Half Collection (page 50)

Wild Cat (Half Breed)
A half-breed wild cat, which won First Prize in a cat show

Englishwoman 1530
Her low-cut gown with long half-sleeves reveals not only quite a lot of chest but also the under-gown below

English Headdresses C15
Tournament spectators: their gowns have deep V -necklines & revers, narrow sleeves & fur cuffs. Headdresses: truncated cone, butterfly, V shaped roll, veils, cap with liripipe

Danding the Demi-Lune
Two dancers - she wearing the attractive fashion of the day - perform the demi-lune in a dance hall on the eve of World War One, which seems to have eclipsed the half-moon dance

Andrees Departure
Andree, with Strindberg and Fraenkel, leave Spitzbergen on their adventurous flight, hoping to reach the North Pole : they are depicted half an hour after lift-off

Panama Feasibility Stud
The Anglo-French station during the early feasibility studies for the Canal, more than half a century before it is completed !

18th Century Seamen
Seamen of the Royal Navy during the first half of the century

Sporting Fashions C. 1805
A group of ladies enjoy a spell outdoors. Two ladies wear their hair in the fashionable titus cut. Their gowns have half-length sleeves & low, square necklines

Red or White Dress 1838
Grey robe redingote: bishop sleeves with 3 rows of ruching. Round dress of blue & floral vertical stripes: half sleeves, single flounce, pointed waist, bow trimmings

Misses Price 1825
The Misses Price: half, full, high & low! Costume includes: spencers, a fur-trimmed pelisse, feather trimmed bonnets, reticule & a fur muff

Ww1 Guadelupe Soldier
A half-caste native of Guadelupe, West Indies, serving with the French army in World War One

Ww1 Tunisian Soldier
Selim ben Hamed, a Tunisian half-caste fighting with the French during World War One

Nu Kua Shih
The goddess Nu Kua, half woman, half dragon, created the first humans out of clay. She also repaired the sky & heavens after a great battle

Harpies / Johnstone
Though Johnstone includes the harpy in his natural history of birds, they are only half- birds, having human faces; they have nasty habits and they smell awful

Barouche 1825
The barouche has four wheels, and a half-head which can be lowered; it has space for two couples to sit facing each other

Lightning and Ship 3
A sailing warship, under half sail to keep from being driven by a storm onto the rocky coast, is struck by lightning on both its mainmast and foremast

Coconuts and other Fruit
A still life showing a coconut - split in half and some apples

Discussing US Football
American version of a Chester or Chesterfield overcoat. This is a restrained model with fly-front & without a velvet collar. Worn with trousers with turn-ups & half-boots

Ryton Overcoat 1907
American gentleman in town boots (half-boots) & Ryton overcoat: 3/4 length, loose fitting with a back vent & velvet collar, reads a magazine

Tailored Suit by Worth
Tailored suit by Worth in salmon pink & black: sac-like jacket with half-length sleeves, pockets & high loose fitting collar & a barrel-line skirt or 2-piece dress

Exchequer Gate, Lincoln, close to Lincoln Cathedral. The gate is three stories high and dates from the 14th century and forms part of the walls of Lincoln Castle

Demolition / Paris
Demolition work prior to the building of the Rue des Ecoles with half demolished tenements propped up with wooden buttresses. Residents continue to dry their washing

Royal Crescent Bath
The Royal Crescent in Bath was designed by John Wood II and built between 1767 an 1775. It is comprised of 30 houses, and is shaped like a half- Colosseum, with Ionic columns

Brown Seal Coat 1930S
A brown seal half-length coat with suede collar, fly fastening & tulip shaped patch pockets. Designed by George Kaplan

ST PAULs CATHEDRAL 1930
The bottom half of the Cathedral is blackened with pollution

Dolls House Dresser 1625
An oak dresser from a dolls house, with tableware. The bowl is half the size of a thimble

Tate Entrance Hall
A policeman is the only visitor to the Tate Gallery, standing by potted plants where, one day, half a horse and suchlike masterpieces will be hung

Bramhall House, Cheshire, a fine example of a half- timbered stately home

Piltdown Skull / Diagram
PILTDOWN MAN - a diagram of the cranium and jaw bone, claimed to be the missing link by Charles Dawson in 1912. The skull was proven to be a half- human, half-ape fake in 1953

Augusta Leigh (Miniature
AUGUSTA LEIGH half-sister of Byron

Blunt / Sagittarius / Pl 46
The constellation of Sagittarius, half man and half horse with a bow and arrow

Culebra Cut
At work on the Culebra Cut : half hidden is one of the steam shovels digging out the bottom of the canal : the bridge is a temporary erection during construction

James I / Anon Eng
JAMES I OF ENGLAND JAMES VI OF SCOTLAND Half-length portrait wearing a ruff

England / Kersey
A girl walks down the lane, past the White Horse Inn, in the tranquil village of Kersey, Suffolk, England

Pyne - Halfpenny Showman
HALFPENNY SHOWMAN For half a penny, this travelling showman will exhibit his puppets or other toys, which he carries on his back from fair to fair

Paris to New York by Air
Plans are afoot to set up an aerial passenger service Paris - New York : the aero- express will carry you there in an hour and a half, at a cost of a thousand dollars

Mens Vest and Drawers
Aertex half-sleeve vest and trunk drawers - this two-piece garment suit is priced from seven shillings and sixpence

Flacid Fig Leaf Statue
Half man half something else, a type of satir perhaps with one large leg with an eagles foot & forked beard models the down-turned or passive fig leaf. What the bell means ?

George III & Garter
GEORGE III OF ENGLAND A half-length portrait in profile showing the king wearing the Order of the Garter

Elizabeth I / Marshall
QUEEN ELIZABETH I Half-length portrait wearing pearls

Henry VII of England
Half-length portrait within an oval showing him wearing ermine robes and holding an orb and sceptre

William III by Schenck
KING WILLIAM III A half-length portrait with ermine robes, crown and sceptre

Drunken Blind Granny
Blind Granny: a half blind, drunken nuisance who would beg by using her paricularly long tongue to wash her blind eye then spend the money on drink. Poems were written about her!

Pyne - Roundabout
THE ROUNDABOUT - Here is the merry-go-round, miserable straggling boys who receive a few half pence running within the bars

MENs HATS
Top hats come in Twenty Different Shapes at the Western Hat Company of Oxford Street, London, known for their unequalled Half-Guinea Hats

Licensing Bill Demo
March of the opponents to the Licensing Bill showing a crowd of 130, 000, half of which had been paid for by brewers to travel to London at reduced fares. The bill sought to

Blue Waistcoat 1909
Professional gentleman (Mr J C Wason) wears a top hat, frock coat, blue waistcoat, grey striped trousers with a front crease & turn-ups, half- boots & a wing collar & cravat

Railway accident at Abergele, north west Wales
A railway accident at Abergele, north west Wales, when two trains collided on the Chester-Holyhead line. This is the scene an hour and a half after the accident

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