Capes Collection

Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1803 (oil on canvas)
JLJ4598431 Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1803 (oil on canvas) by David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825); 259x221 cm; Musee National du Chateau de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen passing through Westminster Abbey wearing St Edwards crown and carrying the orb and sceptre. Date: 2nd June 1953

Police in the Snow
A group of Metropolitan Police Officers stand in a line in the snow

The Hiker & Camper 1934
Stylised front cover of The Hiker and Camper magazine featuring an advertisement for Stormgard rain capes, leggings sou westers & rucksacks, all necessary for keen hikers

Christmas children sledging
Four small girls dressed in matching festive red capes and with fur muffs share a rather long sledge decorated with holly, forming a very pictureseque scene as they whizz down a snowy slope

The Dolly Sisters in Paris-New York
The Dolly Sisters in a scene from Paris-New York, Paris, 1927 1927

The Virgin with the Christ Child and a donor (oil on panel)
8712019 The Virgin with the Christ Child and a donor (oil on panel) by Santacroce, Francesco di Simone da (c.1440-1508); Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Niva

Madonna and Child with the Young St John the Baptist, after 1537 (oil on panel)
8712014 Madonna and Child with the Young St John the Baptist, after 1537 (oil on panel) by Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553); Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Niva

The Little Red Riding Hood, c.1880 (print)
7293320 The Little Red Riding Hood, c.1880 (print); (add.info.: Literature. Fairy Tales. The wolf in the bed with the Little Red Riding Hood)

The Little Red Riding Hood, c.1880 (print)
7293317 The Little Red Riding Hood, c.1880 (print); (add.info.: Literature. Fairy Tales. The wolf eat the Little Red Riding Hood)

The Little Red Riding Hood, c.1880 (print)
7293328 The Little Red Riding Hood, c.1880 (print); (add.info.: Literature. Fairy Tales. The wolf eat the grand mother. Imagery for the tale: The Little Red Riding Hood, by Charles Perrault)

Byron's voyage around Cape Horn 1764-1766; reverse, 1764-66 (silver)
7339300 Byron's voyage around Cape Horn 1764-1766; reverse, 1764-66 (silver) by Unknown artist, (18th century); 3.8x0 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Saint Nicholas of Bari, 1472 (oil on wood panel)
XOS5872711 Saint Nicholas of Bari, 1472 (oil on wood panel) by Crivelli, Carlo (c.1430/35-1495); 109x41 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: By Carlo Crivelli Saint Nicolas of Bari)

Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho)
8630709 Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho) by Foster, William (1852-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott (colour litho)
8638866 Illustration for Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott (colour litho) by Grieve, Walter (1872-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Walter, throwing his cloak from his shoulders)

Young woman with cigarette for "Cheri" by Colette, 1927 (Engraved wood)
8683011 Young woman with cigarette for "Cheri" by Colette, 1927 (Engraved wood) by Jeanniot, Pierre Georges (1848-1934); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sunday, the day that is blest with heavenly peace and rest (chromolitho)
8677372 Sunday, the day that is blest with heavenly peace and rest (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sunday)

The Little Red Riding Hood, c.1880 (print)
7293327 The Little Red Riding Hood, c.1880 (print); (add.info.: Literature. Fairy Tales. The Little Red Riding Hood meet the wolf in the forest)

Coelus II of Camulodunum (Colchester) (colour litho)
8635651 Coelus II of Camulodunum (Colchester) (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coelus II of Camulodunum (Colchester)

Inside a church (woodcut)
8672858 Inside a church (woodcut) by German School, (15th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Inside a church)

Charlemagne showing his courtiers the value of his sheepskin cloak (engraving)
8626241 Charlemagne showing his courtiers the value of his sheepskin cloak (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Saturday, no luck at all (chromolitho)
8677317 Saturday, no luck at all (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Saturday, no luck at all)

Raleigh's Gallantry, 1824 (coloured engraving)
8652755 Raleigh's Gallantry, 1824 (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Raleigh's Gallantry)

Issue of daily grog (colour photo)
8668589 Issue of daily grog (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Issue of daily grog)

Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape, c.1445 (oil on panel)
XOS5879614 Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape, c.1445 (oil on panel) by Christus, Petrus (c.1410-1475/76); 40.2x12.5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Nelson boarding the San Josef at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797, 1829 (oil on canvas)
7337681 Nelson boarding the San Josef at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797, 1829 (oil on canvas) by Jones, George (1786-1869); 162.5x223.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Madonna and Child with the Young St John the Baptist (oil on panel)
8712021 Madonna and Child with the Young St John the Baptist (oil on panel) by Bugiardini, Giuliano (1475-1554); Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Niva, Denmark; (add.info.: By Giuliano Bugiardini)

The visitation (oil on canvas)
8712007 The visitation (oil on canvas) by Jacobsz or Jacobs, Lambert (c.1598-1636); Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Niva, Denmark; (add.info.: By Lambert Jacobsz The Virgin Mary visiting her older cousin)

Knight templar, 1778 (engraving)
8698467 Knight templar, 1778 (engraving) by Bar, Jacques Charles (1740-1811); (add.info.: Religion. Catholic religion. Knight Templar in war suit. Engraving by J.C)

Do You Know: Why do men walk on outside of pavement? (colour litho)
8668156 Do You Know: Why do men walk on outside of pavement? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Why do men walk on outside of pavement)

Venice: Captain General in charge of the Republic's standard in the 16th century
FGL5476369 Venice: Captain General in charge of the Republic's standard in the 16th century. Watercolour drawing and ink from the manuscript " Customs of the Venetian " by Jan van

The loss of the steamer Great Liverpool, 1850
3478492 The loss of the steamer Great Liverpool, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the loss of the steamer the Great Liverpool near Cape Finistere)

Raleigh and Elizabeth (engraving)
8636230 Raleigh and Elizabeth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Raleigh and Elizabeth)

Spoiling a cloak and making a fortune (engraving)
8642704 Spoiling a cloak and making a fortune (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spoiling a cloak and making a fortune)

Turkish women, 1640 (watercolour)
8698362 Turkish women, 1640 (watercolour); (add.info.: Geography. Turkey. Turkish women with children. Watercolour from a compendium on the royal court of Murad IV (Murad IV Ghazi)

The triumph after the war in Siena, Italy. Detail. Painting by Giorgio Vasari and his studio (1511-1574), 1565
BEN5476212 The triumph after the war in Siena, Italy. Detail. Painting by Giorgio Vasari and his studio (1511-1574), 1565. 16th century Italian mannerism. Ceiling in the Salle dei Cinquecento

Sarah Bernhardt in the play Les bouffons, 1905
JAB4119087 Sarah Bernhardt in the play Les bouffons, 1905; (add.info.: Henriette Rosine Bernard called Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in the play " Les bouffons"

The Little Red Riding Hood, c.1910 (print)
7293247 The Little Red Riding Hood, c.1910 (print); (add.info.: Literature. Fairy Tales. Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf. Fairy tale by Charles Perrault)

House of Saint Veronica, in the Via Dolorosa (engraving)
8638835 House of Saint Veronica, in the Via Dolorosa (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: House of Saint Veronica, in the Via Dolorosa)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637114 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Erato, in achiton, that is, with himation serving both as chiton and cloak)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637111 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hygeia with himation or cloak partly twisted round the body as a girdle)

Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (engraving)
8677082 Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frederick William IV, (1795-1861), King of Prussia

Abbey, Arab and hawthorn (chromolitho)
8677339 Abbey, Arab and hawthorn (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A for abbey, Arab and aubepine (hawthorn)

Two models in dark capes at Albert Memorial
Two models in dark capes and fancy hats - Shoot at Albert Memorial, London. Date: circa 1950s

Ancient Greek travelling clothes (engraving)
8634998 Ancient Greek travelling clothes (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Greek travelling clothes. Illustration from Hellas)

Portrait of Alexander de Medici (Alessandro de Medici). Fresco by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), 1570
BEN5462297 Portrait of Alexander de Medici (Alessandro de Medici). Fresco by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), 1570. Sala di Leone X, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

Fairy tales of Charles Perrault, c.1880 (print)
7293354 Fairy tales of Charles Perrault, c.1880 (print); (add.info.: Literature. Fairy Tales. The characters of the fairy tales: little red riding hood, puss in boots, the wolf, the ogre)

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220185 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

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"Capes: A Timeless Fashion Statement and Symbol of Power" they have long been a symbol of elegance, power, and style. From the regal coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 to the enchanting scene of police officers braving the snow in their capes, these garments have always made a statement. In 1934, as hikers and campers explored the great outdoors, they found solace in their warm and protective capes. Even children embraced the joy of winter with Christmas sledging adventures while donning their cozy capes. The Dolly Sisters captivated audiences in Paris-New York with their glamorous outfits that included stunning capes. These sisters knew how to make an entrance and leave a lasting impression wherever they went. In Spain's Plaza de Toros, Valencia, during July 2014, matadors waved red capes at bulls during thrilling bullfights. The cape became both a tool for captivating performances and a means to protect themselves from danger. Marshall & Snelgrove advertised exquisite capes that exuded sophistication and luxury. Their designs were sought after by those who desired nothing but the best in fashion. A woman wearing an old point lace cape with delicate velvet accents showcased timeless beauty dating back to 1896. This piece was undoubtedly passed down through generations as it continued to captivate hearts with its intricate details. Artistic masterpieces like "Virgin and Child" from around 1500 or "Adoration of the Shepherds" painted between 1480-1500 often depicted figures draped elegantly in flowing capes. These paintings immortalized not only religious scenes but also celebrated fashion trends of that era. Portraits such as Don Diego de Corral Arellano's captured individuals' stature and status through elaborate clothing choices including grandiose capes made from luxurious fabrics like silk or velvet.