Towing Collection

1937 Hillman 14 towing caravan. Creator: Unknown
1937 Hillman 14 towing caravan

Wounded but Victorious, c1916 (1919). Artist: Charles John De Lacy
Wounded but Victorious, c1916 (1919). A British battlecruiser being towed into port after the Battle of Jutland. The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle fought by the British Royal Navys

Landing a 155 mm gun at Sedd-ul [i.e., Sedd-el] Bahr, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Landing a 155 mm gun at Sedd-ul [i.e., Sedd-el] Bahr, 1915. Warships near the Gallipoli Penninsula, Turkey during the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I.

German aeroplane transport, 13 Apr 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German aeroplane transport, 13 Apr 1915 (date created or published later). A German airplane being transported by a vehicle during World War I.

H.M.S. "Termagant" convoying the gun-boats "Grappler" and "Forward" through the Straits of Magellan: steaming through the ice in Wide Channel - from a sketch by C

Convoi d'artillerie automobile, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Convoi d'artillerie automobile, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Au Volant; Tracteurs d'une piece de 240: voiture-affut et voiture-piece, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Au Volant; Tracteurs d'une piece de 240: voiture-affut et voiture-piece, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Au Volant; Tracteurs d'une piece de 240: voiture-affut et voiture-piece, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Au Volant; Tracteurs d'une piece de 240: voiture-affut et voiture-piece, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Towing boat, c.1860-c.1888. Creator: Anton Mauve
Towing boat, c.1860-c.1888

'L'etat de Guerre; Nos hommes partent fleuris, leur materiel pare de drapeaux, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'L'etat de Guerre; Nos hommes partent fleuris, leur materiel pare de drapeaux, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

'Coucher de Soleil dans la Plaine de L'Yser: Piece de 75 Allant Prendre Position, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Steam launch carrying six over-crowded boat loads soldiers to landing, Chemulpo, c1904. Creator: Robert Lee Dunn
Steam launch carrying six over-crowded boat loads soldiers to landing, Chemulpo, c1904

Towing the Reed, 1886. Creator: Peter Henry Emerson
Towing the Reed, 1886. Plate: Plate XXVI

On board the fishin boat Alden out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
On board the fishin boat Alden out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The bow of the Alden nosing out to the sea early in the morning

Towing a Barge in the Snow, from the album The Silver World, Japan, 1790

Towing boats against the current, c. 1764. Creator: Torii Kiyomitsu
Towing boats against the current, c. 1764

Towing the Reed, 1886. Creator: Peter Henry Emerson
Towing the Reed, 1886. A work made of platinum print, pl. xxvi from the album " life and landscape on the norfolk broads" (1886); edition of 200

Barge below Flatford Lock, ca. 1810. Creator: John Constable
Barge below Flatford Lock; Flatford Lock, ca. 1810

British Tars Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broad-Bottom Leviathan trying Billys Old Boat, and the Little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition, October 1, 1807

The Cabin Boy Tows the Boat, 1861. Creator: Charles Francois Daubigny
The Cabin Boy Tows the Boat, 1861

1912 Wallis & Stevens traction engine. Creator: Unknown
1912 Wallis & Stevens traction engine

Magna Charta Island, c1870. Magna Carta Island on the River Thames in Berkshire, where King John sealed the Magna Carta in 1215

1930 Morris Oxford Six. Creator: Unknown
1930 Morris Oxford Six

1936 Oldsmobile Eight with caravan in Scotland. Creator: Unknown
1936 Oldsmobile Eight with caravan in Scotland

1937 Mercedes Benz 260D Cabriolet towing caravan. Creator: Unknown
1937 Mercedes Benz 260D Cabriolet towing caravan

Magna Charta Island, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Magna Charta Island, 1890. In 1215, King John sealed the Magna Carta on Magna Charta Island on the River Thames facing Runnymede. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

The Return to the Dove to the Ark, (1919). Creator: Unknown
The Return to the Dove to the Ark, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: After a reconnaissance over the forts and field line of the Turks

Launch of a glider, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Launch of a glider, 1932. Diagram showing how to launch a glider into the air by towing it with a car. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Day out for the 8 Metre class saing yacht Windflower (H3), 1911
Day out for the 8 Metre class saing yacht Windflower (H3) shown towing tender, 1911

Sailing yacht Bona being towed, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Sailing yacht Bona being towed, 1912

Small yawl under sail, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Small yawl under sail, 1912

The yawl Meander sailing in close-hauled, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Meander sailing in close-hauled, 1913

The yawl Meander sailing in close-hauled, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Meander sailing in close-hauled, 1913

The yawl Meander sailing in fine conditions, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Meander sailing in fine conditions, 1913

Railway towing a boat across the Isthmus of Panama, engraving 1881

Edwin Hughes passing the Royal Exchange, City of London, 1847. Hughes was the manager of a circus called Hughes Mammoth Equestrian Establishment

Brough Superior and sidecar of W Allan competing in the MCC Edinburgh Trial, 1930
Brough Superior s/car 980 cc. Event Entry No: 46. Driver: Allan, W. Place: M.C.C. Edinburgh Trial. Date: 6/7.6.30

Austin Chummy of CWB Marshall getting a tow at the NWLMC London-Gloucester Trial, 1931
Austin Chummy 747 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. GK57?. Event Entry No: 40. Driver: Marshall, C.W.B. Award: Silver. Place: NWLMC London-Gloucester. Date: 12.12.31

Horse towing a car up Ibberton Hill, Dorset, MCC Exeter Trial, 1930. Artist: Bill Brunell
M.C.C. Exeter Trial. Date: 26/27.12.30

ERF 66GSF lorry, Park Gate iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. The ERF 66GSF had a 13ft 3in wheelbase and was powered by the Gardner power unit

Mutual attachment, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Mutual attachment, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Towing Past The City, c1870-1880, (c1915). Artist: William Lionel Wyllie
Towing Past The City, c1870-1880, (c1915). From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Taken in Tow - A Scene on a Rope walk, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
Taken in Tow - A Scene on a Rope walk, 1829. From Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank. [George Cruikshank, London, 1829]

A Hint to the Airman Home on Leave, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
A Hint to the Airman Home on Leave, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

Cannon, Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Cannon, Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba. Morro Castle, (in Spanish Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro) in Old Havana, was built in the 16th century. It guarded the entrance to Havana harbour

The Royal Horse Artillery, c1890. Artist: Geoffrey Douglas Giles
The Royal Horse Artillery, c1890. A coloured lithographic plate from Her Majestys Army by Walter Richards, JS Virtue & Company, (London, c1890)

Events in Madagascar: the repatriation of French troops, 1896. Artist: F Meaulle
Events in Madagascar: the repatriation of French troops, 1896. France invaded the independent island kingdom of Madagascar in 1895. By 1896 the island had been conquered and was annexed by France

HMS Victory towed back to Gibraltar, 1805, 19th century. Nelsons ship Victory was a ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765

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