Plunging Collection

Wigan Pier
Boys in swimming shorts jump off Wigan Pier into the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Annette Kellerman diving in silhouette
Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman (18861975) - Australian swimmer, film star, and writer. One of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, causing a minor scandal at the time

Icarus and Daedalus
Daedalus and his son Icarus escape from Crete with man- made wings, but Icarus flies too near the sun : the heat melts the wax on his wings, plunging him into the sea

Just Wright by David Wright
A young woman in a red dress with a plunging neckline and a large, wide brimmed hat to protect her English rose complexion from the sun, contemplates the viewer with a slightly arrogant air

Nice Beach Postcard / 1920
Ingenious machines enable bathers to go a few metres out to where the Baie des Anges is deep enough for plunging or diving

Woman reclining on couch
A rather annoyed looking young woman reclines on a couch, deep in thought

Frock, Fur & Feather Fan
Narrow tubular shaped dress in an ornate fabric by Worth with a plunging back, beaded straps, fur trimmed hem & a long train attached at the lower back. She holds a large feather fan

British postcard, Coming down! WW1
British postcard, Coming down! Depicting a German airship with the face of Kaiser Wilhelm, plunging to earth in flames. 1914-1918

End of the Titanic
Artists impression of the final moment of the ill-fated White Star Line passenger liner, RMS Titanic, turning onto her end before plunging forward into the water

Ascent Mont Blanc - 1
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC On the glacier de Sacconay, Tissay, the chief guide, is hauled to safety after a break in the ice nearly sends him plunging into a crevasse

Plunging elephants at the London Hippodrome
Elephants plunging into the tank at the London Hippodrome, the climactic scene at the London Hippodrome during their Christmas production for 1903-4 The Golden Princess and the Elephant Hunters

Siberia, performed at the Hippodrome
Scenes of Asiatic- Russia life play, called Siberia performed at the London Hippodrome. Written by Mr Henglers. The scene of the plunging horses as prisoners escape from a prison with officers

The Hippodrome, New York City, USA - hosting (twice daily) Andresonville and a Yankee Circus on Mars featuring a cast of thousands! Situated on 6th Avenue and 43rd Street. Date: circa 1906

Siberia at the London Hippodrome
Siberia, the water spectacle at the London Hippodrome showing the final scene in the last act with Mr Henglers wonderful plunging horses. Date: 1900

The last of the Leviathan: the Titanic plunging beneath the waves. Mr Beesley, one of the survivors, described the final scene

PEARL OF PLAGE 1926
A young lady in a matching hat & one-piece bathing costume in a bold geometric print with plunging v-neck & tassel trim is watched by a host of admirers from a jetty. Date: 1926

Etretat mixed bathing 1870s
Mixed bathing and plunging from a wheeled diving board which can be moved as the tides ebb and flow Date: 1870

Shell-fire hitting a Battleship, Second World War, 1941
Illustration showing how a steeply plunging shell, dropping almost vertically from very long range, might penetrate a gun turret and explode the cordite magazine

Wright you Are by David Wright - Calendar Girl
A young woman in a red dress with a plunging neckline and a large, wide brimmed hat to protect her English rose complexion from the sun, contemplates the viewer with a slightly arrogant air

Germans Name the Guilty
France (Delcasse) and Russia (Isvolski) are blamed by the Germans for plunging Europe into World War One, despite the peaceful aspirations of Germany Date: September 1914

Photo of Miss Joan Murick
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November 1925 showing Miss Joan Murick, a member of the chorus of Midnight Follies (a popular show of the time)

You can call it a Day - cover by David Wright
Book jacket design for You Can Call It a Day by Peter Cheyney, designed and illustrated by artist, David Wright. Featuring a red-haired woman in a black dress with a plunging neckline

St. Demetrius Plunging King John into an Abyss. Russian Icon, Crimean School late 16th - early 17th century

Manx Cats go for a swim. This card bears the Manx text " Kys ta Shiu?", which translates as " How are you?". Date: 1907

The Hippodrome, New York - hosting (twice daily) Andresonville and a Yankee Circus on Mars featuring a cast of thousands!

Girl in Red Shirt 1950S
Self-assured blonde, wearing a red blouse with the collar turned up, looks haughtily at the camera

Pin-Up Girl / Xmas Party
Pretty blonde in a top with plunging, crocheted neckline & festive sequin embellishments, sits on a leopard skin rug by the fire awaiting her party guests

Cockings Parachute
Robert Cockings parachute descent above the Vauxhall Gardens, London. Dropped from Charles Greens Royal Vauxhall the inverted cone failed and Cocking hit the ground fatally

Seductive Woman
A woman artfully arranges her long blonde hair while looking seductively at the camera. Her dress has a plunging neckline and rose waist corsage

Evening Dress / Patou
Design by August Abernard: flaring gored floral print skirt, draped V neckline & plunging V back, worn with a long light weight scarf that drapes seductively

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