Unconscious Collection (#2)

A father saving his child from drowning in a river (colour litho)
3622143 A father saving his child from drowning in a river (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A father saving his child from drowning in a river)

La Walkyrie (The Valkyrie) (colour litho)
3098658 La Walkyrie (The Valkyrie) (colour litho) by Laurent-Desrousseaux, Henri Alphonse Louis (1862-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Walkyrie (The Valkyrie)

Octavia overcomme by Virgils verses (gravure)
969232 Octavia overcomme by Virgils verses (gravure) by Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Octavia overcomme by Virgils verses)

Deserted by his companions (chromolitho)
979012 Deserted by his companions (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Deserted by his companions. Scene from the Parable of the Prodigal Son)

Virginius and His Daughter (engraving)
981872 Virginius and His Daughter (engraving) by MacDowell, Patrick (1799-1870); Private Collection; (add.info.: Virginius and His Daughter)

The Lions Bride (colour litho)
981847 The Lions Bride (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lions Bride. Illustration from The Boys Own Paper)

A victim of sunstroke during the heatwave in Paris (colour litho)
2779741 A victim of sunstroke during the heatwave in Paris (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A victim of sunstroke during the heatwave in Paris)

The Bewitched Groom (engraving)
3646428 The Bewitched Groom (engraving) by Baldung Grien, Hans (1484/5-1545) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bewitched Groom)

A Rescue in Paris, 1886 (oil on canvas)
XRZ195532 A Rescue in Paris, 1886 (oil on canvas) by Alvarez Dumont, Eugenio (1864-1927); 200x300 cm; Musee Crozatier, Le Puy-en-Velay, France; Spanish, out of copyright

Les Vampires (engraving)
2783261 Les Vampires (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Vampires. Illustration for Journal Des Voyages, 21 December 1879.); © Look and Learn

Rescue of two children from a floating ice floe, 1831 (colour litho)
5207649 Rescue of two children from a floating ice floe, 1831 (colour litho) by Hardy, Paul (19th Century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rescue of two children from a floating ice floe)

The Drunk Bacchus, c. 1520 (woodcut)
5858425 The Drunk Bacchus, c.1520 (woodcut) by Grien, Hans Baldung (1484/5-1545); 22A--15.1 cm; German, out of copyright

The Life Line, 1884 (etching)
874587 The Life Line, 1884 (etching) by Homer, Winslow (1836-1910); 31.75 x44.93 cm; San Diego Museum of Art, USA; eSan Diego Museum of Art; Museum purchase; American, out of copyright

The Unexpected Return (engraving)
3622258 The Unexpected Return (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Unexpected Return.); © Look and Learn

Belladonna (engraving)
3621714 Belladonna (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Belladonna. Illustration from Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten - nach Gemalden und Skulpturen)

A victim of duty: Lieutenant Kock (colour litho)
2819037 A victim of duty: Lieutenant Kock (colour litho) by Meaulle, Fortune Louis (1844-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: A victim of duty: Lieutenant Kock)

The wind god sent a gust from the south, illustration from The Story of Greece
STC306488 The wind god sent a gust from the south, illustration from The Story of Greece by Mary Macgregor, 1st edition, 1913 (colour print) by Crane

The Firemans Lift No. 2, no. 19 from the First Aid series of
MJC284590 The Firemans Lift No.2, no.19 from the First Aid series of Willss Cigarettes cards, 1913 (colour litho) by English School

The Thrilling Adventures of Tomkins and Brigs (engraving)
1062225 The Thrilling Adventures of Tomkins and Brigs (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Thrilling Adventures of Tomkins and Brigs)

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters by Francisco Goya, 1799 (etching with aquatint)
3036385 The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters by Francisco Goya, 1799 (etching with aquatint) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); (add.info.: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters)

La Veuve d Ulysse (colour litho)
3098436 La Veuve d Ulysse (colour litho) by Kaemmerer, Frederik Hendrik (1839-1902) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Veuve d Ulysse)

Symptoms of hydrophobia (engraving)
5223896 Symptoms of hydrophobia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Symptoms of hydrophobia)

He lay with his face upturned to the pitiless summer sky (colour litho)
5208407 He lay with his face upturned to the pitiless summer sky (colour litho) by Stacey, W.S. (1846-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: He lay with his face upturned to the pitiless summer sky)

The Man and the Mountain, by Bret Harte (litho)
1615801 The Man and the Mountain, by Bret Harte (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Man and the Mountain, by Bret Harte)

French troops of the 157th Infantry Regiment finding three Italian soldiers lost in the snow in the Alps (colour litho)
3097474 French troops of the 157th Infantry Regiment finding three Italian soldiers lost in the snow in the Alps (colour litho) by French School

Scene from Les Millions d Outre-Mer by Pierre Sales (colour litho)
3622636 Scene from Les Millions d Outre-Mer by Pierre Sales (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Les Millions d Outre-Mer by Pierre Sales)

Drama at the top of a bell tower (colour litho)
2779730 Drama at the top of a bell tower (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Drama at the top of a bell tower)

Duke Williams Ghost, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1799 (hand-coloured etching)
NCO193123 Duke Williams Ghost, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1799 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

The Drunken Silenus, Wedgwood terracotta or biscuit impressed oval medallion designed by Mary Landre
6014473 The Drunken Silenus, Wedgwood terracotta or biscuit impressed oval medallion designed by Mary Landre, c1768-1769 (autotype) by English Photographer

Roman bacchanal (engraving)
5217005 Roman bacchanal (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roman Bacchanal. Illustration from Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten (Richard Bong)

A sleeping drunkard (engraving)
972496 A sleeping drunkard (engraving) by Brouwer, Adriaen (1605/6-38); Private Collection; (add.info.: A sleeping drunkard. Illustration for Galerie de Peintres by M Chabert (Paris, 1834)

Billee fainted on board the Mary Jane (colour litho)
979067 Billee fainted on board the Mary Jane (colour litho) by Griset, Ernest Henry (1844-1907); Private Collection; (add.info.: Billee fainted on board the Mary Jane)

The fall of Eutychus from the window (chromolitho)
976504 The fall of Eutychus from the window (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fall of Eutychus from the window. Acts 20:9)

Of Danger all Unconscious (engraving)
1047304 Of Danger all Unconscious (engraving) by Charlton, John (1849-1917) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Of Danger all Unconscious)

A Soldier passes out during the trooping of the colour ceremony. June 1947

Homage (Huldigung), 1878 / 1880. Creator: Max Klinger
Homage (Huldigung), 1878/1880

Anxieties (Angste), 1878 / 1880. Creator: Max Klinger
Anxieties (Angste), 1878/1880

Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler, 1820. Creator: Edwin Henry Landseer
Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler, 1820

Bacchanal with a Wine Vat, ca. 1470-90. Creator: Andrea Mantegna
Bacchanal with a Wine Vat, ca. 1470-90

The Fight Between Ulysses & Irus, ca. 1590. Creators: Jan Muller
The Fight Between Ulysses & Irus, ca. 1590

Hero Fainting in Church (Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1), first published 1789; reissued 1852

Surgeon, nurses and anaesthetist with patient
Surgeon, three nurses and an anaesthetist stand next to an unconscious patient on an operating table. Date: circa 1930

Six Stages of Marring a Face, May 29, 1792. May 29, 1792. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Six Stages of Marring a Face, May 29, 1792

The Wounded Knight, 1931. Artist: Jacques Laudy
The Wounded Knight, 1931. Found in the collection of the State M Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas

The Bank Collapses, 1881, (1965). Creator: Vladimir Makovsky
The Bank Collapses, 1881, (1965). A group of agitated people who are unable to withdraw their money - a woman on the left has fainted, overcome with worry

Demonstrating how to pick up an unconscious person, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910
Firemen demonstrating how to pick up an unconscious person, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firefighters practise techniques for rescuing people overcome by smoke

Three Nurses tending a Wounded Soldier, 1915-1916. Artist: Anna Lea Merritt
Three Nurses tending a Wounded Soldier, 1915-1916. The soldier lies on the bed, his sword on the floor. Two nurses dress his arm with bandages whilst another kneels at his feet

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"Delving into the Depths: Unconscious Explorations through Time and Art" In the realm of psychology, Sigmund Freud, the renowned Austrian psychologist, unraveled the enigmatic world of the unconscious. Like Dionysus and his Maenads in 1901, he dared to venture into uncharted territories of the human mind. Artists too have captured glimpses of this hidden realm. Artemisia Gentileschi's "Esther before Ahasuerus" portrays a moment where unconscious desires simmer beneath composed exteriors. Meanwhile, suffragettes Pankhurst and Gawthorpe Rutland in 1907 fought for women's rights with an unwavering determination that sprang from their own deep-seated beliefs. Even scientific endeavors have been touched by this mysterious force. Simpson's research on anaesthetics during the 1840s brought forth a new understanding of how our consciousness can be altered or suppressed. In William Hogarth's "Gin Lane, " we witness society drowning its sorrows in alcohol as it succumbs to its own unconscious demons. Carl Jung, depicted in caricature form, delved further into Freud's theories and expanded upon them with his concept of collective unconsciousness. Iris Murdoch, a British novelist herself captivated by these depths within us all, explored themes of morality and self-discovery through her characters' journeys. Unconsciousness knows no boundaries; even gatherings like psychoanalytic congresses witnessed Sigmund Freud surrounded by colleagues at The Hague in 1920 - their shared passion for unraveling mysteries evident in their determined expressions. Beyond psychological realms lie physical dangers that require escape and rescue methods from fire - both indoors and outdoors - documented meticulously through photographs. These images serve as reminders that danger may lurk not only externally but also internally within our subconscious minds. Yet amidst all these explorations lies room for imagination to roam freely.