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Background imageWaves Collection: Design for Frieze (Wallpaper) with sailing ships

Design for Frieze (Wallpaper) with sailing ships. Charcoal and Pencil on copy paper with one portion in coloured Crayon. Silver Studio. circa 1900

Background imageWaves Collection: Wind & Waves Rackham

Wind & Waves Rackham
An illustration to a story, The Wind and the Waves. Date: 1911

Background imageWaves Collection: Moods of Mount Fuji - 3

Moods of Mount Fuji - 3
A view across stormy seas to Mount Fuji. A stylised painting by Malcolm Greensmith in the style of the great Japanese printmakers of the late 18th and 19th centuries such as Hiroshige and Hokusai

Background imageWaves Collection: Beach at Ramsgate, Kent

Beach at Ramsgate, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageWaves Collection: Crooklets Beach, Bude, Cornwall

Crooklets Beach, Bude, Cornwall - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageWaves Collection: Original logo, British Broadcasting Corporation

Original logo, British Broadcasting Corporation
Original logo for the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation. circa 1953

Background imageWaves Collection: Seascape on a sail-shaped Christmas card

Seascape on a sail-shaped Christmas card
Seascape with sailing boat on a sail-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWaves Collection: Canoe Surfing in Honolulu, Hawaii

Canoe Surfing in Honolulu, Hawaii Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWaves Collection: Lifeboat / Boys own Paper

Lifeboat / Boys own Paper
The lifeboat to the rescue in stormy seas. 1901

Background imageWaves Collection: Go-Kart Race 1950S

Go-Kart Race 1950S
An official waves a Union Jack flag to start the race. Date: 1950s

Background imageWaves Collection: Herzogin Cecilie nearing Falmouth, Cornwall

Herzogin Cecilie nearing Falmouth, Cornwall
The Herzogin Cecilie, a German four mast barque (Windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954), nearing Falmouth, Cornwall

Background imageWaves Collection: Boy silhouetted against the sky, holding a crab

Boy silhouetted against the sky, holding a crab
A boy wearing a diving mask stands silhouetted against the sea and sky, holding a crab

Background imageWaves Collection: Surfing championships at Newquay, Cornwall

Surfing championships at Newquay, Cornwall
A competitor in the surfing championships at Newquay in Cornwall

Background imageWaves Collection: 19th Century Whaling

19th Century Whaling
French whalers

Background imageWaves Collection: Underwater Romance

Underwater Romance
When diver meets mermaid, even if sparks don t fly, the happy couple certainly make waves

Background imageWaves Collection: Mascaret (tidal bore) of the Seine, Normandy, France

Mascaret (tidal bore) of the Seine, Normandy, France
People watching the mascaret (tidal bore) of the River Seine at Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy, France, which resulted from large spring tides, and caused the loss of many ships

Background imageWaves Collection: Capt Webb / Niagara / Scrap

Capt Webb / Niagara / Scrap
Captain Matthew WEBB survives Niagara Falls

Background imageWaves Collection: Lightning Strikes Ship

Lightning Strikes Ship
Sailing ship in stormy seas struck by lightning

Background imageWaves Collection: Launch - Cromer Lifeboat

Launch - Cromer Lifeboat
The return of the Cromer lifeboat after assisting a crippled trawler to port

Background imageWaves Collection: Sadlers Wells Interior

Sadlers Wells Interior
Rebuilt in 1765, this developed from a variety hall to a legitimate theatre, often of a spectacular nature as depicted here, with Poseidon riding the waves

Background imageWaves Collection: Railway, Kanagawa, near Yokohama, Japan

Railway, Kanagawa, near Yokohama, Japan
19th century vintage photograph: railway track at Kanagawa, near Yokohama, Japan

Background imageWaves Collection: Southford, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Southford, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Vintage 19th century photograph: Southford, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, beach with the tide out, image c.1880 s

Background imageWaves Collection: BORNE BY THE WAVES

BORNE BY THE WAVES
Two fishes swimming in the sea are not more lawless than we... Date: 1913

Background imageWaves Collection: Tintagel Castle, Cornwall

Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, on a stormy day with a rough sea and a ship drifting dangerously near to the rocks. The castle ruins can be seen in the top right. Date: circa 1832

Background imageWaves Collection: WW2 poster, The Fairey Fulmer

WW2 poster, The Fairey Fulmer, the Navys fastest fighter. Date: 1940

Background imageWaves Collection: Atlantic Breakers

Atlantic Breakers
Atlantic breakers - a wave study. Date: 1960s

Background imageWaves Collection: British battlecruisers HMS Indomitable and Inflexible, WW1

British battlecruisers HMS Indomitable and Inflexible, WW1
British Invincible-class battlecruisers, HMS Indomitable and HMS Inflexible, travelling at speed on a rough sea during the First World War. 1914-1918

Background imageWaves Collection: J Mercer. 3 wise men of Gotham

J Mercer. 3 wise men of Gotham
Three wise men of Gotham went to sea in a bowl, if the bowl had been stronger, my song would have been longer. 20th century

Background imageWaves Collection: Hastings at High Tide

Hastings at High Tide
Rough waves pound the sea wall during high tide at Hastings. A small sailing boat is tossed by the swell

Background imageWaves Collection: Sailing off the Cornish coast

Sailing off the Cornish coast
One of a great series of studies, showing boats sailing off the Cornish coast. 1952

Background imageWaves Collection: Three runaway schoolboys are very seasick

Three runaway schoolboys are very seasick
Three runaway schoolboys suffer greatly from seasickness on an ocean voyage. Date: 1898

Background imageWaves Collection: Girls waving at an early Aviator flying overhead

Girls waving at an early Aviator flying overhead
The Aviator is the only man girls look up to A very beautifully drawn and interesting postcard, with strong leaning toward the Womens Suffrage movement during this period in the United Kingdom

Background imageWaves Collection: Breaking Waves

Breaking Waves
Dramatic waves breaking over the promenade at Seaford, Sussex, England. Date: 1960s

Background imageWaves Collection: Blue Grotto / Malta / Coates

Blue Grotto / Malta / Coates
The inside of the Blue Grotto

Background imageWaves Collection: German Horse Tram C1880

German Horse Tram C1880
Two horses draw a tram along a German street, while a bicyclist waves his cap and a balloon soars overhead

Background imageWaves Collection: Register Thought Waves

Register Thought Waves
Registering human thought waves

Background imageWaves Collection: Tidal Wave, St Thomas

Tidal Wave, St Thomas
A tidal wave, following an earthquake, hits the steamship La Plata off the island of St Thomas, West Indies

Background imageWaves Collection: Albemarle and Sassacus

Albemarle and Sassacus
In the North Carolina sounds, Confederate ram Albemarle rules the waves : she survives ramming by the Sassacus but will be sunk by a torpedo attack later in the year

Background imageWaves Collection: Bathingmachines / Brighton

Bathingmachines / Brighton
Ladies and babies paddle and splash in the sea at Brighton

Background imageWaves Collection: Badger Rams U-Boat 1914

Badger Rams U-Boat 1914
British destroyer Badger rams and damages a U-boat off the Dutch coast

Background imageWaves Collection: Mermaids in Waves

Mermaids in Waves
Two mermaids ride a big wave

Background imageWaves Collection: Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks

Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a West Country scene with people playing on a sandy beach, fishing nets and seagulls

Background imageWaves Collection: Waves roll on to the beach - Solway coast at Port Mary Cove

Waves roll on to the beach - Solway coast at Port Mary Cove
Ocean waves roll on to the beach on the Solway coast at Port Mary Cove, Dundrennan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Abbey Head looms in the background Date: 2004

Background imageWaves Collection: Vessels of the Spanish Armada wrecked on the rocky Irish west coast after being driven

Vessels of the Spanish Armada wrecked on the rocky Irish west coast after being driven there by storms, September 1588. Date: 1588

Background imageWaves Collection: Electric Permanent Waving Machine 1928

Electric Permanent Waving Machine 1928
A permanent electric waving machine, medusa, Serpents, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

Background imageWaves Collection: Comic postcard, Plump woman and thin man in a rowing boat Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump woman and thin man in a rowing boat Date: 20th century

Background imageWaves Collection: Whither away? Illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem

Whither away? Illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem, The Sea Fairies Date: c.1920



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