Undressing Collection (#8)

Seated Female Nude, 1658. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Seated Female Nude, 1658. From a private collection

The Raised Skirt, 1742. Artist: Francois Boucher
The Raised Skirt, 1742. From a private collection

Cause and Effect by Wallis Mills - tennis fashion cartoon
The new fashion for tennis shorts inspires one player to discard her dress and play in her underwear, much to the consternation and shock of some elderly female spectators. Date: 1931

On a Strip of Shore by Fougasse
A couple, wrapped in gowns and beach towels, look around them aghast at the beach at the (presumably) scantily clad people. Eventually they themselves strip down to the bare minimum. Date: 1931

Edwardian couple undressing
Risqu頩 llustration of a young Italian man undressing his woman. Date: 1910

The Corset -- a young woman tying or untying her corset. circa 1850s

The perennial difficulty of getting changed on the beach when one only has a small wicker handbag and an unhelpful husband for assistance in preserving ones modesty... Date: circa 1950s

Female Type Undressing
Attractive woman undressing in her bedroom

The Pool, 1906, (1918). Artist: Robert Anning Bell
The Pool, 1906, (1918). From The Studio Volume 74. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1918]

A Rakes Progress - 3: The The Orgy, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 3: The The Orgy, 1733. Tom Rakewell is in the Rose Tavern, on Drury Lane, London, being relieved of his pocket watch by two women

Night Piece, c1912. From The Studio Volume 57. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1912-13]

Nude woman sitting on a chaise longue, putting on her shirt, 18th century. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Nude woman sitting on a chaise longue, putting on her shirt, 18th century. From the collection of the British Museum, London, Great Britain

Bather ( La Baigneuse au griffon ), 1870. Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Bather ( La Baigneuse au griffon ), 1870. From the Museu de Arte de Sao Paolo Assis Chateaubriand Sao Paolo, Brazil

Advertisement, Stockings by Carlton. 1936

British soldiers washing at a rest camp
Washing off the mud of Flanders - our Tommies tubbing in a rest camp. British soldiers coming out of the front line, immediately take advantage of a line of tin baths arranged for them at a rest

When May is Out by William Heath Robinson
The residents of a town take the old proverb, Cast ne er a clout, til May is out rather literally now that June has arrived. Even the local policeman has felt the urge to disrobe. Date: 1915

Decontamination Drill, World War II
Decontamination Drill at the Savoy Hotel in London during World War II. Percy Rommey demonstrates the correct method of undressing a man exposed to gas

Vintage WW1 poster of a man removing his jacket preparing to fight
Vintage WW1 poster of a man removing his jacket, preparing to fight, and a newspaper with the headline, Huns Kill Women And Children! It reads, Tell That To The Marines!

Health propaganda poster of a worker dressing in clean clothes and a man showering
Vintage health propaganda poster featuring a worker dressing in clean clothes and a man showering. It reads, Beat The Skin Game, Wear Clean Clothes, A Shower After Work

The Bather, c. 1900 (oil on canvas)
XOS937919 The Bather, c.1900 (oil on canvas) by Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919); 38.1x28.3x1.3 cm; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA; French, out of copyright

The Beach, Trouville
BAL56251 The Beach, Trouville by Fox, Emmanuel Phillips (1865-1915); Private Collection; Australian, out of copyright

Gallant scene (oil on canvas)
XIR417066 Gallant scene (oil on canvas) by Mieris, Jan van (1660-90); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nimes, France; (add.info.: Scene galante; ); Dutch, out of copyright

Morning, The Bathers, left hand side detail, 1772 (oil on canvas) (see also 414961-62)
XIR414960 Morning, The Bathers, left hand side detail, 1772 (oil on canvas) (see also 414961-62) by Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-89); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Le Matin, Les Baigneuses)

Morning, The Bathers, central detail, 1772 (oil on canvas) (see also 414960 & 414962)
XIR414961 Morning, The Bathers, central detail, 1772 (oil on canvas) (see also 414960 & 414962) by Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-89); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Le Matin, Les Baigneuses)

Morning, The Bathers, 1772 (oil on canvas)
XIR425263 Morning, The Bathers, 1772 (oil on canvas) by Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-89); 98x162 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Le Matin, Les Baigneuses; ); French, out of copyright

Bathroom Interior (oil on canvas)
XCF272236 Bathroom Interior (oil on canvas) by Pater, Jean-Baptiste Joseph (1695-1736); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Dr Grahams Cold Earth and Warm Mud Bathing Establishment at 26 Fleet Street
XYC250001 Dr Grahams Cold Earth and Warm Mud Bathing Establishment at 26 Fleet Street, London (pen & ink with w/c over graphite on paper) by Rowlandson

Woman at her Toilet, 1835 (oil on canvas)
XIR223481 Woman at her Toilet, 1835 (oil on canvas) by Wachsmuth, Ferdinand (1802-69); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse, France; French, out of copyright

The Dancers, 1905-09 (oil on canvas)
XIR210393 The Dancers, 1905-09 (oil on canvas) by Pelez, Fernand (1843-1913); 163x170 cm; Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du Petit-Palais, France; French, out of copyright

Soldier taking off his chainmail, from the The Vallardi Album (pen & ink on paper)
XIR242752 Soldier taking off his chainmail, from the The Vallardi Album (pen & ink on paper) (b/w photo) by Pisanello, Antonio (1395-1455); Louvre, Paris, France; Italian, out of copyright

Nude in an Interior, Woman Removing her Shirt, 1900 (oil on card)
XIR205736 Nude in an Interior, Woman Removing her Shirt, 1900 (oil on card) by Vallotton, Felix Edouard (1865-1925); 55.5x30.5 cm; Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: Nu dans nu Interieur)

Eleven O Clock in the Evening, 1830-48 (colour litho)
XIR177985 Eleven O Clock in the Evening, 1830-48 (colour litho) by Deveria, Achille (1800-57); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

Lady in a Hat, 1908 (oil on canvas)
BAL172712 Lady in a Hat, 1908 (oil on canvas) by Vallotton, Felix Edouard (1865-1925); 71x65 cm; State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; Swiss, out of copyright

The Fountain of Life, detail of people arriving and bathing in the fountain, 1418-30
XAL170251 The Fountain of Life, detail of people arriving and bathing in the fountain, 1418-30 (fresco) by Jaquerio, Giacomo (fl.1403-53); Castello della Manta, Saluzzo

Half-Naked Woman with a Hat, 1911 (oil on canvas)
XIR182103 Half-Naked Woman with a Hat, 1911 (oil on canvas) by Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig (1880-1938); 76x70 cm; Wallraf Richartz Museum, Cologne

Popular Plays - His Majestys Servant - Proud Lad in uniform
Popular Plays - His Majestys Servant - A proud lad in his cadets uniform strides along with an arrogant swagger borne out of the confidence his uniform provides

Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - After the ceremony, the bride heads off to bed with sweet hope ! Date: circa 1910s

Billiards Illustrated - Spot Barred
A relaxing Vicar, just about to don his tripey bathing suit and take a dip at a likelt spot, is thwarted by a zealous landowner

Birthing chair in use. Midwife works underneath the mothers clothing while her assistant supports the mother from behind. 16th century woodcut from Eucharius Roslin " The Garden of Roses"

France, The temptations of Saint Anthony
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), The Temptations of Saint Anthony, 1869

Italy, Rome, Painting of Saint Nicolas Giving Three Balls of Gold to Three Poor Girls
Gentile da Fabriano (ca. 1370-ca. 1427), Saint Nicolas Giving Three Balls of Gold to Three Poor Girls

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Se desnuda para siempre. (Undressing himself for ever and ever). Romanticism. Drawing. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum

The night mare. Cartoon shows a scantily clad woman asleep on a bed, a little man sitting on her chest pulling back her see-through covers

Beach scene at New Beach, the most popular beach near Provincetown. Regular bus service makes this beach easily available; lack of bath houses causes a great deal of picturesque dressing

Tonik fabric advertisement, 1962
Advertisement for Tonik, the aristocratic mohair cloth by Dormeuil. Its crisp, impeccable, superbly comfortable qualities make a Tonik suit the ideal thing to step aboard a glamorous Pullman train

Tatler front cover, 2 March 1960
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a girl in a fancy dress mask, getting changed behind an antique screen, a fur coat and bouquet of roses lying on a chair nearby

Voyeurism, conceptual artwork
Voyeurism. Conceptual artwork of a female eye looking through a heart-shaped hole. This represents a stalker or voyeur, who is spying through a hole in a wall or door

CASSATT: LA TOILETTE, 1891. Drypoint and aquatint by Mary Cassatt

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