Umbrella Collection (page 4)

Comic postcard, Woman with her hands full on a train - Which shall I drop? Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and porter on railway platform Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy clinging to post on the beach. I don t want to leave. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl clinging to rock on the beach. I don t want to leave. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man with sore head, WW1 Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, the vicars stipend cut down - two women gossiping Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whether you ve gone
Comic cards were much brighter at this stage of the war when the end seemed to be in sight. The little girl is anticipating the return of her loved one whether you ve gone for a year or a day

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - On Leave
This little lass looks as if she is going on holiday - she has an umbrella! Despite the war people still took breaks and this sort of postcard featured regularly in messages back home

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Morning, Nice Day
The Caption is Good morning! Nice day! The message on the back by the Prime Minister is We have to gain the Victory that is our task. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1943

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ll walk beside you
The postcard caption says I ll walk beside you - a reference to the love song written by Murray and Lockton in 1939. It was sung by Vera Lynn among many others

A sketch of a lady with an umbrella in the summer sun on a beach in a bathing suit, 1926 Date: 1926

A sketch of a lady with an umbrella in the summer sun, 1926 Date: 1926

Young woman or nurse / nanny carrying a baby, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Musume / young woman, winter dress with umbrella, Japan
Musume or young woman in winter dress with an umbrella, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Young Japanese woman in winter costume with umbrella. Vintage 19th century photograph

Front cover of Printers Pie magazine for 1915 featuring an elderly gentleman reading a copy at a book stall. Printers Pie was published by The Sphere and Tatler in aid of printers charities

Sweet Apples by Margaret Tempest. Young bear children gathered around an elderly lady bear selling apples by the railings of a public park, sheltered under a large black umbrella/parasol. circa 1910s

Fashionable women enjoying the delights of Malmaison, 1804
Fashionable women enjoying the delights of Chateau de Malmaison. A saunter through the park in 1804. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Plan and elevation of a Regency gardeners cottage. Floorplan shows parlor, scullery and seed room on one floor, , bedrooms and closet on another

Horned ghost crab and zombie crab
Horned ghost crab, Ocypode ceratophthalmus 1, and zombie crab, Gecarcinus ruricola 2. Ocipode ceratostalmo, Gecarcino tourlourou

Figures of Greek kings from ancient vases
Figures of ancient Greek kings. King dressed like Amamemnon of Homer 1. From ancient Greek vases in the collection of Sir William Hamilton. Figure degli Antichi Re della Grecia

New umbrella and parasol designs for 1912. Ombrelles nouveau. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des Modes, Aux Bureaux du Journal des Dames, Paris

Woman in garden party outfit of skirt, blouse and jacket, playing a game with sticks and a ring. Toilette de garden party

Woman in a large toile skirt, looking afraid of a spider. Jupe de grosse toile. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Gerda Wegener from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames

Woman in blue dress with modernist pattern skirt and hat. Robe de serge bleue a volant ecossais. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Victorian scrap, Robinson Crusoe, footprints in the sand
Victorian scrap, Robinson Crusoe discovers footprints in the sand and realises that he is not alone on his island

Silhouette - Flower Seller Stall, Street Vendor. 20th century

Shop window design, April Showers! 1937

Cartoon, Mrs Gamp Taking the Little Party... Back to School
Cartoon, Mrs Gamp Taking the Little Party She Looks After Back to School. A satirical comment on the Morning Herald newspaper (represented here as the Dickens character Mrs Gamp)

Cartoon, Agriculture -- The Real Unprotected Female -- a satirical comment on the Free Trade policy, which was benefiting the country, but in which the agricultural districts had not yet taken part

Victorian Greeting Card - Owls with Umbrella
Two owls standing with an umbrella. Date: circa 1890

Cartoons, Some Probable Inventions for 1924. 1924

Menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore
Front cover, menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore, showing a chef and his young assistant in a ramshackle and untidy kitchen. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1930s

Beach pyjamas from Robinson and Cleaver
A sunsuit in printed Irish linen featuring a bold cretonne design, comprised of trousers, coat and a matching parasol. Available from Robinson

Portrait, the Late Mr E Atkins. 1880s

Music cover, The Umbrella, humorous song
Music cover, The Umbrella, a humorous song by Constant Mertens, drawn by Alfred Concanen. circa 1865

Robinson Crusoe on the beach
Robinson Crusoe walking with his dog on the beach of his desert island

Cartoon, Mr Poland to Notorious Person
Cartoon, Mr Poland (a lawyer) to Notorious Person (Arthur Roberts, music hall performer) - Now, my dear Arthur, I consider myself responsible for your good behaviour; so - be careful! 1884

Little Women - Jo and Fritz reunited under an umbrella
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Jo and Fritz (Professor Bhaer) reunited under an umbrella. 1880

Chinese mandarins barge. The mandarin takes lunch in the cabin waited on by servants. The two umbrellas are a sign of his authority

Norman funeral, chapel and equipment: a Norman funeral rite 278, Norman chapel with altar 279, umbrella 280, quintaine 281, quill pen and inkwell 282, knife and scabbard 283, key 284

Fashionable couple running in the rain. The gallant Mr de Boissec gives his coat and top hat to his lady, and carries her hat in his kerchief and her dog under his arm

The informal umbrella. A gentleman grabs the hand of a young lady and kisses her, while using his umbrella to prevent her aunt and chaperone from seeing it

Young lady of Bagneres-de-Bigorre, French Pyrenees, 19th century. She wears the Pyrenean capulet or hood, in fine cashmere lined with velvet, over a fontange bonnet decorated with lace and ribbons

Woman of Bern in a lace bonnet, Switzerland, 19th century
Woman of Bern in a horsehair lace bonnet, Switzerland, 19th century. The lace bonnet resembles a cockscomb, and contrasts with the elegant simplicity of her chemise, bodice, apron and petticoat

Young girl of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 19th century. A chambermaid in town has modified her rural costume with a shorter skirt and ruched sleeves

Squid and octopi
Gamochonia octopi and squid: long-armed squid, Chiroteuthis veranii, umbrella squid, Histioteuthis bonnellii, Pinnoctopus cordiformis, common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, and Amphioctopus granulatus

Stone pine tree, Pinus pinea
Stone pine, Pinus pinea, Pin. Handcoloured steel engraving drawn and engraved by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

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