Unconscious Collection (#3)

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

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

The sleep of Brunnhilde, 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham
The sleep of Brunnhilde, 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. Brunnhilde sleeps in the fire circle, destined to be there until a hero can break through the magic ring to awaken her

Contestants in a dance marathon, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1930. The girl has fallen asleep. Dance marathons were popular competitions organised in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s

The Nightmare, c1790. Artist: Henry Fuseli
The Nightmare, c1790. The feeling of suffocating anxiety experienced in a nightmare is represented by the demon, sitting on the dreamers chest with implied sexual menace

Champagne and Shades Santa Dog
Small Dog In Santa Costume Lying Down With Champagne and Shades

Sigmund Freud, caricature
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). Caricature of the Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud. Freud theorized that mental illness could have psychological as well as physiological causes

Sulfur baskets and smoking sulfur pipes, Kawa ijen

Bonzo saves a goal by George Studdy
Bonzo saves a goal -- he races onto a football pitch, receives a large, heavy ball in the stomach, and is dragged away practically unconscious

Hypnotism, 1891. Male hypnotist putting a young woman into an hypnotic trance. Animal magnetism or hypnotism had a revival at the end of the 19th century

Bewitched Groom (Sleeping Groom and a Sorceress), 1544 (1964). A print from A History of Wood Engraving, by Douglas Percy Bliss, Spring Books, London, 1964

Witch hunt: The Bewitched Groom, 16th century (1956). From the Musee des Beaux Arts de Basle. A print from Ideas, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common

July - Down at Beulah, c1840s. Artist: George Cruikshank
July - Down at Beulah, c1840s. A fainting woman is given smelling salts while a fight goes on. The Beulah Spa was founded at Upper Norwood, (now part of London), in 1831

Sleeping Beauty, 1900-1926. Artist: Viktor Mihajlovic Vasnecov
Sleeping Beauty, 1900-1926. Found in the collection of the V Vasnetsov Memorial Museum, Moscow

Absinthe / Victor Hugo, c1895-1900. Artist: Guillaume Apollinaire
Absinthe/Victor Hugo, c1895-1900. Sketch and text for a Guignol puppet scene. From a private collection

The Drunken Silenus, 17th century. Artist: Moses van Uyttenbroeck
The Drunken Silenus, 17th century. In classical myth, Silenus is the teacher and friend of Bacchus, god of wine. In Renaissance art he is depicted as fat, drunk and naked

Subject going into a hypnotic trance, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1893)

Hypnotised subject in a state of catalepsy, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot

Esther in the presence of Ahasuerus, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Esther in the presence of Ahasuerus, 1866. Esther (Haddash or Hadassah) coming into the presence of King Ahasuerus fainting in fear as she expects to die if it is discovered that she is a Jew

The Resurrection, c1890. Artist: James Tissot
The Resurrection, c1890. Christ rising from the tomb after the Angel of the Lord has rolled away the stone. His countenance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow

Angels ministering to Jesus after the Devil has left him, 1897. Artist: James Tissot
Angels ministering to Jesus after the Devil has left him, 1897. (Matthew 4). Illustration by JJ Tissot for his Life of Our Saviour Jesus Christ. (1897)

The Deliverance of Arsinoe, after 1560-1594. Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto
The Deliverance of Arsinoe, after 1560-1594. From the Gemaeldegallerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

Dr Roussell of Geneva giving a woman a direct blood transfusion from a volunteer, 1882
Dr Roussell of Geneva giving a woman a direct blood transfusion from a volunteer, 7 February 1882. After the birth of premature twins in December 1881

Three robins sampling the punch on a Christmas card
Three robins sampling a bowl of punch on a Christmas card, watched by a cat. Date: circa 1890s

Fantastic Adventures - The involuntary immortals
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, December 1949, featuring the story The involuntary immortals by Rog Phillips. A scientist is standing in a laboratory in front of a tube filled with a golden liquid

EPILEPSY
Diagram to show an unconscious victim of a strong epilectic attack Date: 1883

Futuristic machine for reading human thought waves
A futuristic machine which registers and translates human thought waves, even if the subject is unconscious or unable to speak. Date: 1928

Title page with vignette of St Bernard dogs
Title page with vignette of St. Bernard dogs beside an unconscious man.. Title page with vignette of St. Bernard dogs beside an unconscious man

Suit to prevent pilot blackout by G. H. Davis
Beating the fighter pilots problem: a suit to prevent blackout. Details of the American Berger G2 suit, designed to keep pilots conscious in high-speed air battles during the Second World War

Tommy Hampson collapsed after 800m win, 1932 Olympics
Thomas " Tommy" Hampson (1907 1965), British athlete, winner of the 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Pictured on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting

Colin Brookes-Smith table tilting research
Colin Brookes-Smiths table designed for the detection of UMA (unconscious muscular action) in table tilting. The table surface has been removed to reveal the mechanisms underneath

Illustration of nurse reading clipboard as hospital porter walks by pushing unconscious patient in bed

Illustration showing surgeon swabbing and removing object from knee of patient lying on operating table

A cloned Allosaurus being sedated by robotic devices
In a city of the future, a cloned Allosaurus has escaped from the local theme park and is being sedated by robotic devices

Sleeping Groom and Sorceress, 1544 (engraving)
XJF909357 Sleeping Groom and Sorceress, 1544 (engraving) by Baldung Grien, Hans (1484/5-1545) (after); Private Collection; German, out of copyright

Of Danger all Unconscious, Coach and Horse, Engraving 1890

Mr Fagin and his pupil recovering Nancy, from The Adventures of Oliver Twist
KW243075 Mr Fagin and his pupil recovering Nancy, from The Adventures of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1812-70) 1838, published by Chapman & Hall, 1901 (engraving) by Cruikshank

The Rescue, c. 1870 (oil on canvas)
XKH144501 The Rescue, c.1870 (oil on canvas) by Daumier, Honore (1808-79); 35x28 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; French, out of copyright

Amputation of leg without anaesthetic. Surgeon uses bow-saw to remove leg blow the knee while his assistant holds the foot

Of Danger all Unconscious, Coach and Horse, Engraving 1890

Digital illustration of unconscious man lying in recovery position

Italy, Florence, The Italian Field after the Battle of Magenta, detail, 1861-62, oil on canvas
Giovanni Fattori (1825-1908), The Italian Field after the Battle of Magenta, 1861-62 oil on canvas, 240x348 cm. Detail

White rhinoceros conservation C015 / 0656
White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) conservation, Umhlametsi Private Nature Reserve, South Africa. A veterinarian collects samples of rhinoceros horn for DNA analysis

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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.