Turns Gallery

Wheel worked by dog - turning roasting spit, Carmarthenshire

Wheel worked by a dog for turning the roasting spit - used until the end of the first quarter of the 19th century. This example was the property of the late Sir John Williams, Bart. and was formerly fixed in the Hall - part kitchen, part Dining Room - of Pilrhoth, Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire and removed only when the house was demolished. Date: circa 1905

Stylish French Girl in revealing negligee with hand mirror

"Please Come" - a pretty ginger-haired girl with bright red lipstick, wearing a large hat with green feathers and a brown fur, makes a forward invitation... Date: 1913

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Tippoo Tib (1837-1905)

Photograph of Tippoo Tib, then Chief of the Manyema, c.1887. His real name was Hamid ibn Mohammed and he was an African-Arab adventurer and warrior, who controlled a large section of Central Africa. Tippoo Tib, which means whistling bullets, was by turns, a cultured and kind man and a merciless slaver. His aid to H.M. Stanley and other European explorers was invaluable in their exploration and exploitation of the Central African region. Date: 1889

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans