Blown Collection

Statue of Nike by Paionios - Olympia, Greece
Reconstruction of a Statue of Nike (Goddess of Victory), originally by Paionios - Olympia, Greece (425420 BC). The statue originally stood near the temple of Zeus on a triangular 6-metre high pillar

British soldiers rescuing horse from ditch, Flanders, WW1
British soldiers trying to rescue a horse which has fallen into a ditch, blown by the force from a bursting shell, on the road to Reutel, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Wind Blown by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a coat and hat picks nuts from the branches of a tree which is rapidly losing its leaves in the autumnal breeze

Oil Gusher at Houston, Texas, USA

Windblown Lady by Muriel Dawson
A little girl holds her toy doll close as she walks during a windy autumn day

Scarborough Castle 1813
Scarborough, Yorkshire: a ladys parasol is blown away by the wind after a visit to the ruined castle

Victims of the First Gas Attack Memorial, Steenstraat
This 15 metres high Cross of Reconciliation, commemorates the victims of the first gas attack of the war made by the Germans on 22 April 1915

South Jersey hand-blown glass pitcher with lily pad design
Popular Art in the USA - South Jersey hand-blown glass pitcher with lily pad design. mid-19th century

Comic Valentines Postcard - Old Maid about to be blown up
Comic Valentines Postcard - Some seriously racey language punning against an image of an Old Maid about to be blown up. 1908

British engineers mining at Messines Ridge (blown)
British engineers mining at Messines Ridge (blown up on 7th June, 1917) during the First World War

Willingham House, Market Rasen
An oil painting of Willingham House, a country house near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire. It was built circa 1790 for Ayscoghe Boucherett, member of parliament for Grimsby between 1796-1803

March, Windy Day illustration by Lewis Baumer, of woman in puff, leg o mutton sleeve gown and large hat, blown about by the wind. From an article, The Light Side of Nature'

Bridge Blown up in Bilbao; Spanish Civil War 1937
One of the bridges of Bilbao, blown up by retreating Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War. In the background, one can see part of the dockside of the city

A triumphant group of Republican standing on the remains of a bridge in the Guadarrama region of Spain, during the Spanish Civil War

Improvised Bridge, near Cordoba; Spanish Civil War, 1936
Photograph showing an improvised bridge, made of wooden sleepers, at Constantina, near Cordoba, 1936. The bridge had been blown up by Republican troops to try to slow down the Nationalist advance

Wreck of the ship Gipsy at Bristol
The stranded Waterford Steam Navigation Companys steamer, the Gipsy, on, May I2th, 1878. The boat left Cumberland Basin for Waterford in the early morning. It was then high water

Comic postcard, Couple at the seaside on a windy day Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Older man with pretty woman on the beach. If the wind had only blown the other way! Date: 20th century

World War II US soldier helped towards the rear
World War II vintage photograph - US soldier with clothes partially blown of is helped towards the rear by comrade

World War II Japanese suicide kamikaze dive bomber
World War II vintage photograph - US soldier with clothes partially blown of is helped towards the rear by comrade

Entrance to site of German POW Camp Foucarville
Eventually the camp held 40, 000 prisoners including 218 Generals and 6 Admirals. It was effectively a full blown town with a 1, 000 bed hospital, a cinema, electric lights, a ballroom and shops

German U-boat abandoned and partly blown up, 1917
A German U-boat at ebb-tide, stranded on the sands near Calais, abandoned by its crew, set on fire and partly blown up. A general view of the wrecked boat with its deck-gun amidships

A Nice Conclusion, by William Heath Robinson, WW1
Cartoon, A Nice Conclusion, by William Heath Robinson, First World War. Enemy aviator (beginning to realise) -- Himmel! Surely I the zone of fire approaching be. circa 1918

United States Air Force - Convair B-36D-1-CF Peacemaker
United States Air Force Convair B-36D-1-CF Peacemaker 44-92026 (msn 23), of the7th Bombardment Wing, at Detroit, Michigan. Built as a Consolidated B-36B-1-CF Peacemaker, first flown 8 July 1948

A Russian wagon, bringing up supplies of ammunition, is blown up by a French shell Date: 1855

The Us cruiser Maine in Havana harbour, where she will shortly be blown up, allegedly by the Spanish, leading to the American invasion of Cuba and the end of Spanish rule Date: February 1898

Cambridge Double-decker Horse Tram
circa 1910s

MYTTON LOSES WINNINGS
English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) homeward bound one evening from Doncaster falls asleep while counting his winnings - thus many bank- notes were blown away & lost. Date: 1820s

GLASS 18TH CENTURY 14
GLACES SOUFFLEES Blown glass : furnaces for reheating the glass while shaping the object Date: 1765

GLASS 18TH CENTURY 13
GLACES SOUFFLEES Blown glass : the furnaces Date: 1765

The Malvern Hills above Droitwich, Worcestershire, England
Wind-blown grass on the Malvern Hills above Droitwich, Worcestershire, England Date: 1991

Juhu Beach, Bombay
Out of season hand-powered fairground carousel on Juhu Beach, Mumbai (Bombay). First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1992

Roman period. Small jar for ointments. Lacrymatory. Glass. F
Roman period. Small jar for ointments. Lacrymatory. Blown glass. From Augusta Emerita (Merida). Extremadura. 1st century AD. Episcopal Museum. Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Trixie Kent, blow-up car artist and explosives expert
An exploding car, blown up by Trixie Kent, blow-up car artist and explosives expert. (2 of 3) Date: circa 1969

Lens Making, France
Making lenses from a glass sphere which has been blown using compressed air; at a French glassworks Date: 1896

WW1 - SS Sussex torpedoed, 24th March 1916
WW1 - SS Sussex was on a voyage from Folkestone to Dieppe when she was torpedoed by SM UB-29. The ship was severely damaged, with the entire bow forward of the bridge blown off

Soldier, probably from the 1st Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusi
Black and white official photograph showing a soldier, probably from the 1st Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers patrolling past onlookers and a building that has been blown up, Northern Ireland

Bombardment of Kum Kale
Turkish guns being blown up by British shells at the entrance to the Dardanelles. Date: 1915

Fairies playing games
Fairyland scene depicting fairies riding on leaves blown along by the wind. Date: 1917

Lord Boynes House Destroyed By Blown Sands, Rosapenna, Done
Lord Boynes House Destroyed By Blown Sands, Rosapenna, NW Donegall - a view of a derelict house. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Rosapenna). Date: circa early 1900s

Pink flowers on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, March goblins, showing an old lady teased by the March winds and squally showers. Date: 1919

Fat Macaroni 1772
THE FULL-BLOWN MACARONI A rather fat " Macaroni" (dandy) sports all the latest fashion trends including a wig and trihorn hat. Date: 1772

Pink and red roses in a flower arrangement
An arrangement of pink and red roses, some in bud, some fully blown. 19th century

John Gilpins hat and wig run down the road after him
John Gilpins ride on the back of an out-of-control horse - his hat and wig run down the road after him - from a comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper - here he loses his hat and wig

John Gilpins loses his hat and wig
John Gilpins ride on the back of an out-of-control horse - from a comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper - here he loses his hat and wig! Date: 18th century

Man with umbrella in the snow on a Christmas card
Man with a black umbrella blown the wrong way, in the snow on a Christmas card. He has dropped some of his shopping, and two children are laughing at him. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation, by James Gillray. Showing a scene outside Heaven, with St Peter at the gate of Popish Supremacy and a crowd of Catholic priests and clergy

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