Veil Collection (page 5)

Footwear of the Nations - Turkey (and Western)
Footwear of the Nations - Turkey (the turned-up toed slippers of a Turkish beauty and the Western black rubber-soled shoes of her male admirer)

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1872-1918), formerly Princess Alix of Hesse, married Tsar Nicholas II in 1894 shortly before his accession to the throne

Woman wearing bonnet 1896
Lady wearing a netted veil. Date: 1896

Western woman with a book, India
Western woman (Memsahib) with a book, India. Date: circa 1890s

Dress of the reign of King Henry II, Curtmantle, 1154-1189.. Long red ermine-lined mantle over long green dress, white veil and wimple

Advert for International Fur Store 1907
Selection of womens winter stoles and muffs. Date: 1907

Advert for P. Steinmann and Co lace specialists 1930
Advertisement for bridal veils. Date: 1930

Parisian woman wearing toque hat with feathers 1914
Parisian woman dresses in outdoor wear for the winter, wearing fur coat and toque hat with feathers and veil. Date: 1914

Royal Costume 12th century
QUEEN OF HENRY II (1122?- 1204): an embroidered gown with close fitting sleeves & a girdle & a crown over a veil. A fur-lined mantle falls from her shoulders. Date: 12th cenntury

12TH NIGHT / VIOLA C18TH
Act I, Scene V Viola, disguised as a boy, enters the house of Olivia Date: 1793

Riding Habit 1857
Amazon corsage buttoning to the throat & with a small white collar & reversed cuffs. Black velvet hat ornamented with a plume & worn with a veil. Date: 1857

NUN IN THE RAIN
Taking the veil may protect her from contact with sin, but even a nun needs an umbrella to keep off the rain... Date: 1900

LOLA MONTEZ
MARIA DOLORES ELIZA ROSEANNA GILBERT, known as LOLA MONTEZ (1818 - 1861), American dancer and adventuress, born in Ireland - seen here in traditional Spanish costume Date: 1847

THE THREE MORAL GRACES
THE THREE GRACES There is no Grace without Decency, and there is no Decency without a Veil Date: 18th century

Edwardian Blushing Bride
A nervous looking Edwardian bride complete with veil and bouquet stands upon a Turkish carpet in order to be photographed, her long train draped over her arm. Date: circa 1905

RC ENTICING NUNS 1851
How the Roman Catholics entice innocent girls into convents - letting them take the veil, and appropriating their money - an example of anti-Catholic feeling in Victorian England Date: 1851

Finks I ve been an gone an lost the mail again! A little girl in bridal attire but not a groom in sight... Date: circa 1935

HRH Princess Victoria (1868-1935) - the fourth child and second daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, and the younger sister of King George V. Date: circa 1909

Bride, her sister (bridesmaid) and their Grandmother
Bride (Noelein), her sister (Lorraine, her bridesmaid) and their Grandmother - a spectacular period trio! Date: circa 1950s

Isabel Sewall on her wedding day - Studio Portrait
Isabel Sewall (nee Vickers) on her wedding day - Studio Portrait (1/2). Date: 1887

A British Bride with veil, bouquet and train
A 1920s British Bride with veil, bouquet and train Date: circa 1920s

British Couple - wedding photograph - height difference
British Couple (Dan and Julie) photographed on their wedding day. Date: circa 1910s

Woman from Simia and a Woman of Pera (Istanbul)
Woman from Symi and a Woman of Pera (Istanbul) Date: 1821

Two Turkish Women - one from Istanbul, one from the country. Date: 1821

Olivia, by Edmund Blair Leighton (from Twelfth Night). 1888

Edwardian women in tricorne and bicorne hats 1912
Left tricorne, hat with three-cornered, in black tagal, trimmed with two pom - poms, one in black and the other white. Right, amazon, hat made of leghorn

Wedding of Major Evelyn Gibbs to Lady Helena Cambridge
The wedding of Major (later Colonel) John Evelyn Gibbs (1879-1932) to Lady Helena Cambridge (born Princess Helena of Teck, a title changed following the outbreak of WW1) (1899-1969) at St

Pointy Medieval Hat
A medieval fancy dress costume showing the late 14th century French fashion of the Hennin or steeple headdress worn with a veil. Date: 1930s

Frankish Court Dress C11
Man: mantle fastened with a brooch, embroidered super- tunic. Woman: coronet, veil, hair worn in long plaits, mantle & super-tunic with a girdle. Date: 11th century

Costume / Bourgogne C15
Man: very short houppelande or jacket with dagged epaulettes & hanging sleeves, parti- coloured hose, piked shoes & a bandeau. Woman: Hennin & veil headdress, gown & kirtle. Date: 15th century

English Noblewomen C14Th
English noblewomen: headdresses include a goffered veil, a coronet & an ornamental fillet. One lady wears an ermine lined mantle & surcoat. 14th century

Madame Kyra Alanova by Madame Yevonde
Madame Kyra Alanova (1902-1965) by Madame Yevonde. She was a dancer, appearing in a special matinee at St Jamess Theatre, London

Princess Cecile of Greece on her wedding day
Princess Cecilie of Greece (1911-1937), third child of Prince and Princess Andrew of Greece (Alice of Battenberg), pictured on her wedding day when she married Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of

West African Tuareg Horse Warriors
West African Tuareg Warriors, in traditional veiled headdresses, all mounted on fine horse and carrying spears and enormous shields

Sultan of Tuareg Veiled people of Hoggar Mountains, Algeria
Sultan of the Tuareg Veiled people of the Hoggar Mountains, Algeria. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23

Marriage of Princess Anne to Mark Phillips
The Marriage of Princess Anne to Mark Phillips, a Lieutenant in the 1st Queens Dragoon Guards, at Westminster Abbey on 14th November 1973. Date: 1973

Duke of Windsor funeral service
The funeral service for the late Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) at St Georges Chapel, Windsor. The picture shows Queen Elizabeth II leaving the chapel after the service

Wedding dress of Jill Benton Jones by Norman Hartnell
A young and fresh looking wedding dress designed by Norman Hartnell for Jill Benton Jones marriage to Mr William McAlpine in 1960

Music sheet cover for The Alexandra March

Princess Margaret of Connaught on her wedding day
The new member of the House of Bernadotte in her bridal robes. Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882 - 1920) in her wedding gown; the overdress and veil were of the most exquisite Carrickmacross lace

The Queen of Sheba: An Amusing Christmas Game
A reworking of blind mans bluff, in The Queen of Sheba the man must approach and kiss a selected girl whilst blind-folded; however the women take advantage of the mans blind-folded state

Mr and Mrs Winston Churchill following their wedding
Winston Churchill and Clementine Hozier glimpsed in their motor car following their marriage at St. Margarets Church in Westminster on 12th September 1908

Winston Churchill wedding
Winston Churchill and his bride, Clementine Hozier, emerge from St. Margarets Church, Westminster after their wedding

A young Egyptian woman in traditional headdress
A striking young Egyptian woman in traditional headdress

Lady in communion dress on a lacy greetings card
Lady in communion dress in a church on a lacy greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for Copland & Lye women's latest fashion 1887
Latest styles in Victorian winter dresses from Paris, women could get their own material made-up into dresses. Date: 1887

Lady with Lady Spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Lady with Lady Spirit in front of her. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Lady Spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Lady Spirit wearing shroud and holding flowers. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

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