Cloud Collection (#14)

Alice: cats Head in Cloud
The Cheshire Cats head appears in the sky Date: First published: 1865

Cloud Busting
Rolf Alexander demonstrates his astonishing ability to make clouds disperse, simply by using the power of the human mind ! Date: 12 September 1954

WW1 / 1918 / JOAN OF ARC
Jeanne d Arc sees her country destroyed during World War One - even she would be helpless to withstand the might of the Germans ! Date: 1918

Colourful scene of a sky at sunset
A colourful scene of a sky at sunset, above a country landscape

Colourful scene of a sky with clouds
A colourful scene of a sky with clouds, above a country landscape

Buddhas at Yungang Caves, Datong, Shanxi, China
Two Buddha statues of varying size carved from the rock at the Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Caves or Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Entrance to Yungang Cave in Datong, Shanxi, China
The entrance to Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Cave or Grotto no. 10 in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China, showing details of intricate Buddhist carvings in the rock

Cliff and Yungang Caves in Datong, Shanxi, China
View along the cliff, showing the Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Caves or Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Buddhist monastery in Datong, Shanxi, China
View of a Buddhist monastery at the Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Caves or Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Front view of Yungang Caves in Datong, Shanxi, China
Front view of the Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Caves or Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Buddha in Yungang Cave, Datong, Shanxi, China
Visitors viewing the Buddha statue in Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Cave or Grotto no. 18 in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Condolences Card
A rather bizarre condolences card - part of a Mourning Series ! An Angel is shown plucking at an angelic harp before a large silver cross and the bright rays of the sun as doves fly by

Music cover for Valse a Deux Tems (Temps)
Music cover for Valse a Deux Tems (or Temps), meaning Waltz in Two Beats or Two-Step Waltz, a popular style of waltz in the mid-19th century

Cover design for The Butterflies Ball
Music cover design for The Butterflies Ball, Air de Ballet, by Clifford Higgin, published by Cary & Co of London. An elegant butterfly couple are depicted, hand in hand

Cape Egmont lighthouse, North Island, New Zealand
Cape Egmont lighthouse, with Mount Egmont (Mount Taranaki) in the background, on the west coast of North Island, New Zealand

Sporting arena in India
Smoke is pumped into a sporting arena in India, possibly to further agitate fighting animals, here obscured beneath the white cloud

Paul Nicole / Gill
Paul Nicole (born 1833) Author and Public cultural exhibition promotor including that of the Crystal Palace of St. Cloud (1879). A fond conjuror

Chief Red Cloud - Sioux Chieftain
Native American Chieftain of the Sioux Tribe - Chief Red Cloud

Japan - Mount Aso, the largest volcano in Japan and one of the largest active volcanos in the world. Asos pyroclastic flow deposits (welded tuff) have been used for bridge construction in the region

Sudan - Sandstorm
A sandstorm in the Sudanese desert - an immense cloud of sand rises up over the horizon and the buildings of the capital, Khartoum

Angels Ever Bright And Fair
A colour illustration for an advertisement depicting angels on a starlit cloud, welcoming a new angel to heaven

1957 nuclear test: First hydrogen bomb test
After Britains first hydrogen bomb test over the pacific on May 15th 1957: the mushroom cloud photographed from a ship. The bomb was exploded in the air high above the sea off Christmas Island

The Passing Cloud
Four men talking to a woman in the sea at the seaside, flirt while a crab nips their legs and the sun goes behind a cloud

The Demolition of Heligoland, Germany, 1947
Aerial photograph showing the destruction of the former naval base on Heligoland, Germany, on 18th April 1947. Heligoland had been a stronghold for German military forces during both World Wars

RAF Typhoons attack German tanks, France; Second World War
Illustration showing Royal Air Force Typhoons, fighter-bombers equipped with rockets, attacking a column of German armour, near Mortain, 1944

Napoleon at Saint-Cloud
When in Paris, Napoleon and Josephine live at the Tuileries : but their principal residence is at the palace of Saint-Cloud, where they hold court in style

Napoleon at St Cloud
Fresh from his successes in Italy, Napoleon greets the great functionaries of state at the palais de Saint-Cloud

Napoleon & Marie-Louise
Illuminations at the palais de Saint-Cloud when Napoleon replaces Josephine with Marie- Louise of Austria

Blunt / Nimbus / Plate 103
Nimbus - or rain cloud - forming out at sea beyond the fishing boats. There is also half a rainbow disappearing into the dark cloud

Four Winds - North
SEPTENTRIO Boreas, the Wind of the North, carries off Oreithyria in a dark cloud, while thunder, lightning and rain afflict the Earth below

American Indians. The American Indian rising. Pine Ridge Ag
The headquarters of the government agent in charge of the Sioux Indians Reservation in Dakota. Indian police at the Pine Ridge

The Emperor starting for Metz; Franco-Prussian War, 1870
Illustration showing the Emperor Louis Napoleon, Empress Eugenie and the Prince Imperial leaving St Cloud, with their court, to head for the French Army headquarters at Metz; Franco-Prussian War, 1870

THE SILVER LINING
The Silver Lining : An atmospheric impression of the glories of a sunset on the Thames Estuary

Government Troops Enter
Government troops of the 26th regiment swarm into Paris by the Porte Saint-Cloud

Cartoon - Gas Protection
Every Cloud is Silver Lined The silver lining here is the new gas protection equipment used by British troops to combat the deadly gas attacks from German lines

England / Poole
The white beauty of the ever- changing cloud shapes adds to the charm of the scene across Poole Harbour, one of Dorsets gems of beauty and the distant Isle of Purbeck

Table Mountains Cloud
Table Mountain, South Africa, is rarely without a tablecloth of cloud which is said to have been created when Dutch settler Van Hunks had a smoking contest with the Devil

Krakatoa, after Effects 2
Three months after the major eruption, the atmosphere worldwide is affected : three views at sunset, made at 4.40, 5 and 5.15 PM show the effect of volcanic dust

Krakatoa, after Effects 1
Three months after the major eruption, the atmosphere worldwide is affected : three views at sunset, made at 4.10, 4.20 and 4.30 PM, show the effect of volcanic dust

Ww1 Bvm Sighting
The Virgin Mary appears to some Russian soldiers in a cloud which conceals them from the Germans : they believe she was protecting them, and so must be on their side

Flapper on a Cloud 1926
Androgynous woman with an Eton crop, short dress with square cut collar, patch pockets with tassel trim & pleated flounce, & rolled stocking tops sits dreamily on a cloud smoking

Lady on Mauve Cloud
Attractive flapper type sitting on a cloud, with rolled stockings and bobbed hair

French cross-country race at Saint Cloud
A French national cross-country race at Saint-Cloud -- Never has one seen a grander sporting spectacle than these 309 runners - solid chaps with bulging muscles

Smokeless Powder 1 of 2
Gunfire using normal powder, creating a cloud of smoke (1 of 2)

French Warplane in Cloud
A lone French warplane flies high among the clouds

Racial / Red Cloud / Sioux
Red Cloud: Chief of the Dakota Sioux tribe

God Bringing Riches
T IEN-KOAN is a divinity who brings good fortune : here he appears in a cloud, to guide a fortunate couple to haul up a catch of treasure in their fishing net

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