Coat Collection

Waiting for the Coach, from the Pears Annual, Christmas 1911
BAL9298 Waiting for the Coach, from the Pears Annual, Christmas 1911 by English School, (20th century); Private Collection

HMS Victory, Flags and Nelson Quote
An illustration of Admiral Horatio Nelsons flagship, the HMS Victory with signal flags on display and firing a broadside, set below a depiction of the Royal Standard of the United Kingdom and St

SIR EDMUND HILLARY (1919-2008). New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay near the summit of Mount Everest, 28 May 1953

Croagh Patrick mountain and Clew Bay, from Old Head, County Mayo, Connacht, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Friedrich Nietzsche
FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE German philosopher

Painting of St. Martin sharing his coat, St. Gatien Cathedral, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France, Europe

Personification of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Flag - interesting only captioned as Austria. Date: circa 1910

Kings Own Scottish Borderers - The uniform, reginemtal flags, crest and listings of International deployments are featured on this card. Date: 1913

Royal Coat of Arms
The royal coat of arms of Queen Victoria

Disraeli / Vanity Fair
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Statesman, writer

St. Marks Church and cobbles of the Square in Zagreb, Croatia
St. Marks Church and cobbles of St. Marks Square in Zagreb, Croatia

Fortnum & Mason
The Fortnum and Mason lettering sign above the door of the famous store, selling luxury goods of all description, Piccadilly, London. Date: 1960s

Struwwelpeter Cover
Struwwelpeter The cover of the book

The Green Coat (1926). Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941. Date: 1926

Dog - Bobtail lying in garden
ME-1304 Dog - Old English Sheepdog lying in garden. Also known as: Bobtail Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Postman on Pennyfarthing
A postman on a penny farthing delivers a parcel to a woman dressed in a long coat with fur trim

Highland Cattle Bull, Scotland

Coat & Fox Terrier 1927
Wrap 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

1920S Pair in Bar
A louche couple sip cocktails in a fashionable bar; he dons a blue suit, she wears a coat with a fur neck and cuffs, but precious little else

1930S Playsuits
Striped 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

PRIDE & PREJUDICE, 1894. Elizabeth Bennet overhears Mr Darcy at the Ball. Illustration by Hugh Thomson from the 1894 edition of Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice, originally published in 1813

Abraham Lincoln, signed carte-de-visite, 1864 (vignette, mount, gold-ruled border, ink)
985820 Abraham Lincoln, signed carte-de-visite, 1864 (vignette, mount, gold-ruled border, ink) by Berger, Anthony (fl.1861-65); 10.1x6.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Abraham Lincoln)

Coats of Arms for Colleges of Cambridge University. Date: circa 1910

Dulwich Hamlet FC football team 1936. Back row: Stollery (Trainer), Benka, Morrish, Toser, Cummings, Woolgor, Robbins (Captain), Jonas (Honorary Secretary)

Hon Dorothy Paget with her horse, Golden Miller
Hon Dorothy Wyndham Paget (1905-1960) with her champion racehorse, Golden Miller (1927-1957). Date: circa 1930s

John Clare / Hilton
JOHN CLARE English poet

Stockings 1920S Photo
A young woman, wearing a fur coat, cloche hat & T-bar shoes, lifts her leg up on a bench in order to reveal her stocking tops & garters

Billy Bremner Leeds United captain being presented with the F. A
Billy Bremner Leeds United captain being presented with the F.A. Cup by Queen Elizabeth II after their one nil victory over Arsenal in the FA Cup Final. 6th May 1972

Tatler cover - Winter Sports & Spring Cruise Number 1959
Front cover of The Tatler magazines Winter Sports and Spring Cruise Number for 1959 featuring a girl in snow-appropriate clothes wearing mirrored sunglasses in which are reflected a Cunard cruise

The Coat of Arms of Peebles, a royal burgh in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders region of Scotland. Date: circa 1900

Group photo, Millwall Athletic football team
Millwall Athletic football team for the 1895-1896 season, including Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary and Trainer, as well as the players themselves. circa 1895

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, polar explorer
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874 - 1922), Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer. Seen here at the age of 40 in windproof garments

General Ulysses S. Grant amid his service during The American Civil War

FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810-1849). Polish composer and pianist. Photographed in 1849

St. Marks Church in St. Marks Square in Zagreb, Croatia

DAVY CROCKETT (1786-1836). American frontiersman. Wood engraving, 1883

Sandie Shaw, singer, pictured kicking a ball March 1965

Lifeguards on horseback, Horse Guards Parade, London
Lifeguards on horseback in Horse Guards Parade, London. Date: circa 1970s

Suffragette Womens March 1912
In October 1912, six women left Edinburgh to walk 400 miles to London, gathering signatures en route in support of Womens Suffrage. The march was organised by Mrs

Sylvia Pankhurst Suffragette. Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) portrait. Sylvia Pankhurst wearing a thick fur coat. Date: circa 1906

Oval Trench Art lighter, WW1
Oval Trench Art lighter with officers button on either side

Cocker Spaniel
A Cocker Spaniel with a shiny black coat. Date: 1928

St. Marks Church with city arms on roof, Zagreb, Croatia
St. Marks Church in St. Marks Square in Zagreb, Croatia

Victoria Arduino espresso coffee machine, by Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942), illustration, 1922
Posters, Italy, 20th century. The Victoria Arduino espresso coffee machine. Illustration by Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942), 1922

Wire-haired Miniature Dachshund (Canis familiaris) showing strong, prominent eyebrows and distinctive beard, front view

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864). American writer. Oil painting by Charles Osgood, 1840

Any Girl, Any Station, Anywhere by S. Van Abbe
A fashionable young woman from the 1920s wearing a fur trimmed coat and a green cloche hat, rest her sore feet while sitting on a very large trunk at a railway station. Date: 1927

Conrad von Hotzendorf, Austro-Hungarian Army, WW1
Count Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf (1852-1925), Chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army at the outbreak of the First World War. Seen here with his Chief of Staff, General Muller

GABRIELLE COCO CHANEL (1883-1971). French fashion designer. Photographed on the beach in Etretat, Normandy, early 20th century. In the background is the cliff, Falaise d Amont

A Little Shy by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a blue coat and hat, crouches down in the snow, encouraging a robin to eat crumbs from her gloved hands

Clan Macdonald
Clan MACDONALD OF THE ISLES clad in a coat of chain-mail, the chieftain with an angry look gives orders for some miscreant to be punished

Advert / Dunlop Tyres 1933
Advertisement for Dunlop tyres: women wearing cloche hat with single breasted 3/4 length winter coat, walking her borzoi dogs

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Communist leader in disguise
A photograph of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin (1870 - 1924), Communist leader in disguise, August 1917

A signed photograph of Sigmund Freud, c. 1921 (sepia photo)
985676 A signed photograph of Sigmund Freud, c.1921 (sepia photo) by Halberstadt, Max (1882-1940); 35.6x25.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Scene from Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo: Javert, the detective (engraving)
5996966 Scene from Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo: Javert, the detective (engraving) by Brion, Gustave (1824-77) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Les Miserables)

Sheffield University - Portraits of Edward VI and Alexandra
Sheffield University - Inset portraits of Edward VI and Alexandra who opened the University in July, 1905. Date: 1905

Folio of Codex of the Usages depicting the Catalan Parlia
Alfonso IV of Aragon called the kind (1299-1336). King of Aragon and count of Barcelona as Alfonso III, from 1327 to his death. Son of James II and Blanche of Anjou

Coat of Arms for Marylebone, London, with Virgin and Child at the top, and a Latin motto below (Fiat Secundum Verbum Tuum, let it be done according to your word). Date: early 20th century

AUSTEN: PRIDE & PREJUDICE. Elizabeth Bennet overhears Mr. Darcy at the Ball. Illustration by Hugh Thomson from an 1894 edition of Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice, first published in 1813

Stock Exchange
circa 1820: The London Stock Exchange from a drawing by Thomas H Shepherd. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Silhouette of a doctor who has interrupted his rounds for a glass of beer. An advertisement for Worthington beer

Angora goat buck (Capra sp.) used for breeding. Photographed in Karoo, South Africa

Wind Blown by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a coat and hat picks nuts from the branches of a tree which is rapidly losing its leaves in the autumnal breeze

Met Police officers during Grunwick dispute
Two Metropolitan Police officers relax on deckchairs in The Mall, Central London, waiting for a political demonstration over the Grunwick dispute to begin

Woman on Super Sunbeam motorcycle
A lady sits astride a Super Sunbeam motorcycle outside the Red House in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, smiling and wearing a beret style hat, a fur-collared coat and Fair Isle jumper

Doggetts Coat and Badge Race, River Thames, London
Watermen on duty at the end of Doggetts Coat and Badge Race on the River Thames. They are wearing the livery of the Fishmongers Company

Le Strange Coat of Arms
An elaborate coat of arms for the Stigleman Le Strange family of Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK

Dog - Sharpei - brush coat
LA-5368 Dog - Sharpei - brush coat Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Dog - Sharpei - brush coat
LA-5367 Dog - Sharpei - brush coat Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Recruitment Poster
Recruitment poster from the First World War depicting an unclaimed soldiers kit and uniform, waiting to be filled by a volunteer

Leopard Namibia
WAT-8073 Leopard - close-up of coat Namibia, Africa Panthera pardus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Soay sheep - shedding fleece, Highland Wildlife Park, Scotland, UK. Originated from St Kilda in Outer Hebrides
MAB-209 Soay sheep - shedding fleece Highland Wildlife Park, Scotland, UK Ovis aries Originated from St Kilda in Outer Hebrides

Evening Wear 1939
Evening gowns by Lavin and Molyneux

WAGNER
RICHARD WAGNER German musician, at age 70, with his wife Cosima

Woman in red coat walking through bluebell woods, Hallerbos, Belgium, Europe

Ladies by Sea / France / Fem
A dress and coat set designed along the same lines with interesting angular panels and button detailing designed by Chantal

Social / Cup Day at Ascot
Society ladies in Ascot fashions: hobble skirts & panniers, tunic dresses, a loose fitting kimono style dress with oriental embroidery. N.B unfashionably large hats!

Riding Dress 1819 Men
Top hat, high white cravat, blue fob ribbon, trousers, riding boots & spurs, brown coat with tails, knuckle length cuffs & cut away to reveal the waistcoat

Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth II) on her betrothal to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, Buckingham Palace, London
5999700 Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth II) on her betrothal to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, Buckingham Palace, London, 1947 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Deep sea diver at work
A deep sea diver at work, assisted by a colleague. 1965

Cheese dish - Bairnsfatherware
Cheese dish with lid made by the Girls of Staffordshire during the Winter of 1917/1918 when the Boys were in the trenches fighting for liberty and civilization

A coat by Moorcott to drive a Triumph sports car
A girl wearing a green and white Scottish tweed coat with deep raglan sleeves and slit pockets designed by Moorcot, sits in a Triumph 2 litre sports model capable of well over 100 mph! Date: 1953

Regatta at Chelsea
Unspecified regatta on the Thames between Chelsea & Battersea attended by fashionable spectators & rowers. NB Royal Hospital & Doggetts coat & badge. Date: circa 1815

Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) adult, white winter coat, close-up of head, in snow, Strathspey, Cairngorm N. P
Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) adult, white winter coat, close-up of head, in snow, Strathspey, Cairngorm N.P. Highlands, Scotland, december

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In the world of history and exploration, a coat becomes more than just a piece of clothing. It carries with it stories of triumph, resilience, and compassion. On board the HMS Victory, as flags fluttered in the wind, Admiral Lord Nelson once said, "I have only one eye - I have a right to be blind sometimes. " His iconic coat symbolizes his unwavering determination and bravery on the battlefield. Sir Edmund Hillary's ascent to Mount Everest's summit in 1953 marked an extraordinary achievement. As he stood alongside Tenzing Norgay at that breathtaking height, their coats shielded them from the harsh elements while signifying their indomitable spirit. A painting within St. Gatien Cathedral depicts St. Martin selflessly sharing his coat with a beggar. This act of kindness reminds us that our they can provide warmth not only for ourselves but also for those less fortunate. The rugged slopes of Croagh Patrick mountain overlook Clew Bay, where many brave souls climb wearing their trusty coats. Their perseverance echoes Friedrich Nietzsche's words: "What doesn't kill me makes me stronger. " In Zagreb's St. Marks Church Square, cobblestones bear witness to countless footsteps over centuries past. Coats draped over shoulders tell tales of resilience amidst changing times and remind us that traditions endure. For Dulwich Hamlet FC football team in 1936 or Kings Own Scottish Borderers marching proudly under their regimental colors – their coats unite them as they strive towards victory together. The Royal Coat of Arms stands tall as a symbol of power and authority throughout generations—a reminder that even garments can hold immense significance beyond mere fabric. Meanwhile, Bobtail lies peacefully in the garden; his cozy coat providing comfort after an adventurous day filled with playfulness and loyalty - reminding us that sometimes simplicity is all we need. And when General Ulysses S.