Hand Collection

Pixies mining a sponge cake
Pixie Pip and Pixies mining a sponge cake

Talking to Fairies

Chimpanzee with Bananas

WW1 Recruitment Poster
Come and Do Your Bit - Join Now. Chromolithograph recruitment poster after PJW, printed by David Allen & Sons Ltd, Harrow, Middlesex

Design for Frieze with ships and trees
Design for Frieze with sailing ships and trees. Stencil, gouache and distemper on hand-made paper. Rottmann & Co. 1894

Children & a hand-cart. Children in a winter scene at play in a hand-cart imagining that the girl in green is the horse. Date: circa 1897

Chocolate box design, lady courted by two men
Chocolate box design, showing an 18th century scene of a lady on a garden terrace being courted by two men. 20th century

Two male models in tight trousers. One is wearing a tie, the other a cravat. 1970s

Tricks with Cards book cover
Front cover of Tricks with Cards by Professor Hoffmann featuring a lady taking a card from a conjuror mid-trick while an interested audience looks on. Date: c.1927

Silhouette Calendar -- June

Blonde woman in a tree, wearing a black bikini and matching eyepatch, with a dagger in her hand. 1980s

Liberty shawl
Shawl in Liberty colourings from their own works at Merton Abbey. Georgette ground with embossed design in velvet, hand coloured

Business card design, cute girl with powder puff
Business card design, depicting a cute little girl with a powder puff and hand mirror. 20th century

Caring for Evacuated Mothers and babies
Public Information poster issued by the Ministry of Health relating to the caring of evacuated babies during the bombing of Britain

Nursery Rhymes -- F, I, Z
Nursery Rhymes -- three illustrations for three letters of the alphabet. Showing a man ploughing a field, a white mouse sitting on someones hand with a head of wheat

Liberty jumper
Jumper in hand-printed crepe de chine, with collar and facings of plain silk, from Libertys own works at Merton Abbey. Available in a variety of designs and colours, costing 3

Nursery Rhymes -- monkey, horse and cart, butcher
Nursery Rhymes -- three illustrations, showing a monkey falling from a tree, a horse pulling a cart full of sacks, and a butcher who has cut his hand on a knife. early 20th century

Liberty silk shawl
Silk shawl hand printed at Liberty & Cos own works at Merton Abbey. Reproduction of an old Indian design, 56 inches square, including fringe, costing 2, 17 shillings and sixpence. 20th century

Mr Fitzpatrick Kights balloon flight
A hand-painted drawing showing a man standing in the gondola of a balloon waving umbrellas. A handwritten note reads: Mr Fitzpatrick Kights Ascension bought in a native bazaar, Calcutta April 1853

Pencil sketch of two girls with a toddler
Pencil sketch of two girls helping a toddler to walk. 1920s

Market trader, Calangute, Goa, India
A market trader in Calangute, Goa, India, surrounded by produce. Date: 1992

Basket maker in Goa, India
A man making baskets in Goa, India. Date: 1992

Little girl and robin by Muriel Dawson
A little girl offering some crumbs to a robin on a cold day, by Muriel Dawson. 1920s

Washing a rag book
Hand-washing a rag book. From a catalogue of Deans Rag Books Date: circa 1930

Young couple on bicycles
A Helping Hand. From a postcard published by CW Faulkner Date: 1903

Pencil sketch of little boy paddling
Pencil sketch of a little boy paddling, holding his mothers hand. 1920s

Open Air Holidays Abroad, with Cooks
Cover illustration for Open Air Holidays Abroad, Walking, Canoeing and Cycling, with Cooks. Showing a woman with a walking stick standing in a field of daisies waving her hand, with mountains

Poster design for Encre L Marquet (ink)
Poster design for Encre L Marquet, the best of all the inks, showing a woman with flowing red hair, a quill pen and blank paper in her hands, and ink pot on the table, and a harp at her feet. 1892

Advertisement for Robert Piguet perfumes, Paris -- Bandit, Visa and Baghari. Featuring an abstract style yellow hand with perfume bottles in white, red and blue, all on a black background. 1948

Poster requesting Rags for salvage
Poster: request for Rags for salvage. Rags are needed to make engine wipers, blankets, uniforms, overcoats, gun wadding, charts, roofing felt, maps, etc

Advertisement for Pate Agnel hand cream, for perfect skin and beautiful hands. Featuring a nude woman using the cream in her bathroom. early 20th century

French wartime poster, spanner in the works
French wartime poster for allied fighters, saying that your compatriots in occupied countries are fighting too. Showing a hand literally putting a spanner in the works of the Nazi war machine. 1940s

Poster, Keep Broken Glass off the Roads, it ruins tyres. circa 1940s

Pierrot & pierette in red
Pierrot kisses the hand of pierrette on a balcony. Date: 1902

Close-up of ballroom dancing couple - Royal Albert Hall
Close-up of a ballroom dancing couple in action on the dance floor. The Royal Albert Hall, London - The International Open Ballroom Championships. 2004

Out of Doors -- children at home with mother
Out of Doors -- two children at home with their mother. The boy seems to be getting into mischief -- a sure sign that he would be better out of doors. 19th century

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. GHI
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with G for girls, H for hand and I for Inn. Date: 1875

Advertisement for champagne, sourire de la France (smile of France), showing an elegant woman in evening dress and long gloves, with a golden coloured glass of champagne in her hand. 20th century

Painting student at Leeds School of Art
A painting student at Leeds School of Art (now Leeds College of Art) sits contemplating her canvas, wondering what to do next. Date: 1957

Holidays in Italy, Thomas Cook and Dean & Dawson
Cover illustration for Holidays in Italy, with Thomas Cook & Son and Dean & Dawson Ltd, showing a wine bottle, and a dish of spaghetti with a hand twirling some of the spaghetti around a fork

David Wright woman in cream coloured coat
Elegant woman with blonde hair, wearing a tight-waisted cream coloured coat. She is checking her lipstick in a hand-held mirror

New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure
The New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure. Cartoon by William Heath Robinson. Date: circa 1940

David Wright woman with cigarette
Elegant woman standing at her bedroom window with a cigarette in her hand. She is in her underwear, and her hair is tied up in a red scarf

Young couple in proposal scene
A young couple in a proposal scene -- he is on one knee, kissing her hand, while she looks shyly away. circa early 20th century

Little girl blowing up balloons
A little girl uses a hand pump to blow up balloons, probably for her fifth birthday party. Date: 1971

Magician turns a ball of wool into an orange
A magician turns a ball of wool into an orange, to the amazement of two children. 20th century

A Helping Hand -- boy, girl and dog on the ice
A Helping Hand -- a boy in a sailor suit supports a girl in a red coat as they skate on the ice, while her pet dog runs alongside. late 19th century

Statue of St Peter, Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano
Statue of St Peter in the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (Basilica of St John Lateran) in Rome, Italy. This cathedral is the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome, ie the Pope

Five children walking in Wales
Five children, four girls and one boy, walking hand in hand in the village of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. Two of the girls are looking round at another girl with two babies in a pram

Label design for Extra Fine Martinique Rum (Rhum-Sam), imported by Van Himbeeck Brothers of Berchem-Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium

David Wright woman in red evening dress
Elegant woman with blonde hair, wearing a semi-transparent red evening dress. She is checking her lipstick in a hand-held mirror

Little girl writing on a blackboard
A little girl, two years old, making interesting chalk marks on a large blackboard. Date: 1968

Abstract geometrical design in brown, black and white, with a hint of a human face and hand. circa 1930s

Christmas - A girl and two boys skating
A Jolly Christmas. Illustration of two boys leading a girl by the hands as they skate together on the ice. 1906

Poster design for Dr Pierre toothpaste
Poster design for toothpaste (Pate Dentifrice du Docteur Pierre) as recommended by Dr Pierre of the Faculty of Medicine in Paris. On sale everywhere

Advertisement for Bouquet Dark Brilliance by Lentheric, the daytime fragrance, showing a black gloved hand covered in jewellery and roses, holding a bottle of perfume. circa 1940s

Poster, Lend Your Strong Right Arm to your Country, Enlist Now. circa 1915

Poster advertising wartime savings -- Salute the Soldier -- to help support the war effort. The soldier is given a movable arm to indicate the total raised to date. 1940s

Model in flowery patterned mini dress
Young model in a flowery patterned mini dress. circa 1960s

Female models in red and yellow dresses
Two female models in red and yellow dresses, standing with drinks in hand

Man posing in a grey jacket in a bar
Man posing in a grey herringbone jacket in a bar, with half a pint of beer in his hand

Ballroom dancer in embroidered dress - Blackpool
A female ballroom dancer in an elegant embroidered dress, waiting at the side of the dance floor - Blackpool. 1997

Woman in grey
A statuesque woman in grey

Behind the scenes at Blackpool - looking in mirror
Behind the scenes at Blackpool. A male ballroom dancer checking his appearance in a hand mirror. 1997

My Life is My Own - book cover by David Wright
My Life is My Own, featuring a front cover illustration by the pin up artist David Wright. A lady in her underwear looks a little startled by her reflection in a hand mirror which matches her

Rag Fair silhouette
Silhouette of a Rag Fair in London, showing a woman stall holder displaying her wares which range from old boots to fire bellows. Date: 1926

Two Pets by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy holds a bird in his hand. 1934

Posy of flowers
A hand holding a mixed bunch of flowers. Date: 1903

Posy of lilies of the Valley
A hand holding a bunch of lilies of the valley. Date: 1903

Little boy with robin and snowman by Muriel Dawson
A little boy with a robin and a snowman by Muriel Dawson. circa 1930s

German stores left behind, Western Front, WW1
German stores of bombs, helmets and other items left behind when they were driven out of Pierre St Divion on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Silent Music -- reproduction of a painting by Frederick Beaumont, showing a pensive woman with a violin, and a man with his hand on a large globe looking out at a starry sky. early 20th century

Print Users Yearbook -- red-haired woman
Print Users Yearbook -- a red-haired woman in a skimpy costume, with a long scarf billowing from each hand. circa 1930s

German prisoner and British sergeant, Western Front, WW1
A German prisoner receiving a cigarette from a generous British sergeant on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Five young men on their bicycles, each one with his hand on the next mans shoulder. A photograph from The Netherlands. 1914

Man and three women in front of a house
A man and three women posing for their photo in front of a house

Airman posing
An airman posing for his photo on a sunny porch

Man ploughing with two horses
A man ploughing with two horses in a field

Jeep undergoing repair
A jeep in a yard, undergoing repair

Art deco girls
That you are sweet you surely know. Girls in art deco style fashion study themselves in a hand mirror. Date: 1923

Children carrying sprigs of holly
" Winter scene. " Bringing home the Holly". Children in the snow carrying holly. Hand coloured postcard illustration. " Date: c.1920

Children feeding robin
" Winter scene. " Christmas Cheer". Boy and girl with basket of bread feeding a robin. Hand coloured postcard illustration. " Date: c.1920

Children carolling
Winter scene. Children singing carols in the snow. Hand coloured postcard illustration. Date: c.1920

Male head study by Raymond Sheppard
Study of mans head - viewed full face. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard Date: circa early 1950s

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