Alive Collection (page 2)

Arrival at St Helena
The Northumberland, with Napoleon on board, arrives at Saint Helena, which he will never leave alive

Vestal Virgin buried alive as a punishment
A Vestal Virgin, who has broken her vow of perpetual virginity, is buried alive

Kicking the bucket to keep alive and well! 1914
Interestingly this artical was published on April fools day in The Sketch, 1914, you can come to your own conclusions! Latest primitive life-saving device invented by a German engineer

The War of the Worlds - The City watching me
" The whole city seemed to look at me with eerie eyes. White house windows were empty sockets in skulls, and my imagination set around me a thousand silent enemies." Date: First published

Fantastic Adventures - Goddess of Fire
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1941, featuring the story Goddess of Fire by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Young pretty woman with torch

White flower and anchor on an Easter card. Date: circa 1890s

Flaxman home and Grave
John Flaxmans home in Buckingham Street, London, his residence when alive, and his tomb in the graveyard of St Giles in the Fields, his present residence. Date: 1826

Jesus Steps out of Frame
An artist puts so much feeling into his picture of Jesus, that his subject seems to come alive and steps out of the frame Date: circa 1850

Burnt Alive 1392
At the court of Charles VI some men are accidentally burnt alive - one jumps into a tub of water, another is rescued by a lady who smothers the flames with her dress Date: 29 January 1392

Man alive and in spirit form
From: The Case for Spirit Photography, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Hutchinson, 1922 Photograph showing Man alive and in spirit form. Apparition ghost, phantom, spectre. Date: 1922

Man and his spirit with family
From: The Case for Spirit Photography, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Hutchinson, 1922 Photograph of man when alive and in spirit form with his family, Apparition ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1922

Pink and blue flowers and a cross on an Easter card. Date: circa 1890s

Children with nursery rhyme scenes on a Christmas card -- One, two, three, four, five, I caught a hare alive! Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, And let it go again! Date: circa 1890s

Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaievich (1905-1918), youngest child and only son of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna, formerly Princess Alix of Hesse

Henry Sutphen
HENRY SUTPHEN English Lutheran churchman, preaching in Germany before being arrested for heresy and burnt alive near Hamburg. Date: ? - 1524

Latimers Birthplace
The birthplace of HUGH LATIMER, bishop of Worcester, who was burnt alive in the reign of Mary in 1555. Date: 1485

Nursery Tale - Four and Twenty Blackbirds - the birds burst out of the pie. Date: 1880

Elisha Raises the Shunammites Son. circa 19th century

Pidcocks Exhibition Alive, Exeter Change, Strand, London
Copper halfpenny token (28mm diameter) dated 1795 made by James. Advertising Pidcocks exhibition of living animals at the Exeter Change, Strand

Molay Burns 1314
Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master, is burnt alive at Paris on the orders of Philippe IV, bringing the once proud Order to an ignominious end Date: 1314

Jewish family camping inside a railway wagon
A Jewish family camping inside a railway wagon at Palmi (Calabria), Italy - made homeless by the earthquake at Messina, Sicily

British Ballad, Lord Soulis
LORD SOULIS. British Ballad which tells the story of William de Soulis (died c. 1320), Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of Scotland

Tentacles by Raymond Sheppard. An abstract fantasy painting featuring tentacle-like growths in a strange landscape, perhaps under the sea

Colonel Kents Horse, 1875
Engraving of a horse, Colonel Kents charger, which served in the Crimean War and was still alive 20 years later

Baby incubators at the Berlin Exhibition
Dr Lions baby incubators proved to be a great attraction at the Berlin Exhibition. Babies aged between five and eight months old were kept alive in warm temperatures and nourished with drops of milk

Skiathos Town by Night
Skiathos Town, Skiathos, Greece. Night falls and the bars and restaurants come alive

Mrs Taylors Barrel
On her 43rd birthday, Mrs Anne Edison Taylor, to pay off the mortgage on her farm, goes over the Falls in a barrel designed by herself : she emerges bruised but alive

Poe / The Premature Burial
THE PREMATURE BURIAL " Deep, deep, & for ever, into some ordinary & nameless GRAVE"

St Bartholomew Flayed
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE depicted in the course of being flayed alive on the orders of a barbarian king, though the legend may have no basis in fact

Costumes Catch Fire / 1392
Charles VI of France is nearly involved in a fatal accident when dancers costumes catch fire after a practical joke goes horribly wrong. All four die

Fakir Buried Alive 1928
54-year old German fakir To Kha, after studying in India, is buried for 120 hours at Stuttgart, monitored by doctors who testify to the genuineness of the feat

Joseph Reveals Identity
He reveals his identity to his brothers : frankly, they are astonished that he is alive, let alone an honoured state official

Sprats / Cries of London
Selling Sprats as big as herrings! in a market place, all alive-O presumably proving their freshness

Molay (Rogier, Coloured)
JACQUES DE MOLAY the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, burnt alive for alleged crimes

Molay (Thevet)
JACQUES DE MOLAY the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, burnt alive for alleged crimes

Marsyas and Apollo
The satyr Marsyas reckons hes a better flautist than Apollo, but after he loses a contest, Apollo flays him alive : nymphs mourning him make a river with their tears

The Deluge Comes
The waters rise, the land is flooded, one by one the sinful people are drowned, until only Noah and his family are left alive, sole representatives of the human race

Shipwreck 4 of 4
Scene Four : the sailing vessel is driven onto the rocks; those aboard are washed ashore, some alive, some not

Apollo Flays Marsyas
Lyre-player Apollo is challenged to a musical duel by flute-player Marsyas; when he wins (by a nasty trick) he flays his presumptuous rival alive

MOLAY BURNS 1314 - 2
Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master, is burnt alive at Paris on the orders of Philippe IV, bringing the once proud Order to an ignominious end

Two-Headed Child / 1691
Two-headed child born alive at Pavia (died shortly afterwards)

John the Evangelist
SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST In the background he is being boiled alive in a cauldron of boiling oil by the emperors orders, yet he feels no pain and survives !

1392 Masque / France / Burnt
During reign of Charles VI of France - a practical joke goes horribly wrong when a number of men are burnt alive in their costumes at a party

Norman Conquest 15 of 16
BATTLE OF HASTINGS Battle rages: William raises his helmet to show he is still alive

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