Desperate Collection

The Last train from Bangor, Northern Ireland Date: circa 1906

The End of Sir John Franklins Arctic Expedition, 1845
Engraving showing the end of Sir John Franklins ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845, entitled They Forged the last link with their lives. This engraving was taken from a painting by W

Richard III on Horse
KING RICHARD III OF ENGLAND depicted at the fatal battle of Bosworth Field - a splendidly stylised depiction showing the doomed monarch desperate yet determined

Commune Barricade
To the death ! Communards make a desperate sortie from behind a barricade in the rue Saint-Martin, Paris

The Latest Spelling Test by William Heath Robinson
A desperate effort to instil good luck into a five-franc plaque before returning to the Casino. Illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944)

Killing an Elephant for food, Paris; Franco-Prussian War, 18
Illustration showing the killing of an elephant, in the Jardin des Plantes, for food during the Siege of Paris in the winter of 1870-1

Cartoon on the Trenches
Well, if you knows of a better ole go to it! A comic glance at the desperate reality of the trenches

Race to Gretna / Newhouse
ONE MILE FROM GRETNA A couple desperate to marry race to Gretna Green in a four horse open top carriage but are pursued by those who wish to stop them

A desperate character. A woman detective pupil at the Baker Street school for lady sleuths, run by Mr Kersey, in disguise as a man puts the finishing touches to her character in order to further a

Last Voyage Explorer Adventurer Discovery North
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Death Sigmund Music Opera Wagner Die Valkure
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Irish Jacobite troops leaving Limerick for France, also known as the Flight of the Wild Geese, following the Treaty of Limerick, 3 October 1691

Comic postcard, Free samples of fruit salts, and the result Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Scotsman discusses runners training Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman sitting on a bench - Oh, hes touching me! Date: 20th century

MY LAST LOUIS! 1908
My last Louis! A desperate gambler gives his last coin to the green devil (the gambling table). Date: 1908

Aveling & Porter Road Roller Desperate Dan NX 6283
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Aveling & Porter F class Road Roller, regn. NX 6283, number 10893, Desperate Dan

BORDER WEDDING
ONE MILE FROM GRETNA A couple desperate to marry race to Gretna Green but are pursued by those who wish to stop them Date: circa 1830

Strolling beggars in China knocking their heads together and on a stone in order to extort alms. Date: 1737

Strolling beggars in China with burning coals
Strolling beggars in China laying burning coals on their heads and using other austerities in order to extort alms. Date: 1752

Louise Max-Ehrler (1850-1920). Italian painter. Telegram, 1894. Detail. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic

Defeat of Prussian Guard in Great War Deeds, WW1
The defeat of the Prussian Guard near Ypres, Belgium, by the British Army. Reproduction of a painting by R Caton Woodville Great War Deeds

Silhouette, A Drowning Man Catches at a Straw
A Drowning Man Catches at a Straw -- silhouette showing a man in water, reaching up to a tree branch

Comic German postcard -- health spa toilets
Comic German postcard -- desperate men and women run towards the health spa toilets. Date: early 20th century

Comic German postcard -- health spa toilet engaged
Comic German postcard -- greetings from Karlsbad -- nine desperate, overweight men wait outside the health spa toilet. Date: early 20th century

Comic German postcard -- health spa toilets all engaged
Comic German postcard by Franz Whonpfeng -- desperate, overweight men discover that all the toilets at the health spa are engaged. Date: 1909

Comic German postcard -- paying for access
Comic German postcard -- desperate, overweight men paying for access to the toilet at a health spa. Date: early 20th century

Struggle for the Yser Canal, First World War
Desperate struggle between German and Belgian troops in a German attack on the Yser Canal, Belgium. Fierce hand to hand fighting; some cows which had been grazing in a field nearby were killed by

Illustration to a story, There -- there is my child
There -- there is my child! A woman in desperate search for her missing child catches sight of her performing on an outdoor stage

Crimean War, engagement of Russian and allied forces
Crimean War -- desperate engagement at Russian outworks between Russian and allied forces. 1855

WW2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Scramble to get cigarettes
WW2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Scramble to pick up cigarettes thrown from a moving train carriage by returning British RAF personnel

A Desperate Jump 1911
Look before you leap! A petrified skier soars through the air. Date: 1911

Tender supplications invoked by young ladies of forty years, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

WW1 recruitment poster, Group System, Enlistment in Groups will reopen on Monday January 10th 1916 and proceed until further notice

WW1 recruitment poster, The Crisis, an Appeal to Free Men. Date: circa 1916

WW1 recruitment poster, The Crisis (Welsh version)
WW1 recruitment poster, The Crisis, Answer to the Call NOW! (Welsh version) Date: circa 1916

Attempt of Prussian Guard to break British line round Ypres
Desperate attempt of the famous Prussian Guard to break the protecting British line round Ypres in Flanders in November 1914. The British infantry repulsed the Germans with heavy losses

Effects of taking the waters
The rather adverse effect of taking the waters at Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg !!! Date: circa 1910s

Yichang, China - Chinese Beggar
Chinese Beggar on the street at Yichang, a prefecture-level city located in western Hubei province, Peoples Republic of China. Date: 1920

The Last boat leaving Bangor for Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: circa 1906

Great Fire - Thessaloniki - Bakery Beseiged in aftermath
A Bakery besieged by the hungry and homeless at Salonica, Greece, in the aftermath of the Great Fire that raged between 18th-19th August 1917

As the Japanese bayonets draw nearer to Port Arthur, Russian forces make more desperate ? for safety. Print shows Japanese bayonets puncturing a wall

A desperate finish. Date 1895. A desperate finish. Date 1895

Col. Michael Corcoran, at the Battle of Bull Run, Va, July 2
Col. Michael Corcoran, at the Battle of Bull Run, Va.-July 21st 1861: The desperate and bloody charge of the Gallant Sixty Ninth, on the rebel batteries. Date 1861?. Col

Desperate encounter between the Ericsson battery Monitor 2 guns, and the Merrimac 12 guns. Desperate encounter between the Ericsson battery Monitor 2 guns, and the Merrimac 12 guns

Dalton gang, Kansas
The destruction of the Dalton gang in Kansas, America. Five of the notorious and desperate bandits were killed in a battle with Coffeyville

Poster design, I Killed The Count
Poster design for a theatre production by the Station Repertory Company, entitled I Killed The Count, showing at the Station Theatre. A desperate-looking man points a gun at the viewer

A very poor man - Algiers, Algeria Date: circa 1920s

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