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Images about Beards

60 images from works
  • [Undated, illustrated (cutting? leaflet?) about bearded Annie Jones-Elliot, "The Esau Lady"].
  • Julianne Sleebus, a woman with a large beard. Process print, 190-.
  • Designs showing the lower half of the face in various physiognomies and actions. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • A bearded elderly man, carrying a prayer wheel and a rosary, in a studio setting.
  • A bearded dandy admiring the ladies through his monocle on 'Buffers Walk' in the public gardens. Coloured wood engraving by W.H. Harrison.
  • Wonderland Whitechapel Road (next St. Mary's Station) ... Whit Monday May 25th and during the week : Great attractions entire change ... Rabbi Joselman ... Mr. A. Broadhurst the surprise of the Chicago exhibition, with a beard over 7 feet long and a moustache 3 feet in length : Wonderful living freak of nature, the armless Midget Lady stands only 32 inches in height, born without hands or arms, and goes through a marvellous performance with her feet ...
  • An Indian man wearing many beads, and carrying a begging bowl and an umbrella, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A bearded old man; representing old age. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
  • The Nic-nac; or, Literary cabinet. No.158, Saturday, January 7, 1826. Vol. IV. Beards.
  • Opening of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel: a group of soldiers with false moustaches and beards stand with swords, a mace and a furled flag. Wood engraving by C.J.B. (?) after R. Linklater, 1871.
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Works from the collections

83 works

    • Books

    Moustaches, Whiskers and Beards / Lucinda Hawksley.

    Hawksley, Lucinda | Date: 2014
    • Pictures

    An Indian man wearing a Parsi string and make-up, squatting on a rug with his hand in a rosary bag, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.

    | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 535789i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
    • Pictures

    Two men standing by a tree in Ceylon, holding bows and arrows.

    Scowen, Charles | Date: [1900] | Reference: 539319i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Five abstract heads and a pigs head

    Birch, Martin, 1935-1982 | Date: c.1966-1977 | Reference: 2853325i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
    • Pictures

    An Indian man wearing elaborate jewellery and make-up, squatting in front of a small table on which is a shrine, perhaps in a temple. Photograph, ca.1900.

    | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 535791i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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Related topics

Ethnology
India
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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
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