Windy Collection

Fable / Wind and Sun
THE WIND AND THE SUN Both disputed over who could cause the traveller to shed his cloak; the wind blew strongly, but in the suns gentle heat the man derobed

Lady golfer looking down the fairway for her drive, which appears to have travelled a decent distance. Date: circa 1920s

Wind Blown by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a coat and hat picks nuts from the branches of a tree which is rapidly losing its leaves in the autumnal breeze

Seaside boating scene
A couple push out their small motor boat into an estuary at the mouth of a small coastal river. This looks like a southern Norfolk or North Suffolk coastal view as the terns swoop overhead

Windy Weather / Gillray
A windswept man battles his way across Hampstead Heath. He keeps one hand firmly on his hat

Beethoven / H Wulff
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Beethoven out for a walk on a windy day

A Rough Day, Whitby, North Yorkshire
A Rough Day in Whitby, North Yorkshire. Date: early 20th century

Norfolk Broads - River Thurne
A sign by the windmill points the way to the Lion Hotel on the River Thurne, Norfolk. The sailing boat on the broad certainly seems keen to get home for supper! Date: circa 1930s

Ducks flying across rough water during a storm

England / Malvern
THE BEACON, WORCESTERSHIRE A windy day on the Beacon

Happy Land
Children out on a windy day; one taking a pick-a-back ride, painted in Art Deco style. Artist: Phyllis Cooper Date: 1926

Two horses in the snow. circa 1890s

An Attractive Idea for Gents Wear
Do you realise that the equinoctial gales will soon be blowing in upon us? If so, do not forget to buy one of the new patent adjustable, magnetic hat guards, for use with any style and size of hat

CHILDREN / SEASIDE / GIRL
A little girl sitting on a rock by the sea on a windy day. Date: circa 1880

Christmas! Christmas! Jolly Season -- a girl and a boy out for a walk with their dog on a windy day. 20th century

Washing Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl hangs out the washing on a windy day, while a little boy holds a full basket of clothes for her

Coats for rainy weather, 1954
A couple of coats, suitable for wet and windy weather. On the left is a coat of lightweight pure woollen Venetian available in wine, cocoa, bottle or charcoal

Cartoon, Two emancipated women
Modified wartime silhouette: skirts begin to evoke the barrel-line shape being narrower & court shoes are vying with high boots. Hats: tam-o shanter or high crown. Date: 1918

Ramsgate lifeboat men on board stranded ship
Ramsgate lifeboat men with passengers on board a ship caught on the Goodwin Sands. Date: 19th century

Windblown Lady by Muriel Dawson
A little girl holds her toy doll close as she walks during a windy autumn day

A Diller a Dollar, a Twelve O clock Scholar
Nursery rhyme illustration -- A Diller a Dollar, a Twelve O clock Scholar, what makes you come so soon? You used to come at ten o clock, and now you come at noon

Squalls by Wilton Williams
Two women struggle in wind to control their umbrellas and skirts. Date: 1923

Man walks past the Harbour Cottage Gallery in Kirkcudbright
A man struggles agains the wind and snow as he walks past the Harbour Cottage Gallery in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Date: 2010

The Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Festubert - WW1
The Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Festubert during the First World War

Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, from Windy Hill
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, viewed from Windy Hill - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Cover design, My Great Big Book Date: 1930s

Windy Weather
A landscape etching of some trees withstanding the force of some strong winds in the countryside, with some cottages visible over the fence. Date: circa 1923

The Green Coat
A portrait painting of a red haired woman standing by the edge of a cliff on a windy day, admiring the view, she is wearing a distinctive green coat, with her hat sat on the floor. Date: circa 1917

Trees In The Wind
An etching of some trees, with ivy entangled around the trunks, during a windy day in the countryside, some crates can be seen on the left. Date: circa 1916

Windy Day
An illustration showing a procession of people, who seem to be travelling against the wind, some showing signs of dejection. Date: circa 1915

March, Windy Day illustration by Lewis Baumer, of woman in puff, leg o mutton sleeve gown and large hat, blown about by the wind. From an article, The Light Side of Nature'

Windy Landscape
Aquatint showing a broad, flat landscape on a windy day. Date: circa 1932

Lockheed - Vega B-17G Fortress G-BEDF - 44-8846
Lockheed/Vega B-17G-85-VE Fortress G-BEDF / 44-8846 (msn 8245), marked as 42-2960 Windy City, for filming of Memphis Belle, at Duxford. Date: circa 1988

Five women, of different ages, shapes and sizes, photographed paddling in the sea on a blustery day at the beach. Date: 1950s

Comic postcard, Baked beans for dinner again Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, Woman in her seaside hotel bedroom Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boy and girl walking on a windy day Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple at the seaside on a windy day Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Scotsman on a windy day at the seaside, watched by a young woman Date: 20th century

Weather Report - Illustrated - Breezy, A green-faced sickly-looking Gent seated by a ships rail is less than happy at the attentions of a rosy-cheeked rotund fellow passenger whos breezy countenance

Comic postcard, Little girl at the seaside on a windy day Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Older man with pretty woman on the beach. If the wind had only blown the other way! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple climbing a cliff at the seaside - getting the wind up Date: 20th century

When Love was Lost and Life was Vain: Pierrot Forlorn. In the Autumn of Youth: " Fallen Leaves". Date: 1912

Boat Excursion to Heligoland - a small archipelago in the North Sea. A part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein since 1890. Date: 1967

Middle-aged gent with wife and Mother - Jersey
A jovial middle-aged gent (in voluminous trousers!) with his arms around the houlders of his wife and (possibly) his Mother on the beach on Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1930s

Break, Break, Break - illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem. Date: c.1920

March, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

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