Finger Collection

George Melly on stage at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 8 April 1983

Study of hands, 15th century (1930). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study of hands, 15th century (1930). Found in the Windsor collection. From Apollo magazine, volume XII, no 71 (November 1930)

Figure of a Bent Human Index Finger, Ptolemaic Period-Roman Period (332 BCE-395 CE) or later. Creator: Unknown
Figure of a Bent Human Index Finger, Ptolemaic Period-Roman Period (332 BCE-395 CE) or later

Cold Fingers, c1865. Creator: Charles Felix Blauvelt
Cold Fingers, c1865

Ota Yazaemon and His Son Fusajiro Sever and Exchange Fingers before the Son Departs for War, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 491

The Impassioned Grape Picker, 1817-1819. Creator: Peter Paul Joseph Noël
The Impassioned Grape Picker, 1817-1819

Mrs. James Bush, portrait photograph, 1919 Nov. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. James Bush, portrait photograph, 1919 Nov. 18

God the Father in Glory. Creator: Andrea Boscoli
God the Father in Glory

Weather Vane - Scroll with Index, c. 1938. Creator: Helen Hobart
Weather Vane - Scroll with Index, c. 1938

Emery in the Shape of a Strawberry, c. 1937. Creator: Ann Gene Buckley
Emery in the Shape of a Strawberry, c. 1937

It is good to cut one's fingernails (Tsume tori yoshi), from the series "A Series for... c. 1822
It is good to cut one's fingernails (Tsume tori yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)", c. 1822

Full-length cabinet portrait, 1860-1865. Creator: Unknown
Full-length cabinet portrait, 1860-1865. A man and a woman, the woman seated, in a costume that suggests c.1860. Both wear a plain ring on the index finger

The Roman Colchester Vase
The Colchester Vase, which contains a cremation. On it are depicted two gladiators: on the left is a Secutor, in full armour

George Grossmith (1847-1912), English comedian, writer and actor, early 20th century. Artist: Rotary Photo
George Grossmith (1847-1912), English comedian, writer and actor, early 20th century

The Hand, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Trimming Her Nails, c. 1755. Creator: Torii Kiyohiro
Trimming Her Nails, c. 1755

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Ghost of Ki no Natora in the Play Kiku no En Mukashi no Miyako, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1791, c. 1791

Woman Fixing Her Nails, 883. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Woman Fixing Her Nails, 883

Amulet of Two Fingers, Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26-30 (664-332 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Amulet of Two Fingers, Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26-30 (664-332 BCE)

Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand, Augsburg, c. 1550 / 60. Creator: Unknown
Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand, Augsburg, c. 1550/60

Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand, Nuremberg, c. 1600 / 20. Creator: Unknown
Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand, Nuremberg, c. 1600/20

Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand, Nuremberg, c. 1600 / 20. Creator: Unknown
Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand, Nuremberg, c. 1600/20

Boys Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand, Brunswick, c. 1560 / 80. Creator: Unknown
Boys Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand, Brunswick, c. 1560/80

Metal Hand, c. 1937. Creator: Joseph Goldberg
Metal Hand, c. 1937

Woman Cutting Her Nails after Gathering Herbs, 19th century. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Woman Cutting Her Nails after Gathering Herbs, 19th century

Georgia O Keeffe - Hand, 1918. Creator: Alfred Stieglitz
Georgia O Keeffe - Hand, 1918. A work made of palladium print

Georgia O Keeffe - Hands and Thimble, 1919. Creator: Alfred Stieglitz
Georgia O Keeffe - Hands and Thimble, 1919. A work made of palladium print

Dorothy Norman, c. 1931. Creator: Alfred Stieglitz
Dorothy Norman, c. 1931. A work made of gelatin silver print

Carved Transom, c. 1937. Creator: Lawrence Flynn
Carved Transom, c. 1937

Bakelite case for nail buffer from dresser set owned by Lena Horne, mid 20th Century
It is made of semi-translucent orange Bakelite plastic and is rectangular in shape with an oval bowl that is missing a large section

The Finger Game, 1905. Creator: Ernst Kirchner
The Finger Game, 1905

Madonna and Child, c. 1310 / 1315. Creator: Giotto
Madonna and Child, c. 1310/1315

Right Hand, possibly 1880. Creator: Auguste Rodin
Right Hand, possibly 1880

Analysis of Beauty, Plate 2, March 5, 1753. Creator: William Hogarth
Analysis of Beauty, Plate 2, March 5, 1753

The Tamed Bird, ca. 1769. Creator: Jean Jacques Flipart
The Tamed Bird, ca. 1769. After Francois Boucher

La marchande d oyseaux (The Bird Merchant), 18th century

Dialectic: a young woman standing in a decorated interior and touching her right index finger to her left middle finger in a counting gesture, at her feet is a toad seated on a stack of books

Two Chinese Scholars Practicing Calligraphy in Their Studio, ca. 1840. Creator: Unknown
Two Chinese Scholars Practicing Calligraphy in Their Studio, ca. 1840

Portrait of Tsow Chaoong, 1847. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Tsow Chaoong, 1847

Measurement of Left Middle Finger, ca. 1893. Creator: Alphonse Bertillon
Measurement of Left Middle Finger, ca. 1893

Old Woman Cutting Her Nails, ca. 1655-60. Creator: Style of Rembrandt (Dutch, second
Old Woman Cutting Her Nails, ca. 1655-60

St. Jerome in his Study, c1530, (1920). Creator: Circle of Joos van Cleve
St. Jerome in his Study, c1530, (1920). St Jerome was a Christian priest, confessor, theologian, and historian. Painted by Circle of Joos van Cleve in Tempera and Oil on Panel

Drummer Barrett Deems on board the paddle steamer Elizabethan, London, 8 October 1984. Alongside Deems, who played in Louis Armstrongs band is Carol Williams, the photographers wife

American trombonist and teacher Phil Wilson, London, 1985. Artist: Denis Williams
American trombonist and teacher Phil Wilson, London, 1985

Half-Length of an Apostle with his Right Hand Raised, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Half-Length of an Apostle with his Right Hand Raised, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Mounts and Phalanges, 1912. From The Book of Sports & Pastimes for Young People by J. K. Benson. [C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd, London, 1912]

Richard III, 1859. Artist: GN Gardiner
Richard III, 1859. King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty

La Songeuse, c19th century. Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
La Songeuse, c19th century. From The Studio Volume 103. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1932]

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping