Limbs Collection

Douglas Bader - Flying Ace of WW2
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (1910-1982) - Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War. A postcard produced for the (Royal)

Edward VIII & Patailas
EDWARD VIII When Prince of Wales, meeting Pataila soldiers who lost limbs whilst on active service during World War One

Artificial hand of Goetz von Berlichingen
Prosthethic hand and arm of Gottfried (Goetz) von Berlichingen (1480 1562), also known as Goetz of the Iron Hand, a German Imperial Knight and mercenary. Date: 1868

Advertisement Model
A photograph showing a perculiar figure with wire limbs, used for advertisement purposes. Date: circa 1939

The Plastic Department Of The S. R. A
A painting of the interior of the plastic ndepartment of the S.R.A. the room is filled with an array of prosthetic limbs. Date: circa 1918

The Sacrifice
A group sculpture of some figures, stood closely together, with limbs entwined, the main feature is that of a man and woman kissing. Used on the Victor Emmanuel II monument in Rome. Date: circa 1911

Resting On The Rocks
A group portrait sketch of a man who is relaxed, laid on his back with spread limbs over a rock, with two women sat in the foreground in the countryside. Date: circa 1916

Advertisement for Sunray Glass'. Health! Sturdy limbs and bronzed bodies come of the Ultra Violet Rays which windows of Sunray Glass admit to your home

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Johnny get your gun
The Caption is Johnny get your gun! Mabel Lucie is perhaps unwittingly relating this card to the anti-war novel Johnny got his gun published in 1938 in which a soldier loses all his limbs in

Tired and drunken man at a raucous dinner party with foxhunters. Miseries of Social Life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Phroso, the puzzle man at the London Hippodrome
Phroso, a performer who pretended to be a mechanical man by making his limbs go rigid. To be seen at the London Hippodrome in October 1902. Date: 1902

FALL / ENGLISH SPRINGER / 44
Four unnamed English Springer spaniel puppies. Kennel name: CHASTLETON Owner: Howard Date: 1944

Cartoon, body parts after the battle, WW1
First World War cartoon entitled After the Battle, showing German soldiers trying to match up body parts before loading them onto a train. Date: 1914-1918

Artificial Limbs, France 16th Century
Illustration of artificial leg and hand, from the times of barber surgeon Ambroise Par頨 c. 1510 1590) Date: 16th Century

Freak Birth / Early C16
Twins born with additonal limbs, Germany. Date: early 16th century

Siamese Twins / C18Th
Siamese twins sharing one set of legs. Date: 18th century

Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Home and College, Alton, Hants
In 1908, Sir William Purdie Treloar established The Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Hospital and College in Alton, Hampshire - The Aviary. Date: circa 1910

Arnold & Sons - New Premises
Arnold & Sons - New West End Branch Premises in Paddington at 42 Beaumont Street, off Weymouth Street, London. Suppliers of artificial limbs, surgical appliances etc. Date: 1906

Nikolai Wassiljewittsch Kobelkoff - Freak Show Star
Kobelkoff, Freak show empresario pictured with his family. Nikolai Wassiljewittsch Kobelkoff (1851 - 1933) was born in Wossnesensk, Siberia, Russia

A surreal abstraction on the form of a horse
A surreal skeletal abstraction on the form of a horse. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

A metalworker operating a drill
A wonderful photograph showing a metalworker operating a drill using all four of his limbs. The manufacturers craft in an industrial setting, attesting to years of experience

German Limbless Soldier
A German soldier who lost both legs and arms in World War I, seen woodworking after being fitted with artificial limbs. With around one million amputees worldwide following the First World War

March of Machinery
The March of Machinery. The usefulness of technological advances - artificial limbs dentures - street cleaners and mechanical horses

Broken China Doll
A little girl with a jagged fringe, cries her eyes out over her broken china doll, with its smashed head and limbs

Scylla into Monster
A nymph beloved by the sea-god Glaucus, she arouses the jealousy of the witch Circe who turns her into a monster, her limbs changing into the heads of dogs !

Knitted Elephant
This amusing elephant with a face and limbs of knitted wool would make a good Christmas present for a small child!

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