Captive Collection

The Thief - painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa
Postcard image after a painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa La Ladrona (" The Thief" ) in the los Tiros art gallery in Granada, Spain

Zebra-drawn trap of Lord Walter Rothschild
Rothschild broke in and trained several zebras to pull a trap, which he memorably used to visit Buckingham Palace in 1898 Date: 1898

Churchill captured during the Boer War
Winston Churchill as a prisoner of war after being captured during the Boer War while working as a correspondent for the Morning Post

Thylacinus cynocephalus, thylacine
The last known thylacine, or Tasmanian Wolf, to survive in captivity. It died on 7 September 1936 in the Beaumaris Zoo, Hobart, Tasmania

Anglo-Saxon by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" You re comin along with me, my lad, as soon as this is over!" (Hermann feels he DOES know a better ole). Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander magazine showing his famous

Man in the Iron Mask, playing the cello in prison
There are conflicting theories as to who this man was. One is that he was Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli (Matthioli or Marchioly, 1640-1703), an Italian diplomat, arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669

Hiram Maxim?s captive flying machine ? ?Aerial Roundabout
Sir Hiram Maxim?s captive flying machine ? ?Aerial Roundabout?, circa 1904. Date: circa 1904

Indian Elephant in London Zoo 1896
Jung Perchard the Indian elephant was presented to Prince of Wales (Edward VII), during the shooting expeditions in Indian twenty years before in 1876

Emu by Gambier Bolton
Emu photogrpaph by Gambier Bolton, F Zs 354, held at The Natural History Museum at Tring

Gorilla gorilla gorilla, western lowland gorilla

Cyrus at Babylon
THE FALL OF BABYLON Kurash II (Cyrus), king of Persia, takes Babylon and allows the captive Jews to return home, restoring the vessels of their Temple

English gentleman held captive by two Papal guards in uniform in a room in Avignon. A prisoner at Avignon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal

Father Serapion martyred in Algeria, North Africa
Father Serapion, an English or Irish Mercedarian friar, offers himself as a hostage in order to free captive Christians in Algeria, North Africa

An Assyrian Humiliating His Captive

WW2 - Jack Takes A Captive
A WW2 children's short story illustration for Jack Takes A Captive, written by Dorothy Black. Date: circa 1940s

The Peacemakers
This tempera painting shows a ransacked area, where some military men are holding a blonde haired woman captive, with the proprietor sat at the table with a rope around his neck. Date: circa 1918

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Jingo the Zoo Elephant Goes to America 1903
Jingo a African elephant replacement to Jumbo at Zoological Society's Gardens (London Zoo). Children having a ride around Regent's Park

MAGIC FLUTE LIEBIG 3
(The Magic Flute) Act 1, Scene 10 : Monostatos makes unwelcome advances to the captive Pamina, but Papageno scares him away and tells Pamina about Tamino. Date: first performed 1791

The Whale at the Westminster Aquarium - capture, transportation to London, attention en route, arrival and finally swimming in the Aquarium pond. Date: 1877

Columbus is received by Ferdinand and Isabella
Christopher Columbus is solemnly received by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain under a canopy outside. Columbus stands before Isabella with several captive native people kneeling before him

Convicted Communard Prisoners - Fort d Enet
Incarcerated in the Fort d Enet, in the harbour of the Ile d Aix, convicted Communards gaze out and contemplate the chances of escape...are incarcerated. 1871

Christmas present - Miniature Barnum Great Menagerie 1908
Edwardian children would have loved this gift for Christams, miniature wild animal figures in captive cages, for the nursery. 1908

King Henry I chastises his older brother Robert
King Henry I (1100-1135) - chastises his older brother Robert, the Duke of Normandy who had been defeated at the Battle of Tenchebrai (Tinchebray or Tinchebrai) on 28 September 1106. 1106

Chilean cannibals, 1910
Chilean bandits butcher and eat Armenian immigrants. Date: 1910

Exhibition of trained animals
Manifested in England from a very early period, for manuscripts of twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries contain numerous representations of dogs, horses, pigs, goats cocks, bears

THE HALFPENNY BOAT
In 1861 the halfpenny boat is still the cheapest and most convenient way to get around London : street vendors seize the opportunity to offer their goods to a captive market. Date: 1861

JEWS IN CAPTIVITY
Nebuchadnezzar II, after defeating the Jews, takes many of them captive to Babylon, where they are very unhappy Date: 597 BC

LOUIS I MADE CAPTIVE
Louis I (le Pieux) remarries and wishes to give his new son part of his heritage; this infuriates his already dissatisfied sons, who arrest and try to depose him Date: 833

N de Silva in Auroras Captive, by Tom Gallon. early 1910s

Norway - Two Polar Bear Cubs. Date: 1920s

Sir Hiram Maxim?s workshop at Baldwyn?s Park, Kent, where he built his captive aeroplane, 1890

Hansel & Gretel held captive by the witch. 20th century

Egypt - Marco the Comedian Monkey
Marco the Comedian Monkey - obviously a well-known performing monkey on the streets of Cairo, Egypt. The captive baboon sits astride a young donkey

Cannibals / Alive
A captive eaten alive by members of the Antis tribe of Peru

Sacrifice, Madagascar
MADAGASCAR A wife grieves as her captive husband awaits the moment when the fire is good and ready and he will be sacrificed. Date: circa 1840

Partial Ascent of the New Steam Captive Balloon
Poster advertising the Partial Ascent of the New Steam Captive Balloon, Ashburnham Park, Kings Road, Chelsea, September 7th 1868 Date: 1868

Fun on the flying machine at Southport, Merseyside
Fun on Hiram Maxims " Captive Flying Machine" amusement ride at Southport, Merseyside, which opened in 1904. Testament to the design

Naaman and Elisha
Naaman, king of Syria (at war with Israel, of course) is cured of his leprosy when his Israeli captive advises him to consult prophet Elisha, who recommends bathing in Jordan

Captive Elephant at the Botanical Gardens, Saigon, Vietnam circa 1906

Eugene Godard
EUGENE GODARD: French aeronaut, best known for the captive balloon at the Paris Exposition which attracted enormous numbers of visitors. We have many pictures of it. Date: 1827? - 1890

Indian Man Sacrificed
Indians at Goomsur dance merrily round a captive before they sacrifice him to their god(s) Date: 1838

Iraq / Archaeology / Various
A whole variety of artifacts, and reliefs, both in situ and alone, from many of the major sites of ancient Iraq. These include Kalhu (Tell Nimrud) and Nineveh (Tell Kuyunjik)

C. Harris feeding Galapagos tortoises, 1898
Sailor and explorer Charles Harris was despatched to the Galapagos islands to collect giant tortoises for Walter Rothschild in 1897

Transporting Giant tortoises
In 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises

Nasua nasua coati, South American coati
Watercolour by Frederick Frohawk, 1902, from London Zoo resident Date: 1902

Illustration, Hansel and Gretel -- Hansel, put out your finger for me to feel how fat you are. Date: 1909

A Jewish woman and captured Hebrew standing under a palm tree next to two shields.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal

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