Humane Collection

Black Beauty 1967
Front cover design by Roger Hall, for a 1967 edition of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, originally published in 1877

St Bernard (Landseer)
A distinguished member of the Humane Society

Medals Awarded for Gallantry or Life-Saving at Sea - top row (L-R) Stanhope gold medal awarded by the Royal Humane Society for the bravest life-saving deed of the year

Freemasons Hall, London
FREEMASONS HALL, LONDON A banquet of the Royal Humane Society is in progress, and a procession of persons saved from drowning during the past year passes among the guests Date: 1841

William Duke Leinster
WILLIAM ROBERT GITZGERALD, second duke of LEINSTER described as he Humane and Great. Date: 1749 - 1804

Black Beauty US 1st Ed
Front cover of the American first edition of Black Beauty published in America by the American Humane Education Society. Date: 1890

Martin of Aragon (1356-1410). King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia, Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 (as Martin II). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883

ORGANISED DOG FIGHTING
Two dogs fight, encouraged by their owners, in front of a large betting crowd shouting for the death of one or other. What fun...how humane.... Date: 1820

WPC Lesley Moore, Metropolitan Police, Stanhope Gold Medal
The Stanhope Gold Medal of the Royal Humane Society, awarded to WPC Lesley Moore, Charing Cross Division, Metropolitan Police, London in January 1992

The lifesaving Mermaid of Bognor Regis, Mary Wheatland
Mary Wheatland (1835-1924) - a well known Bognor Regis Character, a woman who hired bathing machines from the east of the pier

Bulldog rescued from sinking ship, First World War
When the King Edward is sunk by a mine during the First World War, the crew rescue Norah the bulldog, together with the monkeys and cats they had as pets

Martin I of Aragon, The Humane (1356-1410). King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia, and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 (as Martin II). Portrait

John Beaumont
JOHN BEAUMONT Registrar and Secretary to the Royal Humane Society. Date: ? - 1831

Receiving House of Royal Humane Society, Hyde Park, London. Date: circa 1910s

German prisoners line up to be vaccinated, WW1
Captured German soldiers during the Battle of Menin Road wait by a tent to be vaccinated Date: 1917

William Hawes
WILLIAM HAWES Medical practitioner and philanthropist, founder of the Humane Society. Date: 1736 - 1808

Martin (1356-1410). King of Aragon (1396-1410). Genealogy of the Crown of Aragon. ca. 1410. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Kingdom of Arag󮠨1412). Compromise of Caspe
Kingdom of Arag󮠨 1412). Compromise of Caspe. Chalice of the compromise. Jewelry

A distinguished member of the Humane Society

Humane Society Iceman and boat for rescuing
An iceman of the Royal Humane Society who warned people from venturing out skating on thinly-frozen lakes and helped them when they got into trouble, and a boat for saving persons from drowning

Dr. Howard Demonstrating Resuscitation, Royal Humane Society
Engraving showing Dr. Howard, Medical Officer of New York Harbour, demonstrating his resusciation technique at the Receiving House of the Royal Humane Society, Hyde Park, London 1878

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

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