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Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette. Hansel & Gretel

Silhouette. Hansel & Gretel. The brother & sister lost in the woods. German. Date: circa 1912

Background imageSilhouette Collection: St Pauls Cathedral in silhouette

St Pauls Cathedral in silhouette
One of the most recognisable of London landmarks, St. Pauls Cathedral, pictured in silhouette. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette. The Frog Prince

Silhouette. The Frog Prince. The princess meets the frog. German. Date: 1920

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette. Red Riding Hood

Silhouette. Red Riding Hood. Cinderella meets the wicked wolf in the woods. German. Date: 1916

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette. Snow White

Silhouette. Snow White. Snow White pricks her finger at the spinning wheel. German. Date: 1916

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette. The Pied Piper

Silhouette. The Pied Piper. The Pied Piper leading the children out of the rat infested town of Hamelin. German. Date: circa 1920

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette. Cinderella

Silhouette. Cinderella. Cinderella, her fairy godmother and the ugly sisters. Date: circa 1910

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette. The Sleeping beauty

Silhouette. The Sleeping beauty. The prince awakens his true love. German. Date: 1920

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette. Hansel & Gretel

Silhouette. Hansel & Gretel. Nibble, nibble, who is nibbling at my cottage. The children find the house of the wicked witch. German. Date: circa 1930

Background imageSilhouette Collection: British Royal Naval Recruitment Poster, WW1

British Royal Naval Recruitment Poster, WW1
Remember! England Expects -- The need is great today.... the Navy requires you for its glorious service. Join today. Skilled artificers and artisans, seamen, stokers, marines and boys

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette. King Thrushbeard

Silhouette. King Thrushbeard. The minstrel takes the princess to his hovel where she must carry out menial household chores. German. circa 1909

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette. Der Sterntaler

Silhouette. Der Sterntaler. Der Sterntaler (Star Money). A young girl finds that stars fall to earth and turn into talers (gold coins) after she has done good deeds, and she becomes rich. German

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette. Princess & the Swineherd

Silhouette. Princess & the Swineherd. The princess paying the swineherd 100 kisses for a menial pot. German. Date: circa 1920

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- June

Silhouette Calendar -- June

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- October

Silhouette Calendar -- October, Harvest Thanksgiving. Showing a girl and a boy taking part in a Harvest Festival church service. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- February

Silhouette Calendar -- February, Saint Valentines Day. Showing a little boy handing a heart shape (perhaps a box of chocolates) to a girl. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- March

Silhouette Calendar -- March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb. Showing a little boy looking at three lambs on a hillside. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Cover design, Lady Arabellas Birthday Party

Cover design, Lady Arabellas Birthday Party, by Margaret and Mary Baker. Showing a chaotic party with children misbehaving. 1940

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Business card design, couple at a table

Business card design, couple at a table
Business card design in green, gold and black, showing a silhouetted couple at a table, enjoying a glass of champagne. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- January

Silhouette Calendar -- January, New Year Resolutions. Showing a little girl sewing at a table. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- September

Silhouette Calendar -- September, Farewell to the swallows. Showing a girl and a boy watching the swallows fly away to warmer climes. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- April

Silhouette Calendar -- April showers bring May flowers. Showing a little girl in the rain, under a rather small umbrella. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette portraits, the original Cadbury Brothers

Silhouette portraits, the original Cadbury Brothers
Silhouette portraits of the original Cadbury Brothers, John (left, (1801-1889) and Benjamin Head (right, 1798-1880). 19th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- August

Silhouette Calendar -- August

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Cover design, Silhouette Calendar

Cover design, Silhouette Calendar -- Many Happy Returns. Showing a little girl sitting at a table sewing. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- July

Silhouette Calendar -- July

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Profile portrait - Silhouette

Profile portrait - Silhouette Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- December

Silhouette Calendar -- December, Christmas Parties. Showing a little boy running away from a girl who is standing expectantly under the mistletoe. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Lady Arabellas Birthday Party

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- the screaming Betsy, at the castle and mistaken for Lady Arabella, is carried away from the party. 1940

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- November

Silhouette Calendar -- November, Guy Fawkes Day. Showing a little boy frightening two girls by lighting a firework. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette Calendar -- May

Silhouette Calendar -- May
Silhouette Calendar -- Ne er cast a clout till May be out. Showing a little girl unwisely taking off her jacket on a mild May day. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Lady Arabellas Birthday Party

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- the Duchess agrees to look after Arabella for a while. 1940

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Atmospheric scene on the docks at Hull, Yorkshire

Atmospheric scene on the docks at Hull, Yorkshire
An atmospheric scene on the docks at Hull (Kingston upon Hull), Yorkshire. Date: 1965

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Greetings card

Greetings card Date: circa 1925

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Skipping

Skipping Date: 1916

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Greetings card. Children at play

Greetings card. Children at play Date: circa 1925

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Poster, Obey the Speed Limit

Poster, Obey the Speed Limit
Poster warning drivers to Obey the Speed Limit, which is 30 mph in built-up areas. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Bakers Man

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Bakers Man... 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Programme cover for Round and Round

Programme cover for Round and Round
Programme cover for Charles B. Cochrans Round and Round at the Trocadero Grill Room, London, 1936 1936

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette of three people in uniform

Silhouette of three people in uniform. On the left, a woman in Women Royal Naval Service uniform (WREN) and in the middle, a lady in ATS uniform. The man on the right is a Royal Navy lieutenant

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Snow White silhouette

Snow White silhouette
Snow White asleep in a casket, attended by the Seven Dwarfs. Date: circa 1915

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Blindmans Buff

Blindmans Buff Date: 1916

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Alma Mater silhouette

Alma Mater silhouette Date: 1913

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Pixies Shopping

Pixies Shopping Date: circa 1949

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Helping Daddy

Helping Daddy Date: circa 1949

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Hoops

Hoops Date: 1916

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Christmas stage coach

Christmas stage coach Date: circa 1936

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Youthful mirth silhouette

Youthful mirth silhouette Date: 1913

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Gran pops Shadow Show by Lawson Wood

Gran pops Shadow Show by Lawson Wood
Three little monkeys chuckle with glee as Gran pop, the orang utan character created by artist Lawson Wood entertains them with a shadow puppet show. Date: 1935

Background imageSilhouette Collection: At the Seaside

At the Seaside Date: circa 1949

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Over the Top

Over the Top. An atmospheric silhouette photograph of soldiers, very possibly American from the shape of their hats, advancing with bayonets fixed. circa 1917

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Silhouette, girl photographing dog

Silhouette, girl photographing dog
Silhouette of a girl photographing her dog with a box camera. (insert)

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Advert, Arthur Pelling of Chiswick, photography

Advert, Arthur Pelling of Chiswick, photography
Advertisement and receipt for Arthur Pelling Ltd of Turnham Green Terrace, Chiswick, West London, photography supplier and chemist

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Hubert Latham flying to Reims for aviation competition

Hubert Latham flying to Reims for aviation competition
Hubert Latham, French aviation pioneer, flying to Reims for the great international aviation competition of August 1909. Two men wave to him from the ground

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Walking Holidays Abroad, Thomas Cook & Son Ltd

Walking Holidays Abroad, Thomas Cook & Son Ltd
Cover illustration for Walking Holidays Abroad, Thomas Cook & Son Ltd. It depicts three walkers in silhouette against an alpine scene, with trees and snow-covered mountains in the background

Background imageSilhouette Collection: The Night Train Leaving a Station

The Night Train Leaving a Station Date: circa 1905

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Advertisement for the Vienna Fair, March 1938

Advertisement for the Vienna Fair, March 1938
Advertisement for the Vienna Fair (Wiener Messe), taking place from 13 to 19 March 1938. March 1938

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Hush-a-bye baby

Hush-a-bye baby, thy cradle is green... 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Three wise men of Gotham

Three wise men of Gotham went to sea in a bowl. The bowl bended -- the story ended! 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Young lambs to sell

Young lambs to sell! Young lambs to sell! If I d as much money as I could tell I never would cry Young Lambs to sell! 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Little Tommy Tittlemouse

Little Tommy Tittlemouse lived in a little house, He caught fishes for other mens dishes. 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Girls & boys come out to play

Girls & boys come out to play, the moon is shining bright as day... 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: The Houses of Parliament - Evening

The Houses of Parliament - Evening
A view toward the Houses of Parliament from the southern bank of the River Thames in London. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Triptych Landscape - Mountain Lake - Centre

Triptych Landscape - Mountain Lake - Centre
A Triptych landscape of a waterfall leading into a mountain lake surrounded by little copices of trees in stark silhouette. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Triptych Landscape - Mountain Lake - Left

Triptych Landscape - Mountain Lake - Left
A Triptych landscape of a waterfall leading into a mountain lake surrounded by little copices of trees in stark silhouette. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Mallards by a wintry lake

Mallards by a wintry lake
A male mallard duck shelters his head between his wings to guard against the coldness of the day, while a female peers down into the cold water of a pond Date: early 20th century

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Moods of Mount Fuji - 4

Moods of Mount Fuji - 4
A stylised painting by Malcolm Greensmith in the style of the Master Japanese woodcut artists of the late 18th and 19th centuries

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Poster design for a Vienna theatre

Poster design for a Vienna theatre
Poster design by Ludwig Hohlwein of Munich for a production entitled Boccaccio, at a theatre in Vienna, Austria

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Police Officer in silhouette

Police Officer in silhouette
A police officer in helmet and cape directs traffic in London. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Flower-seller in silhouette

Flower-seller in silhouette
A Flower Girl, although she looks more like a lady of a certain age, seated next to the flowers she sells to Londoners each day. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Mother and child in silhouette

Mother and child in silhouette
A homeless mother and child - described as a Madonna by the artist - captured on a London street in silhouette. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Cleopatras Needle in silhouette

Cleopatras Needle in silhouette
Cleopatras Needle situated on the Victoria Embankment, London, watched over by the sphinx. The artist describes it rather poignantly as That Sad Stone. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Mannequin in silhouette

Mannequin in silhouette
A mannequin in a smart ladies dress shop models a dress. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Antiquary in silhouette

Antiquary in silhouette
An antique shop owner, admiring a small vase, pictured in silhouette. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Bellboy in silhouette

Bellboy in silhouette
A bellboy in uniform carrying a small parcel, pictured in silhouette. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: St Pauls pigeons in silhouette

St Pauls pigeons in silhouette
A small child feeds the pigeons outside St Pauls Cathedral, a traditional gathering place for the avian vermin once upon a time before they moved on to Trafalgar Square

Background imageSilhouette Collection: The Embankment artist in silhouette

The Embankment artist in silhouette
An artist on the Victoria Embankment, London takes a portrait of a small girl. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: London Pool in silhouette

London Pool in silhouette
The Pool of London in silhouette, showing cranes at the docks lifting cargo and Tower Bridge in the distance with its crossing lifted up to let passing ships through. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Club Row in silhouette

Club Row in silhouette
A small girl delightedly happens upon a small dog in Club Row, near Brick Lane in the East End of London. Club Row was traditionally the place to pick up a pet at the dog and bird markets held there

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Street organist in silhouette

Street organist in silhouette
A street organ grinder, his back bent, trundles his old instrument on wheels - a once familiar sight in London. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: The Royal Air Force Memorial in silhouette

The Royal Air Force Memorial in silhouette
The Royal Air Force memorial, on the Embankment, London, captured in silhouette

Background imageSilhouette Collection: The Round Pond angler in silhouette

The Round Pond angler in silhouette
A small child with a fishing net amuses himself at the Round Pond, Kensington Gardens, London. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: Children in Kensington Gardens in silhouette

Children in Kensington Gardens in silhouette
Charming scene showing two children in Kensington Gardens, London during the 1920s. Date: 1926

Background imageSilhouette Collection: London street vendors in silhouette

London street vendors in silhouette
Two London street vendors, one of whom seems to be selling some kind of toy. Date: 1926




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