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Background imageBlows Collection: Silhouette, Its an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any Good

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Starter caught at the Tote

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Twelve proverbial silhouettes

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Silhouette, Straws Show Which Way the Wind Blows

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Cycle Race Starting Gun

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Two boys playing at riding a Carriage

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Miss Zena Dare blowing a large bubble

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Todder blowing bubbles

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Military music - Knights horn(3 of 8)

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Girl Blows Dandelion

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

Background imageBlows Collection: The Toreador

The Toreador
A Toreador blows a woman a kiss

Background imageBlows Collection: M. Leon Coutier finishing a hand-axe of Acheulean type

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Windy Weather 1918

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Servants Washing Line

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Boy Spouting Water

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Tasting the Soup

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Fight in a Pub

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Couple and Spaniel

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Fighting at Alicante

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Siegfried Blows his Horn

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Tale / the Goose Girl

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

Background imageBlows Collection: French Page

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Levite Blowing Horn

Levite Blowing Horn
A Levite blows the horn

Background imageBlows Collection: Hunting / Deer / 13th C

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Family on Washing Day

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Girl Blowing Candle

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

Background imageBlows Collection: THE MAINE BLOWS UP

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Industry / Glass 1827

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

Background imageBlows Collection: The Showman

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Girl Blowing Bubbles

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

Background imageBlows Collection: CASQUE D OR POSTCARD

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Myth / Classical Myth / Fama

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Hen and Two Cocks

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Hush-A-Bye (Greenaway)

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

Background imageBlows Collection: JOHORE EXPLOSION

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

Background imageBlows Collection: THE KENT ABLAZE

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

Background imageBlows Collection: London / Cries / Newsman

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

Background imageBlows Collection: The Simple Life

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

Background imageBlows Collection: Boy Blows Bubbles

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

Background imageBlows Collection: BISSONs BRAVERY 1827

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

Background imageBlows Collection: The Mayor of Aix

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 !

Background imageBlows Collection: Riots at Palais Royal

Riots at Palais Royal
Supporters and opponents of the Orleans monarchy come to blows in the Palais Royal, Paris



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