Wide Brimmed Collection

Chinese Farmer with Palmleaf Raincoat carrying hoe and smoking a cheroot. Date: circa 1905

Peasant with His Hand in His Cloak, c1638. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
Peasant with His Hand in His Cloak, c1638

A Bavarian Peasant Girl, 1885-1887. Creator: Hanna Pauli
A Bavarian Peasant Girl, 1885-1887

Woman Suffrage - Birthday Cake, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Birthday Cake, 1916
Woman Suffrage - Birthday Cake, 1916. Shows Gertrude Crocker (right, wearing wide-brimmed hat), holding cake with another woman, possibly her sister Ruth

Dolly Madison Breakfast - Mrs. O.W. Underwood, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Dolly Madison Breakfast - Mrs. O.W
Dolly Madison Breakfast - Mrs. O.W. Underwood, 1912. Society occasion, USA. Bertha Woodward was married to lawyer and politician Oscar Wilder Underwood

Claudia Lyon of Texas, Sponsor At Launching of U.S.S. Texas, May 18, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Claudia Lyon of Texas, Sponsor At Launching of U.S.S. Texas, May 18, 1912. [Claudia Lyon was the daughter of Colonel Cecil Lyon, Republican national committeeman from Texas]

Claudia Lyon of Texas, Sponsor At Launching of U.S.S. Texas, May 18, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Claudia Lyon of Texas, Sponsor At Launching of U.S.S. Texas, May 18, 1912. [Claudia Lyon was the daughter of Colonel Cecil Lyon, Republican national committeeman from Texas]

Claudia Lyon, Miss Garland Bonner, May Colquitt...At Launching of U.S.S. Texas, May 18, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Claudia Lyon, Miss Garland Bonner, May Colquitt, Miss Ura Link, and Miss Mae Furey At Launching of U.S.S. Texas, May 18, 1912

Claudia Lyon of Texas, Sponsor At Launching of U.S.S. Texas, May 18, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Claudia Lyon of Texas, Sponsor At Launching of U.S.S. Texas, May 18, 1912. [Claudia Lyon was the daughter of Colonel Cecil Lyon, Republican national committeeman from Texas]

Fashions for May - Straw Hats, for Promenade, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Fashions for May - Straw Hats, for Promenade, 1850. The broad-brimmed Straw Hat is for the promenade'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850

Comic Postcard - feeble Vicar not tempted by a pretty girl
Comic Postcard - ( My Word !) Get Thee behind me Temptress - a feeble and effete Vicar not tempted by a pretty girl, although one wonders if she is quite his type anyway... 1910

Heres a lad a-being naught - saying things he never ought! A young scamp of a country lad whispers something rather cheeky into his young girl friends ear! Date: 1950

WW1 - Italy - A cycling sharpshooter - Bersaglieri
WW1 - A mobile member of the Italian Army - a cycling sharpshooter ( Bersaglieri ). The Bersaglieri are a corps of the Italian Army originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora in the 1830s to

Saint James the Pilgrim. Circle of Pedro Berruguete. Early 16th century. Oil on board. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Saint James the Pilgrim. Statue, 16th -17th centuries. Southern Germany. Polychromed wood. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Design for a Bathing Dress, from Costumes Parisien, pub. 1912 (pochoir print)
3664635 Design for a Bathing Dress, from Costumes Parisien, pub.1912 (pochoir print) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932); The Stapleton Collection

Portrait of Lady Maud Cavendish (oil on canvas)
621546 Portrait of Lady Maud Cavendish (oil on canvas) by Peacock, Ralph (1868-1946); 137.2x71.1 cm; The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; (add.info.: Lady Maud Cavendish (1896-1975)

Monstrosities of 1825 & 6, 1835 (hand-coloured engraving)
2562218 Monstrosities of 1825 & 6, 1835 (hand-coloured engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Finely Dressed Lady
A Victorian lady in an alpine scene, wearing a finely frilled dress with puffed sleeves and a wide-brimmed feathered hat, holding a posy of yellow roses. Date: 1902

Portrait of Anton Fugger, c. 1500-29 (oil on lime panel)
REV346629 Portrait of Anton Fugger, c.1500-29 (oil on lime panel) by Maler, Hans or Johan (fl.1510-1523); 59x40 cm; Louvre-Lens

Lady sitting on a natural seat beneath a rock cliff
Lady photographed sitting on a natural seat beneath a rock cliff - British seaside - shaded by the strong summer midday sun and a large wide-brimmed hat! Date: circa 1930s

Painting of a young girl wearing a wide-brimmed hat
A postcard reproduction of an unattributed painting of a young girl wearing a wide-brimmed hat holding a lrge nuch of flowers. Date: circa 1910s

Madame Roubiliac, c. 1760 (oil on canvas)
478364 Madame Roubiliac, c.1760 (oil on canvas) by Vispre, Francois (1730-90); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Madame Roubiliac)

Lavinia Bingham, Countess Spencer, c. 1787 (oil on canvas)
HEH416358 Lavinia Bingham, Countess Spencer, c.1787 (oil on canvas) by Reynolds, Joshua (1723-92) (after); 76.5x63.8 cm; Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA

Large Hat, little girl - Mabel Luci Attwell postcard
" It would be nice to see more of each other!" - Large Hat, little girl - Mabel Luci Attwell postcard. Date: circa 1938

Samuel Manasseh Ben Israel, Jewish Author, 1636 (etching)
1069899 Samuel Manasseh Ben Israel, Jewish Author, 1636 (etching) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 14.8x10.6 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Samuel Manasseh Ben Israel)

Portrait of Miss Gresham (silver gelatin print)
MNY381358 Portrait of Miss Gresham (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 25.4x2.0.3 cm; Museum of the City of New York, USA; eMuseum of the City of New York; American

Islanders of Sir James Halls Group, 1820 (coloured aquatint)
468803 Islanders of Sir James Halls Group, 1820 (coloured aquatint) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The islands of Yeonpyeong, Baengnyeong and Daecheong)

Portrait of an artist in a wide brimmed hat, early 1900s (litho)
2617469 Portrait of an artist in a wide brimmed hat, early 1900s (litho) by Belleroche, Albert de (1864-1944); 42.2x32.3 cm; Private Collection; eLiss Fine Art; English, out of copyright

Hat Designs by Martha Lowenthal, from Styl, pub. 1922 (pochoir print)
3496753 Hat Designs by Martha Lowenthal, from Styl, pub.1922 (pochoir print) by German School, (20th century); The Stapleton Collection; German, out of copyright

Portrait of Miss Gresham (silver gelatin print)
MNY381359 Portrait of Miss Gresham (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 25.4x20.3 cm; Museum of the City of New York, USA; eMuseum of the City of New York; American

The stages of hairdressing (colour litho)
3096438 The stages of hairdressing (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The stages of hairdressing. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Bonnet, c. 1936. Creator: Lillian Causey
Bonnet, c. 1936

Portrait of a Man in a Wide-Brimmed Hat, early 1630s. Creator: Jan Cossiers
Portrait of a Man in a Wide-Brimmed Hat, early 1630s. Possibly by Jan Cossiers

The Jade Shawl
circa 1910s

Modern Oddities by P. Pry Esq. Plate 1st: The Sleeves Curiously Cut, Ay There s
Modern Oddities by P. Pry Esq. Plate 1st: The Sleeves Curiously Cut, Ay Theres the Villainy - vide Shakespeare, June 30, 1829

Humour Brobdignag bonnet Cruikshank 19th century cartoon
This is a cartoon etching by the well-known Victorian social caricaturist / cartoonist George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878), dated May 20th, 1828

The Marquesa de Pontejos, by Goya
The Marquesa de Pontejos by Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) - painting on canvas (1785-1790). Date: circa 1788

Do we need the Actress?. Mr Edgar Atchison-Ely in Rational Dress. Date: 1904
" Do we need the Actress?". Mr Edgar Atchison-Ely in Rational Dress. Date: 1904

Young Boy in Summer attire - Studio photo on a donkey
Young Boy in his summer beach attire and sunhat - Studio photo, with the young lad seated on a rather care-worn donkey! Date: circa 1920

A street artist, with a long beard smoking a large pipe
A street artist, with a long beard and smoking a large pipe, paints outdoors in Palma, Mallorca, Spain. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and is surrounded by his colourful paintings Date: 2006

Variety of Fashionable headwear in the 1910s
Variety of Womens Fashionable headwear in the 1910s, from wide-brimmed hats with bows and feathers to smaller caps and bonnets - paving the way toward the familiar styles of the later 1920s

Girl in bright pink dress with ENORMOUS hat
Girl in bright pink dress with an ENORMOUS flower-adorned hat and carrying a pink parasol. Date: 1909

Harem Skirt - Enormous Hat
The Harem Skirt - The Simple Life - The shade option provided by wearing an all-encompassing hat! Date: 1911

Algeria - An Insurgent aiming his rifle - one might suggest his choice of headgear would not be the most inconspicuous choice available... Date: circa 1907

Five stylish ladies of the Place Vendome, Paris, France. Rather wonderfully, this was sent by a mysterious lady called Lola... Date: circa 1905

Queen Victoria of Spain with Prince Alfonso, Princess Maria Christina and Princess Beatrice, 1911
H.M. Queen Victoria of Spain with the Prince of the Asturias, Princess Maria Christina and Princess Beatrice, 1911. Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969), a granddaughter of Queen Victoria

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"Exploring the World Through Wide-Brimmed Wonders" From the lush fields of China to the vibrant streets of Vietnam, wide-brimmed hats have been a timeless symbol of protection and style. In a captivating image from Myanmar, we witness a Chinese farmer donning a palmleaf raincoat and carrying his trusty hoe, shielded by his wide-brimmed hat against nature's elements. Traveling back in time to medieval Spain, we encounter Saint James the Pilgrim depicted in two distinct artworks. The Circle of Pedro Berruguete presents us with an exquisite painting showcasing Saint James adorned with his iconic wide-brimmed hat. Meanwhile, an awe-inspiring statue from the 16th-17th centuries immortalizes this revered figure. Humor takes center stage as we stumble upon a comic postcard featuring a feeble Vicar who remains steadfastly untempted by the allure of a pretty girl. His wide-brimmed hat serves as both physical and metaphorical armor against temptation. The horrors of war come into focus during WW1 in Italy when we meet a cycling sharpshooter belonging to the Bersaglieri unit. With precision and agility, he maneuvers through treacherous terrain while relying on his trusted wide-brimmed hat for camouflage and protection. Venturing further east to Hai Phong in Vietnam, our attention is captured by an elegant woman sporting an extraordinary wide-brimmed hat that exudes grace and beauty amidst her surroundings. In China's mining operations, high-pressure water jets are utilized for efficiency and safety measures. Here stands testament to innovation as workers sport their sturdy helmets equipped with wide brims - shielding them from potential hazards while ensuring productivity prevails. An elderly Chinese man captivates us next as he leisurely enjoys moments of tranquility while puffing on his long pipe beneath the shade provided by his cherished wide-brimmed hat - embodying wisdom acquired through years of experience.