String Collection (page 2)

Extinct crinoid Encrinus, Encrino d Europa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

String jellyfish, Apolemia uvaria (Stephanomia uvaria, Stefanomia grappolo). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Studio portrait of a young woman - January, 1917. Date: 1917

Make yourself these string slippers, 1944. Wartime crochet pattern. 1944

Proud Father sitting in bed with his young baby
Proud Father wearing a string vest sitting in bed with his young baby. Date: 1953

Society women in their jewels
Page from The Sketch featuring a number of ladies of nobility wearing pearl necklaces, tiaras and other family jewels. 1. Lady Gooch, 2. Lady St. Oswald in a splendid dog collar, 3

Chap delighted with his parcel (Peak Freans Biscuit Box!)
A Young chap delighted to discover a parcel has arrived for him, containing a Peak Freans Biscuit Box! (or so says the hand-written message!!) Date: circa 1900s

Medieval childrens games: badminton with racquets and shuttlecock, boy with paper windmill, boy flying a butterfly on a string, and boys playing bob-cherry with an apple

Boy adjusting the string to a kite, 18th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903

Louise de la Fayette, maid of honour to Anne
Louise Angelique Motier de la Fayette, maid of honour to Anne of Austria, queen to Louis XIII of France, 1618-1665. She wears her hair in ringlets with a string of pearls

Chinese rope makers, Qing Dynasty. Workers twisting and weaving rope from bamboo on a horizontal frame. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Bacchic rite. Priestess with waterlily leaf receiving a string of pearls, and (below) Bacchus seated between two ministers

Four children sitting in a farmers field near a hayrick circa 1910s

Material shortage during First World War
Material shortage during the First World War - a man with rope, string and rolls of paper. Date: 1914-1918

Holly and gold stars on an ornate Christmas card. Date: early 20th century

Musical cat playing a mandolin on a German postcard
Musical cat playing a mandolin while another cat dances, on a German postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Pink roses and green feathers on a paper lace greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Yellow primroses on a Christmas and New Year card with decorative edging. Date: circa 1890s

String of Pearls by Wilmot Lunt. 20th century

Breton onion seller in a Bristol street. Date: circa 1960s

Breton onion seller with straw base for onions
Breton onion seller making the straw base on which the onions are fastened. Date: circa 1960s

Breton onion seller stringing onions in his storehouse in Bristol. Date: circa 1960s

Aviamilano F. 8L Falco II I-RALA
Aviamilano F.8L Falco II I-RALA (msn 110), at Shoreham airport in May 1958. The Falco was one of a string of high performance light aircraft from the drawing board of Stelio Frati

Aeromere F. 8L Falco III G-AROT
Aeromere F.8L Falco III G-AROT (msn 224), at the Biggin Hill International Air Fair on 5 May 1963. The Falco was one of a string of high performance light aircraft from the drawing board of Stelio

Dish of String Beans Date: 1950

Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002) - Hostess of Glamis Caste - taken just after she attained her majority

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1872-1918), formerly Princess Alix of Hesse, married Tsar Nicholas II in 1894 shortly before his accession to the throne

Artificial flowers 1900s
Three women standing in a row making arrangements with artificial flowers, string and glue, in London. Date: 1900s

Suitcase 1940s
A typical 1940s brown leather suitcase, belonging to the Hymers family and destined for The 1940s House in West Wickham, Kent. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

STRING TELEPHONE C19
Three children talk to each other using cans linked by a piece of string. Date: late 19th century

TRIGONOMETRIC SURVEY
A Trigonometric survey in North America. Date: circa 1900

FALL / HUTCHINSON / POODLES
Mrs. Hutchinson, wearing a cloche hat, a knitted dress and a string of pearls, sits among her poodles - kennel name Nymphaea - which she bred with her daughter. Date: 1925

Haydn Performs, Hungary
Haydn and companions perform a string quartet at the Esterhazy home, Hungary Date: circa 1780

Andrea Palladio, Italian architect
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), Italian architect. Date: 16th century

MUSIC / CHAMBER / QUARTET
QUARTET A string quartet at the Musical Union. Date: 1846

St Dunstans-in-the-East
Severely damaged in the Fire of London in 1666, it was patched up between 1668 and 1671. A steeple was added around 1700 to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren

Portrait of a smiling woman from Hull
Studio portrait of a smiling woman from Hull - May, 1936. 1936

Mona Maris (1903-1991) - Argentine Actress - in the role of Lucia Morelli in The Little People a 1926 British silent romance film directed by George Pearson

Daddies, comedy by John L Hobble, Cromer
Daddies, a comedy by John L Hobble, at the Town Hall Theatre, Cromer, previously at the Haymarket Theatre, London. 1921

Turkey - Studio portrait of a Furriers Wife
Turkey - Studio portrait of a Jewish Furriers Wife who is wearing a remarkable long string of beads. Date: circa 1920

Pretty Young lady holding an elaborate bouquet Date: circa 1910s

A young Jordanian man plays a rababah, single-string musical instrument with a leather body. He wears an Arab headdress, a keffiyeh or kufiya Date: circa 1995

Father and son in Bedouin tent, Syria
A Bedhouin man sits with his young son on a carpet inside their tent. They wear traditional Arab clothes and the man pokes the fire

Nomad musician, Jaipur
Nomadic musician squats at a ceramics shop in Jaipur, India. Over his shoulder he carries an Ektara, a single string gourd musical instrument

Young boy shouts out Merry Christmas through the snow, full of life and joy that the Great War is finally over. He has a pair of ice skates on a string around his neck and is wearing a red

Fairey Swordfish I / 1
Royal Navy Rn Fairey Swordfish Date: 1940s

Fairey Swordfish
Royal Navy Rn Fairey Swordfish Dropping a Torpedo Flying Very Low-Level over the Sea Date: 1940s

A British Waitress in a restaurant or teahouse
A British Waitress working in a restaurant or teahouse - delivering a tray of hot drinks. Perhaps her slightly downcast expression is in part due to the fact that gratuities to serving staff were

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