Costume Collection

Persia, 1912. Artist: Georges Barbier
Persia, 1912. Illustration from The Art of Perfume, 1912. Pochoir print

Maori girls rubbing noses, c1920. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Paying a Visit, 1915, (1939). Creator: Abram Arkhipov
Paying a Visit, 1915, (1939). A group of village women in brightly-coloured clothes and scarves, chatting in a sunlit room

Kakkyo (Chinese: Guo Ju), from the series "Fashionable Japanese Versions of
Kakkyo (Chinese: Guo Ju), from the series " Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Furyu Yamato nijushiko)", c. 1770/72

A Celtic Chieftainess (Boadicea), 1924. Creator: Herbert Norris
A Celtic Chieftainess (Boadicea), 1924. From " Costume & Fashion - The Evolution of European Dress Through the Earlier Ages", by Herbert Norris. [J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, E. P

The Kitchen-God, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Kitchen-God, 1922. The Kitchen God is the most important of Chinese domestic gods who protect the hearth and family, recognised in Chinese folk religion, Chinese mythology, and Taoism

Tetisheri, Ancient Egyptian queen of the 17th dynasty, 16th century BC (1926). Artist: Winifred Mabel Brunton
Tetisheri, Ancient Egyptian queen of the 17th dynasty, 16th century BC (1926). Tetisheri was the queen consort of Senakhtenre Tao I, the seventh pharaoh of the 17th dynasty

Queen Elizabeth I, 16th century (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. II, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Alice and the dormouse, 1887. Artist: Ernest Barraud
Alice and the dormouse, 1887. A photograph from The Theatre, A Monthly Review, Volume IX, January to June, 1887, Carson & Comerford, London, 1887

Drunk Warrior and Court Jester, Italian painting of 19th century. Artist: Casimiro Tomba
Drunk Warrior and Court Jester, Italian painting of 19th century. Tomba, Casimiro (1857-1929). Found in the collection of the M. Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol

Miss Ann Andrews, 1919 Sept. 3. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Ann Andrews, 1919 Sept. 3

Figure de théâtre, c.1920. Creator: Paul Albert Laurens
Figure de theatre, c.1920. Woman wearing plumed headdress, possibly backstage at a theatre

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Goddes Benzaiten of Enoshima in the Play Onno Aruji... c. 1773. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Goddes Benzaiten of Enoshima in the Play Onno Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773, Japan, c. 1773

Portraits of Henry VIIIs six wives from 1509, (1932). Artist: Rosalind Thornycroft
Portraits of Henry VIIIs six wives; Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr

Bulgarian, from Worlds Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Bentley 4-seater tourer, St Albans, Hertfordshire, c1920s. Artist: Bill Brunell
Bentley 4 seater tourer 1922 2996 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. XL4935. Body by unknown builder. Place: St. Albans, Hertfordshire

Advert for Wrights coal tar soap, 1914. A print from the Illustrated London News, 13th June 1914

Jews praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, 1878. Artist: Maurycy Gottlieb
Jews praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, 1878. Gottlieb, Maurycy (1856-1879). Found in the collection of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

The Faun (Nijinsky), costume design for the Ballets Russes, 1912. Artist: Leon Bakst
The Faun (Nijinsky), costume design for the Ballets Russes, 1912. Design for Nijinskys costume in Debussys ballet l apres-midi d un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun)

The Door-God - Military, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Door-God - Military, 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies

The wailing women, 1922. Creator: Henry Traut
The wailing women, 1922. Paula Rendl as Mary Magdalene, Martha Veit as the Virgin Mary, Melchior Breitsamter as St John: players in the Oberammergau Passion Play

Tiy, Ancient Egyptian queen of the 18th dynasty, 14th century BC (1926). Artist: Winifred Mabel Brunton
Tiy, Ancient Egyptian queen of the 18th dynasty, 14th century BC (1926). Tiye was the wife of Amenhotep III and the mother of Akhenaten

Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer, poet, and actor, 1979. Vysotsky (1938-1980), in the television mini-series The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed

A Rakes Progress, Plate 1, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, Plate 1, June 25, 1735

Two Hindu Women in Elaborate Jewelry, Before Studio Backdrop with Palm Trees, 1860s-70s

Dressing for the Carnival, 1877. Creator: Winslow Homer
Dressing for the Carnival, 1877

William Edward Dighton (1822-1853) in Middle Eastern Dress, ca. 1852-53. Creator
William Edward Dighton (1822-1853) in Middle Eastern Dress, ca. 1852-53

Zulu warriors, Southern Africa, c1875. Group portrait of Zulu warriors outside a thatched hut

A Zulu chief, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

The Cock of the North: George, Fifth Duke of Gordon, c1812. Artist: George Sanders
The Cock of the North: George, Fifth Duke of Gordon, c1812. From The Connoisseur Volume 103. [Otto Limited, London, 1939]

The Prince and Princess of Wales with their family on board the royal yacht, 19th century (1910). The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra with their children Prince Albert, Duke of Clarence

The Chatsworth Hunting Tapestries, second of the series, 1930
The Chatsworth Hunting Tapestries, second of the series, 15th century (1930). Formerly at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, then Chatsworth House, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The Chatsworth Hunting Tapestries, first of the series, 1930
The Chatsworth Hunting Tapestries, first of the series, 15th century (1930). Formerly at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, then Chatsworth House, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Neeltje Tuyp, 1897 (1898). Artist: Nico Jungmann
Neeltje Tuyp, 1897 (1898). Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 13, no 59 (London, 15th February 1898)

Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. Artist: Baldwin Spencer
Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. For indigenous Australians, the corroboree comes closest to a modern concept of theatre

The Duk Duk society, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, 1920. Young men being initiated before they can marry. The Duk Duk is a secret society of the Tolai people of the Rabaul area of New

Vera Nemchinova, Russian ballet dancer, 1910s. Nemchinova (1899-1984) as Golden Bird in the Ballet Russes production of Childrens Tales

Buffoons in a Village, 1857. Artist: Francois Nicolas Riss
Buffoons in a Village, 1857. Riss, Francois Nicolas (1804-1886). Found in the collection of the State V. Tropinin-Museum, Moscow

Arrival in Saigon of Paul Beau, Governor General of Indochina, 1902. Beaus term as Governor-General of French Indochina lasted from 1902 until 1907

The Peasant Dance, 1568-1569. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Peasant Dance, 1568-1569. The opening of a kermesse (village fair), with a traditional dance performed by two couples. From the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

John Hunter, 1786. Artist: WO Geller
John Hunter, 1786. Scottish surgeon and anatomist whose series of lectures on the theory and practice of surgery attracted numerous students, including Edward Jenner, Astley Cooper

May, 1412-1416. Artist: Paul Limbourg
May, 1412-1416. Lords and ladies, mounted, progressing along a road by woods, preceded by trumpeters. They are taking part in a procession to celebrate the joli mois de mai

Western Gentleman in Oriental Costume. Creator: British Painter (ca. 1840-45)
Western Gentleman in Oriental Costume

The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies at thresholds

Street Walkers, 1786. Artist: Benjamin Smith
Street Walkers, 1786. A fashionably dressed man walking from Old Bond Street into Piccadilly encountering a courtesan

A man outside Brookss Club, London, 1815. Artist: George Cruikshank
A man outside Brookss Club, London, 1815. Behold at Brookss step-nay! I ll be bound to say a figure such as this you ll see there every day

A whist-er at Boodles - or a choice peice [sic] of double milled Yorkshire broad cloth, 1820. A very obese man in profile is about to step into Boodles club, Pall Mall

Miseries of London, 1812. A woman walking down Wapping Old Stairs being assailed by a group of watermen plying for trade. Two figures watch from a balcony

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