Face Collection

Turin Shroud Face 1934
Part of the first photograph of the Shroud, showing the face : the image is revealed more strongly in the negative

Gaudi chimneys on roof of Casa Mila (La Pedrera), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Back view of three geishas displaying obi sashes. Vintage 19th century photograph

The Penny Red postage stamp, 1841. Artist: Perkins, Bacon & Co
The Penny Red was a British postage stamp, issued in 1841. It succeeded the Penny Black and continued as the main postage stamp in the United Kingdom until 1879

The pig-faced lady The pig faced lady. Presented gratis with the police news. Miss Atkinson, a woman with a pig's head

Lord Marcus Beresford, 1911. Lord Marcus Talbot de la Poer Beresford, KCVO (25 December 1848 - 16 December 1922) was an equerry and racing manager. From British Sports and Sportsmen Part 1

Sir Edward Elgar, (1857-1934), English composer, late 19th-early 20th century. Born at Broadheath near Worcester, Elgar was appointed Master of the Kings Musick in 1924

Head of Hermes, early 2nd century. Roman, after the Greek original of the 430s-420s BC. The Roman equivalent of Hermes, the messenger of the Gods, was Mercury

Detail of Shroud of Turin in Chiesa della SS. Annunziata church, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Bust of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD)
Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD). Roman emperor. Roman bust. Marble. From Kandilli, Lamunia (Bozhoyuk). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

Rolex precision watches 1937
A selection of womens wristwatches for Rolex, Oyster watch that is waterproof, dustproof, anti magnetic and unbreakable glass. Products for Army & Navy catalogue. Date: 1937

L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. How our gunners won the VC and silenced the fire of the German guns in face of overwhelming odds Retreat from Mons, 1st September 1914

Skull anatomy by Leonardo da Vinci. Historical artwork and notes on the anatomy of the human skull and teeth, by the Italian artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

The Return of the Prodigal Son, c1668. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Return of the Prodigal Son, c1668

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, lst Viscount Baden-Powell, English soldier. Baden-Powell (1857-1941) became famous as the defender of Mafeking in the Boer War (1899-1902)

Supper at Emmaus, 1648, by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Supper at Emmaus, 1648. Detail. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Diagram of facial muscles, front view

L Wain. This is the way we wash our face
This is the Way We Wash Our Face. Artist: Louis Wain. A group of cats washing their faces Date: 1904

Egyptian art. Nefertiti bust. Limestone and stucco. Neues Mu
Egyptian art. Nefertiti. 14th century B.C. Egyptian Princess, wife of Amenhotep IV Akhenaton. Bust. Limestone and stucco. It is believed to have been crafted in 1345 BC by the sculptor Thutmose

NA, USA, Alaska. Sea otters are the largest members of the weasel family in North America

Coal miners in shaft lift, South Wales
Several coal miners with blackened faces stand in the shaft lift at the end of their shift in a coal mine in South Wales

Tarot Card 18 - La Lune (The Moon)
The Moon, as depicted on a Tarot card

London Film Festival Poster - 1992
Poster from the 32nd London Film Festival - 1992

Facial muscles of the human face (with labels)

Tarot Card 19 - Le Soleil (The Sun)
The Sun, as depicted on a Tarot card

Archery / Women / Face On
Ladies at an archery meeting

Al Jolson / Jazz Singer
AL JOLSON in The Jazz Singer

Praying mantis head, close up

Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. Artist: Leon-Maxime Faivre
Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Medulla oblongata in the brain, artwork
Hypothalamus in the brain. Computer artwork of a persons head showing the brain inside. The highlighted area shows the hypothalamus

Scrooge Sees Marley Face
Scrooge is startled to see Marleys face on his door, instead of the knocker

Tamsin Blight, the White Witch of Helston, William Jones Chapman (1808-1872)
Oil on canvas, English School, 1856. A portrait of an elderly woman wearing a bonnet and shawl, seated in a chair. Thomasine Blight (1793-1856), known locally as Tammy Blee

Obby Oss Mask, Padstow, Cornwall, England
Masks such as these are used in the Padstow Obby Oss May Day celebrations. It is worn during a dance that celebrates the coming of Spring

Emmeline Pankhurst a suffragette, on her way to Cannon Row after smacking Inspector Jarviss face. 1909

Hollow-face illusion, artwork
Hollow-face illusion, computer artwork. This is an optical illusion where the perception of a concave (hollow) mask of a face appears as a normal convex (protruding) face

Muscular system on head
Muscular system on a head. Computer artwork showing the musculature of the side of a human males head. The muscles shown are skeletal muscles. These muscles are consciously controlled by the brain

Gerard Manley Hopkins English Poet

The Laughing Cavalier, 1624, (1943). Creator: Frans Hals
The Laughing Cavalier, 1624, (1943). Painting in the Wallace Collection, London. From " The Studio", Volume 125. [The Offices of the Studio, London & New York, 1943]

The Laughing Cavalier, 1624, (c1915). Artist: Frans Hals
The Laughing Cavalier, 1624, (c1915). The painting is part of the Wallace Collection, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Self-portrait of JMW Turner, 1799. Artist: JMW Turner
Self-portrait of JMW Turner, 1799. Turner (1775-1851), the Romantic artist who became known as the painter of light. This is his last known self portrait, painted when he was 24

Simeon in the Temple, c. 1668-1669, by Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Simeon in the Temple, c.1668-1669. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Alice, c. 1918, by Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), Italian painter. Alice, c.1918. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark

Agatha Christie
Crime author, Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

WW II - Admiral Karl Doenitz Donitz, German navy
Vintage photograph World War II - Admiral Karl Doenitz Donitz, German navy

Napoleon, (1769-1821), c1894-95, (1936). Creator: James Sant
Napoleon, (1769-1821), c1894-95, (1936). Last portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) commissioned to James Sant (1820-1916)

Polkanuggo Quarry, Stithians, Cornwall. 1903-1904
A general view of Polkanuggo Quarry with steam traction engine BETA No 483 and workers posing for the camera. The traction engine was made around June 1885 by John Fowler of Leeds

Cross of Lothair II. Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany
Cross of the Emperor Lothair II (835-869). 11th century. Gold and precious gems. Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Germany

Pyramid and Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt

Hollow-face illusion, artwork
Hollow-face illusion, computer artwork. This is an optical illusion where the perception of a concave (hollow) mask of a face appears as a normal convex (protruding) face

ZIC-F-001283-0000
"Io + gatto" : a superimposition of Wanda Wulz's face and the image of her cat 1932

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill V for victory salut
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill making his V for victory salute

Tetisheri, Ancient Egyptian queen of the 17th dynasty, 16th century BC (1926). Artist: Winifred Mabel Brunton
Tetisheri, Ancient Egyptian queen of the 17th dynasty, 16th century BC (1926). Tetisheri was the queen consort of Senakhtenre Tao I, the seventh pharaoh of the 17th dynasty

An ivory mask from Benin, Nigeria worn by the Oba of Benin on ceremonial occasions
This mask was worn by the Oba of Benin at the waist on ceremonial occasions. It represents an ancestor or predecessor

Veiled Egyptian Woman - Cairo. Date: circa 1910s

John Knox (1514-1572). Engraving. Colored
John Knox (1514-1572). Scottish priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland. Engraving by H. Hondins The Young. The Universal History, 1885. Colored

Pantomime Characters, Commedia dell Arte - Clown, Harlequin, Columbine and Pantaloon. 19th century

Screaming Lord Sutch
DAVID SCREAMING LORD SUTCH British politician, musician and maverick, founder of the Official Monster Raving Looney Party (1983). Sadly, a manic depressive, committed suicide. Date: 1940 - 1999

WOMAN / MAKE-UP 1926
An attractive woman in a white dress, making up her face at her dressing table

Olympics / 1932 / Fencing
Fencing: Piller (Hungary) defeats Gaudini (Italy) in sabres

Tarot Card 19 - Le Soleil (The Sun)

AL CAPONE/1931 PHOTO
Alphonse Scarface Capone, Chicago gangster Date: 1931

Poster, Robert Brothers Circus, Caernarvon, Wales. circa 1960s

Dance at Bougival Date: 1883

Sitting Bear - Arikara, 1908. Artist: John Andrew & Son
Sitting Bear - Arikara, 1908. The Arikara are a semi-nomadic Native American tribe who lived on the plains of South Dakota. Their population was decimated by smallpox in the 1830s

Irene, Bryan Pearce (1929-2007)
Oil on board, 1975. Bryan Pearce was born in St Ives in 1929 and suffered from the then unknown condition Phenylketonuria, which affects the normal development of the brain

Yorkshire Cricket, 1892. Artist: Spy
Yorkshire Cricket, 1892. A portrait of Lord Hawke. Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (1860-1938) captained the Yorkshire County Cricket Club for 28 seasons

Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress, c1950s(?). Artist: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress, c1950s(?). Elizabeth Taylor made her screen debut as a child in Lassie Come Home in 1943

Egypt. Roman period. Fayum mummy portraits. Man. Encaustic painting. Coptic period. End 1st century A.D. Pushkin Museum. Moscow. Russia

Alexander III the Great (356-323 B. C. ). King of Macedonia (3
Alexander III the Great (356-323 B.C.). King of Macedonia (336 to 323 B.C.). Son of Philip II and Princess epirota Olympia. Roman bust. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Greek Art. Greece. 4th century BCE. Bronze statue of a youun
Greek Art. Greece. 4th century BCE. Bronze statue of a young identified as Perseus with Medusas head hanging. However, probably represents Paris and would subject the apple of discord

Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View, Yosemite National Park, California USA

Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)

Bubo coromandus, dusky eagle owl
A watercolour of the dusky eagle owl (Bubo coromandus) by an unknown artist, (c. 1840), part of the Lord Ashton Collection held in the Natural History Museum, London

Truganini, last surviving female Tasmanian Aboiginal
Truganini (Truganina, Trugernanner or Lalla Rooke, c1812-1876), the last surviving Tasmanian Aboiginal or Palawa woman. 1866

Miners from Fernhill Colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales
A black-faced miner, carrying his small daughter, his wife shielding her face, at Fernhill in the Rhondda. He has just emerged from 292 hours underground in a stay-in miners strike at Fernhill

Mature red deer stag (Cervus elaphus) near a loch. Photographed in Glen Garry, West Highlands, Scotland, UK, in February

Brain anatomy, MRI scan
Brain anatomy. Coloured magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the human head from the side. The sagittal scan has halved the brain, revealing the internal anatomy

Medulla oblongata in the brain, artwork
Hypothalamus in the brain. Computer artwork of a persons head showing the left hemisphere of the brain inside. The highlighted area shows the hypothalamus

STATUE OF LIBERTY, 1885. Face of the Statue of Liberty before asemblage at Bedloes Island in New York Harbor, 1885

Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) adult, close-up of head, feeding on leaves in eucalyptus tree, Australia

Man at work, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
A man at work, 150 feet up on the main face of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales

A Tiger approaches
A fantastic picture of a large male Tiger approaching with menace. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Possession is nine points of the law by Louis Wain
Illustration by Louis Wain showing a cat occupying a cast-off saucepan or cooking pot during snowy weather. A selection of birds, including a magpie and a blue tit bemusedly face the cat

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"Exploring the Many Faces of History and Art" The enigmatic Turin Shroud Face, a subject of fascination since 1934. Delving into the intricate details of the Shroud of Turin at Chiesa della SS. Annunziata church in Turin. Marveling at the majestic Bust of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, crafted during 121-180 AD. Captivated by the visage of Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, lst Viscount Baden-Powell, an esteemed English soldier. Unveiling Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable Skull Anatomy, showcasing his genius beyond artistry. Witnessing history through L Battery's Royal Horse Artillery and their indomitable spirit. Admiring Rolex Precision Watches from 1937, timeless masterpieces that transcend generations. Honoring coal miners in South Wales as they brave depths to fuel progress and prosperity. Immerse yourself in Rembrandt van Rijn's Supper at Emmaus (1648), a masterpiece capturing profound emotions and spirituality. Exploring North America's largest members of the weasel family - sea otters in Alaska's pristine waters. The Return of the Prodigal Son (c1668) by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn – a poignant portrayal evoking forgiveness and redemption. Delve into Egyptian art with Nefertiti bust; limestone and stucco marvels housed within Neues Museum. From ancient civilizations to modern wonders, these captivating faces tell stories that span centuries – each one offering a glimpse into our shared human experience.