Turned Collection (page 5)

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

Mahler / Clumber Spaniel
Dog standing side on with his head turned face on in an alert pose

Mahler / Cocker Spaniel
Black Cocker Spaniel. Dog standing side on with his head turned face on

Daphne and Apollo
Apollo wants Daphne but Daphne doesn t want Apollo; so the virgin princess, who plans to stay that way, asks to be turned into a laurel (bay) tree. Which she is

UPS-AND-DOWNS / FAIR / 1804
Early Amusement wheels (hand- turned) at a St Petersburg Fair, Russia

Merry-Go-Round / Russia
Early hand-turned Merry-Go- Round at a St Petersburg Fair, Russia

Clytie a Sunflower
When the sea-nymph Clytie is deserted by her lover the sun- god Apollo, she is changed into a sunflower, her face turned towards him as he crosses the heavens daily

Joseph Haydn Home
JOSEPH HAYDN his Vienna home, later turned into a Haydn Museum Date: 1732 - 1809

Foal Fur Coat 1922
A low-waisted full length coat with a high stand collar & large turned-back cuffs - all in black foal fur!

Mole Fur Short Coat 1922
A short hip-hugging coat in mole fur with dolman sleeves, split turned-back cuffs, a broad belt with a buckle & a large collar

Red Flag / Brandenburg
The Red Flag is flown at the Brandenburg Gate by German Communists who hoped that the dissolution of Imperial Germany might be turned into a more radical revolution

Russia / 1923 / Batum Riot
By order of the Soviet authorities, the Orthodox cathedral at Batum is turned into a cinema, but locals riot and destroy the equipment

Pilot and Plane
Musician turned pilot, Captain Sidorenko, with his Ilyushin IL-2

Costume Man & Girl 1899
Man: suit of D-B jacket with pocket flaps, turned back cuff & roll collar, cravat & ring & stand collar. Girl: loose fitting pink dress with yoke, high collar & lace insertions

William Whiston (Anon)
WILLIAM WHISTON Mathematician and theologian who predicted the end of the world for 13 October 1736, wrongly, as it turned out

Hagar Leaves Abraham
Hagar, mother of Abrahams child, mocks his sterile wife Sara, for which she is turned away into the desert : but an angel sorts matters out and reconciles each to all

Disraeli / Elephant / India
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy has turned the Conservative Party into a rogue elephant: a comment on his interest in India

Dog and Kid
This dog has grabbed the goats kid while its back was turned, which is a pretty sneaky thing to do

Lot Leaves Sodom
Lot and his daughters flee the Cities of the Plain, but his wife turns for one last look and is turned into a pillar of salt

Harry Irving / Play 1905
HARRY BRODRIBB IRVING English actor-manager and son of Sir Henry Irving. Educated for the bar, but turned to the stage

Coronis (Crow)
Coronis, daughter of Coronaeus king of Phocis, flees from amorous Poseidon/Neptune, and is saved by being turned into a crow by Athene (don t confuse Coronises)

Afghanistan / 1878 / Jumrood
The camp of the British Mission to Kabul, at Jumrood, near the Khyber Pass. The Mission was turned back by the Afghan Emir Sher Ali

Khyber Pass / 1878
The fort of Ali Musjid where, in 1878 a British Mission to Kabul was turned back by order of the Emir of that city, Sher Ali

Farmworker in Smock
A Wiltshire farmworker in his traditional smock-froke with a gauged yoke an extremely large turned-over collar

Handbag Manufacture
A scene in the workrooms of a large handbag factory where womens handbags of exclusive design for the coming season are being turned out in their hundreds

Mahler / Elkhound
One dog standing head turned facing

Costume / Amy Aged 10 1865
Girl wears a dress with loose, pleated bodice, a crinoline supported short skirt trimmed with lattice motifs & sleeves with epaulettes & turned back cuffs. Hair worn plain

Costume Parisiens 2885
Hat: large turned-up brim at the front, trimmed with plumes. Dress: lace imbecile sleeves with mancherons, low bodice pointed front & back with Grecian drapery

Dhruva & Pole Star
The prince Dhruva, let down by his fathers weakness, turned to meditation. At the end of his life Vishnu turned him into the Pole Star & a symbol of steadfastness

Dancers of Stanton Drew
Stanton Drew Stone circle is celebrated in folklore as the members of a wedding party lured by the devil to celebrate on the sabbath and thus becoming petrified!

DIORAMA
At its simplest, the diorama consists of one or more pictures wound on a spool which is turned to give the spectators the illusion of passing through a landscape

After the Eviction
ALL THAT IS LEFT Scene after a family in County Mayo have been turned out of their cottage for failure to pay rent

C18 Cider Mill
An 18th-century cider press in Devon, the wheel turned by a horse

Costume / A Florent 1902
S-bend ladies wear gowns with trained gored skirts, braid trim & sleeves with fullness at the lower arm. Also an open bodice, turned back cuffs, lace yoke & belts

Tweed Jacket / Photo 1880S
Young man wearing a tweed lounging jacket & matching waistcoat, his shirt has a soft turned down collar, his necktie is loosely tied

Striped Waistcoat 1816
Green coat, cut away at the front, velvet collar, sleeves gathered at the shoulder, turned back cuffs, pantaloons, black pumps, top hat, striped waistcoat with stand collar

Brown Coat & Black Boots
Top hat with turned up brim, brown cut-away double- breasted coat with hip pockets & gathered shoulders, blue pantaloons with soutache trim, hessian boots with high heels. Date: 1810

Overcoat 1810
Green overcoat with velvet revers, M-cut collar, turned back cuffs that cover the knuckles, fastening with buttons & tabs piped in gold & black hessian boots

Angels of Mons Advert
Advertisement for Phyllis Campbells account of the vision of Angels at Mons who protected the British retreat and turned the tide of the German advance into France

Grey Hat with Feather
A fetching grey & black felt hat with a low flat crown & broad up-turned brim ornamented with a dyed & shaped feather & a jewelled device for holding it

Hat with Aigrette C1913
Blonde woman wears a soft hat with an aigrette, a blouse with a scallop edged turn down collar, a large green pendant & a wrap-over garment in an eastern style print

Cloche by Marthe Collot
A cloche hat by Marthe Collot worn very low over the eyes with a jade green up-turned brim and black fur crown. The design is called Monique

Hat with Feathers 1930
Black helmet style hat by Rose Valois with a soft brim turned up at the front & left to drape as a flap either side of the face. Ornamented with a red & yellow feather

Hunting Turtles / 1865
Hunting turtles. Having captured a turtle, it is turned on its back so it cannot escape

The Six Swans Clarke
The princess carried by the swans - they are really her brothers, turned into swans by the wicked Queens magic

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