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Background imageTransformed Collection: Lohengrin Arrives

Lohengrin Arrives
Lohengrin arrives in a boat drawn by Elsas brother Godfrey, who has been transformed by Ortruds witchcraft into a swan

Background imageTransformed Collection: North American P-51D Mustang -the adoption of the Rolls

North American P-51D Mustang -the adoption of the Rolls-Royce Merlin transformed the P-51 into the best US fighter of World War 2

Background imageTransformed Collection: Magic Flute Liebig 6

Magic Flute Liebig 6
(The Magic Flute) Act 2 scene 27 : the old hag is transformed into Papagena, who immediately captivates Papageno, and they, too, live happily ever after

Background imageTransformed Collection: The Hun Helmet

The Hun Helmet
A fashionable young flapper stands on the verandha of her house and admires a war trophy, a German helmet enterprisingly transformed into a hanging basket

Background imageTransformed Collection: GRAPES PUB, LIMEHOUSE

GRAPES PUB, LIMEHOUSE
Situated directly on the north bank of the Thames, this splendid pubs timeless appeal is invigorating in an area transformed by 1980s property development and yuppiedom. Date: circa 1912

Background imageTransformed Collection: Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 1 XV757

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 1 XV757
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1 XV757 of 233 Operational Conversion Unit (233 OCU), based at RAF Wittering, still in the colours of the Harrier Operational Conversion Unit

Background imageTransformed Collection: Tube stations transformed by G. H. Davis

Tube stations transformed by G. H. Davis
A Piccadilly Circus underground: tube stations transformed. The maze of London tubes: wonderful new junctions completed or in progress of construction. Date: 1927

Background imageTransformed Collection: MOZART/FLUTE/PAPAGENO, A

MOZART/FLUTE/PAPAGENO, A
The old crone is transformed into Papagena, to Papageno's delight Date: first performed 1791

Background imageTransformed Collection: Proposals for Charing Cross Bridge by G. H. Davis 1926

Proposals for Charing Cross Bridge by G. H. Davis 1926
Proposals for Charing Cross Bridge. Date: 1926

Background imageTransformed Collection: Little Brother and Sister

Little Brother and Sister - Scene from Little Brother and Sister. Little Sister espies her brother transformed into a deer having drunk bewithched water in the forest

Background imageTransformed Collection: ARCAS AND CALISTO

ARCAS AND CALISTO
Arcas, hunting, spies a bear : he is about to shoot it, unaware it is his mother Calisto, transformed into a she-bear by the jealous Juno. Luckily Zeus warns him in time

Background imageTransformed Collection: TALMAS AUDIENCE

TALMAS AUDIENCE
French actor TALMA, by sheer will-power, sees his audience divested of their clothes and transformed into skeletons, which he claims inspires his finest performances Date: late 18th century

Background imageTransformed Collection: PHILEMON & BAUCIS PHILEMON & BAUCIS

PHILEMON & BAUCIS PHILEMON & BAUCIS
Poor cottagers Philemon and Baucis (husband and wife) entertained the (disguised) travellers Mercury and Jupiter so well that their cottage was transformed into a palace. Date: circa 780 BC

Background imageTransformed Collection: ECHO TRANSFORMED

ECHO TRANSFORMED
Echos constant chatter vexes Hera, who curses her to speak only the last words addressed to her; unable to speak her love to Narcissus, she pines till only her voice remains

Background imageTransformed Collection: Kaman K-125B N60377 - NX60377

Kaman K-125B N60377 - NX60377
Kaman K-125B N60377 / NX60377 (msn 1). The first helicopter designed and built by (Charles H) Kaman Aircraft Corp, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks CT

Background imageTransformed Collection: Goddess of Reason - 2

Goddess of Reason - 2
The Convention ordains that the cathedral of Notre Dame be transformed into a Temple de la Raison, where the Goddess of Reason is represented by a young Parisienne

Background imageTransformed Collection: The Fairy Coquette

The Fairy Coquette - with three wolves which she has just transformed into lambs

Background imageTransformed Collection: Cartoon, George Conquest outside the Eagle Tavern

Cartoon, George Conquest outside the Eagle Tavern
Cartoon, George Conquest -- I wonder if I shall ever be back there! George Augustus Oliver Conquest (1837-1901), playwright, theatre manager, acrobat and pantomimist

Background imageTransformed Collection: Alice in Wonderland, baby turns into pig

Alice in Wonderland, baby turns into pig
Alice in Wonderland, Alice carries the baby which has turned into a pig. Date: early 20th century

Background imageTransformed Collection: Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. Rome. Italy

Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. Rome. Italy
Italy. Rome. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. 141 AD. In the 17th century adapted to the church of San Lorenzo in Miranda. Roman Forum

Background imageTransformed Collection: Caricature of Augustus Harris, British actor and dramatist

Caricature of Augustus Harris, British actor and dramatist
Caricature of Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario, transformed into a goose -- Not " Old Mother Goose" but Master Augoosetus

Background imageTransformed Collection: Caricature of George Conquest, theatre manager

Caricature of George Conquest, theatre manager
Caricature of George Augustus Oliver Conquest (1837-1901), playwright, theatre manager, acrobat and pantomimist -- And has it come to this

Background imageTransformed Collection: Amina Becomes a Horse

Amina Becomes a Horse
Receive the reward of your crimes ! - Amina receives the magic potion in her face from her husband Sidi-Nouman, and is forthwith transformed into a horse - permanently

Background imageTransformed Collection: Versailles in 1664

Versailles in 1664
Le Chateau de Versailles before Louis XIV transformed it into a megalomaniac monument Date: 1664

Background imageTransformed Collection: King of the Waterfalls

King of the Waterfalls
The king is astounded as the ugly crop-haired girl is transformed into a raving beauty as she stoops to pick up some shamrock. (Irish story)

Background imageTransformed Collection: Father Christmas on a Christmas card

Father Christmas on a Christmas card, his lower half turned into a slim man with a cane. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTransformed Collection: WW2 poster, request for salvage

WW2 poster, request for salvage
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Please put out all your paper, metal, bones, rags and rubber for salvage, as they can help make tanks, munitions, tyres and planes. Date: circa 1940

Background imageTransformed Collection: Barnardos - What They Were

Barnardos - What They Were
A Barnardos publicity image captioned What They Were illustrating how boys were transformed from homeless Street Arabs into soldiers and sailors supporting Britannia. Date: 1890s

Background imageTransformed Collection: Avro 679 Manchester IA of No 207 Squadron - unloved

Avro 679 Manchester IA of No 207 Squadron - unloved and unwanted, the type was transformed into the famed Lancaster by fitting four Merlins

Background imageTransformed Collection: Marshalsea, London

Marshalsea, London
The court of the old Marshalsea Prison is transformed into a childrens playground. Date: 1902

Background imageTransformed Collection: Guns with stamp Ramon Zuloaga 1822, transformed

Guns with stamp Ramon Zuloaga 1822, transformed
" Guns with stamp " Ramon Zuloaga 1822", transformed into the percussion system. SPAIN. Vitoria. Museum of the Armeric (armoury)."

Background imageTransformed Collection: AUSTRIA. Vienna. Gasometer City, old gasometers

AUSTRIA. Vienna. Gasometer City, old gasometers

Background imageTransformed Collection: SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Le󮮠Hospital de San

SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Le󮮠Hospital de San
SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Le󮮠 Hospital de San Marcos (St. Marks Hospital). Hostal San Marcos, ancient pilgrims hospital nowadays transformed into a Parador. Architecture

Background imageTransformed Collection: Transformed grasscutter Sanro

Transformed grasscutter Sanro. Print shows two boys riding on the back of a cow, one is playing a flute; another boy is holding a rope tied to the cow. Date between 1764 and 1781

Background imageTransformed Collection: Transformed Gyoja Busho Amagawaya Gihei Transformed Gy?ja Bu

Transformed Gyoja Busho Amagawaya Gihei Transformed Gy?ja Bu
Transformed Gyoja Busho Amagawaya Gihei. Print shows a woman sitting on a trunk, holding a fan. Date between 1801 and 1805

Background imageTransformed Collection: Transformed Manzai performer

Transformed Manzai performer. Print shows two women, one sitting playing a drum, the other standing. Date between 1789 and 1793

Background imageTransformed Collection: Transformed falconry

Transformed falconry. Print shows two men walking, one with a falcon on his left arm. Date between 1798 and 1801

Background imageTransformed Collection: Transformed armor pulling incident kusazuri biki

Transformed armor pulling incident kusazuri biki. Print shows a man sitting on the floor clutching a long piece of cloth held by the woman standing next to him; she has her hand on a hairpin

Background imageTransformed Collection: Transformed Kusakari Sanro

Transformed Kusakari Sanro. Print shows Kintaro, a young boy with legendary strength, transformed as Sanro, playing a flute while sitting on the back of a bull. Date between 1795 and 1801

Background imageTransformed Collection: Transformed Chinese sage Huang Shangping (Ko Shohei)

Transformed Chinese sage Huang Shangping (Ko Shohei). Print shows a Chinese sage as a woman holding a pipe, sitting in front of a screen. Date 1787

Background imageTransformed Collection: Transformed

Transformed. Illustration shows an old woman labeled Miss Democracy riding on the Democratic donkey along a dirt road labeled Political Pike; there is a banner labeleds ands (Safe and Sane)

Background imageTransformed Collection: Little Brother, Little Sister

Little Brother, Little Sister Date: circa 1903

Background imageTransformed Collection: The Wild Swans

The Wild Swans who turn into handsome princes. 20th century

Background imageTransformed Collection: Jorinda as Owl (1)

Jorinda as Owl (1)

Background imageTransformed Collection: The Lady and the Lion

The Lady and the Lion
- needless to say, the lion is really a Prince who has been magically transformed : when transformed back again, she will find that he is not just a prince, but very handsome

Background imageTransformed Collection: Jorinda as Owl (2)

Jorinda as Owl (2)
Jorinda transformed into owl.an

Background imageTransformed Collection: Iollan & Tuirenfionn

Iollan & Tuirenfionn
Tuiren (the sister or aunt of Finn) with Iollan who was her husband for a while. When briefly transformed into a dog she bore Bran & Sceolan who became Finns faithful hounds

Background imageTransformed Collection: Origin Species, CH Bennett, Crook - bear

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Crook - bear
The origin of Garotte. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a crook, from a bear. A crook stands waiting to ask the time from prospective victims, bludgeon at hand

Background imageTransformed Collection: Transformation from young tramp to soldier

Transformation from young tramp to soldier
Before-and-after pictures of a young vagrant transformed into an army cadet over a three-month period with the help of former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray

Background imageTransformed Collection: Feed the Guns Campaign - War Bonds

Feed the Guns Campaign - War Bonds
A Feed the Guns campaign week to attract the populace in Britain to buy War Bonds to help " End the War". Separate campaigns of special weeks were " led off " by spectacular

Background imageTransformed Collection: Vieux Jeu

Vieux Jeu
A gentleman walking along a promenade. He is distracted by a ladies parasol which is mesmerisingly transformed into a roulette wheel

Background imageTransformed Collection: 1914 Pat-Riots, 1915 Patriots

1914 Pat-Riots, 1915 Patriots
Cartoon showing how Ireland was on the verge of civil war in 1914, but how joining up to fight instead during World War One transformed them into good and obedient British patriots! Date: 1915

Background imageTransformed Collection: John Bull Asked

John Bull Asked
The House of Commons is transformed into a church and we witness the Act of Union, the marriage of England and Ireland. The Speakers Chair is a pulpit with Pitt conducting the marriage ceremony

Background imageTransformed Collection: Wolseley Motors now a shell factory

Wolseley Motors now a shell factory
The chassis test-shop of Wolseley Motors Ltd. At Adderley Park near Birmingham transformed into a shell factory. As World War I progressed

Background imageTransformed Collection: Banquet on board the Faid Gihaad, 1862

Banquet on board the Faid Gihaad, 1862
Engraving showing a banquet on board the Viceroy of Egypts yacht, Faid Gihaad, then in the River Thames off Woolwich, London, July 1862

Background imageTransformed Collection: Io Human Again

Io Human Again
Io was transformed into a heifer when Juno discovered she was having an affair with her husband Zeus; later Zeus begs for her to be changed back, and Juno relents

Background imageTransformed Collection: Scylla into Lark

Scylla into Lark
Scylla, daughter of Nisus but in love with his enemy Minos, betrays him, but Minos is appalled at her behaviour and rejects her, whereupon she is transformed into a lark

Background imageTransformed Collection: Goddess of Reason - 1

Goddess of Reason - 1
By order of the Convention, the cathedral of Notre-Dame is transformed into a Temple de la Raison, where a Goddess of Reason is to be worshipped

Background imageTransformed Collection: Penrhyn Castle / Wales

Penrhyn Castle / Wales
The view across the fields toward this fortified manor house, which was expanded and transformed in the form of a Norman Castle by Thomas Hopper in the mid 19th century

Background imageTransformed Collection: Talmas Audience

Talmas Audience
French actor TALMA, by sheer will-power, sees his audience divested of their clothes and transformed into skeletons, which he claims inspires his finest performances

Background imageTransformed Collection: Budapest under Attack

Budapest under Attack
The life of Pest the flourishing medieval city was transformed by 150 years of Turkish occupation between 1541 and 1686. Minarets and Mosques are depicted here

Background imageTransformed Collection: Witches as Animals

Witches as Animals
Witches, transformed into animal shape, fly to the sabbat on a tree-branch

Background imageTransformed Collection: The Dublin Crimean Banquet

The Dublin Crimean Banquet
Engraving showing a panoramic of a banquet for Crimean war veterans in Stack A, a warehouse in Dublins Docklands, held on October 22nd 1856

Background imageTransformed Collection: Rimsky-Korsakov / Sadko / 5

Rimsky-Korsakov / Sadko / 5
The sixth scene : the palace of the King of the Ocean, where Sadko marries Volkhova, the kings daughter, but she is transformed into a river

Background imageTransformed Collection: Extravagant C18 Hair

Extravagant C18 Hair
In this contemporary caricature a fashionable young lady, sporting the magnificent new hairstyle, is so transformed that even her own mother does not recognize her

Background imageTransformed Collection: Lycaon Becomes a Wolf

Lycaon Becomes a Wolf
King Lycaon of Arcadia, to test Zeuss omniscience, serves him a dish of human flesh at dinner, for which he is transformed into a wolf

Background imageTransformed Collection: 7 Ravens at Dinner

7 Ravens at Dinner
The seven ravens (seven brothers transformed by a wicked spell) sit at the dinner table

Background imageTransformed Collection: Jekyll & Hyde / Stevenson

Jekyll & Hyde / Stevenson
This, too, was myself.... Dr Jekyll looks in the mirror and sees himself transformed into Mr Hyde

Background imageTransformed Collection: The Donkey Cabbage

The Donkey Cabbage
The hunter is transformed into a donkey



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