Twisted Collection

Holmes Smoking Pipe
THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP Holmes ponders the problem

Train collision, Maze Hill Station, SE London
Train collision and derailment at Maze Hill Station, SE London, 4 July 1958. Close-up of the point of impact. Date: 1958

Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2
Blitz in London -- damage to tanks and pipelines at Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 7 September 1940. The ground was covered with spilt oil which was subsequently ignited during an attack

17th century Rope Maker
Two cordwainers - rope makers - wind the twisted fibres. Date: 17th century

MacWilliam brotheres shop in the Isle of Whithorn
MacWilliam brothers shop on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. The crooked wooden building has now been demolished Date: 1994

A Polish Lady
A portrait oil painting of a young Polish lady wearing a patterned dress, sat upright, with her neck slightly twisted in an elegant pose. Date: circa 1920

The Water's Edge
A drypoint etching of a large, gnarled and twisted tree by the water's edge, beside a fallen, bending one. Date: circa 1923

The Shell
An etching showing a thick, twisted, gnarled old tree in a woodland. Date: circa 1921

Life Drawing
A figure drawing of a woman laying on a bed, in a semi twisted form, from a behind angle. Date: circa 1930

Tree hydroid, Eudendrium ramosum (Twisted tubularia, Tubularia ramosa). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Twisted cord flower, Strophanthus divaricatus (Chinese strophanthus, Strophanthus divergens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Twisted trichopilia orchid, Trichopilia tortilis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Knifesmith Gate, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, with the famous twisted spire in the distance. circa 1938

Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshire -- the famous twisted spire. circa 1938

Turned walnut childs chair. circa 1660

17th and 18th century balusters

Serpent Column, Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey
Serpent Column in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey. At one time the column had three serpent heads. Made of bronze, the column was built to commemorate the Greeks who fought

North arcade, St Laurence Church, Pittington, Durham
View of the north arcade of St Laurence Church, Pittington, Durham, dating back to around 1100. Date: 1911

Curtiss Oriole - long wing
A long-wing Curtiss Oriole, of an aerial photography company, fitted with one of S.A. Reeds patented twisted flat-plate D-18 (Duralumin) propellers. Date: 1922

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Costume of Caen. Tall bonnet with the veils twisted over the crown of artificial flowers.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

INDIAN BUTTER CHURNERS
Indian men using a primitive wooden butter churner, the pole is twisted with ropes in a similar manner to a childs spinning top. Date: 1930s

Pattern 1796, Light Cavalry Officers sword, 15th Hussars.Blade is curved and fullered with engraved decoration in the linear style typical of the period, the decoration includes floral designs

Blitz in London -- Balham High Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- a bus in a bomb crater over an underground station in Balham High Road, SW London, 14 October 1940. Date: 1940

Crashed German plane, WW2
A crashed German plane during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Ruins of Saint-Pierre, Martinique - Eruption of Mount Pelee
Ruins of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, entirely destroyed by the eruption of Mount Pelee which had been supposed extinct. Date: 1902

Firefighters working to remove van trapped under bridge
Firefighters working to remove a van trapped under a low bridge, Norbury, SW London

Victoria Stiebel / Gown
A couture design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976), for a reception dress in off-white slipper satin. Flat hipline swathed and twisted with ends lined in butter yellow faille

Piece of string with comic letter on a Christmas card
Piece of string with comic letter on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: 1895

Mont Kemmel (Kemmelberg), Belgium, WW1
Mont Kemmel (Kemmelberg), Belgium, with damaged tree stumps and debris on the ground during WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Rood screen, Church of St Gommaire, Lierre (Lier), Belgium
Ornate rood screen in the Church of St Gommaire (Gummarus), Lierre (Lier), Belgium, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910

Maison des Brasseurs, Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium
Great Hall of the Maison Hydraulique or Maison des Brasseurs (Brewers House), Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

Blitz in London -- Barking Power Station, WW2
Blitz in London -- bomb damage at Barking Power Station, with a hand pointing to a crack in the tank of a transformer. Date: 1940s

Junkers JU88 shot down at Belmont, Glos, WW2
Junkers JU88 shot down at Belmont, Gloucestershire, on 27 July 1940. 1940

Advert for Thierry Schram, hairpiece 1910
Flexible coiffure hairpiece with a twisted extension or wiglet available from Thierry Schram. 1910

Basket of white and pink flowers on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Basket of white and mauve flowers on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Train crash in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, with people in a field in the foreground. Date: circa 1890s

Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Cloister
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Detail of the cloister, in cosmatesque style work by Vassalletto family. 13th century. Rome. Italy

Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos. Cloister. Castile and Leon. Spain. Nineteenth-century Engraving

Gothic. The Infantado Palace. The Courtyard of the Lions. La
Gothic. The Infantado Palace. Late 15th century. The Courtyard of the Lions with double archery with ogee arches superimposed in the lower gallery and Doric columns. Guadalajara. Spain

Relief depicting contortionists dancers. Temple of Hatshepsut. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt

Relief depicting a contortionists dancer. Temple of Hatsheps
Relief depicting acontortionists dancer. Temple of Hatshepsut. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt

Relief depicting a group of dancers. New Kingdom. Temple of Luxor. Egypt

Wooden carvings in primary church, Vilvorde, Belgium
Ornate wooden carvings in the primary church, Vilvorde (Vilvoorde), Belgium, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910

Wooden stalls in primary church, Vilvorde, Belgium
Ornately carved wooden stalls in the primary church, Vilvorde (Vilvoorde), Belgium, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910

The Hall, Palace Hotel, Biskra, Algeria. Date: circa 1920

Interior of Hotel Geneve, Mexico City, Mexico
Ornate interior of the Hotel Geneve, Mexico City, Mexico. Date: circa 1925

Two boys emptying a piggy bank onto a table. The coins seem to be mostly penny and threepenny pieces (pre-decimalisation). Date: circa 1960s

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