String Collection (#12)

Turkish Beggar - Albanian / Macedonian region
Turkish Beggar in the Albanian / Macedonian region of the Ottoman Empire

Turkish Professor reading a text
A Turkish professor, wearing a large white turban, lies down to readi a text on a fine Turkish carpet (or four!) with a Hookah Pipe on a small hexagonal Mother-of-pearl inlaid table behind him

Turkish woman from Smyrna (Izmir) clutching an umbrella

Reclining Turkish Woman
A fine photograph postcard depiction of a reclining Turkish woman, holding a string of prayer beads (Tesbih)

Indian Street Entertainer with two monkeys
A seated Indian street musician/entertainer/beggar holding a small double-ended drum with attached string beaters, with two performing monkeys tethered by two ropes

Lady leads her sheep to Market - Constantinople
An elderly lady leads her sheep to Market on a string, along a cobbled street - Constantinople, Turkey

Thus you Wind Yourself Round my Heart by Florence Hardy
Two young lovers demonstrate their love with a ball of string by the river

Railway Sleeper - Kings Cross Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing tramp at Kings Cross Station dreaming of wealth as he clutches a copy of the Financial Times. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Education, girls, music
A music lesson for girls. Teacher conducts a small string section of violins and cellos and a couple of recorders through a piece by Mozart

Japanese juggler at St. Martins Hall
The Japanese performer and famous peg-top-man, Ja-En-See, spins his top with a string wound round it and contrives to make it go through such nimble

Men and women collect and tie reed bundles
Collecting and tieing reed bundles by a stream in a province formerly part of India and now wiithin modern Pakistan. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Sudanese curio seller in Port Said, Egypt - ready to catch the passing shipping trade and the tourists that brings to the port

Izmir, Turkey - Jewish bead seller
Jewish bead sellers at the market in Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Tunisia - Kairouan - Street bread seller (2 / 2)
Tunisia - Kairouan - Street bread sellers - ring breads with sesame seeds (Cimit) are hung on a string above the stall

Head of a Fakir - Algeria
A superb (and very funny) photograph showing the head of an Algerian Fakir wearing a turban, with a chain round his neck and with his tongue sticking out!

Lady playing with a long string of pearls
An elegantly-dressed Lady with ginger hair, seated and playing with a long string of pearls, with pink roses scattered across her lap

Senegal - West Africa - Dakar - The Theatre
The Theatre (French building) at Dakar, Senegal, West Africa

Glamourous yet coy young lady
A hand-coloured photographic postcard of a shy young lady in a bright low-cut blue dress with a finger to her mouth and wearing a long string of pearls

North West Frontier Province, Peshawar - Dancers
Dancing Girls of Peshawar, North-west Frontier Province, ready for the dance

Persian King & Captives
A Persian shah (king) returns from a military victory with a string of prisoners

Fantasy card - flying over Constantinople
Wonderful fantasy card depicting British soldiers flying over the distinctive skyline and rooftops of Constantinople in a very early aeroplane (seemingly held together by string and luck)

Newcastle - Swing Bridge and High Level Bridge
The High Level Bridge, Newcastle Upon Tyne (rear). Designed by Robert Stephenson and built between 1847 and 1849, it is the first major example of a wrought iron tied arch or bow-string girder

Egyptian Girl set in Artists Palette Motif
A portrait photograph of a pretty Egyptain girl, set within the framing of an Artists palette and brushes. She wears a revealing open tunic and a medallion set on a string of red beads

Mrs Heathcote by Jean Gabriel Domergue
Portrait of Mrs Heathcote dressed elegantly in an evening dress with her red hair bobbed, and a string of pearls

Preparing Red Cross food parcels
Packing and despatching; the duties of volunteers at the Red Cross headquarters. Acres of cardboard and miles of string were used each week in the distribution of 70

Lady Charles Beresford
Bodice with en coeur or sweetheart neckline, shoulder straps & transparent short sleeves - the whole heavily ornamented with beadwork. N.B choker & long string of pearls

Old String Instruments
1 & 2 - Pocket Violins; 3 - Treble Violin; 4 - Standard Treble Violin; 5 - Tenor Violin; 6 - Bass Viol; 7 - Trumscheit; 8 - Scheidtholst

Child and her Pets
A girl plays with three dogs on a staircase, dangling a paper toy on a string

Money Changer / China
A money changer examines a coin to check against others which he stoes on strings to correctly assess size and weight

Dancing Showgirl 1928
Showgirl dances with a long string of beads

Animated Toys for Sale
A man demonstrates his animated toys to some excited children. By pulling a string, their legs jump up and down

Costume Mrs Hunter 1860S
Plain dress with bishop sleeves & reversed cuffs composed of folds. A string of large beads falls between the stand-up collar & belt. N.B broad bracelet with disc motif

Girl with Diabolo
A girl plays with a diabolo: the diabolo on the string

Couple Photo / Piano 1930S
A man plays a piano and looks up at a glamorous woman in a long dress who is leaning seductively on a corner of the piano Date: 1930s

Ancient String Instrum
1 - Bandoer 2 - Orpheoreon 3 - Penoreon 4 - Lyra Da Gamba

Japan - the Kokyu
A Japanese musician plays the KOKYU, a string instrument played with a bow

Ancient Greek Trio
A string trio in classical Greece - the player on the left strums the sambuca, the central one the cithara, she on the right plucks a lyre

Female Type / Sailor Suit
Young woman dressed in a sailor suit, with a toy boat on a string

Fur-Edge Skirt 1894
Costumes bordered with fur: under-skirt with box pleats, high-waisted circle over-skirt with button detail, gigot sleeves, embroidered detail. Costume with single skirt

Marguerite Leslie C1908
The S-bend silhouette is still discernable in this velvet gown with square corsage & crochet or lace trim. N.B bandeau in her hair & a long string of knotted pearls

The Garden Trio
Dr Syntax as part of a string trio in the garden, with a potential brass player waiting for his opportunity on the right

Beach Wear Late 1930S
BEACH WEAR: two-piece costume for wearing over a swimsuit composed of high-waisted trousers hung from braces & tapered at the ankle with a draw-string & a bolero

Steamer Tugs Barges
Demonstrating the power of steam - a tug hauls a string of 18 barges on the Rhine waterway

Lifting Water 1690
Device for raising water : the lower end of the tube is submerged, so when the string of discs is pulled through it by turning the handle, they bring water with them

Arab on Product Label
A stately Arab stands near some palm trees at sunset, holding a string of beads

Girl Plays Cup and Ball
Miss Playing With Cup and Ball. A dainty young girl having caught the ball attached to a string in the cup looks more than a little pleased

Alice and the Kitten
BLACK KITTEN Alice and the black kitten

Alice / Kitten & Wool
BLACK KITTEN The black kitten plays with a ball of twine

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