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Images about Footwear

20 images from works
  • A pair of fakir's sandals with iron spikes.
  • A pair of fakir's sandals with iron spikes.
  • A pair of fakir's sandals with iron spikes.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1800, after W. Hogarth.
  • A pair of fakir's sandals with iron spikes.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A young lad pulls off a corpulent man's boots. Coloured extendable lithograph by F. Bouchot, c. 1840.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A pair of Chinese shoes for bound 'lily' feet
  • A pair of fakir's sandals with iron spikes.
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Works from the collections

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    A pair of Chinese shoes for bound 'lily' feet

    • Digital Images
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    A pair of Chinese shoes for bound 'lily' feet

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    A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1800, after W. Hogarth.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Date: 1 April 1800 | Reference: 26459i
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    Footwear for children, correct and incorrect. Colour lithograph, 1922.

    Langstein, Leopold, 1876-1933. | Date: [1922] | Reference: 4933i
    Part of: Atlas der Hygiene des Säuglings und Kleinkindes
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    A gipsy woman, advertising Gipsy Queen Hygiene Shoes. Colour lithograph, 19--.

    Gipsy Queen Shoes. | Date: 1900-1999 | Reference: 5124i
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Boots
Foot
Traditional
Footbinding
Chinese
Bound
Embroidery
Foot

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