Hostile Collection (page 3)

American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Boston. Citizens hostile with the British soldiers. Engraving. 19th century

Dog and cat with a bowl
Unusual Friends - dog and cat falling out over a bowl. 1950s

Cartoon, M Riviere and Mrs Weldon
Cartoon, Jules Riviere (1819-1900), composer and conductor, and Georgina Weldon (1837-1914), classical singer and conductor

Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt, French actress
Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), legendary French actress, described here as: Actor, author, painter, sculptor, universal genius, creation-whipper and wholesale fascinator

Caricature of Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative leader, thumbing his nose at a hostile audience. 1880

Cartoon, Wheres the Cat?
Cartoon, man and cat -- Wheres the Cat? 1880

Francisco Javier / Crucifi
FRANCISCO JAVIER (XAVIER) Spanish Jesuit missionary; quells hostile natives at Travancore, in India Date: 1506 - 1552

John Hewson Caricature
JOHN HEWSON hostile caricature of the shoemaker who rose to the rank of general in Cromwells army, regicide, escaped at the Restoration and lived in exile Date: ? - 1662

White bulldog thrown into the water by a bull in a field
A white bulldog is thrown over a hedge into the water by a bull in a field. Date: 1905

White bulldog thrown into the air by a bull in a field
A white bulldog is thrown into the air by a bull in a field. Date: 1905

Bonzo gets that spring feeling by George Studdy
Bonzo gets that spring feeling when confronted by a bull in a field. Chee-Kee the Pekingese escapes the easy way by slipping under the five-bar gate rather than being head-butted over it

Ground defence against enemy air attacks, WW1
Examples of ground defence against enemy air attacks during the First World War. Showing bomb-dropping by hand from an aeroplane, an aeroplane being transported on a military motor

Nursery Rhymes -- man on horse, royal scene
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a black man riding a horse down the street. Below -- a royal scene. Date: early 20th century

Anarchist Outrages 8
This house in the rue de Clichy, targeted as the home of a hostile politician, is the scene of a bomb attack by the anarchist Ravachol. Date: 1892

Discodermid sponge
Discodermia lives a sessile life on the seabed around North America and the Caribbean

The fall of the Pekin castle, the hostile army being beaten away from the imperial castle by the allied armies. Print shows the allied armies advancing toward the Boxer forces outside the imperial

Scotland / Glencoe
Scotland/Glencoe

Paris Riot Church Raid
The church of Saint-Joseph in Paris is sacked by anarchist rioters: alters were smashed, pictures trampled under foot & a bonfire made of the chairs. Date: 1899

Indian troops operating Lewis gun, WW1
Indian troops operating a Lewis gun on a mounting against hostile aircraft during the First World War, probably in Palestine. Troops in the background can be seen taking shelter in trenches

COMET OF 1910
The populace of Tientsin, China, attempt to frighten away a comet by making hostile gestures and noises Date: 1910

SKYLARK THREE (Dr Edward E Smith) The spaceship from Earth slices through the hostile craft from the planet Fenechrone Date: 1930

Camouflaged street WWI
A street camouflaged against hostile aircraft on the Western Front during World War I

Departure of troops by the London and Birmingham Railway
Troops departing from Euston Station, London, to Manchester and other industrial districts of Lancashire to supress the riots and strikes there

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Inspecting troops at Prahsu
British officers inspecting Kossohs, or warriors from a tribe hostile to the Ashanti, at the British camp based at Prahsu

Etienne Marcel 3
Marcel, seeking reform and hostile to Jean II and his son, the future Charles V, prepares to open the Paris gates to the king of Navarre but is murdered by Maillart

Etienne Marcel
Marcel, seeking reform and hostile to Jean II and his son, the future Charles V, prepares to open the Paris gates to the king of Navarre but is murdered by Maillart

Kjobenhavn Bombarded
Copenhagen is bombarded by hostile warships - but we cannot trace who is doing the bombarding or why !

A French motor-gun
Soldiers firing a French auto-cannon in August 1915. A light, quick-firer, occasionally used to fire on hostile aircraft, the gun was mounted onto motor-cars for rapid transit from point to point

Defending a Coast
As a hostile fleet approaches the coast, the defences are manned - chiefly crossbows behind protective screens

Louis XIV Crosses Rhine
CROSSING THE RHINE Louis XIV and his officers watch as their men cross the river into hostile territory

Western / Lost Wagon Tr
THE LOST WAGON TRAIN (Zane Grey) Not so much lost as found by hostile Native Americans

Repairing Flags
Flags deteriorate either from the weather or by hostile gunfire: French sailors with the necessary skills make repairs to their flags

Soviet Pe-2 Bombers
Soviet PE-2 bombers make a daylight raid on a hostile target

Launch from Airship
Aeroplanes are carried beneath an airship, to be released if the airship should be attacked by hostile aircraft

An Unpopular Orator
An unpopular candidate at election time gets pelted with a variety of vegetables and an unfortunate cat by the hostile crowd

Detecting a Submarine
Thwarting a submarine attack : an array of microphones detects the approach of a hostile submarine - then the destroyers come in to the attack !

Plane Meets Cow
A German biplane, forced to land in Russian territory, is confronted by a hostile cow whose horns threaten the planes fragile structure

Saved by a Brother
American Revolutionary Captain MacKinsty, captured by hostile Iroquois, is about to be burnt when their leader Brandt, recognising a brother-Mason, saves him, though an enemy

Hadrians Travels
Hadrian travels his empire on foot, to ensure it is being properly governed, Britain is on his itinerary in 120, and he builds a wall to keep out hostile northern tribes

Orang-Utan and Natives
An orang-utan defends itself against two hostile predators

Children, Cats & Dog
A little boy with his dog visits a little girl and her cats; the cats think the dog is after their milk

Otto II Escapes
Emperor Otto II escapes from hostile Greeks by swimming to his ship, after being disastrously thwarted in his attempt to assert his claim to southern Italy

Romans in Germany 170
Roman soldiers set fire to a hostile German village

Vanity Fair / Mr Osborne
Mr Osbornes welcome to Amelia

Tortoise Talisman
TORTOISE TALISMAN valued in the Far East as a protection against hostile magic

Vespucci / Hostile Natives
Amerigo Vespucci encounters hostile natives

Cent Mille Lieues
CENT MILLE LIEUES DANS LES AIRS (comte Henry de la Vaulx) : a French flying machine attacks a troop of hostile African natives on camels

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