Legs Crossed Collection (page 6)

Hippy, 1871. Artist: Coide
Hippy, 1871. A caricature of Lionel Dawson-Damer (1832-1892), British politician. Dawson-Damer was Conservative MP for Portarlington in Ireland from 1857-1865 and from 1868-1880

Silk, 1871. Artist: Coide
Silk, 1871. Caricature of Henry Eaton, MP (1816-1891), British Conservative politician. Eaton was MP for Coventry from 1865-1880 and from 1881-1887

Natural Selection, 1871. Artist: Coide
Natural Selection, 1871. A caricature of British naturlist Charles Darwin (1809-1882). Darwin started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Ernest Lavisse, French historian, 1892. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1860-1920

Count Walewski, French statesman, 1854. Count Alexandre Joseph Colonna-Walewski (1810-1868) was the son of Napoleon I and his mistress, Countess Maria Walewski

Georges Boulanger, French general and politician, 1891. A reactionary politician, Boulanger (1837-1891) gained great popularity in the second half of the 1880s, particularly with the monarchists

Argenteuil, 1874. Artist: Edouard Manet
Argenteuil, 1874. Rudolph Leenhoff, Manets brother-in-law, with an unknown female. Found in the collection of the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tournai, Belgium

Emile Zola (1840-1902), French novellist, 1868. Artist: Edouard Manet
Emile Zola (1840-1902), French novellist, 1868. Found in the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France. Plate taken from Manet, text by Hermann Jedding, published by The Hyperion Press (Milan)

Albert Baertsoen (1866-1922), Belgian printmaker, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 14, no 66 (London, 15th September 1898)

Summer evening meal at a hotel, Hiroshima, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Summer evening meal at a hotel, Hiroshima, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

A shop in India, 1900s. Artist: Erdmann & Schanz
A shop in India, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide. Detail

Interior of the Temple of Vimala Sah, Mount Abu, India, 1903. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Interior of the Temple of Vimala Sah, Mount Abu, India, 1903. Stereoscopic slide. Detail

Tibetan mendicants, c1910. The term mendicant refers to begging or relying on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religious followers or ascetics who rely exclusively on charity to

James Madison (1751-1836), fourth President of the United States, 19th century (1908). Madison, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was president from 1809 to 1817

John Marshall (1755-1835), American statesman and jurist, 19th century (1908). From The Story of the White House, volume I, by Esther Singleton, published by Hodder and Stoughton (London, 1908)

A hermit doing penence at Gem Lake, Mount Abu, India, 1903. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A hermit doing penence at Gem Lake, Mount Abu, India, 1903. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Mendicancy adopted in the name of Vishnu, India, 1922. A mendicant is a monk who is a member of an order that is not allowed to own property and is therefore entirely dependent on charity

Hawaiians at a banquet, Hawaii, 1922. Artist: RM Clutterbuck
Hawaiians at a banquet, Hawaii, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Boys camping, Berlin, Germany, 1922. Hearty appetites, engendered by life in the open air. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Pauline Chase as Peter Pan, 1908-1909. Artist: Alfred Ellis & Walery
Pauline Chase as Peter Pan, 1908-1909. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London)

Under the Mistletoe, 1908-1909. Artist: Edward Charles Clifford
Under the Mistletoe, 1908-1909. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1908-1909)

The French Fireside, 1905. Artist: Charles Tomkins
The French Fireside, 1905. From The Connoisseur magazine (February 1905)

A knight and a maiden, 13th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 13th century manuscript illustration in Psautier Latin (ms. no 175), held by the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Australian aborigines, 1886. Artist: Edouard Riou
Australian aborigines, 1886

Weaver, Muttra, 1917

Sitar player, India, 20th century

Sweet seller, 20th century

Snake charmer, India, 20th century

Monkey trainer, India, 20th century

Huntley Wright (1869-1941), English actor, 1907. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Huntley Wright (1869-1941), English actor, 1907

Edmond Francois Aman-Jean (1858-1936). French symbolist painter, 1898
Edmond Francois Aman-Jean, (1858-1936). French symbolist painter, and co-foundeder of the Salon des Tuileries, 1898. From The Studio, Volume Eight [London Offices of the Studio V, London, 1898]

Charles Mouton, (c1626-1710). French lutenist and lute composer, (1909). Artist: Gerard Edelinck
Charles Mouton, (c1626-1710). French lutenist and lute composer. (1909). By Gerard Edelinck (c1640-1707) after Francois de Troy (1645-1730). From The Connoisseur, Vol

The Tokchim Tarjum, 1898. Plate taken from In The Forbidden Land (an account of a journey in Tibet, capture by the Tibetan authorities, imprisonment, torture, and ultimate release), volume II

A Tibetan fortune teller, 1898. Plate taken from In The Forbidden Land (an account of a journey in Tibet, capture by the Tibetan authorities, imprisonment, torture, and ultimate release), volume I

Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1865-1924) and his two faithful servants, 1898. Landor was an English painter, explorer, writer and anthropologist who was born in Florence

The Mirror, 1900 (1926). Artist: William Newenham Montague Orpen
The Mirror, 1900 (1926). From Apollo magazine, volume IV, no 21 (September 1926)

Colonel JF Maurice, 1890. Artist: W&D Downey
Colonel JF Maurice, 1890. From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery, first series, Cassell and Company Limited (London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890)

Joseph Chamberlain. English businessman, politician, and statesman, late 19th century
Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914), English businessman, politician, and statesman, late 19th century

Senor Saenz Pena and some of his family, on his seventy-third birthday, 1895. Artist: George Meisenbach
Senor Saenz Pena and some of his family, on his seventy-third birthday, 1895. A print from the Illustrated London News, 2nd Febuary 1895

Gerald Du Maurier (1873-1934), English actor and theatre manager, early 20th century. Artist: Foulsham and Banfield
Gerald Du Maurier (1873-1934), English actor and theatre manager, early 20th century

Statue of Ramses II, an embellishment of his temple at Memphis, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Statue of Ramses II, an embellishment of his temple at Memphis, Egypt, 1905. Such statues as this fallen giant here were placed by the Kings of the Empire in front of their temples on either side of

Cotoma Budha, worshipped in Ceylon, Siam, China, 19th century. Artist: Andrew Thom
Cotoma Budha, worshipped in Ceylon, Siam, China, 19th century

Russian author Leo Tolstoy, Yasnaya Polyana, near Tula, Russia, 1908. Artist: Sergey Produkin-Gorsky
Russian author Leo Tolstoy, Yasnaya Polyana, near Tula, Russia, 1890s. Yasnaya Polyana was Tolstoys (1828-1910) home. Found in the collection of the State Museum of Leo Tolstoy, Moscow

Konstantin Balmont, Sergei Poliakov and Modest Durnov, Russian poets, 1904
Konstantin Balmont (1867-1942), Sergei Poliakov and Modest Durnov, Russian poets, 1904. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

Alexander Kerensky, Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government, Russia, 1917
Alexander Kerensky, Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government, in his office in the Winter Palace in Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, 1917

Ivan Goncharov, Russian author, 19th century. Artist: Andrei Deniere
Ivan Goncharov, Russian author, 19th century. Goncharovs (1812-1891) best known work is his novel Oblomov, published in 1859

Phyllis Dare (1890-1975), English actress, early 20th century. Artist: Claude Harris
Phyllis Dare (1890-1975), English actress, early 20th century

Uniforms of a Swiss artillery regiment, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniforms of a Swiss artillery regiment, 1823

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