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Bending Collection

Background imageBending Collection: The Three Dancers

The Three Dancers (1945). Luke, John 1906-1975. The Three Dancers is a prime example of Luke?s highly stylised and precise technique

Background imageBending Collection: On the Cliff-Top by Muriel Dawson

On the Cliff-Top by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a yellow dress picking flowers. Date: 1942

Background imageBending Collection: A London Underground platform at Bank station

A London Underground platform at Bank station
An empty London Underground platform at Bank station, on the Northern Line. early 1930s

Background imageBending Collection: Pussys Breakfast by Muriel Dawson

Pussys Breakfast by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy bends down to give a kitten a saucer of milk. Date: 1945

Background imageBending Collection: Was it a Mermaid? by Muriel Dawson

Was it a Mermaid? by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl and her dog look into a rock pool on the beach. Date: 1940

Background imageBending Collection: The Cowslip Field by Muriel Dawson

The Cowslip Field by Muriel Dawson -- a little child bends down to pick flowers. Date: 1943

Background imageBending Collection: Islamic Contortions

Islamic Contortions
Some Moslems choose to twist and contort their bodies while praying, bending backwards to a remarkable degree

Background imageBending Collection: Two bearers and patient (2 of 2)

Two bearers and patient (2 of 2)
Method of lifting a patient onto a stretcher, with two bearers. (2 of 2)

Background imageBending Collection: Comic postcard, Engaged couple chatting Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Engaged couple chatting Date: 20th century

Background imageBending Collection: Comic postcard, Plump woman and minstrel at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump woman and minstrel at the seaside Date: 20th century

Background imageBending Collection: Harold Redpath

Harold Redpath
Caricature of Harold Redpath by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930

Background imageBending Collection: Scots Pines

Scots Pines
A landscape photograph which shows a bending river, shaping a large mound which is densely populated with scots pines, which sit opposite a golf course, probably in Dunfermline, Scotland

Background imageBending Collection: The Scottish Giant, by Arthur Rackham

The Scottish Giant, by Arthur Rackham
The Scottish Giant, book illustration by Arthur Rackham Date: 1916

Background imageBending Collection: The Water's Edge

The Water's Edge
A drypoint etching of a large, gnarled and twisted tree by the water's edge, beside a fallen, bending one. Date: circa 1923

Background imageBending Collection: WOMAN FAINTS

WOMAN FAINTS
"Found Daisy in a dead faint on the floor, and Captain Hallam bending over her." Date: 1890

Background imageBending Collection: A man out truffle hunting with a pig in Perigord, France. Date: 1908

A man out truffle hunting with a pig in Perigord, France. Date: 1908

Background imageBending Collection: Comic postcard, Little boy keeping fit Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy keeping fit Date: 20th century

Background imageBending Collection: Comic postcard, Directions on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Directions on the beach Date: 20th century

Background imageBending Collection: Comic postcard, Plump woman in a rowing boat Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump woman in a rowing boat Date: 20th century

Background imageBending Collection: Comic postcard, Plump woman paddling in the sea

Comic postcard, Plump woman paddling in the sea Date: 20th century

Background imageBending Collection: Comic postcard, Plump man paddling in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump man paddling in the sea Date: 20th century

Background imageBending Collection: Comic postcard, Helter Skelter, Edinburgh Exhibition Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Helter Skelter, Edinburgh Exhibition Date: 20th century

Background imageBending Collection: Comic postcard, Sailor and woman at the seaside - My word, if I catch you bending

Comic postcard, Sailor and woman at the seaside - My word, if I catch you bending! Date: 20th century

Background imageBending Collection: Comic postcard, Couple walking in the countryside - My word, if I catch you bending

Comic postcard, Couple walking in the countryside - My word, if I catch you bending! Date: 20th century

Background imageBending Collection: Comic postcard, Soldiers in the British Army, WW2

Comic postcard, Soldiers in the British Army, WW2 - physical training in the camp Date: circa 1940s

Background imageBending Collection: Boys playing American football

Boys playing American football. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageBending Collection: Bombed shop, London Road, Manchester

Bombed shop, London Road, Manchester
Bombed shop in London Road, Manchester, May 1939, believed to be caused by an IRA bomb. 1939

Background imageBending Collection: W Storer, cricketer

W Storer, cricketer. circa 1897

Background imageBending Collection: Machine for bending the barrel hoops 1875

Machine for bending the barrel hoops 1875
This operator bending the barrel hoops. Date: 1875

Background imageBending Collection: Cartoon - Wanted, An Assistant

Cartoon - Wanted, An Assistant. early 19th century

Background imageBending Collection: Genoese archer

Genoese archer, winding up or bending his crossbow. Date: 12th century

Background imageBending Collection: A stitch in time saves nine 1866

A stitch in time saves nine 1866
A middle class mother sews her daugthers clothing with the little watching her. Date: 1866

Background imageBending Collection: DANTE / ANGELS / PARADISE

DANTE / ANGELS / PARADISE
The angelic wreaths: About us thus, of sempiternal roses, bending wreathed those garlands twain;. (Canto XII, lines 16-19) Date: First published: 1307-21?

Background imageBending Collection: Woman on allotment - 2

Woman on allotment - 2
A woman bends over and plants onion sets in the well-prepared soil of her allotment in Northern England. The background shows ramshackle allotments and on the skyline is a church tower

Background imageBending Collection: Woman on allotment - 1

Woman on allotment - 1
A woman bends over and plants onion sets in the well-prepared soil of her allotment in Northern England. The background shows ramshackle allotments and on the skyline is a church tower

Background imageBending Collection: WW1 - Comic Postcard - The Long and the Short of it

WW1 - Comic Postcard - The Long and the Short of it
WW1 - Comic Postcard - " The Long and the Short of it". A lady and her remarkably tall fella! Date: 1916

Background imageBending Collection: A Housemaid waits to catch a peep up a Scotsmans kilt

A Housemaid waits to catch a peep up a Scotsmans kilt
A Housemaid waits patiently, hoping to catch a peep up a Scotsmans kilt. The caption reads: Poor Jock stood on his front door steps, His bearskin wanted mending, The Housemaid standing down below

Background imageBending Collection: La Crinolonomanie by Charles Vernier

La Crinolonomanie by Charles Vernier -- A fashionable young woman visits a blacksmith for repairs to the iron ring of her crinoline frame. circa 1850

Background imageBending Collection: Boy keeping goal in Balham, SW London

Boy keeping goal in Balham, SW London
A boy keeping goal in front of a concrete wall in a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Background imageBending Collection: Little girl picking mushrooms by Muriel Dawson

Little girl picking mushrooms by Muriel Dawson
A little girl picking mushrooms on a hillside, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageBending Collection: Nursery Rhymes -- old woman, pig on cart

Nursery Rhymes -- old woman, pig on cart
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- an old woman outside a cave, with cooking pot, fire and cat. Below -- a man rides in a horse-drawn cart with a pig in the front. Date: early 20th century

Background imageBending Collection: Art Nouveau Floral

Art Nouveau Floral
Two trees, bending in an art nouveau manner, form a striking if sombre surround

Background imageBending Collection: Scene at a busy country racecourse

Scene at a busy country racecourse. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBending Collection: Men at work on horses hooves

Men at work on horses hooves, London horseguards. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageBending Collection: Silhouette - Wash Day Tub

Silhouette - Wash Day Tub
Silhouette - Woman working at the wash day tub. circa 1830

Background imageBending Collection: George Ernest Studdy, self-portrait with Bonzo puppy

George Ernest Studdy, self-portrait with Bonzo puppy
George Ernest Studdy, a self-portrait of the artist bending right down to observe a Bonzo-like puppy. Captioned Studdy employs no models

Background imageBending Collection: Planting Potatoes

Planting Potatoes
An old male farm worker, plants potatoes from the sack over his shoulder in the Wirral, Cheshire. Back- breaking work, especially in heavy, stiff clay soil. Date: 1950s

Background imageBending Collection: TANNER 1827

TANNER 1827
" The art of the tanner consists in converting the gelatinous part of the skins of animals into the substance called leather by impregnating it with tannin". Date: 1827

Background imageBending Collection: Within the Magic Circle

Within the Magic Circle -- two little girls encounter some fairies. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBending Collection: William Cowper

William Cowper
WILLIAM COWPER (1731 - 1800) English poet in his garden

Background imageBending Collection: Statue of a Scottish Curler

Statue of a Scottish Curler
Statue of a Scottish curler. 1897

Background imageBending Collection: Clown on a triangular Christmas card

Clown on a triangular Christmas card
Clown bending down to write a greeting on a triangular Christmas card with an ornate border. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBending Collection: Toddler bending over in a garden

Toddler bending over in a garden. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBending Collection: Bending-stalked ixia with pale purple tinged

Bending-stalked ixia with pale purple tinged white flowers, Ixia flexuosa.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss Botanical

Background imageBending Collection: LFB firefighters adjusting back of vehicle

LFB firefighters adjusting back of vehicle
LFB firefighters in traditional brass helmets adjusting the back of a vehicle

Background imageBending Collection: Hillbrow Scout Troop, Johannesburg, exercising

Hillbrow Scout Troop, Johannesburg, exercising
Boys of Hillbrow Scout Troop, Johannesburg, South Africa, doing physical exercises

Background imageBending Collection: Bending armour-plates by hydraulic pressure

Bending armour-plates by hydraulic pressure
The new iron-clad fleet: bending armour-plates by hydraulic pressure at Chatham Dockyard. Date: 1863

Background imageBending Collection: Wheres Your Mummy? by Muriel Dawson

Wheres Your Mummy? by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy finds a kitten all alone in the garden. Date: 1944

Background imageBending Collection: Little Stick Gatherer by Muriel Dawson

Little Stick Gatherer by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in red and blue, putting sticks in a basket. Date: 1945

Background imageBending Collection: Toddler picking mushrooms by Muriel Dawson

Toddler picking mushrooms by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Background imageBending Collection: Siege Weapon

Siege Weapon
A bar bending military siege weapon designed to allow access into areas in which ones enemy does not desire ones presence. Date: 1588

Background imageBending Collection: Man drinking, Willan Beck, Eskdale Valley, Cumberland

Man drinking, Willan Beck, Eskdale Valley, Cumberland
A Drink at Natures Bar. A man bends to drink some water from Willan Beck, in the Eskdale Valley, Cumberland. Date: July 1914

Background imageBending Collection: God Save the Queen

God Save the Queen
Arrangement of people spelling out God Save the Queen. Date: victorian era

Background imageBending Collection: Picking up Teddy

Picking up Teddy
A little girl bending over to pick up her teddy bear. Date: early 1930s

Background imageBending Collection: Javanese Rice Fields

Javanese Rice Fields
Harvesting in the rice fields, Java, Indonesia. Date: 1930s

Background imageBending Collection: Thessaloniki, Greece - Porters Loading up

Thessaloniki, Greece - Porters Loading up Date: circa 1904

Background imageBending Collection: The Kaiser suffers throughout the war

The Kaiser suffers throughout the war
Before, During and After... Throughout WW1, Kaiser Wilhelms helmet slowly loses its shape and his moustache droops lower and lower as the situation progressively worsens for his side

Background imageBending Collection: Newfoundland, Canada - Salmon Fishing - Harrys Brook

Newfoundland, Canada - Salmon Fishing - Harrys Brook. Date: 1902

Background imageBending Collection: Reduced facsimile of a Chart of Physical Exercises

Reduced facsimile of a Chart of Physical Exercises (supplied with Cassells Physical Educator). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBending Collection: C size plate bending machine

C size plate bending machine

Background imageBending Collection: B size plate bending machine

B size plate bending machine

Background imageBending Collection: Small plate bending machine

Small plate bending machine

Background imageBending Collection: So Pretty! by Muriel Dawson

So Pretty! by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in pink, picking red flowers. 1944

Background imageBending Collection: LCC-LFB Fire damage at Woolwich Arsenal

LCC-LFB Fire damage at Woolwich Arsenal
Twisted steel girders in the aftermath of a major fire at Woolwich Arsenal, SE London, in April 1906

Background imageBending Collection: The Grecian Bend, Fifth Avenue Style

The Grecian Bend, Fifth Avenue Style.;

Background imageBending Collection: Mini Window Shopper

Mini Window Shopper
The dangers of bending over in a mini dress at the Summer Sales! Date: late 1960s

Background imageBending Collection: Dunderpate tries to put his best leg foremost

Dunderpate tries to put his best leg foremost, as advised by the pedlar, but finds it difficult. Date: 1938

Background imageBending Collection: Mrs Bobbity cooking her dinner

Mrs Bobbity cooking her dinner -- potato pie with a flaky crust, with bread and cheese, so there will be plenty of crumbs for the birds. Date: 1937

Background imageBending Collection: Braces advertisement

Braces advertisement
Advertisement for Shirley President braces, which, according to the copy, instantly adjust themselves to every motion of the body

Background imageBending Collection: Mrs Bobbity weeding her garden

Mrs Bobbity weeding her garden. Date: 1937

Background imageBending Collection: Initiation to Companion Grade

Initiation to Companion Grade
Recipient and Expert Brother bending theirs knees in front of the mysterious letter G of the Flamboyant Star. Date: 1890s

Background imageBending Collection: Man in vegetable garden

Man in vegetable garden
A man working in a vegetable garden with rows of large onions. circa 1940s

Background imageBending Collection: Railway track at Landore, near Swansea, South Wales

Railway track at Landore, near Swansea, South Wales
View of the railway track at Landore, near Swansea, on the Great Western Railway, Glamorgan, South Wales

Background imageBending Collection: Miner working in Plas y Coed Level, South Wales

Miner working in Plas y Coed Level, South Wales
A miner working in the Plas y Coed Level, South Wales



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