilled with puffings & oval shaped designs, topped with paisley pattern trim

Patterned Frock 1940S
Woman wearing a short-sleeved, summer frock with a square neckline outlined with ric-rac braiding. The fabric has a diagonal check infilled with images of donkeys & women

Dog-Walking Chic 1937
Spanish dog-walkers preamble in the park. Styles include a check jacket & waistcoat & a short sleeved jacket worn over a frock. A pink butterfly print dress catches the eye

Velvet Dress 1933
A brown velvet dress with full short sleeves, a ruffled hem, diagonal wrap-over front with belt and white pin-tuck collar and sleeve detail. Designed by Jenny

Cuchulain Asks for Arms
Cuchulain asks the king for arms because a boy who asks for arms on that auspicious day would become the most famous hero of Ireland, but would also have a short life

Grape-Trimmed Dress 1840
Dress adorned with bunches of grapes: with a lace falling tucker, pointed waist & short puffed sleeves. The skirt is pinned up on one side. Worn with a plumed tudor style hat

Battledore Fashion Plate
Short coloured skirts showing embroidered scallop edged petticoats, white blouses with imbecile sleeves & embroidered yokes & tuckers, floral aprons with pockets & black braces

Competing with Peacock
Pelisse-robe of pink & grey vertical stripes open to reveal a white petticoat. Girl: short dress with open corsage & chemisette, flat, straw hat & fingerless gloves

Over Reaction to Fashion
Polish girl wearing fashionable short skirts is forced to take refuge in a Warsaw church from an angry mob demonstrating their disapproval

Children with their Toys
Boy: tweed hat & D-B coat cut with the newly fashionable long lapels. Girls: woollen coats with flared skirts, wrap over fastening with velvet or fur trim & a hat or bonnet

Husband / Wife / Belfast 19C
Man: short S-B jacket, rounded pocket flap, bound edges & cut-away at the front. Woman: jacket body, beaded collar, ruff, open tunic & skirt with knife-pleated flounces

Costume / Photo by Merrick
Woman: polonaise with pagoda sleeves, coils of false hair & a tiny hat tilted forwards. Man: light coloured trousers & waistcoat, striped cravat, short jacket with bound edges

Costume / Photo of Frank
Boy wears a dark 3-piece suit with a collarless short jacket fastening with one button at the throat & the front borders rounded off, an Eton collar, narrow bowtie & a peaked cap

Costume / Boys / Photo / 1890S
Two boys in knickerbocker suits with short S-B jackets with nautically inspired turnover collar & tunics trimmed with rows of narrow braid & peaked caps

Boy in Best Clothes 1880
Boy wearing an Eton suit comprised of short single- breasted jacket & waistcoat with roll collar, light grey trousers, white Eton collar & narrow bowtie & a top hat

Costume / Photo / Men / R Day
A man seated on a stile wears a short S-B coat with rounded borders, collar & long lapels, narrow fitting trousers & a low square crowned hat with a broad hat band

Riding Dress / Photo 1860S
Breeches, calf-length boots & spurs, a short square cut single-breasted coat with velvet collar (possibly hunters pink ), a riding crop & top hat on the floor

Opening session of the First State Duma, Russia
The opening session of the short-lived First State Duma (legislative assembly), which lasted until July but was deadlocked when radicals challenged fundamental laws

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