Transparent Collection

David Wright woman in short black underslip
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a short black, semi-transparent underslip. She is sitting on the edge of her dressing table, loosening her hair

England. London. The Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton. Great
The Crystal Palace. Cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London for Great Exhibition of 1851. Designed by Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865). Victoria and Albert Museum

Reichstags Dome by Norman Foster (b. 1935). Berlin. Germany
Dome of the Reichstag, seat of the German Parliament, designed by Norman Foster (b.1935). Interior. Berlin. Germany

See-Through Baby Doll
Fifties blonde, wearing a white see-through baby doll nightie with a yoke & bikini style knickers, sits on a white rug

Eugene Manet on the Isle of Wight, 1875, by Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895). French Impressionist painter. Eug?¨ne Manet on the Isle of Wight, 1875. Marmottan Monet Museum. Paris. France

Pierre Auguste Cot (1837-1883). Spring, 1873
Pierre Auguste Cot (1837-1883). French painter. Spring, 1873. Oil on Canvas. Metropolitan Museum. New York. United States

Iceland spar
A specimen of Iceland spar from Rodefjord, Iceland. Transparent crystal composed of the mineral, calcite (calcium carbonate) which has unusual property of double refraction

Calendar girl by David Wright
A blonde woman dressed in a transparent black teddy which leaves little to the imagination relaxes on a chaise lounge and enjoys the sensation of a new pair of silky stockings through her elegantly

Planet earth as perceived by Cosmas, with walls on either side of the Heavens, a transparent firmament, a reservoir of waters above the planet, and above them the Empyrean vault

A Transparent Dodge, cartoon
A Transparent Dodge. Germany: Help! Help! I drown! Throw me the life-belt! Mr Lloyd George and M. Briand: Try standing up on your feet

See-Through Nightgown
Sultry, fifties temptress, wearing a see-through nightdress with ribbon stripe, soft gathers at the neckline & double spaghetti straps, beckons to the viewer

Nyal's Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Nyal's, producers of cosmetics, it is promoting their face cream. Enhances my lady's charm, imparting girlish youth & transparent beauty

Indian miniature depicting the Hindu gods in Indras gardens of Nandana. Winged gods and angels Devas. Indra Divinita Indostanica

The first caliphs of the Orthodox Caliphate: Alu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali, wearing turbans, reading the koran. Califfi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios

Poster for The Treasure Ship in Fairy Seas London Hippodrome
Poster for the latest wonder show at the London Hippodrome, for Christmas 1906. The Treasure Ship in Fairy Seas featured several scenes played under water in the Hippodromes transparent tank

Transparent flowered Hartwegs penstemon, Penstemon hartwegii var. transparens. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley

Woman in vol-au-vent bonnet and dress with
Woman in vol-au-vent bonnet, scarf, dress with transparent sleeves and brodequin bootees. A strict casuist might find something reprehensible with this bodice

English plum varieties, Prunus domestica
English plum varieties, Prince of Wales and Rivers Early Transparent Gage, Prunus domestica. Drawn and chromolithographed by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole

Dancer in a long transparent dress
Dancer in a long voluminous, transparent dress reminiscent of that of the Lydians and Phrygians. It may be Bacchus consort Ariadne

Female dancer with box performing rites of Bacchus
Female dancer in voluminous transparent robes with a box perhaps alluding to the mysteries of Bacchus. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum

Spirit Photograph - Schemboche
A spirit photograph by Schemboche of an Italian Woman approached by a white robe-draped spirit who places his hand upon her shoulder. Date: circa 1870s

Curtis British Entomology Plate 332
Lepidoptera: Psyche radiella = Epichnopteryx plumella (Woolly Case-bearer, Transparent Sweep) [Plant: Ononis repens (Rest-harrow)] Date: 1824-39

40S AUSSIE BEACH BABE
A skirtless bathing costume composed of a transparent blue lace or net lined with a flesh-coloured jersey. Lightweight, its guaranteed not to hamper the swimmer. Date: 1940

EVENING DRESS 1830
Gowns with transparent lace over-skirts with deep scalloped & embroidered flounces & wide over-sleeves that taper to a point. The white gown has lace manchettes. Date: 1830

Vases
One of two clear glass vases with a spreading foot and a long slim stem rising to a pinched neck opening with a serpentine three lobed rim. The glass has twisted ridges and dates from c.1870-1910

Jelly glass
Short jelly or dessert glass cut with round-topped flutes on short stem and plain foot made in England in c.1830-40. Date: c.1830-1840

Sugar bowl from a tea caddy
Tea caddy made from rosewood with mother-of-pearl inlays, with a canted lid, containing two hinged-lidded compartments, one lid inlaid G, the other B

Cocktail glass
One of six cocktail glases with a conical bowl and engraved and sandblasted decoration of a cockerel standing in profile between two floral sprays

Jar
Cranberry-coloured glass jar with a ribbed interior and lid with a moulded clear glass finial, thought to date c.1850-1880. Date: 1850-1880

Scandalous Frocks 1908
Brazen women cause a scandal at the French races in their decollete gowns which use transparent fabrics over the chest in order to conform to the fashion for high collars

Streamline Silhouette, the Adorables cabaret act
The Adorables, an American all-comedy floor-show playing with huge success at the Grosvenor House Hotel in the autumn of 1938. Introduced to London the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance, The Yam

Palaemonetes varians, ditch shrimp larva
Larva of the ditch shrimp in stage five of development, just prior to metamorphosis

Metal Disc Dress 1968
Mini-dress: bodice & skirt are joined by a band of flat metal discs riveted to transparent plastic - a futuristic style reminiscent of Paco Rabannes metal dress of 1967

Female Type / Scanty Dress
A woman stands at the window at twilight in a transparent dressing gown

Fantastic Adventures - Jewels of the toad
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, October 1943, featuring the story Jewels of the toad by Frank Patton. A young pretty woman in a yellow overall

Ball Dresses 1899
Gowns with square Victorian bodices, shoulder straps & transparent epaulettes. Pink: draped corsage. Green: corsage of horizontal rows of lace, panels of lace on the skirt. Date: 1899

Frilly Fashions 1892
Blue: yoke bodice, sleeves (3 vandyked flounces, pleated transparent flared cuffs). Brown: wrap-over coat bodice, frilled revers, gored skirt, gigot sleeves, broad belt. Date: 1892

Miniature / Passot
A young brunette lady wears a white gown with puffed sleeves and transparent gigot over- sleeves. A pink and white scarf is draped round her neck. Date: late 1820s

Spotted Costume 1827
Hat with ostrich feathers, rosettes under the brim & long strings. Red & yellow spotted gown with gigot sleeves & transparent over-sleeve. Skirt with scalloped flounces. Date: 1827

Women Bathe at Fountain
Two women, one in transparent drapery, bathe gracefully and bashfully by a fountain. Date: 18th century?

To the Moon City
The Moon Pirates [Neil R Jones] A spaceship from Earth arrives on Mars, through the transparent domes which house the cities Date: 1934

Four fashionable ladies at a soiree
Four society ladies: two wear wide shouldered gowns with transparent over-sleeves marking the transition to the new fashion. The other two have short puffed sleeves. Date: late 1820s

The Empire Cookery Book - Advertisement for Pyrex Transparent glass ovenware. Date: 1920s

Great salpa, Salpa maxima.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

TOME, Narciso (1690-1752). Transparent. 1729 - 1731. SPAIN. Toledo. Cathedral. Rococo. Relief on marble

Veiled Turkish woman. Date: circa 1870

Crystal balls are produced by grinding and polishing quartz (silicon dyoxide) cystal into spheres

Colourful illustration of of two fish and a crustacean
Folio 42 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 1, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

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