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German Dress C14ThWoman: goffered veil & wimple, kirtle with buttoned sleeves, loose fitting gown, girdle & pouch. Man: dagged cape, gipon (doublet), girdle, piked shoes & hat with an up-turned brim. Date: 14th century
English Costume C14ThWoman: mantle, sideless surcoat, wimple & goffered veil. Men: gipon, girdle & pouch, parti-coloured hose, piked shoes, cap with up- turned brim, armour. Date: 14th century
Costume / Brass of C15ThMonumental brass in Digswell Church, Hertfordshire: wide, padded headdress with veil, houppelande with turned down collar, long funnel sleeves, kirtle sleeves visible. Date: early 15th century
German Officials 1670German professionals (possibly legal dress): full-bottomed wigs, hats with cocked brims, coats with deep turned back cuffs like boot-cuffs, cloaks. Date: 1670
Woman wear a merry widow hat and PlumesYoung woman in a narrow fitting skirt, high necked blouse, full-length coat with black lapels & turned-back cuffs & a broad brimmed hat with plumes. Date: circa 1913
Margherita Turned OutMargherita di Cortona, when her noble lover is murdered, goes home but is turned away by her mother, together with her fatherless son. (She will become a nun and a saint) Date: 1273
Tourists at the PyramidsEuropean tourists enjoy a champagne lunch with a fine view of the Pyramids and the Sphinx onto which the lady has turned her back Date: circa 1903
Sir Charles HallSIR CHARLES HALL lawyer, earning 10 000 per annum in the Chancery Court (say 1m today); no wonder he turned down the offer to become a judge Date: 1814 - 1883
Building UndergroundBuilding the London Underground, using the cut- and-cover method whereby a trench is turned into a tunnel Date: 1860s
Two boys emptying a piggy bank onto a table. The coins seem to be mostly penny and threepenny pieces (pre-decimalisation). Date: circa 1960s
Two boys in Lathkill Dale, both very smartly turned out at the edge of this very detailed picture of the Dale. Date: 1906
Hatworks employee at Battersbys factory identified by the photographer as Christopher Tipping, smartly turned out but with a less imposing backdrop. Date: 1902
Suffragette on Bonfire Chislehurst 1908. Preparing the bonfire in Chislehurst, Kent for the celebrations on November 5th 1908
Lady Eveyln Beauchamp, 1929Lady Evelyn Beauchamp (nee Herbert), daughter of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon at the races, 1929. The Countess wears a wrap-coat of fine cloth, with a scarf collar and romantic short Cavalier cloak
Women with a fan 1922Women turned away while holding a fan. Date: 1922
Israel CanaThough generally identified as the place where Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding, this is only one of several possible locations for Cana. Date: 1835
General Boulanger PhotoGEORGES-ERNEST-JEAN-MARIE BOULANGER - French soldier turned statesman who attempted a coup d etat : when it failed he fled to Brussels and shot himself on his wifes grave. Date: 1837 - 1891
Whittington StoneThe milestone at which Richard Whittington turned back towards London where he would become Lord Mayor. The story must be true, because here is the stone to prove it ! Date: circa 1400
Jean Ant. RossignolJEAN ANTOINE ROSSIGNOL French jeweler turned revolutionary, brave but stupid, useless as a soldier so turned to plotting, unsuccessful, condemned and died in exile in Madagascar. Date: 1759 - 1802
Claude RoberjotCLAUDE ROBERJOT - French churchman turned diplomat in 1792, sent to Congress of Rastatt where he and his colleagues were murdered by Austrians (we have a picture) Date: 1753 - 1799
Raphael Kirchner - Art Nouveau lady by the seaRaphael Kirchner - Art Nouveau lady in pretty white summer dress (with gold circular decoration/pattern), with white flowers in her hair
Nouveau Riche Gentleman in excessive fur-trimmed coatA Nouveau-Riche Gentleman who has grown a fine soup-strainer walrus moustache, wearing evening dress and a positively excessive fur-trimmed coat
Keep Smiling! Young Giant Panda taking a photographThe tables are turned in this fantastic postcard showing a Giant Panda taking a photograph of onlookers, unlike the normal situation where the panda is the subject of the onlookers attention
Adoniram ByfieldADONIRAM BYFIELD - Puritan churchman, active in church affairs, depicted with a windmill on his head whose sails (Lust, Pryde &c) are being turned by the Devil. Date: ? - 1660
Hat with Chin Strap 1913A woman in a black hat with a round crown, up-turned narrow brim & chin-strap. Date: 1913
LCC-LFB Two firemen at hose drill, Southwark SE1Two firemen performing hose drill at Southwark, the brigade headquarters. They are holding a brass composite branch (nozzle) that could only be turned on and off at the pump or hydrant
Officer from the First Troop, Philadelphia, facing forward, head turned toward right standing before soldier holding horse and another on horseback. Date 1839
Printed miniature scroll painting of Tenjin turned to the right. Print shows Tenjin (Sugawara Michizane), facing right, sitting in a temple or palace. Date between ca. 1830 and 1870
A woman, possibly a courtesan, seated, facing right, with her head turned to look back over her right shoulder, wearing several hairpins. Date between 1830 and 1850
Woman, possibly a courtesan, sitting next to a flowerpot, facing left with head turned to the right, wearing kimono with starburst design that mimics the plants in the pot. Date between 1830 and 1850
Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left and Orville at right, glider turned forward to right and tipped downward. Date 1901
Turned out of meh own home!. Illustration shows a woman labeled Democracy carrying a satchel with papers labeled Free Trade is lamenting being turned out of her home into a shower of torn paper
Buffing Handbag FramesA worker with his overcoat collar turned up, buffing handbag frames on an industrial wheel. Date: 1950s
Yerba Buena AerodromePlans for the island of Yerba Buena, San Francisco, U.S.A. to be turned into a harbour airport and runways for the U.S. airforce, with tunnels serving as bomb-proof hangars Date: 1940s
Kilchoman CrossThe Cross of Kilchoman, an ancient cross on the Isle of Islay, the Hebrides, Scotland. For many years it was turned towards the sun during prayer, but this Pagan ritual stopped. Date: 1930s
Fresh FurrowsA close-up photograph of freshly turned furrows. Date: 1960s
Young girl in pretty white dressUnnamed young girl in pretty white dress, standing by a white armchair with bobbled scrolling on the turned arms and legs. Date: circa 1903
Swedish scouts and upturned sailing boatTwo Swedish Scouts awaiting rescue from their overturned light sailing boat enjoy a refreshing bottle of pop in the middle of the lake
Soldiers turned bandits during the Thirty Years WarSoldiers turned bandits draw their swords, during the Thirty Years War 17th Century
The Wild Swans who turn into handsome princes. 20th century
Charles Ray DirectingWhen his acting career sagged, Charles Ray turned to direction : sadly his movies lacked box-office appeal. But this is a nice intimate shot of 20s film- making. Date: circa 1922
Aesop / Frog PhysicianAesop/Frog Physician
Aesop / Venus and the CatVENUS AND THE CAT Even though the cat has been turned into a human, she still displays feline tendencies - such as jumping out of bed to chase a mouse
Britannia and Eve magazine, November 1940Front cover illustration featuring an attractive and well turned-out 1940s model wearing a red headscarf and holding a pair of binoculars
Young Boy a holding racing carA study of a young boy, seated in a high-backed wooden chair, clutching his favourite model racing car. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard
Man and his car (in distance)A man has his back turned to the camera with an open-top car in the middle distance
Lady Tennis Umpire 1920A well turned out female tennis umpire keeps a cose eye on the score whilst sitting beneith a large red parasol
COCK LANEThe street was made famous in the 18th century by a sensational ghost story - which turned out to be a hoax