Burning Collection (page 7)

Aircraft Firefighters School, Stansted, Essex
Aircraft Firefighters School based at Stansted, Essex, where men and women from around the world were trained. Old aircraft were deliberately set ablaze to give crews realistic training

Fantastic Adventures - Nine worlds west
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1951, featuring the story Nine worlds west by Clee Garson. Green skinned weird looking man watches a young screaming woman falling into a burning abyss. Date: 1951

Chandeliers, brackets and back lamps, Plate 245
Chandeliers, brackets and back lamps, for burning petroleum, paraffin or kerosene, Plate 245. Date: circa 1880s

Silbers patent burners with wicks, Plate 227
Silbers patent petroleum, paraffin or kerosene burners with circular and flat wicks, Plate 227. Date: circa 1880s

Ecclesiastical lighting items, Plate 168
Ecclesiastical suspensions, coronae, brackets and other church lamps, for burning petroleum, paraffin or kerosene, Plate 168. Date: circa 1880s

Jeremiah lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, 1630, by Re
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Jeremiah lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, 1630. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Moses and the Burning Bush. Baptismal font. 12th century. Ba
Italy. Lucca. Basilica of San Frediano. Baptismal font. Romanesque. 12th century. Reliefs depicting life of Moses. By Master Roberto. Moses and the Burning Bush

Egyptian censer. Bronze
Egyptian censer for burning incense grains in front of a divine shrine. Bronze. 25th Dynasty. Third Intermediate Period. 700 BC. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Fire in the oil depot at San Marcuola, 1789, by Francesco Gu
Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), Italian painter. Fire in the oil depot at San Marcuola, 1789, Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Two Saints make shoes being tempted by the devil. Colored woodcut

The end of the world and the Last Judgement. The confession of sinners. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

The end of the world and the Last Judgement. The sea will burn. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Fire in the city of Providence in 1886. The Exchange building on the right. United States

Christmas card with dogs and fireplace
Handmade Christmas card with dogs and fireplace, and a string to pull to make Santa Claus appear. (2 of 2) circa 1890s

Pudding in flames on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

People burning incense at Senso Ji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo
Crowds of people burning incense at the Shinto Shrine at Senso-Ji Bhuddist Temple in Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan

Solid Fuel Stove
A solid fuel burning stove, which provides heating and is also a cooker and is neatly built into a tiled recess in the corner of a compact cottage kitchen. Date: 1930s

1758 - Naval Engagement
Burning of the Prudent at Louisbourg. A gallant expedition from Boscawens fleet, captured the Prudent and the Bienfaisant, with the former stranded and burnt. Date: 1758

Massacre / Kanpur / 1857
Nana Sahib massacres those leaving Kanpur (Cawnpore). Date: 27th June 1857

Bristol Riot / 1831 / Dawson
In Bristol, where only 6000 of the 104, 000 population had the vote in 1830, a crowd protest against the House of Lords defeat of the Reform Bill by burning 100 houses Date: 31 October 1831

Burning Books 1923
Burning immoral books Date: 1923

Farmers Fire Engine
Baddeleys farmers fire engine : incorporating a hand- pump, but lightweight and portable to be rushed to burning haystacks or barns Date: 1851

N-T Marion-Dufresne
NICOLAS-THOMAS MARION-DUFRESNE French navigator, fails to understand or be understood by Australian natives when they offer him a burning stick, 1771 Date: 1729 - 1772

Burning an effigy of the Pope, French Revolution
Dedicated to the Supreme Being, the revolution has no time for the Pope, who is burnt in effigy in the Palais Royal, Paris. Date: 6 April 1791

Phoenix Fire Office, insurance company
The Phoenix Fire Office, London, an insurance company offering protection for the owners of property. Date: early 19th century

Music cover, The Fire Bell Galop, composed by Charles Blamphin. circa 1860

The burning of effigies in Tacuba, Mexico City, Mexico
The burning of the effigies of Judas in the streets of Tacuba, Mexico City, Mexico -- a traditional Easter activity, designed to purge the sins of the past year

The conflagration, Mexico -- firefighters at work. Date: circa 1900s

Interior of a Cabaret in the Pyrenees
Interior of a Cabaret (or Village Inn) in the Pyrenees, (rainy day). 1876

Front Cover - The Boys Industrial Information Illustrated Date: 1859

Francois Villette, French engineer
Francois Villette (1621-1698), French engineer, noted for his burning mirrors and his fireworks. circa 1680

Little boy making fire on a Christmas card, attracting the attention of robins. Date: circa 1890s

Cabinet Minister as Fireman: Winston Churchills daring
Winston Churchill, then President of the Board of Trade, is shown in his pyjamas and a firemans helmet taking part in yeoman service at the burning of Burley-on-the-Hill

The Brass Rail restaurant, New York City, USA
The Brass Rail restaurant, 7th Avenue and 49th Street, New York City, USA, showing meat cooking in front of burning coals on an English Roasting Jack. Date: circa 1940

Victorian Scrap, fire brigade in action outside a burning building. circa 1880s

Cartoon, Elephants in armour, WW1
Cartoon, Elephants in armour (Hohenzollern patented system). Showing an elephant in armour, using its trunk to distribute petrol from two barrels which it carries on either side

Cover design, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, showing a pig, a cat, a duckling, two rabbits and two dogs sitting in front of their fireplace. Date: 1912

Rags the dog singes his tail in Peter the pigs kitchen. Date: 1914

Cartoon, True Reform of Parliament, ie Patriots lighting a Revolutionary Bonfire in New Palace Yard, by James Gillray. Showing Sir Francis Burdett at the centre

Cartoon, Shakespeare Sacrificed; or the Offering to Avarice, by James Gillray. Showing Alderman John Boydell, an engraver and publisher, in the role of Prospero burning his books

Abel Straw-burning Traction Engine, England. Date: 1900s

Cartoon, German soldier dreaming, WWI
Cartoon, the Boches dream. A hungry German soldier dreams of beer and sausages while asleep in the snow on the Western Front during WW1. Date: 1915

Favourite Sayings - Never burn a candle at both ends
Black and white lantern slide of a man scratching his head and holding a candle which is burning at both ends.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection

Christmas arrangement of candles, fir branches and cones
Christmas arrangement of candles, fir branches, pine cones and a log

Christmas arrangement of candles, holly, mistletoe and nuts
Christmas arrangement of three red candles, holly, mistletoe, small yellow flowers, sweets and assorted nuts in a basket

Fire at Naworth Castle - possessions from the house saved from the flames and stacked in the courtyard. The fire destroyed virtually all of the Castle, including the old dungeons in the West Wing

Scouts in Exile at camp, Grange Rimade, France
Scouts in Exile, at camp in Grange Rimade, Alpes Maritimes, France. They belong to the National Association of Russian Scouts

Suffragette on Bonfire Chislehurst 1908. Preparing the bonfire in Chislehurst, Kent for the celebrations on November 5th 1908

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