Shoe Collection (#24)

Miss Van Diest, c1800, (c1915). Artist: John Hoppner
Miss Van Diest, c1800, (c1915). From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

A Man of the Time of Charles I, 1907. Artists: Dion Clayton Calthrop, King Charles I
A Man of the Time of Charles I, 1907. From English Costume, painted and described by Dion Clayton Calthrop. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1907]

A Man of the Time of William I, 1907. Artist: Dion Clayton Calthrop
A Man of the Time of William I, 1907. From English Costume, painted and described by Dion Clayton Calthrop. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1907]

A Man of the Time of Queen Anne, 1907. Artist: Dion Clayton Calthrop
A Man of the Time of Queen Anne, 1907. From English Costume, painted and described by Dion Clayton Calthrop. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1907]

A Man of the Time of William and Mary, 1907. Artist: Dion Clayton Calthrop
A Man of the Time of William and Mary, 1907. From English Costume, painted and described by Dion Clayton Calthrop. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1907]

A Man of the Time of Charles II, 1907. Artist: Dion Clayton Calthrop
A Man of the Time of Charles II, 1907. From English Costume, painted and described by Dion Clayton Calthrop. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1907]

She Sat Down One Day and Made Out of Some Pieces of Red Cloth a Pair of Little Shoes, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Sat Down One Day and Made Out of Some Pieces of Red Cloth a Pair of Little Shoes, c1930. An illustration from The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen

Shoemaker of the Period, . Artist: John Leech
Shoemaker of the Period, c1860, (c1860). From The Comic History of England, Volume I, by Gilbert A A Beckett [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. London, ]

A Norman Swell, c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech
A Norman Swell, c1860, (c1860). From The Comic History of England, Volume I, by Gilbert A A Beckett. [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. London]

Ancient British Highlows, c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech
Ancient British Highlows, c1860, (c1860). From The Comic History of England, Volume I, by Gilbert A A Beckett. [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. London]

A Lady Buying Shoes, c1650, (1903). Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
A Lady Buying Shoes, c1650, (1903). From Social England, Volume IV, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

The Experienced Huntsman, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Experienced Huntsman, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

Daughters of the Sun, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Daughters of the Sun, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

Lars Pettersen on Snow Shoes, c1893-1896, (1897). Lars Pettersen (born in 1860) was a Norwegian explorer who took part to the three year expedition (1893-1896) aboard the Fram led by Fridtjof Nansen

Portrait of a Young Princess, c1688-1723 (c1927). Artist: Constantin Netscher
Portrait of a Young Princess, c1688-1723 (c1927). The painting is held by the Louvre Museum, Paris. From Beautiful Children, by Haldane Macfall. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd. London, c1927]

Tying Her Shoe, c1900. Artist: Walter Westley Russell
Tying Her Shoe, c1900

Giunone (Junon), c1850

Abdullas in Lotus-Land - Snowballs, 1927. From Punch, or the London Charivari. - December 28, 1927. [Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Limited, London, 1927]

A Swell, c1896, (1897). Artist: Philip William May
A Swell, c1896, (1897). From The Studio Volume 9. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1897]

Alone Across The Trackless Snow, c1908, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
Alone Across The Trackless Snow, c1908, (c1920). Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de La Salle (1643-1687), French explorer

Street Cobler, c1900. [Moorli Dhur & Sons, Ambala, c1900]

Gandhi in London, 1930, (1938). Gandhi visiting London for Round Table conferences, September 1930. From These Tremendous Years 1919-1938. [Daily Express, London, 1938]

Cammeyer - Exclusive Footwear for Women, c1923, (1923). Artist: Leoua H Carter
Cammeyer - Exclusive Footwear for Women, c1923, (1923). From International Studio, March 1923. [International Studio, Inc. New York, 1923]

Mdlle. Meri, c1903. Artist: Karl Anton
Mdlle. Meri, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

A Volendam Musician, 19th century. Artist: Nicols Wilhelm Jungmann
A Volendam Musician, 19th century. From The Studio Volume 14 by Ralph Nevill. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1898]

La Bouquetiere Garcon Cafetier, c18th century, (1903). Artist: Jean-Pierre Houel
La Bouquetiere Garcon Cafetier, by Houel de Rouen, c18th century. From The Connoisseur Vol. VII [Otto Limited, London, 1903.]

Old Shoes, c1877--1927, (1929). Artist: Eugene Atget
Old Shoes. Eugene Atgetwas a French pioneer of documentary photography. From The Studio Volume 98 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1929.]

The Great Triumphal Cart of Emperor Maximilian, (1523), 1906. Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Great Triumphal Cart of Emperor Maximilian, 1523. Maximilian (1459-1519) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1493-1519. He established the Habsburg dynasty as a European power

Bearer, c1910. The bearer was a mans personal servant who would run the household of a bachelor sahib. Here we see the Bearer cleaning a rifle. From a post card produced by Moorli Dhur & Sons, Ambala

Paulette Goddard, American film and theatre actress, 1938. Paulette Goddard (1910-1990) was one of Paramount Studios biggest stars in the 1940s

Nancy Carroll, American film actress, 1938. Nancy Carroll (1903-1965) became a successful talkies actress because her musical background enabled her to play in the movie musicals of the 1930s

Genevieve Tobin, American film actress, 1938. Genevieve Tobin (1899-1995) was a prominent supporting actress in American films of the 1930s

Jeanette Williams, c1938
Jeanette Williams, 20th century. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 3rd series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company

Veronica Nugent, actress, c1936-c1939. Cigarette card from Real Photographs, series 7, issued by the manufacturers of State Express and Ardath Cigarettes

Norah Henderson, British actress, 1939. In Firth Shephards new musical comedy, Running Riot, at the Gaiety Theatre, London

Rita Rio, American singer, dancer and film actress, c1938. Rita Rio (1914-1989) also appeared under the names Una Velon and Rita Shaw before settling on the stage name Dona Drake in the 1940s

Helen Seamon, American film actress, c1938. Helen Seamon (1919-2001) made 12 film appearances in the 1930s and 1940s, all of them uncredited. Modern Beauties, 3rd series card

Ruth Colman, c1938. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 3rd series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company

Iris Adrian, American film actress, c1938. After winning a beauty pageant, Iris Adrian (1912-1994) appeared with the Ziegfeld Follies before beginning her film career, initially in silent pictures

Workers cutting leather for shoes in a factory, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Workers cutting leather for shoes in a factory, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Sewing room in a large shoe factory, Syracuse, New York, USA, early 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Sewing room in a large shoe factory, Syracuse, New York, USA, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Lasting machine shaping shoes in shoe factory, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, early 20th century(?). Stereoscopic card. Detail

She became a carrier-griffin, 1906. Artist: Gordon Frederick Browne
She became a carrier-griffin, 1906. A print from The Girls own Paper, 1 September 1906

Japanese shoe shop, early 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Japanese shoe shop, early 20th century. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Nigel Lorringe, late 14th century, (1910). Costume of the reign of Richard II (1377-1399), showing a houppelande (voluminous robe) which reaches over his head, ornamented with a bold pattern

William de Albeneis, late 14th century, (1910). William de Albeneis, who lived at the time of Richard II (1377-1399), holds a goblet

Ladies washroom, Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, 1933. The Graf Zeppelin was the most successful airship ever built. Between its first flight in 1928 and retirement in 1937

View of a passenger cabin on board Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, 1933. The Graf Zeppelin was the most successful airship ever built

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