Bending Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Comic postcard, Engaged couple chatting Date: 20th century

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boys playing American football. Date: circa 1970s

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

W Storer, cricketer. circa 1897

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

Cartoon - Wanted, An Assistant. early 19th century

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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