Obstruction Collection (#2)

Japan - village of Atami, with river and weir
Vintage 19th century photograph - Japan - village of Atami, with river and weir

omo of Bingo, promontory, harbour, wharf, Japan
19th century vintage photograph: omo of Bingo, promontory, harbour, wharf, Japan

View of the port of Messina, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph - panoramic view of the port of Messina, Italy

The Cisco railroad bridge, Lytton, BC, Canada
Vintage 19th century photograph - The Cisco Bridge railroad bridge at Siska near Lytton, British Columbia, Canada

The Aqueduct of Vanvitelli or Caroline Aqueduct Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: The Aqueduct of Vanvitelli or Caroline Aqueduct is an aqueduct built to supply the Reggia di Caserta and the San Leucio complex

View of the coast at Salerno, italy
Vintage 19th century photograph - panoramic view of the coast at Salerno, italy

View river Arno of the Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph - view up the river Arno of the Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy

River scene, wharves with boat, near Shanghai, China
River scene and wharves with a boat, near Shanghai, China. Vintage 19th century photograph

Naniwa Bashi bridge, Osaka, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Fancy Dress Ball at the Brookwood Surrey Lunatic Asylum (engraving)
1590199 Fancy Dress Ball at the Brookwood Surrey Lunatic Asylum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fancy Dress Ball at the Brookwood Surrey Lunatic Asylum)

"Obstruction", Scene in a Disturbed District in Ireland (engraving)
1047298 " Obstruction", Scene in a Disturbed District in Ireland (engraving) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Obstruction")

An Obstructionist (engraving)
1616328 An Obstructionist (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Obstructionist)

An Obstacle (colour litho)
3621715 An Obstacle (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Obstacle. Illustration from Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten - nach Gemalden und)

Love of arriving late at theatrical productions, illustration from Pont
STC398787 Love of arriving late at theatrical productions, illustration from Pont: An Account of the Life and Work of the great Punch artist (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40)

Winter, Impeded Travellers in a Pine Forest, from Harvey
XYC266785 Winter, Impeded Travellers in a Pine Forest, from Harveys Scenes of the Primitive Forest of America, 1841 (hand coloured aquatint) by Harvey

Corps etrangers des voies aeriennes, Enfant etouffe par un noyau de fruit (colour litho)
5210356 Corps etrangers des voies aeriennes, Enfant etouffe par un noyau de fruit (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Corps etrangers des voies aeriennes)

Punch cartoon: Last Few Days of St Pauls - the obstruction of the view of St Pauls Cathedral by the construction of
6034754 Punch cartoon: Last Few Days of St Pauls - the obstruction of the view of St Pauls Cathedral by the construction of the Ludgate Hill railway viaduct, London (engraving) by English School

Ventilation under Difficulties, a Doctors Crusade during the Naval Manoeuvres (litho)
1056819 Ventilation under Difficulties, a Doctors Crusade during the Naval Manoeuvres (litho) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ventilation under Difficulties)

Mr John O Connor Power (colour litho)
612450 Mr John O Connor Power (colour litho) by Ward, Leslie Matthew (Spy) (1851-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr John O Connor Power, The Brains of Obstruction, 25 December 1886)

Oxcart Blocking the Way (pencil on paper)
1214701 Oxcart Blocking the Way (pencil on paper) by Beilby, William (1740-1819); 18.0x11.6 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; eTyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright

Destruction of the wreck of the British ship Chatham in the Suez canal (colour litho)
3097535 Destruction of the wreck of the British ship Chatham in the Suez canal (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Blockade of the Russian naval squadron at Port Arthur (engraving)
3097391 Blockade of the Russian naval squadron at Port Arthur (engraving) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blockade of the Russian naval squadron at Port Arthur)

Sheep River
Yair Tzur

Folies-Bergere: The Censors of M. Prudhomme (Folies-Bergere: Les pudeurs de M. Prudhomme), 1893

Plus que ca d ballon... excusez!, from Actualites, published in Le Charivari
Plus que ca d ballon...excusez!, from Actualites, published in Le Charivari, June 13, 1855, June 13, 1855

Francesco I d Este Freely Crosses the Po and Takes Up his Sword Against Troops in the Vinyard of the Opposite Bank where the Spanish had Settled to Impede his Crossing

Fort Darling. Masked Battery and Obstruction in James River, ca. 1865. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

ROOSEVELT & RAILROAD BILL ROOSEVELT & RAILROAD BILL
Satirical cartoon on obstruction to the railroad rate bill Date: 1906

PARNELL REMOVED / 1881
By order of the Speaker, Charles Stewart Parnell is removed from the Commons by the sergeant-at-arms for obstruction. Date: 3 February 1881

Clearing a Jam, Great Falls of the Ausable, 1874. Creator: Harry Fenn
Clearing a Jam, Great Falls of the Ausable, 1874. Loggers trying to shift cut tree trunks in the Ausable Chasm near Keeseville, New York State, USA....the Great Falls

A meeting of umbrellas, 1782. Artist: James Gillray
A meeting of umbrellas, 1782; showing three men holding umbrellas meeting and having difficulty in passing. The umbrella, only recently introduced for men, was an object of derision

Plan of the Attack at 5.30pm, when these were almost exclusively the Ships engaged with the... 1854 Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Attack at 5.30pm, when these were almost exclusively the Ships engaged with the Forts, 1854. Crimean War. Map showing the besieged Black Sea port of Sebastopol

Lock on the Caledonian Canal at Fort Augustus, Scotland
Vintage 19th century photograph: Lock on the Caledonian Canal at Fort Augustus, Scotland

Confound This Pinfold!, c1860, (1922). Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Confound This Pinfold!, c1860, (1922). From British Sporting Artists: From Barlow to Herring, by Walter Shaw Sparrow [John Lane The Bodley Head, Limited, London, 1922]

Ischaemia, digital angiogram
image d angiographie numerisee( non soustraite) de la main gauche, en vue de face, par catheterisme hyperselectif des arteres du membre superieur gauche, sous anasthesie generale

The Death - Postponed, 1822, (1922). Artist: Robert Pollard
The Death - Postponed, 1822, (1922). From British Sporting Artists: From Barlow to Herring, by Walter Shaw Sparrow [John Lane The Bodley Head, Limited, London, 1922]

Ware Washing!, c1860, (1922). Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Ware Washing!, c1860, (1922). From British Sporting Artists: From Barlow to Herring, by Walter Shaw Sparrow [John Lane The Bodley Head, Limited, London, 1922]

Most pernicious woman!, 1865. Artists: Hablot Knight Browne, John Leech
Most pernicious woman!, 1865. From Mr. Facey Romfords Hounds, written by Robert Smith Surtees, illustrated by John Leech and H.K. Phiz Browne. [Bradbury, Evans & Co. London, 1865]

The Great Chain, Trophy Point, West Point, New York, USA, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Great Chain, Trophy Point, West Point, New York, USA, 1901. The Great Chain was used to prevent British naval vessels from passing up the Hudson River during the American Revolutionary War

Dudley Street, Seven Dials, London, 1872. Unkempt, dirty children play in the street while a cab tries to drive through without crushing them

Urgency, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
Urgency, 1881. The Speaker of the House of Commons uses the symbol of his office to silence the Irish MPs - including Charles Parnell - who were most responsible for using the disruptive

Obstructives, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Obstructives, 1870. In the doorway of the school, a variety of Ministers and Nonconformists argue, whilst Mr Punch tells Policeman Bull that this prevents the two working-class children from entering

A Derby Obstruction, 1861. Disraeli is endeavouring to obstruct the passage of the phaeton being driven by Lord Palmerston, with Gladstone beside him and Lord Russell in the rear seat

Caricature, Lord Salisbury as batsman
Caricature, Lord Salisbury, Conservative Prime Minister, as batsman -- John Bull as umpire calls him " Out", saying Leg Before Wicket! More Obstruction! 1884

View of Mayo from steamer, Yukon Territory, Canada
View of Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada, from the steamer Nasultin, with ice in the water, 8 October 1919. Mayo was a silver mining town. Date: 1919

Steamer in ice, Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada
The steamer Nasultin surrounded by ice at Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada, October 1919. Mayo was a silver mining town. Date: 1919

Question of the double bottom by G. H. Davis
The question of the double bottom: should it be strengthened? A sectional view through the double bottom of a great liner. 1912

Fort Darling Masked Battery Obstruction James River
Artokoloro

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"Obstruction: A Multifaceted Challenge Unveiled" Medical illustration of an appendix with appendicitis: Exploring the intricate web of obstructions within our bodies, where even a tiny organ like the appendix can cause significant distress. Some Labour-Saving Devices by William Heath Robinson: In a world filled with ingenious contraptions designed to streamline tasks, sometimes we encounter unexpected obstacles that defy even the most elaborate labor-saving devices. Elephantiasis, X-ray: Peering beneath the surface, we witness how this debilitating condition obstructs normal bodily functions and alters lives in unimaginable ways. "Confound This Pinfold. " c1860 (1922). Artist: Hablot Knight Browne: Delving into historical depictions, we uncover how societal norms and constraints have often acted as barriers or obstructions to personal freedom and expression. Lock on the Caledonian Canal at Fort Augustus, Scotland: Standing before impressive engineering marvels like locks along canals reminds us that sometimes physical barriers are necessary to navigate through challenging terrains. Demonstrators stopping a train (colour litho) (DDE-90039613): Examining moments of civil unrest and protest, we confront instances where impassioned voices rise against perceived injustices, momentarily halting progress in its tracks. Corso Venezia, Milano, Italy. Creator: Chris Suspect: Amidst bustling city streets lies hidden obstruction - both literal and metaphorical - reminding us that urban landscapes are not immune to challenges hindering smooth navigation towards our goals. The Wire Cutter, 1916 (colour litho): Symbolizing resilience amidst adversity; just as wire cutters slice through entanglements effortlessly – so too must we find ways to overcome life's obstacles with determination and resourcefulness. Removing an Obstruction by means of a Torpedo (engraving).