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Isambard Kingdom Brunel with chainsIsambard 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
Coal miners in shaft lift, South WalesSeveral coal miners with blackened faces stand in the shaft lift at the end of their shift in a coal mine in South Wales
Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Sylvia PankhurstBadge 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
Suffragette W. S. P. U Holloway BroochThe 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
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, IKB union jack flag - T-shirt / poster print designIsambard Kingdom Bunel portrait with Union Jack flag - T-shirt / poster print design IKB
Houdini & SkyscraperSuspended 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 ?
Farmer and team of working horses plough a fieldA 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
Heavy shire horse pulls an old hay rakeA 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
Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John ClempertUndated coloured poster for Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert featuring illustrations of his tricks and performances. HPF/5B/18
Three Cartier platinum and diamond bracelets Date: circa 1930s
Shaping metal with a steam hammerTwo metalworkers use a clamp and chain to hold a large piece of metal in place while it is shaped by a pneumatic steam hammer
Melancholy and raving madness, Bedlam HospitalThe figures of melancholy and raving madness over the gateway into Bethlehem(Bedlam)Hospital. Statues by the Danish sculptor Caius Gabriel Cibber Date: 1813
Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, south east LondonThe Great Crane at the Arsenal, Woolwich, south east London, used to lift sections of large guns
Firefighters with motor fire engine, Whitefriars MFBFirefighters with a motor fire engine, Whitefriars MFB (Metropolitan Fire Brigade)
Draycott, Cotswold village, Edith Hodgkins, milkmaidDraycott, Cotswold village, Edith Hodgkins (later Mrs Brown), milkmaid. Date: 1916
King Ferdinand of BulgariaKing Ferdinand I of Bulgaria(1861-1948). Date: circa 1909
Man under coal weighing machine, Llanerch CollieryA smartly dressed man (Herbert Saunders) standing under a coal weighing machine at Llanerch Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales
Andormeda Star MapAndromeda (Gloria Federici), in chains, plus triangles constellation
Evolution / Art Apes LifeAn extremely talented aspiring monkey artist sketches a less fortunate fellow monkey who is chained up whilst being sketched
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
Italy - Brescia - Ponte Elevatoio VisconteoItaly - Brescia - Ponte Levatoio Visconteo - The Castle draw-bridge. Date: circa 1910s
Caractacus ExhibitedCARACTACUS The captured British chief, also known as Caradoc, is paraded in chains by the Emperor Claudius in Britain. Date: 51
Caratacus ExhibitedCARATACUS British Chieftain Resisted the Roman invasion of Emperor Claudius. He is defeated and exhibited in Rome, where he is pardoned
Punishment of female debtors in Abyssinia (Ethiopia), East Africa - tied up with a chain until they pay their debts! Date: circa 1930s
Police removing suffragettes chained to railings 1908Police officers removing Edith New and Olivia Smith from the railings of 10. Downing Street. The image is interestingly captioned
Queen Elizabeth II, Trooping the ColourQueen Elizabeth II on horseback, returning from the ceremony of Trooping the Colour. Date: circa 1954
Antonia de Cordova in prisonAntonia de Cordova in chains in a prison dungeon
Workmen Chain LineThis 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
Patriotic Poster - 30th Anniversary of Dien Bien PhuVietnamese 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
The Dancing BearThis painting shows a crowd of people watching a dancing bear, bound with a muzzle and chains, travelling along a cobbled street. Date: circa 1917
RMS Queen Mary, anchor cableThe anchor-cable of RMS Queen Mary with links two feet in length Date: 1930s
A Cornish MilkmaidA 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
Fragment of a column with funerary inscription in Hebrew. ArArchbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Fragment of a column with funerary inscription in Hebrew of Abramo Roccas (d.1587) in the cloister. Rome. Italy
Henry VI, Part I, by ShakespeareAct II, Scene V The death of Mortimer in the Tower; "Mourn not, except thou sorrow for my good" Date: Late eighteenth century
FRANCOIS DE PARIS (1690 - 1727), Jansenist priest at the age of 37 - his death inspired the Convulsionnaires de Saint-Medard
WWII - Allied tank with anti mine chains Arnhem NetherlandsWorld War II - Allied tank with anti mine chains in the centre of Arnhem Netherlands, fire started by retreating German army
Christmas Day at the North Eastern Hospital 1904Christmas 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
Christmas Festivities at the North Eastern Hospital 1905Infants 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
Peter Kreglinger in quilted armour, 14th centuryPeter 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
13th / 18th Hussars Memorial, la Breche d HermanvilleThe Regiment was equipped with Flail tanks which acted as giant carpet sweepers, having at the front huge rotating steel chains as brushes
22nd Dragoons Memorial, Cresserons, NormandyThe 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
Gentlemens chains in 18-carat gold for fob watches. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895
Dancer and trained bear, 10th centuryWoman 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
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
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
Memorials to Flail tanks of 22nd Dragoons on D DayFlail 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
Illustration, Measure for Measure, by William ShakespeareIllustration 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
Infant feeding and management, 1925Front cover from a manual on infant feeding and management, produced by Allen and Hanbury s. Date: 1925