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Kleinarts Camishield dress shields advertisementAdvertisement for Kleinarts Camishield dress shields, to be worn inside the camisole and to protect dresses from stains and odours in the days before automatic washing machines. Date: 1912
Teach the Young idea - to window-smashThe elderly suffragette (a believer in the window-breaking policy): Look, dear - thats the sort of hammer. Cartoon commenting on the window-smashing policy of militant suffragettes. Date: 1912
The new Panier dressAn eighteenth century style for the twentieth century - the charming new pannier dress in 1912. Date: 1912
Sporting with Winter Sports by H. M. Bateman - LugeingSporting with Winter-Sports: Bateman Eccentricities. V. Lugeing: " The Achtung-ers". Date: 1912
Futurist art exhibition featured in The Sketch magazineDouble page spread from The Sketch magazine discussing the exhibition of works by Futurist painters at the Sackville Gallery in March 1912, principally pictures by Boccioni, Russolo and Severini
Princess of Pless & Duchess of Westminster in EgyptPrincess Daisy of Pless and her sister, the Duchess of Westminster riding camels in front of the Sphinx during a trip to Egypt in 1912. Date: 1912
Sporting with Winter Sports by H. M. Bateman - tobogganningA tobogganist takes a rather steep hill, wins the cup but limps away bruised and bandaged. Date: 1912
The Ten Commandments of the Dancer - Bateman viewsThe Ballroom Decalogue - a satirical presentation of it by H. M. Bateman. Date: 1912
February the Twenty-Ninth - Perhaps Leap Year ProposalFollowing in the tradition that the once in four years 29th February is a chance for women to ask men to marry, one man appears to have a plethora of suitors to choose from. Date: 1912
Sporting with Winter Sports by H. M. Bateman - ski-ingSki-ing high jinks according to H. M. Bateman in his series of cartoons on winter sports. Date: 1912
Sunday afternoon at Holland Park Rink by H. M. BatemanFashion on the floor: A wicked caricature. A comic artists view. Bateman on a Sunday afternoon at the Holland Park rink at a time when rinking was at the height of popularity. Date: 1912
Sporting with Winter Sports by H. M. Bateman - CurlingScotlands ain game: Curling - " The Roarers". Date: 1912
Moonshine and Velvet, silver & blue studies Gladys GuyActress Gladys Guy set against a silver and inky blue Arctic landscape. Date: 1912
The Turkey Trot, 1912Dancers Oscar and Suzette demonstrating the new dance craze, the Turkey Trot, presented minus the objectionable features which caused the teaching of the measure to be prohibited by the Bureau of
Dresses designed by Paul Iribe for La Rue de la PaixDrawings by Paul Iribe for costumes worn at the play, Rue de la Paix, at the Vaudeville in Paris. Following womens natural figures, the dresses were named, Dame Nature Dresses. Date: 1912
Pauline Chase asleepActress Pauline Chase sleeping. Date: 1912
The Galling, Perturbing, Offending Telephone, H. M. BatemanThe new service - as some declare they have found it. Complaints about the new telephone service recently transferred to the operation of the Post Office, as visualised by the great cartoonist, H. M
The Coming of Age by H. M. BatemanOutside the Four-Mile Radius - Surbubia. A young man begrudges being the centre of a rather elderly group of party goers at his 21st birthday celebration. Date: 1912
Royal Vinolia tooth powder advertisementAdvertisement for Royal Vinolia tooth powder with a young woman brushing her teeth. Date: 1912
Congestion of the Lung by H. M. BatemanAn open space as imagined by the cartoonist H. M. Bateman with hundreds of men playing football. Date: 1912
Dos for Public Speakers by H. M. BatemanDos for Public Speakersfrom the Public Speaking Club of America visualised by the cartoonist H. M. Bateman. Date: 1912
The Princess of PlessDaisy, Princess Henry of Pless (1873 - 1943), formerly Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West. A great Edwardian society beauty, she married one of Imperial Germanys wealthiest princes in 1891
Royal Vinolia vegetable hair wash advertisementAdvertisement for Royal Vinolia vegetable hair wash showing a maid washing the lustrous locks of her mistress. Date: 1912
Prances at Princes - Ice attitudes, . H. M. BatemanThe waltzers - and some wobblers. Our artist and skating. Cartoon by H. M. Bateman depicting skaters at fashionable Princes Skating Rink. Date: 1912
USE THE AIR MAIL POSTERPoster advertising air mail saying Use the Air Mail, The Fastest Mail. Date: 1933
WET DAY IN TRAFALGAR SQA November afternoon in London. A fine study of a wet day in Trafalgar Square. Two business men walk across the square carrying umbrellas. Date: 1950s
THE NATIONAL GALLERYAn atmospheric photograph of the National Gallery, London: Three men walking into the portico on a sunny day. Note St. Martin-in-the-Fields church, in the background. Date: 1950s
COOK AND HOUSEMAIDCook and housemaid in a French kitchen : a welcome cuppa while the joint cooks on the range and the cat waits for its share of scraps
THE NEW SERVANTA gentleman inspects the new servant-girl that his housekeeper proposes to take on Date: late 18th century
NORMANDIE HOTEL MAIDServant at an inn of Pont- Audemer, Normandie, carrying a travellers luggage Date: circa 1830
NOT IRISHAre you not Irish ? Och, no, Maam, Im Cornwall sure ! Date: 1849
ITS MY COUSIN MAMIts my cousin, Maam ! the cook explains the presence of a handsome young soldier in the kitchen Date: 1849
Santa ClausA glad Christmastide. Santa with long white beard in red coat and hood. Artist anon Date: 1909
Little Jack HornerNursery rhyme. Little Jack Horner is a cat eating his pie. Artist Louis Wain. Date: c.1920
Glamorous girlsPoster girls. Valentines Day card. Girl in tennis dress and hat. Date: c.1905
Glamorous girlsPoster girls. Valentines Day card. Girl in striped dress and big hat with green feathers, holding a rose. Date: c.1905
Glamorous girlsPoster girls. Valentines Day card. Girl in green coat muff and hat with fur and feathers. Date: c.1905
Glamorous girlsNoon. Pretty red-headed girl. Artist John Hassall. Date: 1903
Glamorous girlsNight. Pretty dark haired girl. Artist John Hassall. Date: 1903
Greetings cardsEdwardian Christmas greetings card depicting childrenon a sledge. The Seasons Greetings. Artist anon. Date: c.1903
Greetings cardsChristmas greetings card. Small boy and girl with mistletoe and lanterns. Black background. Artist Linda Edgerton. Date: 1920s
Bringing the Xmas puddingChristmas greetings card with youth bearing a Christmas pudding on dish. At Christmas play and make good cheer For Christmas comes but once a year. Artist D Newill. Date: c.1903
The Seven RavensThe seven ravens (Die sieben Raben). Traditional fairy tale. Artist anon. Date: 1901
Red Riding Hood rescued by a huntsman. (Rothkppchen). Traditional fairy tale. Artist anon. Date: 1901
Red Riding Hood and the wolf in the wood. (Rothkppchen). Traditional fairy tale. Artist anon. Date: 1901
Puss in Boots. (Der gestiefelte Kater). Traditional fairy tale. Artist anon. Date: 1901
Snow White with dwarfs in country scene. (Schneewittchen). Traditional fairy tale. Artist anon. Date: 1899
Crisco Vegetable Shortening1920s advertisement for Crisco Digestible Vegetable Shortening showing children having a picnic. Illustration from the Womans Home Companion July 1923. Artist anon. Date: 1923