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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Domestic Gas Accident - Explosion blows man out through roof
Song Titkes Illustrated: " I Arise from my Dreams of Thee"

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

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

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

Two boys playing at riding a Carriage. One urges on the team of four piebald hobby horses with a whip, while the other sends forth a blast on his horn announcing their departure. Date: circa 1910s

Miss Zena Dare blowing a large bubble
Miss Zena Dare (Actress) blowing a large bubble out of a long clay pipe Date: 1905

Todder blowing bubbles
A young toddler sat atop a padded stool playing with a large bubble, that he has blown through a pipe Date: circa 1906

Military music - Knights horn(3 of 8)
A knight of the 12th century blows on a horn

Girl Blows Dandelion
A young girl blows a dandelion, at the side of the road on a windy day Date: 1950s

The Toreador
A Toreador blows a woman a kiss

M. Leon Coutier finishing a hand-axe of Acheulean type
How stone-age tools were made: a modern recontruction of prehistoric skill. Coutier seen striking light blows along the roughed-out edge with a boxwood hammer

Windy Weather 1918
When windy weather blows a good coat, shawl or fur wrap will protect a girl from the cold. Failing that a passing soldier will do just as well

Servants Washing Line
The intimate apparel of the female servants of the Edwardian Country House blows in a good drying wind out side the attic room window

Boy Spouting Water
A boy blows water out of his mouth as he swims backstroke in Majorca, Spain

Tasting the Soup
Lady lightly blows on the soup before testing it from the pot

Fight in a Pub
Sons of Friendship - drinkers come to blows

Couple and Spaniel
While its master and mistress quarrel, a Blenheim King Charles spaniel waits patiently till the storm blows over

Fighting at Alicante
Throughout Spain, royalists and insurgents come to blows : fighting in front of the theatre at Alicante

Siegfried Blows his Horn
He blows his horn and penetrates the magic flames which encircle the sleeping Brunnhilde

Tale / the Goose Girl
The Goose Girl watches as the wind blows Conrads hat away (at her request). (Grimm)

French Page
A French page blows a hunting horn while attending his master in the field

Levite Blowing Horn
A Levite blows the horn

Hunting / Deer / 13th C
The dogs secure their catch while a gentleman on horseback blows the hunting horn

Family on Washing Day
A French blanchisseuse leans over the tub while her daughter pegs things out to dry and her little boy blows bubbles

Girl Blowing Candle
Good Night ! a little girl in her nightie blows out her candle

THE MAINE BLOWS UP
The Us cruiser Maine is blown up in Havana harbour, allegedly by the Spanish, leading to the American invasion of Cuba and the end of Spanish rule

Industry / Glass 1827
A glass-blower rests the molten glass on a stool while he blows it into shape

The Showman
A street entertainer sets up his stand, while his assistant blows his trumpet to attract an audience

Girl Blowing Bubbles
A young girl blows bubbles, each one containing an illustration of a household chore

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

Myth / Classical Myth / Fama
Fame blows her trumpet to proclaim a hero

Hen and Two Cocks
A hen watches in trepidation as two cocks come to blows over her

Hush-A-Bye (Greenaway)
- though here its Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top... when the wind blows, the cradle will rock, when the bough breaks, cradle will fall

JOHORE EXPLOSION
The iron paddle-steamer Johore blows up off Singapore

THE KENT ABLAZE
East Indiaman Kent, bound for Bombay, weathers storm in the Bay of Biscay but catches fire; luckily the Cambria passes near and rescues nearly all before she blows up

London / Cries / Newsman
The newsman blows his horn to attract people who will buy his papers

The Simple Life
THE SIMPLE LIFE - Dinner time in the barely furnished home of a formidable New Woman - she reads Votes for Women to her sandalled hubbie while snow blows into the room

Boy Blows Bubbles
An over-dressed boy - wearing a wig, whats more - blows bubbles at a table littered with ornaments

BISSONs BRAVERY 1827
GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: Lieut. Bisson, French Navy, blows up a captured Turkish ship & its crew rather than have it retaken. There stands a monument to him in Navarino

The Mayor of Aix
When two regiments stationed at Aix-en-Provence come to blows, mayor Jean Espariat brings them to their senses by saying if you must shoot anyone, shoot me !

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