Blowing Collection

Drummer Louie Bellson and his big band playing at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 1979
Drummer Louie Bellson and his big band in concert at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 7 November 1979. Also pictured are trombonists Kurt Berger and Doug Wintz

A Scottish Piper wearing McInnes Tartan Date: 1906

Flapper on Bonnet 1927
A girl on a bonnet: wears a skimpy sleeveless white drop waist dress hitched up to expose her thighs, T-bar shoes, a cloche hat & a scarf a la Isadora Duncan

Coach and horses in the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1910s

Woman with a Parasol turned to the Right, 1886 (oil on canvas)
XIR61731 Woman with a Parasol turned to the Right, 1886 (oil on canvas) by Monet, Claude (1840-1926); 131x88 cm; Musee d Orsay, Paris

Ptolemys Map of the World cA. D 150. (1912) Artist: Claudius Ptolemy
Ptolemys Map of the World cA.D 150. The Ptolemy world map is a map of the known world to Hellenistic society in the 2nd century AD

Scottish Types - Bagpipes, Clan McDonald. 19th century

U. S. Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps performing
February 27, 2007 - U.S. Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps perform during the Marine Corps Battle Color Ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona

Dandelion seeds flying away

Alpine Horn
Man blowing a traditional horn in the Alps. Date: 1930s

Dandelion Clock by Muriel Dawson
Charming illustration of a small child, probably a little boy in blue smock and shorts seated on a small tuffet of grass and blowing a dandelion clock while clutching a favourite doll in his other

Pipe Major of The Scots Guards in full ceremonial dress. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air rings underwater
STA-82 Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air rings underwater Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions Tursiops truncatus Complex play / creative behaviour

Bottlenose Dolphin STA 13 Two, one on top of the other tursiops truncatus © Augusto Leandro Stanzani / ARDEA
STA-13 Bottlenose DOLPHIN - two, facing, one on top of the other tursiops truncatus Distribution: Worldwide except polar regionsBottlenose Dolphin STA 13 Two

Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubbles underwater with mouth open
STA-75 Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubbles underwater with mouth open Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions Tursiops truncatus Complex play / creative behaviour

Bessemer converter in Longwy steelworks, France
A Bessemer converter in the Longwy steelworks, France -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron

Humphrey Lyttelton and Sidney Bechet at Colston Hall, Bristol, 1956

One o Clock, Two o Clock by Muriel Dawson
A little girl sits in a field accompanied by her pet dog and blows a dandelion clock

Glass Blowing 1930S
A female glass worker blows glass for use in lamps, chemistry equipment, etc

Snooker player Ronnie O Sullivan, pictured the day before his 16th birthday. 4th December 1991

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - trumpeter. circa 1910s

Tree growing in heart-shape

Cold Comfort by W. Heath Robinson
An elegant device now in use in many seaside boarding houses to obviate the rather indelicate act of blowing on ones food to cool it

Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubbles underwater
STA-94 Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubbles underwater Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions Tursiops truncatus Complex play / creative behaviour

Relief depicting glass blowers, from the Mastaba of Kaemrehu, Saqqara, Old Kingdom, c
XIR184770 Relief depicting glass blowers, from the Mastaba of Kaemrehu, Saqqara, Old Kingdom, c.2325 BC (painted limestone) by Egyptian 6th Dynasty (c.2350-2200 BC); Egyptian National Museum, Cairo

The Vanishing Time
Sandy Wijaya

The Count Basie Orchestra in concert, c1950s. Artist: Denis Williams
The Count Basie Orchestra in concert. Sonny Payne on the drums

Filling the Air with Fairy Forms -- a little girl blows a dandelion clock and in her imagination it turns into a flight of fairies. Date: circa 1920s

Turkish national flag

Warning Horn
A watchman at Kunszentmiklos, Hungary, blowing his horn during times of danger due to serious flooding over 200, 000 acres of low-lying acres of arable and meadow land. Date: 1930s

The Union Jack Flies Over Tobruk, 1942. From The War Illustrated Volume 6 edited by Sir John Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, 1942]

Green dinosaur blow up inflatable toy, close up

The French Resistance - WWII (1 / 3)
Thanks to the parachute drop of plastic explosive, the French resitance were able to blow up the track. This enabled them to intercept a German train heading for the border on the line from Marseille

Christmas! Christmas! Jolly Season -- a girl and a boy out for a walk with their dog on a windy day. 20th century

Men playing traditional horn instruments at a Lunar New Year festival in the Miao village of Qingman, Guizhou Province, China, Asia

Spring Announced 1876
Spring is announced to a pretty lady at a window

Winter attack
Michiko Ôtomo

Cat ~ Persian kitten wearing graduation cap surrounded by balloons
Cat - Persian kitten wearing graduation cap surrounded by balloons Date: 30-09-2011

Edith Wynne in Red Riding Hood, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Date: 1890s

Sommergewitter
Nicolas Schumacher

Weather Report in Concert at Colston Hall, Bristol, October 1977. Artist: Denis Williams
Weather Report in Concert at Colston Hall, Bristol, October 1977. Joe Zawinul (keyboards) and Wayne Shorter (saxophone)

Harry Bence playing the saxophone at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 1984
Harry Bence, bandleader of the New Squadronaires, playing the saxophone at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 1984

Saxophonist Gerry Mulligan playing at at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 26 October 1979

Drummer, 1st regiment of the French Foreign Legion, 20th century. French postcard

Humpback whales exhaling in calm waters off the Antarctic Peninsula. When a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) exhales, air is released from the whales blowhole

Lung function test. Spirometer sitting on lung function test results

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Trumpet
Blowing his own trumpet. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow and Substance, 1860

Mexican flag, Queretaro, Queretaro State, Mexico, North America

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"Blowing: A Melodic Journey through Time and Nature" In this captivating collection of images, we witness the power and beauty in various forms. From the enchanting sound of bagpipes played by a Scottish Piper wearing McInnes Tartan to the majestic resonance of an Alpine Horn echoing through mountain peaks. Transported back to the roaring 1920s, we find a flapper with her bonnet adorned with feathers gently blowing in the wind, exuding an aura of freedom and rebellion. Meanwhile, Muriel Dawson's delicate brushstrokes capture a whimsical moment as dandelion seeds take flight from their clock-like structure, carried away by nature's breath. Amidst winter wonderland scenes on Christmas cards, a coach pulled by horses stands still as snowflakes dance around them. The chill in the air is palpable as each exhale creates ethereal clouds that blend seamlessly with Ptolemy's ancient map depicting our vast world. A woman turned to her right holds a parasol delicately against gusts of wind in an oil painting from 1886. Her elegant stance portrays both vulnerability and resilience against life's unpredictable currents. Venturing underwater, we encounter bottlenose dolphins playfully blowing air rings into existence. Their intelligence shines through as they create mesmerizing patterns beneath ocean waves - a testament to their mastery over their aquatic realm. Scottish culture comes alive once more with vibrant depictions showcasing bagpipes and Clan McDonald members proudly displaying their heritage. The Pipe Major of The Scots Guards commands attention while leading his band through powerful melodies that resonate deep within our souls. Finally, Augusto Leandro Stanzani captures another breathtaking moment where two bottlenose dolphins stack themselves one atop another while gracefully releasing streams of water into the air - a true display of harmony between these magnificent creatures and their environment.