Personal Collection (page 4)

Letter from The Complete Dossier of the Meeting of the Bar du Chateau
475039 Letter from The Complete Dossier of the Meeting of the Bar du Chateau, 19th February, 1929 (pen & ink on paper) (see also 475036 to 475040) by Crevel

Monkeys tending to the hair of a lion (chromolitho)
3657015 Monkeys tending to the hair of a lion (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Monkeys tending to the hair of a lion)

Page 1, Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March - 5 April 1776 (ink on paper)
3427857 Page 1, Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March - 5 April 1776 (ink on paper) by American School, (18th century); Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA

Fantastic Coiffure, the rose bower (litho)
3632302 Fantastic Coiffure, the rose bower (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fantastic Coiffure, the rose bower)

Semi-fantastic Coiffure for theatre or ball (litho)
3632301 Semi-fantastic Coiffure for theatre or ball (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Semi-fantastic Coiffure for theatre or ball)

Coiffure with slanting waves and low-neck dressing (litho)
3632299 Coiffure with slanting waves and low-neck dressing (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coiffure with slanting waves and low-neck dressing)

Special Coiffure for evening wear (litho)
3632297 Special Coiffure for evening wear (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Special Coiffure for evening wear)

Shingled Coiffure, divisional mode, turn-over waves (litho)
3632289 Shingled Coiffure, divisional mode, turn-over waves (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shingled Coiffure, divisional mode, turn-over waves)

Waved and curled shingled Coiffure with chignon (litho)
3632280 Waved and curled shingled Coiffure with chignon (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Waved and curled shingled Coiffure with chignon)

The curly Coiffure (litho)
3632276 The curly Coiffure (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The curly Coiffure. Illustration for The Art and Craft of Hairdressing edited by Gilbert A Foan)

Modern shingle, with turn-over sides (litho)
3632274 Modern shingle, with turn-over sides (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern shingle, with turn-over sides)

Modern shingle, simple mode, waved (litho)
3632272 Modern shingle, simple mode, waved (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern shingle, simple mode, waved)

Letter to James Muirhead, 16th July 1873 (pen & ink on paper)
5667114 Letter to James Muirhead, 16th July 1873 (pen & ink on paper) by Linnell, John (1792-1882); Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; eFitzwilliam Museum; English, out of copyright

Letter to the artists granddaughter Angela Thirkell (pencil on paper)
6322827 Letter to the artists granddaughter Angela Thirkell (pencil on paper) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); Private Collection; (add.info.: A folio of twenty letters)

Frog Purse (mixed media)
1217569 Frog Purse (mixed media) by English School, (17th century); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Anonymous, English undefined: 6 x 8 x 2 cm x 2 cm silk and metal threads)

Dirigible balloons: a hello in passing (chromolitho)
974644 Dirigible balloons: a hello in passing (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dirigible balloons: a hello in passing)

Junction at Siccar Point of the prim & secondary sandstone
1127370 Junction at Siccar Point of the prim & secondary sandstone, page from Sir Humphry Davys Personal Notebook (ink on paper) by Davy, Humphry (1778-1829); The Royal Institution, London

Rosary given to Anna-Maria Taigi by Princess Barberini (gold and precious stone)
CHT418381 Rosary given to Anna-Maria Taigi by Princess Barberini (gold and precious stone) by Italian School, (19th century); San Crisogono, Rome

Tablettes a ecrire en usage chez les Romains (engraving)
2787812 Tablettes a ecrire en usage chez les Romains (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tablettes a ecrire en usage chez les Romains)

Fan, reverse, c. 1890-c. 1950 (cotton)
2972924 Fan, reverse, c.1890-c.1950 (cotton) by Japanese School; The Geffrye Museum of the Home, London, UK; eGeffrye Museum; Japanese, out of copyright

Demolition workers in SE London
Men demolishing houses in south-east London, with little personal protection. Date: circa 1960s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ve Come to the Conclusion
The caption says I ve come to the conclusion. The conspiratorial togetherness of the two figures suggests that some very personal matter is being discussed

Advert for Sterling toilet Service from Goldsmiths & Silversmiths, London, 1925 showing cloth brush, powder jar, hair brush, dressing comb and hand mirror Date: 1925

John Gower (1340-1408) was an English poet, a contemporary of William Langland and the Pearl Poet, and a personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer. Date: 1875

Fraktur Painting (pen & ink with w / c on paper)
1562641 Fraktur Painting (pen & ink with w/c on paper) by American School, (19th century); Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info)

Pelican in its Piety, Fraktur Painting, c. 1810 (pen & ink with w / c on paper)
1562640 Pelican in its Piety, Fraktur Painting, c.1810 (pen & ink with w/c on paper) by Kulp, David (1777-1834); Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info)

Tired and drunken man at a raucous dinner party with foxhunters. Miseries of Social Life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Man cleaning his ear (ink and colour on silk)
FSG325115 Man cleaning his ear (ink and colour on silk) by Chinese School, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); 31.5x42.3 cm; Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution

Captain Woodward, 1st Australian Tunneling Company
Captain Oliver Woodward was one of the heroes of the underground war at Hill 60. He had trained as a mining engineer and during his military career won the MC and two bars

Anglo-Saxon Relics, Personal Ornaments of Gold and Bronze. Enamelled ring of King Ethelwulf, enamelled brooch set with garnets, engraved pins, enamelled bronze cross with gold mount, gold cross

Autograph war letter, 1915-19 (pen & ink on paper)
2909387 Autograph war letter, 1915-19 (pen & ink on paper) by Vache, Jacques (1895-1919); Private Collection; (add.info.: Addressed to AndreBreton)

Autograph letter to Therese or Barbe Durieux, dated 19 April 1770 (pen & ink on vellum
2961209 Autograph letter to TherAse or Barbe Durieux, dated 19 April 1770 (pen & ink on vellum) (verso of 2961210) by Habsburg-Lothringen

Autograph letter to Col. H. W. Feilden, Hotel Bellvue Cannes, 9th April
957194 Autograph letter to Col. H. W. Feilden, Hotel Bellvue Cannes, 9th April, 1921 (pen & ink on paper) by Kipling, Joseph Rudyard (1865-1936); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English

Letter to Josephine de Beauharnais, 1795-6 (pen & ink on paper) (see also 700245-6)
700247 Letter to Josephine de Beauharnais, 1795-6 (pen & ink on paper) (see also 700245-6) by Bonaparte, Napoleon (1769-1821); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Joseph and Bathsheba Pope carved and applied valuables cabinet, Salem, Massachussetts
CH465381 The Joseph and Bathsheba Pope carved and applied valuables cabinet, Salem, Massachussetts, 1679 (oak) (see also 465380) by Symonds, James (1633-1714) (attr)

Letter to the artists granddaughter Angela Thirkell (pencil on paper)
6322820 Letter to the artists granddaughter Angela Thirkell (pencil on paper) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); Private Collection; (add.info.: A folio of twenty letters)

Letter to Francis G. Waugh, 30th June, 1858 (pen & ink on paper)
483690 Letter to Francis G. Waugh, 30th June, 1858 (pen & ink on paper) by Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812-70); Free Library of Philadelphia; eFree Library of Philadelphia; Rare Book Department

Advertisement for Dr Scotts Electric Hair and Flesh Brush (engraving)
669015 Advertisement for Dr Scotts Electric Hair and Flesh Brush (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor in Personal Property (1937). Harlow is wearing a Dolly Tree negligee Date: 1937

Jean Harlow in a strking black and white gown in Personal Property (1937). Margaret Bailey in Those Glorious Glamorous Years described this gown

The Song of Songs which is Solomon s, 8th September 1907 (pen & ink and w / c on paper)
NCO90859 The Song of Songs which is Solomon s, 8th September 1907 (pen & ink and w/c on paper) by Kipling, Joseph Rudyard (1865-1936); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

Personal seals in wax from the Middle Ages
Various personal seals from the time of King Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI and Edward IV. Handcoloured etching drawn

Three Ladies Reading (chromolitho)
732983 Three Ladies Reading (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Three Ladies Reading.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

A letter from John Row, a student at St Andrews, to his uncle, 1691 (pen & ink on paper)
2919806 A letter from John Row, a student at St Andrews, to his uncle, 1691 (pen & ink on paper) by Row, John (fl.1691); The University of St

Signed letter from William Henry Fox Talbot to James David Forbes
2919835 Signed letter from William Henry Fox Talbot to James David Forbes, 1839 (pen & ink on paper) by Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800-77); The University of St

Super-modern Coiffure for bobbed hair (litho)
3632300 Super-modern Coiffure for bobbed hair (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Super-modern Coiffure for bobbed hair)

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