Women Collection (page 94)

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Friars Tale, showing the corrupt Summoner, the Devil and the Widow. Date: 1845

Men playing the ancient game of Morra, Italy. It involves one player extending their hand, with any number of fingers, and the other player calling out a number

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Wife of Baths Tale (left). Also including the Knight solving the riddle (centre) and the Knight on his travels (right). Date: 14th century

Delivery van as carnival float, Manchester Street, Derby
Delivery van belonging to Burrows and Sturgess, soft drinks manufacturer, being used as carnival float, outside the companys depot in Manchester Street, Derby

Charlatan speaking to group of people in Rome, Italy
A charlatan, probably a quack doctor, speaking to a group of people in a street in Rome, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Man of Laws Tale, about the life of Constance, or Custance, Christian daughter of the emperor of Rome

People watching a puppet show in Rome, Italy, the equivalent of a Punch and Judy show. early 19th century

People watching magic lantern show in Rome, Italy
People watching a magic lantern show in Rome, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Miss Emmie Fossett, circus performer, with horse
Miss Emmie Fossett, circus performer with the Fossett Family Circus, with horse. Date: circa 1910s

Helena Millais as Nance in Silver Creek
Helena Millais (1886-1970), actress and writer, in costume as Nance in Silver Creek. Date: circa 1912

Young Edwardian woman in large hat and mink coat
Young Edwardian woman in a large hat and mink coat. Date: circa 1908

Harry Hudson & His Melody Boys, Show Band 1954
Harry Hudson & His Melody Boys, Show Band, at Great Yarmouth Marina in 1954. The women are probably vocalists. Date: 1954

Ellaline Terriss as Peggy Quainton in The Gay Gordons
Ellaline Terriss as Peggy Quainton in the Edwardian musical comedy, The Gay Gordons, at the Aldwych Theatre, London. Date: 1907

Adults and children in a large charabanc, Rhyl, North Wales, parked on the Promenade outside the White Rose Motor Tours office. circa 1920s

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Knights Tale. Palamon in the Temple of Mars, Arcite in the Temple of Venus. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Miltons Spring Flowers. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- four seasons, introducing quotations on the subject of nature from various English poets. Date: 1845

Ladies wheelbarrow race at Bad Homburg, 1882
Ladies at the fashionable spa town of Bad Homburg take part in an energetic wheelbarrow race during a picnic, despite being encumbered with corsets and bustles

Tow carding in a Yorkshire flax mill. Date: 1843

Doubling the drawings in a Yorkshire flax mill. Date: 1843

Women and children, Rome, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Carpet shearing machine in a Glasgow carpet factory
Woman operating a carpet shearing machine in a Glasgow carpet factory. Date: 1843

Combing wheel in a Glasgow carpet factory, operated by a woman and two children. Date: 1843

Winding machine at the Old Silk Mill, Derby
Woman operating a winding machine at the Old Silk Mill, Derby. Date: 1843

Women with baskets of grapes, Southern Italy
Women with baskets of grapes, in a wine-making area of Southern Italy. Date: early 19th century

Scene during Cowes Week, Leaving the Squadron Castle. 1902

Rachel Beer, British newspaper editor
Rachel Beer (nee Sassoon, 1858-1927), British newspaper editor, editor-in-chief of The Sunday Times and The Observer. 1897

Florence Fenwick Miller, English journalist and author
Florence Fenwick Miller (1854-1935), English journalist, author and social reformer, editor and proprietor of The Womans Signal, an influential feminist journal. 1897

Ethel Comyns Lewer, editor of The Feathered World
Ethel Harriet Comyns Lewer (1861-1946), periodical proprietor and editor of The Feathered World. and author of Poultry Keeping (1914). 1897

Gillian Debenham, editor of Judy magazine
Gillian Debenham, editor of Judy, the comic magazine. 1897

Ella Hepwoth Dixon, English novelist and editor
Ella Hepwoth Dixon (pen name Margaret Wynman, 1857-1932), English novelist, and editor of The Englishwoman magazine. 1897

Woman of Kamtschatka (Kamchatka), Russia
Woman of Kamtschatka (Kamchatka), north-east Russia. circa 1780s

Advert, Whites Patent Corset Attachment
Advert for Whites Patent Corset Attachment, Mrs A White, Victoria Street, London SW. 1897

Advert, Trellis Corset Shield
Advert for The Trellis Corset Shield, available from Kirby, Beard & Co Ltd. 1897

The Spell of Football - spectators engrossed in the game. 1907

Countess of Dudley, the New Vicereine of Ireland
Countess of Dudley (Rachel nee Gurney, wife of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley), the New Vicereine of Ireland on the strength of her husbands appointment as Viceroy (Lord Lieutenant). 1902

Advert, The Bamboo Cycle Co Ltd
Advert for The Bamboo Cycle Co Ltd, Holborn Viaduct, London EC. 1897

Sari Maritza, actress in British films
Sari Maritza (1910-1987), actress in British films of the early 1930s. 1938

Sarah Liston as Queen Dollalolla in Tom Thumb
Sarah Liston as Queen Dollalolla in Henry Fieldings play, Tom Thumb. 1730

Rose Asther, film actress. 1938

Romeca dance on the Greek island of Paros. 1807

Renee Russell, actress. 1939

Advert, Real Golf, Andersons Home Golfer
Advert for Real Golf, Andersons patent Varsity Home Golfer, Queen Victoria Street, London EC. 1902

Princess Henry of Prussia (Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, 1866-1953), wife of Prince Henry of Prussia. 1906

Pearl Argyle, South African ballet dancer and actress
Pearl Argyle (1910-1947), South African ballet dancer and actress. 1938

Patricia Ellis, American actress
Patricia Ellis (1918-1970), American actress. 1938

Patricia Dawn, actress. 1939

Myra Sheldon, actress. 1939

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