Boots Collection

An Indian Maharaja, 1913. Artist: AC Lovett
An Indian Maharaja, 1913. From The Gorgeous East by Frank Elias. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1913]

Heinz Advertisement
Photographer: Ponting, Herbert (1870-1935). Expedition: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13. Leader: Captain Robert Falcon Scott

Scottish Comedian Billy Connolly wearing his famous Big Banana Feet

Picture No. 11768937
DOG Black Labrador puppy wearing flat cap ( 6 weeks old ) with wellington boots Digital Manipulation:Hat PAB brightened Date:

The Night Watch, 1662, by Rembrandt (1606-1669)
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. The Night Watch, 1662. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

The Old Fisherman, 1903. Artist: Joseph Edward Southall
The Old Fisherman, 1903. From The Studio Volume 79, [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1920]

The Clay Pit, Harold Harvey (1874-1941)
Oil on canvas, Newlyn School, 1923. View of Leswidden China Clay Works near St Just. This painting shows the harsh, labour-intensive working conditions of a china clay pit

Couple kissing outside Carnaby Street boutique
A couple kissing in front of iconic Carnaby Street boutique, I was Lord Kitcheners Valet. Hanging outside can be seen a variety of mens vintage clothing including a naval peacoat

Scotland - Lossiemouth Fisherman mending his lines
Moray, Scotland - Lossiemouth Fisherman mending his lines Date: circa 1905

Teddy Boys dancing in the streets of North East Britain Picture taken on Tyneside, North East, England. Picture taken 20th August 1977

Scenes inside the famous boot room at Anfield. Left to right are: Current Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish, coach Ronnie Moran, former manager Bob Paisley and assistant Roy Evans. 12th December 1985

Household Cavalry-Captain, 2nd Life Guards, 1900. Creator: Gregory & Co
Household Cavalry-Captain, 2nd Life Guards, 1900. 2nd Regiment of Life Guards was renamed 2nd Life Guards in 1877 and contributed to the Household Cavalry Composite Regiment in the Second Boer War

North America; USA; Arizona; Old Scotsdale; Line up of new cowboy boots

Teddy Boys. Picture shows Rocking Jim Newark and his Teds. Picture taken on Tyneside, North East, England. Picture taken 5th June 1973

Jack Johnson in a boxing match
Jack Johnson (1878-1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, African-American world heavyweight champion boxer, 1908-1915, standing at the ropes in a boxing match with an unidentified opponent

People salmon netting at Bideford, Devon
Four people standing in the water salmon netting at Bideford, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

A Variety of ladies boots 1926
Ladies 1920s boots in willow calf, felt lace, riding, quilted, buttoned, lace-up and rubber. Date: circa 1926

Pretty Parisian Girl lacing up her brown leather boots
Les Bottines Jaunes (The Yellow Boots) by Leo Fontan (although the boots appear in this reproduction as brown!) - a pretty Parisian girl lacing up her brown leather boots Date: circa 1919

Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander in Chief of the forces in South Africa, 1902. Artist: Lafayette
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander in Chief of the forces in South Africa, 1902. Sir Frederick, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914) was one of the foremost British military figures of Victorian times

Thomas Colleton Garth, Vanity Fair, Spy
THOMAS COLLETON GARTH (1822-1907) Master of the Garth foxhounds for over 50 years. In riding clothes, wearing boots and spurs. Caption: A Very Old Master Date: 1822-1907

Brochure illustration, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, showing the Footshape Works where the boots and shoes are made, with addresses of branches below, in London, Bradford, Brighton and Leicester

Brochure cover, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton
Brochure cover design, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, advertising boots by post, with a circular illustration of the Footshape Works where the boots are made. Date: 20th century

Picture No. 11072945
DOG Labrador puppy wearing a cap ( black, 6 weeks old )

Picture No. 11072946
DOG Labrador puppy ( black, 6 weeks old ) with boots

Billy Connolly on stage wearing big banana boots

The household cavalrys Finest boots are given a final inspection by Mr Herbert Hughes a boot expert ready to be worn for the Trooping of the Colour. May 1970

Ulla Street Boot Boys. Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Austrian soldiers in uniform, WW1
A selection of five Austro-Hungarian artillery soldiers and officers in uniform during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Northbrook Street in Newbury, Berkshire. Newbury is to become a city. 19th March 1964

Centenary picture of Liverpool Team, photocall at Anfield to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the football club which was formed in 1892. Picture taken July 1992

What People Are Wearing - Annika Wills and Anne Nightingale
On the left: The English actress Annika Wills (better known as Anneke Wills, b. 1941) wearing a Levi jacket and jeans from Sportique and a matching hat belonging to her husband

Fifteen year old skinhead Chris Harward poses at home with his mother Joan at their flat in Streatham, South London. 10th April 1970

A group of skinheads on 27th april 1970, from left to right, John Harmeston, William Allen, John dodds and Michael Colligan

Duke of Cambridge Takes the Salute for his First Colonelis Review
Pictured are riders and their horses from the HCMR during HRH Prince Williams first attendance in his role as Colonel of the Irish Guards Regiment on Horse Guards Parade Ground

Napoleon at Fontainebleau During the First Abdication - 31 March 1814, (1845). Artist: Paul Delaroche
Napoleon at Fontainebleau During the First Abdication - 31 March 1814, (1845). The invasion of France by the Allies culminated in Napoleons abdication of 11 April

Advert for Raoul Shoe Company 1912
French footwear, womens shoes for all occasions, street, town, seaside, tennis, walking, evening and court. 1912

2nd Regiment of Life Guards
A group of 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. Date: 1894

British jockeys, 1934, (1935). Creator: Unknown
British jockeys, 1934, (1935). Steve Donoghue, Joe Childs, Fred Fox, and Brownie Carslake (who was Australian). Donoghue and Childs celebrated their fiftieth birthday in 1934

Actor Hein Riess (Left) Playing Reichmarschall Hermann G?
Actor Hein Riess (Left) Playing Reichmarschall Hermann Goering Commander-In-Chief of the Luftwaffe in Uniform During the Filming of the Movie The Battle-Of-Britain 1968 / 1969 Date: 1968

His Girl, The Huntsmans Meet. Creator: Victor Venner
His Girl, The Huntsmans Meet

Marthe Carpentier boxer born 1893
Marthe Carpentier French boxer. On 8th March 1914 she won a bout against Lucie Warner from England for the world female title

Count Otto von Bismarck, Prusso-German statesman, 1870. Otto Edward Leopold, Count von Bismarck (1815-1898) was Chancellor of Prussia and architect of modern Germany

Woman police officer, Inspector Lily Dawes, London
A woman police officer, Inspector Lily Dawes, at Kennington, London, wearing belted jacket (summer uniform), helmet with badge, white shirt and tie, and duty armband. Date: 1933

Bob Fitzsimmons v Peter Felix in heavyweight boxing match
Bob Fitzsimmons (1863-1917), British boxer, v Peter Felix (1866-1926), Australian boxer, in a heavyweight match -- Fitzsimmons met Felix

Rene Paul Fonck, leading French fighter ace
Rene Paul Fonck (1894-1953), leading French fighter ace and his SPADs VII, which he flew as a member of the Escadrille SPA 103, part of the famous Groupe de Chasse 12, the Storks

Milk man with his horse and float stands in a street where an unexploded bomb has been found in Sidcup, Kent

Benedict Arnold persuading Major John Andre to conceal the plans of West Point in his boot at their meeting on 21
ARNOLD AND ANDRE, 1780. Benedict Arnold persuading Major John Andre to conceal the plans of West Point in his boot at their meeting on 21 September 1780. Steel engraving, American, 19th century

Lumber Jills, Land Girls in Devon, WW1
Lumber Jills, Land Girls in breeches, leggings and hobnailed boots, doing forestry work in Devon during the First World War. 1914-1918

Wrestler Shirley Crabtree alias Big Daddy, poses in the Mirror studio. February 1979

20-year-old Frank Carrodus the Altringham inside-forward who will sign for Manchester City on Thursday pictured in the boot room. October 1969 Z10461

Cooks from the Womens Royal Army Corps (WRAC) seen here on parade. 26th October 1952

The Cape Town Highlanders, 1900. Creator: JE Bruton
The Cape Town Highlanders, 1900. The Cape Town Highlanders infantry regiment of the South African Army was mobilised for active duty during the Second Boer War

The General, 1881. Artist: Spy
The General, 1881. Mourdaunt Fenwick Bisset MP. Bisset served as Conservative MP for West Somerset from 1880-1884. He was Master of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds from 1855 until 1881

Mousquetaires Noirs, petite tenue, 1814-15. Artist: Eugene Titeux
Mousquetaires Noirs, petite tenue, 1814-15. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 2

Edward VII & Kaiser
King Edward VII of England, (left) with his nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (right) and brother, Arthur, Duke of Connaught (centre), during the Kaisers visit to Windsor. Date: November 1907

Girl in yellow with black dog, by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a yellow coat and hat, walking along with a black dog, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s

Catherine II of Russia in Life Guard Uniform on the horse Brillante, 1782. Creator: Vigilius Erichsen
Catherine II of Russia in Life Guard Uniform on the horse Brillante, 1782. Equestrian portrait of Catherine the Great in the uniform of the Preobrazhensky Regiment

Oliver Cromwell, 1867 (oil on canvas)
985100 Oliver Cromwell, 1867 (oil on canvas) by Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb (1816-68); 145.1x107 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Oliver Cromwell. Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1816-1868). Oil on canvas

Preston North End prepare for cup battle with Brighton. Tom Finney, Prestons ace, who has put many a spanner in opposition works during his brilliant career

George Kay and Joe Smith before kick-off, FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 1923, (1935)
George Kay and Joe Smith shake hands before kick-off, FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 28 April 1923, (1935). George Kay (1891-1954), captain of West Ham United

Boots advertisement WW1 - comforts for the trenches
Boots advertisement warning Remember, there are no Chemists Shops in the Trenches. Their suggestions for comforts to send to men at the front include foot comfort, Meloids for a sore throat

London Trade Card - James Potter, Leather Breeches Maker, at the sign of the Boot and Breeches, Shoemaker Row, near Aldgate. 18th century

Man fishing, Fingle Bridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon
Man fishing near Fingle Bridge, a 17th-century stone arch packhorse bridge over the River Teign near Drewsteignton, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. Date: 1974

Boys eating fish and chips, Balham, SW London
Three boys eating fish and chips out of newspaper on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Winter Morning by Muriel Dawson -- two children out walking in the snow with three dogs. Date: 1941

Roller-skating girl cutting a dash on the beachside boardwal
Frivolous - a roller-skating beauty cutting a dash on the beachside boardwalk Date: early 1940s

Sporty equestrian blond posing with her horse
Team-mates - a very pretty sporty equestrian blond in jodhpurs and boots, standing holding the bridle of her thoroughbred black stallion, gloved hand on hip. Date: early 1940s

Cowdray Polo - 1939
Lord Louis Mountbatten and two other team members between chukkas at Cowdray. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N18496

DOG. Chihuahua wearing christmas hat & knitted boots
JD-22130 DOG. Chihuahua wearing christmas hat & knitted boots John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bird. Robin on frosty boot
JD-20676 Bird. Robin on frosty boot Erithacus rubecula John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Grey Squirrel Standing on old boot Norfolk UK
FEU-524 Grey Squirrel Standing on old boot Norfolk UK Sciurus carolinensis Geoff du Feu Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Tony Cairoli Whip Look - Maggiora MX Opening
Stefano Minella

Girl Leaning Over Sink Little Mischief (chromolitho)
733486 Girl Leaning Over Sink Little Mischief (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Advertisement for Cherry Blossom boot polish (colour litho)
6030595 Advertisement for Cherry Blossom boot polish (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Boot factory of Messrs, Manfield and Sons, Ltd. Northampton. Making room. No. of hands - 147. Pulling over uppers. April 1930

Henri Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, 1804, (1839). Creator: Julien Leopold Boilly
Henri Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, 1804, (1839). Clarke (Henri-Jacques-Guillaume) duc de Fettre, Marechal de France. Portrait of Henri Jacques-Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818)

A Wellington Boot- or the Head of the Armye, 19th century. A satirical political cartoon of the Duke of Wellington. Wellington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1827

Cattistock, 1899. Artist: CG
Cattistock, 1899. John Hargreaves on horseback in hunting clothes. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, 30th March 1899

Young crofter with his dog, Shetland, Scotland. Date: circa 1960s

Our Boys Clothing Company, riding and top boots
Our Boys Clothing Company riding and top boots. Date: c.1895

Cartoon, Two emancipated women
Modified wartime silhouette: skirts begin to evoke the barrel-line shape being narrower & court shoes are vying with high boots. Hats: tam-o shanter or high crown. Date: 1918

Cartoon, French soldier and his mother, WW1
Cartoon, French soldier and his mother, taking a borzoi and a lapdog for a walk. He says that people will think she is his fiancee

Mongrel puppy tempted by his masters shoes. Date: 1914

Brochure cover, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton
Brochure cover design, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, advertising Footshape boots by post. Depicting an 18th century scene with a coach and horses and a road sign: Boots by Post in 1780

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"Boots: A Timeless Symbol of Style, Strength, and Adventure" Step into a world where boots reign supreme - from the rugged landscapes to the bustling city streets. Picture No. 11768937 captures the essence of these iconic footwear, showcasing their versatility and enduring appeal. In an unexpected twist, even Heinz couldn't resist featuring boots in their advertisement. It's a testament to how deeply ingrained they are in our culture - transcending industries and capturing our imagination. Take a journey back in time with The Clay Pit by Harold Harvey (1874-1941) or The Old Fisherman by Joseph Edward Southall. These evocative paintings transport us to different eras, where they were not just practical but also symbols of hard work and resilience. The Teddy Boys dancing in the streets of North East Britain remind us that they have always been associated with rebellion and counterculture. Rocking Jim Newark and his Teds exude confidence as they strut their stuff - proving that they are make a bold fashion statement. But it's not all about style; sometimes, it's about power too. Thomas Colleton Garth depicted in Vanity Fair portrays an authoritative figure wearing polished military-style boots while Field Marshal Lord Roberts commands respect on horseback with his commanding presence. Love knows no boundaries - even outside Carnaby Street boutique, where a couple shares an intimate moment while sporting fashionable footwear. Boots become more than just shoes; they become part of personal expression and connection between individuals. From the boxing ring with Jack Johnson to people salmon netting at Bideford, Devon - we witness how boots enable us to conquer challenges both physical and environmental. They provide stability on uncertain terrain while empowering us to push beyond our limits. Finally, let's not forget W Barratt & Co Ltd's brochure illustration from Northampton which showcases craftsmanship at its finest. Each stitch represents dedication passed down through generations - ensuring that every pair tells a story.