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Background imageChains Collection: Isambard Kingdom Brunel with chains

Isambard Kingdom Brunel with chains
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c. pictured in front of the launching chain of the Great Eastern

Background imageChains Collection: Coal miners in shaft lift, South Wales

Coal miners in shaft lift, South Wales
Several coal miners with blackened faces stand in the shaft lift at the end of their shift in a coal mine in South Wales

Background imageChains Collection: Suffragette W. S. P. U Holloway Brooch

Suffragette W. S. P. U Holloway Brooch
The Holloway Brooch, designed by Sylvia Pankhurst, for presentation to W.S.P.U released prisoners. It depicts the portcullis symbol of the House of Commons with chains and broad arrows in purple

Background imageChains Collection: Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Sylvia Pankhurst

Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Sylvia Pankhurst
Badge issued by the Womens Social & Political Union with design by Sylvia Pankhurst. This circular tin badge in purple, green and white, shows a young woman

Background imageChains Collection: Heavy shire horse pulls an old hay rake

Heavy shire horse pulls an old hay rake
A farmer and his heavy horse take a break from working to gather hay on a field. They stop to talk to another farmer and a young lady in white dress

Background imageChains Collection: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, IKB union jack flag - T-shirt / poster print design

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, IKB union jack flag - T-shirt / poster print design
Isambard Kingdom Bunel portrait with Union Jack flag - T-shirt / poster print design IKB

Background imageChains Collection: Melancholy and raving madness, Bedlam Hospital

Melancholy and raving madness, Bedlam Hospital
The figures of melancholy and raving madness over the gateway into Bethlehem(Bedlam)Hospital. Statues by the Danish sculptor Caius Gabriel Cibber Date: 1813

Background imageChains Collection: Houdini & Skyscraper

Houdini & Skyscraper
Suspended from the cornice of a New York skyscraper, he must somehow free himself of his chains and make his way to safety... will he do it ? Is this one trick too many ?

Background imageChains Collection: Farmer and team of working horses plough a field

Farmer and team of working horses plough a field
A team of two heavy horses plough a field, watched by a large crow and a pet springer spaniel. Watercolour painting by Malcom Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Background imageChains Collection: Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert

Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert
Undated coloured poster for Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert featuring illustrations of his tricks and performances. HPF/5B/18

Background imageChains Collection: Three Cartier platinum and diamond bracelets

Three Cartier platinum and diamond bracelets Date: circa 1930s

Background imageChains Collection: Shaping metal with a steam hammer

Shaping metal with a steam hammer
Two metalworkers use a clamp and chain to hold a large piece of metal in place while it is shaped by a pneumatic steam hammer

Background imageChains Collection: Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, south east London

Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, south east London
The Great Crane at the Arsenal, Woolwich, south east London, used to lift sections of large guns

Background imageChains Collection: Scene at La Salpetriere in Paris

Scene at La Salpetriere in Paris
A scene at La Salpetriere, Paris, where Philippe Pinel orders the manacles removed from the mental patients

Background imageChains Collection: Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, in south east London, London

Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, in south east London, London, laying in marsh land between Greenwich and Gravesend. The majority of heavy guns for the Navy

Background imageChains Collection: Firefighters with motor fire engine, Whitefriars MFB

Firefighters with motor fire engine, Whitefriars MFB
Firefighters with a motor fire engine, Whitefriars MFB (Metropolitan Fire Brigade)

Background imageChains Collection: Patriotic Poster - 30th Anniversary of Dien Bien Phu

Patriotic Poster - 30th Anniversary of Dien Bien Phu
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - 30 Years Commemoration of the Victory against the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in May, 1954. Breaking the shackles of Colonial oppression. Date: 1984

Background imageChains Collection: King Ferdinand of Bulgaria

King Ferdinand of Bulgaria
King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria(1861-1948). Date: circa 1909

Background imageChains Collection: Man under coal weighing machine, Llanerch Colliery

Man under coal weighing machine, Llanerch Colliery
A smartly dressed man (Herbert Saunders) standing under a coal weighing machine at Llanerch Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Background imageChains Collection: Andormeda Star Map

Andormeda Star Map
Andromeda (Gloria Federici), in chains, plus triangles constellation

Background imageChains Collection: Caratacus Exhibited

Caratacus Exhibited
CARATACUS British Chieftain Resisted the Roman invasion of Emperor Claudius. He is defeated and exhibited in Rome, where he is pardoned

Background imageChains Collection: Evolution / Art Apes Life

Evolution / Art Apes Life
An extremely talented aspiring monkey artist sketches a less fortunate fellow monkey who is chained up whilst being sketched

Background imageChains Collection: Draycott, Cotswold village, Edith Hodgkins, milkmaid

Draycott, Cotswold village, Edith Hodgkins, milkmaid
Draycott, Cotswold village, Edith Hodgkins (later Mrs Brown), milkmaid. Date: 1916

Background imageChains Collection: Italy - Brescia - Ponte Elevatoio Visconteo

Italy - Brescia - Ponte Elevatoio Visconteo
Italy - Brescia - Ponte Levatoio Visconteo - The Castle draw-bridge. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageChains Collection: Caractacus Exhibited

Caractacus Exhibited
CARACTACUS The captured British chief, also known as Caradoc, is paraded in chains by the Emperor Claudius in Britain. Date: 51

Background imageChains Collection: Police removing suffragettes chained to railings 1908

Police removing suffragettes chained to railings 1908
Police officers removing Edith New and Olivia Smith from the railings of 10. Downing Street. The image is interestingly captioned

Background imageChains Collection: Queen Elizabeth II, Trooping the Colour

Queen Elizabeth II, Trooping the Colour
Queen Elizabeth II on horseback, returning from the ceremony of Trooping the Colour. Date: circa 1954

Background imageChains Collection: Antonia de Cordova in prison

Antonia de Cordova in prison
Antonia de Cordova in chains in a prison dungeon

Background imageChains Collection: Workmen Chain Line

Workmen Chain Line
This photograph shows the silhouetted form of a line of workmen in chains in the foreground, with a geared mechanism in the background. Date: circa 1939

Background imageChains Collection: The Dancing Bear

The Dancing Bear
This painting shows a crowd of people watching a dancing bear, bound with a muzzle and chains, travelling along a cobbled street. Date: circa 1917

Background imageChains Collection: RMS Queen Mary, anchor cable

RMS Queen Mary, anchor cable
The anchor-cable of RMS Queen Mary with links two feet in length Date: 1930s

Background imageChains Collection: A Cornish Milkmaid

A Cornish Milkmaid
A portrait oil painting of a Cornish milkmaid, carrying a yoke, a bar in which two buckets are suspended by chains at each end, to be carried over the shoulders. Date: circa 1924

Background imageChains Collection: Fragment of a column with funerary inscription in Hebrew. Ar

Fragment of a column with funerary inscription in Hebrew. Ar
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Fragment of a column with funerary inscription in Hebrew of Abramo Roccas (d.1587) in the cloister. Rome. Italy

Background imageChains Collection: Henry VI, Part I, by Shakespeare

Henry VI, Part I, by Shakespeare
Act II, Scene V The death of Mortimer in the Tower; "Mourn not, except thou sorrow for my good" Date: Late eighteenth century

Background imageChains Collection: FRANCOIS DE PARIS

FRANCOIS DE PARIS (1690 - 1727), Jansenist priest at the age of 37 - his death inspired the Convulsionnaires de Saint-Medard

Background imageChains Collection: WWII - Allied tank with anti mine chains Arnhem Netherlands

WWII - Allied tank with anti mine chains Arnhem Netherlands
World War II - Allied tank with anti mine chains in the centre of Arnhem Netherlands, fire started by retreating German army

Background imageChains Collection: Christmas Day at the North Eastern Hospital 1904

Christmas Day at the North Eastern Hospital 1904
Christmas Day in a childrens Goldsmiths Ward in North Eastern Hospital in Hackney Road, London. Showing a huge Christmas tree in the ward, decorated with stockings, crackers, dolls

Background imageChains Collection: Christmas Festivities at the North Eastern Hospital 1905

Christmas Festivities at the North Eastern Hospital 1905
Infants at the Goldsmiths Ward in North Eastern Hospital in Hackney Road, London. Showing a huge Christmas tree in the ward, decorated with crackers, dolls, beads and a angel topper

Background imageChains Collection: Peter Kreglinger in quilted armour, 14th century

Peter Kreglinger in quilted armour, 14th century
Peter Kreglinger died 1365. He wears a quilted armour doublet, over chainmail and plate armour. With shield, great helm and lance. From his grave effigy in the Franciscan church at Rothenburg

Background imageChains Collection: 13th / 18th Hussars Memorial, la Breche d Hermanville

13th / 18th Hussars Memorial, la Breche d Hermanville
The Regiment was equipped with Flail tanks which acted as giant carpet sweepers, having at the front huge rotating steel chains as brushes

Background imageChains Collection: 22nd Dragoons Memorial, Cresserons, Normandy

22nd Dragoons Memorial, Cresserons, Normandy
The Dragoons were equipped with Sherman flail tanks. Rotating metal chains were attached to a roller at the front of the tank and as the tank moved slowly forward

Background imageChains Collection: Gentlemens chains in 18-carat gold for fob watches

Gentlemens chains in 18-carat gold for fob watches. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Background imageChains Collection: Dancer and trained bear, 10th century

Dancer and trained bear, 10th century
Woman dancing in front of a bear chained to its master but scourged to attack, 10th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Background imageChains Collection: Fourth bas-relief of a 12th century sarcophagus

Fourth bas-relief of a 12th century sarcophagus. The princess and her falconer watch knights and ladies capture wild men in bearskins under the battlements

Background imageChains Collection: Roman siege engines

Roman siege engines: shelter for sappers digging a tunnel, Vineae 1, semi-circular shelter Pluteus 2, shelter Testudo with battering ram Aries 3, shelter on rolling cylinders Musculus 4

Background imageChains Collection: Memorials to Flail tanks of 22nd Dragoons on D Day

Memorials to Flail tanks of 22nd Dragoons on D Day
Flail tanks were Sherman tanks equipped at the frontwith rotating rollers with long chains attached whosepurpose was to clear exits from the beaches by exploding mines

Background imageChains Collection: Illustration, Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare

Illustration, Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare. Cast list with decorative border of chains, a sword, a crown and a hooded cloak. Date: 1840

Background imageChains Collection: Infant feeding and management, 1925

Infant feeding and management, 1925
Front cover from a manual on infant feeding and management, produced by Allen and Hanbury s. Date: 1925

Background imageChains Collection: Advert, Birch and Gaydon clocks and watches

Advert, Birch and Gaydon clocks and watches
Advert for Birch and Gaydon, Fenchurch Street, London, manufacturers of chronometers, watches and clocks, goldsmiths and jewellers, dealers in precious stones. circa 1880

Background imageChains Collection: Miss Lily Brayton and Mr Henry Ainley

Miss Lily Brayton and Mr Henry Ainley
Miss Lily Brayton, Actress (1876-1953). In the role of Rosalind in the William Shakespeare play As you Like It, alongside Henry Ainley (1879-1945) in the role of Orlando. Date: 1911

Background imageChains Collection: Russian convict in Siberia. Official inspecting new convicts at the Perasilny

Russian convict in Siberia. Official inspecting new convicts at the Perasilny, Krasnoiarsk. Date: 1891

Background imageChains Collection: Dick Turpins Ring (Cockpit), Hempstead, Essex

Dick Turpins Ring (Cockpit), Hempstead, Essex
circa 1910s

Background imageChains Collection: MONKEY ARTIST

MONKEY ARTIST
An extremely talented aspiring monkey artist sketches a less fortunate fellow monkey who is chained up whilst being sketched. Date: 19th century

Background imageChains Collection: Evolution - Art Apes Life

Evolution - Art Apes Life
An extremely talented aspiring monkey artist sketches a less fortunate fellow monkey who is chained up whilst being sketched

Background imageChains Collection: VICAR OF WAKEFIELD

VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
The Primrose family join their father when he is thrown into a debtors prison by the evil Squire Thornhill. Date: First published: 1766

Background imageChains Collection: St Peter on Tower Green

St Peter on Tower Green
Engaving depicting St Peter circa 1840. The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula (St Peter in chains) is the parish church of the Tower of London. It is situated within the Towers Inner Ward

Background imageChains Collection: Fisherman walks up the beach - New Quay, Wales

Fisherman walks up the beach - New Quay, Wales
A fisherman laden with coiled ropes walks up the beach after leaving his boat. New Quay, Wales Date: 1994

Background imageChains Collection: Avintes, Portugal - Striking girl in traditional costume

Avintes, Portugal - Striking girl in traditional costume
Avintes, Portugal - Striking girl with long wavy dark hair in traditional costume Date: circa 1905

Background imageChains Collection: Punishment of female debtors in Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

Punishment of female debtors in Abyssinia (Ethiopia), East Africa - tied up with a chain until they pay their debts! Date: circa 1930s

Background imageChains Collection: Moses. 1513-1515. Statue by Michelangelo (1475-1564). Marble

Moses. 1513-1515. Statue by Michelangelo (1475-1564). Marble
Moses. 1513-1515. Statue by Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (1475-1564). Marble. San Pietro in Vincoli Church. Rome. Italy

Background imageChains Collection: Dutch Milkmaid

Dutch Milkmaid
Terrific photographic postcard of a Dutch Milkmaid, with two large milk pails supported by a wooden yolk across her shoulders. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageChains Collection: Zanzibar, Tanzania - Convicts

Zanzibar, Tanzania - Convicts
Zanzibar, Tanzania - Shackled convicts Date: circa 1910s

Background imageChains Collection: Two hanging baskets on a Christmas and New Year card

Two hanging baskets on a Christmas and New Year card
Two hanging baskets with flowers and foliage on a Christmas and New Year card, with a white tassel. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageChains Collection: Maud Jeffries and Wilson Barrett in The Sign of the Cross

Maud Jeffries and Wilson Barrett in The Sign of the Cross
Maud Jeffries (1869-1946) as " Mercia" and Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) as " Marcus" in " The Sign of the Cross" an 1895 four-act historical tragedy

Background imageChains Collection: Caractacus before Claudius

Caractacus before Claudius. Caractacus was a British King who fought against the Roman invaders. The Romans won the battle by ambushing the Britons, capturing Caractacuss wife, daughter and brother

Background imageChains Collection: Removal of horse trough in Eastbourne, Sussex

Removal of horse trough in Eastbourne, Sussex
Removal of a horse trough on a street in Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: circa 1962

Background imageChains Collection: Bronze Age. Objects and ornaments. Broze. Northern Zealand

Bronze Age. Objects and ornaments. Broze. Northern Zealand
Prehistoric. Art. Bronze Age. Neck rings, arm rings, costume pins, chains, other ornaments, axes and a chisel-like object. From Rogerup Bog, northern Zealand. 700-500 BC. National Museum of Denmark

Background imageChains Collection: Advert for Wilson & Gill jewellery 1894

Advert for Wilson & Gill jewellery 1894
Selection of novelty jewellery from Wilson & Gill, in Regent Street, London. 1894

Background imageChains Collection: Fishing boats on St Ives beach, Cornwall

Fishing boats on St Ives beach, Cornwall
Fishing boats, Lamorna and Girl Renee, on St Ives beach, Cornwall, with a horse and cart on the left. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageChains Collection: Holidaymakers, Wharf Road, St Ives, Cornwall

Holidaymakers, Wharf Road, St Ives, Cornwall
Holidaymakers enjoying the sunshine, Wharf Road, St Ives, Cornwall. Date: 1960s

Background imageChains Collection: HMS Nelson, British battleship

HMS Nelson, British battleship -- view on the Forecastle, looking aft. Date: 1938

Background imageChains Collection: Man ploughing with two horses

Man ploughing with two horses
A man ploughing with two horses in a field

Background imageChains Collection: Chain room, Millbank Prison

Chain room, Millbank Prison
The chain room at Millbank Prison, London. The walls are lined with chains, shackles and handcuffs. Date: 1862

Background imageChains Collection: Bagne De Brest - 3

Bagne De Brest - 3
LE BAGNE DE BREST New arrivals have chains fixed to their legs

Background imageChains Collection: Baby Making Machine / 1906

Baby Making Machine / 1906
The Great French Baby-making machine - Papa is exhausted by having to work so hard, but Maman is delighted

Background imageChains Collection: Elizabeth Pope in the Character of Zara

Elizabeth Pope in the Character of Zara in The Mourning Bride by Congreve. 1791

Background imageChains Collection: Christmas Eve by Charles Robinson

Christmas Eve by Charles Robinson
The Childs Christmas by Charles Robinson, with text by Evelyn Sharp. Printed by Blackie and Son Limited. Illustration showing two children hanging up decorations on Christmas Eve. Date: 1906

Background imageChains Collection: Norrstrom River, Stockholm, Sweden

Norrstrom River, Stockholm, Sweden
Norrstrom River and promenade in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden. Date: circa 1902

Background imageChains Collection: Kenya, East Africa - Man with his two wives

Kenya, East Africa - Man with his two wives - it appears he may have a false (artificial) left leg (which would explain the walking stick). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageChains Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a jacket

Christmas card in the shape of a jacket with a handkerchief in the pocket. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageChains Collection: Making daisy chains

Making daisy chains
Decorative Art Nouveau style depicting two young girls making daisy chains. Date: circa 1908

Background imageChains Collection: Window glass, Plate 203

Window glass, Plate 203, showing a range of decorative styles. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageChains Collection: Bishops Hoard from Halikko. 12th century. Finland

Bishops Hoard from Halikko. 12th century. Finland
Bishops Hoard from Halikko. 12th century. Pendant with a gilt crucifix. National Museum of Finland. Helsinki. Finland

Background imageChains Collection: Italy. Rome. San Pietro in Vincoli Church. Interior

Italy. Rome. San Pietro in Vincoli Church. Interior. In the apse, frescoes by Giacomo Coppi (1523-1591), 1577



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