Bombshell Collection

Advert for J. Roussel underwear 1949
A blonde bombshell model wears a rather elaborate creation. Date: 1949

Diana Dors (1931-1984), English actress, singer, film star and sex symbol. Seen here in later life, at the famous First and Last Inn at the village of Sennen, Lands End, Cornwall

Le Calife', magic show. Theatre Robert-Houdin, Paris. 1891
CUL4893768 Le Calife', magic show. Theatre Robert-Houdin, Paris. 1891; (add.info.: Affiche pour le calife au theatre Robert Houdin, 1891 - Dir. Hughes, Howard R. Melies, George)

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing an African soldier of the French colonial army surprising a German
LUX4739345 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing an African soldier of the French colonial army surprising a German looting France, 1914, cartoonist: Piflou, 'Sidi Prusco! Turco Bono

Letter V: Victorin I broke my Violin! Engraving in " ABC fun". Monrocq Freres, editors
DUV4207617 Letter V: Victorin I broke my Violin! Engraving in " ABC fun". Monrocq Freres, editors, beginning of the 20th century. 20 pages. Dim: 24,5x18,5cm

Fashionable couple running in the rain. The gallant Mr de Boissec gives his coat and top hat to his lady
FLO4677421 Fashionable couple running in the rain. The gallant Mr de Boissec gives his coat and top hat to his lady, and carries her hat in his kerchief and her dog under his arm

Large magpie moth, Abraxas grossulariata, and Camberwell Beauty butterfly or grand surprise, Nymphalis antiopa
FLO4638693 Large magpie moth, Abraxas grossulariata, and Camberwell Beauty butterfly or grand surprise, Nymphalis antiopa

"Under the machine gun" - Images of the Great War, before 1920 (lithograph)
DUV4222630 "Under the machine gun" - Images of the Great War, before 1920 (lithograph); 38.5x27.5 cm; (add.info)

The Disappointment: an old woman interrupts an amorous couple in a hotel room
FLO4718220 The Disappointment: an old woman interrupts an amorous couple in a hotel room. A peeping Tom watches from behind a folding screen

Don Quixote has the cave of Montesinos, detail of Don Quixote and the birds
JEB4880430 Don Quixote has the cave of Montesinos, detail of Don Quixote and the birds. According to the novel "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" written by Miguel de

The Child. A cottage owner's wife prepares a family meal when death arrives
FLO4675821 The Child. A cottage owner's wife prepares a family meal when death arrives and takes away the youngest of her children

France, Aquitaine, Pyrenees-Atlantiques (64), Biarritz: Cote des Basques, a big wave, 1900
LUX4771763 France, Aquitaine, Pyrenees-Atlantiques (64), Biarritz: Cote des Basques, a big wave, 1900; (add.info.: France, Aquitaine, Pyrenees-Atlantiques (64), Biarritz: Cote des Basques

A nobleman in wig and ribbon falls into the river, while he glaringly helped a lady
FLO4565856 A nobleman in wig and ribbon falls into the river, while he glaringly helped a lady and her daughter out of a boat - Eau forte by Francis Eginton (1737-1805)

A sailor cheated out of his share of the prize money by his navy. Unable to pay six guineas
FLO4717990 A sailor cheated out of his share of the prize money by his navy. Unable to pay six guineas, Jack Tar dies of grievance in the lobspound (prison)

The Death of a Stingy - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving)
ICA4949984 The Death of a Stingy - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc.

Cover of " La Bomb", 1889_9_8 - Illustration by Paul de Semant (1842-1903): Gare la bombshell
ICA4931762 Cover of " La Bomb", 1889_9_8 - Illustration by Paul de Semant (1842-1903): Gare la bombshell! - Elections, Case Boulanger, Bomb, Explosion - Ferry Jules, Boulanger Georges

American daily life: discovers a secret romance, a man bends over to kiss a young woman, at the foot of a staircase
NWI4882220 American daily life: discovers a secret romance, a man bends over to kiss a young woman, at the foot of a staircase, the scene is interrupted by a surprise old woman, around 1870

Three ugly country bumpkins in competition over their looks. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Sanders after a satirical
FLO4718340 Three ugly country bumpkins in competition over their looks. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Sanders after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier) (1708-1786)

Illustration for "Alphabet de mes poupees", c.1900 (print)
DUV4218393 Illustration for "Alphabet de mes poupees", c.1900 (print); 23x16 cm; (add.info.: Lettre S: surprise agreable. In "Alphabet de mes poupees")

Letter B: behind the scenes. Soldiers doing the wall. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R
DUV4209234 Letter B: behind the scenes. Soldiers doing the wall. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R. Halt it! , publisher, Paris, around 1916

Letter M N: mask, mecano, trunk, new circus, Christmas tree, Nžgresse. Engraving in ' ABC of toys''
DUV4208347 Letter M N: mask, mecano, trunk, new circus, Christmas tree, Nžgresse. Engraving in ' ABC of toys''

Illustration of Jules Renard Draner (1833-1926) in Le Charivari, 1873-3-4 - Monarchy, Political Right
ICA4870684 Illustration of Jules Renard Draner (1833-1926) in Le Charivari, 1873-3-4 - Monarchy, Political Right, Fables La Fontaine and others - Rabbit/hare

Illustration of the book by Leo Taxil and J. Vindex "Marat ou les heros de la revolution"
PCT4285538 Illustration of the book by Leo Taxil and J. Vindex "Marat ou les heros de la revolution", Librairie anti-clerical (anti-clerical)

English dandies and belles pushing over a nightwatchman's box. Tom Getting the best of a Charley
FLO4661998 English dandies and belles pushing over a nightwatchman's box. Tom Getting the best of a Charley. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Isaac Robert Cruikshank

Letters G H; G: gramophone; H: hood, hippo. Engraving in ' ABC of toys''. , 1931 (engraving)
DUV4208320 Letters G H; G: gramophone; H: hood, hippo. Engraving in ' ABC of toys''. , 1931 (engraving) by Neziere

Illustration of Jules Renard Draner (1833-1926) in Le Charivari, 1873-3-25 - Moral Order, Sexuality
ICA4870432 Illustration of Jules Renard Draner (1833-1926) in Le Charivari, 1873-3-25 - Moral Order, Sexuality, Political Straight, Impotence, Sterilitis

Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece by Isfahan, late 19th century
PCT4296239 Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece by Isfahan, late 19th century; (add.info.: Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece by Isfahan)

The Meridian of the Palais Royal, the guns fire in the middle of the day, a man puts his pocket watch away
FLO4718564 The Meridian of the Palais Royal, the guns fire in the middle of the day, a man puts his pocket watch away, two others surprise with surprise

The sudden death of Count Gaston III of Foix (Foix Bearn) dit Gaston Phebus (1331-1391)
FLO4630437 The sudden death of Count Gaston III of Foix (Foix Bearn) dit Gaston Phebus (1331-1391), strikes with apoplexy by washing his hands back from a bear hunt

Le hare et les frogs: fable by Jean de la Fontaine illustree by Gustave Dore - The hare and the frogs
PCT4288743 Le hare et les frogs: fable by Jean de la Fontaine illustree by Gustave Dore - The hare and the frogs - by Dore

Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) for Edgar Allan Poe's short story " The Raven" (The Raven)
PCT4285025 Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) for Edgar Allan Poe's short story " The Raven" (The Raven)

Shigeno Yozaemon and a Bursting Shell, 1869. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Shigeno Yozaemon and a Bursting Shell, 1869. Series: One Hundred Warriors in Battle Selected by Yoshitoshi

The Battle of La Malmaison; During our artillery fire: explosion of a large French shell... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Battle of La Malmaison; During our artillery fire: explosion of a large French shell on the concrete casemates of the German machine gunners of Mont-des-Singes, 1917

13 inch mortar shell, American War of Independence, 1765-83 (metal)
3429546 13 inch mortar shell, American War of Independence, 1765-83 (metal) by French School, (18th century); diam: 33 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Diana Dors - British Actress
Diana Dors (1931-1984), British actress. Date: circa 1950s

The History of Hannibal, c. 1570 (tapestry)
CUL4895617 The History of Hannibal, c.1570 (tapestry) by Flemish School, (16th century); (add.info.: The History of Hannibal: Mago (Magon le Samnite), Hannibal's messenger, in Carthage. ca. 1570

Odyssee of Homere: " Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinoos sees Ulysses naked
ELD4868610 Odyssee of Homere: " Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinoos sees Ulysses naked and starving asking her for help" (Odysseus emerges from the forest completely naked)

The discovering of Holofernes Body (tempera on wood, 1472-1473)
LRI4575593 The discovering of Holofernes Body (tempera on wood, 1472-1473) by Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1444/5-1510); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

two lovers kissing in the countryside, obviously the fiery young man surprised the girl
PCT4279582 two lovers kissing in the countryside, obviously the fiery young man surprised the girl! Illustration by Randolph Caldecott English draftsman and painter (1846-1886)

L Assiette au Beurre, number 51, Satirique en couleurs, 1902_3_22: Medical, Hospital - Medicine, Surgeon (lithograph)
ICA4877471 L Assiette au Beurre, number 51, Satirique en couleurs, 1902_3_22: Medical, Hospital - Medicine, Surgeon (lithograph) by Faivre, Jules Abel (1867-1945); (add.info.: L Plate au beurre)

Brawl between musicians (oil on canvas, 17th century)
LRI4662480 Brawl between musicians (oil on canvas, 17th century) by Tour, Georges de la (1593-1652); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tours

The wandering Jew, surprised by the calvary which calls him, oil painting on canvas by Gustave Moreau (1826-1898)
YOU4419153 The wandering Jew, surprised by the calvary which calls him, oil painting on canvas by Gustave Moreau (1826-1898). Photography, KIM Youngtae, Paris, Musee Gustave Moreau

Berlingues trunk - Lithography, from Theatre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries
LSE4088934 Berlingues trunk - Lithography, from Theatre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries, text and drawing by Louis Edmond Duranty (1833-1880), Paris, 1863 by Duranty

Les hippophages (eaters of horses), engraving by Honore Daumier, 1858 "- What is that
PCT4282995 Les hippophages (eaters of horses), engraving by Honore Daumier, 1858 " - What is that? " But sir, its a horses foot

Le tonneau - Lithography, from Theatre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries
LSE4088951 Le tonneau - Lithography, from Theatre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries, text and drawing by Louis Edmond Duranty (1833-1880), Paris, 1863 by Duranty

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, 1911 (illustration)
XEE5033269 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, 1911 (illustration) by Castaigne, Jean Alexandre Michel Andre (1861-1929); Private Collection; Stefano Bianchetti

La fortune du chimoneur - Lithography, from Theatre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries
LSE4088985 La fortune du chimoneur - Lithography, from Theatre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries, text and drawing by Louis Edmond Duranty (1833-1880), Paris, 1863 by Duranty

Young orphan in the cemetery, c. 1824 (oil on canvas)
YOU4419253 Young orphan in the cemetery, c.1824 (oil on canvas) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); Louvre, Paris, France; Photo © Kim Young Tae

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"Bombshell: Unveiling the Seductive Secrets of History" In 1949, J. Roussel underwear launched an unforgettable advert that would forever be etched in our minds. The captivating face behind this bombshell campaign was none other than Diana Dors, a British actress whose allure knew no bounds. Drawing inspiration from iconic historical moments and artworks, this advertisement aimed to ignite desire and leave a lasting impression. Mary Dees, the creative genius behind the concept, ingeniously weaved together various tantalizing hints to create an alluring narrative. From "The History of Hannibal" tapestry depicting powerful conquests to Odysseus emerging naked before Nausicaa in Homer's epic tale, each hint added layers of sensuality and intrigue. Even Holofernes' lifeless body discovered in Judith's hands found its place among these provocative suggestions. Not shying away from controversial themes, the assassination of Jean Paul Marat during the French Revolution made its mark on this audacious campaign. A bold move that challenged societal norms and pushed boundaries further. Leaping through time and space, another illustration showcased two lovers caught in a passionate embrace amidst picturesque countryside scenery. Randolph Caldecott's fiery young man surprising his beloved perfectly captured the essence of unexpected desire. As if not daring enough already, L'Assiette au Beurre magazine contributed their satirical touch with illustrations highlighting colonization struggles in Africa as well as medical advancements within hospitals - both subjects provoking heated debates at the time. This bombshell advert transcended mere lingerie promotion; it became an artistic masterpiece capturing history's most seductive secrets. It invited viewers to explore their own desires while embracing their inner provocateur – unapologetically celebrating sensuality throughout time. Journeying through centuries past with Diana Dors as our guide, we were reminded that beauty is timeless and passion knows no limits.