Silhouettes Collection (page 23)

Silhouette - Children and Birds (" Small Animal-friends" ) - by Karl Frohlich 1856

Front cover of The City Curious by Jean de Bosschere
Front cover of The City Curious, a book for children by Jean de Bosschere featuring a particularly curious creature on the cover and two small figures in silhouette. 1920

Anti-American editorial Date: 1930

Ad for commercial artist Date: 1930

City travel publicity Date: 1930

Silhouette portraits, early 19th century
A group of silhouette portraits from the Regency period. Clockwise from top left, a painted silhouette with gold pencilling

Silhouette portrait of a lady
Silhouette portrait of an 18th century lady painted onto plaster. Date: c.1785

Naval recruitment poster Date: 1955

City Traffic Date: 1930

Ad for Mercedes Date: 1936

Ad promoting Cologne Date: 1937

G-Man vs The Red X book back cover
Back cover of a pulp fiction thriller called G-Man vs the Red X showing a sinister shadowy figure looking through a window at a riverside scene bathed in red. Date: 1936

The Duchess of Devonshire in silhouette
Silhouette portrait of Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire (1757 - 1806) after Gainsboroughs celebrated portrait of her. Date: 1904

Empress Eugenie in silhouette
EUGENIA MARIA DE MONTIJO DE GUZMAN (1826 - 1920). Wife of Napoleon III and Empress of France from 1853 to 1871. Date: 1904

Christmas decorative frieze - snowy landscape
Simple snowy Christmas landscape featuring fields under a blanket of snow and bare tree branches in dramatic silhouette. c.1925

Silhouette of Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England circa 2008

Statue of Liberty, New York, America
The Statue of Liberty and cranes at the docks silhouette in New York, America circa 2008

Silhouette of Mme. Lily Pons
Stunning silhouette of Mme. Lily Pons, the tiny French prima donna, who sang Rosina, the leading role in Rossinis Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Covent Garden in May 1935

Silhouette of Conchita Supervia
A beautiful silhouette of the operatic prima donna, Conchita Supervia, showing her at home in her London flat. 1935

Silhouette of Grace Moore
An intricate silhouette of the American film star, Grace Moore who made her d?t at Covent Garden in June 1935, as Mimi in Puccinis La Boh?. 1935

Silhouette of Mr & Mrs Home Robertson with Mrs J. M. Pryor
This striking silhouette shows Mr and Mrs Home Robertson of Paxton House, Berwick-on-Tweed, and Mrs J. M. Pryor, wife of Mr J. M. Pryor, of Dane End, Hertfordshire

Silhouette of Lady Dufferin and family
A delightful silhouette showing the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava with her daughters, the Ladies Caroline and Perdita Blackwood, and Puffin, the Pekingese

Silhouette of Lady Diana Cooper with her son
A beautiful silhouette showing Lady Diana Cooper reclining on an Empire sofa, while her son John Julius Cooper sits on a stool beside her. 1935

Silhouette of Viscountess Harcourt with her daughters
A delicate silhouette depicting Viscountess Harcourt, wife of the second Viscount Harcourt, with her two daughters, the Hon. Elizabeth Ann and the Hon

Silhouette of Household Cavalry in Hyde Park, London
Silhouette depicting a procession of mounted Household Cavalry in Hyde Park, London, featured in the Tatlers Coronation issue. 1953

Child on Chair and Dog
Whos afraid ? - but she finds it prudent to stand on a chair when the dogs around... early 20th century

Children, Broken Doll
Two children mourn a broken doll early 20th century

Children & Washing
Children doing their laundry early 20th century

Holly Leaves cover featuring silhouettes by H. L. Oakley
Front cover design for Holly Leaves featuring a series of charming cut outs by silhouette artist, H. L. Oakley depicting Christmas scenes from the Victorian era

Christmas Time is Circus Time by H. L. Oakley
A lovely silhouette cut out showing a jolly circus scene including horses, clowns, seals, tigers jumping through hoops, performing dogs and monkeys, an elephant and trapeze artists

Puss in Boots talks to reapers mowing a meadow, persuading them to tell the King that the meadow belongs to his Master. Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697

Rijeka (Fiume) - Scene just after WWI
An interesting postcard with silhouettes and line drawings, showing Rijeka (Fiume) just after WWI (1918-19) with street sellers, soldiers and some young lads

Fashions of the season at Longchamp
A variety of modish outfits and silhouettes fashionable in 1912, on display at the autumn Grand Prix at Longchamp

Operations on the Ancre 1917
Working party of the Manchester Regiment moving up to the trenches near Serre in France on the British front during World War I in March 1917

British Front 1915
A soldier in a shell crater on the British Front Line on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1915

Hiking on the Vitosha, Bulgaria
Vitosha - a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The Vitosha is one of the tourist landmarks of Sofia and provides a fantastic site for hiking

On The Slopes At Sunset
An winter scene showing silhouettes of skiers skiing downhill

Blind Man and Dog
A blind man walks with a dog - not strictly speaking a guide dog - on a loose leash

Keats / Silhouette
Silhouette of John Keats, poet

Garrick / Hogarth / Silhouet
Silhouette profiles of David Garrick, actor, and William Hogarth, artist

Silhouette / Byron
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON A silhouette of the English Romantic poet, in profile, sitting on a chair

Chinese and Puppets
OMBRES FRANCAISES In this satire on race distinctions, the Chinese are entertained by the comic antics of Europeans

Camel Train Cross Sahara
A camel train is silhouetted on the horizon of the Sahara desert

Cooking Frogs Silhouette
Frenchmen prepare frogs for the table - and the head chef tastes a mouthful to make sure they re properly done

Silhouette / Man C. 1820
Bust length silhouette of a young man

Art / Lavaters Chair
Chair designed by Johan Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) for taking silhouettes

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