Drowning Collection (page 2)

Cartoon, A Great Stream from a Petty Fountain, or, John Bull swamped in the Flood of new Taxes; Cormorants fishing in the Stream, by James Gillray

Illustration, A Song of the English, The Sea
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Lloyd George, unemployment cartoon 1921
Work for All. Come on everybody, and lend a hand, this isn t a one-man job! Prime Minister Lloyd George tries to rescue a half-drowned man representing trade from the river of unemployment while

Boy scout saves drowning woman, Athens, Greece
A 15-year-old boy scout, Sokrates Haris, jumped into the sea and saved a drowning woman in the port of Volos in the Byron District of Athens, Greece

Shelley Monument
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY monument : he died by drowning in a storm off the coast of Italy. Date: 1792 - 1822

First Earl Sandwich
EDWARD MONTAGU, first earl of SANDWICH distinguished naval commander who died by drowning when his ship caught fire while fighting the Dutch, Date: 1625 - 1672

Kyoto, Japan - Kimozuji Dera Temple Complex - Sacred stones - Memorial to the suicide (by drowning) of Saigo and Gessho. Date: circa 1905

The Lady of the Lake - Old Soak fished out of the water
The Lady of the Lake - A Drunken Old Soak is fished out of the water by a dapper gent in a punt. Her bottle heads for the bottom and perhaps the dunking has sobered her up! Date: circa 1915

Popular song Goodbye Dolly
A woman in despair over her drowning soldier husband who whilst rowing broke an oar and fell into the water. Realising his fate he bids fond farewell to his wife, Dolly

Lunardi Balloon
Plate showing Representatn of Mr Lunardi making an Experiment on the Thames of his invention to save persons from drowning

Group of Romanian Jews
A group of Romanian Jews, with a quotation from Prime Minister Carp. Below is an historical note about the persecution of the Jews in Romania in 1866

Illustration, The Sea Mine, WW1
An illustration entitled The Sea Mine, depicting people drowned and drowning in the sea following their ship being hit and sunk by a mine during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Puss in Boots by Charles Folkard
Help! Help! My lord the Marquis Carabas is drowning. A fairy tale by Charles Perrault Date: 1923

Lord Kitchener, headlines announcing his death
Newspaper headlines on a large poster, announcing the death by drowning of Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916). He died when HMS Hampshire, on which he was travelling

The White Ship tragedy
William Adelin dies following the sinking of the White Ship in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. As the only legitimate son of Henry I and heir to the throne of England

Drowning Girl

Scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero
A scene from the legend of William Tell, Swiss folk hero. He springs onto the bank and pushes his enemy Gesslers boat back into the raging water, thereby causing its occupants to drown

Puss in Boots tells the King his Master is drowning
Puss in Boots stops the Kings coach and tells him that his Master is drowning (though he is only bathing in the river). Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697

Hancocks Acquatic Dress - a basin-type device for walking across deep rivers. The rather opn design rathers opens the possibility for flooding

The Economy Campaign
In the new climate of thrift during World War One, this family economises by eating pets, fashioning a pram out of a soapbox and drowning the family dog

Indifference
After marriage, such is the indifference of this monkey husband, he doesn t even notice when his wife falls into the water during a boating trip

Royal Humane Society
A sketch of the receiving house of the Royal Humane Society. The society was founded in 1774 by Dr William Hawes and Dr Thomas Cogan, to save people from drowning by using resuscitation

Tug of War Cartoon
3rd Event - International Sports 1914- THE TUG OF WAR. " I Ain t seed Hun come up for the third time yet ave you Sargint?" - a sharp cartoon commentary on front line life

The ship, Cospatrick in flames
Emigrant ship, the Cospatrick on fire at sea. On discovery of the fire, the crew tried to extingush the flames, but the wind spread them around the ship

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the central stree
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the central street of shops, over 150 meters long, with the spacious embarkation hall

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the chapel, where
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the decorative chapel, where passenger could attend religious services and practise their devotions during a voyage

Burnt out liner L Atlantique, successfully brought into port
The burnt out liner, L Atlantique successfully brought into port at Cherbourg. The fire broke out in the early hours of 4th January 1933, at 6am the abandon ship order was given

Dog Saves Boy
A dog rescues a boy who has fallen into the water while retrieving his toy boat

Advert for Old Dog Tray
Advertisement for Old Dog Tray Fine Cut tobacco manufactured by Wellman and Dwire Tobacco Company, Quincy, Illinois

Whirlpool / Maelstrom
A maelstrom in full flow

DIVERS AND NORTHFLEET
Divers prepare to descend to investigate the wreck of the Northfleet which sank after a collision, drowning some 300 navvies bound for Australia to build railways there

Henry Is Children / Drown
Henry Is children, drown when the White Ship founders on a rock and capsizes

Puss in Boots - 3
Puss tells the king and his daughter that his master, the marquis de Carabas, is drowning. Hes lying, of course, but they believe him

Tay Bridge Photo 4
The destroyed central section of the Tay railway bridge from which a passenger train crashed into the river at night drowning between 75 and 90 passengers

Thames at Dorney
Swimmers in the Thames near Dorney Church, Buckinghamshire. Let us hope that the fellow in the water is waving, not drowning

Dante Crossing Styx
Dante comes across Filippo Argenti, one of his political enemies, (a Black Guelph), now residing among the wrathful in the river Styx

Garibaldi Saves Woman
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI at the age of eight saves an unfortunate female from drowning

Bismarck / Rohling / Page 11
Bismarck saves his groom from drowning

Mexico / Yucatan
Reconstruction of a Maya temple, based on an English archaeological survey led by Thomas Gann, including sacrificial altar, drowning pool and sports stadium

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