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Overcoat Collection (#3)

"Through Time and Style: The Enduring Elegance of the Overcoat" Winston Churchill, with his indomitable spirit

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Client: Ledux - Outdoors Camel Overcoat

Client: Ledux - Outdoors Camel Overcoat - June 22, 1953. Date: 1953

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Women buying ice-cream from an ice-cream cart, in Revolution Square in Moscow, Russia

Women buying ice-cream from an ice-cream cart, in Revolution Square in Moscow, Russia
3567022 Women buying ice-cream from an ice-cream cart, in Revolution Square in Moscow, Russia by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Moscow, Revolution Square, Russia 1960 ca)

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Two supervisors at the Grand National high hurdles in Liverpool

Two supervisors at the Grand National high hurdles in Liverpool
3572892 Two supervisors at the Grand National high hurdles in Liverpool by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Liverpool, Great Britain 1940 ca)

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Group portrait

Group portrait
3571339 Group portrait by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Italy 1930-1940 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Worst Comes to Worst-We'll Look at His Etchings, 1934 (pastel and pencil on board)

Worst Comes to Worst-We'll Look at His Etchings, 1934 (pastel and pencil on board)
822782 Worst Comes to Worst-We'll Look at His Etchings, 1934 (pastel and pencil on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 57x42 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Portrait of a young woman in front of the stairs of San Niccolo, Florence

Portrait of a young woman in front of the stairs of San Niccolo, Florence
3562379 Portrait of a young woman in front of the stairs of San Niccolo, Florence by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Florence 1919 Photographer)

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Woman in garden, 1903-04, 1903-1904 (print on double-weight paper)

Woman in garden, 1903-04, 1903-1904 (print on double-weight paper)
3561430 Woman in garden, 1903-04, 1903-1904 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: United States 1903-1904 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Background imageOvercoat Collection: A king and his mac-bearer, 1310. The king in plate armour with ailettes, surcoat, crown

A king and his mac-bearer, 1310. The king in plate armour with ailettes, surcoat, crown, sword and shield
FLO4678371 A king and his mac-bearer, 1310. The king in plate armour with ailettes, surcoat, crown, sword and shield. His mac-bearer in chainmail armour, with studded cloth gauntlet

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Robert Rouse, Kind Templar, 1270. He wears a long surcoat over chainmail hauberk and chausses

Robert Rouse, Kind Templar, 1270. He wears a long surcoat over chainmail hauberk and chausses, knee poleyns
FLO4678313 Robert Rouse, Kind Templar, 1270. He wears a long surcoat over chainmail hauberk and chausses, knee poleyns, and carries a large battle axe and shield with coat of arms

Background imageOvercoat Collection: John Pender (1815-1896)

John Pender (1815-1896)
864750 John Pender (1815-1896); (add.info.: John Pender (1815-1896), English textile merchant, Liberal politician and pioneer of submarine telegraphy

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Mr Pickwick leaving 48 Doughty Street, 1910 (oil on canvas)

Mr Pickwick leaving 48 Doughty Street, 1910 (oil on canvas)
DHM139135 Mr Pickwick leaving 48 Doughty Street, 1910 (oil on canvas) by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Charles Dickens Museum, London

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service. Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920
Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920. Shows William Sowden Sims (1858-1936), who was the leader of U.S. Naval forces in Europe during World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Rev. Dr. A.T. Guttery, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Rev. Dr. A.T. Guttery, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Rev. Dr. A.T. Guttery, 1918. Shows Arthur Thomas Guttery (1862-1920), President of the Primitive Methodist Conference who came to the United States on September 11, 1918

Background imageOvercoat Collection: J.H. Patterson, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

J.H. Patterson, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
J.H. Patterson, between c1915 and c1920. Shows industrialist John Henry Patterson (1844-1922), who founded the National Cash Register Company

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Canadians from France, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Canadians from France, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Canadians from France, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageOvercoat Collection: In Union Sq. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

In Union Sq. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
In Union Sq. between c1910 and c1915

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Col Chas. R. Howland & staff, 3 Dec 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Col Chas. R

Col Chas. R. Howland & staff, 3 Dec 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Col Chas. R. Howland & staff, 3 Dec 1918
Col Chas. R. Howland & staff, 3 Dec 1918. Colonel Charles Roscoe Howland (1871-1946) and staff at Wallendorf, Germany, after World War I, Dec. 3, 1918

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Pres't's flag, Paris, 31 Dec 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Pres't's flag, Paris, 31 Dec 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Pres't's flag, Paris, 31 Dec 1918. A flag, probably used on the car of President Woodrow Wilson when he visited Paris to attend the Paris Peace Conference after World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: War Camp Community Serv. between c1915 and c1918. Creator: Bain News Service

War Camp Community Serv. between c1915 and c1918. Creator: Bain News Service
War Camp Community Serv. between c1915 and c1918. Person in coat standing outside building with signs reading "War Camp Community Service" and "Michigan Society of New York"

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Marines from Mich. 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Marines from Mich. 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines from Mich. 1918 or 1919. American Marines from Michigan after their return to the United States after World War I. One soldier wears a German Pickelhaube helmet

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Wounded return, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Wounded return, 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded return, 1918 or 1919. Wounded American soldiers on a ship after their return to the United States after World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Werrenrath, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Werrenrath, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Werrenrath, 1918. American baritone opera singer Reinald Werrenrath (1883-1953) at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, Federal Hall, New York City in 1918 during World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: G.W. Wickersham, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

G.W. Wickersham, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
G.W. Wickersham, 1918. Lawyer and Presidential Cabinet Secretary George Woodward Wickersham (1858-1936) at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, Federal Hall

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Lufberry at Guynemer Memorial, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Lufberry at Guynemer Memorial, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Lufberry at Guynemer Memorial, 1917 or 1918. Fighter pilot Gervais Raoul Lufbery (1885-1918) who served in French Air Force and U.S. Army Air Service during World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Crown Prince Germany at front, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Crown Prince Germany at front, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Crown Prince Germany at front, 1915. German Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951) visiting a military unit in Argonne, France in Feb. 1915 during World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Going to Camp Upton, Sept 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Going to Camp Upton, Sept 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Going to Camp Upton, Sept 1917. American recruits going to Camp Upton, a U.S. Army installation located on Long Island, in Yaphank, New York, during World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Thomas, Haig, Joffre, Lloyd George, 12 Sept 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Thomas, Haig, Joffre, Lloyd George, 12 Sept 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Thomas, Haig, Joffre, Lloyd George, 12 Sept 1916. Lloyd George, British Minister of Munitions; Gen. Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army; Gen

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Gen. Nivelle at Noyon, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Nivelle at Noyon, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Nivelle at Noyon, between c1915 and 1918. French artillery officer Robert Georges Nivelle (1856-1924) who served in the Boxer Rebellion and World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Russian Church at Suwalki in German hands, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Russian Church at Suwalki in German hands, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Church at Suwalki in German hands, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers outside a Russian church in Suwalki, Poland during World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Germans at Berry-Au-Bac, Sept 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Germans at Berry-Au-Bac, Sept 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans at Berry-Au-Bac, Sept 1914 (date created or published later). German soldiers at Berry-Au-Bac, France during World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: King Ludwig of Bavaria & Excellenz von Strantz, 6 Jan 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

King Ludwig of Bavaria & Excellenz von Strantz, 6 Jan 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
King Ludwig of Bavaria & Excellenz von Strantz, 6 Jan 1915 (date created or published later). Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845-1921) and General Hermann von Strantz (1853-1936)

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Staff of Kaiserin's Hospital train, Dr. Israels, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Staff of Kaiserin's Hospital train, Dr. Israels, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Staff of Kaiserin's Hospital train, Dr. Israels, between c1914 and c1915. Staff of the hospital train of Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (wife of Wilhelm II of Germany), during World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Three generations: A.P. Kalganov with son and granddaughter; the last two work in the shops

Three generations: A.P. Kalganov with son and granddaughter; the last two work in the shops of the Zlatoust plant, 1910. Two men and a woman posed outdoors at the Zlatoust arms plant. A. P

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Group of peasants from Korobovo, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Group of peasants from Korobovo, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Group of peasants from Korobovo, 1910. Twelve men pose in front of a log building. In album: Views along the upper Volga River, from Kashin to Makarev, Russian Empire

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Kaiser in field, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Kaiser in field, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser in field, between 1914 and c1915. Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, with troops during World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: German bridge train, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German bridge train, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German bridge train, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers standing in road next to wagons during World War I

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Zh. Baiskich with Friends, 1921. Creator: Unknown

Zh. Baiskich with Friends, 1921. Creator: Unknown
Zh. Baiskich with Friends, 1921. The "Kuzbass" autonomous industrial colony was created in 1921. It was organized by American workers

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Dal'geolkom Collective Seeing off Geologist P.I. Polevoi to Leningrad, 1928. Creator: Unknown

Dal'geolkom Collective Seeing off Geologist P.I. Polevoi to Leningrad, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Dal'geolkom Collective Seeing off Geologist P.I. Polevoi to Leningrad, 1928. From the family archive of prominent geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

Background imageOvercoat Collection: The banner of the Berdsk regional executive committee is held by the soldiers of the 3rd... 1928

The banner of the Berdsk regional executive committee is held by the soldiers of the 3rd... 1928. Creator: GP Putintsev
The banner of the Berdsk regional executive committee is held by the soldiers of the 3rd Berdsk battalion of the 62nd Red Banner Regiment, 1928

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Berd battalion of the Red Banner Regiment, 1928. Creator: GP Putintsev

Berd battalion of the Red Banner Regiment, 1928. Creator: GP Putintsev
Berd battalion of the Red Banner Regiment, 1928. From a collection of 153 photographs and documents drawn from the personal archives of people who lived in the town of Berdsk in the late 19th

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in overcoat and hat and smoking a cigar

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in overcoat and hat and smoking a cigar, walking alone on the deck of HMS Prince of Wales
528726 Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in overcoat and hat and smoking a cigar, walking alone on the deck of HMS Prince of Wales during the Atlantic Conference

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Unknown man, c18th century. Creator: Thomas Hazlehurst

Unknown man, c18th century. Creator: Thomas Hazlehurst
Unknown man, c18th century

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Self portrait, c1780 Creator: Peter Adolf Hall

Self portrait, c1780 Creator: Peter Adolf Hall
Self portrait, c1780

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Portrait of a Lady, c19th century. Creator: Ernst Josephson

Portrait of a Lady, c19th century. Creator: Ernst Josephson
Portrait of a Lady, c19th century

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Pehr Axel Nystrom, 1793-1868, 1832. Creator: Erik Wahlbergson

Pehr Axel Nystrom, 1793-1868, 1832. Creator: Erik Wahlbergson
Pehr Axel Nystrom, 1793-1868, 1832

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Self-Portrait, 1920. Creator: Ludvig Karsten

Self-Portrait, 1920. Creator: Ludvig Karsten
Self-Portrait, 1920

Background imageOvercoat Collection: The King of Italy in France; The King of Italy and his father-in-law, September 28, 1917

The King of Italy in France; The King of Italy and his father-in-law, September 28, 1917, Creator: Unknown
The King of Italy in France; The King of Italy and his father-in-law, September 28, 1917, in Neuilly, on the doorstep of the hotel inhabited by the King of Montenegro, 1917

Background imageOvercoat Collection: Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1829. Creator: Thomas Sully

Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1829. Creator: Thomas Sully
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1829. Charles Carroll (1737-1832) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. This watercolour is closely related to an oil painting of the same sitter




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"Through Time and Style: The Enduring Elegance of the Overcoat" Winston Churchill, with his indomitable spirit, dons an overcoat while making his famous V for Victory sign in 1942 - a symbol of resilience and determination. A Bristol Boxkite takes flight at Filton, its pilot protected from the elements by a trusty overcoat - showcasing the practicality and functionality of this timeless garment. British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith visits Ireland in 1914 (1951), exuding authority as he wears an impeccably tailored overcoat - a symbol of power and prestige. Bill Sykes, portrayed in 1939's adaptation of Oliver Twist, sports a rugged overcoat that mirrors his menacing demeanor - illustrating how clothing can reflect one's character. Pieter Bruegel the Elder's masterpiece "Whatever I do, I do not Repent, I Keep Pissing against the Moon" depicts peasants wearing humble yet sturdy overcoats as they go about their daily lives - highlighting their enduring popularity among all social classes. In Charles Dickens' Dombey & Son, Mr Toots struts confidently through London streets wearing an elegant overcoat alongside his beloved pet chicken - proving that fashion knows no bounds or species. A newspaper seller braves chilly winds in 1933 while bundled up in an overcoat adorned with headlines that capture attention even before words are read aloud - emphasizing both warmth and style. An advertisement from 1902 showcases Peter Robinsons' boys clothing collection featuring smartly dressed young gentlemen sporting dapper overcoats – ensuring they embody sophistication from an early age. John Ruskin, renowned English writer and art critic depicted in a caricature lithograph from 1872 by Adriano Cecioni proudly wears an exquisite tailored overcoat that complements his refined taste – a testament to the garment's timeless appeal.