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Zig Zag Collection

Background imageZig Zag Collection: Outline of growth of the locomotive engine, 1841-1884

Outline of growth of the locomotive engine, 1841-1884. Each illustrated with key details/measurements for the engines. Also illustrated with scenes such as zig-zag over the Blue Mountains. Date: 1885

Background imageZig Zag Collection: Zig-zag emperor silkmoth, Gonimbrasia tyrrhea

Zig-zag emperor silkmoth, Gonimbrasia tyrrhea (African peacock moth, Phalaena tyrrhea). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageZig Zag Collection: Gomesa flexuosa orchid

Gomesa flexuosa orchid (Zig-zag oncidium, Oncidium flexuosum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a drawing by John Curtis for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical

Background imageZig Zag Collection: Pre Romanesque art. Spain. 10th Century. Prayerful. Church o

Pre Romanesque art. Spain. 10th Century. Prayerful. Church o
Pre Romanesque art. Spain. 10th Century. Prayerful. Male figure with a beard, robe and arms extended inside a circle decorated with zig-zag. Over the circle there is a peacock

Background imageZig Zag Collection: Stylish Woman - Barrow - 1920s

Stylish Woman - Barrow - 1920s. Note the fantastic Art Deco styling of the light fittings, cut-out alcove and the dress itself! Date: circa 1920s

Background imageZig Zag Collection: Parkinsonia dorsetensis, ammonite

Parkinsonia dorsetensis, ammonite
This ammonite has an evolute shell and is displaying complex suture lines. Specimen originates from the Middle Jurassic

Background imageZig Zag Collection: British battle fleet avoiding enemy submarines, WW1

British battle fleet avoiding enemy submarines, WW1
A British battle fleet zigzagging to avoid enemy submarines during the First World War. Date: March 1915

Background imageZig Zag Collection: Shoreham - St. Nicholas Church

Shoreham - St. Nicholas Church
Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex - Window in St. Nicholas Church Date: 1910s

Background imageZig Zag Collection: Young Victorian woman reading a letter

Young Victorian woman reading a letter
A young Victorian woman poses in the photographers studio, sitting on an upholstered chair reading a letter. She is wearing a wide crinoline dress with zigzag designs on the bodice

Background imageZig Zag Collection: Middle-aged Victorian woman

Middle-aged Victorian woman
A middle-aged Victorian woman poses in the photographers studio, leaning on the back of a chair, on the seat of which a small dog is sitting

Background imageZig Zag Collection: Costume / Men / Peru / Warrior

Costume / Men / Peru / Warrior
A Peruvian warrior chief in ornate costume of red, gold, black and white


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