Skip to main content

Woman Collection (page 4)

Background imageWoman Collection: Woman with greyhound dogs in the Mountains

Woman with greyhound dogs in the Mountains
Woman with greyhound dogs in the mountains. circa 1930s

Background imageWoman Collection: Illustration by Marygold

Illustration by Marygold -- Woman and baby in a garden at night. circa 1920s

Background imageWoman Collection: Four early women police officers in uniform, WW1

Four early women police officers in uniform, WW1
Four early women police officers in uniform, in the street outside the Women Police Service building, London, on duty during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageWoman Collection: Saint Rita Praying

Saint Rita Praying
SAINT RITA OF CASCIA Italian peasant woman who survived a brutal husband to become a nun and saint - depicted at prayer Date: 1377 - 1447

Background imageWoman Collection: Poster, Beaulieu sur Mer, French Riviera

Poster, Beaulieu sur Mer, French Riviera. Date: circa 1930

Background imageWoman Collection: Katherine of Aragon, first queen of Henry VIII

Katherine of Aragon, first queen of Henry VIII

Background imageWoman Collection: Couple with red car at Coverack, Cornwall

Couple with red car at Coverack, Cornwall. 1982

Background imageWoman Collection: Paula Rego and her three children

Paula Rego and her three children
The Portuguese visual artist Paula Rego (b. 1935) with the three children she had from the marriage with the English painter Victor Willing. Date: 1966

Background imageWoman Collection: Fat Geese! by Lawson Wood

Fat Geese! by Lawson Wood
A cheeky young lad chuckles to himself after placing a sign for fattened geese on the posterior of a rather plump lady who is herself choosing which goose to buy for her Christmas dinner. Date: 1909

Background imageWoman Collection: Bystander cover 1929 - In Training - Boxing woman

Bystander cover 1929 - In Training - Boxing woman
A woman in a fetching sporty outfit of silky shorts and stockings takes out her frustrations on a punch bag dressed up as a man. Date: 1929

Background imageWoman Collection: Persian Manuscript, 1650. Court of a Safavid dynasty

Persian Manuscript, 1650. Court of a Safavid dynasty prince. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Museum of Islamic Arts

Background imageWoman Collection: Mrs Congreve, wife of a VC and mother of a VC

Mrs Congreve, wife of a VC and mother of a VC
Mrs Congreve, wife of General Sir Walter Norris Congreve, VC and mother of Major Congreve. The latter was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at at Longueval, France

Background imageWoman Collection: Tatler front cover - Mrs La Touche Congreve and baby daughte

Tatler front cover - Mrs La Touche Congreve and baby daughte
Mrs William La Touche Congreve, wife of Major William ( Billy ) La Touche Congreve V.C. pictured with her baby daughter, Mary Gloria Congreve, born 21 March 1917

Background imageWoman Collection: Welsh woman with spinning wheel, Wales

Welsh woman with spinning wheel, Wales
Welsh woman outside a cottage with a spinning wheel, Wales. Date: late 19th century

Background imageWoman Collection: The Womens League of Health & Beauty exercise classes, 1938

The Womens League of Health & Beauty exercise classes, 1938
Health and beauty-a morning exercise class at Harrington Road, London, as conducted by Helen Stack(cousin of Prunella Stack)for the Womens League of Health and Beauty

Background imageWoman Collection: Poole Pottery - Shaping a pot on the potters wheel

Poole Pottery - Shaping a pot on the potters wheel
Shaping a pot on the potters wheel. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in 1999

Background imageWoman Collection: Blue Bird (Bird Sirin) - Sergey Solomko

Blue Bird (Bird Sirin) - Sergey Solomko. Date: circa 1903

Background imageWoman Collection: Female jockeys riding gentlemen like horses

Female jockeys riding gentlemen like horses
Two women jockeys with riding crops, spur on their steeds - not horses, but top-hatted and tailed gentlemen who wear bridles in their mouths

Background imageWoman Collection: Artistic Italian nude standing amid stylised watery backdrop

Artistic Italian nude standing amid stylised watery backdrop
draped drape sheer white cloth nudity nude model poses pose posing stylised artistic postcard erotic naked woman Italian backdrop studio photography photograph attractive form body Date: circa 1905

Background imageWoman Collection: SAPPHO (612-545 BC). Greek poet. Womans portrait

SAPPHO (612-545 BC). Greek poet. Womans portrait with a tablet and stylus identified as Sappho. Roman art. Fresco. ITALY. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: ITALY. Pompeii

Background imageWoman Collection: CANOVA, Antonio (1757-1822). The Graces and Venus

CANOVA, Antonio (1757-1822). The Graces and Venus dancing in front of Mars. Circa 1798. Neoclassicism. Tempera. ITALY. Possagno. Museum of Antonio Canova

Background imageWoman Collection: Advert for Mappin & Webb Ermeto Movado pocket watch 1934

Advert for Mappin & Webb Ermeto Movado pocket watch 1934
Ermeto Movado watches a new model at a new price. Built for a life-times service, they have strong outer cases ensuring double glass breakage. Date: 1934

Background imageWoman Collection: Tooting Bec Asylum, Surrey

Tooting Bec Asylum, Surrey
A woman pushes a pram at the entrance to the Tooting Bec Asylum at Tooting Graveney, erected in 1899-1903 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

Background imageWoman Collection: Warpaint by David Wright

Warpaint by David Wright
An attractive woman wearing a fur stole that has slipped to reveal a shapely back, glances behind her as she applies her make up using a compact mirror. c.1950

Background imageWoman Collection: Pin up in Pink by David Wright

Pin up in Pink by David Wright
A lovely pin-up by David Wright featuring a blonde woman in a pink dress with a matching pink flower in her hair against a black background. c.1947

Background imageWoman Collection: Silhouette of stylish couple dancing

Silhouette of stylish couple dancing

Background imageWoman Collection: Poster advertising Royal Mail Asturias Summer Cruises

Poster advertising Royal Mail Asturias Summer Cruises
Poster advertising Royal Mail Summer Cruises on the Asturias cruise liner. 1935

Background imageWoman Collection: Russian - Zascha The Colossal Woman

Russian - Zascha The Colossal Woman
Zascha - The Colossal Woman from Russia Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWoman Collection: Truganini, last surviving female Tasmanian Aboiginal

Truganini, last surviving female Tasmanian Aboiginal
Truganini (Truganina, Trugernanner or Lalla Rooke, c1812-1876), the last surviving Tasmanian Aboiginal or Palawa woman. 1866

Background imageWoman Collection: Advert for Jays of London Mourning for families

Advert for Jays of London Mourning for families
An advertisement for mourning clothes for all the family from Jays London General Mourning Warehouse. Date: 1888

Background imageWoman Collection: Elizabeth Ann kitchen units advertisement

Elizabeth Ann kitchen units advertisement
Advertisement for the Elizabeth Ann kitchen unit in stainless steel for the aristocrat of kitchen equipment for...a bright, easy kitchen. c.1955

Background imageWoman Collection: Old Woman in the Wood

Old Woman in the Wood
The tree turns back into the Kings son, to the surprise and pleasure of the girl. (A dramatic instance of magical shape-changing or metamorphosis)

Background imageWoman Collection: Three cockle women of Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Three cockle women of Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Three cockle women of South Wales, in a posed photograph. They are probably from the coastal village of Llangwm, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Background imageWoman Collection: Poster advertising Pan American World Airways

Poster advertising Pan American World Airways
Poster for Pan American World Airways, later known as Pan Am, advertising a direct service between Paris and New York. Enfin!

Background imageWoman Collection: Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail bar

Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail bar
A flapper girl from the 1920s sitting at a cocktail bar on a high stool. She is slim, wears a slinky dress, and has a cigarette in a holder in her mouth. On the bar is her glass of champagne

Background imageWoman Collection: Germany travel poster

Germany travel poster
Germany wants to see you : travel poster encouraging tourism, featuring an elegant lady carrying a bunch of yellow flowers in front of a steam train from which she has presumably just disembarked

Background imageWoman Collection: English Rose Corsetry advertisement

English Rose Corsetry advertisement
Advert for the new corselette from English Rose corsetry, exquisitely styled and entirely without bones. It is described as a corselette with wired

Background imageWoman Collection: The Tatler Autumn Fashion Number 1955

The Tatler Autumn Fashion Number 1955
A stunning, bold front cover design featuring a tall and elegant woman wearing a simple black strapless evening dress and a sumptuous lime green wrap with matching choker necklace

Background imageWoman Collection: Tatler front cover 1956

Tatler front cover 1956
Front cover design in a typical 1950s style for The Tatler Early Spring Number. A woman wearing a voluminous checked blouse has a moment to herself while surrounded by lilac blossom

Background imageWoman Collection: WOMAN / MAKE-UP 1926

WOMAN / MAKE-UP 1926
An attractive woman in a white dress, making up her face at her dressing table

Background imageWoman Collection: Understudy by David Wright

Understudy by David Wright, showing a model posing in a negligee. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWoman Collection: Night Shift by David Wright

Night Shift by David Wright featuring a cheeky red-haired woman wearing a diaphanous night dress, seated on a luxurious satin bed

Background imageWoman Collection: Latest 1950S Kitchen

Latest 1950S Kitchen
Woman enjoys cooking in her new kitchen fitted with all the latest mod-cons

Background imageWoman Collection: Fat Lucy Moore

Fat Lucy Moore
Lucy Moore, the American Fat Girl, weighs 292 kg (46 stone) and is still growing. Where will it end ?

Background imageWoman Collection: Highland Croft

Highland Croft
Outside a highland croft in Argyllshire, a woman feeds some chickens

Background imageWoman Collection: Victorian silk birthday card, Girl with dog and flowers

Victorian silk birthday card, Girl with dog and flowers by a stream. 19th century

Background imageWoman Collection: Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the C?

Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the C?
Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the Central Aircraft Co at Northolt, having just obtained her pilot?s certificate, becoming the first Australian woman to do so on 15 November 1919

Background imageWoman Collection: Music cover, Thats Amore

Music cover, Thats Amore, words by Jack Brooks, music by Harry Warren. Showing Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Donna Reed on a golf course in the film The Caddy. 1953



All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping