Hostage Collection

Father Serapion martyred in Algeria, North Africa
Father Serapion, an English or Irish Mercedarian friar, offers himself as a hostage in order to free captive Christians in Algeria, North Africa

Reception of the hostages from Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, by Lord Cornwallis, March 1792. Tipus two sons, aged about ten and eight

Siege of Calais by King Edward III, Hundred Years War
Scene towards the end of the Siege of Calais by King Edward III, with the six Burghers on the right, during the Hundred Years War

Mary Winchester, pictured after her release from captivity, pictured with Scubedar, an officer who took care of her following her release

Sandanski and Panitsa - Macedonian Revolutionaries. Yane Ivanov Sandanski (1872-1915) (also known as Pirin Tsar (Pirinski Car) - pictured on left)

Return of hostages at end of first Afghan War
The return of military and civilian British hostages towards the end of the first Afghan War. They had been held by Akbar Khan. Date: 1842

The Day, Heath Robinson - the hoisting of the hostage
The Day: The Germans Come - and are " Terror" -ised. Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England-from the British side, by Heath Robinson

Children in their pirates cave
Pretending to be pirates Date: Circa 1880

Darboy in Prison
Archbishop Darboy, held as a hostage in the prison of La Roquette, and murdered by the Communards on 24 May

Evening Standard Stall
A newspaper seller stands with a copy of The Evening Times although the placard on his stand advertising the headline from the Evening Standard " Gun raid: woman hostage". Date: 1962

Cloelia escapes back to Rome by swimming the Tiber
Cloelia, given as a hostage to the Etruscan king, Lars Porsenna of Clusium, escapes back to Rome by swimming the Tiber, taking several other Roman girls with her

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