Composition Collection

Eritrea - Water Carrier
Eritrea - Female Water Carrier Date: 1936

Typesetter at work
A compositor at a the Lund Humphries print works places a small type glyph on a forme rack, finishing a page of imposing surface text prior to inking and printing. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Fantasy French postcard - Nude woman and doll
Very stylish Fantasy French postcard depicting a nude woman smiling and cradling a doll in her arm. Date: circa 1910s

Nude model on a break plays a piano
The Model rests A nude model takes a break from posing for an artist and plays a little ditty on the Baby Grand Piano just off his studio. Date: circa 1914

Duncan Ectoplasm 4
English medium Helen Duncan ejaculates a trailing flow of ectoplasm for Harry Price. It is very similar to cheesecloth in composition

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, at Southampton
Reaching Southampton the Queen Mary docked in an enormous King George V graving drydock, ready for its maiden voyage to New York in May 1936

Slioch from Grudie Bridge, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
A Scottish Shepherd herds a flock of Sheep at Slioch (viewed from Grudie Bridge), Ross & Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland Date: circa 1940s

Night Piece by Aubrey Beardsley. An almost entirely black composition with the figure of a woman. Illustration in The Yellow Book, volume I, April 1894

Rue Miromesnil and Rue Treihard, Paris, France

Model in New Look woollen full-length overcoat
Beautifully-composed shot of model in New Look woollen full-length overcoat, standing just inside an elegant arcade. Date: late 1940s

Auguste Van Biene - Dutch Actor, Musician and Composer
Auguste Van Biene (1849-1913) - Dutch Actor, Musician, Composer, Cellist - best known for his composition The Broken Melody Date: circa 1905

The Water Lilies: Trees Reflections by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. The Water Lilies: Trees Reflections, ca. 1915-1926. Oil on canvas (200 x 850 cm). Orangerie Museum. Paris. France

The Water Lilies: The Two Willows, circa 1915-1926 by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. The Water Lilies: The Two Willows, ca. 1915-1926. Oil on canvas (200 x 1700 cm). Detail. Orangerie Museum. Paris. France

The Water Lilies: Clear Morning with Willows by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. The Water Lilies: Clear Morning with Willows, ca. 1915-1926. Oil on canvas (200 x 1275 cm). Orangerie Museum. Paris. France

The Water Lilies: Morning with Willows by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. The Water Lilies: Morning with Willows, ca. 1915-1926. Oil on canvas (200 x 1275 cm). Orangerie Museum. Paris. France

The Water Lilies: Green Reflections circa 1915-1926 by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. The Water Lilies: Green Reflections, ca. 1915-1926. Oil on canvas (200 x 850 cm). Detail. Orangerie Museum. Paris. France

The Water Lilies: The Clouds, 1915-1926, by Claude Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. Water Lilies: The Clouds, ca. 1915-1926. Oil on canvas (200 x 1275 cm). Detail. Orangerie Museum. Paris. France

The Water Lilies: The Clouds by Claude Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. Water Lilies: The Clouds, ca. 1915-1926. Oil on canvas (200 x 1275 cm). Detail. Orangerie Museum. Paris. France

Fish
The influence of Western naturalism upon the Japanese tradition of calligraphic drawing is shown in this water colour and one can also trace in it the influence of Western composition

Mount Myogi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Mount Myogi - one of the major mountains in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Ronald Stevenson with Dmitri Shostakovich
Ronald Stevenson (left, b 1928), British composer, looking at a musical score with the Soviet Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Viaduct at Redondela, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
A Steam Train crossing the Viaduct at Vigo Bay, Redondela, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. Date: 1910s

Conrad H. Lomax, composition artist Date: circa 1930

Main street, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, c. 1870s
Main street, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, c.1870s

Tree and city, Naples, Napoli, Italy. c. 1870
Tree and city, Naples, Napoli, Italy. c.1870

A truly delightful candid seaside photograph of a Mother and her two young daughters on a sandy beach. Date: circa 1920s

Poitiers, France - French Family Group Photograph. Date: circa 1909

Advert, Reid McFarlane & Co Ltd, Manufacturers, Glasgow
Advert for Reid McFarlane & Co Ltd, Manufacturers, Hyde Park Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Editor in the throws of composition
Cartoon, Literary Study - an editor in the throws (throes) of composition. 1898

A corner of the Composing Department. 1893

Music cover, Half Hours with the Oratorios and other Sacred Compositions, by George Frederick West. 19th century

Young Chinese Girl - Beautiful composition and framing of this elegant studio photograph. Date: circa 1905

St. Pauls Cathedral from Ludgate Hill, London - designed by Christopher Wren, begun in 1675. Date: circa 1910s

Family group photograph at the seaside - posing on a rock
Family group photograph (a Father with his son and daughter) at the seaside - posing on a rock. Date: circa 1950s

Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: 1934

Smart Gentleman and young daughter in garden
Smart Gentleman (perhaps somewhat overdressed?!) and his young daughter in garden, who is wearing a very smart coat and boots

Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier
Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent (1743-1794). French chemist. Established the composition of the water and the basis of bioenergetics. Portrait at his laboratory. Oil

Advertisement for Berlei corsets -- two female models in a buggy. 1959

Monotype keyboard operator at a printing works
Monotype Keyboards at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. The operators readily surmount the problems posed by complicated mathmatical formulae or even composition in Arabic or Hebrew

Sagese. Force. Beaut頨wisdom. Force. Beauty). 19th
Sagese. Force. Beaut頨 wisdom. Force. Beauty). 19th century composition with allegorical symbols and principles of Freemasonry. Litography. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

Valse-Mazurka, Mosquita la Sorciere
Music cover, Valse-Mazurka, based on the opera Mosquita La Sorciere by X Boisselot, dedicated to Mlle Fanny d Arboville, composed for piano by Frederic Burgmuller. circa 1850s

Zanzibar - East Africa - Children - Studio Photograph. The lower two children are holding playing cards. Date: circa 1903

Squared Composition Drawing for The Rehearsal. Luke, John 1906-1975

Composition Drawing for The Rehearsal. Luke, John 1906-1975

Four Composition Sketches for The Rehearsal (1948). Luke, John 1906-1975. Date: 1948

Lancaster Gate - Christ Church, London - an asymmetrical gothic composition with a needle spire - the architects were F. & H. Francis

Concarneau, France - The Port - A catch of Tuna unloaded onto the Harbour Wall. Concarneau is a commune in the Finistere department of Brittany in north-western France. Date: circa 1909

Franz Lehar - Austro-Hungarian Compser - The Merry Widow
Franz Lehar (1870-1948) - Austro-Hungarian Composer - mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow. Date: circa 1910s

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