Veil Collection (page 8)

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

Copts (Coptic) costume, Egypt
Woman in Copts (Coptic Christian) costume, Egypt. 19th century

Advert for Dickins & Jones clothing winter sale 1909
Selection of elegant Edwardian clothing for women. 1909

Advert for D. H Evans womens motor veils 1915
Ninon and oilsilk motor veils and storm hats available from D. H Evans, Oxford Street, London. 1915

Woman in costume posing as Queen Victoria. Date: circa 1940s

Sfax, Tunisia - Completely covered Arabian Woman. Date: 1915

The Gossip - How the Devil does She know all that? early 19th century

Three women in the latest fashions for November 1833 -- morning and evening dresses. 1833

Two women in crinoline costume in a church. The one dressed as a bride puts money in the poor box. circa 1850s

Three women in various costumes, including Mlle Lise Noblet (left) in La Sylphide (ballet by Taglioni), and Madame Laure Cinti-Damoreau (right) as Isabelle in Robert the Devil (opera by Meyerbeer)

Advert for Swan & Edgars womens coats 1909
Selection of Edwardian of smart coats for all occasions, available at Swan & Edgars department store in Regent Street and Piccadilly, London. 1909

Votes for Women - Frederick Pethick-Lawrence as Suffragette
Votes for Women - Frederick Pethick-Lawrence (1871-1961), (husband of prominent campaigner Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence) dressed as Suffragette selling Votes for Women - the 24th November 1911 issue

Edwardian woman wearing walking clothing 1904
Edwardian woman wearing bell shaped skirt, high neck collar blouse and bishop sleeves. Date: 1904

Young girl from Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Traditional local costume of a young girl from Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Date: circa 1905

Queen Victoria of Spain
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (18871969) - Queen consort of Spain as the wife of King Alfonso XIII, granddaughter of Queen Victoria and first cousin of King George V. Date: circa 1906

Two Egyptian Arab Women, the lady on the right is blind. Date: circa 1910s

A Turkish Woman living in Egypt, looking into a mirror
A Veiled Turkish Woman living in Egypt, looking into an elegant oval mirror. Date: circa 1910s

Wedding group photo (marriage of Ernest Protor and Lilian Egerton). 1905

Young couple in a wedding photo (Ernest Protor and Lilian Egerton). 1905

Wedding group photo, West Ham, East London
Group photo, wedding of Robert Ferguson and Ada Egerton, West Ham, East London, May 1914. 1914

The Queen of Hearts, She Made Some Tarts, All on a Christmas Day. (1 of 4) Date: circa 1890s

Woman in medieval costume on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Lastest fashion for women 1909
Three elegant women wearing long flowing dresses with three-quarter-length sleeves, white long gloves, high neckline, hair high to support their oversized hats with extra plumage. 1906

Egyptian Women travelling on a donkey cart - Cairo. Date: circa 1920s

Edwardian women wearing large hats with trimmings 1906
Edwardian fashionable women wearing summer hats, hair high to support their oversized hats that were perched on the very front of the foreheads, with trimmings of ribbons, flowers and lace. 1906

Advert for Swan & Edgars womens fur coats 1909
Selection of Edwardian fur coats made from moleskin, fox and squirrel, available at Swan & Edgars department store in Piccadilly and Regent Street, London. 1909

Bulldog and labrador in human dress on a postcard. Date: circa 1930s

Swan and Edgar bridal outfits, 1931
Advertisement for Swan & Edgar of Piccadilly Circus, London, promoting their bridal fashions in 1931. The blushing bride can opt for simplicity in a gown

Oriental Beauty - or, to be more precise, a French Model with a painted-on veil and turban..... Date: late 1920s

Fantastic Adventures - The Face beyond the veil
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1950, featuring the story The Face beyond the veil by Franklin Bahl. Two solders are surprised by a huge woman face which appears in a blue fountain. Date: 1950

Egyptian Lady - Dark veil and elaborate golden jewellery
Egyptian Lady - Wearing a dark blue veil and adorned with elaborate golden jewellery, denoting her as a women of some status or wealth. Date: circa 1907

Modern and Old Costume in Turkey
Soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress. Instead of impenetrable veils, they wore lighter, thinner veils

Chalice Veil, cloth with covers the chalice. 18th century. Diocesan Museum. Tarragona. Catalonia. Spain

Female head. Paphos, Cyprus
Female head with veil and diadem. 4th century BC. Terracotta. From area of Paphos, Cyprus. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Head of a priestess of the goddess Vesta. 100-20 AD
Head of statue of a priestess of the goddess Vesta. Marble. 100-20 AD. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Bride with wedding presents. circa 1940s

Bride with bouquet on her wedding day. circa 1940s

Cartoon, wedding scene with Henry Irving
Cartoon, wedding scene with the legendary actor Henry Irving in the background. The Bride Elect, Better Late Than Never. 1880

Royal wedding 1863 - Princess Alexandra
Queen Alexandra, formerly Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844 - 1925), and then Princess of Wales, consort of King Edward VII, in her wedding gown for her marriage to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

Fairies of the Garden - The Wild Hyacinth. 1903

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