Billowing Collection

Sailing Ships Date: 1927

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March. The attack on the fire by a large number of firefighters

Iron Works / Corby / Photo
Smoke billowing out of the Iron Works, Corby, Northamptonshire

Lady golfer looking down the fairway for her drive, which appears to have travelled a decent distance. Date: circa 1920s

American schooner Westward - built by Herrehoff
The American schooner Westward - built by Herrehoff in 1910 and later owned by Mr Thomas Benjamin Davis - a magnificent schooner of 323 tonnes. In 1910 she sailed in eleven races and won them all

LCC-LFB Serious office fire, Farringdon Street EC4
Two turntable ladders deployed at an office building fire in Farringdon Street, City of London, 16 November 1934. The top of the turntable ladder on the left is totally engulfed in the swirling black

Print Users Yearbook -- red-haired woman
Print Users Yearbook -- a red-haired woman in a skimpy costume, with a long scarf billowing from each hand. Date: circa 1930s

Garden Bonfire
Billowing smoke pollution caused by a garden bonfire. Date: 1960s

Don Quixote on horseback with his lance
Don Quixote on horseback, galloping forward with his lance. Date: First published: 1605-1615

Cooling towers, thermogram
Cooling towers. Thermogram of water vapour rising out of cooling towers at a power station. Thermography records surface temperatures by detecting the long-wavelength radiation emitted by an object

Autumn Day, c.1895-c.1915. Creator: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof
Autumn Day, c.1895-c.1915

Deck view from a VOC ship to the big mast, 1778-1787. Creator: Jan Brandes
Deck view from a VOC ship to the big mast, 1778-1787. The deck of an East Indiaman with the main mast in the centre. Sailors climb the rigging

St. Denis, Ruth, 1927 July or Aug. Creator: Arnold Genthe
St. Denis, Ruth, 1927 July or Aug

Isadora Duncan dancer, between 1915 and 1923. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Isadora Duncan dancer, between 1915 and 1923

Irma Duncan dancer, 1929 or 1930. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Irma Duncan dancer, 1929 or 1930

Elizabeth Duncan dancers and children, between 1916 and 1941. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers and children, between 1916 and 1941

Isadora Duncan dancers, between 1915 and 1923. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Isadora Duncan dancers, between 1915 and 1923

Irma Duncan dancers, 1929 or 1930. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Irma Duncan dancers, 1929 or 1930

Denishawn dancers, 1927 or 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Denishawn dancers, 1927 or 1928

Wanger, Beatrice, Miss, and Miss Solveig Hornbeck, 1921 June 21. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Wanger, Beatrice, Miss, and Miss Solveig Hornbeck, 1921 June 21

Fuller, Lois, Miss, 1918 May. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Fuller, Lois, Miss, 1918 May

Block, Stella, Miss, 1921 July 30. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Block, Stella, Miss, 1921 July 30

Storming of St. Sebastian, August 31, 1813, 1909. Artist: Thomas Sutherland
Storming of St. Sebastian, August 31, 1813, 1909. In the Siege of San Sebastian (7 July - 8 September 1813) Allied forces under the command of Arthur Wellesley

Steel And Steam
An oil painting of some vast city buildings, shrouded in billowing streams of steam, conveying a feeling of industry and activity. Date: circa 1920

The Station
An oil painting of a station, seen through a misty fog in the evening, from across a wide river, a train is chugging along on the right, leaving a billowing trail of steam. Date: circa 1919

And So Home, Bored!
An illustration portraying a fed up looking couple, comprising of a lady wearing a billowing gown and headdress, and a man with his hands in his pockets, smoking a cigar. Date: 1915

Waterloo Bridge
A painting of Waterloo Bridge, with the River Thames flowing underneath, a billowing trail of smoke can be seen coming from the tail end of a boat. Date: circa 1916

Ship On The Sea
An illustration of a work ship on the ocean, with thick black smog billowing behind. Date: circa 1915

A Lancashire Ironworks
A landscape etching of an active ironworks in Lancashire, northwest England. The chimneys all have smoke billowing into the sky. Date: circa 1915

A West Lancashire Coal Mine
This etching shows some active smoke stacks of a coal mine in Lancashire, steam and smoke can be seen billowing into the sky. Date: circa 1915

Landscape Woodcut
A landscape woodcut print showing a row of trees lined over a hilltop, with billowing clouds emerging from behind, in New Zealand. Date: circa 1923

DDE-90021770
South Namaqua National Park. South African and National Parks flags. Date: 05/10/2006

Variant of the Black Country, landscape (w / c on paper)
WAG423048 Variant of the Black Country, landscape (w/c on paper) by Bayliss, Edwin Butler (1874-1950); Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK; © Wolverhampton Art Gallery; British

Brick Works (pastel on paper)
WAG423047 Brick Works (pastel on paper) by Bayliss, Edwin Butler (1874-1950); Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK; © Wolverhampton Art Gallery; British, out of copyright

Evening Landscape (w / c on paper)
WAG423044 Evening Landscape (w/c on paper) by Bayliss, Edwin Butler (1874-1950); Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK; © Wolverhampton Art Gallery; British, out of copyright

Leading the Barge Pony (w / c with pastel on paper)
WAG423050 Leading the Barge Pony (w/c with pastel on paper) by Bayliss, Edwin Butler (1874-1950); Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK; © Wolverhampton Art Gallery; British

The Chimneys (w / c on paper)
WAG423040 The Chimneys (w/c on paper) by Bayliss, Edwin Butler (1874-1950); Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK; © Wolverhampton Art Gallery; British, out of copyright

Canal Bridge (pastel on paper)
WAG423049 Canal Bridge (pastel on paper) by Bayliss, Edwin Butler (1874-1950); Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK; © Wolverhampton Art Gallery; British, out of copyright

Cottage by the Heaps (w / c on paper)
WAG423046 Cottage by the Heaps (w/c on paper) by Bayliss, Edwin Butler (1874-1950); Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK; © Wolverhampton Art Gallery; British, out of copyright

Plate 265. Getting Out of Bed and Preparing to Kneel, 1885 (collotype on paper)
3950401 Plate 265. Getting Out of Bed and Preparing to Kneel, 1885 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 14.3x44.8 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover

The Pink Dress, c. 1894 (pastel on brown paper)
1067149 The Pink Dress, c.1894 (pastel on brown paper) by Dewing, Thomas Wilmer (1851-1938); 43.8x32.4 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Thomas John Clavering and Catherine Mary Clavering: The Clavering Children
HEH416443 Thomas John Clavering and Catherine Mary Clavering: The Clavering Children, 1777 (oil on canvas) by Romney, George (1734-1802); 157.5x125.7 cm; Huntington Library, Art Museum

Steam engine speeding along
A passenger steam train speeding along on an incline with billowing smoke. Date: circa 1930s

In the Woods, from L Estampe Moderne, published Paris 1897-99 (colour litho
STC193276 In the Woods, from L Estampe Moderne, published Paris 1897-99 (colour litho) by Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Final phases during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
Scene from the final phases of the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France, showing a British anti-tank post at the Menin Gate

Street scene during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
Street scene during the evacuation of Dunkirk, northern France, showing a burning lorry with billowing black smoke, and debris littering the ground after an intensive German air attack. Date: 1940

Initiation rites of the cult of Dionysus, fresco from the Villa Dei Mysteri
XIR57187 Initiation rites of the cult of Dionysus, fresco from the Villa Dei Mysteri, 1st century BC (fresco) by Roman, (1st century BC); Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii

Disastrous fire, Coney Island Amusement Park, USA
Disastrous fire at Coney Island Amusement Park, USA, when 100, 000 bathers were cut off by the flames in July 1932. 1932

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"Billowing: A Journey Through Time and Elements" Step back in time to 1927, where majestic sailing ships graced the open seas, their billowing sails carrying them towards new horizons. In a different realm, a lady golfer stands poised on the fairway, her eyes scanning the distance for the perfect drive. The wind gently tugs at her hair as she prepares to unleash her swing. Amidst the hustle and bustle of Corby's Iron Works, a captivating photograph captures billows of smoke rising from chimneys, symbolizing both industry and progress. But not all billows bring forth prosperity. In Bermondsey's Butlers Wharf, an unfortunate fire engulfs a warehouse belonging to LCC-LFB. Flames dance amidst thick clouds of black smoke that ominously billow into the sky. Across continents, American schooner Westward glides gracefully through azure waters with its billowing white sails proudly displaying its craftsmanship by Herrehoff. Yet danger lurks even within city limits. Farringdon Street becomes engulfed in chaos as an office fire rages on relentlessly. Thick plumes of smoke rise high above buildings while flames continue to billow outwards. Turning our attention to more serene scenes; within the pages of Print Users Yearbook lies an image of a fiery red-haired woman surrounded by swirling colors that seem to effortlessly billow around her like ethereal waves. A garden bonfire crackles and roars as embers float upwards creating mesmerizing patterns against the night sky - nature's own form of artistry in motion. Don Quixote charges forward on his trusty steed with lance held high against imaginary foes. His cape flutters behind him like a flag caught in gusts of wind; his spirit unyielding despite reality's resistance. Thermograms reveal cooling towers emitting vibrant hues indicative of temperature variations - each color representing energy dissipating into the air, billowing and dissipating like a visual symphony.