Captioned Collection (#5)

The element of water, Jacob de Gheyn (II), 1595 - 1597

The element of fire, Jacob de Gheyn (II), 1595 - 1597

Portrait of Alain IV, Duke of Brittany, he wears a fur hat, print maker: Nicolas Pitau (I) (mentioned on object), Dating 1644 - 1671

Head of Christ in glory, print maker: Louis Bernard Coclers, Jan van Eyck possibly, 1756

Four scenes of men and women courting(?) while riding in balloons captioned with rebuses. Date between 1783 and 1800

Man posting an advertisement for La publicite en France par Emile Mermet on a city wall between a poster of two people captioned les femmes and a poster of a Montgolfier hot-air balloon

Circus Acrobat, c. 1888
Engraving showing a circus acrobat, performing his role as the base of the human pyramid. This image was originally captioned: The Supporter of the Family

Christmas Decorations by William Barribal
A montage illustration featuring various young women wearing an array of hats and bonnets captioned crackers

Advertisement for Dunlop tyres
An illustrated advertisement of a great hall full of cars for Dunlop tyres, captioned Wherever you see a lot of cars- you see a lot of Dunlop tyres

Advertisement for Mobil oil
Advertisement captioned Alive with Power for Mobil oil

Inventions great and small: shaving in public
Amusing photograph of a man shaving in a train carriage captioned How to beguile the morning journey, or shaving in public; a sight which may become common if a recent automatic dry-shaving apparatus

Benzine motor
Photograph captioned The new power and the old potenate; Benzine motor adopted for use in the Russian army passing Peter the Greats statue

The Pretty Pastry Cook
She is captioned The Pretty Pastry Cook but the proof of her pies will be in the eating. (note an early example of a tradesperson using a paper bag.)

Edward IV / J Parker
KING EDWARD IV Captioned: Richard III Act II Scene I. As a young man

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