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Lucky Escape Collection

Background imageLucky Escape Collection: La Bataille des Flandres; Un projectile a eclate dans la boue sans blesser personne, 1914

La Bataille des Flandres; Un projectile a eclate dans la boue sans blesser personne, 1914. Creator: Arthur C Michael
La Bataille des Flandres; Un projectile a eclate dans la boue sans blesser personne, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Background imageLucky Escape Collection: A Lucky Escape for the Cavalry while on the March to Thaba Nchu (litho)

A Lucky Escape for the Cavalry while on the March to Thaba Nchu (litho)
1048563 A Lucky Escape for the Cavalry while on the March to Thaba Nchu (litho) by Haenen, Frederic de (1853-1928); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageLucky Escape Collection: The King of England in danger (colour litho)

The King of England in danger (colour litho)
2782207 The King of England in danger (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The King of England in danger)

Background imageLucky Escape Collection: The balloon Jupiter, crashed into the branches of a tree by during a storm, near Paris, France

The balloon Jupiter, crashed into the branches of a tree by during a storm, near Paris, France, 1896 (engraving)
6000537 The balloon Jupiter, crashed into the branches of a tree by during a storm, near Paris, France, 1896 (engraving) by French School

Background imageLucky Escape Collection: Crater in front of the Royal Crescent, Bath, made by a German bomb dropped during the Baedecker

Crater in front of the Royal Crescent, Bath, made by a German bomb dropped during the Baedecker Blitz, World War II
6015328 Crater in front of the Royal Crescent, Bath, made by a German bomb dropped during the Baedecker Blitz, World War II, April 1942 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Background imageLucky Escape Collection: Tethered balloon at the Porte Maillot in Paris falling to earth from a height of 4000 metres

Tethered balloon at the Porte Maillot in Paris falling to earth from a height of 4000 metres (colour litho)
3097411 Tethered balloon at the Porte Maillot in Paris falling to earth from a height of 4000 metres (colour litho) by French School

Background imageLucky Escape Collection: Fortunate Escape of the Juno, c1795. Artist: Robert Dodd

Fortunate Escape of the Juno, c1795. Artist: Robert Dodd
Fortunate Escape of the Juno, c1795. The British frigate HMS Juno escaped undamaged from the port of Toulon under heavy French fire on 10 January 1794. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N

Background imageLucky Escape Collection: An unexpected caller, c1918 (1919)

An unexpected caller, c1918 (1919). An aircraft crashed into the roof of a house in Twickenham, London. Tthe pilot escaped unhurt

Background imageLucky Escape Collection: Babylonian story of the flood on a clay tablet, probably from Sippor, Old Babylonian, 1635BC

Babylonian story of the flood on a clay tablet, probably from Sippor, Old Babylonian, 1635BC. This is one of three tablets which contained the Epic of Ammisaduqa, hero of the Babylonian flood story



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