Skies Collection (page 2)

RUSSIA - Arctic tundra, melting snows, tundra of Taimyr peninsula near Kara Sea

Selkup-hunter - Traditional hunting gear of a Selkup (north Siberias indigenous minority), knife, rifle, skies. Winter; Semi-tundra near river Taz, North Tumen region, Northern Siberia, Russia

Countryside scene with Canada Geese
A flock of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis), flying over a snow-covered countryside of old fences, hazy white skies and a tangle of thorns and rosehips. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Gunner in a fighter plane
The man behind the air gun. A gunner in the cockpit of a fighter plane. Date: 1932

Duels in the air - WWI aerial combat
Impression of British and German fighter aircraft duelling in the skies during the First World War. Date: 1932

Watching the skies for the enemy
Ernest Ellis, of the Local Defence Volunteers (later known as the Home Guard), on the lookout for enemy aircraft in Charlwood, Surrey. The L.D.V

The Belle of the Skies, by Squiers and Jones
The Belle of the Skies, a musical play by Graham Squiers and Guy Jones, with music by Guy Jones. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, May 1911

Wwi / Air Raid on Paris
L HEURE DU TAUBE French civilians in the Jardins du Luxembourg watch the skies for German air raiders in the dreaded Taube monoplane Date: 1916

Aerial Battle 1507
Warriors and weapons fill the skies, terrifying the German ppulace with their menace of terrible things to come... as indeed they did Date: 1507

New air route opens between Italy and France
Postcard commemorating the opening of a new air route between Italy and France in 1935. This was in the 13th year of the Fascist era in Italy (the 1st year was 1922)

A mysterious Fall of Frogs Date: 19th century

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows perform under dark skies
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows BAe Systems Hawks display under dark glowering skies Date: circa 1983

l Aigle de malheur. Apocalypse of Angers
BATAILLE, Nicolas (14th c.). The Fourth Trumpet and the Eagle of Woe. 1375-1382. Disasters on the skies. Scene of the tapestry number 2 from the series Apocalypse of Angers commissioned by Louis I

A mother & her child
An elegant mother & her young daughter watch a sunset under starlight skies.Date: circa 1904

Skating on a frozen pond
A group of young children skate together under winter skies. Artist: Harriet Bennett Date: 1900

Egypt - typical midday scene with Acacia trees in Arabian desert. approx. 50 km from Hurghada town

Russia - rocks in tundra on a mountain plateau. South Tuva

Selkup Man (North Siberia minority) shows his wooden hand-made skies (covered with moose-skin to prevent sliding back). early spring, taiga-forest; North Tumen region, Russia

Aerial attack, WWI by Cyrus Cuneo
An aerial engagement during World War I, showing a German plane crashing to the earth in a column of flame and smoke. Date: 1916

Aerial warfare in summer skies by G. H. Davis
Beware of the Hun in the sun: aerial warfare in summer skies, flight formations and tactics dependent on the suns position. Left: hide and seek in the clouds, with the sun used for cover

Buy Victory Loan leaflet
A Message from the Skies - a Victory Loan leaflet dropped from British air balloons during the World War One war savings campaign. Date: 1917

Apparition in Spain, 1704
During the War of the Spanish Succession, a combat between two warriors is seen in the skies, the victor proclaiming I will rule, the loser I have ruled. Very ominous... Date: 1704

Everybodys Magazine - Coronation Number
Front cover of Everybodys Magazine, Coronation Number showing Britannia, in a carriage pulled by a lion and unicorn flying through the skies, holding her trident and shield

The Star That Would Not Light by Hugh Williams
A group of child like angels gather together in the night sky but try as they might, they cannot get one lone star to light and twinkle. Date: 1926

Yachting Skies
A yacht takes to the open seas, with a dramatic cloud formation in the skies above. Date: 1930s

Cloudy Skies
Cloudy skies. Date: February 1939

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - Earth Shadow
An earth shadow from Mount Erebus on Antarctica, cast on the clouds and seen during the ill-fated Scott polar expedition of 1910 - 1912

We Anchored by the Moon by Hilda Miller

Life at Monte Carlo
Well-to-do holiday-makers sit outdoors, enjoying the blue skies and sunshine of Monte Carlo as well as a drink or two

Early Summer Time, B W Leader
Early Summer Time - Four country folk, a distant church, blue skies, green meadows... etc

Lady watches aeroplane
A lady sits on a stone balcony looking out at sea, where an early aeroplane can be seen heading. From the look of the stormy skies, I don t fancy the pilots chances

Dollar in Trouble / 1933
Americas false optimism at the time of the depression - not noticing the leak in the dollar balloon blue skies ahead are promised

Julius Caesar as a Comet
GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR The murdered statesman is given a new lease of life by Aphrodite, who turns him into a comet who will illuminate the skies as he did the Earth

Planets - Saturn
SATURN drives his chariot through the skies, drawn by a pair of dragons : miners dig in the earth, prophets and soothsayers, magicians and witches play their trades

Timoleon Sails to Sicily
As Timoleon, a Corinthian, sets sail for Sicily the skies clear and a bright light guides him all the way. Later he successfully frees Syracuse and Sicily from tyrants

Masons Song
Song On Masons and Masonry with amazing words : Their godlike Actions reach ye Skies, Heroes & Kings revere their Name and Poets sing their deathless Fame

John Evangelist Ascends
SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST the only one of the apostles to escape martyrdom, he has to make his own way to heaven, which he does by ascending into the skies as shown here

Atmospheric Estuary
Sunshine and Storm Clouds : An impressive atmospheric scene over the Mawddach Estuary, near Barmouth, Merionethshire, North Wales

American Factories
The Cumbria Iron and Steel Works at Johnstown, proudly pollutes the Pennsylvanian skies

Power from the Skies
Atmospheric energy will be captured by kite-like devices, putting to good use the forces that are otherwise dissipated as lightning

Shooting Star Fairy
What you think are shooting stars are really long-haired fairies swooping across the skies

Fields in Autumn
Plowed fields beneath grey autumn skies

Caesar Becomes a Comet
GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR The murdered statesman is given a new lease of life by Aphrodite, who turns him into a comet who will illuminate the skies as he did the Earth

Se5S Vs German Albatross
English SE5s and Bristol fighters fly against German Albatross aircraft in the skies over Europe

Bar in the Sky
Air travel will surely lead to the setting-up of bars and cafes in the skies for those who like to get away from it all for a while

French Airshow C1909
A spectacular view in the skies above Betheny (Plaine de Betheny, France)

Jesuits Martyred, Japan
23 Franciscans are crucified at Mongasaki by order of the emperor Taicosam; angels in the skies above prepare to welcome the martyrs to Paradise

Beggars in Balloons
While the wealthy flit about the skies in their private aeroplanes, beggars must make do with balloons, aged and patched

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