Grasp Collection

Guinness Advertisement
A humorous advertisement illustration which shows a man frantically running to save his bottle of Guinness which is sat between the imminent grasp of a large heavy machinery claw. Date: circa 1939

Fairy Illustration
An illustration of fairy-like young woman, wearing a sequin dress with pink ribbons strapped around her shoulders, bursting through some paper

TREASURE ISLAND/ISRAEL
The death of Israel Hands: "the coxswain loosed his grasp upon the shrouds, & plunged head first into the water." Date: First published: 1883

WW1/1915/RUSSIAN GAMBLE
The Russians gamble - and lose ! (Death rakes in the fallen..) Date: 1915

Dance of the whirling Dervishes of Mawlawi Tawagozi. Sufi Dervishes in tall hats dance in a circle to accompaniment by musicians on drums, psaltery and sistrum. Ballo dei Dervisch Mewlewi

Fantastic Adventures - The Man from yesterday
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, August 1948, featuring the story The Man from yesterdayr by Lee Francis. Two dishabille men are fighting in the jungle with spears

Jesus arrives in Gethsemane and finds a man possessed by the devil. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Unbalanced Skaters
Two attractive, fashionable young ladies grasp firmly to an obliging man who does his best to ensure they all remain on their feet. Date: 1935

Favourite Sayings - Grasp all and lose all
Black and white lantern slide painted scene of mice in a granary making holes in the sacks of corn.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Grasp all and lose all. Lantern slide creations of C

Japan holds the string when Russia reaches to grasp. Print shows a string held by a Japanese man about to ensnare the hands of a Russian man reaching to grab a Chinese or Korean man lying

Pencil studies of a rabbit and grasping fist by Raymond Sheppard

Somers with Seal
John, first lord SOMERS statesman, Lord Chancellor, holding the Great Seal with an apprehensive look as though at any moment someone might snatch it out of his grasp

Maid Marian Rescued
Ripping Guy of Gisbornes sword from his grasp, Robin Hood rescues Maid Marian in true swachbuckling fashion

Ordeal by Redhot Metal
ORDEAL BY RED-HOT METAL The suspect is required to grasp a bar of heated metal - if he can hold it, he is innocent, if not, not

Scientific Weaponry
Lets hope we never have to use the weapons that todays science puts in our grasp !

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