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BRITISH IN EGYPT / 1893A protector: a French satire on the British presence in Egypt Date: 1893
Costume October 1868Girl: pleated skirt, front buttoning tunic, cape collar & skirt ends caught up. Blue dress: double skirt, train, pelerine cape, over skirt with diagonal rows of puffings. Date: 1868
STOCK EXCHANGE / JONATHANSJonathans Coffee House, Change Alley, London, the informal venue for commercial transactions that became the London Stock Exchange Date: 18th century
Ladies Soire Early 1850sDark red dress: open bodice, basques, pagoda sleeves & 2 bands crossing over a habit shirt. Pink dress: vertical striped fabric worn with black lace fingerless gloves. Date: early 1850s
GAME / ACTING RED RIDINGA group of children act out the story of Red Riding Hood to an audience of their family and friends Date: 1880
Fleet Street - 1930sA rich gentleman crosses Fleet Street outside Prince Henrys Room, one of the few timber- framed buildings (dating from the 1600s) still in existence in London Date: 1930s
GAME / TIGER HUNTING 1901Three children hunt a tiger - one of their friends wearing a tigers skin (no doubt borrowed from the fireplace!) Date: 1901
WILLIAM LONGUESPEEEffigy of William Longuespee, 1st Earl of Salisbury in Salisbury Cathedral. Date: 1486 - 1502
BOY ON TOY HORSEFrench child on splendid horse-tricycle Date: circa 1875
BOYS IN PEDAL CAR / 1912A man and a woman in a motor car look down at two boys in their magnificent pedal car complete with horn Date: 1912
GAME / WINTER / SLIDING ICEChildren sliding on the ice Date: 1888
G LASCELLES & TOY TRAIN G LASCELLES & TOY TRAINA young boy (Gerald Lascelles) playing with a toy train set Date: circa 1927
FRENCH WOMEN / MUNITIONSA French woman in a munitions factory imagines what the effect of the shells she is making will be. Date: 1917
Dancing Women WedgwoodThe Dancing Hours. Date: 18th century
ITALIAN DINING ROOMDining Room at Villa Medici at Fiesole redecorated in the 18th century: carved gilt mirrors, lanterns on pedestals, crystal chandelier, & ornately carved furniture. Date: 18th century
RACIAL / AFRICA / EGYPT / TOMBA Canaanite or Jew and Lower Egyptian from the Tomb of Ros- she-ra; a Lower Egyptian woman from the Tomb of Hai; Jebusites from the Tombs of Sethos and Amun-ei Date: ancient Egypt
RACIAL /s AFRICA / BARI-NEGWar dance of the Bari-Neger of Mozambique, south-east Africa: the musicians work the warriors up into a frenzy of blood lust Date: 1890S
DEBS CURTSEYING 1934Debutante pupils of Mrs Ruby Peeler practice their curtseys ready for presentation at court. They have practice trains pinned on the back of their frocks. Date: 1934
RACIAL / SRI LANKA / BARBERA Tamil barber shaves a customers head Date: 1893
RACIAL / FRENCH SILHOUETTECaricature of six French men preparing food Date: 1815
RACIAL / IROQUOIS FISHINGIroquois Indian fishing from a canoe
RACIAL / POLISH JEW 1913A Polish Jew Date: 1913
RACIAL / RUSSIAN COSSACKSThree Cossacks, one mounted on a white horse Date: 1910
RACIAL / JAPAN / MOTHER 18CA mother feeding her child Date: 18th century
Racial types, Japan: children playingJapanese children playing with kites. Date: 19th century
RACIAL / JAPAN / CHILDRENJapanese children at play in Ueno Park, Tokyo Date: 19th century
RACIAL / JAPAN / VEG SELLERA Japanese vegetable seller and a potential customer Date: 1890s
Racial Types - Japan - PostmanA barefoot Japanese postman, carrying a sign to indicate his status, delivers a letter Date: circa 1905
RACIAL / JAPAN / GEISHA 1912A geisha girl looks out from a balcony Date: 1912
BACCARAT PLAYERS 1891The Baccarat Scandal at Tranby Croft. Date: 1891
NURSE HOLDS TWINSBrothers in arms - a nanny holds two twins, one in her left arm, the other in the right, but only one has a feeding bottle. Date: early 20th century
HYDE PARK DEMOSuffragettes speaking at a Hyde Park demonstration. Date: 14 July 1912
RACIAL / CHINA / FISHERMENTwo Chinese fishermen Date: 1814
RACIAL / CHINA DANCER 1904Elegant Chinese dancer with a fan in each hand Date: circa 1904
RACIAL / BURMA WOMEN 19CFour Burmese women Date: 19th century
Girl in Aeroplane HatA girl wears a fancy-dress hat in the form of an aeroplane, reflecting the current fascination with all things aviatorial. Date: circa 1909
GIRLS SWINGING C1885Two little girls stand on a swing with a white kitten. Date: circa 1885
BOYS HEADS TO BEDA young boy goes to bed with a candle. Date: 1905
Ring ORoses - circa 1880Three little children dance in a ring whilst holding hands, as fluffy lambs frolic in a nearby meadow. Date: circa 1880
Costume - Diabolo 1817Man: blue coat with gold buttons, lapels & split cuffs; light coloured pantaloons (trousers). Woman: white muslin dress with ruff, hem decorated with lace & rouleaux Date: 1817
RACIAL / MARTINIQUE 1927A smiling woman selling bananas in Martinique Date: 1927
Racial Types - Guyana - PostmanA postman of French Guyana delivers the post and other items to two women Date: circa 1905
Racial Types - Brazil PostmanA smartly dressed Brazilian postman delivers the mail to two native Brazilians who are hardly dressed at all Date: circa 1905
Quiet London StreetA quiet London street in a well-to-do area : the house facing us is Warwick House, residence of the ill-fated Princess Charlotte of Wales. Date: 1811
JAPANESE KIDS ON STILTSJapanese children play on stilts and hobby horses. Date: 19th century
MAURICE ON ROCKING HORSEMaurice, age 3 and a half, with his toy horse Date: circa 1872
CHILDREN BLOWING BUBBLESThree smocked youngsters blow bubbles from a dish of soap suds Date: 1886
Studio portrait, man with two Pekingese dogsStudio portrait, a French man in a black suit holds a Pekingese dog under each arm. Date: circa 1915