Silhouette Collection (page 20)

Isabella Lucas, hawker of tin-wear good, Edouart silhouette
Isabella Lucas, aged 36 year, born in Bath. Hawker of tin-wear goods. Daughter of Elizabeth Smith, the soldiers widow. One of a series of silhouettes of characters in Bath by Edouart. Date: 1826

White Witchery - a romantic hunt scene in silhouette
Modern Form in Novel Form: No. 1 - A " Kill" at the Meet. Two members of a hunt show rather more interest in each other than their horses. Date: 1914

Shepherd and his flock
A silhouette of a shepherd and his flock Date: c. 1920

In the Spring a Young mans Fancy by Heath Robinson
Cupid the Will-o -the-Wisp and his vernal victims. Silhouettes of various people pursuing cupid as spring spreads romance. Date: 1914

A fly caught in a cobweb
Silhouette depicting a fly caught in a cobweb. Two fairies sit, powerless to help, but two elves try to free it. Date: 1927

A fairy asleep on a cobweb
Silhouette depicting a fairy asleep on a cobweb hammock. Date: 1928

WWI Poster, Go and Help
Dont Stand Looking at this, Go and Help! Parliamentary Recruiting poster, one of the few showing men going into action. Date: 1915

Silhouette cover design for The Orbit magazine, April 1926, by H.L. Oakley. Showing an artist painting at his easel, watched by a spring lamb. Date: 1926

Silhouette of girl and geese, Cremona advert
Silhouette of girl and geese by H.L. Oakley, advert for Cremona Dairy Cream Toffee. Oakley produced 38 groups of nursery figures which were printed in colour on the toffee tins

Silhouette of two rabbits, Cremona advert
Silhouette of two rabbits by H.L. Oakley, advert for Cremona Dairy Cream Toffee

Silhouette of a boy with a sheep, Cremona advert
Silhouette of a boy with a sheep by H.L. Oakley, advert for Cremona Dairy Cream Nursery Toffee

Silhouette design for Continental Services
Silhouette design by H.L. Oakley for Continental Services, showing a ship in a harbour. Date: circa 1930s

Silhouette of contrasting transport, 1874 and 1924, by H.L. Oakley, in Tennis magazine, 24 July 1924. Above: a group of people arriving at a country house by horse-drawn carriage in 1874

Silhouette of people playing tennis on a sunny day, by H.L. Oakley. Date: circa 1920s

Silhouettes for classroom decoration by H. L. Oakley
Silhouettes for classroom decoration by H.L. Oakley, in The Teachers World, 2 September 1927. The subjects illustrated are Literature, History and Geography. Date: circa 1920s

Silhouette heading, Financial Frills and Thrills, by H.L. Oakley, for The Bystander magazine. Showing two men in top hats, sitting in their respective armchairs, reading their newspapers. Date: 1920

Silhouette of two children with cutout toys by H.L. Oakley. Date: circa 1930s

Silhouette of H. L. Oakley as a schoolboy
Silhouette of H.L. Oakley as a schoolboy, doing cutout portraits of his teachers and schoolfriends, for which he was awarded a bronze star by the Royal Drawing Society

H. L. Oakley cutting the silhouette of a fellow officer
Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley, the famous silhouette artist, pictured cutting the silhouette of a fellow officer in what looks like a dug-out during World War One. Date: 1920s

Silhouettes for Bristol Pure Milk Co Ltd
Silhouettes by H.L. Oakley for a leaflet published by Bristol Pure Milk Co Ltd, on the production, processing and delivery of homogenised milk

Silhouette of Dutch children with kite, cover design for a leaflet, The Silhouette in Advertising, by H.L. Oakley MBE. Date: circa 1930

Silhouette advertisement for Tailor Gowns, Paris
Silhouette advertisement for Tailor Gowns by H.L. Oakley, showing a stylised view of the Place Vendome, Paris

Advertisement for Fenwick tailoring
Advertisement for Fenwick ladies tailoring department, , with a silhouette of tailors at work by H.L. Oakley. Tailor gowns to order, twelve and a half guineas (just over thirteen pounds)

Silhouette advertisement for Lapidosus Limited
Silhouette advertisement by H.L. Oakley for Lapidosus Limited of High Holborn, London. Depicting the history of work in stone through the ages, with Stonehenge in the Stone Age

Silhouettes, Party Fun by Father William
Silhouette illustrations by H.L. Oakley for a booklet, Party Fun by Father William. The booklet, advertising William Youngers Scotch Ale, contains an array of party games and tricks

Silhouette design, Party Fun by Father William
Silhouette design by H.L. Oakley, for the front cover of a booklet, Party Fun by Father William. The booklet, advertising William Youngers Scotch Ale, contains an array of party games and tricks

Pierrot couple with piano
A Pierrot couple entertaining each other at the piano. (4 of 4)

Dancing couple in fancy dress
A dancing couple in fancy dress -- the man is dressed as Harlequin. (3 of 4)

History of Wells in silhouette by H. L. Oakley -- second page (entitled THEN) of a leaflet published by LeGrand Sutcliff & Gell Ltd, Artesian Well & Hydraulic Engineers of Southall, West London

Ballet dancer and admirer
A ballet dancer and her admirer, a kneeling man in evening dress holding a bouquet. (1 of 4)

Scouting silhouettes by H. L. Oakley -- third page of a leaflet by B Haram & Co, printers and publishers of The Daily Arrowe, showing scouts and camping scenes

Silhouette of two carts meeting head-on
Silhouette of carts with Dutch drivers, meeting head-on. The cart on the left has geese in the back

Silhouette of Dutch children on a seesaw
Silhouette of two Dutch children on a seesaw

Silhouette of a boy with a sheep
Silhouette of a small boy looking closely at a sheep which is bigger than he is

Sunset at Valley of Rocks, Lynton, Devon
Sunset at the Valley of Rocks, Lynton, North Devon. Date: 20th century

Three red deer in silhouette, Ley Hill, Exmoor, Somerset. Date: 20th century

Wildebeests - On migration (Connochaetes gnou). Ndutu Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Africa

Marabou Stork - At sunset (Leptoptilos crumeniferus). Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Giraffes - Watched by tourists in Land Rover - Silhouette at sunset (Giraffa camelopardalis). Ndutu - Ngorongoro - Tanzania - Africa

Wildebeest crossing river (Connochaetes taurinus). Ngorongoro - Tanzania - Africa

A juvenile Common (Spiny-tailed) House Gecko hunts for insects, attracted by a night-light on a jetty (Hemidactylus frenatus (Schlegel))

A canopy of primary rainforest in a rainy and misty day. river Danum valley conservation area; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Hazel Hen / Hazel Grouse - adult male feeding on buds at dusk (Tetrastes bonasia). common in taiga forest near river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia

RUSSIA - Lake in Ural Mountains - autumn evening view at Lake Tavatui. Near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia

WWI Poster, Think!... Join Today
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Think! Are you content for him to fight for you? Won t you do your bit? We shall win but YOU must help. Join Today. Date: 1915

C3 (crossed out) CC, The Last Man by Bruce Bairnsfather
The silhouette of Charlie Chaplin appears on the horizon on the Western Front, watched in awe by two British soldiers on the Western Front. Date: 1918

Dry grasses in sunrise over frozen river Hudosey, a tributary of river Taz, and taiga-forest; above the Polar Circle. midwinter; North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Homeward Bound on Christmas Eve by H. L. Oakley
The broken trace in 1818, and a burst tyre in 1919. A silhouette contrasting two modes of transport a century apart by Harry Lawrence Oakley. Date: 1919

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