Tall Collection (page 14)

Sleeve vases rolwagens. China, 1635-1650
Seven seeve vases rolwagens. China, 1635-1650. Porcelain. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Still life with pewter and tall thin glass in a wall niche
Jan den Uyl (1595/96-1640). Dutch painter. Still life with pewter and tall thin glass in a wall niche, 1639-1640. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

Relief depicting a pharaoh to the god Amun. New kingdom. Chapel of the Temple of Luxor. Egypt

Relief depicting god Amun. Luxor
Relief depicting god Amun with great helmet covered with two large feathers and beard sitting on the throne. First court of Ramses II. New Empire. Temple of Luxor. Egypt

Cartoon, behind the scenes in a theatre -- A member of the audience who likes to go behind the scenes and chat up the actresses. 1880

Cartoon, Exchange No Robbery -- a man is shocked to be offered a battered old hat in place of his nice new one. circa late 18th century

Caricature of Wilkie Collins and Edgar Bruce
Caricature of William Wilkie Collins (left, 1824-1889), English novelist, playwright and short story writer, and Edgar Bruce (right, 1845?-1901), actor-manager

Caricature, Little Mr Baum to Big Official. What do you want to pitch into a little chap like me for? 1883

Caricatures of Henry Irving and Edwin Booth
Caricatures, Rival Hamlets. Showing Henry Irving and Edwin Booth, an English Hamlet and an American Hamlet looking quizzically at each other. 1880

Caricature of Edward, Prince of Wales and Squire Bancroft
Caricature of Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), English actor-manager. Bancroft speaks condescendingly to the Prince

Elizabeth House Hostel for women police cadets, London
Elizabeth House Hostel in Highgate, North London, acquired by the Met Police in 1951 for use as accommodation for women police cadets. Date: circa 1950s

The Cedar Avenue of Nikko, toward Imaichi, Japan
The Cedar Avenue of Nikko, a street in Japan lined with approximately 13, 000 cryptomeria trees, known as Sugi, the national tree of Japan

Senjogahara Marshland, Nikko National Park, Japan
Three sentinel trees standing tall above the Senjogahara Marshland, which covers the plateau between Lake Chuzenji and Yumoto Onsen in the Nikko National Park, Japan. Date: circa 1910

Woman police officer chatting to a pedestrian, London
Woman police officer chatting to a pedestrian on a London street. Date: circa 1930s

Frog playing flute on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Frog playing trombone on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Ice Cream Sundaes
Two ice-cream sundae drinks, temptingly served in tall glasses with straws. Date: 1940s

C11th Dress / Pope & King
A Pope & a King wearing embroidered super-tunics & mantles. The king wears a crown, the pope a tall conical hat. The servants tunic & cloak are dagged. Date: 11th century

Merchant & Wife 1590
A London merchant wears a fur- lined gown with hanging sleeves, cut-fingered pumps & a low-crowned hat. His wife wears a tall crowned copotain hat, yellow kirtle & pink gown Date: 1590

North German Costume
Townspeople of Northern Germany. The men wear baggy breeches (? Galligaskins), short cloaks, doublets & hats with moderately tall crowns. The woman wears a mantle & apron. Date: 1590

Officials Dress
Officials wear long gowns or houppelandes - one has dagged side vents & a pleated front. N.B long huke, jacket & various hats including some with tall conical crowns. Date: 15th century

Gown of 1810 / Robida
A fair Parisienne of 1810 according to a later source, wears a high-waisted striped gown with puffed sleeves & vandyked trim, a tall crowned hat & shawl. Date: 1810

Cartoon, The Good Housewife, WW1
Cartoon, The Good Housewife. A woman in a black cloak picks fruit from a tree and puts it into a bowl which her daughter is holding. The little girl gazes expectantly up at the tall branch. Date: 1918

Big Hair of 1917
A slightly exaggerated view of the vogue for tall hair during this period. Hats also had high crowns - no doubt to accommodate " do s" such as this. 1917

Open Robe 1888
Green open robe: loose sash at the waist, tall soft hat with stuffed bird. Striped robe: pointed bodice, skirt with 3 rows of puffing & tunic fullness draped at the front. Date: 1888

Spain / Fuentarabia 1906
Fuentarabia: a narrow street with tall buildings on either side Date: 1906

Tango (Bianchi)
A lady in a tall hat shows no expression as she tangoes with grace and restraint. Date: circa 1914

Cartoon, Parisian woman out shopping, WW1
Cartoon showing an elegant Parisian woman in a very tall hat, out shopping for fabrics. She asks for a large amount of material for a new hat, in spite of wartime austerity. Date: 1917

Zangwill / Vfair 1897
ISRAEL ZANGWILL English playwright and novelist, with a special interest in Jewish themes Date: 1864 - 1926

Tatton Sykes
SIR TATTON SYKES (1826 - 1913), Eccentric landowner 1879

John Dillon, Irish politician
JOHN DILLON Irish Nationalist politician Date: 1851 - 1927

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, writer
SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD writer of She and other adventure stories Date: 1856 - 1925

Reynolds / Leicester Sq
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS House in Leicester Square where the English portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy lived Date: 1723 - 1792

George Eliot / Chelsea
GEORGE ELIOT (MARY ANN EVANS) Home of the English novelist at 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, where she lived in later life with her husband, John Cross Date: 1819 - 1880

Charles Kingsley
CHARLES KINGSLEY Writer and clergyman Date: 1819 - 1875

Tall Candle
A tall thin lady stands on tip-toe to light an even taller, even thinner candle 1920s

Henry Blacker, Giant
HENRY BLACKER of Cuckfield, 2.23 metres (7 feet four inches) tall Date: 1724 - ?

Babil, Amazon Queen
BABIL the Amazon Queen, and her companion BIJOU Date: circa 1900

Gold mines at Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. Date: 1882

Marylebone Grammar School, Marylebone Road, London
Marylebone Grammar School, " The Old Philo", Marylebone Road, London. Date: circa 1910

Rochester Row Fire Station, Westminster, SW London. Date: circa 1908

Downtown view of Oakland, California, USA. Date: circa 1940

Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
Park Lane, a tree-lined avenue in Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California, USA. Date: late 1930s

Il Gridone, Naples, Italy
Il Gridone, leading up from the Via Chaia, a popular flower market in Naples, Italy. 1904

New York City, USA - The New Equitable Building by night. Date: circa 1910s

Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York, USA
Metropolitan Life InsuranceCompant Tower (Met Life Tower) (700ft high), New York, USA. Located on Madison Avenue near the intersection with East 23rd Street, across from Madison Square Park

Motor ambulances on the eastern front, Russia, WW1
A line of motor ambulances of the American hospital service on the eastern front, Russia, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Large American house, Dulce Domum, USA
Large American house with crenellated turret, described as Dulce Domum in a message on the back. Date: circa 1907

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