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Hon Dorothy Paget with her horse, Golden MillerHon Dorothy Wyndham Paget (1905-1960) with her champion racehorse, Golden Miller (1927-1957). Date: circa 1930s
Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Sylvia PankhurstBadge issued by the Womens Social & Political Union with design by Sylvia Pankhurst. This circular tin badge in purple, green and white, shows a young woman
German propaganda poster, WW1German propaganda poster, encouraging women to work in the Home Army during the First World War, for example by working in munitions factories to make grenades for soldiers to use. Date: 1914-1918
Pin-up calendar girl by David Wright, 1950A woman with her red hair swept up in a bun, poses elegantly in some diaphanous lingerie as she speaks on a red telephone. Date: 1950
Flower in her Hair by David WrightLovely pin-up by David Wright depicting a slender woman in a strapless black evening dress at her dressing table fixing a flower into her swept up hair. c.1950
Union Workhouse, Cootehill, County Cavan, IrelandFemale lunatic inmates sit in an airing yard at the Cootehill Union Workhouse, County Cavan, Ireland
Britannia and Eve, July 1939Front cover illustration depicting a woman with a typical 1940s hairstyle hugging her wire-haired fox terrier dog
Silver Cross advertisementAdvertisement for Silver Cross prams (or baby coaches), featuring an immaculately turned out young 1950s mother wearing an off the shoulder pink dress with pearls, heels and long yellow gloves
Juan les Pins travel postersTravel poster advertising the fashionable resort of Juan les Pins on the Cote d Azur in the Alpes Maritimes south east region of France
Women Boxing 1933Two women box in a ring, with a referee present
Tea Rose by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s. David Wrights Lovelies proved hugely popular
Utility Suit by David Wright, showing a naked woman holding up a negligee. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Where Have You Been All My Life? by David WrightWhere have you been all my life? by David Wright featuring a vampish semi-naked brunette woman. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Womens Land Army PosterPoster recruiting women to the National Service Womens Land Army during World War One, depicting a land girl guiding a plough across a field
WRAF Recruitment posterPoster for the Womens Royal Air Force, detailing the need for Clerks, Waitresses, Cooks, Experienced Motor Cyclists and in many other capacities 1914-1918
Womens Rights / MockeryA Womans Mind magnified
Our Lady of Vladimir. beg. 12th c. Icon moved from Constantinople to Kiev in 1136 and Vladimir in 1155. Iconographic type Eleusa or Virgin of Tenderness. Byzantine art. Tempera on wood. RUSSIA
Pin-up Girl playing card by Arthur FerrierA cheeky blonde pin-up girl viewed from behind, with a rather transparent hat barely covering her modesty. Date: c.1950
Pin-up calendar girl by David Wright, 1955A blonde woman, who looks as if she is sunbathing topless, turns round to look seductively at the viewer, as she swings her sunglasses in one hand. Date: 1955
Nude by David WrightErotic painting by David Wright, best known for his pin ups, showing a nude woman from an unusual angle, with her legs and bottom in the light, and her back in the shadows. Date: c.1948
Recruitment poster for the WaC and WRNSFirst World War recruitment poster for the WaC (Womens Army Auxiliary Corps) and WRNS (Womens Royal Naval Service). circa 1917
Theatre Crowd in Shaftesbury Avenue, LondonThe early winter and Christmas season in London - a theatre crowd pouring out into Shaftesbury Avenue. The scene is outside the Lyric Theatre, looking towards the Globe, the Queen s
Bristol 1950SPark Street and University Tower, Bristol, England
Inconstant by David Wright, showing a semi-naked model, the illustration was dedicated to H.M.S Inconstant. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during
Artificial Moonlight by David WrightArtificical Moonlight by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Just Dandy by David Wright, showing a woman about to remove her top. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Girls Play Bowls / 1940SFaith Dorn, Alice Talton, Juanita Stark, Lucia Carroll and Jean Ames wearing various sunsuits show a bit of leg on the bowling green
Nubians in Ancient EgyptNubians from the south bring tribute to the Egyptian Pharaoh; they wear a variety of clothing - skirts short or long, tunics, animal skins, and plumed headgear
Flapper on Bonnet 1927A girl on a bonnet: wears a skimpy sleeveless white drop waist dress hitched up to expose her thighs, T-bar shoes, a cloche hat & a scarf a la Isadora Duncan
Coat & Fox Terrier 1927Wrap over coat in a small checked fabric with cuff detail, hip pockets, long fur roll collar & fur lining worn with court shoes & a cloche hat pulled over the eyes
1930S PlaysuitsStriped playsuit with shorts with matching 3/4 length coat or a linen suit with trousers & jacket with large patch pockets. A wire-haired fox terrier sits nearby
Religion / Egypt / TaweretThe hippopotamus goddess, she is a likeable and benevolent creature who protects women during pregnancy and in childbirth
Lady Godiva rides her horse naked through the streets of Coventry while Peeping Tom looks on Date: 1860
Group of three Welsh women in traditional costume Date: circa 1890s
Ballygally Hd. and Strand - a view along the beach, with horse vehicle and two women on the sand, to the headland of Ballygally. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s
Nun on a skateboard, holding her arms out for balance. Date: circa 1970s
Pantomime Characters, Commedia dell Arte - Clown, Harlequin, Columbine and Pantaloon. 19th century
Emerald Tablet, Smaragdine Table or Tabula Smaragdina. Work attributed to the legendary alchemist Hermes Trismegistus who summarizes the process Magnum Opus or Great work for the creation of
Amelia Earhart, pioneering aviator, with planeAmelia Mary Earhart (1897-1937), American pioneering aviator, standing in front of her plane. Date: circa 1930s
EBOLI, Ana Mendoza de la Cerda, princess of (1540-1592). Spanish dame of the court of Philip II. Portrait by an anonymous author. Painting. Private Collection
Roman Baths, LondonLadies bathing in the Roman baths in the Strand, London, the remains of which exist today. circa 400
Suffragettes - Christmas Dinner in Holloway by Lawson WoodFour portly prison officers and policemen force feed a handcuffed suffragette Christmas pudding from the police buffet trolley in Holloway Prison. Date: 1912
Bathing Belle on PierA flirtatious young woman in a two-piece bathing costume of side lacing shorts & striped tunic adjusts her black stockings. N.B espadrilles with ribbon lacing
In a Theatre BoxIn a box at the Opera Comique, Paris, their evening dresses by Molyneux (2), Beer and Premet can hardly be seen : but when the interval comes, things will be different
Poster, Iso Scooter, 150cc, design by F Mosca. circa 1959
People dancing flamenco in the street, Seville, SpainPeople dancing flamenco in the street in traditional costume, Seville, Spain. circa 1930s
Hay Fever, by Noel Coward, Gaiety Theatre, HastingsHay Fever, a comedy by Noel Coward, at the Gaiety Theatre, Hastings, starring Kate Cutler
Mrs Mills, celebrity pianist, with dogUnusual Friends - Mrs Mills, celebrity pianist, with dog. 1960s