Shawl Collection (page 18)

Lady in a Hat, 1908. Artist: Felix Vallotton
Lady in a Hat, 1908

Bayadere with Peacock, ballet costume design, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Bayadere with Peacock, ballet costume design, 1911. Costume Design for a Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu (The Blue God), story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo

The Downpour, set design for a ballet, 1906. Artist: Leon Bakst
The Downpour, set design for a ballet, 1906. From the Russian State Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Estrella, design for a costume for the ballet Carnival composed by Robert Schumann, 1919. Artist: Leon Bakst
Estrella, design for a costume for the ballet Carnival composed by Robert Schumann, 1919. From the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Green bean seller, 1826. The street trader carries a basket of green beans and displays some of them on the lid of the basket. From Arts, Metiers et Cris de Paris (Arts, Crafts and Cries of Paris)

Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, 1865. Grand Duchess Anastasia (1860-1922) was the second child and eldest daughter of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich, the fourth son of Tsar Nicholas I

The Green Leaf and the Sere, 1887. Artist: Mary Ellen Edwards
The Green Leaf and the Sere, 1887

Watercress seller, c1880. A young girl in rags and wearing a shawl, selling watercress on a street corner in a snowstorm, shivering against the cold

Roman prostitute or courtesan in street dress, 16th century

Scene at Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market, London, early 20th century. Market women discuss the merits of cauliflowers while in the left background a porter is carrying a stack of baskets or

The return of the legionnaire, c1900. French postcard

Native Costume of Pont Audemer, Normandy, 1902

Native Costume of Sarthe, c1900

Young Woman in a Black Hat, 1908. Artist: Felix Vallotton
Young Woman in a Black Hat, 1908. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Mrs Taffys Elixir, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Mrs Taffys Elixir, 1873. The Union representative in the centre is told that, had the workers had a vote, they would not have voted to strike

Deserted !, 1875. Artist: Joseph Swain
Deserted !, 1875. Mr Disraeli, the Conservative Prime Minister, stands on the right with his Lord Chancellor, Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns

The Sunday Question, 1869. Artist: John Tenniel
The Sunday Question, 1869. The drinking habits of the working classes was always a cause for concern amongst their social superiors

The New Workhouse Porter, 1866. Artist: John Tenniel
The New Workhouse Porter, 1866. Master Prig (prig is a contemporary word for thief) bemoans the fact that a policeman is now checking prospective entrants to the workhouse

The Fight at St. Stephens Academy, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
The Fight at St. Stephens Academy, 1864. Mrs Gamp. Never Mind, My Dear! You done yer werry best to win; which that Master Gladsting is such a huncommon strong boy

Every One Thinks their own Crow the Fairest, 1858. Disraeli on the left, and former Prime Minister Palmerston, are both dressed in mob caps and gowns in the best tradition of nursemaids

Cleo Lane, 2008. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Cleo Lane, with John Dankworth Orchestra and Guy Barker, Gateshead International Jazz Festival, 2008

Woman with dark hair and a bow in profile to the left, 1642. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Woman with dark hair and a bow in profile to the left, 1642

Woman with broad brimmed hat, 1642. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Woman with broad brimmed hat, 1642

Elderly couple in Victorian interior, Albury Street, Deptford, London, 1911

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