Turned Collection (page 4)

Swedish scouts and upturned sailing boat
Two Swedish Scouts awaiting rescue from their overturned light sailing boat enjoy a refreshing bottle of pop in the middle of the lake

Soldiers turned bandits during the Thirty Years War
Soldiers turned bandits draw their swords, during the Thirty Years War 17th Century

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

Charles Ray Directing
When his acting career sagged, Charles Ray turned to direction : sadly his movies lacked box-office appeal. But this is a nice intimate shot of 20s film- making. Date: circa 1922

Aesop / Frog Physician
Aesop/Frog Physician

Aesop / Venus and the Cat
VENUS AND THE CAT Even though the cat has been turned into a human, she still displays feline tendencies - such as jumping out of bed to chase a mouse

Britannia and Eve magazine, November 1940
Front cover illustration featuring an attractive and well turned-out 1940s model wearing a red headscarf and holding a pair of binoculars

Young Boy a holding racing car
A study of a young boy, seated in a high-backed wooden chair, clutching his favourite model racing car. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Man and his car (in distance)
A man has his back turned to the camera with an open-top car in the middle distance

Lady Tennis Umpire 1920
A well turned out female tennis umpire keeps a cose eye on the score whilst sitting beneith a large red parasol

COCK LANE
The street was made famous in the 18th century by a sensational ghost story - which turned out to be a hoax

Lear / Nonsense / Turkey
There was a Young Lady of Turkey, who wept when the weather was murky; When the day turned out fine, she ceased to repine, that capricious Young Lady of Turkey

Lear / Nonsense / Rabbits
There was an Old Person whose habits, induced him to feed upon rabbits; When he d eaten eighteen, he turned perfectly green, upon which he relinquished those habits

Lear / Nonsense / Eyes
There was a Young Lady whose eyes, were unique as to colour size; When she opened them wide, people all turned aside, And started away in surprise

The Outcast Mother : an erring daughter clutching her illegitimate baby is turned away or cast out

Fijian Feast (Giant Turtles)
Giant Turtles captured for eating in a grand feast on Fiji. The turtles have been rolled onto their backs (possibly so they don t escape...)

Now that Women are doing Mens Jobs
Festive illustration by George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) showing a woman dressed up as Father Christmas. The illustration is a festive metaphor for the increase in women taking over mens roles during

The Little Contemptibles
Fighting in the open country in the early months of World War One, before trench warfare turned the Western front into a stalemate

Marshland on the Western Front; First World War, 1916
Photograph showing a section of the Western Front, near Ancre, after heavy fighting had turned the area into a muddy swamp, 1916. Stumps of trees, destroyed by shelling, stand on the left of the image

French soldiers taking cover from artillery fire inside a ca
A photograph of two French soldiers taking shelter from artillery fire inside a captured German ammunition depot. The Illustrated London News reported that the men were in the process of removing

European Travel
With todays modern transport links as fast as they are, Paris is literally one step away from London for this well turned out (British?) traveller

Adjusting Necktie 19C
Three well turned out young swells watch their friend adjust his neck-tie

Moor Hall Chapel, Middlesex, 1960
Photograph of Moor Hall Chapel, Harefield, Middlesex which was due to be demolished in 1960 and turned into a football field

Colour transparencies being viewed on a lightbox book
A colour photograph album invented by M. P Duchenne. In 1910, technology had not enabled colour images to be printed on paper, only as glass plates

van Riebeek Landing at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652
Illustration of Johann van Riebeek landing at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652, from the Illustrated London News, 8th October 1927

Glaucus the Sea-God
Glaucus - fisherman turned into a sea- god by accident - meets the water-nymph Scylla and instantly falls in love with her, but Circe, jealous, turns her into a monster

The Cercopes
a race of thievish gnomes who, for their misdeeds, were turned by Zeus into monkeys

Picuss Widow Grieves
When her husband Picus is turned into a magpie by Circe, his widow Canenta has nothing to live for : she is (literally) consumed by grief, haunting his deathplace

Anaxarete into Stone
Anaxarete disdains love; but when Iphis hang himself at her door, she is turned to stone

Aesach & Alixirhoe
Aesach falls for the nymph Alixirhoe; fleeing his unwelcome advances, she is bitten by a snake, whereupon he jumps off a cliff but is turned into a diver bird

Midas and Silenus
For services rendered, he is offered a wish by Silenus : he foolishly asks that anything he may touch shall be turned to gold... in the end he begs Silenus to withdraw his gift

Wolf Turned to Stone
When an angry Nereid sends a wolf to ravage the cattle of Peleus, he asks Thetis for help, and she turns the wolf into a rock

Doctor Syntax turned nurse, holding two infants

The Zulu war. General Newdigate addressing the lancers befor
General Newdigate addressing his men, with ranks of lances held in the air. The tide had already turned in favour of the British at the Battle of Gingindhlovu with Ulundi the decisive final British

Grilled Sunbather
Keen to acquire a tan, a sunbather on the French Riviera is turned on a grill by her friend, who also applies plenty of oil

Odysseus & Circe
Circe the sorceress, with her handmaiden at her side, urges Odysseus (Ulysses) to have a drink from her table. But since she turned his men into pigs. he is reluctant to do so

Robbing the Orchard by Louis Wain
An unusual illustration by Louis Wain, more usually known for his cat drawings, showing a group of children stealing apples from an orchard

In the editors room: a special artists drawing is brought
A photograph showing the editors office of the Illustrated London News with editor Bruce Ingram, seated, assessing a a drawing submitted for publication by one of the ILN special artists

Edward VII in Dublin
Edward VII (1841-1910) at a viceregal garden party during a visit to Dublin in 1907. Originally given little responsibility by his mother, Queen Victoria

Boy / Norfolk Jacket 1893
English schoolboy wears a knickerbocker suit with Norfolk jacket, white shirt with turned down collar, woollen socks & stout laced boots. Date: 1893

Phaetons Sisters
Mourning their brother Phaeton, Phaetusa, Lampetia and Lampetusa are changed into poplar trees, while his friend Cygnus is turned into a swan

Muses and Magpies
The Muses are challenged by the nine daughters of Pieros to a singing contest; but the talentless females are sadly out-sung and are turned into magpies for their presumption

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

Brunette with Beer
Smiling brunette model, wearing a white cap sleeve blouse with the collar turned up & a red & white chevron pattern cravat, holds up a half empty glass of beer

GERBAULT (1893-1941)
ALAIN GERBAULT A French tennis star turned sailor, with his boat the Firecrest. Buried on Bora Bora in the Pacific Ocean

Costume / Pedal Pushers
White open neck blouse with half-length sleeves & turned back cuffs, red & white vertically striped pedal pushers worn with shoes with multi-coloured polka dots

Hats by Rose Valois 1929
Russet coloured helmet style hat with a soft brim turned back at the forehead and draped asymmetrically on one side; grey fur beret style hat

Draped Brim Hat 1929
A soft, black hat with a soft draped brim turned up at the front and falling in a flap at the rear; green hat with the brim drawn in at the ears

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