Rescue Collection (#5)

A wreck on the Goodwin Sands (engraving)
8631401 A wreck on the Goodwin Sands (engraving) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: A wreck on the Goodwin Sands. Illustration from Black and White)

The elephant helps the gardener (engraving)
8636409 The elephant helps the gardener (engraving) by Ford, Henry Justice (1860-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: The elephant helps the gardener)

Charity (chromolitho)
8635412 Charity (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charity, man and woman clinging to a rock in a storm)

The Snow Queen (chromolitho)
8664004 The Snow Queen (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Snow Queen. Illustration from Childhood's Golden Tales (Dean & Son, London)

The orangutan of Fitzgerald (colour litho)
8664107 The orangutan of Fitzgerald (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: The orangutan of Fitzgerald)

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Lifeboats adopted by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (engraving)
8676579 Lifeboats adopted by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Tiger-Cub (colour litho)
8673848 The Tiger-Cub (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tiger-Cub. Illustration for A.L.O.E.'s Picture Story Book (T Nelson)

Fresco by Isidoro Bianchi di Campione (1581-1662) depicting a battle scene. Castello del Valentino, Turin
VEN5032587 Fresco by Isidoro Bianchi di Campione (1581-1662) depicting a battle scene. Castello del Valentino, Turin.; (add.info)

Volunteers descending into the coal mine to rescue miners in England, 1860s
NWI4827966 Volunteers descending into the coal mine to rescue miners in England, 1860s.; (add.info.: Volunteers descending into the coal mine to rescue miners in England)

Sailors cutting the mat to save their boat caught in the storm, circa 1800
NWI4962300 Sailors cutting the mat to save their boat caught in the storm, circa 1800.; (add.info.: Sailors cutting the mat to save their boat caught in the storm)

The Nile Expedition (Egypt) reaches Khartoum to save besieged British forces, 1884 - Colorisee engraving
NWI4855718 The Nile Expedition (Egypt) reaches Khartoum to save besieged British forces, 1884 - Colorisee engraving, 19th century - Nile Expedition attempting to reach Khartoum to save besieged

Children's disobedience, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4839843 Children's disobedience, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children's disobedience)

A sailor saves a woman and her children from the fire of a steamboat, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4834500 A sailor saves a woman and her children from the fire of a steamboat, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info)

A weaver manages to capture and neutralize a rabid dog, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4834463 A weaver manages to capture and neutralize a rabid dog, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: A weaver manages to capture and neutralize a rabid dog)

A young cavalryman manages to calm a crowd, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4834487 A young cavalryman manages to calm a crowd, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: A young cavalryman manages to calm a crowd came to wait a royal wedding near)

The charitable widow Pijonnat helping a homeless old worker, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4834559 The charitable widow Pijonnat helping a homeless old worker, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info)

Capital letters Plate in " Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet"
DUV4220095 Capital letters Plate in " Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet". Bookshop by Theodore Lefevre et Cie - 1892 - Coloured wood engravings

Tale (The hunchback), 1868 (engraving)
DUV4217374 Tale (The hunchback), 1868 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving by Francois Pannemaker (1822-1900) in " Le premier livre des petits enfants" Full alphabet illustrative by Theophile

Fresco depicting the life of Saint Nicholas, also known as Saint Nicholas of Myra (270-345)
VEN5034047 Fresco depicting the life of Saint Nicholas, also known as Saint Nicholas of Myra (270-345). He resurrected three children killed by a butcher (left)

Tempete at sea. Wreck. The sailors took refuge on a lifeboat (boat) that sinks into the waves. A sailor prays
PCT4275247 Tempete at sea. Wreck. The sailors took refuge on a lifeboat (boat) that sinks into the waves. A sailor prays. Engraving 19th century.; (add.info.: Tempete at sea. Wreck)

Patriotic map showing a good sister to rescue a soldier wounds near the cathedrale of Reims in ruins map entitled Au
LUX4743841 Patriotic map showing a good sister to rescue a soldier wounds near the cathedrale of Reims in ruins map entitled Au seuil de la cathedrale divine hope

Patriotic map showing a good sister to rescue a soldier wounds near the cathedrale of Reims in ruins map entitled Au
LUX4743824 Patriotic map showing a good sister to rescue a soldier wounds near the cathedrale of Reims in ruins map entitled Au seuil de la cathedrale a son dernier moment

First World War: France, A young nurse picks up a wounded on the battlefield to take her to the ambulance, 1914
LUX4738891 First World War: France, A young nurse picks up a wounded on the battlefield to take her to the ambulance, 1914; (add.info)

Duties to the neighbour: Devouement - Sacrifice. A man saving a child from the flames at the peril of his life
DUV4212823 Duties to the neighbour: Devouement - Sacrifice. A man saving a child from the flames at the peril of his life

A ship hitting rocks, 1850
3478498 A ship hitting rocks, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a scene aboard a ship that has just crashed into rocks. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The SS Germanic, 1850
3478493 The SS Germanic, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the SS Germanic picking up members of the crew of the stricken ship. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The crew of the Caister lifeboat rescuing a survivor from a fishing smack wrecked on the Barber Sand, 1850
3331031 The crew of the Caister lifeboat rescuing a survivor from a fishing smack wrecked on the Barber Sand, 1850; (add.info)

Lower the Lifeboat, 1850
3478533 Lower the Lifeboat, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration titled Lower the Lifeboat depicting a man shouting during a raging storm. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A boat using Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue, 1850
3330609 A boat using Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a boat using Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue known as the Davis)

A boat using Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue, 1850
3330608 A boat using Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a boat using Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue known as the Davis)

Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue, 1850
3330607 Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue known as the Davis Star')

Aeneas Rescuing Anchises from Burning Troy, 1605-20 (oil on panel)
5860619 Aeneas Rescuing Anchises from Burning Troy, 1605-20 (oil on panel) by Steenwijck, Hendrick van, the younger (c.1580-1649); 22.6--31.5 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a good nurse sister and her health dog helping a French wounded, 1916
LUX4740058 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a good nurse sister and her health dog helping a French wounded

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing Christ blessing a nurse and a good sister to the rescue of a French
LUX4739998 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing Christ blessing a nurse and a good sister to the rescue of a French wounded, entitled God is with you

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a French soldier rescuing a child picks up in a pit titled " a good
LUX4743166 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a French soldier rescuing a child picks up in a pit titled " a good heart", 1917

First World War: Fantasy patriotic map showing a soldier on an April fish delivating a young Alsatian map entitled 1 st
LUX4744491 First World War: Fantasy patriotic map showing a soldier on an April fish delivating a young Alsatian map entitled 1 st Avril Chere Alsace! Finally freedom

Common chimpanze, carrying an Angolan woman, while a man with a bow and arrows tries to save her - Chimpanzee
FLO4714637 Common chimpanze, carrying an Angolan woman, while a man with a bow and arrows tries to save her - Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, carrying off an Angolan girl

France: Gender scene photo depicting a man rescuing his depressive fiance who committed suicide titled
LUX4726713 France: Gender scene photo depicting a man rescuing his depressive fiance who committed suicide titled: rescuing suicide and saving by his fiance

Les hommes sauves de la gueule du Leviathan, sculpture in oak from the southern Netherlands
YOU4419984 Les hommes sauves de la gueule du Leviathan, sculpture in oak from the southern Netherlands, dating from the 16th century

A young girl looking after her old mother, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4835149 A young girl looking after her old mother, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: A young girl, Jeanne Parelle)

Simon saving a man from drowning, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4834526 Simon saving a man from drowning, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: The lock keeper Simon saves from drowning a man fell into the Seine)

Children's disobedience, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4839814 Children's disobedience, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children's disobedience)

Un nouveau raft de la Meduse - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1913 (engraving)
ICA4950467 Un nouveau raft de la Meduse - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1913 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc

First aid: Plate illustrating the methods of heart massage and artificial ventilation
XEE5030573 First aid: Plate illustrating the methods of heart massage and artificial ventilation; (add.info.: First aid: Plate illustrating the methods of heart massage and artificial ventilation)

History of Ulysses: Poseidon opposes the return of heros. A new tempete breaks his raft; Ulysses clings to a wreck
VEN5028388 History of Ulysses: Poseidon opposes the return of heros. A new tempete breaks his raft; Ulysses clings to a wreck and Ino, benevolent

Gallo-Roman Art: Andromede saves the marine monster by Persee. Low relief from the Roman period from Briancon
JEB4960274 Gallo-Roman Art: Andromede saves the marine monster by Persee. Low relief from the Roman period from Briancon. Gap Departmental Museum; Musee departemental de Gap

Lighthouse-keeper Ida Lewis rescuing two soldiers from drowning
NWI4951671 Lighthouse-keeper Ida Lewis rescuing two soldiers from drowning.; (add.info.: Lighthouse-keeper Ida Lewis rescuing two soldiers from drowning.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

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"Rescue: A Glimpse into Heroism and Hope" In the face of raging flames, a heroic fireman fearlessly rescues a young girl from the clutches of destruction. Amidst the chaos of war, a brave firefighter emerges as a guardian angel, saving an innocent child from the horrors of bomb damage in Brampton Road during WW2. Grace Darling's unwavering courage shines through as she rows with her father to rescue stranded souls amidst treacherous waters. The heartwarming tale of Badger and Mole reminds us that true friendship knows no bounds when it comes to rescuing those in need, just like Willow did for them. From high above, a Wessex helicopter descends to save a survivor from certain peril at sea - proof that hope can be found even in the most desperate situations. With unwavering loyalty and patience, a Red Cross dog waits anxiously for its human companion's safe return after another successful rescue mission. The crew members aboard Barry lifeboat Arthur and Blanche Harris Frederick Batten and Eric Fry exemplify selflessness as they risk their lives to save others at sea. During the devastating Blitz in London, an ambulance stationed at Ladywell becomes an emblem of hope and salvation for countless wounded victims during WW2. Firefighters in Lostwithiel demonstrate immense bravery as they battle against fierce flames to protect lives and property in Cornwall during September 1991. In times of great adversity such as Pimlico V1 bombing attack during WW2, NFS (London Region) firefighters prove their mettle by swiftly responding to rescue those trapped amidst chaos and destruction. The Kaman HH-43B Huskie base rescue helicopter soars through the skies with one purpose - saving lives without hesitation or compromise.