Status Collection (page 3)

Finland. Turku. Pharmacy Museum and the Qwensel house, built in the 1700s in an area reserved for the nobility. A pharmacy from the 19th century has been furnished in the shop wing of the building

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). The Confessions. Colored
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Philosopher, writer, and composer. The Confessions (1782-1789). Autobiographical book. Colored engraving

Finger rings from 1st-6th centuries AD. Gold. The use over finger ring was taken over from the Romans. National Museum of Denmark

Circular bronze belt ornaments. Bronze Age. 1400 BC. Found at Vognserup Enge, near Holbaek. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Bronze Age. Belt ornaments. 700-500 A. C. National Museum of
Prehistoric. Art. Metal Age. Belt ornaments. Located : bog from Jutlandia, Denmark. 700-500 a.C. Bronze Age. National Museum of Denmark

Metal Age. Belt of many small bronze rings and ornamental pl
Prehistory. Art. Metal Age. A large belt consisting of many small bronze rings and ornamental plates. Possible horse harness. From a bog at Gerlev, northern Zealand. Denmark. 900-700 BC

Bronze Age. Belt ornaments, arm rings, a neck ring. Fardal
Prehistory. Art. Metal Age. Bronze Age. Belt ornaments, arm rings, a neck ring. from a gravel hill at Fardal, central Jutland. 900-700 BC. National Museum of Denmark

Intefs seated statue. Egypt
Intefs seated statue. Limestone. Wearing with a wig, long skirt and with abdominal folds with which scuptor shows Intefs high social status, associated to abundant food and sedentary lifestyle

Rickshaw scene in Hong Kong, China
Rickshaw scene in a street in Hong Kong, China. Date: 1924

Cartoon, Queen Victoria and Disraeli
Cartoon, Great Oriental Pantomime, played at the Imperial Theatre three years ago. Showing Queen Victoria walking arm-in-arm with Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)

Caricature of Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer
Caricature of Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900), composer and musician, with his colleagues Ws Gilbert (1836-1911) and Richard d Oyly Carte (1844-1901) in the background

View, 5th Avenue, New York
5th avenues lower stretch extended the stylish neighborhood of Washington Square northwards. The higher status was confirmed in 1862

5th Avenue, New York
5th avenues lower stretch extended the stylish neighborhood of Washington square northwards. The higher status was confirmed in 1862

Turkey / Pergamum
Pergamum became the centre of a large kingdom in the 3rd century BC and retained its status as a political and cultural leader in the Byzantine period. Date: mid 19th century

Pergamum / Turkey
Pergamum beame the centre of a large kingdom in the 3rd century BC and retained its status as a political and cultural leader in the Byzantine period. Date: 1834

Amsterdam / City Status
Amsterdam is given the status of a city. Date: Middle ages

Cartoon, and Officers? WW1
Cartoon, and Officers? A military man seeks a toilet appropriate to his rank. Date: 1918

Cartoon, Its all about understanding each other, WW1
Cartoon, Its all about understanding each other. A haughty young German soldier and a meek old Frenchman stand together in a room, giving little sense of equality or negotiation. Date: 1916

Comic scene in Shanghai, China, showing a cart piled high with a familys belongings. Date: circa 1908

Comic scene in Hong Kong, China, showing a British officer in khaki uniform being carried down steep steps by two natives. Date: circa 1908

Elderly couple and their daughter, identified as William Leigh and family at their house at Styperstone near Adlington in North East Cheshire

Poporo. Lime container used to carry the lime to the mouth while chewing coca leaves. Poporos are also attributed with mystical powers and social status

Travelling chair, Hafuya Hotel, Hakone, Japan
Travelling chair outside the Hafuya Hotel, Hakone, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Parsi gentlewoman, Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1890s

Native Chiefs, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Native Chief, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Governor of Punjab with camel carriages, India. Date: circa 1890s

State Elephants of the Viceroy, India. Date: circa 1890s

Chauhan Rajputs, northern India
Group photo of four Chauhan Rajputs (meaning, literally, son of a king), of northern India. Date: circa 1890s

Finely dressed man, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Elegant woman in visiting dress 1922
Young woman wearing gold pattered visiting dress, leaning against a black french rococo sideboard. Date: 1922

Bridge Illustrated - Gone on Diamonds
A pretty young lad and her adoring (and rich, although perhaps the Pawnbroker sign top right may mean he isn t all he appears) husband spend some of (his) money on something sparkly at the Jewellers

Millionairess quizzes Lord on his wealth (and evident lack thereof, despite appearances!) American Millionairess - " And have you really got a Coronet

Ironic Conversation between two Cockney men in an East London Boozer. " Who was t bloke I see yer speakin to larst night?" " Wot sort o bloke

Discussion on merits of Smoking for Health reasons
First Johnnie: " Aw -why do you make your own cigarettes?" Second Ditto: " My-aw-doctor ordered me some light exercise." Date: 1894

Provision appoining Columbus
Provision of the Catholic Monarchs (28th May 1496) appointing Christopher Colombus as Admiral, Viceroy and Governor of the Indies. Date: 1496

The wives of the military
" The wives of the military" -- two ladies of contrasting stature (and possibly contrasting social stature!) stand talking about their husbands, both away at war. Silhouette by H L Oakley

Journee Des Femmes
Women process through the streets of Paris, affirming their status and rights. Date: 1980

H Miller. For shes a grand lady
For shes a grand lady -- thats very clear. Children playing a game in a garden. 20th century

Cyrus commanding the boys to seize the rebel
" Cyrus commanded the boys to seize the rebel" -- an illustration to the childrens story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller

Sir John De Sitsylt
SIR JOHN DE SITSYLT (or Seisylt = Cecil), knight, carrying a shield and banner emblazoned with his arms, and wearing a red robe lined with ermine, betokening his status. Date: flourished 1333

Ballad / Gypsy Laddie
THE GYPSY LADDIE The gypsies cast a spell over the earl of Cashans lady, and she goes off with them and settles for an open air life with the gypsie laddie. Date: 1918

Three Victorian men with four assorted dogs, in an outdoor rural setting. One man wears a top hat, one wears a bowler, and the third wears a cap

Production and Plunder, campaigning statistics
A slide entitled Production & Plunder, used for a lecture about the South Wales Miners Federation. Statistics are listed, comparing the royalties on the use of coal on the luxury steamer

Wave Lodging House, Canning Town, East London
The Wave Lodging House for working men at 235 Victoria Dock Road, Canning Town, East London. Beds and baths are on offer for 4d (four pence) or 6d (six pence) a night

Babington House Hospital, Belper, Derbyshire
Aerial view of Babington House Hospital, Belper, Derbyshire. The building, designed as a workhouse by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt, was erected in 1839-40

Hexagonal workhouse, second floor plan
The second floor layout of the model hexagon (or Y-plan) workhouse design by Sampson Kempthorne, issued by the Poor Law Commissioners

Union Workhouse, Tetbury, Gloucestershire
The Tetbury Union workhouse, Gloucestershire. Loitering outside are a number of people - some small children, several labourers, and an older man with a stick

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