Ladies' dress mb-height 3175 King George V (1865-1936) visiting

King George V (1865-1936) visiting the British Expeditionary France during the Battle of the Somme

Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

Portrait of Girolamo Bernerio (1540-1611) Bishop of Ascoli Piceno

Front view of London House

Polish cochineal [Porphyrophora polonica] or carmine scales

Ladies' dress mb-height 3175 King George V (1865-1936) visitingLadies' dress, 14th century, (1910). Costume from the second period (c1350 1360) of the reign of Edward III (ruled 1327 1377), showing vertical pockets, and giving an idea of the length of the tippet. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).