Veil Collection (page 7)

Ultragotha, Queen of the Franks, wife to Childebert I.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204), Queen of Henry II.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin and etched by Leopold Martin

Costumes of Tripoli, Libya, woman in burqa and veil, man in turban.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Spanish lady in red dress on greetings card, Gibraltar
Spanish lady in a red dress and white lace veil on a greetings card, Gibraltar. Date: 20th century

Wedding Cake Cutting
John Hope Fellows and his new wife, Ellen Milligan, pictured cutting the first slice of the wedding cake at their wedding in Wilmington, Kent Date: 1924

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna
Grand Princess Elizaveta Feodorova (Grand Duchess Sergei), formerly Princess Elisabeth or Ella or Hesse Darmstadt, dressed as a Sister of Mercy of the reek Church, the Order of Martha and Mary

Algerian women in traditional costume. Date: circa 1870

Egyptian women carrying water. Date: circa 1870

A Woman from Shqipnija, Albania in traditional costume holding a very fine ruffled umbrella Date: circa 1910s

Arabic Greeting - Egypt - As-salamu alaykum
As-salamu alaykum - an Arabic greeting often used by Muslims around the world. Translates as Peace be upon you. Here, a Woman (wearing a veil and an Egyptian Brass Arousa el Burka)

Wedding - Crown Prince of Sweden and Lady Louise Mountbatten
The Wedding of Crown Prince Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973) and Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten (1889-1965) on 3rd November 1923 at St. Jamess Palace, London

Egyptian souvenir postcard - Sphinx, Oasis and Woman
Early pictorial Egyptian souvenir postcard featuring deictions of the Sphinx, an Oasis and an Egyptian bedouin woman from Cairo, wearing an Arousa el Burqa (literally the Bride of the Veil)

Royal Wedding 1947. The Wedding Dress
The dress designed for Princess Elizabeth by Norman Hartnell of ivory duchesse satin with hand embroidery on the skirt and bodice and Court train (fifteen feet long and of ivory tulle)

Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburghs wedding dress
A sketch showing the profusely embroidered wedding dress worn by Princess Victoria Melita for her marriage to Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse on 19th April 1894 at Coburg

Royal Wedding 1981 - Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
The newly married Prince and Princess of Wales wave to waiting crowds as they emerge from St. Pauls Cathedral following their wedding on 29 July 1981. Date: 1981

Royal Wedding 1986 - the bride on her way to the Abbey
Lady Sarah Ferguson, later Duchess of York, just visible through the windows of the royal coach as she travels to Westminster Abbey for her marriage to Prince Andrew, Duke of York on 23 July 1986

Royal wedding of Henry Abel Smith to Lady May Cambridge, 1931
Lady May Cambridge(1906 - 1994), Daughter of the Earl and Countess of Athlone (Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice), on the occasion of her marriage to Sir Henry Abel Smith(1900-1993)

Little girl in confirmation dress
A little girl dressed all in white for her (Roman Catholic) confirmation. Date: circa 1930s

Mary Churchill in Switzerland, 1946
Mary Churchill expresses her gratitude to her host for the wonderful reception they had recived from the people of Berne, during her visit to Switzerland with her father, Winston Churchill. Date: 1946

Syrian Bedouin Women - Costume series (3 / 3)
Costume styles of five Bedouin women. Only one is veiled, another plays the tamborine and another wears expansive golden circle jewellery as a headdress. Date: circa 1910s

King Faruk and Queen Farida of Egypt after their wedding
King Faruk(1920-1965) and his bride at the banquet given at the Koubbeh Palace in Cairo: an occasion when Queen Farida discarded the veil she had worn during the marriage ceremonies

Princess Mary and Lord Lascelles wedding
Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, the Princess Royal (1897 - 1965), Countess of Harewood, on her wedding day with her husband, Henry Charles George, Viscount Lascelles

Bedouin Woman with interesting chin tattoo
Bedouin Woman from Egypt with a very interesting chin tattoo

Mali - Tuareg men from Timbucktu
Mali - Two Tuareg men from Timbucktu, holding spears. The Tuareg are a Berber nomadic pastoralist people, known as the People of the Veil

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

Albanian Woman
A woman from Shkodra, Albania

Tarsus, Turkey - Gate of St. Paul
The Gate of St Paul - Tarsus, Turkey. A city in Mersin Province, near to the city of Adana. With a history going back over 9, 000 years Tarsus has long been an important stop for traders

Wedding Dress 1905
A lady in a wedding dress with train and mob cap headwear with veil; and a woman in a green dress with buttoned sleeves

Princess Maria Theresa Esterhazy

Beekeeping 1960S
A beekeeper wearing protective gloves, jacket, hat and veil removes the Queen Excluder grid from the Brood Box

Highway of fashion 1933
A model with the latest fashion hairstyles, hair cuts by M. Vasco. 1933

Young woman in fancy dress, Ealing, West London
Young woman (Lucy Auerbach, age 16) in fancy dress, with a British flag, in her garden at Ealing, West London. 1906

Three Arab Muslim Women - Egypt. Date: circa 1910

Diplomacy staring Gladys Cooper
Diplomacy adapted from Dora by Victorien Sardou (5 September 1831 8 November 1908) at the Theatre du Vaudeville, Paris, on 22nd January 1877, by Clement Scott (6 October 1841 25 June 1904) and B. C

Tatler front cover, May 1959
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model dressed as a bride, wearing a wedding gown with sweetheart neckline, a full skirt and flowing veil. 6th May 1959

Bride and groom in church doorway, Marazion, Cornwall
Bride and groom in a church doorway, Marazion, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Bride in church porch, Marazion, Cornwall
Bride in a church porch, holding a bouquet of orange flowers, Marazion, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Bride in church doorway, Marazion, Cornwall
Bride in a church doorway, holding pink flowers, Marazion, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Emma Murray, actress. as Susanna in an unidentified production. 1839

Bridal fashion show -- model and audience. circa 1960s

Bride wearing soft ivory satin dress 1912
Typical style for this period, long and narrow figure, with jewel neckline in soft ivory satin, lace cap headdress with tiny orange buttons and veil. 1912

Husband and wife on holiday, Southwold, Suffolk
Husband and wife on holiday, sitting on the beach at Southwold, Suffolk. They are Arthur and Ellen Auerbach. Date: 1912

Queen Mother at the Royal Cornwall Show, Wadebridge, standing with the Show Secretary Albert Riddle, and a prize bull wearing three rosettes. Date: circa 1982

Womens hairstyles 1864
Selection of the latest styles of arranging the hair as adopted in Paris, and as practised by the leading Parisian hair-dressers

Women in front of the site of Palmyra, Syria
Two native women, one of them carrying a basket on her head, walking from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Palmyra in central Syria

Cartoon, Georgina Weldon, classical singer
Cartoon, Georgina Weldon -- Waiting for the Verdict. Georgina Weldon (1837-1914), classical singer, was frequently involved in lawsuits and libel cases with others in the profession

Ladies Own Memorandum Book, showing some examples of the fashions of the day. circa 1790

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