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Background imageFlame Collection: Nikola Tesla 1899

Nikola Tesla 1899
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Croatian inventor holding balls of flame in his bare hands

Background imageFlame Collection: Jabberwock Colour

Jabberwock Colour
" The jabberwock, with eye of flame, came whiffling through the tulgey wood"

Background imageFlame Collection: Tropaeolum Speciosum (Flame Flower)

Tropaeolum Speciosum (Flame Flower), a semi-hardy perennial nasturtium climbing plant of the Tropaeolaceae family, with crimson red flowers

Background imageFlame Collection: Construction of the Statue of Liberty, Paris

Construction of the Statue of Liberty, Paris
Construction of the Statue of Liberty in Paris, before shipping to New York. 1885

Background imageFlame Collection: Eternal Flame at Battle of Stalingrad Memorial

Eternal Flame at Battle of Stalingrad Memorial
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad). Battle of Stalingrad Memorial at Mamajev Kurgan Hill. The Memorial Hall of Honour with the Eternal Flame. Date: 2010

Background imageFlame Collection: House to house fighting in Stalingrad, USSR

House to house fighting in Stalingrad, USSR
House to house fighting during the bitter battle amongst the ruins of the battered city of Stalingrad (Volgograd), USSR

Background imageFlame Collection: Female Type / Pre-Raph

Female Type / Pre-Raph
A Pre-Raphaelite style girl with long flame-coloured hair and white gown sits amongst the pink blossoms of a tree in bloom and gazes dreamily upwards

Background imageFlame Collection: A British Charge at Hooge

A British Charge at Hooge
Illustrations showing a charge by soldiers of the Liverpool and Scottish regiments to recapture a trench taken by the Germans who took it by using flame-projectors to spray fire

Background imageFlame Collection: Miracle Fire in Temple

Miracle Fire in Temple
When a mysterious flame bursts out in the temple of fertility goddess Bona Dea, the Vestal Virgins interpret it as a portent favorable to Cicero; but it is probably a trick

Background imageFlame Collection: German Freikorps

German Freikorps
The German Freikorps with an armoured car and a flame thrower

Background imageFlame Collection: The Fall of the German airship L-21 by Fortunino Matania, WW1

The Fall of the German airship L-21 by Fortunino Matania, WW1
The destruction of the German Zeppelin L-21 over Cuffley, Hertfordshire after being shot down by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson on the night of 2nd/3rd September 1916

Background imageFlame Collection: Scottish Types - Leistering Salmon, Clan MacGregor

Scottish Types - Leistering Salmon, Clan MacGregor. 19th century

Background imageFlame Collection: Fairyland Fancies

Fairyland Fancies -- a little girl gazes into the fire, seeing imaginary figures of fairies, witches and goblins. late 19th century

Background imageFlame Collection: Flammenwerfer in French hands

Flammenwerfer in French hands
German flame-projectors, or flammenwerfer being tested by French soldiers. The Germans used Flammenwerfer against the British at Hooge on August 9th 1915

Background imageFlame Collection: Printemps Store Aflame

Printemps Store Aflame
Printemps Department Store in flames, Paris

Background imageFlame Collection: LFB certificate of commendation, Fireman A J Coleman

LFB certificate of commendation, Fireman A J Coleman, who rescued three people at a fire at Archer Street, Notting Hill, West London, on 16 August 1921, signed by Arthur R Dyer, Chief Officer

Background imageFlame Collection: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - The God And The Bayadere

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - The God And The Bayadere
Poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - The God And The Bayadere (The Temple Dancer) - An Indian Legend. Date: circa 1925

Background imageFlame Collection: Brutus consulting Cato

Brutus consulting Cato Date: early 19th century

Background imageFlame Collection: Berry's Electric Magicoal Advertisement

Berry's Electric Magicoal Advertisement
An advertisement for Berry's Electric Ltd, with a photograph promoting the Magicoal electric fire, a blazing fire with flame effect. Date: circa 1920

Background imageFlame Collection: Orange Headscarf

Orange Headscarf
This painting shows a country woman wearing a bright orange headscarf, holding a long stick to a flame. Date: circa 1916

Background imageFlame Collection: Cover design, Unknown

Cover design, Unknown
Cover design, Street and Smith's Unknown, pulp fiction magazine Date: 1939

Background imageFlame Collection: Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk N6715A

Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk N6715A
Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk N671SA (msn 67001), at the SBAC Farnborough Airshow, held between 1-8 September 1974. N6715A crashed while conducting a low-level aerobatic demonstration at the Farnborough

Background imageFlame Collection: Boeing 747-212B SX-OAD

Boeing 747-212B SX-OAD Olympic Flame (msn 21684, line Number 391), of Olympic Airlines, on approach to Athens International Airport. Date: circa 1998

Background imageFlame Collection: Original Artwork - Bedtime on Christmas Eve

Original Artwork - Bedtime on Christmas Eve
Original Artwork - two young children going to bed on Christmas Eve, the older boy holding a candle to light the way. The little girl is telling her puppy that it is bedtime too! Date: circa 1937

Background imageFlame Collection: Historical views of Persia (Iran)

Historical views of Persia (Iran). View of the city of Gombroon (Bandar Abbas) on the Persian Gulf 58, the courtesan Thais leading Alexander the Great to set fire to Persepolis 59

Background imageFlame Collection: Flame anemone, Anemone hortensis

Flame anemone, Anemone hortensis var. fulgens. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Background imageFlame Collection: Wrinkled rose, Rosa rugosa

Wrinkled rose, Rosa rugosa. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Background imageFlame Collection: Argentine, flame brocade and archers dart

Argentine, flame brocade and archers dart
Argentine, Spatalia argentina, flame brocade, Trigonophora flammea, and archers dart, Agrotis vestigialis. Phalaena Bombyx argentina, flammea, vestigilias

Background imageFlame Collection: Clostera anastomosis and Nudaria mundana

Clostera anastomosis and Nudaria mundana
Clostera anastomosis 1-5, muslin footman, Nudaria mundana 6, Phalaena donasa. Phalaena anastomosis, munda, donasa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann

Background imageFlame Collection: Ann Harding in The Flame Within (1935)

Ann Harding in The Flame Within (1935) wore a smart ensemble with a suggestion of Scottish heather designed by Dolly Tree

Background imageFlame Collection: No4 Commando & Captaine Philippe Kieffer Memorials

No4 Commando & Captaine Philippe Kieffer Memorials
These are alongside the beach at Ouistreham-Riva-Bella and the basic flame Memorial was erected in 1984 on top of a German gun cupola

Background imageFlame Collection: Mr. Bidwills erythrina, Erythrina bidwillii

Mr. Bidwills erythrina, Erythrina bidwillii. Flame tree or coral tree. Hybrid of Erythrina herbacea x Erythrina crista-galli

Background imageFlame Collection: Flame violet, Episcia lilacina

Flame violet, Episcia lilacina (Cyrtodeira chontalensis). Costa Rica rainforest. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imageFlame Collection: Queen Dido of Carthage preparing a ritual sacrifice to Juno

Queen Dido of Carthage preparing a ritual sacrifice to Juno
Queen Dido of Carthage preparing a ritual sacrifice of a white bull to the goddess Juno, whose temple can be seen behind. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios

Background imageFlame Collection: Flowers from Bombay, India

Flowers from Bombay, India. Flame lily, Gloriosa superba, black-eyed Susan vine, Thunbergia alata, golden champak, Magnolia champaca and lilac hibiscus, Hibiscus lilacinus

Background imageFlame Collection: Scarlet flame bean, Brownea coccinea subsp. capitella

Scarlet flame bean, Brownea coccinea subsp. capitella (Brownea racemosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Background imageFlame Collection: Woman in her hair in a ponytail under a hunting hat

Woman in her hair in a ponytail under a hunting hat
Woman in a hunting hat, Chapeau de Chasse, with feathers, and hair worn in a ponytail called the flame of love, Flambeau d Amour

Background imageFlame Collection: Minister fanning sacred flame with flabellum

Minister fanning sacred flame with flabellum
Festival of Isis, with minister fanning the sacred flame with flabellum and second minister with sword or scepter. Devotees playing sistrum, horns and drums

Background imageFlame Collection: Women workers raking out white hot coke, Vauxhall

Women workers raking out white hot coke, Vauxhall
Women workers raking out white hot coke at Vauxhall Gas Works, London

Background imageFlame Collection: Modern architecture of 1928

Modern architecture of 1928
A page from The Illustrated London News detailing modern buildings in 1928. Clockwise from top left: the new medical clinics in modern collegiate style at the University of Chicago

Background imageFlame Collection: Advert for Mellins Emulsion 1895

Advert for Mellins Emulsion 1895
Mellins Emulsion, medicine for children and adults to help with coughs, colds and bronchitis. 1895

Background imageFlame Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 201

Curtis British Entomology Plate 201
Lepidoptera: Melia flammea = Senta (Mythimna) flammea (Flame Wainscot) [Plant: Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (Sisymbrium nasturtium, Water-cress)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageFlame Collection: LONDON CHEAPJACK / 1870

LONDON CHEAPJACK / 1870
A London cheapjack sells some tableware. Date: circa 1870

Background imageFlame Collection: MIRACLE AND CICERO

MIRACLE AND CICERO
When a mysterious flame bursts out in the temple of fertility goddess Bona Dea, the Vestal Virgins interpret it as a portent favorable to Cicero; but it is probably a trick Date: 63 BC

Background imageFlame Collection: MIRACLE FIRE IN TEMPLE

MIRACLE FIRE IN TEMPLE
When a mysterious flame bursts out in the temple of fertility goddess Bona Dea, the Vestal Virgins interpret it as a portent favorable to Cicero; but it is probably a trick Date: 63 BC

Background imageFlame Collection: The Red Light, New Theatre, St Martins Lane, London

The Red Light, New Theatre, St Martins Lane, London
The Red Light, at the New Theatre, St Martins Lane, London. 20th century

Background imageFlame Collection: Warehouse fire, Manchester

Warehouse fire, Manchester
Simon Snorkel is used to fight a warehouse blaze at night in Shudehill, Manchester Date: circa 1969

Background imageFlame Collection: Oxyacetylene flame cutting in a factory or workshop

Oxyacetylene flame cutting in a factory or workshop in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageFlame Collection: Where Ignorance is Bliss by H M Bateman

Where Ignorance is Bliss by H M Bateman, this illustration shows a man warming his behind in front of the fire while he smokes his pipe. But he is unaware of the flames leaping up his back

Background imageFlame Collection: American Hot Rod postcard - for sticking on ones car bumper

American Hot Rod postcard - for sticking on ones car bumper, luggage, walls, dens, offices and factories! " These humorous signs are easy to apply

Background imageFlame Collection: Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine, Goddess of the Golden Flame

Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine, Goddess of the Golden Flame
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1947, featuring the story Goddess of the Golden Flame by William P. McGivern. A powerful-looking fantasy woman directs a thunderbolt at an approaching man

Background imageFlame Collection: Chestnut-belted gnateater, Conopophaga aurita

Chestnut-belted gnateater, Conopophaga aurita, and flame robin, Petroica phoenicea.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

Background imageFlame Collection: Christmas arrangement of candles, flowers and holly

Christmas arrangement of candles, flowers and holly
Christmas arrangement of two red candles, white flowers, red ribbon, holly and mistletoe on a circular log

Background imageFlame Collection: Resurgam by Frank Dicksee

Resurgam by Frank Dicksee
Symbolic painting by Frank Dicksee R.A. showing an armoured figure with the sword of justice rising above the flames of German barbarism during the First World War

Background imageFlame Collection: The Central Powers - Patriotic Postcard

The Central Powers - Patriotic Postcard
The Central Powers in World War One. Austri-Hungary, Turkey and Germany. Soldiers from each country stand before their flags and join hands in a show of unity

Background imageFlame Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a candle and holder

Christmas card in the shape of a candle and holder
Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a candle and holder, with a string to pull to make the flame appear. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageFlame Collection: 10942552

10942552
Boeing B-29 crash landing on retrun from raid, Saipan, 9 July 1945

Background imageFlame Collection: Peace flame in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima

Peace flame in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima
Peace flame and the Peace Memorial Musem in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima by the Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome

Background imageFlame Collection: Peace flame and Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima

Peace flame and Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima
Peace flame and Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II

Background imageFlame Collection: Moses and the burning bush

Moses and the burning bush. 16th century engraving. Colored

Background imageFlame Collection: Summer dress by Elsa Schiaparelli

Summer dress by Elsa Schiaparelli
Illustration of a summer dress designed by Elsa Schiaparelli in flame mousseline, with tourquoise, flame and gold metal musical instruments embroidered around a dropped hip line. Date: 1939

Background imageFlame Collection: Pan Catching Fire

Pan Catching Fire
A cautionary tale in the use of pans which are not made of aluminium branded with an official safety mark from the Societe Francaise des Metaux Ouvres ! Date: 1928

Background imageFlame Collection: CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). Cartoon called A

CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). Cartoon called A Radical Reformer, i.e. A Neck or Nothing Man! Dedicated to the Heads of the Nation. It was published by Thomas Tegg of Cheapside on 17 September 1819

Background imageFlame Collection: British troops repelling a German liquid fire attack, WW1

British troops repelling a German liquid fire attack, WW1
Fighting the flames on the battlefield - British troops repelling a German liquid fire attack. German soldiers, armed with flame throwers

Background imageFlame Collection: Burning of Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf by G. H. Davis

Burning of Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf by G. H. Davis
The burning of the new Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf, by an officer of the Royal Flying Corps. How the giant flame, 500 feet high, leapt up after the bomb had exploded in the shed

Background imageFlame Collection: Austrian troops using flamethrower, WW1

Austrian troops using flamethrower, WW1
Austrian troops in action using a flamethrower during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageFlame Collection: Hawaii - Delonix regia tree

Hawaii - Delonix regia tree
Delonix regia - a species of flowering plant from the Fabaceae family, Caesalpinioideae subfamilia, noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of flowers

Background imageFlame Collection: Christmas arrangement of candles, holly and pine cones

Christmas arrangement of candles, holly and pine cones
Christmas arrangement of red candles, holly, pine cones and a red raffia mat. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageFlame Collection: The Torch of Night

The Torch of Night
A woman flies through the air carrying a torch to light her way in the darkness. 1899

Background imageFlame Collection: Jack Cade attacking London by night

Jack Cade attacking London by night. 1450

Background imageFlame Collection: Young lady wearing a ball grown from Miss Slater Ltd

Young lady wearing a ball grown from Miss Slater Ltd
A young stylish lady wearing a ball grown in Green and Flame Georgette with Flame crepe-de-chine underskirt draped in front. From Miss Slater Ltd. 12, Clifford Street, London. Date: 1924

Background imageFlame Collection: Military road and tree, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Military road and tree, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Military road (built in 1850) and a flamboyant tree (Flame Tree, Royal Poinciana, Delonix regia), on the island of Puerto Rico, North Atlantic Ocean. Date: 1917

Background imageFlame Collection: WW1 poster, Red Cross recruitment and fundraising

WW1 poster, Red Cross recruitment and fundraising
Poster, Red Cross recruitment and fundraising, aiming for ten million members by Christmas. circa 1918

Background imageFlame Collection: Fantastic Adventures - Keeper of the Flame

Fantastic Adventures - Keeper of the Flame by Burt B. Stone. A Beautiful Brunette woman in a sparkly blue dress is held, suspended within a pillar of flame

Background imageFlame Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a candle in a bottle

Christmas card in the shape of a candle in a bottle, with two mice. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageFlame Collection: Colourful gnomes on two Victorian Christmas scraps

Colourful gnomes on two Victorian Christmas scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageFlame Collection: Greetings card with medieval style interior

Greetings card with medieval style interior, looking very cosy in the firelight. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageFlame Collection: Fireeater in a circus

Fireeater in a circus. Date: circa 1963

Background imageFlame Collection: Fire in the oil depot at San Marcuola, 1789, by Francesco Gu

Fire in the oil depot at San Marcuola, 1789, by Francesco Gu
Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), Italian painter. Fire in the oil depot at San Marcuola, 1789, Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Background imageFlame Collection: Greek Art. Altar of Hera. Olympia

Greek Art. Altar of Hera. Olympia
Greek Art. Altar of Hera. Is the location where the Olympic flame is lit the Olympic games. Olympia. Greece

Background imageFlame Collection: The end of the world and the Last Judgement. The confession

The end of the world and the Last Judgement. The confession of sinners. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Background imageFlame Collection: The end of the world and the Last Judgement. The sea will bu

The end of the world and the Last Judgement. The sea will burn. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Background imageFlame Collection: Selling the sacred fire - Pilgrim returning from Jerusalem

Selling the sacred fire - Pilgrim returning from Jerusalem
Pilgrim returning from Jerusalem, selling the sacred fire, believed to be a miracle that occurs every year, the day preceding Orthodox Easter. Date: 1913

Background imageFlame Collection: Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Tommy Atkins

Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Tommy Atkins the Soldiers Son. late 19th century



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