Twigs Collection

Winter sunrise over isolated cottage with Barn Owl
The weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. A landing barn owl has been added to the border framing the scene

Craftsmen making besom brooms and wooden rakes
Two craftsmen sit on narrow benches, making besom brooms and wooden rakes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Craftsmen make besom brooms and wooden rakes
Two craftsmen sit on narrow benches, making besom brooms and wooden rakes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Woman dressed as winter, swaddled in rag and carrying fire wood. Date: c. 1915
Woman dressed as winter, swaddled in rag and carrying fire wood. Date: c.1915

November, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

Old maid on a comic greetings card
Old maid with birch twigs and alphabet book on a comic greetings card with verse and pull tab. Date: circa 1860s

COLLARED LEMMING - x 2 in winter feed on dwarf willow (Dicrostonix torquatus). Tundra of Taimyr peninsula, Russian Arctic

Cyclops Enters his Cave
Polyphemus the Cyclops enters his cave holding a bunch of osier twigs (to sleep on). Odysseus and his terrifed men hide at the back of the cave behind a flock of sheep

Hazel Tree Catkins
Hazel twigs with buds and catkins (corylus avellana)

Tree branches covered in snow. circa 1952

Ladies Dowsing / 1913
Ladies dowsing with hazel twigs near Guildford. Date: 1913

Little boy making fire on a Christmas card, attracting the attention of robins. Date: circa 1890s

Testing Candidates by William Heath Robinson
Testing candidates for the position of water diviner on the Metropolitan Water Board. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C. Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library Date: 1947

Abandoned German howitzer, Western Front, WW1
An abandoned German howitzer found during the British advance on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Raphael Kirchner - Pretty lady on a Chimney with broom harp
Fantasy card by Raphael Kirchner - Pretty lady sat above the rooftops atop a Chimney plucking the strings of a broom harp Date: circa 1903

Easter Customs - Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic there are many customs tied up with the Easter weekend. One such custom is illustrated on this postcard

Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 November
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 22-27 November. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Winter sunrise over isolated cottage
The weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Morocco - Tangiers - Fuel Market

Weasel in a fir tree
A weasel on the branch of fir tree

Fir-Twig Used as Torch
In Sweden, twigs from fir trees are used as torches which they carry in their mouths

Girl Gathers Twigs 1890
A little country girl gathers twigs for kindling

Trench Camaraderie 1917
American and French soldiers smoking and fraternizing in the trenches

Hannibal at Casilinum
SECOND PUNIC WAR : Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader, at Casilinum, sends cows with bunches of burning twigs attached to their horns, causing the Roman garrison at Callicula to flee in fear

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