Woman Collection (#518)

Persian lady - Art Nouveau
A persian woman in art nouveau style wearing elaborate gilt headdress

Against Orders: A gaoler bars a woman from the cell
A woman carrying a platter of food is barred from entering the jail cell where, we presume, her partner is incarcerated. The gaoler however, decked out in a jester-style costume

A Lady is waited on by two Japanese Servants
A naked woman, playing a guitar-like instrument, is tended to by two Japanese servants; one brings in a tray of tea while the other styles her hair

Electrolux advertisement
Advert for Electrolux vacuum cleaners, showing a woman opening her Christmas present and looking pleased or bemused that it is one of those new-fangled vacuum cleaners

Olwen by Daphne Allen
Scene from The Mabinogion showing Olwen, wearing a robe of flame-coloured silk, with cascades of yellow hair and anenome white skin

The Pink Dress by Lewis Baumer
A demure looking girl with typically shingled and bobbed hair sits on a stool in a lovely pink dress, her silk stockings and slippers just visible

Tatler front cover, Christmas number 1926
Bold front cover by Lewis Baumer for the Tatler Christmas Number front cover featuring a happy looking woman in a striking blue and yellow cloak against a festive snowy background

Presenting a woman with milk and cakes
An Illustration accompanying an extract from Lily Watsons book A Child of Genius showing Katharine giving Miss Percival, the drawing mistress, cake and milk

Strawberry Tasting in a Shop
A man covers a womans eyes with his hands while feeding her a strawberry; the gentleman with the punnet of strawberries stands at the open door

Departure of troops by the London and Birmingham Railway
Troops departing from Euston Station, London, to Manchester and other industrial districts of Lancashire to supress the riots and strikes there

Flanders 1918
Old women refugees in a farm cart near Bethune with British soldiers in Flanders on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1918

Bon Voyage
A woman waves good bye with a white handkerchief as a boat sails out into the distance

Knitting a Jersey
A woman, seated by an open door, knits a jersey as worn by fishermen and sailers on the Cornish coast

Tatler Christmas Shopping Number front cover, 1956
A rather sly looking woman dressed all in white carries a large pile of beautifully coordinating wrapped Christmas presents and gifts

A gentleman about to kiss a ladys hand
An illustration accompanying an extract from Wilkie Collins book, The Law and the Lady. The caption reads: Major Fitz-David sets matters right in his irresistible way

The Two Models
A woman readjusts a wooden artists model, in a studio full of sculptures, paintings and drapes

My Lords Gentleman
A finely dressed gentleman holds out a letter to a servant, who bows in his presence

Winter Sleep
Winter looks over a sleeping woman resting in her lap

Christmas Eve - The Ladies Retreat
A group of ladies at a party on Christmas Eve retreat to enjoy their own company

United - Advert for Beechams Pills
Three women representing England, Ireland and Scotland dance together to show the countries united by their faith in Beechams Pills!

The Toreador
A Toreador blows a woman a kiss

The suffrage debate: two extreme portraits
The anti-suffragette as seen by the suffragette, and the suffragette as seen by the anti-suffragette: a coy and slightly demonic looking young woman in evening wear simpers at the viewer

Woman and motorcycle
A woman smiles for the camera as she sits on an unidentified motorcycle outside a whitewashed cottage some time during the 1950s by the look of her outfit

Collecting horse chestnuts
A woman in a skirt, patterned v-neck jumper and beret sweeps up conkers from the ground and collects them in a basket. Date: c.1932

Suds, 1930s style
A woman smiles as she stands up to her elbows in soap suds while doing a bit of hand washing in the sink

Picking flowers in the 1930s
A woman in a chic outfit of beanie hat, shorts and belted coat picks flag irises in marshy countryside

Painting a boat, 1933
A woman wearing shorts and a sleeveless top poses rather coquettishly with a brush and paint tin as she gives her boat, standing in dry dock, a lick of paint

Smile
A woman with a camera adopts a photographers pose for - another photographer

Fishing on the Thames
A woman wearing shorts and a lovely striped blouse sits bare foot on the deck of her boat and fishes in the river Thames, assisted by her terrier dog, Bustle

Woman, boat and sail, 1930s
A woman stands and waves in front of the outstretched sail on a boat, on the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s

Woman up a boats mast
A woman in a natty nautical outfit of white shorts, plimsolls and striped blouse perches confidently high up on a boats mast or yard arm during the 1930s

Woman poses on boat, 1930s
A woman sits between a shiny brass horn and a polished rear view mirror wearing a chic outfit of shorts, striped blouse, white cap and court shoes on the deck of her boat at Rochester in Kent

Woman moors boat at Geldeston
Picturesque scene showing a woman using a boat hook to moor a boat on the Norfolk Broads in East Anglia during the 1930s

Anglers glut
A woman in a very chic outfit for fishing (blouse, cardigan, shorts, white shoes and crocheted beanie hat) sits with her rod beside a pile of fish

The Fish that Wriggled
A woman on the Norfolk Broads looks a bit unsure about holding a large fish, which apparently is intent on wriggling in her hands

Woman poses with fishing nets
A woman in sassy shorts, sleeveless blouse and fashionably cropped hair poses with fishing net and rod at Beccles on the Norfolk Broads in East Anglia in the 1930s

A splicing lesson on deck
A lady boat owner gives a lesson in splicing rope to a friend who watches with bemused interest

Woman asleep on board boat
A woman takes a well earned rest on board a boat after recovering the cabin roof in teak!

Woman looks through sextant on board a boat
A woman wearing shorts and a beanie hat peers through a sextant on the deck of a boat on the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s

Weighing fish on board a boat
A woman in shorts and bare feet weighs a magnificent haul of fish in net on the deck of her boat, at Hickling Broad, Norfolk during the 1930s

Woman poses on anchor
A woman hangs nimbly from the anchor of a boat wearing shorts and a fashionable knitted short-sleeved jumper on the Thames at Richmond in around 1940

Woman washing down boat
A woman wearing shorts smiles for the camera as she rubs down a boat on the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s

Posing on a boat at Rochester, 1928
A woman dressed in a fetching outfit of striped blouse, white shorts and beret and high heels, poses on the deck of a boat at Rochester in Kent in 1928

1930s lady picking brambles
A picture of a lady in a rather chic ensemble of shorts, blouse, sandals and beanie hat, in garden looking as if she is perhaps picking blackberries or dealing with a few weeds

A good catch, Norfolk 1932
A lady wearing shorts and a sleeveless, V-necked blouse and with fashionably cropped hair holds a 2lb bream having caught it in the water on the Norfolk Broads

Boats moored near Richmond, c. 1933
A tranquil view of the Thames, looking towards Richmond with boats moored at a jetty and a woman sitting on the deck of the boat in the foreground

Woman up a mast
A woman beams from the top of the mast of the " Medusa", looking on top of the world

Fishing at Geldeston
A woman looking very tribal in a halter neck top, shorts and bare feet unhooks a freshly caught fish on the deck of her boat, while on the Waveney River at Geldeston near Beccles in Norfolk

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