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The CaptainHarlequin illustration, showing the Captain standing in a typical bragging pose. Date: 1923
Business card design, woman in purple dressBusiness card design, depicting a woman in a stylish purple dress with black spots, and matching hat. Date: 20th century
Two women at a tennis club, with a tennis court behind them
Cover design, My Shopping AddressesCover design for an address book, My Shopping Addresses, depicting a young woman sitting on a low stool reading a letter
Tall slim cricketerA tall, slim cricketer with two bats, wearing shinpads
Three women outside a buildingThree rather tall, slim women outside a building
Two evening gowns by Sarah Jane 1936Two women in slender evening gowns by Sarah Jane. Date: 1936
Illustration to the story of Ali BabaDesign or illustration to the Arabian Nights story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, featuring a slim woman in eastern costume, discovering men hiding in jars
Label design with girl in fancy dressLabel design featuring a girl in fancy dress, carrying a bowl containing clubs, spades, diamonds and hearts
Woman in goggles outside hotelA smiling young woman wearing a woollen dress and goggles on her head stands outside Brighton House, a private hotel
Fashion for spring 1934Two women wearing floral linen dressses, one with knife-pleated underskirt made from black marocain, detachable cape on the shoulders
Fox TerrierA Fox Terrier, seated at the end of a sofa. Date: 1928
Fashion for summer 1934Both women have three quarter length frocks made from printed crepe, frock on right has cowl-like drapery to the edge with knife-pleats. Light weight coats with frills to edging. Date: 1934
Fashion for winter 1934Three women wearing vivid printed evening dresses, dress on the left made from crepe-de-chine draped neckline and frilled sleeves, tied at the back with a long sash
Advert for Wolsey underwear 1947Advertisement for Wolsey slimsets underwear showing a very elegant woman in her bedroom showing the foundation garments off to their best advantage. Date: 1947
Fashionable Women
Advertisement for Crane boilers -- female model (M Colbrook) with red roses. 1959
Abplanalp exercise regime advertisementAdvertisement for Abplanalp, a Swiss system of exercise and weight loss, showing a before and after photograph of a man whose waistline has improved considerably in the space of just two months
November - A Temperamental Study by GetaA lean woman in a red jumper and skirt, lolls in a window seat, kicking off one shoe. Outside, the fading light shows up the skyline of a city in November. 1929
Silhouette of a woman playing tennis
Silhouette of hotel commissionaireFull-length silhouette of a commissionaire of The Cairn Hotel, in his uniform
Silhouette of a fashionable woman on her travels. A man in the background is lifting a bag of golf clubs
German couple bathing in a poolTo enable Fritz and Frau to cool their portly persons -- a plump German couple bathing in a swimming pool, watched by two slimmer people sitting on a diving board
Advert for Leichners slim figure bath 1928Keep slim and fit. Safe, simple and convenient reduction in weight - better health - a clearer skin - all yours bedtime bath a packet of new and wonderful Leichners slim figure bath No.1001
Couple kissing on a chaise longueA young couple kissing on a chaise longue -- " There are moments when we like to be alone". Date: early 20th century
Evening dress by Patrick Perrott, 1934An evening dress by Patrick Perrott, designed for Liberty, composed of sequins made from the shavings of tortoiseshell combs with rayed straps at the back giving it an enviable distinction. Date: 1934
Two men on a street, one tall and slim, the other short and plump. Horace asks: Got such a thing as a spare fiver on you, old chap? The reply is unprintable. circa 1916
Sketch of a young girl with self-portraitSketch of a young girl, with a self-portrait
Slimmer Extraordinaire! Before & AfterBefore & After - the remarkable results of going on a diet and how it affects ones choice of corset.... circa 1909
Knife-Thrower AssistantThe knife-throwers assistant Date: 1928
Keep Fit SquatAn exercise designed to slim legs and ankles, improve posture and add spring to your step. Date: late 1930s
Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, WindbagWindbag. (Boanerges Mowther, Esq.) His rotund body and slim legs casting the perfect shadow of a pair of bellows. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H
David Wright woman with silky patterned hoodElegant woman with blonde hair and dark mascara, wearing a silky patterned hood and a black bolero-style top. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
Young Edwardian woman in a garden, Mid WalesA young Edwardian woman with long wavy hair in a garden, Mid Wales
Middle aged man with spaniel, Mid WalesA middle aged man sits on a large felled tree trunk in a country house garden somewhere in Mid Wales, with a spaniel at his side
Young man in studio photo, Mid WalesA pale young man in a suit that looks too big for him, in the photographers studio, Mid Wales
Young man standing by a gateA young Edwardian man in a smart suit and flat cap, standing by a gate. He has a watch chain across his waistcoat and a flower in his buttonhole
Music cover for The Real Irish Polkas, as danced at Her Majestys Balls, Almack s, and the Opera Houses of Milan, Paris, Vienna, London, etc
Music cover for Valse a Deux Tems (Temps)Music cover for Valse a Deux Tems (or Temps), meaning Waltz in Two Beats or Two-Step Waltz, a popular style of waltz in the mid-19th century
Delineator page, January 1927Illustration showing elegant people on the ski slopes
Miss UK regional finals, St Ives, CornwallOne of the contestants in the Miss UK regional finals poses in St Ives harbour, Cornwall in a revealing one-piece swimsuit
Forest near Lake Kochel, Bavaria, GermanyScene in a forest near Lake Kochel (Kochelsee) in Bavaria, Germany, on a sunny autumn day
Young Victorian woman holding a folded fanA young Victorian woman poses in the photographers studio with a folded fan in her hands. The two-tone tailored bodice of her dress is decorated with buttons and buttonholes
Young woman in 1960s interiorA young woman sits reading a magazine in a typically 1960s interior. The garden outside is covered in snow
Delineator cover January 1927Front cover illustration featuring a slim and elegant 1920s woman with a swan-like neck wearing a fur-collared coat and an elaborate and vertiginous cloche hat
And So To Bed by David WrightIllustration by pin up artist David Wright featuring one of his trademark Lovelies wearing a diaphanous night dress through which you can see her shapely legs and pert figure
Patou cape and skirt suit, 1954A striking outfit by Jean Patou of a swaggering civet lined cape topping a narrow skirted suit
Bear Brand stockings advertisementAdvert for Bear Brand superfine stockings with a slim and elegant lady, wearing a full skirted evening dress, pulling up her skirt to reveal shapely legs clad, of course, in Bear Brand