Ingenuity Collection

German inventions for war in the air by G. H. Davis
The ingenuity of German scientists applied to the war in the air. Illustrating the methods and machines exploited and used by the Germans during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Flat life, how the tenant of the top flat can enjoy all the amenities of a back garden (litho)
1090695 Flat life, how the tenant of the top flat can enjoy all the amenities of a back garden (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flat life)

Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, Sicily, c570 BC commissioned Perillus of Athens to make a brazen bull in which to
531569 Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, Sicily, c570 BC commissioned Perillus of Athens to make a brazen bull in which to execute criminals

Death of Icaros. 18th century (engraving after wall painting)
530515 Death of Icaros. 18th century (engraving after wall painting); (add.info.: According to legend, in order to escape from Crete, Daedalus made wings of wax and feathers for himself and his son)

Photographs of elaborate topiary, captioned Topiary Ingenuity: Nature Trimmed To Man's Fancy'. Photographs showing topiary of: a well, an ostrich, an arch and a tower, an umbrella

Design to make use of heat to improve navigation, illustration from De Machinis (pen and ink and w / c on paper)
XIR370208 Design to make use of heat to improve navigation, illustration from De Machinis (pen and ink and w/c on paper) by Mariano di Jacopo (detto il Taccola) (1382-c.1453) (after)

Diagram of a pump worked by means of bellows, illustration from De Machinis (pen and ink and w / c on paper)
XIR370213 Diagram of a pump worked by means of bellows, illustration from De Machinis (pen and ink and w/c on paper) by Mariano di Jacopo (detto il Taccola) (1382-c.1453) (after)

Design for a machine with drawbridge on wheels for use in warfare or sieges
XIR370206 Design for a machine with drawbridge on wheels for use in warfare or sieges, illustration from De Machinis (pen and ink and w/c on paper) by Mariano di Jacopo (detto il Taccola)

Oxen drawing a pulley, illustration from De Machinis (pen and ink and w / c on paper)
XIR370204 Oxen drawing a pulley, illustration from De Machinis (pen and ink and w/c on paper) by Mariano di Jacopo (detto il Taccola) (1382-c.1453) (after); Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

Hoisting the Chaperone (litho)
1090688 Hoisting the Chaperone (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hoisting the Chaperone)

Young farm boy, near Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young farm boy. Younger brother trying to make a holster from the leather of an old coat. Oregon, Jackson County, near Medford

Ingeniosite campagnarde (colour litho)
3097808 Ingeniosite campagnarde (colour litho) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ingeniosite campagnarde)

EDISONs ingenuity as seen by George du Maurier
3525382 EDISONs ingenuity as seen by George du Maurier. by Du Maurier, George (1834-96); (add.info.: EDISONs ingenuity as seen by George du Maurier.); Universal History Archive/UIG; English

EDISONs ingenuity as seen by George du Maurier
3525380 EDISONs ingenuity as seen by George du Maurier. by Du Maurier, George (1834-96); (add.info.: EDISONs ingenuity as seen by George du Maurier.); Universal History Archive/UIG; English

They cut up their trains into sunday waistcoats, illustration from
617055 They cut up their trains into sunday waistcoats, illustration from The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith, c.1910 (colour litho) by Jameson

Polar Bear (engraving)
667344 Polar Bear (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Polar Bear. Illustration for Homes without Hands by J G Wood)

An ingenious poacher (colour litho)
2807681 An ingenious poacher (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An ingenious poacher)

Ceiling panel from the Stanzino delle Matematiche (fresco with tempera
BAT254072 Ceiling panel from the Stanzino delle Matematiche (fresco with tempera) (see 254070-254071 and 254073) by Parigi, Giulio (1571-1635); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

The Head of an Inventor, 1893 (litho)
KDC384299 The Head of an Inventor, 1893 (litho) by Poyet, Louis (1846-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Allegory of the contents of the brain of an inventor; illustration from The Picture)

Ceiling panel from the Stanzino delle Matematiche (fresco with tempera
BAT254070 Ceiling panel from the Stanzino delle Matematiche (fresco with tempera) (see 254071-254073) by Parigi, Giulio (1571-1635); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

Safety first! New road regulations shortly to be introduced to ensure the safety and comfort of pedestrians (litho)
1090694 Safety first! New road regulations shortly to be introduced to ensure the safety and comfort of pedestrians (litho) by Robinson

Double cross tennis, for economising space in local tournaments and generally gingering up the game (litho)
1090685 Double cross tennis, for economising space in local tournaments and generally gingering up the game (litho) by Robinson

Page from The British Working Man or One Who Does Not Believe In Him (engraving)
3632438 Page from The British Working Man or One Who Does Not Believe In Him (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Hieroglyphic Love Letters, c. 1893 (litho)
KDC384141 Hieroglyphic Love Letters, c. 1893 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: love letter expressed in hieroglyphics; first line contains pictures of a)

Walking Machine (litho)
KDC379791 Walking Machine (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: ingenious French exercise machine invention enabling the user to simulate climbing a mountain at)

Chinese peasant with a wheelbarrow under sail, 1811 (coloured engraving)
CHT259955 Chinese peasant with a wheelbarrow under sail, 1811 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Plucky attempt to rescue a family overtaken by the tide (litho)
1090665 Plucky attempt to rescue a family overtaken by the tide (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

What shall i put on? Bedside contrivance for the changeable season, to indicate the state of the weather
1090737 What shall i put on? Bedside contrivance for the changeable season, to indicate the state of the weather and what you should wear when you get up in the morning (litho) by Robinson

Flat life, how sport is possible on a Saturday afternoon (litho)
1090699 Flat life, how sport is possible on a Saturday afternoon (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flat life)

Flat life, Sane economy of space at a wedding reception (litho)
1090697 Flat life, Sane economy of space at a wedding reception (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flat life)

The Wimbledon Rifle Meeting, Notes in Camp (engraving)
1060134 The Wimbledon Rifle Meeting, Notes in Camp (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wimbledon Rifle Meeting, Notes in Camp)

The Wily Shikari and the Greedy Saurian, an Ingenious Expedient (engraving)
1050911 The Wily Shikari and the Greedy Saurian, an Ingenious Expedient (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wily Shikari and the Greedy Saurian)

Magnetic aids to skaters, to be installed in the London parks during the skating season (litho)
1090698 Magnetic aids to skaters, to be installed in the London parks during the skating season (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

How Noah, by skilful management, averted a catastrophe at the subsidence of the flood (litho)
1090667 How Noah, by skilful management, averted a catastrophe at the subsidence of the flood (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: How Noah)

Ancient and modern vending (penny-in-the-slot) machines, 1893 (litho)
KDC384118 Ancient and modern vending (penny-in-the-slot) machines, 1893 (litho) by Sauvert, Albert (b.1860); Private Collection; (add.info)

Hand-washing automaton with flush mechanism, folio from
FSG348657 Hand-washing automaton with flush mechanism, folio from The Book of Ingenious Mechanical Devices; by Al-Djazari, 1315 (opaque w/c, ink & gold on paper) by Islamic School

Clever Fips (coloured engraving)
979186 Clever Fips (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clever Fips.); © Look and Learn

Flat life, how at last it is possible to keep chickens in the top flat (litho)
1090691 Flat life, how at last it is possible to keep chickens in the top flat (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flat life)

Overcoming the difficulties of serenading in New York City (litho)
1090750 Overcoming the difficulties of serenading in New York City (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

A new snow-plough for clearing a footpath after a heavy fall (litho)
1090731 A new snow-plough for clearing a footpath after a heavy fall (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

Balanced Breakfast
Healthy breakfast with cereals and egg toast, balanced food on a vivid blue background with copy space. Dina Belenko

Sunday morning in Petticoat Lane. Seen in the boot market. Proving his shoes won t skid. 28th February 1939 P013469 London Petticoat lane

British Dummy Gun in Field to Attract the Fire of the Germans, (1919). Creator: Unknown
British Dummy Gun in Field to Attract the Fire of the Germans, (1919). British soldiers with a decoy gun, scene from the First World War, 1914-1919

Machine Gun Mounted On Wheel... (1919). Creator: Unknown
Machine Gun Mounted On Wheel So That Gunner May Easily Swing Round and Follow Enemy Aeroplanes, (1919). British soldiers with anti-aircraft gun mounted on an ingenious piece of makeshift equipment

Tunnel through snow, Hauklid Pass, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Tunnel through snow, Hauklid Pass, 1914. From " Norge - Turistruter I 65 Billeder". [Mittet & Co, Kunstforlag - Kristania, 1914]

Primitive ingenuity, (16th century), 1920s
Primitive ingenuity. The sugar industry was extremely outdated, even though there were one hundred and twenty mills on the Island; annual export only amounted to twenty thousand pounds

The Marly Machine, 18th century. Louis XIV of France had this machine constructed on the banks of the Seine to pump water from the river to his chateaux at Versailles and Marly

Glaucous-wing Gull over Humpback Whales bubble-net feeding, Chatham Strait, Alaska, USA
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) over bubble-net feeding Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae); Chatham Strait, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, United States of America

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"Unleashing the Power of Ingenuity: A Journey through Time and Imagination" Step into a world where ingenuity knows no bounds, where minds soar high above the clouds and dreams take flight. Explore the realm of German inventions for war in the air by G. H. Davis, witnessing the birth of innovation amidst chaos. In this captivating journey, witness "Flat Life, " an ingenious concept that allows tenants of top flats to revel in all the pleasures of a back garden. Lithographs come alive as you marvel at photographs showcasing elaborate topiary creations, reminding us that artistry can be found even in nature's embrace. Prepare to be amazed by designs harnessing heat to revolutionize navigation. De Machinis' pen and ink illustrations transport us to a world where technology becomes our compass, guiding us towards uncharted territories with precision and grace. Delve deeper into De Machinis' genius as we unravel diagrams depicting pumps worked by bellows - a testament to human determination and resourcefulness. Witness awe-inspiring machines with drawbridges on wheels designed for warfare or sieges; their sheer audacity leaves one breathless. But ingenuity is not limited to grandeur alone; it can also be found in simplicity. Observe oxen drawing pulleys effortlessly, demonstrating how clever solutions can make arduous tasks seem effortless. From hoisting chaperones lithographically captured to Dorothea Lange's poignant portrayal of a young farm boy near Medford, Oregon - each image tells its own story about resilience and adaptability born out of necessity. Marvel at "Ingeniosite Campagnarde, " a vibrant lithograph celebrating rural ingenuity - proof that creativity thrives beyond city limits. And let George du Maurier's depiction reveal Edison's unparalleled brilliance through his eyes; an homage to one man's relentless pursuit of progress. As we embark on this extraordinary voyage through time and imagination, may these glimpses into the past inspire us to embrace our own ingenuity.