Thin Collection (page 6)

People on the ice on a comic Christmas card
Two men on the ice on a comic Christmas card by Ernest Griset, with the thin man falling through and the plump man being saved by his dog. Date: circa 1890s

Good Time Girls 1919
Two good time girls model the new barrel-line silhouette: One dress with thin shoulder straps still has a high waist the other is strapless & low waisted. N.B fur stole, pearls Date: 1919

Woman in 1911
Edwardian woman powders her chin with a powder puff, while holding a hat box in one arm and a handbag in the other. 1911

Bandstand, France
On a cold winters day at Romans, France, the band draws a thin audience. Date: circa 1905

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

George I of Greece 1876
GEORGE I OF GREECE King of Greece (1863 - 1913) 1876

Henry Thompson
SIR HENRY THOMPSON English surgeon, writer, and pioneer of cremation Date: 1820 - 1904

Sarasate / Vfair 1889
PABLO SARASATE Spanish violinist Date: 1844 - 1908

KARL MUCK German conductor in action Date: 1859 - 1940

Morell Mackenzie
SIR MORELL MACKENZIE English laryngologist Date: 1837 - 1892

Helmuth Von Moltke
Helmuth Karl Bernard von Moltke Prussian military chief of staff Date: 1800 - 1891

Amadeo, King of Spain
AMADEO, KING OF SPAIN Elected 1870, abdicated 1873 Date: 1845 - 1890

Thomas Hughes / Vfair 1872
THOMAS HUGHES English jurist, reformer and writer, best known as the author of Tom Browns Schooldays (1857) Date: 1822 - 1896

3rd Earl Grey / Vfair 1869
HENRY GEORGE 3rd EARL GREY Statesman Date: 1802 - 1894

Jefferson Davis / Brady 87
JEFFERSON DAVIS President of the Confederacy, American Civil War Date: 1808 - 1889

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

Reginald / Delawarr / Vfair
Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl Delawarr Date: -

James Lindsay / Crawford
JAMES LUDOVIC 26th EARL OF CRAWFORD formerly LORD LINDSAY Astronomer Date: 1847 - 1913

Lord Robert Cecil / V Fair
LORD ROBERT CECIL Lawyer and MP Date: -

Hugh, Earl Cairns / V Fair
HUGH MCCALMONT CAIRNS 1st EARL CAIRNS British politician and Lord Chancellor Date: 1819 - 1885

Sir Henry Bulwer
SIR HENRY BULWER alias WILLIAM HENRY LYTTON EARLE BULWER English diplomat Date: 1801 - 1872

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

Fenelon / Adlard
FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE FENELON French divine and writer Date: 1651 - 1715

Rossetti / Watts
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poet and Pre-Raphaelite artist Date: 1828 - 1882

Samuel Johnson / Tree
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON " Dr Johnsons Tree", a lime tree which the writer took a liking to in New Street, Shoe Lane, outside the home of his friend Strahan Date: 1709 - 1784

Cartoon, March goblins, showing an old lady teased by the March winds and squally showers. Date: 1919

Lamartine / Aubert
ALPHONSE-MARIE-LOUIS DE PRAT DE LAMARTINE French writer Date: 1790 - 1869

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

Henry Robert Brand, Colonial Governor
HENRY ROBERT BRAND 2ND VISCOUNT HAMPDEN Colonial Governor Date: 1841 - 1906

Sir Samuel Browne / V Fair
SIR SAMUEL BROWNE Military Date: 1824 - 1901

Charles Keene / Harpers
CHARLES KEENE English artist and cartoonist Date: 1823 - 1891

Charles Keene / Pn Eng
CHARLES KEENE English artist and cartoonist Date: 1823 - 1891

Ja Froude / Vanity Fair
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE - British historian and writer. Date: 1818 - 1894

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

Brougham / Crowquill Caric
HENRY, 1ST BARON BROUGHAM British MP and lawyer reclining on a sofa and thinking very deeply Date: 1778 - 1868

Claude Ambroise Surat
CLAUDE AMBROISE SEURAT skeletal Frenchman Date: flourished 1820s

Roman archbishopric of Westminster satire
The Roman archbishopric of Westminster is seen as the thin end of the wedge by protestant England Date: 1850

BYRON (D ORSAY)
GEORGE GORDON, lord BYRON in May 1823 Date: 1788 - 1824

Jack Frost on a Christmas and New Year card, wearing skates and turning the water to ice. Date: circa 1890s

People in medieval costume on a New Year card
Five people in medieval costume on a New Year card. One of them has caught (or shot down) a very thin bird. circa 1890s

Cartoon, The imperial eagle, WW1
Cartoon, The imperial eagle. He will return to his eyrie devoid of feathers, never to return. A comment on a German retreat during the First World War. Date: 1916

Victorian Scrap, thin man dancing. circa 1880s

Waiting to take the stage at beauty competition, Manchester
A thin young lady waits for her turn to take the stage at a beauty competition in a Manchester nightclub. Date: circa 1980

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a basset hound
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- a basset hound called Hector, or Hectorhippopotamus, or Hectopotamus, later abbreviated to Potamus. Seen above as a thin stray, and below as a well-fed dog. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, study of a Chow
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a black Chow named Sun-Yat-Sen, or Sunny, who went missing, and was reunited with his master, exhausted and thin. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, terrier returning home
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- a rough-haired terrier named Turk, returning home after being sent to live somewhere else. Seen here dragging himself under a gate

Lurcher dog walking along
A Lurcher dog walking along. Date: 1928

Cartoon, Heros recruiting at Kelsey s, or, Guard Day at St James s, by James Gillray. Two officers, one tall and thin, the other very young, sit facing each other eating sweets at a confectioner s

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