Images Dated 4th January 2005

Pakistani costume shown to the Queen at the Ladies reception in Karachi during

Pakistani costume shown to the Queen at the Ladies reception in Karachi during the Royal Tour of Pakistan. The Baluchi, a bright red Shalwar intricately draped. The jewellery is heavy gold and the designs are quite unusual.
February 1961

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1960s Fashion, Clothing, Culture, Dress, Ethnicity, Fashion, Indian, Style, Traditions, Women

Westminster Hall, London, 1884

Engraving showing three views of the exterior of Westminster Hall, London, 1884. On the right is a view of the ancient buttressing of the building at that time. At top left, a view of the same buttress after a proposed restoration. At bottom right, a view of Westminster Hall and New Palace Yard

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07, 13, 1884, 21, Ancient, Bottom, Building, Buttress, Buttressing, Dec, Engraving, Exterior, Hall, Historical, History, Iln, Import, Left, New, Palace, Proposed, Restoration, September, Showing, Time, Top, V Iew, Views, Westminster, Yard

Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice at Osborne House

Engraving showing Queen Victoria at her writing desk in a room at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Her youngest daughter Princess Beatrice is playing the piano nearby. Victoria was deeply attached to Beatrice and was determined to keep her unmarried and at home. Beatrice married Henry of Battenberg in 1885 (this picture being part of a special supplement to celebrate the event) but the Battenberg family remained living with Victoria for much of the remainder of her life

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