Wearing Collection (page 3)

Suffragette Votes for Women Pepper Pot
A silver suffragette pepper pot or muffineer a small pot with a removable lid - the head of the figure. Holes in the bonnet dispense pepper or sugar

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- Whos Absent?
Whos Absent? - Is It You? Chromolithograph recruitment poster, published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. Printed by Andrew Reid and Company Limited, 50 Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The Bloomer Costume. Woman wearing bloomers dress and trousers fashion Date: 1851

Marthe Carpentier boxer born 1893
Marthe Carpentier French boxer. On 8th March 1914 she won a bout against Lucie Warner from England for the world female title

Brita Edholm in Biba dress
Brita Edholm, a graphic designer and art director at Trends Promotion Unit, pictured in London Life magazines What People are Wearing section in a silver dress from Biba

Shilluk Girl bearing extensive traditional scarfication
A Shilluk Girl bearing extensive traditional facial scarfication and wearing thick wood-block earrings - Upper Nile, Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Jacksons boots and hats advert with cats by Louis Wain 1909 Date: 1909

Puss tries on his new Boots at the Cobblers Shop. Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697

Queen Mary, c. 1911
Photographic portrait of Queen Mary, previously Princess May of Teck (1867-1953), pictured c.1911, wearing robes of the Order of the Garter

The Harley-Scope Mine-Detector by William Heath Robinson
A crackpot invention dreamed up Heath Robinson, allowing a British machine to suspend a stethoscope wearing doctor over the ground, in an attempt to locate the snug dug outs of the German enemy

Female / White Dress 1930S
A woman sits on a bench out in the sunshine, wearing a white cloque dress with a low-cut back and a green velvet sash; she has a matching jacket and hat

The Red Coat by Lewis Baumer
Portrait by Lewis Baumer showing an elegant, stylish young woman wearing a red coat, with scarf, cloche hat and walking cane

My First Sermon by John Everett Millais
A little girl, wearing a red cape and fur muff, sits primly alert on a church pew listening to her first sermon. See Millaiss companion picture

Pin-Up in Gold Mules
Smiling blonde, wearing a white camisole top, a bold floral print skirt, a lace petticoat and gold peep-toe mules, shows a leg as she squats by a garden pond

Anti-Flu Masks
A man and a woman wearing anti-flu masks. These masks cover the nose and mouth and are designed to prevent germs spreading. They may work but they look very curious!

Comic Card / Fat Lady
I don t care twopence what happens. Thats how I feel at Clacton-on-Sea. says a fat woman wearing a red bathing suit paddling in the sea

British terriorials charging at Loos
Illustration by S. Begg showing British troops wearing anti-gas masks charging German trenches of the fortified second line at the Battle of Loos with bombs and bayonets

Police Officers
Group of police officers wearing the combed back helmet, in use between 1864 and 1870

60S Fashion / Floral Dress
A girl wearing a floral dress with white shoes and gloves holds a basket. Date: early 1960s

Joan the Maid - Kay Nielsen. The Most Noble Warrior Saint in the Christian Calendar. Date: 1924

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, with the Marquess of Aberdeen, in the Royal Pavilion at Braemar

H. M Queen Maud of Norway
Maud of Wales (1869 - 1938), Queen of Norway as spouse of King Haakon VII. Youngest daughter of the British king and Queen, Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark. Date: 1906

Omani elders wearing Khanjar and carrying rifles in Oman
Salalah Sultanate of Oman. Omani elders wearing Khanjar and carrying rifles walking along the beach. Date: 1977

Mae Busch (1891 - 1946), Australian-born actress who worked in both silent and sound films in early Hollywood

British soldier bears to the firing line WWI
Double page showing a British private soldier, commonly know as a Tommy, showing a diagram of tools and equipment that he would have carried when marching to the trenches in World War One. 1915

Dogs Get Married
Two dogs are joined in holy matrimony by a dog in holy orders (who is doubtless wearing a dog collar beneath his robes) late 19th century

Pan Cover 1920
Illustration by Pizer on the front cover of Pan magazine, showing a couple in costume, the man dressed as harlequin and the woman wearing butterfly wings and headdress

Coronation of King Charles III - May, 2023
Royal family supporters camping on the Mall ahead of the Coronation of King Charles III, in London, wearing red, white and blue patriotic clothing Date: 2023

Contessa Adele Ganucci Cancellieri
A portrait painting of Italian Countess Adele Ganucci Cancellieri, wearing a black dress with lace trim decorations. Date: circa 1915

The Cross Country Runner. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1968. Date: 1968

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove headdresses 1922
Selection of exquisite colourful headdresses, a charming gift for Christmas. Designed by Mayfair Flower Workers, for charming Christmas presents, left; side or back effect in black or silver

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895 - 1918), eldest daughter of the Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna wearing the unifom of Colonel-In-Chief of the 3rd Regiment of Uhlans of

The Duke and Duchess of York - Durham Colliery visit
The Duke and Duchess of York (Later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) - visiting a Durham Colliery on 29th July 1936 - most likely the Glamis Pit at Kibblesworth Colliery

Evening clothing with pearls and lace 1912
Fashionable evening clothing using detailed embroidered lace and decorative pearls. 1912

Frocks and thrills: Gowns and headdresses from Paris 1913
Women models wearing a selection of different style evening wear, including the lamp-shade skirt, Turkish trousers, low scaft-belt cloak and the knee skirt. 1913

Womens clothing for May 1913
Women models wearing the latest fashionable garments for evening and walking. Date: 1913

Fashionable women in new creations 1913
Women models wearing the latest winter beautifully decorative wraps. 1913

Boys Brigade Member posing with rifle
Boys Brigade Member in distinctive uniform and cap - posing with rifle and wearing a silver cross medal. Robert Hellis (1835-1895)

Orpheus playing his lyre. Relief from Thessaloniki. Greece
Orpheus, wearing a Phrygian cap and surrounded by the beasts charmed by the music of his lyre. Relief from Thessaloniki. Greece

French riding habit 1886
Black or navy cloth, the bodies fastens at the sides at the sides and opens below the waist to show a white waistcoat. 1886

Advert for Dickins & Jones womens winter sports wear 1928
Dickins & Jones, winter sports department, helping you choose the correct outfits for the season. 1928

Major-General The Honourable Sir William Ponsonby KCB (1772-1815), 1815 (c).Oil on canvas by unknown artist, 1815 (c).Half-length portrait, almost in profile to left, wearing orders and decorations

India - A Rajput Chief in ordinary dress, Delhi
Black and white. Bearded man wearing head wrap and heavily decorated garment with horseshoe design on fabric. Collar appears to be jewelled.. Part of India Box, Boswell collection. Slide no

Samurai warrior, half-length studio portrait, facing front, wearing armor and holding a sword. Date ca. 1877

Tommy Guardsman in full war-paint 1914
A Guardsman ready to take his place in the firing - line. The field service kit of the British infantryman in detail, with diagram. Date: 1914

Smoking Geisha
A nonchalant Japanese geisha girl, smoking a cigarette, wearing flip-flop sandals. Date: 1930s

Beggars Opera / Hogarth
a burlesqued version of John Gays opera: several of the characters are wearing animal heads Date: 18th century

Police group on Coronation Day, 1911
A group of policemen pose for their photograph outside Hammersmith Police Station, west London, to commemorate the Coronation of King George V

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