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"Willy: A Journey Through Time and Adventures" Step into the world of Willy, where history intertwines with captivating tales

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Willys Jeep

Background imageWilly Collection: WW1 / C 1919 / POPPY FIELD

WW1 / C 1919 / POPPY FIELD
In Flanders Fields... The poignant scene of a field full of poppies after the First World War. (Illustration after original, image 10053676, by Willy Werner.) C.1919

Background imageWilly Collection: HOMER: THE ODYSSEY. Odysseus shipwrecked. Drawing, c1918, by Willy Pogany

HOMER: THE ODYSSEY. Odysseus shipwrecked. Drawing, c1918, by Willy Pogany

Background imageWilly Collection: Sinhalese washerman, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Sinhalese washerman, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Sinhalese washerman, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of an elderly man with hair ornament. Singhelese in Kandy. From " Rund um die Erde", by C. W. Allers

Background imageWilly Collection: Woman chewing tobacco, Magelang, Java, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Woman chewing tobacco, Magelang, Java, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Woman chewing tobacco, Magelang, Java, 1898. Portrait of a woman carrying a parasol and a chicken. Taback kauende Javanin in Kario Smito - Campong Samban bei Magelang

Background imageWilly Collection: A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, South China Sea, 1898

A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, South China Sea, 1898. Portrait of a German crew member on board the SS Knivsberg

Background imageWilly Collection: A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Portrait of a German crew member using compasses and parallel rulers to plot the course of the SS Knivsberg through the South China Sea

Background imageWilly Collection: Willy Lotts Cottage - Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk

Willy Lotts Cottage - Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk. The cottage features in John Constables painting, The Hay Wain. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWilly Collection: Wilhelm Emil Willy Messerschmitt 1898-1978

Wilhelm Emil Willy Messerschmitt 1898-1978
Wilhelm Emil Willy Messerschmitt, 1898-1978. Date: 1978

Background imageWilly Collection: Ferrari P4, Mairesse - Beurlys, 1967 Le Mans. Creator: Unknown

Ferrari P4, Mairesse - Beurlys, 1967 Le Mans. Creator: Unknown
Ferrari P4, Mairesse - Beurlys, 1967 Le Mans

Background imageWilly Collection: 5064 Gerrard by Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Robert Hale

5064 Gerrard by Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Robert Hale
5064 Gerrard revue by Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Robert Hale; music arranged by Willy Redestone. Artist Harold Smith. The revue was first produced at the Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square

Background imageWilly Collection: Colette / Fantasio 1909

Colette / Fantasio 1909
SIDONIE-GABRIELLE WILLY French novelist Date: 1873 - 1954

Background imageWilly Collection: Picture No. 11071225

Picture No. 11071225
Brown Willy - Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, UK. Date:

Background imageWilly Collection: Belgian Air Force 2

Belgian Air Force 2
Willy Coppens de Houthuist (born 1892) fights in World War One, specialising in shooting down German observation balloons, of which he destroys 35 ! Date: 1916+

Background imageWilly Collection: Mae Pon - Chinese girl, Bangkok, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Mae Pon - Chinese girl, Bangkok, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Mae Pon - Chinese girl, Bangkok, 1898. Portrait of a young girl holding a fan, and wearing a topknot. Mae Pon. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W

Background imageWilly Collection: Rosama and Sandenam, Tamil girls, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Rosama and Sandenam, Tamil girls, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Rosama and Sandenam, Tamil girls, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of two young women in what is now Sri Lanka. Rosama und Sandenam - Tamilmadchen, Kandy

Background imageWilly Collection: Sinhalese girls, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Sinhalese girls, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Sinhalese girls, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of children in what is now Sri Lanka. Singhalesische madchen, Kandy. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C

Background imageWilly Collection: RWF Willie Poole - shrimping

RWF Willie Poole - shrimping
Fat man with big bum shrimping in rock pools on a beach, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England. This is RWF Willy Poole 1940-2017. Writer, countryman, humourist, master of foxhounds

Background imageWilly Collection: Colombia, Caldas, Chinchina, Jeep Willys with Load of Plantains

Colombia, Caldas, Chinchina, Jeep Willys with Load of Plantains

Background imageWilly Collection: (from left) Eduard Willy Kurt Herbert von Dirksen (1882-1955

(from left) Eduard Willy Kurt Herbert von Dirksen (1882-1955) - German diplomat and Ambassador to the Soviet Union, standing behind Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin (1872-1936)

Background imageWilly Collection: Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, near Cairo, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, near Cairo, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, near Cairo, Egypt, 1898. The pyramid was built in the 27th century BC for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser

Background imageWilly Collection: Lifting water water from the Nile using a shadouf, Nag Hammadi, Egypt, 1898. Creator

Lifting water water from the Nile using a shadouf, Nag Hammadi, Egypt, 1898. Creator
Raising water from the Nile, Nag Hammadi, Egypt, 1898. Fellaheen lifting water from the River Nile for irrigation using a shadouf. Wasser [?] Fellaheen bei Nagh-Aamadi

Background imageWilly Collection: Bishari girl, Aswan, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Bishari girl, Aswan, Egypt, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Bishari girl, Aswan, Egypt, 1898. Portrait of a child from the Bishari tribe who live in the eastern Nubian Desert in Sudan and in southern Egypt. Amna, Bischarin Madchen, Assuan

Background imageWilly Collection: On the banks of the Nile at Cairo, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

On the banks of the Nile at Cairo, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
On the banks of the Nile at Cairo, 1898. Am Nilufer bei Cairo. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Background imageWilly Collection: The roads at Chefoo seen from the hills, China, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

The roads at Chefoo seen from the hills, China, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
The roads at Chefoo seen from the hills, China, 1898. Steamships and junks on the Yellow Sea off the coast of what is now Yantai. Die Rhede von Chi-Fu vom Hugel gesehen, 1898

Background imageWilly Collection: Street scene in a fishing village, Mutwal, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Street scene in a fishing village, Mutwal, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Street scene in a fishing village, Mutwal, Ceylon, 1898. Boy with his catch in what is now Sri Lanka. Strasse in Fischerdorf Mut-Wal

Background imageWilly Collection: Pina - drummer boy in a Buddhist temple, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Pina - drummer boy in a Buddhist temple, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Pina - drummer boy in a Buddhist temple, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of a child with a set of double drums secured round his waist. Pina, Trommeljunge in Buddha-Tempel

Background imageWilly Collection: Tea pickers, Peradeniya, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Tea pickers, Peradeniya, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Tea pickers, Peradeniya, Ceylon, 1898. In der Theefelden bei Paradenia. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Background imageWilly Collection: In the Bay of Naples, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

In the Bay of Naples, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
In the Bay of Naples, 1898. In der Bay von Neapel - sailing boats off the coast of southern Italy. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Background imageWilly Collection: Watta Raka Anunayaka Farunansa, Buddhist head priest, Ceylon, 1898

Watta Raka Anunayaka Farunansa, Buddhist head priest, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of a shaven-headed priest of the Buddha temple at the Malwathu Maha Viharaya, a monastery in Kandy

Background imageWilly Collection: Studies of people, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Studies of people, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Studies of people, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Roman Catholic Tamil man, Sinhalese man, Muslim man. Tscheddy Mam (Tamile) (Romische Katholik), Singhalese, Mohamedaner

Background imageWilly Collection: Hatamen Gate, Peking, China, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Hatamen Gate, Peking, China, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Hatamen Gate, Peking, China, 1898. View of camels in front of the gate and tower at the entrance to the walled city of Peking (now Beijing). Ha-Ta-Men in Peking

Background imageWilly Collection: Javanese nanny with European baby, Magalang, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Javanese nanny with European baby, Magalang, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Javanese nanny with European baby, Magalang, 1898. Woman carrying her employers child in a sling. Javanische Baboe - Toegi und Reins von der Ploeg

Background imageWilly Collection: Cabin boy Ah-Fook on board the SS Knivsberg 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Cabin boy Ah-Fook on board the SS Knivsberg 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Cabin boy Ah-Fook on board the Knivsberg, 1898. Portrait of a Chinese crew member from Canton on the German ship SS Knivsberg, travelling through the Gulf of Siam. Ah-Fook aus Canton, Cabin boy

Background imageWilly Collection: Tamil boy, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Tamil boy, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Tamil boy, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of a boy with a large leaf. Jupen [?], Tamilen Junge in Kandy. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Background imageWilly Collection: The Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

The Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
The Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. View of the Sri Dalada Maligawa, or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, a Buddhist temple in the royal palace complex

Background imageWilly Collection: Money[lender?], Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Money[lender?], Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Money[lender?], Kandy, Ceylon, 1898. Geld[verleiher?], Kandy. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Background imageWilly Collection: The Holy Family, c1888, (1914). Creator: Willy Martens

The Holy Family, c1888, (1914). Creator: Willy Martens
The Holy Family, c1888, (1914). The Virgin Mary breastfeeds the infant Jesus, as Joseph works at his carpentry bench. Painting in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Background imageWilly Collection: United Kingdom, England, Suffolk. View of Willy LotA¢€™s house

United Kingdom, England, Suffolk. View of Willy LotA¢€™s house and the River Stour at Flatford - made famous by John ConstableA¢€™s paintings, including the Haywain and Flatford Mill

Background imageWilly Collection: HOMER: THE ODYSSEY. Odysseus bending his bow in contest with the suitors of his wife

HOMER: THE ODYSSEY. Odysseus bending his bow in contest with the suitors of his wife. Drawing, c1918, by Willy Pogany

Background imageWilly Collection: Brown Willy, Cornwall

Brown Willy, Cornwall

Background imageWilly Collection: Brown Willy from Roughtor Victorian period

Brown Willy from Roughtor Victorian period

Background imageWilly Collection: Willy Lott's Cottage, Flatford, Suffolk

Willy Lott's Cottage, Flatford, Suffolk - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageWilly Collection: Family of Rabbits (Bunnies) in domestic setting

Family of Rabbits (Bunnies) in domestic setting by Willy Schermele

Background imageWilly Collection: Family of Bears in domestic setting Children's

Family of Bears in domestic setting Children's
Family, of, Bears, in, domestic, setting, Children's, Postcard, design, Watercolour, painting, Willy, Schemerle, 12023320

Background imageWilly Collection: Family of Bears in domestic setting

Family of Bears in domestic setting by Willy Schemerle

Background imageWilly Collection: Willy Lott's cottage Flatford Suffolk Landscape

Willy Lott's cottage Flatford Suffolk Landscape
Willy, Lott's, cottage, Flatford, Suffolk, Landscape, scene, England, John, Constable, Watercolour, painting, William, Carruthers, Affleck, 12023260

Background imageWilly Collection: Victoria Pendleton & Willy Kanis

Victoria Pendleton & Willy Kanis Great Britain & Holland Womens Sprint Final Olympic Stadium, Beijing, China 19 August 2008 Date: 19 August 2008



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"Willy: A Journey Through Time and Adventures" Step into the world of Willy, where history intertwines with captivating tales. From the iconic Willys Jeep that traversed rugged terrains during WW1 to the enchanting poppy fields that whispered stories of bravery, each moment is a glimpse into a remarkable era. In 1919, amidst the aftermath of war, Homer's Odyssey came alive as Odysseus found himself shipwrecked. The evocative drawing by Willy Pogany captures his struggle and resilience in vivid detail. Travel back further to 1898 when Christian Wilhelm Allers immortalized a Sinhalese washerman in Kandy, Ceylon. His brushstrokes reveal not just laundry but also the rich culture and traditions embedded within every fold. Venturing across continents, we encounter an unexpected sight - a woman chewing tobacco in Magelang, Java. Allers' lens transports us to this intriguing moment frozen in time; her expression holds secrets waiting to be unraveled. The maritime world beckons next as we meet A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg sailing through the South China Sea in 1898. This snapshot encapsulates both adventure and camaraderie amidst vast waters. Fast forward to Le Mans in 1967 where speed meets elegance with Ferrari P4 driven by Mairesse-Beurlys. An unknown creator captured this thrilling race that left spectators breathless and hearts racing alongside those daring drivers. Amidst these extraordinary moments lies Wilhelm Emil Willy Messerschmitt (1898-1978), whose name echoes through aviation history like no other. His visionary contributions revolutionized flight forevermore. Delving deeper into literature's realm brings us Colette's Fantasio from 1909 - an enigmatic character who embodies passion and intrigue within pages bound by imagination itself. Finally, Picture No. 11071225 reveals another tale waiting to be told.