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Slightly Collection

In this captivating collection of images, we delve into the world of "slightly" - a word that holds a multitude of meanings

Background imageSlightly Collection: Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly l

Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in baseball uniform, holding baseball bat. Date c1920

Background imageSlightly Collection: My First Sermon by John Everett Millais

My First Sermon by John Everett Millais
A little girl, wearing a red cape and fur muff, sits primly alert on a church pew listening to her first sermon. See Millaiss companion picture

Background imageSlightly Collection: First Presbyterian Church, Bangor

First Presbyterian Church, Bangor - view taken from high building across Main street looking slightly down to the front of the church. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Bangor)

Background imageSlightly Collection: BATTLE OF PRESTOPANS

BATTLE OF PRESTOPANS
A plan of the Battle of Prestonpans, part of the Jacobite Rebellion, between 2300 Royal troops under Sir John Cope and a slightly superior force of Jacobites. Date: 21 September 1745

Background imageSlightly Collection: Commodore Matthew C. Perry, three-quarter length portrait, s

Commodore Matthew C. Perry, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly left with left hand resting on sword. Date between 1854 and 1858

Background imageSlightly Collection: Man standing on bridge in light and shade

Man standing on bridge in light and shade
A slightly surreal picture of a man standing alone on a bridge with shadows playing on his back and on the ground. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageSlightly Collection: Slightly Tipsy Rakish Cad attempting to play billiards

Slightly Tipsy Rakish Cad attempting to play billiards, but likely to only succeeding in spoiling the baize. Date: circa 1908

Background imageSlightly Collection: Smart and Handsome British Gentleman in straw boater hat

Smart and Handsome British Gentleman in straw boater hat, starched collar, white tie and suit. He is boasting a well-groomed moustache and a slightly serious expression

Background imageSlightly Collection: Beauty Contest Participant and Proud Parents

Beauty Contest Participant and Proud Parents
A Bathing Beauty Contest Participant and her Proud (if slightly shy) Parents! Date: circa 1949

Background imageSlightly Collection: HMS Argus 149

HMS Argus 149
Royal Navy - HMS Argus 149, an aircraft carrier, seen in March 1939. Argus served from 1918 to 1944. After commissioning, the ship was involved for several years in the development of the optimum

Background imageSlightly Collection: Modernist House At Wimbledon

Modernist House At Wimbledon
A photograph of a modernist house located at Wimbledon, designed in 1935 by architects Rose Elisabeth Benjamin and Eugen Carl Kaufmann

Background imageSlightly Collection: Gothic Coped Tomb Designs

Gothic Coped Tomb Designs
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing eight similar designs for gothic coped tombs, each bearing a cross in slightly different ways. Date: circa 1855

Background imageSlightly Collection: Gothic Surface Designs

Gothic Surface Designs
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing four slightly different designs used for relieving the surface of stone work, in gothic style. Date: circa 1855

Background imageSlightly Collection: With Your Talent You Should Be A Millionaire

With Your Talent You Should Be A Millionaire
A sketch which shows a large gentleman speaking with a man whose head is slightly bowed, a lady stands behind looking towards a desk. Date: circa 1901

Background imageSlightly Collection: Lady and Cupid

Lady and Cupid
This sketch depicts a scene in which a smiling young lady is bowing slightly to look down at Cupid who has arrived at her door step, apparently not for the first time

Background imageSlightly Collection: Smiling Woman

Smiling Woman
A clay model sculpture which portrays a slender, smiling woman, standing with her hand resting on her hip, her neck is craning slightly forward, giving her head a slanting tilt. Date: circa 1922

Background imageSlightly Collection: A Polish Lady

A Polish Lady
A portrait oil painting of a young Polish lady wearing a patterned dress, sat upright, with her neck slightly twisted in an elegant pose. Date: circa 1920

Background imageSlightly Collection: Head of a Woman

Head of a Woman
A portrait painting showing the head of a woman, with slightly downcast eyes, indicating a note of sadness. Date: circa 1915

Background imageSlightly Collection: Queen Of The Fairies

Queen Of The Fairies
This sculpture shows a ballerina girl standing in an artistic pose, where her torso is bent slightly, with palms facing upwards, almost in a gesture of self protection. Date: circa 1915

Background imageSlightly Collection: RMS Titanic - cigar case recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett

RMS Titanic - cigar case recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - a silver cigar case of rectangular outline with rounded corners

Background imageSlightly Collection: RMS Titanic - signet ring recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett

RMS Titanic - signet ring recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - an 18 carat gold and small old-cut diamond solitaire band/signet ring, slightly tapering (1/4ins)

Background imageSlightly Collection: Britain's First Foreign Postcard

Britain's First Foreign Postcard
In 1875 postcards were first allowed to be sent abroad. A Congress in Berne in 1875 agreed to the formation of the General Union of Posts within which Members could send postcards to each other

Background imageSlightly Collection: The first all-decimal shop

The first all-decimal shop
Slightly bewildered Croydon lady, getting to grips with Britain's new decimal currency in April 1970, in the first all- Decimal shop in West Croydon

Background imageSlightly Collection: Slightly was dancing merrily with an Ostrich (colour litho)

Slightly was dancing merrily with an Ostrich (colour litho)
2794439 Slightly was dancing merrily with an Ostrich (colour litho) by Woodward, Alice Bolingbroke (1862-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Slightly was dancing merrily with an Ostrich)

Background imageSlightly Collection: A Suburban Butterfly Hunt (chromolitho)

A Suburban Butterfly Hunt (chromolitho)
1055784 A Suburban Butterfly Hunt (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Suburban Butterfly Hunt)

Background imageSlightly Collection: Surrey Gardens

Surrey Gardens
View of Surrey Gardens in 1860. Royal Surrey Gardens opened in 1856, as pleasure gardens in Newington, Surrey, London in the Victorian period, slightly east of The Oval

Background imageSlightly Collection: Music Hall

Music Hall
View of the Music Hall Surrey Gardens. Royal Surrey Gardens opened in 1856 as pleasure gardens in Newington, Surrey, London in the Victorian period, slightly east of The Oval

Background imageSlightly Collection: The Four-in-Hand Club

The Four-in-Hand Club
The Four-In-Hand Club, a coach driving club, was founded in April 1808, by Charles Buxton, the inventor of the Buxton bit, along with some friends

Background imageSlightly Collection: Motor trip in a slightly charabanc, Bournemouth, Dorset

Motor trip in a slightly charabanc, Bournemouth, Dorset
Motor trip (in a slightly squat charabanc) - Bournemouth - August, 1915. Date: 1915

Background imageSlightly Collection: Slightly out of focus! (b / w photo)

Slightly out of focus! (b / w photo)
5998223 Slightly out of focus! (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Slightly out of focus)

Background imageSlightly Collection: Slightly plump girl doing ballet (b / w photo)

Slightly plump girl doing ballet (b / w photo)
6030052 Slightly plump girl doing ballet (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Slightly plump girl doing ballet)

Background imageSlightly Collection: Polo in India (engraving)

Polo in India (engraving)
1623956 Polo in India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Polo in India. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 29 April 1882)

Background imageSlightly Collection: Pretty girl, with a lot of hair and big eyes, looking straight at the camera (b / w photo)

Pretty girl, with a lot of hair and big eyes, looking straight at the camera (b / w photo)
5987021 Pretty girl, with a lot of hair and big eyes, looking straight at the camera (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pretty girl)

Background imageSlightly Collection: A marble head of an official, Tang Dynasty or slightly earlier, c. 618-907 (marble)

A marble head of an official, Tang Dynasty or slightly earlier, c. 618-907 (marble)
1764843 A marble head of an official, Tang Dynasty or slightly earlier, c.618-907 (marble) by Chinese School, Tang Dynasty (618-907); 29 high cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageSlightly Collection: Training from a tower

Training from a tower
One of the slightly more hazardous aspects of training was from the tower. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Background imageSlightly Collection: BOXER / TWO HEADS / 1953

BOXER / TWO HEADS / 1953
Two unidentified boxer heads, slightly tilted. Date: 1953

Background imageSlightly Collection: Slightly Louche Girl in a Studio portrait pose

Slightly Louche Girl in a Studio portrait pose in rather unusual boyish attire. Date: circa 1908

Background imageSlightly Collection: Landscape hermit 1696 oil canvas 23 x 31 cm Signed

Landscape hermit 1696 oil canvas 23 x 31 cm Signed
Landscape with a hermit, 1696, oil on canvas, 23 x 31 cm, Signed and dated on the rock in the foreground, slightly to the left of the center: AP [ligated] PATEL, 1696 [last digit hard to read]

Background imageSlightly Collection: Portrait woman Bust slightly right looking viewer

Portrait woman Bust slightly right looking viewer
Portrait of a woman, Portrait of a woman. Bust, slightly to the right, looking at the viewer. Part of the collection of portrait miniatures, historical persons not known by name - BB - woman

Background imageSlightly Collection: Portrait man seventeenth-century clothing Bust

Portrait man seventeenth-century clothing Bust
Portrait of a man in seventeenth-century clothing, Bust, slightly to the right, with a large black hat. Part of the collection of portrait thumbnails, historical persons not known by name, anonymous

Background imageSlightly Collection: Portrait officer Bust slightly left facing Part

Portrait officer Bust slightly left facing Part
Portrait of an officer, Portrait of an officer. Bust, slightly to the left, facing. Part of the collection of portrait miniatures, historical persons not known by name, anonymous

Background imageSlightly Collection: Portrait Jacob Dane Director Rotterdam Chamber

Portrait Jacob Dane Director Rotterdam Chamber
Portrait of Jacob Dane, Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, elected 1689, Portrait of Jacob Dane (c. 1638-99), chosen in 1689. Bust in oval, slightly to the right

Background imageSlightly Collection: Portrait monarch landgrave Karel van Hessen-Kassel

Portrait monarch landgrave Karel van Hessen-Kassel
Portrait of a monarch, possibly the landgrave Karel van Hessen-Kassel (1654-1730). Father of Marie Louise. Bust, slightly to the right

Background imageSlightly Collection: Portrait young man Bust slightly right Part collection

Portrait young man Bust slightly right Part collection
Portrait of a young man, Portrait of a young man. Bust, slightly to the right. Part of the collection of portrait thumbnails, historical persons not known by name, Franz Kessler (attributed to)

Background imageSlightly Collection: Portrait fifty year old woman Bust slightly right

Portrait fifty year old woman Bust slightly right
Portrait of a fifty year old woman, Portrait of a fifty year old woman. Bust, slightly to the right. Part of the collection of portrait miniatures, historical persons not known by name - BB - woman

Background imageSlightly Collection: Henriette Amalia Anhalt-Dessau 1666-1726 Wife

Henriette Amalia Anhalt-Dessau 1666-1726 Wife
Henriette Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau (1666-1726). Wife of Hendrik Casimir II, prince of Nassau-Dietz, Portrait of Henriette Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau (1666-1726)

Background imageSlightly Collection: Portrait fifteen year old boy Bust slightly right

Portrait fifteen year old boy Bust slightly right
Portrait of a fifteen year old boy, Portrait of a fifteen year old boy. Bust, slightly to the right. historical persons not known by name, Gerrit Lundens, 1650, silver (metal), oil paint (paint)

Background imageSlightly Collection: Portrait James I 1566-1625 King England Bust

Portrait James I 1566-1625 King England Bust
Portrait of James I (1566-1625), King of England, King of England. Bust, slightly to the right. Part of the portrait portrait collection, James I (King of England), Lawrence Hilliard (attributed to)



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In this captivating collection of images, we delve into the world of "slightly" - a word that holds a multitude of meanings. Babe Ruth, the legendary baseball player, stands tall in a full-length portrait, his gaze slightly turned towards something unseen. The First Presbyterian Church in Bangor exudes an aura of mystery with its towering presence and slightly weathered facade. John Everett Millais' masterpiece "My First Sermon" depicts a young child standing before an audience, their expression slightly hesitant yet filled with potential. The Battle of Prestopans unfolds on canvas, showcasing soldiers engaged in fierce combat as they maneuver ever so slightly to gain an advantage. Commodore Matthew C. Perry's three-quarter length portrait captures his commanding presence, his stance suggesting he is ready for action at any moment. The HMS Argus 149 sails through turbulent waters with grace and precision, its course adjusted ever so slightly to navigate treacherous seas. The Modernist House At Wimbledon showcases sleek lines and minimalist design elements that are only subtly interrupted by nature's touch. Gothic coped tomb designs transport us to another era where intricate details adorn final resting places while gothic surface designs add depth and texture to architectural wonders. "With Your Talent You Should Be A Millionaire, " echoes words spoken softly but resonating deeply within our souls as we ponder the endless possibilities life presents us. Lady and Cupid share a tender moment frozen in time - her smile revealing affectionate secrets known only to them. Lastly, the smiling woman radiates joy from within; her eyes crinkle ever so slightly at the corners as she basks in life's simple pleasures. In these diverse glimpses into artistry and human emotion lies the power of "slightly" - subtle nuances that shape our perceptions and invite us to explore deeper meanings hidden beneath their surfaces.