Helplessly Collection

The Adventure of Black Peter, Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of Black Peter, Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle. " He sank down upon the sea-chest

Flood at Johnstown / USA
A mother watches helplessly as her husband and young duaghter are swept away by the raging waters of a flood that hit Johnstown, Pennsylvania

A Punting Expedition on the Thames (engraving)
1591397 A Punting Expedition on the Thames (engraving) by Davis, Lucien (1860-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Punting Expedition on the Thames)

Half-a-dozen fellows lay helplessly drunk beside the cask

Advantages of wearing muslin dresses!, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver, [London] : H. Humphrey, 1802, a fat lady, sitting with a man and woman at a tea table

HMS Irresistible was completed in October 1901. During World War I on 18 Mar 1915, Irresistible participated in the main bombardment of the Narrows (where the waterway narrows to one mile in width)

Advantages Of Wearing Muslin Dresses!, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, Engraver, [london] : H. Humphrey, 1802, A Fat Lady, Sitting With A Man And Woman At A Tea Table

The two childhoods
An elderly woman and young child sit helplessly in their chairs, both staring out blankly at the world around them

Herne Disappears
WINDSOR CASTLE Henry VIII looks of helplessly as Herne the Hunter disappears from the Curfew Tower

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Amidst the pages of 'The Adventure of Black Peter' and 'Sherlock Holmes,' we find moments of helplessness, as in Gillray's engraving 'A Punting Expedition on the Thames,' where half-a-dozen fellows lay helplessly drunk beside the cask. Contrastingly, the HMS Irresistible, completed in October 1901, was anything but helpless during World War I on March 18, 1915. Meanwhile, in a lighter vein, Gillray once again satirizes fashion with 'Advantages of Wearing Muslin Dresses.' And let us not forget the tragic event of the Flood at Johnstown, USA, where helplessness was a shared experience. The engraving 'Herne Disappears' by Gillray (1756-1815, [London] : H) reminds us that even mythical figures can succumb to the unpredictable tides of life.