Torn Collection

British trooper meets French woman on the road to Lille, WW1
A poignant scene captured by the Sphere magazines special artist, Fortunino Matania showing a British trooper riding through a devastated French landscape and stopping to speak to a French woman

Suffragette House that Man Built Policeman. Policeman has a suffragette in his grip whilst another attempts to bring her umbrella down firmly on his head

Town Hall, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
The Town Hall, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, framed by the front page of The Amherst Record for 19 September 1906. Date: 1906

DECOUPAGES
Light, shining through cunningly torn paper, casts grotesque shapes on the wall

Grumman G-79 XF9F-2 Panther 122477, 3rdt prototype of the F9F and second XF9F-2, powered by a Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet, taxiing for take-off at the Naval Air Test Centre Patuxent River, Maryland

The Torn Gown
A portrait painting of a young woman lifting the hem of her white, decorative dress, which, unfortunately, has been torn. Date: circa 1918

Deserted Ship
This illustration shows a haunting looking ship in the shallow ocean, it's sails are heavily torn and no member of the crew is in sight. A flock of seagulls gather at the rear. Date: circa 1915

A small war-torn town during the Spanish Civil War, 1937. This illustration was made by an artist attached to Nationalist forces and may be a view of Brunete

War-torn Irun; Spanish Civil War, 1936
Photograph showing the burnt-out city of Irun in northern Spain, during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War, 1936. Irun was captured by Nationalist forces on 5th September that year

An avenue in the West of Madrid after bombardment by the Nationalist airforce and artillery, November 1936. A barricade made of cobbles and bricks can be seen on the right of the photograph

ROMAN MOURNING
A superbly expressive scene of Romans mourning a young woman who has just died : note the torn clothing of the lady on the left and the variety of attitudes of the mourners

French girl bursts through Le Petit Parisien
A pretty French model bursts through the front page of Le Petit Parisien illustrated newspaper. Date: 1910s

Comic postcard, Come into the garden, Maud Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Two boys playing at soldiers, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Bad Tempered Girl
A girl in a tantrum having torn up her schoolwork

The House That Jack Built, by Minnie Asprey. This is the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn... circa 1918

Letter from Albert Auerbach from northern France, WW1
First page of a letter dated 18 August 1918 from Albert Auerbach of the Royal Fusiliers to his sister Lucy. He was stationed with his regiment in northern France

Couple with champagne on a New Year postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Two kittens in an envelope on a greetings postcard
Two kittens in an envelope with pink flowers on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Santa Claus smiling on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Two sides of a cutout Christmas card -- a snowball with a sprig of holly (left), and a tabby kitten with mistletoe (right). Date: circa 1890s

Peace (Love Amid Ruins), by Frank Brangwyn
Peace (Love Amid Ruins), lithograph by Frank Brangwyn. In a war-torn landscape, a woodcutter offers a flower to a baby while the mother looks

GERMAN WAR LOAN POSTER
German war loan poster from World War One, featuring a flag forming the shape of a heart torn in two with the slogan Rend Englands might circa 1915

Clowns face on a hat-shaped Christmas card
Clown pulling a face on a hat-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

French Military Personnel 1871
Portraits of military personnel including: a veteran, a mastermind, a doctor, a stretcher bearer, an officer of state, a home guard, a drummer, a captain in the home guard, a foot soldier

Young cat (humanised) torn between Good and Evil
A young (humanised) cat, torn between Good and Evil, represented by a cat angel and a cat devil. The setting appears to be a rooftop with smoking chimney pots. Date: circa 1840

Victorian Scrap - Circus Clown - Here we are again! late 19th century

China - The Ha-Ta-Men, one of the Great Gates of Peking
Lantern slide of The Ha-Ta-Men, one of the Great Gates of Peking (Beijing). The Chongwenmen Gate was popularly called Hatamen after the Mongol Prince Hata who lived in a nearby palace

Unconquerable by Arthur Rackham - Defiant Belgium
Arthur Rackhams Unconquerable - a personification of Belgium stands defient with the tatters of a Belgian flag - symbolising the brave resistance of Belgium to the invading German army in August

Flat Earth Puzzle
The Puzzled Cleric - torn between his faith and science - how can he reconcile what God (via the Bible) tells him and what the scientists tell him about the Earth ? Date: 1895

Items belonging to Edmond Stone, Steward on Titanic
Assorted items belonging to Edmond J Stone, Steward on the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912 -- two penknives, a pocket watch, two keys with brass tags

Foxs head with verse on a Christmas card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Clowns face on a hat-shaped New Year card
Clowns smiling face on a hat-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card with a pen breaking through it. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card with a pencil breaking through it. Date: circa 1890s

British soldiers at prayer before battle
A service held for British troops inside the rubble of a war-torn church in northern France, they are joined by the local Priest. Date: 1916

Yangon, Myanmar - The Rangoon Gazette with inset photograph of The Mandalay Palace at Mandalay, Myanmar, the last royal palace of the last Burmese monarchy. Date: 1905

Kathleen Clifford - Who is Number One?
Still from Paramount Picture Production Who Is Number One? - starring Kathleen Clifford (1887 - 1962) in the role of Aimee Villon

Cornish Grandmother repairs her Grandsons Clothing
No more Flora for you my Son!. A Cornish Grandmother takes her Grandson over her knee to repair his torn shorts, the result of too much enthusiastic running through the undergrowth

STALINGRAD 1942-43
Despite impending defeat, an exhausted German soldier fights on until the bitter end. War- torn Stalingrad burns behind him

The Eyes of Youth by Max Marcin and Charles Guernon
The Eyes of Youth by Max Marcin (1879 - 1948) and Charles Guernon. First produced in England at St. Jamess Theatre on 2nd September 1918

Torn posters and grafitti, Valencia, Spain

Bench tree torn posters, Valencia, Spain

Kitten with envelope on a Christmas card
Black and white kitten with its head sticking through a torn envelope on a Christmas card. Date: 1881

Christmas card in the shape of a drum with dogs
Christmas card in the shape of a drum with two dogs looking through a large hole (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a drum with dog
Christmas card in the shape of a drum with a dogs face looking through a hole (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a drum with cats
Christmas card in the shape of a drum with three cats looking through a hole (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a drum with cat
Christmas card in the shape of a drum with a cats face looking through a hole (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

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