Women Collection (page 15)

Two Dressed by Chantal
Two women wear creations by Chantal of Paris - one a woollen serge tailor-made for morning wear, her companion a day frock in two shades of crepe de Rome

St Pancras Workhouse
London : women in the refectory of Saint Pancras workhouse

Aristocratic French lady bathing and dressing
An aristocratic French lady is helped by her maids to bathe and dress

Cover design, London Mail, Christmas Extra 1923
Cover design in art deco style, London Mail Christmas Extra 1923 Date: 1923

Two Persian women rocking a goatskin to churn milk. Date: circa 1900s

Night slid down. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem The Gardener s
Night slid down. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem The Gardeners Daughter. Date: c.1920

The Lady Traveller: Olive MacLeod in Africa 1911
Olive MacLeod depicted outside her bivouac in " the heart of Africa". MacLeod was the younger daughter of the Permanent Under-Secretary for Scotland Sir Reginald MacLeod

Little Women - The March family under a tree
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - The March family under a tree, enjoying a picnic on Mrs Marchs 60th birthday. 1880

The Lyceum Club, 1908
The Lyceum Club, formed in 1903 for the purpose of bringing together the cultured women of the world for mutual knowledge and understanding, for the furtherance of their intellectual interests

Herring fishing station, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, with women packing fish into barrels for export

Men and women playing pool in a billiards room, 19th century
Fashionable men and women playing pool in a billiards room in the 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph after Jean-Henri Marlet from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

W Heath Robinson - At the At Home

Art Deco lady with car
An elegant lady in a coordinated outfits with billowing scarf pauses beside a car. Date: c.1929

Cecil Beaton and Lady Diana Abdy, Lido in Venice, Italy
Cecil Beaton, photographer and designer, and Lady Diana Abdy, daughter of the Earl of Bradford, on the beach at the Lido in Venice, Italy. Date: 1933

Mrs Giles Borrett, first female BBC radio announcer
Mrs Giles Borrett (her stage name as an actress was Sheila Stewart), first female BBC radio announcer. She had a three-month trial, and received good notices, but her contract was terminated

Fula tribeswoman in headdress, French Sudan, West Africa
Fula (Fulah, Fulani) tribeswoman in an elaborate headdress, French Sudan, West Africa. Date: 1922

Pearly King, Pearly Queen and daughter, North London
Pearly King, Pearly Queen and daughter, riding in a cart drawn by a mule, North London. Date: 1922

High-waisted houppelandes (gowns) with turned-down collars, V -necks, funnel sleeves & trains, sideless surcoat, mantle, girdle & headdresses, templers & veils Date: 15th century

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The designer and photographic artist Cecil Beaton (standing - r) showing costume designs to Lady Domville (seated, left) and Mrs Sacheverell Sitwell (seated)

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Poster, Roberta, film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Date: 1935

Rock Ferry St Margarets Home
St Margarets Home for Roman Catholic girls at Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, was run by the Sisters of Charity. It trained young women to help prevent them falling into immoral situations

Seven Days Leave, Lyceum Theatre, Strand, London
Seven Days Leave, a new play by Walter Howard, at the Lyceum Theatre, Strand, London. With Alfred Paumier as Captain Fielding, Annie Saker as Lady Mary, and Leslie Carter as Colonel Sharrow

Visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to Edlington - onlookers
A group of expectant ladies (Mother, Grandmothers and their young children) awaiting the arrival of the Duke of Edinburgh during his visit to Edlington, South Yorkshire. Date: circa 1955

Valerie Hobson, actress, on Blend-Rite hair grips card
Valerie Hobson (1917-1998), British film actress, on a Blend-Rite hair grips card. circa 1940s

Falcon stagecoach at Wadebridge, Cornwall
Falcon stagecoach with passengers, and crew in historical costume, on the road at Wadebridge, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980

Bride and groom in a gondola, Malpas, Cornwall
Bride and groom in a gondola, near the village of Malpas, on the Truro River, Cornwall -- they were on their way from the church to the reception. Date: circa 1960s

Young woman tapping a rubber tree, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Veet advertisement, 1926
Advertisement for Veet hair removal cream from 1926 - don t let disfiguring growths of superfluous hair destroy your charm and daintiness any longer

Advert for Gorringes womens underwear 1927
Advertisement for F. G Ravissant undergarments, the newest fashion of wrap-around corsets lightly boned, with dainty embroidered silk lacing and ribbon and buttoning. 1927

Kensitas cigarettes advertisement - they re slimming
Advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes advising that the best way to avoid eating between meals, gaining unslightly fat and avoiding the future shadow (that of a portly older woman)

Marianne Faithfull, singer, songwriter and actress
Marianne Faithfull (b.1946), English singer, songwriter and actress. Seen here as a teenager at the Prospect Theatre, Reading, where she went to school. circa 1962

Two women in fancy dress with tankards
Two women in fancy dress costumes comprising of knickerbockers, shirts and waistcoats, raise a tankard of beer each - presumably they re meant to be some kind of 17th century roisterers? c.1928

Coach party having lunch in a pub
A coach party stops for lunch in a pub. circa 1950s

Princess Nahienaena of Hawaii (1815-1836). 1825

Design for Gilbert and Sullivan, A Dream of Patience
Design by Alice Mary Havers for Gilbert and Sullivan, Savoy Operas, A Dream of Patience. circa 1880s

At Maghery Ferry, Lough Neagh - a view of two women in a rowing boat at a ferry crossing. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Maghery). Date: circa early 1900s

Poster, BOAC takes good care of you
Poster, BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) takes good care of you. 20th century

The Cigarette by Gordon Conway
Stunning illustration by Gordon Conway depicting an elegant woman in black wearing a close-fitting cloche hat and some impressive emerald, diamond and pearl jewels

Rosie Dolly and the Begum Aga Khan
Two personalities at the Super Elegance de Cote d Azur held in Nice on the French Riviera wearing costumes elegant enough to win

Morning at the flower market in Covent Garden, 1905
The interior of flower market at Covent Garden, 1905. The original caption in The Sphere reads "...People who go to the Opera are familiar with the drays laden with the most beautiful

Woman in lavish clothing 1925
An elegant young woman wearing a full length fastened dress to the front, matching turban with jade stone to the centre and jade and pearl necklace and drop earrings

ROMAN ART. Roman marble relief from a conmmemorative monument to the Battle of Actium (31 BC). Detail of a processional scene. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, in Swan Lake. circa 1920s

Music cover, Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay Polka, arranged by Josef Meissler on Lottie Collins popular song. 1892

Caricature of Cora Cardigan, flautist
Caricature of Cora Cardigan (Hannah Rosetta Dinah Moulton, 1860-1931), virtuoso flautist who worked mainly in theatres and music halls. She also played the violin. 1883

Caricature of Nellie Farren and Edward Ledger
Caricature of Nellie Farren (1848-1904), English actress and singer, and Edward Ledger (18??-1921), editor of The Era theatrical newspaper

Cartoon, The Church and Stage Guild -- Playful Kittens! The Church and Stage Guild was formed in May 1879, with a view to breaking down prejudice against the theatre and its performers

Bird Millman
Jennadean Engleman - famous name (Bird Millman ODay) (1890 1940), Tightrope walker one of the most celebrated high-wire performers

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