Ordeal Collection

Tamino and Pamina
Guided and protected by the magic flute, Tamino and Pamina emerge unscathed from the ordeal of fire and water, and all will now be well for them

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Cracker and Bogie
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Cracker subjecting a small dog called Bogie to a nightly ordeal, holding her collar in his mouth and dragging her round the lawn on her back. Date: 1927

Poison tanghin or ordeal tree, Tanghinia venenifera.. Illustration by Lady Frances Cole, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine

Ordeal by Fire & Water
A stage magician performs a feat of being immersed in fire and water

Calabar bean or ordeal bean, Physostigma venenosum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

WW2 Christmas Card, Felix The Lucky Cat
A WW2 Christmas greetings card with a photograph of Felix the lucky cat. Felix was trapped at the bottom of a smouldering crater which was once Raphael House, for seventeen days

Prince of Wales investiture, eight reportage photographs of scenes from the investiture, Carnarvon Castle, Wales. Captioned, Cool or Nervous

MEASURING ST BERNARD
A girl stands on a pile of books to measure the height of her Saint Bernard, who submits patiently to the ordeal. Date: late 19th century

EMMA ( - 1052)
BRITISH ROYALTY Married to 1. Ethelred the Unready 2. Cnut Mother of Edward (Confessor) Tried by ordeal at Winchester Date: - 1052

Saint Jules Martyr. Printed in Paris. XX century. Private Collection. Litography

Tell and Gessler
William Tell, his ordeal over, clasps his son who holds the apple pierced by the arrow. The Austrian steward Gessler watches proceedings on horseback

Balloon Ascent / Horse / Men
Two men fly above Paris on a live horse, which seems naturally terrified by the whole ordeal. One of the gentleman appears to be in jockeys attire

Saint Agnes / Anon
SAINT AGNES Roman saint who survived an ordeal in a brothel but was fatally stabbed when about 13 years old Date: ca 290 - 304

Saint Agnes / Cole Ravenna
SAINT AGNES Roman saint who survived an ordeal in a brothel, only to be fatally stabbed at the age of 13 Date: ca 290 - 304

Saint Agnes / Huyot
SAINT AGNES Roman saint who survived an ordeal in a brothel, only to be fatally stabbed at the age of 13, as depicted here Date: ca 290 - 304

Racial / Mandan Bull Dance
NATIVE AMERICANS The Last Race in which the young initiate warriors compete in a race until they collapse Date: circa 1830

Amethyst Runs the Yangtse Gauntlet. The Frigate returning fire soon after the start of her historic dash down to sea. Date: 1949

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, terrier returning home
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- a rough-haired terrier named Turk, returning home after being sent to live somewhere else. Seen here dragging himself under a gate

Pulling out from the Arnhem Bridgehead, WW2
British Airborne troops pulling out from the Arnhem Bridgehead, crossing the Lower Rhine during the night after an eight-day ordeal. Date: 1944

Sts Cosmas and Damian (died ca. 287) are regarded as the patrons of physicians and surgeons and are sometimes represented with medical emblems. Printed in Paris. 20th century. Litography

British Empire Exhibition 1924 - The Trevessa Boat
British Empire Exhibition 1924 - lifeboat fom the SS Trevessa. On 4th June 1923, the Hain Line steamer Trevessa, heading from western Australia and loaded with zinc concentrates, sank 1

SEVILLA, Juan de (1643-1695). Lasr Communion of Saint Agatha. Baroque art. Oil. SPAIN. Granada. Museums of Fine Arts of Granada

LAMBERT, John (1486-1538). English catholic priest. Trial to John Lambert, condemned to die at the stake. Engraving

The custom house ordeal. Illustration shows a merchant labeled Dealer in Protected Goods standing in a customhouse, with a whip which forms the words Protective Tariff Bought from Congress; a paper

Trial by Fire, Sweden
A young woman undergoes the trial by fire : if she isn t burned, she is innocent... Date: 16th century

Jonah at Nineveh
After his ordeal with the whale, Jonah reaches Nineveh and tells its people the city will be destroyed 40 days later, but they mend their ways and the city is spared

Sioux Ordeal of Sun
NATIVE AMERICANS The Sioux ordeal of looking at the sun, while hanging from strips of flesh which are gradually pulled away

Saint Agnes / Bourne
SAINT AGNES Roman saint who, having survived an ordeal in a brothel, was fatally stabbed at the age of 13

Trial by Combat
Two Knights engaging in single combat, the results of which will be decided by the Judgment of God

Ordeal by Ducking
ORDEAL BY DUCKING The suspect is bound and thrown into a river; if he drowns he is innocent, if he floats he is guilty

Ordeal by Cold Water
ORDEAL BY COLD WATER TUB The suspect is bound tightly and immersed in a tub of cold water; if he drowns he is innocent, if not, not

Ordeal by Boiling Water
ORDEAL BY BOILING WATER The suspect is required to plunge his hand into boiling water - if he can bear it, he is innocent, if not, not

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

Her First Dip 1893
HER FIRST DIP - a young lady emerges from a bathing machine to face the ordeal of her first immersion in sea water : note the bathing-woman in attendance

Law / Trial by Ordeal / Emma
Emma ( - 1052) aka Aelfgifu, widow of Cnut, proves her innocence by walking over red-hot plow- shares. Tried by Ordeal at Winchester

Saint Agnes / Pannemaker
SAINT AGNES Roman saint who survived an ordeal in a brothel but was fatally stabbed when about 13 years old

French customs officers and passengers
Passengers suffer the ordeal of having their luggage searched at Customs

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