Captive Collection (page 2)

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

Captive king of the Gauls and a pensive British woman.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

Persian woman and captive king of the Gauls.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

Dacian warrior with axe and a German captive.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

Two Amazons with shields and weapons, the one below a captive in battledress.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of

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Conquest of Santo Domingo, 1501. Engraving

Sphere cover - British corporal with small German captives
A stalwart British corporal pictured with two German captives in a photograph which deliberately highlights the difference in stature of the men

German prisoners of war in Great Britain at the start of war
Immediately after the declaration of war, most of the German and Austrian residents of military age in Britain were made prisoners and confined within barbed wire compounds under military guard

How the war has alterd the outlook on sport
Football crowds comparing then (1914, top) from now (1916, bottom). The majority of the crowd from now consists of disabled soldiers recently released from German captivity

Aeroplane in modern warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in modern warfare: how the aeroplanes of the combatant powers have fared. Left: dropping bombs from an aeroplane onto massed troops below

Marie Antoinette Note
A note pricked with a needle by the captive queen : I am closely watched, I speak to no one. I confide myself to you, I will come. Date: circa October 1793

Native Policemen, Natal, South Africa and their prisoner Date: circa 1901

Entertainments at Southport, Merseyside including Hiram Maxims " Captive Flying Machine" amusement ride (which opened in 1904), helter skelter lighthouse

Whaaru (Leader of the Hursthouse Rescue Party) wearing a cloak and holding a taiaha and his wife on the porch of Huatare Wahanuis House, Alexandra, New Zealand

Captive balloon with limbered balloon-kite winch wagon

Naja haje haje, Egyptian cobra
An Egyptian cobra emerging from a ceramic urn and coiling into its characteristic aggressive hissing stance

Gymnogyps californianus, Californian condor
Plate 426 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Alhambra. Torre de la Cautiva (Tower of the Captive). SPAIN. Granada. Alhambra. Hispano-Moresque art. Nasrid dynasty

Army Manoeuvres in Bucks
Grand Army Manoeuvres in Bucks Military Attaches on Ptchcott Hill and the captive baloon near Aylesbury.. Date: 1907

Captured by soldiers. Source unknown

Siege of Paris- Balloon
A captive balloon at Montmartre. Date: 1870

Ascension captive. 42, avenue de Suffren tous les jours de 1 e 5 h. Exposition de l aerostat et des machines.... Broadside announcing a captive balloon ascension during the Paris Exposition of 1867

Five technical illustrations show network of ropes and apparatus for securing multi-passenger platforms on captive balloons; arrangement of ropes for netting;

Lower part of a large captive balloon moored to a launching platform showing network of ropes and balloon basket with about 10 occupants. Date between 1880 and 1890

Design drawing for system to raise and lower a captive balloon, controlled by four ropes forming a pyramidal shape and operated by winches on the ground below. Date between 1820 and 1870

Captive balloon with clock face and bell, floating above the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. Date between 1880 and 1900

Two mythological Buddhist or Hindu figures, one holding a captive and showing him an image in a magic mirror of a man falling off a boat during a fight. Date 1878?

Silhouettes of wartime scenes with soldiers
Silhouettes of wartime scenes, showing soldiers in various situations. From the top: every dog has his day, the last straw, empty vessels cause the most sound, and a couple is not always a pair

Austrian prisoners given soap by their Italian captors - World War One. Date: circa 1915

Austrian officers captured by the Russians, WW1
Austrian officers captured by the Russians during the First World War. Date: 26 August 1915

Assassination of William Morgar
New York journalist, William Morgar, is held captive by an angry mob of Free-Masons. Having previously belonged to the order, he was denounced after publishing the secret rituals of the sect

Idealised German prisoner of war camp, WW1
An artists impression of an idealised German prisoner of war camp, Munster II, during the First World War. The French artist was forced to portray a wide range of enjoyable activities

Freemasonry and the Homeland
Two captive officers, discovered to be Masons, are treated with certain privileges not usually seen in war prisoners. 1890s

Durnstein Castle and town
The town of Durnstein, on the river Danube, Austria. On a rocky hill above the town sits Durnstein Castle, where Richard I of England was held captive from December 1192 to March 1193 following his

GOD-BRAIN
AVENGERS OF SPACE (Henry Kuttner) The captive travellers from Earth are dragged before the God-Brain of Kathor. Date: 1938

Egyptian Dancing Monkey
An Egyptian Dancing Monkey and owner, entertaining two small boys. The Monkeys owner has him dressed in a red dress and accompanies his movements with the beat of a hand-held drum

Captured French Algerian soldiers during the First World War, in captivity in Gottingen, Germany in 1915

WW1 - French Turkos troops - Prisoners of War
WW1 - Captured French Turkos (or Turcos) troops - the nickname of the Algerian and Tunisian rifles of the French army, which were officially known as Tirailleurs Algeriens and Tirailleurs Tunisiens

The Grand Duchesses, Tatiana and Anastasia
The Grand Duchesses Tatiana and Anastasia in a flowery corner of the park at Tsarskoe-selo, with their pet dog. The photograph was taken during the summer of 1917 when the Russian imperial family

Jews in Captivity - 2
Nebuchadnezzar II, after defeating the Jews, takes many of them captive to Babylon, where they are very unhappy and sit around moping

Babylon Falls / Martin
BABYLON FALLS Kurash II (Cyrus) king of Persia, takes Babylon.. Babylon is taken, her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces

Mouse Trapper 1865
Now I ve got you ! - a successful Swedish mouse- trapper gloats over his captive

Joachim Released
Joachim, king of Judah, taken captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar II, is released by his successor Awil-Marduk (Evil-Merodach in the Bible)

Ancient German Priest
A priest prepares to sacrifice a captive

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