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Slender Collection

Background imageSlender Collection: Flower in her Hair by David Wright

Flower in her Hair by David Wright
Lovely pin-up by David Wright depicting a slender woman in a strapless black evening dress at her dressing table fixing a flower into her swept up hair. c.1950

Background imageSlender Collection: Festival of Britain 1951 - The Skylon, South Bank, London

Festival of Britain 1951 - The Skylon, South Bank, London. Designed by Hidalgo Moya, Philip Powell and Felix Samuely, and fabricated by Painter Brothers of Hereford, England Date: 1951

Background imageSlender Collection: Woman Knitting 1929

Woman Knitting 1929
A woman sits knitting - the illustration shows the new elongated slender silhouette which was to come into fruition in the 1930s

Background imageSlender Collection: The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c. 1550, by Pieter Bruegh

The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c. 1550, by Pieter Bruegh
Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c.1525-1569). Flemish painter. The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c.1550. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageSlender Collection: Raphael Kirchner - Art Nouveau lady holding looking upward

Raphael Kirchner - Art Nouveau lady holding looking upward
Pretty Art Nouveau lady with a pink camelia in her hair and holding a frond looking upward - fine illustration by Raphael Kirchner. Date: circa 1903

Background imageSlender Collection: Girl peering over the back of a chair

Girl peering over the back of a chair
A Girl peering over the back of an elegant chair, her hair tied up with a large black velvet bow. She is wearing long black gloves and her smiling gaze is directed straight out toward the viewer

Background imageSlender Collection: Female Type / Long Neck

Female Type / Long Neck
Art deco style womans face, with long neck and slender fingers

Background imageSlender Collection: Not Every Bathing Dress Spells a Plunge in the River

Not Every Bathing Dress Spells a Plunge in the River! by Barribal. 1925

Background imageSlender Collection: Calendar girl by David Wright

Calendar girl by David Wright
A blonde woman dressed in a transparent black teddy which leaves little to the imagination relaxes on a chaise lounge and enjoys the sensation of a new pair of silky stockings through her elegantly

Background imageSlender Collection: Pierre Balmain with one of his designs, 1948

Pierre Balmain with one of his designs, 1948
Photograph showing Pierre Balmain presenting a pink and white petticoat, with gueppieres that helped to achieve a 48 centimetre waist, 1948

Background imageSlender Collection: Various Bats / Fullarton

Various Bats / Fullarton
Various species of bat : 1 Cayenne 2 Notch-eared 3 + 4 Slender 5 + 6 Rufous bat

Background imageSlender Collection: The Merry Wives of Windsor - title page

The Merry Wives of Windsor - title page - Anne Page and Slender, an inept and unsuccessful suitor. 1862

Background imageSlender Collection: Seaside Specimens: The Saucy Shrimp

Seaside Specimens: The Saucy Shrimp
1904

Background imageSlender Collection: In the present tense, The Modern Style Lady

In the present tense, The Modern Style Lady
A portrait illustration of a young lady sat on an ornate golden settee, wearing a slender pink dress, she is reading a red book, beside a decorative green side table. Date: circa 1901

Background imageSlender Collection: Smiling Woman

Smiling Woman
A clay model sculpture which portrays a slender, smiling woman, standing with her hand resting on her hip, her neck is craning slightly forward, giving her head a slanting tilt. Date: circa 1922

Background imageSlender Collection: The Two Birch Trees

The Two Birch Trees
A landscape oil painting of two slender birch trees standing amongst some rocks on a slope of a large hill in the countryside. Date: circa 1921

Background imageSlender Collection: Madame Sze

Madame Sze
A portrait oil painting of Madame Sze, the wife of prominent Chinese politician, Alfred Sao-Ke Sze, who served as Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom and United States at various periods

Background imageSlender Collection: Evening Gold

Evening Gold
A landscape painting capturing a broad field, lit with a golden hue, in the early evening, tall, slender trees stand to each side. Date: circa 1919

Background imageSlender Collection: A Canal In Flanders

A Canal In Flanders
A painting of a boat, floating against a canal which is lined on both sides, with tall, slender trees, some houses sit in the distant background, situated in Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1917

Background imageSlender Collection: Pine Tree, Cape Of Antibes

Pine Tree, Cape Of Antibes
A landscape painting of a slender pine tree, which shades the water's edge of the peninsula, Cap d'Antibes, on the French Riviera. Date: 1888

Background imageSlender Collection: Horse Drawn Cart

Horse Drawn Cart
A painting of a horse drawn cart travelling down a countryside road, which has a row of tall, slender trees along it's edge. Date: circa 1916

Background imageSlender Collection: Cows By The River

Cows By The River
An oil painting which shows a group of four cows grazing by a riverside, with a line of tall, slender trees the other side and a woman standing nearby. Date: circa 1914

Background imageSlender Collection: On The Lane Cove

On The Lane Cove
A landscape etching of an Australian cove, set beside a wide, meandering river and tall, slender trees. Date: circa 1925

Background imageSlender Collection: The Curtain Illustration

The Curtain Illustration
An illustration in reference to a poem, written by Australian poet, Zora Bernice May Cross, showing a woman in a blue dress, hiding behind a stage curtain

Background imageSlender Collection: Portrait of a Miss Gebhard

Portrait of a Miss Gebhard
Miss Gebhard, an American whose family appear to have taken residence at Corsham Court in Wiltshire. Date: 1910

Background imageSlender Collection: Slender Billy's Boxing Studio

Slender Billy's Boxing Studio. Date: 1841

Background imageSlender Collection: Slender fringe-lily, Thysanotus tenuis

Slender fringe-lily, Thysanotus tenuis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G

Background imageSlender Collection: Slender grasshopper, Tetrix subulata

Slender grasshopper, Tetrix subulata (Awl-shaped acrydium, Acrydium subulatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Background imageSlender Collection: Sea fan, Gorgonia species

Sea fan, Gorgonia species (Slender gorgonia, Gorgonia viminalis?). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Background imageSlender Collection: Slender burnished brass, Thysanoplusia orichalcea

Slender burnished brass, Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Yorkshire burnished brass moth; Phalaena Noctua aerifera). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany

Background imageSlender Collection: Red slender loris, Loris tardigradus. Endangered

Red slender loris, Loris tardigradus. Endangered. (Lemur tardigradus L.) Drawn from nature and engraved by H.I. Tyroff. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers

Background imageSlender Collection: Slow-paced lemur or red slender loris, Loris

Slow-paced lemur or red slender loris, Loris tardigradus. Endangered. Lemur tardigradus Linn. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Background imageSlender Collection: Loris, tarsier, indri and bushbaby

Loris, tarsier, indri and bushbaby
Red slender loris, Loris tardigradus (endangered), brown-hand tarsier, Tarsius fuscus, indri, Indri indri (critically endangered), and Senegal bushbaby, Galago senegalensis

Background imageSlender Collection: Leachs spider crab, Inachus phalangium

Leachs spider crab, Inachus phalangium (slender legged crab, Cancer phalangium). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageSlender Collection: Adenophora, Platycodon and Wahlenbergia species

Adenophora, Platycodon and Wahlenbergia species
Intermediate adenophora, Adenophora intermedia, toothed adenophora, A. denticulata, crowned adenophora, A. coronata, sweet-scented adenophora, A

Background imageSlender Collection: Slender sheartail, Doricha enicura

Slender sheartail, Doricha enicura (Half-tailed hummingbird, Trochilus enicurus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Background imageSlender Collection: Red slender loris, wolf and Eurasian otter

Red slender loris, wolf and Eurasian otter
Red slender loris, Loris tardigradus endangered 1, wolf, Canis lupus 2 and Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra 3. Loris, loup, loutre

Background imageSlender Collection: The slender and globose Fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica, Taste

The slender and globose Fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica, Taste. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora

Background imageSlender Collection: Slender bonnet bellflower, Codonopsis gracilis

Slender bonnet bellflower, Codonopsis gracilis. Sikkim. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imageSlender Collection: Exotic dragonflies and skimmers

Exotic dragonflies and skimmers
Carolina saddlebags dragonfly, Tramea carolina 1, ebony jewelwing, Calopteryx maculata 2, seaside dragonlet, Erythrodiplax berenice 3, slender skimmer, Orthetrum sabina 4, and 12-spotted skimmer

Background imageSlender Collection: Slender sunfish, Ranzania laevis

Slender sunfish, Ranzania laevis (Truncated sun-fish, Tetrodon truncatus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Background imageSlender Collection: Red slender loris

Red slender loris, Loris tardigradus (endangered) and Senegal bushbaby, Galago senegalensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London

Background imageSlender Collection: Gillies philibertia, Philibertia gilliesii

Gillies philibertia, Philibertia gilliesii (Slender philibertia, Philibertia gracilis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Burne from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Background imageSlender Collection: Long knight s-spur, Consolida tenuissima

Long knight s-spur, Consolida tenuissima (Most slender delphinium, Delphinium tenuissimum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mrs

Background imageSlender Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 256

Curtis British Entomology Plate 256
Lepidoptera: Xylina exoleta = Xylena exsoleta (Large Sword-Grass, Cloudy Sword-grass) [Plant: Brachypodium sylvaticum (Bromus sylvaticus, Slender Wood Brome-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageSlender Collection: Ranzania laevis, or Slender Sunfish

Ranzania laevis, or Slender Sunfish, of the Molidae family, also known as Longer Sunfish. Date: 1865

Background imageSlender Collection: Blue Carrier Cock Pigeon

Blue Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of a Blue Carrier Cock standing in full-length. The Blue Carrier Cock (Blue Bar), is one of the oldest English fancy breeds of pigeon

Background imageSlender Collection: Advert for John Barker womens underwear 1911

Advert for John Barker womens underwear 1911
Models wearing slender fitted corsets with straight-front giving no curving to the figure. 1911

Background imageSlender Collection: Berlin Gold Hat. Fine gold leaf. 1000 BC

Berlin Gold Hat. Fine gold leaf. 1000 BC
Berlin Gold Hat. Thin gold leaf. Late Bronze Age. 1000 BC. Detail. Unknown origin, probably South Germany. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Background imageSlender Collection: Hanging Sleeves 1930S

Hanging Sleeves 1930S
A gown somewhat mediaeval in style with a deep V neckline, slender trained skirt & hanging sleeves worn with a belt composed of two rows of silver beads. Date: 1930s

Background imageSlender Collection: Advert for Battle Creek Health Builder 1929

Advert for Battle Creek Health Builder 1929
Mechanical massaging exercise machine that with a vibrating belt, used by 80, 000 men and women in the 1920s. Date: 1929

Background imageSlender Collection: Bride wearing soft ivory satin dress 1912

Bride wearing soft ivory satin dress 1912
Typical style for this period, long and narrow figure, with jewel neckline in soft ivory satin, lace cap headdress with tiny orange buttons and veil. 1912

Background imageSlender Collection: Shakespeare - The Merry Wives of Windsor

Shakespeare - The Merry Wives of Windsor - Anne Page (to the bashful Slender): Will t please your worship to come in, sir? circa 1830

Background imageSlender Collection: Stackhousia viminea, slender stackhousia

Stackhousia viminea, slender stackhousia - Plate 24 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826). Date: 1801

Background imageSlender Collection: Animals at a French Zoo - heucorya (?)

Animals at a French Zoo - heucorya (?) - animal with slender back-curving horns. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo. Slide 8

Background imageSlender Collection: Evening dress 1931

Evening dress 1931
Gowns by Lucien Lelong include one with a low-cut back, bustle & train and a gown with a black skirt, pink bodice & a diamond shaped panel & bow at the waist. 1931

Background imageSlender Collection: Slender Salmon and Blue Pole

Slender Salmon and Blue Pole
Slender Salmon (Salmo hucho, Salmo gracilis) and Blue Pole or Poll (Salmo albus, Salmo trutta, also known as Whitling, Herling, Phinock and Blue Cocks). Date: 1865

Background imageSlender Collection: White Carrier Cock Pigeon

White Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of a White Carrier Cock standing in full-length with one other of its kind nesting in the background. The portrait brings to attention its distinctive features

Background imageSlender Collection: Dun Carrier Cock Pigeon

Dun Carrier Cock Pigeon
A full-length portrait of a Dun Carrier Cock. The Dun Carrier Cock is an English fancy breed of pigeon. The large cere above the beak is one of the characteristics

Background imageSlender Collection: Slow-paced lemur or red slender loris, Loris tardigradus

Slow-paced lemur or red slender loris, Loris tardigradus.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Background imageSlender Collection: Slender rampion, Phyteuma stricta

Slender rampion, Phyteuma stricta.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London

Background imageSlender Collection: Wild angelica, Angelica sylvestris, honewort

Wild angelica, Angelica sylvestris, honewort, Sison amonium and waterparsnip, Sison inundalum.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Joshua Hamiltons Culpepers English Family Physician 1792

Background imageSlender Collection: Habenaria leptoceras, slender-spurred fringed

Habenaria leptoceras, slender-spurred fringed orchid with pale yellow flowers.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Background imageSlender Collection: India - The Cathedral

India - The Cathedral
Black and white lantern slide of church with tall slender spire. Slide number 13 of Box 221 Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSlender Collection: Advert for Jays negligees 1936

Advert for Jays negligees 1936
Exquisitely trimmed negligee. Left, rich satin trim with lace. Right, heavy crepe material with lace. Date: 1936

Background imageSlender Collection: Two evening gowns by Sarah Jane 1936

Two evening gowns by Sarah Jane 1936
Two women in slender evening gowns by Sarah Jane. Date: 1936

Background imageSlender Collection: Raphael Kirchner - Pretty lady on a Chimney with broom harp

Raphael Kirchner - Pretty lady on a Chimney with broom harp
Fantasy card by Raphael Kirchner - Pretty lady sat above the rooftops atop a Chimney plucking the strings of a broom harp Date: circa 1903

Background imageSlender Collection: Raphael Kirchner - Pretty lady looking down on pink flowers

Raphael Kirchner - Pretty lady looking down on pink flowers
Raphael Kirchner - Pretty lady looking down from a cream marble wall on a patch pink flowers. Her long dark hair falls down toward the blooms. Date: circa 1903

Background imageSlender Collection: Raphael Kirchner - Art Nouveau lady by the sea

Raphael Kirchner - Art Nouveau lady by the sea
Raphael Kirchner - Art Nouveau lady in pretty white summer dress (with gold circular decoration/pattern), with white flowers in her hair

Background imageSlender Collection: Raphael Kirchner - Portrait of a smart lady with high hat

Raphael Kirchner - Portrait of a smart lady with high hat
Raphael Kirchner - Portrait of a smart lady with hat festooned with ostrich feathers. Date: circa 1903

Background imageSlender Collection: Five Pavilion Bridge - Slender West Lake, Yangzhou, China

Five Pavilion Bridge - Slender West Lake, Yangzhou, China. Date: circa 1906

Background imageSlender Collection: Model of the flow past a lifting slender wing

Model of the flow past a lifting slender wing
Figure 2 from 56007286. Model of the flow past a lifting slender wing. After R.L. Maltby

Background imageSlender Collection: Monograptus, graptolite

Monograptus, graptolite
Shown here is Monograptus, a slender and delicate Silurian graptolite. Graptolites are the fossil remains of small colonial animals. Graptolite colonies were connected together by living tissue

Background imageSlender Collection: Cassiterite, sparable tin

Cassiterite, sparable tin
Dark-brown slender lustrous prisms of cassiterite (tin oxide) on brownish siderite and dark-green chlorite. Specimen from the Dolcoath mine, Camborne, Cornwall

Background imageSlender Collection: Stibnite

Stibnite (antimony sulphide) is a metallic mineral with fine, long crystal clusters. Specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageSlender Collection: Crocodylus cataphractus, African slender-snouted crocodile

Crocodylus cataphractus, African slender-snouted crocodile
The skull belonging to an African slender-snouted crocodile (Crocodylus cataphractus). Growing up to a length of 4 metres, this species of crocodile is native to North Western Africa

Background imageSlender Collection: Anne Page, slender and shallow. A scene from the merry wives

Anne Page, slender and shallow. A scene from the merry wives of Windsor. Date c1851 Feb. 15

Background imageSlender Collection: Comparison of height and girth

Comparison of height and girth
A small squat, bald and rather rotund Italian gentleman, complains to his slender and tall friend about the disparity in their physicality! Date: 1917

Background imageSlender Collection: Ripple Village Cross

Ripple Village Cross
In the tiny square of Ripple, Worcestershire, England, stands this tall and slender cross. Date: 1940s

Background imageSlender Collection: Bansall Village Cross

Bansall Village Cross
The tall and slender cross, surmounting many steps at Bansall, near Matlock, Derbyshire, England. Date: late 1930s

Background imageSlender Collection: Berlei advertisement, 1953

Berlei advertisement, 1953
A slender lady with an hourglass figure is fitted for some rather constricting looking foundation garments by a Berlei expert in an advertisement for the brand. Date: 1953

Background imageSlender Collection: Slimmer Extraordinaire! Before & After

Slimmer Extraordinaire! Before & After
Before & After - the remarkable results of going on a diet and how it affects ones choice of corset.... circa 1909

Background imageSlender Collection: Jewellery Shop of Khan Kalil - Cairo, Egypt

Jewellery Shop of Khan Kalil - Cairo, Egypt

Background imageSlender Collection: Lady checks her appearance in a dressing table mirror

Lady checks her appearance in a dressing table mirror
A glamourous lady in fur trimmed spotted wrap, stockings and high heels, checks her appearance in a slender dressing table mirror, draped with a scarf in a similar fabric to the wrap



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