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Stuck Collection (#8)

"Stuck in Time: Tales of Perseverance and Hope" In 1845, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail on a treacherous journey to discover the Northwest Passage

Background imageStuck Collection: Buddha incarnation avatara Vishnu Avatars Vishnu

Buddha incarnation avatara Vishnu Avatars Vishnu
Buddha as an incarnation (avatara) of Vishnu Avatars of Vishnu (series title), Vishnu in the form of the Buddha sitting in a temple

Background imageStuck Collection: Farm company indoors Inn interior company fireplace

Farm company indoors Inn interior company fireplace
Farm company indoors, Inn interior with a company around the fireplace in the foreground. The men drink and smoke and on the left is a girl with a dog

Background imageStuck Collection: Dogs bones Various animals series title landscape

Dogs bones Various animals series title landscape
Dogs with bones Various animals (series title), In a landscape there are four dogs with some bones and a skull. One of the dogs defended his bone against another dog

Background imageStuck Collection: Sinai car Car stuck midst sand dune Sand drifts

Sinai car Car stuck midst sand dune Sand drifts
To Sinai by car Car stuck in the midst of a sand dune. Sand drifts across the road. 1920, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Background imageStuck Collection: The Head Of Joseph-Fran

The Head Of Joseph-Fran

Background imageStuck Collection: The Germania Stuck In The Pack Ice During The Second German North Polar Expedition In 1869

The Germania Stuck In The Pack Ice During The Second German North Polar Expedition In 1869. From El Mundo En La Mano Published 1875

Background imageStuck Collection: Black Bear (Ursus Americanus) Sticking His Head Through Two Large Branches Of A Tree In A Forest

Black Bear (Ursus Americanus) Sticking His Head Through Two Large Branches Of A Tree In A Forest, South-Central Alaska; Alaska, United States Of America

Background imageStuck Collection: Cars and buses stuck in the snow as wintry conditions worsen near Harwell Plough, Co

Cars and buses stuck in the snow as wintry conditions worsen near Harwell Plough, Co. Durham

Background imageStuck Collection: achievement, advantage, australia, blue sky, cloud, color image, competition, computer graphic

achievement, advantage, australia, blue sky, cloud, color image, competition, computer graphic
Oversized soccer ball stuck in goal

Background imageStuck Collection: Tank trapped in mud of Flanders, WW1

Tank trapped in mud of Flanders, WW1
A tank stuck in the mud by the side of the Fampoux Road on the Western Front, a victim of the treacherous, waterlogged conditions Date: 1918

Background imageStuck Collection: Bonzo the cartoon dog getting stuck in the bath

Bonzo the cartoon dog getting stuck in the bath. Cartoon strip from Bonzos Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Background imageStuck Collection: Columbian Mammoth trapped by asphalt at La Brea Tar Pits, California

Columbian Mammoth trapped by asphalt at La Brea Tar Pits, California
Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) trapped by asphalt at La Brea Tar Pits, California. Pleistocene epoch (Ice Age) of North America

Background imageStuck Collection: An Allosaurus and Diplodocus dinosaur sinking in a deadly mud pit

An Allosaurus and Diplodocus dinosaur sinking in a deadly mud pit
An Allosaurus and Diplodocus dinosaur battle for their lives as both sink deeper in a deadly mud pit

Background imageStuck Collection: JOHANN WILHELM STUCK (1542-1607). German theologian and professor. Copper engraving

JOHANN WILHELM STUCK (1542-1607). German theologian and professor. Copper engraving, 17th century

Background imageStuck Collection: Bus blocks the road ten men tried to push the bus after it skidded right round near

Bus blocks the road ten men tried to push the bus after it skidded right round near Farningham Kent 5 December 1950

Background imageStuck Collection: Marooned in flooded Kent. A dog takes refuge from the Kent floods, near Yalding

Marooned in flooded Kent. A dog takes refuge from the Kent floods, near Yalding, on a raft. 18 November 1935

Background imageStuck Collection: Fish hook in finger, X-ray C017 / 7160

Fish hook in finger, X-ray C017 / 7160
Fish hook. X-ray of a fish hook stuck in a 22 year old males finger

Background imageStuck Collection: Legend of Archimedes and the lever

Legend of Archimedes and the lever, historical artwork. Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287-212 BC), Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer

Background imageStuck Collection: African Elephant - female /cow trying to rescue her very young calf which has fallen into a water

African Elephant - female /cow trying to rescue her very young calf which has fallen into a water hole in Ngulia Rhino
MAB-126 African Elephant - female / cow trying to rescue her very young calf which has fallen into a water hole in Ngulia Rhino Sancturay Tsavo National Park, West Kenya

Background imageStuck Collection: Egyptian Sundial

Egyptian Sundial
A primitive SUN DIAL, still used in Upper Egypt, is simply a pole stuck in the ground, with stones marking the passage of its shadow and the time taken from one to next

Background imageStuck Collection: Liverpool Mail in Snow

Liverpool Mail in Snow
The Liverpool Mail encounters heavy weather near Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, and can t spare a thought for the distressed lady stuck in her private carriage

Background imageStuck Collection: Antarctica, Wiencke Island, Port Lockroy

Antarctica, Wiencke Island, Port Lockroy. Towing the ship Expedition ship Clipper Adventurer garaged in sea-ice

Background imageStuck Collection: Salome. Artist: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)

Salome. Artist: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)
Salome. Found in the collection of Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich

Background imageStuck Collection: Sigfried and Kriemhild. Artist: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)

Sigfried and Kriemhild. Artist: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)
Sigfried and Kriemhild. Private Collection

Background imageStuck Collection: Salome, 1906. Artist: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)

Salome, 1906. Artist: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)
Salome, 1906. Found in the collection of the Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich

Background imageStuck Collection: The Sin

The Sin. Found in the Collection of Galleria d arte moderna, Palermo

Background imageStuck Collection: Susanna at her Bath, 1903-1904

Susanna at her Bath, 1903-1904. Found in the collection of Kunstmuseum St. Gallen

Background imageStuck Collection: A Loop-the-Looper in Deep Thought Scratching His Head Over a Difficult Problem, 1927

A Loop-the-Looper in Deep Thought Scratching His Head Over a Difficult Problem, 1927. From The Wonder Book of Aircraft, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London & Melbourne, 1927]

Background imageStuck Collection: There Was Only Just Room for Her and Them, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson

There Was Only Just Room for Her and Them, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
There Was Only Just Room for Her and Them, c1930. An illustration from The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Background imageStuck Collection: The Fram when dug out of the Pressure-Mound. End of March, 1895, (1897)

The Fram when dug out of the Pressure-Mound. End of March, 1895, (1897). Fram (Forward) is a ship used in northern and southern polar expeditions by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen

Background imageStuck Collection: Let me try them, said Lucy, 1865. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne

Let me try them, said Lucy, 1865. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Let me try them, said Lucy, 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]

Background imageStuck Collection: The Liverpool Mail Near St. Albans, c19th century. Artists: Robert Havell, Henry Thomas Alken

The Liverpool Mail Near St. Albans, c19th century. Artists: Robert Havell, Henry Thomas Alken
The Liverpool Mail Near St. Albans, c19th century. After Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851). From Connoisseur Extra No. 5 - Old Sporting Prints by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur Magazine, London, 1908]

Background imageStuck Collection: The Liverpool Mail Near St Albans, 19th century. Artist: Robert Havell

The Liverpool Mail Near St Albans, 19th century. Artist: Robert Havell
The Liverpool Mail Near St Albans, 19th century. After Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851). From The Connoisseur Vol. XX. [Otto Limited, London, 1908]

Background imageStuck Collection: The Holyhead and Chester Mails, 1905. Artist: Robert Havell

The Holyhead and Chester Mails, 1905. Artist: Robert Havell
The Holyhead and Chester Mails at Hockley Hill, near Dunstable. Engraving by Robert Havell after a drawing by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851). Coaches stuck in snow drifts

Background imageStuck Collection: Ploughing through mud, Bulawayo to Dett, Southern Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927)

Ploughing through mud, Bulawayo to Dett, Southern Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover
Ploughing through mud, Bulawayo to Dett, Southern Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927). A print from Cape to Cairo, by Stella Court Treatt, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1927

Background imageStuck Collection: Stuck in the mud, Bulawayo to Dett, Southern Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover

Stuck in the mud, Bulawayo to Dett, Southern Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover
Stuck in the mud, Bulawayo to Dett, Southern Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927). A print from Cape to Cairo, by Stella Court Treatt, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1927

Background imageStuck Collection: Stuck in a bog, Bulawayo to Dett, Southern Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover

Stuck in a bog, Bulawayo to Dett, Southern Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover
Stuck in a bog, Bulawayo to Dett, Southern Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927). A print from Cape to Cairo, by Stella Court Treatt, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1927

Background imageStuck Collection: Inconvenience of a Crowded Drawing Room, 1818. Artist: George Cruikshank

Inconvenience of a Crowded Drawing Room, 1818. Artist: George Cruikshank
Inconvenience of a Crowded Drawing Room, 1818

Background imageStuck Collection: Poster for the 1911 First International Hygiene Exhibition, 1911

Poster for the 1911 First International Hygiene Exhibition, 1911. Artist: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)
Poster for the 1911 First International Hygiene Exhibition, 1911. Found in the collection of the Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden

Background imageStuck Collection: The Sin, 1899. Artist: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)

The Sin, 1899. Artist: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)
The Sin, 1899. Found in the collection of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne

Background imageStuck Collection: Mules and horses during WWI

Mules and horses during WWI
Variety of photograph scenes, showing horses in the fulness of strength, to a foal with mother, mule in the mire of the battle area and mules stuck in mud in Flanders. Date: 1917

Background imageStuck Collection: WW2 - Italy - The Military compelling an Academic to fight

WW2 - Italy - The Military compelling an Academic to fight
An allegorical card showing an Italian military Officers sleeve stripes kicking the backside of an Academic, who has his head stuck in the ground

Background imageStuck Collection: Man Beaten up by a Suffragette

Man Beaten up by a Suffragette
Man in tattered suit, bandaged and bloodied with an arm and knee in a sling, rues the day he had an argument with a suffragette. Note the perpetrators umbrella stuck in his arm. Date: circa 1913

Background imageStuck Collection: Muddling through the mud of Flanders, 1917

Muddling through the mud of Flanders, 1917
A trio of pictures that appeared in The Graphic in 1917, showing the difficult working conditions that horses on the front lines had to face in World War One. 1917

Background imageStuck Collection: Trying to drive a car off St Ives beach

Trying to drive a car off St Ives beach
People trying to drive a car off St Ives beach. circa 1950

Background imageStuck Collection: Easel and boy on a cutout Christmas card

Easel and boy on a cutout Christmas card -- he has stuck his head through the canvas from the back, making the shocked artist fall backwards on the other side. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageStuck Collection: Two Isle of Wight Farmers assess a tricky situation

Two Isle of Wight Farmers assess a tricky situation
Why the Natives are called Isle of Wight Calves. " Well, what shall us do Bill? Is pose there baint nothin else but to Cut his ed off." Date: 1907

Background imageStuck Collection: Embroidered dog on a cushion with gold edging

Embroidered dog on a cushion with gold edging
Embroidered dog sitting on a cushion with an ornate gold edging, stuck onto card. Date: circa 1890s




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"Stuck in Time: Tales of Perseverance and Hope" In 1845, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail on a treacherous journey to discover the Northwest Passage. Little did they know that their fate would be sealed as they became trapped in an icy prison. Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror led his crew with unwavering determination, facing unimaginable hardships. Like Alice in Wonderland, we find ourselves stuck in unexpected situations, much like Alice when she found herself growing too large for the White Rabbit's house. Yet, it is during these moments that we must summon our inner strength and adapt to our surroundings. The Shooting Stars painting by Franz and Mary Stuck captures the essence of being stuck between dreams and reality. It reminds us that sometimes we need to break free from constraints to reach new heights. Similarly, The Enterprise and Investigator ships surrounded by ice symbolize the struggle against nature's grip. Barrow witnessed this battle firsthand as explorers fought bravely against frozen obstacles. "What Now?" echoes through time as Captain Sir John Franklin faced uncertainty during his Arctic expedition. His courage serves as a reminder that even when stuck in dire circumstances, there is always room for hope. On the Western Front during WW1, soldiers pulled field guns stuck deep within muddy trenches. Their resilience exemplified how unity can overcome any obstacle thrown their way. "Well if you knows of a better ole, go to it, " speaks volumes about human ingenuity amidst adversity. We are constantly seeking solutions beyond what seems impossible or insurmountable. Sadly, The End of Sir John Franklin's Arctic Expedition marked a tragic chapter in history; however, it also stands as a testament to humanity's relentless pursuit of knowledge despite setbacks encountered along the way. A man with a mechanical digger struggling through mud represents our modern-day battles with everyday challenges – reminding us that perseverance remains essential regardless of time or place.