Veiled Collection (page 3)

Marsinah costumes from Kismet
Miss Lily Brayton (aka Mrs Oscar Asche) as Marsinah in Kismet which was revived at the Globe Theatre in London in 1914. Date: 1914

Adelina Munro Drysdale in patriotic costume, WW1
Miss Adelina Munro Drysdale (1896-1942), daughter of Countess Battaro Cosa, pictured in a patriotic costume with the British and French flags across the bodice of her dress

Veiled woman, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Two Turkish women, one with her face covered. Date: circa 1870

Veiled woman with pots, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Woman on a donkey, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Group of Egyptian women
Group of three Egyptian women in traditional costume. Date: circa 1870

Arab courtyard scene, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Veiled women and child, with hookah, Egypt
Two veiled women and a child, with a hookah, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Veiled women in bullock carriage, Turkey
Veiled women in a bullock-drawn carriage, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

Veiled Turkish woman. Date: circa 1870

Veiled women, Algeria, North Africa. Date: circa 1870

Tango craze: the Pope assesses the tango, 1913
Pope Pius X carefully watches as a couple perform the tango for him, so he can judge if the dance morally acceptable. The dance was deemed respectable for drawing room use

Sketch front cover, Spring Fashion Number 1939
Front cover of The Sketch, Spring Fashions Number, 8 March 1939, featuring a painting by French artist Jean Gabriel Domergue showing a woman wearing a colourful veiled hat worn at a jaunty angle

Turkish women and hookah
Three Turkish women and a hookah. Date: circa 1870

Rich Turkish Woman in fine clothing with veil and many rings on her fingers. Date: circa 1910s

Turkish girl by the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey
Picture from a set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress

Turkish girl - 1920s - Liberation in Dress
Picture from a set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress

Turkish girl by the Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey
Picture from a set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress

Veiled Turkish Woman turns with a coy gaze toward the photographer. Date: 1920s

Egytian Coptic Woman. Copts in Egypt constitute the largest Christian community in the Middle East, as well as the largest religious minority in the region. Date: circa 1907

Participants in female circumcision ceremony, Africa
Participants in a female circumcision ceremony line up in Ubangi-Shari (Oubangi Chari), a French colony in central Africa, now part of the Central African Republic

Veiled Egytian Woman - Cairo Date: circa 1904

A Female Turkish noble
A Female Turkish Noble - depicted on this two-colour (red and white) embossed postcard of considerable skill and style. Date: 1900

Morocco, North West Africa - Seated Women, Rabat Date: circa 1950s

Oriental Beauty - Turkish Ottoman Flags
A veiled oriental beauty with pretty eyes set in a frame beneath two Turkish Ottoman flags - patriotic postcard. Date: circa 1910s

Egyptian Orange Sellers posing artistically for this early photographic postcard. Date: circa 1894

Algerian woman behind the veil
An absolutely stunning photograph of an Algerian Veiled Woman. Her piercing gaze is the only clue to her hidden visage. A study in reserved modesty Date: 1906

Phallus indusiatus, stinkhorn fungus
This painting of a veiled stinkhorn was produced by Pieter de Bevere. The image originates from the Loten Collection (dated 1754-57) held at the Natural History Museum, London

A Syrian Woman
A opulent studio shot of an exotic Syrian Woman, in a fine dressed and wearing a veil. Date: 1908

Veiled Turkish Woman and boy - Balkans
Veiled Turkish Woman and a young boy somewhere in the Balkan Region Date: 1908

Leap Year Matrimony - Strong Women
I Wed Him. Leap Year Matrimony - Strong Women take fullsome advantage of their right on a leap year to ask for the hand in marriage of their chaps

Egyptian Muslim Woman
A mohammedan muslim woman with her face covered, probably in Egypt or another North African country. Date: 1930s

Bulgarian Muslim Women
Veiled Muslim women (but not the little girl with them), Bulgaria. Date: 1930s

Sarajevo Market
Veiled Muslim women at Sarajevo market, Serbia (former Yugoslavia). Date: 1930s

Hat by Molyneux, 1930
A hat by Captain Molyneux using felt and curves breitschwantz fur at the sides and back of this close-fitting mode. A fine full veil with a spotted border softens the line and falls to the chin

Winston Churchill and his daughter in Switzerland, 1946
Mr. Winston Churchill with his daughter, Mary, driving to the Chateau Lohn on his arrival in Berne, where he was warmly welcomed. 1946

Turkish Women 1930S
Veiled muslim women shopping together in Turkey. Date: 1930s

Two couples sitting on a cliff top
Two middle class couples sitting on a cliff top. The women are dressed identically, and could be sisters or even twins. Their hats have dark veils which cover their eyes and noses

Montenegrin Street Scene with veiled women
Montenegrin Street Scene with four veiled women

Bosnia - Drinking Water Pump
Bosnia - Roadside drinking water pump

Dancing at an Arabian Marriage - Algeria
Dancing at an Arab Wedding - Algeria

Veiled Moorish Woman out walking - Algeria. She wears a remarkably voluminous costume with a headdress which folds up from her waist, an enormous bunched skirt and wide sleeves

Veiled Egyptian Lady
A fine portrait of an Egyptian woman, wearing a very elaborate veil and a small tassled round hat, decorated with crescent moons. She holds an interestingly shaped ceramic vessel in her lap

Fortune teller - Constantinople
A female street fortune teller in Constantinople

Riding through Constantinople on donkeys
A husband and wife ride through Constantinople on a pair of donkeys, with the ladies steed being led by a young servant

Mother and Baby - Mandu - India
Mother and Baby - Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Egypt - Turkish Woman
Ottoman Turkish Woman in Egypt, in a very fine and elaborate costume and leaning on the end of a sofa

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