Lives Collection (#3)

Stella Polaris Dance Deck
A painting of the Stella Polaris Dance Deck, showing a room filled with dancers in costumes of wild colours, having the time of their lives. Date: circa 1931

Grotesque caricature, The Lock-Out's a monster. Captioned, The Evil Genius Of Industrial Strife, with description, The "lock-out" is presented to us incarnate, as a monster

L'egare II - North Atlantic expedition raft, at Falmouth
L'egare II, a raft used by a French crew in 1956 to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The expedition, led by Henri Beaudout, departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving 88 days later at Falmouth

Seismograph reading taken from the Omori Horizontal pendulum at Birmingham, showing the severity of the tremors during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906

PLAQUE FOR RED VICTIMS
A plaque honouring those who gave their lives for the Bolshevik revolution is placed on the wall of the Kremlin, Moscow. Date: 7 November 1918

REINDEER HIDE
While it lives, the reindeer is a means of transport and source of milk : when it dies, its hide is put to good use in clothing. Date: 19th century

EURYDICE SINKS
Royal Navy training frigate, returning from Bermuda, sinks in a storm off the Isle of Wight, losing some 300 lives : later she will be recovered, but the dead stay dead. Date: 24 March 1878

Lancelot Driven Mad
Lancelot is driven mad by Guinevere's anger (the result of an enchantment to make her believe that he was a traitor) & lives in a wild wood surviving on fruit

AMERICAN TOBACCO GROWER
An American tobacco grower sits leaning on a barrel of the tobacco which will be sent away to poison the lives of millions of wretched victims doomed to a miserable death Date: 1871

During the Siege of Calais by Edward III, six burghers offer themselves as ransom for their fellow-citizens : his wife Philippa intercedes, and their lives are spared Date: 1346/1347

FRIEDRICH I STILL LIVES
FRIEDRICH I ('BARBAROSSA') even after his death, he is supposed to be sleeping under the Kiffhauser, Austria, until such time as his country has need of him. Date: 1123 - 1190

American World War I poster for 2nd War Fund 6-11 May 1918. For you - they are giving their lives over there
528444 American World War I poster for 2nd War Fund 6-11 May 1918. For you - they are giving their lives over there. For them - you must give every cent you can spare

The wife of King Edward III, queen Philippa of Hainault, intercedes before her husband to ask that the lives of
3033753 The wife of King Edward III, queen Philippa of Hainault, intercedes before her husband to ask that the lives of the seven Burghers of Calais be spared (print) by English School

Philopoemen, Greek general and statesman (engraving)
2788659 Philopoemen, Greek general and statesman (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Philopoemen (253-183 BC), Greek general and statesman

Illustration for The Exploration of the Reverend John Pedlar (engraving)
1048258 Illustration for The Exploration of the Reverend John Pedlar (engraving) by Small, William (1843-1931) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The kingdom of flies
João Coelho

There was an old woman (colour litho)
3631202 There was an old woman (colour litho) by Greenaway, Kate (1846-1901) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: There was an old woman)

Fra Angelicos frescoes representing St John for Pope Nicholas V
3480270 Fra Angelicos frescoes representing St John for Pope Nicholas Vs private Vatican chapel (c. 1448-9) fresco) by Angelico

Comic portrayals of early radio (colour litho)
6030135 Comic portrayals of early radio (colour litho) by Thiele, Carl Robert Arthur (1860-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic portrayals of early radio)

Sta Margareta (colour litho)
5210695 Sta Margareta (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sta Margareta. Illustration for Vie des Saints by Henry de Riancey with illustrations after)

Sta Ursula (colour litho)
5210682 Sta Ursula (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sta Ursula. Illustration for Vie des Saints by Henry de Riancey with illustrations after)

Sta Elisabeth Hungariae (colour litho)
5210678 Sta Elisabeth Hungariae (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sta Elisabeth Hungariae)

Sta Barbara (colour litho)
5210673 Sta Barbara (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sta Barbara. Illustration for Vie des Saints by Henry de Riancey with illustrations after)

Sta Maria Egyptiana (colour litho)
5210705 Sta Maria Egyptiana (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sta Maria Egyptiana)

Open-Air Music in London, listening to the Military Band in Hyde Park (engraving)
1056527 Open-Air Music in London, listening to the Military Band in Hyde Park (engraving) by Hopkins, Arthur (1848-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Open-Air Music in London)

Mountaineering Accidents, the Felik Joch, Zermatt, Switzerland, where Messers Johnson and Hayman lost their lives
1053817 Mountaineering Accidents, the Felik Joch, Zermatt, Switzerland, where Messers Johnson and Hayman lost their lives, 28 August (engraving) by English School

The War in Brazil, the Explosion of a Powder Magazine off Rio de Janeiro, Scenes on the Island of Governador
1063281 The War in Brazil, the Explosion of a Powder Magazine off Rio de Janeiro, Scenes on the Island of Governador, where the Three British Officers lost their Lives (b/w photo)

Terrible accident on the ice at Regents Park, London (engraving)
586562 Terrible accident on the ice at Regents Park, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from The Satires of Cynicus (colour litho)
2810399 Page from The Satires of Cynicus (colour litho) by Anderson, Martin " Cynicus" (1854-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for The Satires of Cynicus (His Studio)

My Hero, A Tyrant (engraving)
2793007 My Hero, A Tyrant (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: My Hero, A Tyrant)

HMS Hermes, Highflyer-class protected cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Hermes, a Highflyer-class protected cruiser, before conversion to an experimental seaplane carrier / tender

Cimabue found Giotto intently sketching sheep (chromolitho)
2788747 Cimabue found Giotto intently sketching sheep (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cimabue found Giotto intently sketching sheep)

Fabius Maximus, Roman politician and general (engraving)
2788694 Fabius Maximus, Roman politician and general (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fabius Maximus (c280-203 BC), Roman politician and general

Plutarch, Greek historian and writer (engraving)
2788691 Plutarch, Greek historian and writer (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plutarch (c46-120), Greek historian and writer

Quintus Sertorius, Roman statesman and general (engraving)
2788690 Quintus Sertorius, Roman statesman and general (engraving) by Burghers, Michael (1647-1727); Private Collection; (add.info.: Quintus Sertorius (c123-72 BC), Roman statesman and general

Nicias, Athenian politician and general of the Pelopponesian War (engraving)
2788687 Nicias, Athenian politician and general of the Pelopponesian War (engraving) by Burghers, Michael (1647-1727); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nicias (c470-413 BC)

Lysander, Spartan admiral (engraving)
2788683 Lysander, Spartan admiral (engraving) by Burghers, Michael (1647-1727); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lysander (d 395 BC)

Agis IV and Cleomenes III, Spartan kings (engraving)
2788672 Agis IV and Cleomenes III, Spartan kings (engraving) by Burghers, Michael (1647-1727); Private Collection; (add.info.: Agis IV (c265-241 BC) and Cleomenes III (d 219 BC), Spartan kings

The defeated Perseus at the feet of Lucius Aemilius Paullus in the Macedonian Wars (engraving)
2788663 The defeated Perseus at the feet of Lucius Aemilius Paullus in the Macedonian Wars (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Timoleon, Greek statesman and general (engraving)
2788662 Timoleon, Greek statesman and general (engraving) by Sturt, John (1658-1730); Private Collection; (add.info.: Timoleon (c411-337 BC), Greek statesman and general

Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Roman general and statesman (engraving)
2788660 Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Roman general and statesman (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marcus Claudius Marcellus (c268-208 BC)

Titus Quinctius Flaminimus, Roman general (engraving)
2788657 Titus Quinctius Flaminimus, Roman general (engraving) by Burghers, Michael (1647-1727); Private Collection; (add.info.: Titus Quinctius Flaminimus (c229-c174 BC)

Themistocles, Athenian politician and general (engraving)
2788656 Themistocles, Athenian politician and general (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Themistocles (c524-459 BC), Athenian politician and general

Sir Henry Irving (b / w photo)
3094028 Sir Henry Irving (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Henry Irving)

Major Reed saluting the American soldiers who offered themselves, and their lives if necessary
3099941 Major Reed saluting the American soldiers who offered themselves, and their lives if necessary, to save the world from Yellow Fever (litho) by English School

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The result of careless talk
The Caption is The Result of Careless Talk. This is a play on the wartime slogan Careless talk costs lives. The Prime Minister exhorts This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm

The Future Unveiled (colour litho)
3091280 The Future Unveiled (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Future Unveiled. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Private Lives, fashion on stage, Gertrude Lawrence
Article by Florence Roberts in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News reporting on the fashions on stage (and in the stalls) during Noel Cowards play, Private Lives at the Phoenix Theatre

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"Lives are shaped by extraordinary bravery, just like Grace Darling who fearlessly rowed with her father to rescue stranded souls amidst treacherous waves. " "Careless talk costs lives, as emphasized in a powerful propaganda poster that reminds us of the consequences our words can have on others. " "The ship Kapunda, 1887 - a haunting reminder of the fragility lost at sea and the enduring mysteries that lie beneath its depths, much like the Loch Ness Monster. " "A close shave for impeccable lives. A Gillette Razor Advert celebrates smoothness and confidence while reminding us to take care in every aspect of our existence. " "Bewick / Honey Badger - an embodiment of resilience and tenacity; these creatures teach us valuable lessons about never giving up when faced with life's challenges. " "In times past, RNLI lifeboat Arab II stood tall at Harlyn Bay, Cornwall. Its presence symbolized hope and safety for those whose they were endangered by the unforgiving sea around 1908. " "Fresh loquat fruits and green leaves serve as a vibrant reminder that nature sustains all forms of life. They inspire us to appreciate the simple pleasures found in nurturing living things. " "RNLI lifeboat Arab I anchored at Padstow quay from 1883-1900, standing as a testament to countless heroic acts performed by brave individuals dedicated to saving precious lives at sea. " "Just like Elephant Garlic thrives against all odds, we too can overcome obstacles that come our way. It teaches us resilience and strength in navigating through life's challenges. " "Dandelion seeds floating away on gentle breezes remind us that even small moments hold immense significance in shaping our individual paths. Each seed carries potential for new beginnings. " "The captivating story behind St Matilda/Butler Lives unfolds before our eyes – tales woven intricately through time showcasing how one person's legacy continues to impact generations.