Tied Collection

Gulliver in Lilliput
Gulliver is tied down by the people of Lilliput

Suffragettes - Christmas Dinner in Holloway by Lawson Wood
Four portly prison officers and policemen force feed a handcuffed suffragette Christmas pudding from the police buffet trolley in Holloway Prison. Date: 1912

Nobody Loves Me by George Studdy
A wet and bedraggled Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy, is found tied to a lamp post in the pouring rain and forgotten by a policeman with a torch

Driver is a Novice
CAUTION : DRIVER IS A NOVICE A useful notice tied to the back of a learner drivers car as he makes a nervous hand signal

A clinker rowing boat
A watercolour sketch of a clinker rowing boat by Raymond Sheppard

Hunting Series (1 of 5) - Deer Stalking - returning with the spoils

Swinging Fashions C. 1810
White robes: sleeves with a double puff, scalloped hem & worn with boots, a net cap & a fringed shawl tied at the back or with vandyked hem & pantelettes

Victor Stiebel / Day Dress
Design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a pink linen and silk surah summer dress. Scooped-out bodice is filled with a lilac spotted scarf & large knot tied to the belt

Handkerchief Knot Test
Test at the National Psychical Laboratory on Rudi Schneider the Austrian spiritualist physical medium. Here, a knot has allegedly been tied paranormally in a handkerchief

Japanese Horse
A horse tied to a tree - an embroidered fukusa, a kind of mixed media production in which some parts (such as the horses body) are embroidered, other parts painted

Fashionable 1950S Hat
A woman wears a felt hat which has a felt ribbon tied around it. The model features a beauty spot on her cheek. Date: 1950s

Gulliver Tied / Lilliput
Gulliver is tied up by the people of Lilliput: " I attempted to rise, but was not able to stir."

Satirical ballooning image
A rude satirical image of large and small balloons tied together, lifting a cannon, entitled The Montgolsier. A first rate of the French Aerial Navy. A Fart, an Ass, a Fool, A Monkey, a Nothing. 1783

Horses and people at Barnet Fair
Horses waiting for a new owner at Barnet Fair, north London

c. 1870s England London - Fresh Wharf - ships
c.1870s England London - Fresh Wharf - ships tied up in the dock

Grumman A-6E Intruder 149953
United States Navy - Grumman A-6E Intruder 149953 (base code AB, call-sign 512) of VA-34, tied down on USS America, moored in Portsmouth Harbour, September 1982. Date: 1982

Grumman F-14A Tomcat 159450
United States Navy - Grumman F-14A Tomcat 159450 (base code AB, call-sign 204) of VF-33, tied down on USS America, moored in Portsmouth Harbour, September 1982. Date: 1982

WW2 Christmas card, dog with gas mask
WW2 Christmas card, a black Scots terrier runs along with a gas mask in a box tied to his collar. Date: circa 1942

Farmer and Pig
A farmer and his pig, tied by the leg

Client: Rhona Roy - Model: Pattie Boyd - Shoot on February 13, 1964 (3/3). The first shoot with the iconic 1960s model by Nancy Sandys Walker

Client: Rhona Roy - Model: Pattie Boyd - Shoot on February 13, 1964. The first shoot with the iconic 1960s model by Nancy Sandys Walker (2/3). Date: 1964

Client: Rhona Roy - Model: Pattie Boyd - Shoot on February 13, 1964. The first shoot with the iconic 1960s model by Nancy Sandys Walker (1/3). Date: 1964

Vesta Victoria music hall comic singer 1873-1951
Vesta Victoria (Victoria Lawrence) music hall singer and character comedienne. Born in Leeds but affected a cockney stage persona. Demure pose with hands in fur muff

Father Serapion martyred in Algeria, North Africa
Father Serapion, an English or Irish Mercedarian friar, offers himself as a hostage in order to free captive Christians in Algeria, North Africa

Small colourful boats for hire on the River Dee, Chester
A string of small colourful boats for hire on the River Dee, Chester, Cheshire, England Date: 1986

British Seaside Scene - Two woemn dry off after dip in sea
Two women (the one of the left would win a Princess Margaret lookalike Competition) dry off after a dip in the sea. Possible Daughter (left) and Mother (right)

Syria - Punishment of a servant (2 / 3)
A domestic situation unfolds in Syria - the Mistress of the house punishes her serving maid - she is tied up and her upper-body clothes are removed. Date: circa 1910s

Three-legged race at Gyantse, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904

Water Carrier, Jerusalem, Israel
Goatskin Water Carrier, Jerusalem, Israel Date: circa 1905

Barges On The Strand
An illustration of some barges tied up onto the dock wall on The Strand. Date: circa 1915

Letourdie
This painting depicts the scene of three happy girls, wearing white dresses and bonnets tied with black ribbon. The tallest girl is carrying a full basket of roses

Japan - Bamboo Blind maker
Bamboo Blind maker, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Japan - Dried Laver (Seaweed) Dealer
Dried Laver Dealer, Japan. Green laver, known as aonori in Japan, sea cabbage in China, and parae in Korean, is a type of edible green seaweed, including species from the genera Monostroma and Ulva

A hiking party in Switzerland, roped together for safety. Date: circa 1910

Skerikulla
A portrait etching of a Skeri girl with a beaming smile, wearing a dotted headscarf tied under the chin. Date: 1912

Caricature illustration of toothache cure, by Heath Robinson. Showing prehistoric man with string tied to tooth and tree stump, firing bow and arrow from top of a cliff

Changing of the Guard, St James's Palace, London
Changing of the Guard at St James's Palace, Central London. The colours are tied with black crepe in honour of the recent death of King Edward VII. Date: 1910

Ethel Beenham, Harry Price's secretary, demonstrates how a skilful medium can perform any number of psychic phenomena even though her hands and feet are tied. Date: 1930s ?

WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL
The Horse Guards, who will be marshalling the procession. Top hats tied with black crepe are worn. A tent housing the coffin & funeral car & plumed horses can be seen. 18 November 1852

FASHION & FLOWER BOOK
Grey patterned robe with long tight sleeves; a matching pelerine-mantelet with the lappets tied behind to form a bustle. A crucifix on a black ribbon is also worn. circa 1840

Cartoon portrait, SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859 - 1930), writer, caricatured with his head in the clouds and with manacles on his ankles

Samson is tied up but tries to resist

Tied up with wool, knitting. Text: I wish thread make their own socks by S. Hurley

Moving House, Spalding, Lincolnshire
House moving on the Lincolnshire Fens around 1910. Farmworkers regularly moved between tied cottages to find work. Often the local farm cart was the only way of moving their belongings Date

William Terriss and W L Abingdon in The Fatal Card
William Terriss as Gerald Austen and W L Abingdon as James Dixon, in The Fatal Card Date: 1890s

Comic postcard, Little girl with dog called Corsets Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Protection for rollerskating Date: early 20th century

Ship tied at dock, wharf, Suez Canal, Port Said
Vintage 19th century photograph: ship tied at dock, wharf, Suez Canal, Port Said

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