Gwyn Headley's Images
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Blockbuster
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Keywords
Blockbuster; retail; shop; high street; closing; sale; closing down; out of business; recession; video; DVD; rental; liquidation; store closing; everything must go; stock; depression; job losses; streetscape; Crouch End; North London; England; UK
Description
A Blockbuster video rental store in Crouch End about to close down.
RM FOT1066714
Anamorphic skull by Holbein
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skull; painting; distorted; anamorphic; Holbein; Hans; Hans Holbein; masterpiece; The Ambassadors; National Gallery; London; sidelong glance; macabre; anamorphism; perspective; death; memento mori; mortality; 1533; Jean de Dinteville; Georges de Selve
Description
This is a foreshortened image of the anamorphically distorted skull that appears painted diagonally across Hans Holbein's masterpiece "The Ambassadors".
RM FOT1063732
Quernmore Road Public Library
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Keywords
Stroud Green & Harringay Library; library; 1903; public library; council; local authority; amenity; education; Quernmore Road; Stapleton Hall Road; Hornsey; Stroud Green; Haringey; North; London; England; UK; redbrick; winter; plane trees; leafless; blue sky; sunshine
Description
A Victorian public library in Haringey, North London
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Anastasi Church, Oia, Santorini, Greece
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MG1312; Travel; Tourism; Holiday; Vacation; Sightseeing; Tourist; Attraction; Destination; Oia; Island; Of; Santorini; Thira; Thera; Greece; Greek; Hellas; Cyclades; Caldera; Orthodox; Building; Buildings; Architecture; Architectural; Agia; Aghia; Agios; Agiou; Aghiou; Aghios; Church; Churches; Religion; Religious; Christianity; Holy; Worship; Worshipping; Worshiping; Faith; Christian; Sacred; Ecclesiastical; Ecclesiastic; White; Whitewashed; Landmark; Landmarks; Blue; Dome; Domes; Domed; Pink; Bell; Tower; Bell tower; Saint; St; Anastasi; Aegean; Sea; Waterfront; Waterside; Colour; Color; Colourful; Colorful; Colours; Colors; Roof; Rooftop; Outdoors; Outdoor; Outside; Exterior; Horizontal
Description
Anastasi Church, Oia, Santorini, Greece
RM FOT983298
Wheelie Bin Jam
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bins; recycling; green; environment; refuse; wheelie bins; wheely bins; traffic jam; local authority; council; Haringey; bin frenzy; overenthusiastic; zeal; zealous; ideology; overwhelming; imposition; blight; ugly; obtrusive; over the top; dustmen; London; England; UK
Description
Haringey's front gardens are obliterated by a plethora of wheelie bins after a council decision that each household gets two full size wheelie bins, one for refuse, one for recycling.
RM FOT976974
Mr Isaac Smith's Ground
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inscription; legal; claim; property; territory; plaque; Isaac Smith; Ground; Inches; Wall; brick; Briston Road; St Gildas Catholic Junior School; Dickenson Road; Crouch End; Hornsey; Haringey; London; England; UK
Description
Mr Isaac Smith's Ground extends nine Inches East of this Wall, an eighteenth century plaque affixed to the east wall of St Gildas Catholic Junior School. Now obscured by development in Briston Road.
RM FOT976971
Registered Offices
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Keywords
type; typography; typeface; font; woodblock; letterpress; registered offices; Cambrian Collieries; Imperial Navigation Coal Co; Thomas & Davey; Amaral Sutherland & Co; The Glamorgan Coal Co Ld; Lysberg Ld; Printer Robt Roberts Docks Cardiff; Mount Stuart Square; Cardiff; Wales; UK
Description
An original wood block printed poster from the 1890s revealed during renovations of an office in Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff.
RM FOT976590
Lotus HQ Hornsey
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Lotus; Lotus Headquarters; 7 Tottenham Lane; Hornsey; London; N8; 1958; Porsche 356; Lotus 7; Allard J2; office; showroom; London; England; UK; sports cars; racing cars; F1; Colin Chapman
Description
Colin Chapman's Lotus factory and showroom at 7 Tottenham Lane, Hornsey, London N8 in 1958. Left to right: a Porsche 356, a Lotus 7 and an Allard J2. Inside the showroom, a Lotus Elite.
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Tourists on the Tube
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tourists; London: underground; transport; train; tube; TfL. London Transport; lost; confused; together; map reading; stare; staring; shorts; sartorial; Novara; cycling; frameless spectacles; eyewear; blonde; windcheater;
Description
Two tourists trying to decipher a tube map on the London Underground
RM FOT972308
Ionic Portico
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Keywords
Ionic; portico; folly; garden building; temple; eighteenth century; banqueting room; pavilion
Description
Plate from THE Architectural Remembrancer: BEING A COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTAL BUILDINGS and DECORATIONS FOR Parks, Gardens, Woods, &c. designed by Robert Morris, 1751. A Portico of the Ionic Order open on the Sides, the Entrance to a Baquetting room. Pavillion &c.
RM FOT972307
Muscovite Summer House
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Keywords
folly; garden building; Moscow; Muscovite; architecture
Description
Plate from THE Architectural Remembrancer: BEING A COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTAL BUILDINGS and DECORATIONS FOR Parks, Gardens, Woods, &c. designed by Robert Morris, 1751. A Plan and Profile of another Octagon Room, 10 feet Diameter our Side; in the Muscovite Manner; these three are intended for Summer- Rooms.
RM FOT972306
Persian Gothic Room
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Keywords
folly; Persian; Gothic; garden building; eighteenth century
Description
Plate from THE Architectural Remembrancer: BEING A COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTAL BUILDINGS and DECORATIONS FOR Parks, Gardens, Woods, &c. designed by Robert Morris, 1751. Half the Plan and Profile of another Room, 17 feet Diameter, propofed to be Stucco, or Rouch-Cast on the out side; the Stile partly Persian and partly Gothic,
RM FOT972305
Rotunda
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Keywords
folly; garden building; architecture; pattern book; eighteenth century
Description
Plate from THE Architectural Remembrancer: BEING A COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTAL BUILDINGS and DECORATIONS FOR Parks, Gardens, Woods, &c. designed by Robert Morris, 1751. A Rotunda, Plan and Profile, circumfribed by the dotted line in the Profile : It is propofed for a Summer-House on a Hill, to be of Timber and boarded, or Stucco on the outfide.
RM FOT972304
Octagonal Water-house
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Keywords
folly; garden building; eighteenth century
Description
Plate from THE Architectural Remembrancer: BEING A COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTAL BUILDINGS and DECORATIONS FOR Parks, Gardens, Woods, &c. designed by Robert Morris, 1751. Half the Plan and Profile of an Octagon Water-house, proposed to be placed in fome Park, on an Eminence where it is shaded, and a continual Spring can fupply the internal Part with Water for the Ufe of the Houfe, and the external Trough for Deer, Sheep, or Cattle to drink being 16 feet Diameter, and 3 feet 6 Inches high. (clearly a misprint)
RM FOT972303
Eye-Trap
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Keywords
folly; eyecatcher; garden building; architecture; eighteenth century
Description
Plate from THE Architectural Remembrancer: BEING A COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTAL BUILDINGS and DECORATIONS FOR Parks, Gardens, Woods, &c. designed by Robert Morris, 1751. An Eye-Trap, or Wall only to represent a Building, terminating a Walk; or to hide some disagreeable Object, as exprefs'd by the dotted Line; the Receffes only funk in and darkened;an Erection of this Kind requires a Wood behind it and an Avenue to the Approach the better to conceal the Deception.
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Octagonal Mausoleum
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Keywords
mausoleum; folly; garden building; Doric; eighteenth century
Description
Plate from THE Architectural Remembrancer: BEING A COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTAL BUILDINGS and DECORATIONS FOR Parks, Gardens, Woods, &c. designed by Robert Morris, 1751. The Profile of a Maufoleum, an Octagon of 20 feet diameter on the out Side, circumfcribed by a fingle range of Columns, of the Doric Order, 34 Feet each Way, with a Portico in Front; this has no light but from the Door when opened : I have made the door of this to diminish according to the Vitruvian Manner.
RM FOT909565
Hartshead Pike
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Keywords
folly; tower; circular; 1863; Prince of Wales; marriage; Alexandra of Denmark; Hartshead; Manchester; moors; England; UK
Description
This photograph is not skewed. The tower leans. A folly tower standing on Hartshead Pike above Greater Manchester. Hartshead, on the northeastern periphery of Manchester near Mossley, has a short tower on a big hill. It serves well as an eyecatcher, in the distance looking like a nipple caught by surprise. Closer to, it looks more like a sharpened pencil stub, with the lantern at the top taking the lead role. All the windows and the door have now been bricked up, and the fat little tower has a perceptible and worrying backwards tilt. It is at least the third tower on the site; only the plaque remains of the previous occupant: Look well at Me Before you Go And see you Nothing at Me Throw This Pike was rebuilt by Publick Donations Anno Domini 1751 What better reason for its reconstruction than the Prince of Wales? marriage to Alexandra of Denmark in 1863 ?and to restore the ancient landmark of Hartshead Pike?? Originally the tower was to have been 85 feet high, but lack of money or stamina prevented completion so the edifice was declared finished as it stood and capped off with a conical roof. The architect was John Eaton.
RM FOT716111
Persistent Red Demonstration
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Keywords
tomatoes; homegrown; Sun Gold; test print; EPSON; fugitive red; persistent red; colour fast; color fast; Frankfurt Book Fair; November 1994; Picture Mate
Description
The recto of this photograph of home-grown tomatoes was printed in October 2004 on an EPSON Picture Mate printer in a cynical attempt to refute EPSON's claims that they had developed a non-fugitive red ink, in other words one that did not fade when exposed to sunlight. The print was then left in the open in a south-facing window for six years. It was scanned in November 2010, over six years later, and is completely unretouched, enhanced or colour corrected in any way. It is a triumphant vindication of EPSON's claim. The marks and scratches have been caused by several cat attacks over the years.
RM FOT716110
Persistent Red Demonstration
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Keywords
tomatoes; homegrown; Sun Gold; test print; EPSON; fugitive red; persistent red; colour fast; color fast
Description
This photograph of home-grown tomatoes was printed in October 2004 on an EPSON Picture Mate printer in a cynical attempt to refute EPSON's claims that they had developed a non-fugitive red ink, in other words one that did not fade when exposed to sunlight. The print was then left in the open in a south-facing window for six years. It was scanned in November 2010, over six years later, and is completely unretouched, enhanced or colour corrected in any way. It is a triumphant vindication of EPSON's claim. The marks and scratches have been caused by several cat attacks over the years.
RM FOT697832
Underwater Ballroom
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Keywords
folly; Witley Park; Godalming: Surrey; England; UK; glass walls; algae; beneath a lake; Whitaker Wright; 1901; tide mark
Description
The 1903 underwater ballroom beneath a lake at Witley Park, Godalming, Surrey, photographed in January 1983 shortly after a flood. Note the tide mark and the algae on the glass
RM FOT670916
Scottish Plain White Sliced Bread
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Keywords
sliced; white; bread; sliced bread; Sunblest; inedible; vinegar; cheap food; mass Market; tasteless
Description
Cheap commercial bread designed for the Scottish Market, based on price. Vinegar is among the listed ingredients. It tastes stale when fresh and tastes the same four days later. Almost inedible and very unpleasant.
RM FOT670708
Bayonet fighting
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Keywords
USA; American Civil War; October 1864; battle; hand to hand fighting; bayonet charge; mayhem; slaughter
Description
An American Civil War battle fought with bayonets. "Men were bayoneted, knocked down with the butts of muskets, and even fists were used in default of better weapons in that deadly strife."
RM FOT670294
Gwyn Headley at The Pineapple
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Keywords
1761; pineapple; house; folly; Gwyn Headley; pavilion; Dunmore; Airth; Stirlingshire; Central; Scotland; UK
Description
A garden pavilion in the shape of a pineapple, built by John Murray, the 4th Earl of Dunmore, in the late eighteenth century. He was Governor of New York, then Governor of Virginia until the American Revolution.
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