Wings Collection (page 15)

Cartoon, The Glorious Twelfth -- the Bird to be brought down this August being not a Grouse but a Mad Eagle. A comment on the warmongering Kaiser Wilhelm II

Two gargoyles on Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. Date: 1914

Recruitment poster, Enlist Now in the US Army, WW1
First World War recruitment poster, Enlist Now in the United States Army. Showing Uncle Sam rolling up his sleeves, ready to defend his country. Date: 1917-1918

Angel on a star-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Angel on a Victorian Christmas scrap
Angel in a fur-trimmed coat and bonnet with a basket of holly on a Victorian Christmas scrap. circa 1890s

Supermarine Seafire XV SR464 of the Royal Canadian Navy
Supermarine Seafire XV, SR464, of the Royal Canadian Navy, with folded wings

North American AJ-1 Savage carrier-borne strike aircraft with wings folded

A early production Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c with 70hp Renault engine, skid undercarriage, RAF 6 wings and cable bracing

Early flying machine design
An early flying machine design, showing a man standing in a winged assembly similar to a paraglider. Designed by Jacob Degen, Vienna, 1807, with measurements given below. 1807

Satirical political cartoon, The Fall of Icarus, showing a plump, naked Earl Temple (Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos)

The Doctors dream
Having fallen asleep in a room lined with books, Dr Syntax dreams that the books have grown wings and heads of various acquaintances and are flying around above him. Date: 1813

Ground Floor Plan, Rowton House, Camden, London
The entrance floor plan of the Rowton House opened in 1905 on Arlington Road, Camden, north west London, to provide cheap accommodation for working men

Cooks Excursionist and Home & Foreign Tourist Advertiser
Cover illustration for Cooks Excursionist and Home & Foreign Tourist Advertiser, with a montage of images around a globe, including St

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) a large bird of prey and the national bird and symbol of the United States of America. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Bald Eagle and Mountain scenery
A bald eagle is set into the border framing this light, atmospheric view of mountains, seen through the green silhouettes of fir trees on the lower slopes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Fairy Tears
A fairy sheds tears while pleading with the North wind to allow her to return home. The tears grow into snowdrop flowers

Six types of bat: Flying Fox, Vampire Bat, Parti-Coloured or Rearmouse, Long-Eared, Horseshoe Bat, and Flying Lemur Bat

Flying Tank
Tank Equipped with Retractable Wings

Leonardo Wings
LEONARDO DA VINCI Sketches of wings for flying machines

Scene in the wings during a pantomime, with performers in costume waiting for their next entrance

Two insects and a frog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Old Father Time and New Year baby on a New Year card
Old Father Time, and the New Year baby jumping out of a box on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Gotha G V German bomber, operational from 1918, with 120 machines reported to have been built. Date: circa 1918

Georgian embossed border frame with cupids. early 19th century

Group photo, RFC football team, Abele, Belgium, WW1
Group photo, 53 Squadron RFC football team and officers, with trophy, British Expeditionary Force, Abele (Abeele), West Flanders, Belgium, February 1918. Date: 1918

Seagulls in flight. 1950s

Close-up of a Bentley car badge. Date: circa 1960s

Flock of seagulls on a ploughed field
Seagulls swoop onto a newly ploughed field in the hope of finding food. 1960s

Advertisement for air travel -- Fly Wings for a wonderful holiday. circa 1960

The Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul
The Dolmabahce Palace, Constantinople. Commisioned by Abdul Mecit (1839-61) - architect Nikogos Balyn who in collaboration with his Father completed construction in 1853

Advert for La Cour Batave womens clothing 1912
Womens clothing for winter 1912 Date: 1912

A Butterfly on the Wheel by Edward G. Hammond and F Nelson
A Butterfly on the Wheel by Edward G. Hammond and Francis Nelson. First produced at the Globe Theatre on 18th April 1911. With arrangement by Charles Frohman and starring Lewis Waller

Fashions for spring 1912
Three women models wearing attractive hats that are eminently suited for the sping of 1912. Date: 1912

The Modern Boy featuring the Flying Boy
Front cover of The Modern Boy magazine featuring a boy using wings to fly his way to school. Inside the publication, there is a suggestion that before long

Ornate, glittery kitsch French Christmas Greetings postcard. Date: circa 1906

Our Sports - Motoring as a novel pleasure pastime
Our Sports - An allegory of Motoring (cars, note the wheel and two horns) as a novel pleasure pastime in the 1900s Date: circa 1908

A Fairy Serenade - Fairy Troubadour atop a mushroom
A Fairy Serenade - A Fairy Troubadour atop a mushroom belting out some love songs for his girl... Date: 1920s

Red Wings
A couple relax on a striking red-sailed yacht. 1928

Latest fashionable designs 1913
Women models wearing fashionable clothing for spring, charming dinner gown in royal-blue satin silk veiled in embroidered net and a woman wearing tailor-made walking suit. Date: 1913

Cartoon, Paul Valentine -- The Ballet. He ran a dancing academy for young people, and is seen here standing in the wings of a theatre. 1883

Theatre Characters - Dancers. 19th century

Theatre Characters - Vaudeville. 19th century

Young woman going to market. 1851

Dove, cat and kittens with a basket
Unusual Friends - dove, cat and kittens with a basket. 1950s

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