Thin Collection (page 4)

Three types of Pipefish and a Seahorse
Three types of Pipefish and a Short-Nosed Seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus). The Pipefish are: Snake Pipefish (Syngnathus ophidion or Entelurus aequoreus)

Greater Pipefish and Broad-Nosed Pipefish
Greater Pipefish (Syngnathus acus) and Broad-Nosed Pipefish (Syngnathus typhle). Date: 1865

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

Fakir with raised hands, India
Fakir (religious ascetic) with raised hands, India. Date: circa 1890s

Young girl in underwear poses by the river
A pretty young girl tiptoes along the riverbank wearing only the briefest of undergarments! Date: circa 1904

Jack Sprat could eat no fat... 19th century

A group of Pashtun men with rifles
Pashtuns (Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, Pukhtuns), also called Pathans are ethnic Afghans. An Eastern Iranian ethno-linguistic group with populations primarily in Afghanistan

Vase of flowers on window ledge
A vase of colourful flowers on a window ledge. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Stern Egyptian Woman
The original model with attitude! A stern-faced Egyptian girl stands with her arms behind her back, wearing headscarf, necklace and immense hooped metallic earrings and a thin, revealing dress

Old Mr Winter with a baby on a Christmas card
Old Mr Winter with a baby on a Christmas and New Year card, surrounded by robins and bells -- his comfort and joy. (3 of 3) Date: circa 1880s

Old Mr Winter in the snow on a Christmas card
Old Mr Winter with his shopping in the snow on a Christmas card. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1880s

Comic postcard, Man visiting the doctor Date: 20th century

Santa Claus with children and presents on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1920s

Comic German postcard -- Two Better Halves
Comic German postcard by Arthur Thiele -- Two Better Halves -- two grossly overweight women followed by their two skinny husbands. Date: early 20th century

Girl with Great Dane dog and doll in pram
A young girl waits for her mother, looking after a skinny Great Dane dog and a doll in a pram. Date: circa 1981

People walking in different directions on crowded street, Ho
People walking in different directions on a crowed street in Hong Kong. Figure of a thin elderly Chinese?s man in white tee shirt and black shorts in close view

Jibbah, Dervish, 1898. Associated with the Battle of Omdurman, 2nd Sudan War, (1896-1899). This jibbah is thought to be ceremonial; its thin material

Victorian Christmas Card snow scene - Skating on Thin Ice. 19th century

Making Japanese Paper Chochin lanterns - one used as a sign
Making Japanese Paper Chochin lanterns and an example of one being used as a sign. Date: circa 1930s

Advert for John Barker womens underwear 1911
Models wearing slender fitted corsets with straight-front giving no curving to the figure. 1911

Cartoon, German women as seen by the French, WW1
Cartoon, German intellectual women as seen by the French. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Waking up Germania, WW1
Cartoon, Waking up Germania. After the war, Madame Germania must pay the bill for all the damage she has done. The waiter is a macabre, thin man with a skull for his head. Date: 1918

William Powell and Myrna Loy
Front Cover of The Bystander, William Powell (1892 1984), American actor paired with Myrna Loy (1905 1993), American film, television and stage actress, in 14 films

Planers and Mud Lamprey, Borer and Lancelet
Planers Lamprey (Petromyzon planeri), Mud Lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis or Petromyzon branchialis, also known as European River Lamprey, Blind Lamprey and Pride), Borer (Gastrobranchus coecus)

Cepola macrophthalma, or Red Bandfish, also known as Red Snakefish and Red Ribbandfish. It has a thin, ribbon-like body and can vary considerably in length. Date: 1863

Trichiurus lepturus, or Largehead Hairtail, a species of cutlassfish, also known as Beltfish and Bladefish. Date: 1863

Beaulx abc belles heures. Book peddler. Belongs to the genre le Cris de Paris that illustrates street vendors of Paris. Until the invention of printing

Cartoon, Things that matter, WW1
Cartoon, Things that matter -- Brain. Crown Prince: It doesn t matter what Papa or Michaelis says. After all, we are the real brain(s) of the Empire

Cartoon on postcard, Kitchener news, WW1
Cartoon on a postcard, showing a skinny woman in the early stages of the First World War, reading a news bulletin: Kitchener gets half a million men in a month

Italian lady in skimpy see-through nightgown
Italian lady posing in a rather skimpy and decidely see-through nightgown, with pale blue stockinggs and balck high-heeled shoes. Date: circa 1910s

Cockney Argument between a fat man and a thin man
Fat Party (after a War of words) - " If you come our court to-morrer and bring a bit o fat with yer, I ll bloomin well eat yer." !! Date: 1895

The Vickers-Armstrongs Red Dean air-to-air missile was intended for the thin-wing Javelin

Vandellia cirrhosa, candiru

WW1 recruitment poster with silhouette
World War One recruitment poster with silhouette -- The Thin Khaki Line Keeps the Fate of Belgium from Your Hearth and Home, Get into Khaki Now! Showing a determined soldier with a bayoneted rifle

Satirical cartoon with Turkish and German soldiers, WW1
A satirical cartoon showing a fat German soldier strangling a thin Turkish soldier during the First World War. The cartoon (in French) reads: The brave Turk is afraid of no-one

Three ladies in evening dresses by Paul Poiret and Beer
Three fashionable ladies in evening dresses. On the left, violet, gold and black with a pleated crepe de chine hem, and a large gold fan, by Paul Poiret

Admiral Nelsons day cabin in the H. M. S. Victory
The interior of the famous H.M.S. Victory as shown for the first time in colour after its redecoration and restoration as it would have appeared at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Singers on a comic postcard -- Songs and their Singers -- Greet, Greet, Softly My Sweet. Date: circa 1910s

White cat with red background
Unusual Friends - white cat with red background. 1950s

Siamese mother cat and two kittens with yellow background
Unusual Friends - Siamese mother cat and two kittens with yellow background. 1950s

Siamese kitten with yellow background
Unusual Friends - Siamese kitten with yellow background. 1950s

Siamese cat and two kittens
Unusual Friends - Siamese cat and two kittens. 1950s

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove womens clothing 1906
Two elegant aspects of the evening corsage. 1906

Victorian scrap - The Dowager Duchess. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - I only wish someone would ask me
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - I only wish some one would ask me thats all. late 19th century

Cartoon, ringmaster and performing elephants
Cartoon, a ringmaster with two performing elephants -- the one with the long, thin moustache is the theatre manager William Holland. 1883

Cartoon, Lord Cairns and Miss Fortescue
Cartoon, Lord Cairns to Miss Fortescue -- Delighted, my dear, that my son has shown such good taste! May Fortescue (1859-1950) was an actress, singer and actor-manager

Misfitz Dolls - Ping-Pong. early 20th century

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