Skin Collection (page 7)

Poster advertising Nubian sun cream
Poster by Atelier Pokorny Hofbauer (Czech) advertising Nubian sun cream. Date: circa 1930

Inhabitants of New Guinea
Three native New Guinea (warriors) with traditional decorative deep skin cutting and large hair

Cherubs posting letter on a Christmas card
Cherubs posting a letter on a three-dimensional Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Humanised vegetable chef on a Christmas card, holding up an iced cake, by Herman Rothe. Date: circa 1880s

Humanised vegetable couple on a Christmas card, by Herman Rothe. Date: circa 1880s

Fairies roasting their dinner on a Christmas card
Some rather savage-looking fairies wearing rodent skins in the snow, roasting a rat over the fire for their dinner on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Difficult Choice 1924
A young lady faces a difficult choice at the shoe shop - which pair of Perugia shoes to go for. Perhaps the crocodile skin pair of lace-ups? Date: 1924

Englishman 1145
His hooded cloak is made of skin, with smooth side inside and a shirt beneath; ankle gaiters cover the tops of his shoes Date: circa 1145

Bi-Borax Oriental
This lady uses Bi-Borax Oriental, an antiseptic detergent which cleans and purifies her skin : no wonder shes satisfied with what she sees in her mirror Date: 1891

Racial Types / Papua New G
On the left, a native of Papua, on the right, a native of New Guinea Date: 1872

Alma-Tadema / Fireplace
SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA British painter in his rather cluttered studio Date: 1836 - 1912

Native American chief, Mah-To-Toh-Pa
Mah-To-Toh-Pa, Chief of the Mandan tribe, wearing a large feathered headdress and carrying a spear. Date: circa 1855

Advert for International Fur Store 1937
Two models wearing three-quarter length furs in mink and cat. Date: 1937

Young woman with feather fan on a New Year card
Young woman with a feather fan sitting near an orange tree on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Toddler with nursery rhyme scene on a Christmas card -- Bye baby bunting, Fathers gone a-hunting, To get a little rabbit skin, To wrap the baby bunting in

Mrs Leopold Albu in fancy dress costume, Cleopatra
Mrs Leopold Albu, formerly Adelaide Veronica Elizabeth Burton, wife of Leopold Albu, mining magnate. Pictured in the costume she wore at a small dance she gave at 4 Hamilton Place

Walter Rothschild Bird skin collection, 1932
Packed for shipping. The majority of Rothschilds (280, 000 items) bird skin collection was sold the AMNH in New York after he ran into financial difficulties

Numida meleagris, Helmeted Guineafowl, female
Skin of guineafowl collected by 19th Century naturalist Emin Pasha in Tingasi, Equatorial Africa. 17/8/1883. Original NHM label: Numida ptilorhyncha 1887.9.28.28. Date: 1887

Musophaga rossae, Rosss turaco, female
Skin of turaco collected by 19th Century naturalist Emin Pasha in Tingasi, Equatorial Africa. 10/08/1883. Original NHM label: Musophaga rossae 1887.9.28.45 Date: 1887

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus
1904 Colonsay specimen of Coccyzus americanus, held at the Natural History Museum at Tring Date: 1904

Serpentine cup
A mottled serpentine ornamental cup or tazza on a black marble base. The mineral serpentine is composed of (magnesium iron silicate hydroxide)

Frank Cooney coat, Otto Lucas hat, 1965
A feline coat which is leopard print on sheared kidskin from Frank Cooney, worn with a black leather helmet with long, jersey scarf ends by Otto Lucas. Date: 1965

Jottings of Eve Sketch, 1927 - girl in bathing suit to feature beautiful skin courtesy of Eastern Foam vanishing cream Date: 1927

No 4711 Eau de Cologne advert, 1927 - speedy travelling is apt to dry the skin but no 4711 cools and refreshes the skin Date: 1927

Cartoon, Do not sell the bears skin, WW1
Cartoon, Do not sell the bears skin, showing a large white bear (representing Bulgaria) with blood dripping from its claws, towering above its Central Powers colleagues from Germany

Skin Illustrations. Middlesbrough 1970s Date: 1970s

The Snake Skin Shoes or the Temptation of Eve
The Snake-Skin Shoes, or, the Temptation of Eve by Pierrot. A young woman in a shoe shop is tempted by a pair of snake skin shoes presented by the somewhat saturnine looking sales assistant

German womens jewelry from 1546.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, 1543.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Eskimo or Inuit man riding a raft, and huts with sled and dogs.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Human finger, skin, blood, serum and salt crystals.. Human finger 1, magnified 2, epidermis 3, magnified 4, scales 5, magnified skin 6, and human blood 7, serum 8

Boots Les Fleurs face powder advertisement, 1914
Advertisement for Les Fleurs face powder, made in four distinctive tints to suit all complexions. Date: 1914

Ornate Curtains
Black and white lantern slide of some ornate curtains. They are hung in a room draped in fabric with pot plants and a leopard skin rug

Selkup children, North Siberia (Northern minority). Children playing with elk skin, near river Taz, North Tumen region, Russia

Distributing water, Golden Gate, Jerusalem
Distributing water at the Golden Gate, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Selkup Man (North Siberia minority) shows his wooden hand-made skies (covered with moose-skin to prevent sliding back). early spring, taiga-forest; North Tumen region, Russia

Dutch boy scouts in a Rover Den, Holland
Dutch boy scouts in a rather eerily-lit Rover Den, Holland, playing instruments for a sing-song

Greek boy scout at camp
A Greek boy scout at camp, reading a notice (possibly the boy scouts promise) printed on animal hide

Label design, Eisemanns Fairy Cream, Phil Eisemann, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. An exquisite and elegant preparation for relieving chapping, chafing, sunburn, tan, roughness, redness, inflammation

Royal Vinolia Cream advertisement, munition worker, WW1
Advertisement for Royal Vinolia Cream from 1917 featuring a female munition worker - the ideal candidate for as dirty and rough work may be in your service for the nation...but Royal Vinolia cream is

Regional HQ band at LFB Headquarters, Lambeth
Group photograph of the Regional HQ band with their instruments at London Fire Brigade HQ. The purpose-built bandstand behind the band was incorporated in the original design brief of the Brigades

La-rola cream advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for La-role scented toilet milk, easily absorbed into the skin, very economcal and ideal for use by nurses or munition workers, particularly for hands worn by war work. Date: 1918

Rene Fraser on the fore-deck of Medusa
Rene Fraser on the fore-deck, (double skin mahogany), of Medusa

Pomeroy skin food advertisement, skincare for munition worke
Advertisement for Pomeroy skin food, ideal for vanquishing the complexion ills of Munition work during the First World War. 1917

Helena Rubinstein light treatment for wrinkles, 1917
The blue light treatment at Madame Helena Rubinstein s, to transform the woman with lined and tired eyes, as it feeds the skin and overcomes wrinkles. Date: 1917

Helena Rubinstein facial, 1917
A lady receiving the famous skin-clearing treatment at the beauty salon of the legendary Madame Helena Rubinstein. Date: 1917

Lady chauffeur costume from Dunhills, WW1
A tailored suit of velvet Persian skin with hat to match for the lady chauffeur obtained from Dunhill s. Date: 1916

British veterinary hospital in France, 1916
Men at a British Veterinary Hospital in France scrubbing a skin disease on a horse after a warm bath during the First World War. Date: 1916

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