Clouds Collection (page 16)

A Close Finish by Hilda T Miller. Fairies racing on autumn leaves. 20th century

Handmade Christmas and New Year card with mermaid
Handmade Christmas and New Year card with a mermaid emerging from the waves, and a lighthouse in the background. circa 1890s

Cartoon, Women and cigarette smoke. A young woman wafts away billowing clouds of cigarette smoke from another woman who is smoking

The Nile at Ayat / Egypt
The Nile at Ayat. Date: 1904

View from Balloon 1790S
A View from a Balloon above the clouds, seen by Mr Baldwin Date: 1790s

Advert / Cloud Projection
Projection onto clouds, Paris Date: 1894

Cartoon, Taking advantage of the dark, WW1
Cartoon, Taking advantage of the dark -- a Zeppelin airship creeps over Paris at night with deadly intent. Date: 1916

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL German pianist and composer Date: 1778 - 1837

Charles Cotton / Home
CHARLES COTTON Beresford Hall, home of the English poet, parodist, translator and angler Date: 1630 - 1687

Saint Agnes / Huyot
SAINT AGNES Roman saint who survived an ordeal in a brothel, only to be fatally stabbed at the age of 13, as depicted here Date: ca 290 - 304

USA / Mt Shasta, Cloudy
MOUNT SHASTA, California with snow clouds Date: 1914

George Frederic Handel
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL German-English musician Date: 1685 - 1759

Verne / Robur
ROBUR LE CONQUERANT [The Clipper of the Clouds] The Albatross comes to the rescue of the Goahead Date: 1886

Paramushir, Kuril Islands, Sea of Okhotsk, Pacific
Paramushir, a volcanic island in the Kuril Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk, north west Pacific Ocean (under Russian occupation). Date: circa 1880

The Balloon of Cantoya, Mexico -- an international festival in Michoacan. Date: circa 1900s

Vignette design, Mexican couple watching a balloon. circa 1910s

Russian soldiers up a tree, eastern front, Russia, WW1
Russian soldiers up a tree used as a lookout post on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

London at sunset - View westward from Blackfriars Bridge - the distinctive silhouettes of the Savoy and Cecil Hotels can be seen far left. Date: circa 1920s

London - The River Thames from Tower Bridge looking west - early morning light. Date: circa 1920s

White dove in flight on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

A mysterious Fall of Frogs Date: 19th century

Distant view of Arlington Court, near Barnstaple, Devon
A distant view of Arlington Court, a National Trust property in neoclassical style near Barnstaple in North Devon, with a large tree in the foreground. Date: circa 1980s

White doves on a Christmas card, with crescent moon and stars. circa 1890s

Owl on a crescent moon on a greetings card
Owl perched on a crescent moon on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Eight owls on a New Year card, some sitting on a snowy branch, others flying off. Date: circa 1890s

Angel on a Christmas card, with blue sky and fluffy clouds. Date: circa 1890s

A Spring storm sweeping over the Valley of River Arno, Italy. Date: 1905

Cartoon, The imperial eagle, WW1
Cartoon, The imperial eagle. He will return to his eyrie devoid of feathers, never to return. A comment on a German retreat during the First World War. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed, WW1
Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed. An allegorical female representing the medieval period holds the famous sword named Durandal (or Durendal), from the time of Charlemagne

Killerton House, Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon
Killerton House, an 18th century house at Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon, owned by the National Trust. Date: circa 1980s

Arlington Court, Devon, with horse-drawn carriage
A view of Arlington Court, a National Trust property in neoclassical style near Barnstaple in North Devon, with a horse-drawn carriage in the driveway

Mother and child at Brixham, Devon
Mother and child admiring the scenery at Brixham, Devon. Date: circa 1980s

A large airship in flight. Date: 1920s

American couple studying a map in an elegant automobile
American couple studying a map, riding in the open-top rear section of an elegant cream-colured car, their luggage carefully stowed in the roofrack. Date: 1920s

A small biplane flying through the clouds. Date: 1920s

Swimming pool at Hotel Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico
The swimming pool at the Hotel Agua Caliente, part of a popular leisure centre in Tijuana, Mexico. Date: circa 1929

Cartoon, British Tars, towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billys old Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition, by James Gillray

Illustration, A Song of the English, Capetown
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Cupid in the sky with bluebells. Date: circa 1910s

Cupid with a yellow butterfly. Date: circa 1910s

Insert of cover design, Popular Flying
Insert reproduction of cover design, Popular Flying, the National Aviation Paper, July 1936. Running the Gauntlet(s), showing a Hawker Demon (with a Rolls Royce Kestrel engine) of 23F Squadron

WW1 - German gas attack
WW1 - Illustrating a gas attack in the eastern war zone from an aerial viewpoint. The poisonous cloud rolls before a westerly wind towards the Russian lines

WW1 - Air Battle - English SE5 and German LVG aircrafts
WW1 - A photograph from an aerial viewpoint of a British biplane fighter aircraft S.E.5 (Scout Experimental 5), and a German LVG (Luft-Verkhers-Gesellschaft), in air battle. Date: circa 1915

WW1 - French and German aerial battle, 1916
WW1 - French and German aeroplanes in an aerial battle. The French in quick-firing gun action using the built in machine gun at the nose of the battle-plane to attack their enemy

WW1 - Close encounter between aeroplane and balloon
WW1 - A depiction of a close aeronautic encounter between a aeroplane and balloon hidden from each other in the cloudy sky

WW1 - Aircraft in battle, 1915
WW1 - A depiction of an aerial duel, with the gunner from the aeroplane in the foreground, firing at its enemy from above at a distance. Date: 1915

WW1 - German aircraft views the English Navy - North Sea
WW1 - A German illustration of a battle in the North Sea showing a German aircraft beating-off the English Navy. Three enemy merchant-vessels are being destroyed

West Country sunset with couple and dog. Date: circa 1960s

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