Shorter Collection

DEADLY TEETOTALISM
Deadly teetotalism leads to a shorter life than temperate enjoyment of fine whiskey, claims an advertisement for Long Johns Ben Nevis Whiskey, distilled in Fort William. Date: 1890

Shorteared Bat (Bewick)
SHORT-EARED BAT vespertilio murinus can be distinguished from the long-eared bat by the fact that its ears are shorter. Also its twice the size

Dora Sigerson Shorter, Irish poet and sculptor
Dora Sigerson (1866-1918), Irish poet and sculptor, wife of Clement Shorter, English journalist, literary critic and editor of the Illustrated London News. 1898

Broadnosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle
Broadnosed or Shorter pipefish, Syngnathus typhle. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Three men, one in an ankle=length gown, the others in shorter garments Date: 12th century

Golf caddie inadvertantly pokes fun at man golfing Date: 1910

Musket, Flintlock, . 75 In New Land Pattern
New Land Pattern. 75 in Light Infantry musket, 1810 (c). Utilising the same lock and general characteristics of the Infantry Musket this weapon has a shorter, 39 in barrel

ROBERT WALPOLE & WIFE 1 ROBERT WALPOLE & WIFE 1
Sir Robert Walpole, prime minister, with Catherine Shorter, his first wife Date: 1676 - 1745

Sisters Marion music hall vocalists
The Sisters Marion harmonising duettists. Described as a juvenile act. Fashionable in the music hall for young women to dress as children. Wearing matching knee-length white dresses and flat shoes

Douglas Fairbanks, Clement Shorter and Charlie Chaplin
Clement Shorter, founder and editor of The Sphere magazine, pictured flanked by movie stars, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin during a visit to America in 1920. 1920

Woman police officer W Gould in uniform, London
Woman police officer Winifred Gould (joined August 1931) in a studio photo with painted backdrop. She is wearing the recently updated Stanley uniform -- a white shirt and tie were introduced

Hairstyle instruction leaflet, combouts for shorter hair. (2 of 2) circa 1960s

London and North Western Railway - Signal Boxes, Old & New
London and North Western Railway - Signal Boxes, Old and New methods. Date: 1908

Woman police officer W Gould at Woolwich, SE London
Woman police officer Winifred Gould (joined August 1931) photographed outside Woolwich Police Station, SE London. She is wearing the recently updated Stanley uniform -- a white shirt

Woman police officer K M Boyd in uniform, London
Woman police officer Kathleen Mary Boyd (joined October 1931) in uniform, London, 22 October 1934. Date: 1934

Woman police officer posing in uniform, London
Woman police officer Ivy Cook (joined December 1930) posing in the recently updated Stanley uniform. A white shirt and tie were introduced, the jacket had four buttons and a matching material belt

Woman police officer posing in uniform, London, WW2
Woman police officer Sergeant Ivy Cook (joined December 1930) posing in uniform, 18 June 1940. Date: 1940

Johannes Cocceius - 2
JOHANNES COCCEIUS German professor of theology from Bremen : he looks very different here from our other portrait - his hair is shorter and he wears a moustache. Date: 1603 - 1669

English Notables C14
Four personages of distinction, one in a long gown, the rest in shorter garments, one of them slashed to the waist Date: 14th century

Four English Nobles C14
Four nobles, three in long robes, one in a shorter one Date: 14th century

Clement King Shorter
CLEMENT KING SHORTER Journalist, critic and biographer Date: 1857 - 1926

Clement Shorter in fancy dress
Clement King Shorter (1857 - 1926), journalist, critic and biographer, founder of The Sphere magazine. Pictured here in fancy dress in the costume of an Indian prince for the Chelsea Arts Ball in

Comparison of adjectives, learning for children
Comparison of adjectives to help children learn. Wet, wetter, wettest. Short, shorter, shortest. Etc. Date: 1930s

Shorter, full skirts of 1915, WW1 fashion worn by Eve
Eve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine pictured under a parasol or umbrella with an army and navy officer

Patriotic stockings
Stockings embroidered with the Allied flags, a fashionable way of showing off ones legs and patriotism during the First World War

Dress by Ernest, WW1
A picturesque dress of pervenche blue taffeta trimmed with frills, with a stiffened hem and a frill of white muslin edged with lace from Ernest s

Power of the big gun and the turbine by G. H. Davis
The power of the big gun and the turbine. Three annotated illustrations, showing the modern battleship cruisers advantage over an opponent carrying lighter guns of shorter range

Characters in High Life, c. 1796. Although one of the women is much shorter than the other, she makes up for it in the height of the feathers she wears in her turban

Clacton Pier (2)
The skirts are shorter, but otherwise little has changed from our pre-war view of the same scene - Clackton is as popular as ever ! Date: circa 1920

The wives of the military
" The wives of the military" -- two ladies of contrasting stature (and possibly contrasting social stature!) stand talking about their husbands, both away at war. Silhouette by H L Oakley

Selling Indulgences C15
Jesuits sell indulgences to the people of Lucerne, Switzerland - the populace give the Church money in return for spending a shorter period in Purgatory... Date: 15th century

Life / Fashion, shorter skirts 1924
A young female dress maker holding a measure and a pair of scissors, kneels upon a foot stall. Skirts will be shorter this fall

Spring fashions for 1925
A colourful design from Paris where the couturiers announced that skirts were to be shorter and a straight slender outline was the most desirable shape for spring 1925

Englishman of 1790
Though he still wears a wig, a tail-coat has replaced the skirted coat, the waistcoat is shorter, black knee-breeches and stockings are now general

Robert Walpole & Wife 1
Sir Robert Walpole and his first wife, Catherine Shorter; he is dressed formally in his state robes while she wears a simple if clearly fine indoor gown

Electricity V Steam
In the early years of the 20th century electricity began to compete with steam, but proved to be practicable mainly on shorter runs

ROBERT SOUTHEY 1774-1843
ROBERT SOUTHEY English poet and man of letters. Remebered more for his shorter works, than his epic poems such as Madoc

Smoking in the Street
A shorter man stands on tiptoe to light a cigarette from an extremely tall man

Trotteurs 1913
Doeuillet Tailor-mades: Pink: hobble skirt with panels, belted jacket with rounded borders. Purple: jacket with a gored skirt cut shorter at the front. N.B fur muff & stole

C18th Century Revival
Fine feathers in wartime: dress designers attempt to counter the practical move of wearing shorter, fuller skirts by employing impractical styles of previous centuries

A Chinese Smoker
A Chinese opium smoker prepares to smoke : he holds a long pipe, a shorter one rests beside him together with the lamp

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