Passage Collection (#8)

Napoleon I and French army crossing the Berezina in November 1812
XEE4162438 Napoleon I and French army crossing the Berezina in November 1812, 1813 - engraving by Hassell - passage of the Berezina or Battle of Borisov - by Hassell

A Difficult Passage in the Talmud (oil on panel)
2915182 A Difficult Passage in the Talmud (oil on panel) by Kaufmann (Kaufman) Isidor (1853-1921); 33x28.4 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Hungarian, out of copyright

Chaque age a sa maniere de lire (engraving)
3645531 Chaque age a sa maniere de lire (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chaque age a sa maniere de lire. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1869)

Les Inseparables (engraving)
3644274 Les Inseparables (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Inseparables. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1843)

L ancien passage de l Opera de la rue Le Peletier (b / w photo)
3624017 L ancien passage de l Opera de la rue Le Peletier (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Monument eleve pour rappeler le passage du Jourdain (engraving)
3625807 Monument eleve pour rappeler le passage du Jourdain (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Monument eleve pour rappeler le passage du Jourdain)

Passage of the River Amazon (engraving)
3655755 Passage of the River Amazon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Passage of the River Amazon)

Bilford Lane, Worcester, 1848 (oil on canvas)
3601968 Bilford Lane, Worcester, 1848 (oil on canvas) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 61.5x46 cm; Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Worcestershire, UK; out of copyright

The passage of the Red Sea (coloured engraving)
5203782 The passage of the Red Sea (coloured engraving) by Bendixen, Siegfried Detler (1786-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: The passage of the Red Sea)

The Corkscrew, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky (b / w photo)
6018266 The Corkscrew, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Corkscrew, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky)

The Twelve Ages of Man: December (litho)
6011834 The Twelve Ages of Man: December (litho) by French School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: December)

The Twelve Ages of Man: August (litho)
6011823 The Twelve Ages of Man: August (litho) by French School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: August. Illustration for A Calendar for the Year 1923 containing twelve plates)

Gustave Dores Don Quixote: "At the duchesss request, he related the whole passage of the late pretended
6008399 Gustave Dores Don Quixote: " At the duchesss request, he related the whole passage of the late pretended enchantment very faithfully" (engraving) by Dore

London: Savile Place, at the end of Savile Row (b / w photo)
6026871 London: Savile Place, at the end of Savile Row (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Savile Place, at the end of Savile Row)

Queenstown Harbour. County Cork, c. 1890 (photomechanical print)
5848259 Queenstown Harbour. County Cork, c.1890 (photomechanical print) by Detroit Photographic Co. (fl.1898-1900); Private Collection; (add.info.: Now Cobh)

The Germans in Paris, waiting for a Passage (engraving)
1052458 The Germans in Paris, waiting for a Passage (engraving) by Gregory, Edward John (1850-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Germans in Paris, waiting for a Passage)

The War in the East, the Japanese Advance at the Battle of Kosan at the Passage of the Yalu River (litho)
1039203 The War in the East, the Japanese Advance at the Battle of Kosan at the Passage of the Yalu River (litho) by English School

A Night Ascent of Snowdon (engraving)
1054977 A Night Ascent of Snowdon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Night Ascent of Snowdon)

The New Steam-Ship Austral, of the Orient Line (engraving)
1624025 The New Steam-Ship Austral, of the Orient Line (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Steam-Ship Austral, of the Orient Line)

The City Guilds, Merchant Taylors Company (engraving)
1622521 The City Guilds, Merchant Taylors Company (engraving) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The City Guilds, Merchant Taylors Company)

Mosaic in the Passage Leading to the Tomb (engraving)
670697 Mosaic in the Passage Leading to the Tomb (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mosaic in the Passage Leading to the Tomb)

Sir W E Parry (engraving)
672349 Sir W E Parry (engraving) by Sinclair, J. R. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir W E Parry. Illustration for The Victorian Picture Book by W H Stacpoole (Dean)

The Perils of the Atlantic, a Cattle Steamer caught in a Gale on her Passage from Buenos Ayres to Liverpool (litho)
1042732 The Perils of the Atlantic, a Cattle Steamer caught in a Gale on her Passage from Buenos Ayres to Liverpool (litho) by Small

European Residents in China, Paper-Chasing at Shanghai is locally much resented (litho)
1048327 European Residents in China, Paper-Chasing at Shanghai is locally much resented (litho) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: European Residents in China)

The passage of the equator (colour litho)
959946 The passage of the equator (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The passage of the equator)

The retreat from Moscow, Passage of the Berezyna (engraving)
969345 The retreat from Moscow, Passage of the Berezyna (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The retreat from Moscow, Passage of the Berezyna)

Brown-haired, big-eyed child listening to the tick of a gold watch (chromolitho)
976394 Brown-haired, big-eyed child listening to the tick of a gold watch (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brown-haired)

Passage voute, sous le petit Chatelet, entre la rue Saint-Jacques et le Petit-Pont, en 1770
963350 Passage voute, sous le petit Chatelet, entre la rue Saint-Jacques et le Petit-Pont, en 1770, d apres une aquarelle du temps, communiquee par M le baron Pichon (engraving) by French School

The Fashoda Question, Major Marchand and the Sphinx (b / w photo)
1064014 The Fashoda Question, Major Marchand and the Sphinx (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fashoda Question)

The Ice at Cronstadt and Sebastopol Trophies (engraving)
1097976 The Ice at Cronstadt and Sebastopol Trophies (engraving) by Landells, Robert Thomas (1833-77) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ice at Cronstadt and Sebastopol Trophies)

The Palestine Explorations, newly-discovered Passage in the Old Wall of the Haram, at Jerusalem (engraving)
1104138 The Palestine Explorations, newly-discovered Passage in the Old Wall of the Haram, at Jerusalem (engraving) by English School

Accident to the Steam-Ship "Demerara, "on her Passage down the River Avon (engraving)
1102410 Accident to the Steam-Ship " Demerara, " on her Passage down the River Avon (engraving) by English School

Algeria, Passage of the Iron Gates (engraving)
1101572 Algeria, Passage of the Iron Gates (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Algeria, Passage of the Iron Gates)

The Mediator breaking the boom at La Rochelle AD 1810
1192508 The Mediator breaking the boom at La Rochelle AD 1810 by Wyllie, Charles William (1853-1923); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fiskenaes from the Governors House, illustration from
931475 Fiskenaes from the Governors House, illustration from The second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin

A Remarkable Iceberg, illustration from A Voyage of discovery
931461 A Remarkable Iceberg, illustration from A Voyage of discovery... 1819 (hand-coloured engraving) by Ross, John (1777-1856) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Voyage of discovery)

Tennysons Monument, illustration from The second Grinnell Expedition in Search
931448 Tennysons Monument, illustration from The second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin... 1856 (engraving) by Kane

Elisha Kent Kane, illustration from The second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir
931447 Elisha Kent Kane, illustration from The second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin... 1856 (engraving) by American School

Arctic Travelling, illustration from Voyage to Baffins Bay and Barrow Straits
931436 Arctic Travelling, illustration from Voyage to Baffins Bay and Barrow Straits... 1852 (hand-coloured engraving) by English School

Assistance Bay, 24th February 1851, The Coldest Day. Mercury Frozen
931434 Assistance Bay, 24th February 1851, The Coldest Day. Mercury Frozen, illustration from Voyage to Baffins Bay and Barrow Straits

A Sledge Dog of the Arctic Highlander and the Head of a White Bear
931428 A Sledge Dog of the Arctic Highlander and the Head of a White Bear, illustration from A Voyage of discovery... 1819 (litho) by Skene

A bear plunging into the sea, illustration from A Voyage of discovery
931425 A bear plunging into the sea, illustration from A Voyage of discovery... 1819 (hand-coloured engraving) by Ross, John (1777-1856) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Coburg Bay, Cape Leopold and Princess Charlotte Monument
931421 Coburg Bay, Cape Leopold and Princess Charlotte Monument, illustration from A Voyage of discovery... 1819 (hand-coloured engraving) by Ross

Old House, Palace Yard, Lambeth, c. 1883 (b / w photo)
JHL394926 Old House, Palace Yard, Lambeth, c.1883 (b/w photo) by Dixon, Henry (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of 120 photographs by the Society for Photographing Relics of)

Bermondsey Street, c. 1881 (b / w photo)
JHL394930 Bermondsey Street, c.1881 (b/w photo) by Dixon, Henry (1820-92); Private Collection; British, out of copyright

The passage of the Beresina (colour litho)
725949 The passage of the Beresina (colour litho) by Myrbach-Rheinfeld, Felicien baron de (b.1853) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The passage of the Beresina)

Suicide of two lovers by leaping over the taffrail of the American passenger ship Bloomenthorpe (engraving)
736038 Suicide of two lovers by leaping over the taffrail of the American passenger ship Bloomenthorpe (engraving) by English School

An Hour-glass of the Sixteenth Century, -French Work (engraving)
668330 An Hour-glass of the Sixteenth Century, -French Work (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Hour-glass of the Sixteenth Century, -French Work)

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In 1845, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail on a treacherous journey to discover the elusive Northwest Passage. Led by Captain Sir John Franklin, this expedition aimed to navigate through uncharted waters and open up new trade routes. Among the crew was Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror, a seasoned explorer with an indomitable spirit. As they ventured into the unknown, their path intertwined with history's tapestry. In Paris, real tennis matches were played while Jan Saenredam and Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem captured Plato's Cave in stunning detail in 1604. Meanwhile, Stone circles at Avebury stood as silent witnesses to ancient rituals. Roald Amundsen himself would later follow in their footsteps, leaving his mark on Arctic exploration. But for now, it was Franklin's expedition that held the world's attention. Years passed without any news until 1859 when a last record from Franklin's ill-fated voyage was discovered. Dated 1847 and 1848, it revealed glimpses of their struggles against nature's wrath. Liverpool slums painted a stark contrast to the grandeur of R. M. S Queen Mary and R. M. S Queen Elizabeth off Cowes. Yet even amidst poverty and opulence alike, thoughts lingered about those lost souls who dared challenge icy waters. Ultimately, tragedy befell them all - The End of Sir John Franklin’s Arctic Expedition came too soon in 1845. Their passage became one shrouded in mystery; tales whispered among sailors around campfires or shared over pints at local taverns. But let us not forget these brave men who sought adventure beyond imagination - heroes whose names are etched into history forevermore: Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror and Captain Sir John Franklin himself.