Hung Collection (page 8)

Afghanistan, Ghazni. Brightly-colored wool, recently dyed, is hung to dry in Ghazni, Afghanistan

FOXE: BOOK OF MARTYRS. A woman and her sucking infant tied together in a bag and thrown into a river and four men hanged for eating a goose on a fast day

Washington, DC Spectators at side of the Capitol, which is hung with crepe and has flag at half-mast during the grand review of the Union Army. Date photographed 1865, printed 1905

Coronation 1937 - Bond Street arrayed in white
Bond Street hung with white banners which are floodlit to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI in May 1937. The white banners, 30 feet by 6 feet

Kentish Tiled Cottages
Traditional tile-hung cottages at Brasted, Kent, England. Date: 19th century

Beef cuts, 1857
Town and country methods of cutting up an ox. The head and hooves ar shown, as well as the carcass. Date: 1857

1930s basement dwelling, Stepney
A view down through the rooms only window into a basement dwelling in Stepney in the East End of London. Dinner is on the table and a bird cage is hung above. Date: circa 1936

Durani gentleman on horseback, Afghanistan
A Dooraunee Gentleman. A 19th century Afghan man riding a horse. He has a sword hung at his side. 1815

The Netherlands - Marken. Houses with wide gables on the edge of a canal. The housewives have hung out their washing in long lines heading down to the edge of the water

Tobacco farming. Tobacco (Nicotiana sp.) leaves drying in the shade. Tobacco leaves are ready for harvesting and curing when they turn yellow

Male alder catkins (Alnus glutinosa). Photographed in the Netherlands in March

Incense coils, Man Mo Temple, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Tobacco leaves hung up to dry, Vinales Valley, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Spanish hams hanging in a restaurant bodega, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Prayer flags above an artifical lake near the Karo-La Pass, Tibet, China, Asia

Prayer flags crossing the Friendship Highway between Lhasa and Kathmandu, Tibet, China, Asia

The old kingdom of Guge in the most western part of Tibet, China, Asia

Drying cloth in Kashgar, western China
Pieces of cloth hung out to dry in Kashgar, western China

Garter banner of Queen Mary
The garter banner of Queen Mary, made at the Royal School of Art Needlework (now the Royal School of Needlework) in South Kensington, London

Garter banner of King George V
The garter banner of King George V, made at the Royal School of Art Needlework (now the Royal School of Needlework) in South Kensington, London

Quebec flag in foreground in front of rooftops of Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, North America

Hammocks, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, Central America

The Tatler Front Cover, Xmas Number 1914
A colour illustration from the front cover of The Tatler, depicting a cartoon soldier holding a Union Jack flag, marching across a checkered background, hung with various national flags

Borneo / Dyak Drying Heads
The Dyak method of drying heads. The enemys head is cut off, the brains scooped out before being hung (as shown) on a rod of bamboo

American Indians. In the western states of America. Barterin
Interior scne of a store hung with animal hides, an Indian behind the counter and a European with three rifles in front

America. The Chinese in San Francisco. A Joss-house, or Chin
Interior hung with silks and decorated with chinese vases and table carved with animal and fish figures for Chinese traditional worship

Dance French Street
Dancing in the street on Bastille Day : the musicians have hung a sign to tell everyone this is a waltz

Coloured sheets in the souk, Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Footbridge in the Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar, Africa

Animist hanging coffins still in use today, on limestone cliff in Echo Valley, Sagada, Cordillera, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Giant mosquito coils, Hoi An, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Traditional Moroccan wallets, street market, Fez, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Hammock on the beach of the Beachcomber Le Paradis Hotel, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

Sheaves of recently harvested rice hanging to dry, Yufuin, Oita, Kyushu, Japan, Asia

A street with washing drying at windows, Burano Island, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Prayer flags on the pass, Dochu La, Bhutan, Asia

The Dublin Crimean Banquet
Engraving showing a panoramic of a banquet for Crimean war veterans in Stack A, a warehouse in Dublins Docklands, held on October 22nd 1856

Racial / Settler & Wife
A settler stands ready with a gun outside his shack, with tin bath and washboard hung on the outside wall, while his wife comforts the baby

Lancelot & Tarquin
Sir Lancelot strikes the copper basin in order to challenge Sir Tarquin - the haughty enemy of the Knights of the Round Table. Lancelot vanquishes Tarquin

Treasure Island / Bill
Captain Bill keeps watch: " All day he hung round the cove, or upon the cliffs, with a brass telescope."

Beach Wear Late 1930S
BEACH WEAR: two-piece costume for wearing over a swimsuit composed of high-waisted trousers hung from braces & tapered at the ankle with a draw-string & a bolero

LOUVRE SALON 1843 - 3
At the Salon exhibition, the pictures in the Salon carre are hung so high that some visitors bring spy-glasses to see them

Tate Entrance Hall
A policeman is the only visitor to the Tate Gallery, standing by potted plants where, one day, half a horse and suchlike masterpieces will be hung

Tom / Water Babies / 1909
The thing whirred up into the air, & hung poised on its wings : Tom & the dragonflies

London water carrier with two barrels
A London water carrier with two barrels hung on a frame resting across his shoulders -- The New River Water

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