Bowed Collection

Carthusian monks process to matins at 2 am
Carthusian monks in cowls and habits process to matins at 2 am

A pair of Angels
A very beautiful chromolithographic postcard depicting a pair of angels, one bowed in prayer and one holding a long thin scroll. Date: circa 1910s

Statue Of Sorrow
A design for a statue to be placed within an old cloister entrance of History Garden in dunfermline, it portrays a cloaked figure sat with his head bowed. Date: circa 1904

With Your Talent You Should Be A Millionaire
A sketch which shows a large gentleman speaking with a man whose head is slightly bowed, a lady stands behind looking towards a desk. Date: circa 1901

Prayer For The Fishermen, Etaples
This painting shows a gathering of people with bowed heads or knelt down in prayer for the fishermen of Etaples, northern France. Date: circa 1916

Cartoon, The Harvest of War, WW1
Cartoon, The Harvest of War, showing a German general with his head bowed on a battlefield, while the ghosts of dead soldiers march past with agricultural implements

Fighting at the Barricades; Paris Commune 1871
A bowed but resigned officer caught behind the lines, in effect Between two fires, during fighting between the French Army and the Paris Commune, 1871

Funeral of General Simon Fraser, 8 October 1777, the day after the Battle of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Date: 1777

Memorial to Sgt Charles Ranginawawahia Sciasia
New Zealander Sciasia, born of an Italian father and a Maori mother, played, with his brother John, for the Maori All Blacks in 1913

Cartier at Gaspe
Jacques Cartier sets up a cross at Gaspe. On his exploration of Canada for France, Breton explorer Cartier lands at Honguedo, and is met with the St. Lawrence Iroquoians

Soldiers on Parade at the Cabildo Plaza at Cuzco
Peruvian soldiers stand in formation, heads bowed, before them the words Viva el Perou spelled out in flowers. A huge crowd watches from the stands outside the plaza. Date: 1872

Fisherman Snags Salmon Date: 1950

Swan Lands Near Mate Date: 1947

17th century Porter
A porter staggers along a country road, bowed down beneath the weight of his bags. Date: 17th century

Burkina Faso - Upper Volta, Africa - Samo Dancer
Southern Burkina Faso - Upper Volta, Africa - Dancer of the Samo people. He appears to be playing some form of bowed musical instrument? Date: circa 1910s

Welsh Crwth - Rare Musical Instrument
Welsh Crwth - a very rare musical instrument - this example is held in a private collection on Anglesey. Hollowed out of a single block of wood, with the soundboard glued

Omani elders stand with heads bowed in Oman
Salalah Sultanate of Oman. Groups of men standing with heads bowed on the beach. Young boys wearing traditional clothes and hats. Man holding rifle. Date: 1977

A wandering street Minstrel, Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: circa 1950s

Prayers aboard HMS Marlborough, Iron Duke-class battleship
Prayers aboard the HMS Marlborough, an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill

Christian Baptism in China. Date: circa 1930s

2 Minutes Silence
Two minutes silence - before getting on with the next war... Date: 1933

She bowed herself to the ground. Date: circa late 19th century

Mug - British soldier and a British sailor - Angel of Peace
Unmarked china mug with a transfer showing a British soldier and a British sailor with heads bowed in front of an Angel of Peace. Flags of the Allies are being waved by groups of young children

Fashions for 1788 featuring two ladies wearing ridiculously overblown clothing, with huge fringed, feathered and bowed hats and long, elaborate wigs. Date: 1788

Napoleon III in Exile 2
The last photograph taken of LOUIS NAPOLEON III : exiled to England, he stands, bowed and defeated, in the grounds at Chislehurst. Date: 1808 - 1873

Lebanon - Two Bedouin Musicians playing masenqo
Lebanon - Two Bedouin Musicians, both playing the masenqo. Date: circa 1910s

East African Jewish Bedouin Musician in Jerusalem, Israel. Playing a masenqo, a single-stringed bowed lute commonly found in the musical traditions of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Date: circa 1920s

Georgian Traditional Musicians (Sasandaren). Instruments pictures here include (from left): Double Drum (Diplipito), Daira (variety of tamborine)

World War One Patriotic postcard
Saint Alliance. A British soldier joining forces with a spectral Joan of Arc to go and fight the German army on the Western Front. Patriotic card of the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Funeral of the Unknown Warrior - Westminster Abbey, London on 11th November 1920

Old Beggar - Tours, France
Old beggar in Tours, France. He stands, head bowed, wearing a long smock and a fantastic pair of wooden clogs

Young Indian Musician
A young Indian girl playing a traditional bowed stringed instrument

Lenin at a Funeral 1919
VLADIMIR LENIN Russian statesman (second from left), at the funeral of M.I. Elizarov, Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia

A Medieval Duet
Duet for woodwind - an early form of hautbois - and bowed strings - perhaps a rebec - with an obliging friend to hold the music

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