Backwards Collection (#3)

Viking pewter disc-brooch, 10th century
Viking cast pewter disc-brooch from York. It is decorated in the Jellinge style with a backwards-facing quadruped whose tongue extends and interlaces with its body and rear leg

Susi - with clock
Susi - with a clock, and a note with a reminder about turning the clocks back one hour. 1950s

Young lady showing the double train of a Paul Caret gown
A young stylish lady wearing a gown of pink moire satin by Paul Caret of 16, Orchand Street, London. The double train springs from the waist. 1923

Running backwards racing forward runners at Harvard
Black athlete running the 75 yards faster than forward-running sprinters could run 100 yards at Harvard Stadium in 1927. Date: 1927

Christmas carol music by James Lyon -- Hark! Christmas bells are ringing wildly. The music is on two staves, with the lower stave containing the upper stave music played backwards

Bottlenose dolphins - 3 together swimming backwards (Tursiops truncatus)

Lady Motorist at the Wheel
Atylish Lady Motorist at the Wheel - an advertising plate for John Bull Tyres. Date: circa late 1940s

People on ships deck playing a game
People on the deck of a ship, playing a game involving wooden models of racehorses, with a racecourse marked out in white

Three goats climbing vine shape backwardss Ornaments
Artokoloro

The journey of a modern hero, to the island of Elba, London, 1814, Napoleon I seated backwards on a donkey on the road to Elba from Fontainebleau; he holds a broken sword in one hand

Witch (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF271085 Witch (engraving) (b/w photo) by DAOErer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); Private Collection; German, out of copyright

Return of Vulcan with Bacchus, Pieter Serwouters, Jacob Matham, 1616 - 1657

Nobleman who has gone insane sitting backwards on a horse, Caspar Luyken, Christoph Weigel, 1704

1200145; out of copyright

Young man standing in studio, gesturing, (B&W)

French Fantasy Beauty in see-through drape poses dramatically in front of a mysterious landscape vista. Date: circa 1910s

Picture No. 10899950
DOG - Schnauzer puppy sitting (6 weeks) Date:

Cowgirl Backwards On A Donkey
Las Vegas, Nevada: 1947. A young lady cowgirl climbs up on her donkey backwards

A Backwards Toboggan Ride
Pennsylvania: c. 1940 A group of adults wave as they ride backwards on a toboggan down Cedar Crest Hill

Gymnasium Harness Workout
Los Angeles, California: 1943 Actress Evelyn Keyes stays supple exercising with the gymnasium harness

The Journey Of A Modern Hero, To The Island Of Elba, London, 1814, Napoleon I Seated Backwards On A Donkey On The Road To Elba From Fontainebleau; He Holds A Broken Sword In One Hand And The Donkeys

Yellow Fowl chick looks backwards and down at the ground

Co-ordinate geometry, 16th century C017 / 6997
Co-ordinate geometry. 16th-century woodcut showing a man pierced by spear-like rods, to show terms used in co-ordinate geometry

Spectators at an airshow
Airshow at Bulltofta airport, Malmo, 1932. Date: 1932

Raymond Sheppard self portrait - drawing
Raymond Sheppard self portrait - sketching. Artist Raymond Sheppard (1913 - 1958) studied art at Bolt Court under S.G. Boxsius and in addition to exhibiting work at the R.A

Blonde Pin-Up 2 / Colour
Fifties blonde bombshell, in a strapless accordian pleated chemise, kneels on pink satin & points her shapely leg at the floor. Her head is tilted backwards

Horse Bus Scrap
This horse bus plies from Camberwell to Camden Town, passing Charing Cross and the Zoo : the advertisement for Ridges Food is written backwards to puzzle you

Cake Walk, Reznicek
An elegant German couple lean over backwards to perform the dance in true plantation style

Emerging from Pool 1960S
A happy female swimmer, wearing a one-piece bathing costume in three colours with a false belt & belt loops, walks backwards down the pool steps into the cool water

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