Blows Collection

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren
King Arthur welcomes the Green Knight into the Banqueting Hall and invites him to dismount and eat with the company. Everyone is amazed to see the unexpected visitor

Charles Martel 732
Because of the heavy blows he showered upon the Saracens at Poitiers, Duke Charles Martel became known as " Charles The Hammer"

GUARD (1930S)
A guard of the North Eastern Railway waves his green flag and blows his whistle to tell the driver that the train may leave

Glass Blowing 1930S
A female glass worker blows glass for use in lamps, chemistry equipment, etc

Filling the Air with Fairy Forms -- a little girl blows a dandelion clock and in her imagination it turns into a flight of fairies. Date: circa 1920s

Woman in the wind in Autumn
A lady clings to her hat as the wind blows the autumn leaves around her

Constable in Trouble
A constable, confronted by a mob of roughs in the East End of London, blows his whistle for reinforcements

Hunter Blowing his Horn
Huntsman blows his horn to start the hunt

Kano Airport, Nigeria - Camel rider with horn (and spare camel...). Date: circa 1960s

Fairy Time - A seated fairy blows a dandelion head
Fairy Time - A seated fairy queen blowing the seeds off a dandelion seed head, whilst two sprites rest nearby under two toadstools Date: 1939

Les Travailleurs De l'Enlaidissement
An illustration of a tightly packed group of debating members of the Municipal Council, accompanied with a descriptive caption as follows

Bulging of the theatre curtain
At Royal, Exeter, fire on stage curtain blows out towards the auditorium and the audience flee the fire. 187 people die in the blaze

The Walls of Jericho by Alfred Sutro. First produced at the Garrick Theatre, London, 31 October 1904. The walls of London Society crumble in as the angel blows her trumpet

Musicians of Bornu, Yola Province, Nigeria, West Africa
Musicians of Bornu, Yola Province, northern Nigeria, West Africa. One blows a trumpet while the other accompanies him on a drum. 1922

Swiss Alpine Horn Date: 1948

ROOSEVELTS VOLCANO
Roosevelt blows apart muck- raking journalism, crooked politicians, public money thieves and general corruption Date: 1906

PUPILS HOME FROM SCHOOL
Home from School on the commencement of the Holidays. A boy blows a horn to herald his and his siblings arrival home. They are greeted by an overjoyed mamma and brother. Date: 1835

COMMUNITY / CHARITY / HOBOES
American Hoboes and a Railroad employee come to blows. Date: circa 1888

Myth - Classical Myth - Fama
Fama blows her trumpet to proclaim a hero

Roman Sacrifice a Bull
A Roman priest prepares to sacrifice a bull in front of his temple, while an acolyte blows a horn

PLAYING SOLDIERS
A budding Bonaparte invites his troops to salute the tricouleur, waving his sword while a bugler blows Date: circa 1880

PLAYING AT SOLDIERS / 1880
A budding Bonaparte invites his troops to salute the tricolore, waving his sword while a bugler blows Date: circa 1880

At Full Throttle - two cartoon mice on their motorbike
At Full Throttle - two cartoon mice (rather similar to their more famous cousin in the USA...) zoom along on their motorbike, hinking the horn and transporting a pot plant! Date: 1922

Domestic Gas Accident - Explosion blows man out through roof
Song Titkes Illustrated: " I Arise from my Dreams of Thee". Domestic Gas Accident - An explosion blows a sleeping man out through his roof after his wife has unwisely investigated a strange

Girl Undressing XI
Young lady undressing in stages - No.XI of XII Falling out of her night dress she climbs into bed and blows out the candle Date: 1892

Bottlenose DOLPHIN - blows bubbles from blow hole, facing camera (Tursiops truncatus). air bubbles rising. Complex play / creative behaviour

Come Aboard, Sir! by Edmund Blampied
An illustration by Edmund Blampied or Blam (1886-1966) of a young lady relaxing at the prow of a yacht while the breeze blows her hair

A beflagged Uncle Sam blows a bugle for recruits
The scene is outside a Recruiting Office with a sign Recruits Wanted guarded by an armed soldier. A dominant Uncle Sam has a small boy standing in front of him holding a US flag

CASQUE D OR real name : Amelie-Elie Noted Parisienne gigolette who achieved lasting fame when two apache (gangster) friends came to blows over her

Playing the Alpenhorn on banks of the Falensee, Switzerland
Playing the Alpenhorn on the banks of the Falensee, a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. Date: circa 1930s

Hush-A-Bye Baby
Hush-A-Bye baby, upon the tree top; When the wind blows the cradle will rock; When the bough breaks

Cupid Takes the Plunge - Two Aqua show stars get hitched. High-diver Roy Walsh from Blackpool, a former British Olympic Star (at the 1954 Melbourne Olympic Games) (25)

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

The wind blowing a ship onwards
The wind blowing a ship on the sea while the sun looks on. Date: C.1700

The Walls of Jericho by Alfred Sutro
Promotional postcard for The Walls of Jericho by Alfred Sutro. First produced Garrick Theatre, 31st October 1904. The walls of London Society crumble in the background as the angel blows his trumpet

Suffragette and Bugle. Suffragette in pretty dress with flared skirt, feathered hat and white boots, blows a bugle with banner proclaiming Votes for Women Date: circa 1908

Trifles Light as Air by Barribal
A pretty young woman idly blows bubbles with a pipe. Date: 1919

Testing Sound Waves
Ray Kulz blows his trumpet, Jimmy Noel strums his guitar and George Macdonald strikes the cymbal into an OSCILLOSCOPE to see if sound waves vary. Very much so! Date: 1930s

Charles Macklin, Actor 6
CHARLES MACKLIN Irish actor and writer comes to blows in The timorous baronet. Date: 1697? - 1797

Arab Musician blowing a small horn - Algeria, North Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Art Nouveau - pretty girl blowing bubbles
Fantastic Art Nouveau postcard - pretty blonde girl wearing a flowing red dress blowing bubbles. Date: circa 1900

Sheet Glass Making at Cooksons Glass Works, South Shields
Interior of a sheet-glass-making shop at Cooksons Glass Works, South Shields. A man blows into a pipe leading into a tubular bubble of glass which will then be opened out to form a sheet. Date: 1844

Silhouette, Its an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any Good
Its an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any Good -- silhouette showing three people struggling along a street on a wet and windy day

Starter caught at the Tote
The Starter who was Caught at the Tote by Patrick Bellew. The massed ranks of punters, jockeys, policeman and even a horse react with undiluted horror at the sight of the race starter placing a bet

Twelve proverbial silhouettes given a literal depiction: the fat is in the fire, to have a finger in the pie, sending coals to Newcastle, one sows and another reaps

Silhouette, Straws Show Which Way the Wind Blows
Straws Show Which Way the Wind Blows -- silhouette showing a farm labourer loading straw onto a cart on a windy day

Cycle Race Starting Gun
An old man in a peaked cap blows the starting whistle and fires his gun at the start of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

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