Curved Collection (page 2)

Union League, Broad and Sanson Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Union League, Broad Street and Sanson Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1908

Victoria Hall, Halifax, Yorkshire. circa 1900

Railway station, Estoril, Cascais, Portugal
Aerial view of the railway station, Estoril, Cascais, Portugal, with the beach on the right. Date: circa 1930

The National Library, Athens, Greece. Date: circa 1909

Sickle Date: 1880

Plough Date: 1880

Waking with a Smile Date: 1950

Bramble Shark Date: 1865

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris, mocking cliffchat
Plate 49, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Daily Chronicle newspaper 1900
Making curved plates for offset printing, on cylinders. Date: 1900

TWO MEN UP LADDERS
Two sign guilders at work on a large commercial building in Berlin, Germany. The angle the picture was taken makes the perspective of the photograph appear distorted. Date: 1933

Crumhorn musical instrument
Musician and historical instrument maker David Lewin plays a crumhorn. First published in The Times Date: 1987

Theatre of Marcellus, Rome, Italy
Teatro di S.Marcello - Italy, Rome. Theatre of Marcellus. 1st century BC. Exterior - now extensively restored. Date: circa 1910s

Visiting Costume 1899
Dark green costume with white floral applique trim. Open jacket bodice with puffed upper sleeve, waistcoat, lace high necked blouse, wrap over gored skirt with curved front. 1899

Aerial view of the coast road, Tangier, Morocco
Aerial view of the coast road, Avenue d Espagne, at Tangier (Tangiers), Morocco, with the Majestic Hotel in the middle. circa 1940

Pattern 1796, Light Cavalry Officers sword, 15th Hussars.Blade is curved and fullered with engraved decoration in the linear style typical of the period, the decoration includes floral designs

The Sheik of Muscat, Oman and his right hand man - note his curved dagger. Date: 1933

Abyssinian Warrior - ready to fight! Date: circa 1910s

Buryat Archer competing at a Traditional Games in 1928. The Buryats or Buriyads - the largest indigenous (aboriginal) group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic

A group of Pashtun men with rifles
Pashtuns (Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, Pukhtuns), also called Pathans are ethnic Afghans. An Eastern Iranian ethno-linguistic group with populations primarily in Afghanistan

Victorian 1890s Card Greetings Flowers Flower
victorian, 1890s, card, greetings, flowers, flower, floral, pink, green, leaf, leaves, rose, roses, shape, shaped, white, gold, bird, birds, pretty, curved, ornate, cutout, edging, daisy, daisies

Arles, France - view over the ruins of Roman amphitheatre
The Arles Amphitheatre, built in 90AD, could seat 20, 000 spectators in Roman times. When the Roman Empire fell, the theatre was transformed into a fortress with the four towers added

Man from Adana - Ancient coastal region of Cilicia
Man from Adana, Turkey - Ancient coastal region of Cilicia. Date: circa 1910s

Magical wand. Egypt
Magical wand of ivory of hippopotamus tusk with images depicting deities and protective spirits to ward off evil spirits. To provide magical protection for mother and child. 1750 BC. 12th Dynasty

Rainbow Pier and auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA
Rainbow Pier and Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA. Date: late 1930s

Mornington Crescent, Camden, NW London, on the corner with Hampstead Road. Date: circa 1910

Officers sword, 51st Foot, 1809 (c); blade is curved, flat backed, unfullered with a spear point, and is double edged for the last 10 in; steel stirrup guard; steel hilt mounts

Music room by Oliver Hill, in tones of beige, brown and dull gold. Date: 1933

Large Ivory tusk from the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
Large Ivory tusk, weighing over 200lbs from the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania, East Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Greenhouse by Sir Joseph Paxton at Chatsworth House
Greenhouse ( The Great Conservatory ) of 1837 by Sir Joseph Paxton at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire - demolished in 1920. Date: circa 1910s

Gracula religiosa, hill myna
Plate 71, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Threskiornis aethiopicus, sacred ibis skeleton
Plate 52 from a paper published by Georges Cuvier in 1804

Ensifera ensifera, sword-billed hummingbird
Plate 233, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould

Syrmaticus reevesii, Reeves pheasant
Plate 61 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Anastomus lamelligerus, African open-bill
Watercolour and pencil by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1918). This species is a member of the stork family and mainly hunts in marshes and wetlands

Russian heavy field artillery, WW1
Russian heavy field artillery during the First World War, with a curved set of tracks laid on the ground for manoeuvrability. Date: 1914-1918

Hare Street Roman Road
A Roman road at Hare Street, Cottered, Hertfordshire, England. Slightly curved, it appears to point ultimately toi Braughing Camp, an old earthwork. Date: 1930s

A Mamluk of Cairo, Egypt. A Mamluk was a soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim Arab caliphs from the 9th to the 16th centuries

A Sadhu smoking a remarkable pipe, India
A Sadhu (Indian ascetic holy man) smoking a remarkable curvy pipe

Long fingernails of a High Class Chinese Man
The extraordinarily long fingernails of a High Class Chinese Man

Tarragona Cloister Door - Black and white ornate double doors, curved porch roof, vaulted ceiling Date: circa 1890s

Entrance to the Hospital - Agra Fort, Agra, India
Entrance to the Hospital - Agra Fort, a former imperial residence of the Mughal Dynasty at Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1920s

Market Hall, Gothenburg (Goteborg), Sweden
Market and Market Hall, Gothenburg (Goteborg), Sweden, viewed from Kungstorget (Kings Square). Date: circa 1908

HMS Vulcan Torpedo-boat in Dry Dock
HMS Vulcan was launched in 1889 as a cruiser and torpedo-boat depot ship. Visible at top of picture are the curved arms of the special cranes fitted for deploying torpedo boats. Date: 1896

Campaign cloak belonged to Duke of Wellington
Campaign cloak; 1803 (c)-1815 (c). Belonged to FM Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Believed to have been worn by the Duke during the Waterloo campaign

Aerial view of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - showing the distinctive curved span of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Date: circa 1930s

A Bull Kudu Antelope - Zimbabwe, East Africa Date: circa 1930s

Moorish Musician playing a horn
Moorish musician playing a horn. circa 1895

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