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Passage Collection (page 5)

Background imagePassage Collection: IRELAND. LEINSTER. MEATH. Newgrange. Central

IRELAND. LEINSTER. MEATH. Newgrange. Central Chamber of the Megalithic Passage Tomb. Stone plate for offerings. Neolithic art

Background imagePassage Collection: MALTA. Rabat. Catacombs of Saint Paul. Saint

MALTA. Rabat. Catacombs of Saint Paul. Saint

Background imagePassage Collection: GARCIA DE BENABARRE, Pedro ( -1496)

GARCIA DE BENABARRE, Pedro ( -1496). Herods Banquet. Reproduction of the biblical passage where Salome holds St. John the Baptist s

Background imagePassage Collection: TIEPOLO, Giovanni Battista (1696-1770). Abraham

TIEPOLO, Giovanni Battista (1696-1770). Abraham and the Three Angels. 1762 - 1769. It represents the passage of chapter 18 from the Genesis. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum

Background imagePassage Collection: Clipper ship Red Jacket: In the ice off Cape Horn, on her pa

Clipper ship Red Jacket: In the ice off Cape Horn, on her passage from Australia, to Liverpool, August 1854. Date c1855. Clipper ship Red Jacket: In the ice off Cape Horn

Background imagePassage Collection: King Harry Passage, near Falmouth, Cornwall, England

King Harry Passage, near Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imagePassage Collection: Grosser Kurfurst, forward passage, North German Lloyd, Royal

Grosser Kurfurst, forward passage, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Grosser Kurfurst, forward passage, North German Lloyd, Royal Mail Steamers

Background imagePassage Collection: Henri Lachambre, aeronaute-constructeur brevete, Paris. 24

Henri Lachambre, aeronaute-constructeur brevete, Paris. 24, Passage des Favorites, 24. Paris. Advertisement for aeronaut and balloon manufacturer Henri Lachambre shows a balloon H

Background imagePassage Collection: Atelier de Mr. Lachambre fabricant de ballons de baudruche

Atelier de Mr. Lachambre fabricant de ballons de baudruche, aerostats, etc. 24 passage des favorites, Paris, Vaugirard, aout 1883

Background imagePassage Collection: Lifes voyage

Lifes voyage. Date 1880

Background imagePassage Collection: Scene in a town on Lake Lugano, Switzerland

Scene in a town on Lake Lugano, Switzerland Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePassage Collection: Tetuan, Morocco - Sidi Saida Bridge

Tetuan, Morocco - Sidi Saida Bridge Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePassage Collection: Syracuse, Italy - Ear of Dionysius

Syracuse, Italy - Ear of Dionysius
Syracuse, Italy (Siracusa) - This card shows an artificial cave, 65 m long and 23 m high, which was given the name of The Ear of Dionysius by Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, when in 1586

Background imagePassage Collection: Exiled Communards 1

Exiled Communards 1
Fleeing France after the Commune, communist refugees establish a community in London : they maintain a co- operative kitchen in Newman Passage, near Charing Cross. Date: 1872

Background imagePassage Collection: Chicago Bridge

Chicago Bridge
Chicago harbour : State Street bascule bridge lifted for the passage of an excursion steamer. Date: 1916

Background imagePassage Collection: Great Exhibition, portion of south transept

Great Exhibition, portion of south transept
A panorama of the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park : the south entrance west with people entering the building, the Royal Commissioners Room with a bronze group

Background imagePassage Collection: Berlin Riots & Kaiser

Berlin Riots & Kaiser
German workers, rioting in Berlin, are cleared away by the police to allow the passage of Kaiser Wilhelm who rides by with an armed escort. Date: 1892

Background imagePassage Collection: The Ladys Lodge - Rite of Passage

The Ladys Lodge - Rite of Passage
Initiation ceremony for the Perfect Mistress also known as the Bird of Mystery. Date: 1890s

Background imagePassage Collection: British Nurse off to the Western Front

British Nurse off to the Western Front
Our Girls - Answering the Call A Young British girl sets out across the English Channel en route to the horrors of the Western Front

Background imagePassage Collection: Production and Plunder, campaigning statistics

Production and Plunder, campaigning statistics
A slide entitled Production & Plunder, used for a lecture about the South Wales Miners Federation. Statistics are listed, comparing the royalties on the use of coal on the luxury steamer

Background imagePassage Collection: Boy pushing coal wagon in mine at Halifax, Yorkshire

Boy pushing coal wagon in mine at Halifax, Yorkshire
A boy with a belt and chain around his waist pushes a heavy coal truck along a low underground passage in a mine at Halifax, Yorkshire

Background imagePassage Collection: Boy dragging coal wagon with belt and chain in mine

Boy dragging coal wagon with belt and chain in mine
A boy with a belt and chain around his waist drags a heavy coal truck along a low underground passage in a mine at Halifax, Yorkshire

Background imagePassage Collection: The Disaster of the Scott Expedition

The Disaster of the Scott Expedition
Page from The Sphere, a journal which took great interest in the expedition to the South Pole of Captain Scott, which gives a commentary on the disaster

Background imagePassage Collection: Sculpture on a balcony, Odessa, Ukraine

Sculpture on a balcony, Odessa, Ukraine
An elaborate facade with sculptures on a balcony in the old shopping street, Passage Mall on Deribasovskaya Street (dating from 1899), in Odessa, Ukraine

Background imagePassage Collection: Bobby Leach and his barrel - Niagara Falls

Bobby Leach and his barrel - Niagara Falls
British former stuntman Bobby Leach (1858 - 1926) and his barrel, in which he survived passage over Niagara Falls, Canada, at severe detriment to his future health

Background imagePassage Collection: Turkish street scene - Istanbul

Turkish street scene - Istanbul
Typical back street scene in Constantinople in the 1920s. Mud, rubble and wooden houses predominate the view

Background imagePassage Collection: France - Awaiting transport to the New World

France - Awaiting transport to the New World
A large crowd of emigrants (likely to be Basque Breton fisherfolk) await their passage to the New World at Fecamp, possibly heading to Miquelon or Quebec

Background imagePassage Collection: Dancing Between Decks

Dancing Between Decks
A light-hearted scene during a crossing of emigrants from Britain to New Zealand in 1860, showing passengers dancing to the sound of a fiddle between decks

Background imagePassage Collection: Budapest, Hungary - View across Danube

Budapest, Hungary - View across Danube toward the Parliament Building with St. Stephens Basilica in the distance. Note the lowered funnel on the steamship to allow passage under the span of

Background imagePassage Collection: Cooks Ocean Passage Tickets

Cooks Ocean Passage Tickets
Advertisement for Thomas Cooks Ocean Passage Tickets

Background imagePassage Collection: Passage Through the Desert

Passage Through the Desert
The shifting sands of the Egyptian desert

Background imagePassage Collection: Schoolchildren on Tower Bridge, London, 1897

Schoolchildren on Tower Bridge, London, 1897
Illustration showing a large group of children dashing about on Tower Bridge to watch the passage of a large passenger steamship under the bridge, London, 1897

Background imagePassage Collection: The Voyage of Cleopatras Needle to England, 1878

The Voyage of Cleopatras Needle to England, 1878
Engraving showing the obelisk ship Cleopatra (nearest) and its tug, in the background, crossing the Bay of Biscay on passage from Egypt to London, 1878

Background imagePassage Collection: Illustration showing the Eclipse of the Moon, 1932

Illustration showing the Eclipse of the Moon, 1932
Illustration showing the passage of the moon through the cone of the Earths shadow (invisible in space, but represented diagrammatically here) on 14th September 1932

Background imagePassage Collection: Enlarging a Room / Leech

Enlarging a Room / Leech
Enlarging a room - a tableau representing further improvements in Mr Briggs house - destruction of the wall which separates the parlour from the passage

Background imagePassage Collection: The crew of the Pandora hunting Polar Bears, 1875

The crew of the Pandora hunting Polar Bears, 1875
Engraving showing the crew of the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, using one of the ships boats to capture a young Polar bear in Arctic waters, 1875

Background imagePassage Collection: Birthplace of Sir John Franklin, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 1859

Birthplace of Sir John Franklin, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 1859
Engraving showing the house in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, where the British naval commander and explorer, Sir John Franklin, was born in 1786

Background imagePassage Collection: SS City of Exeter, July 1914

SS City of Exeter, July 1914
Photograph of the Ellerman twin-screw liner, SS City of Exeter on passage from Britain to Calcutta, July 1914

Background imagePassage Collection: Captain James Fitzjamess Cabin aboard HMS Erebus, 1845

Captain James Fitzjamess Cabin aboard HMS Erebus, 1845
Engraving showing Captain James Fitzjamess cabin aboard HMS Erebus, pictured shortly before departure, 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror

Background imagePassage Collection: Female Passengers on the deck of the emigrant ship, Indus

Female Passengers on the deck of the emigrant ship, Indus
Engraving showing the well-dressed female passengers, in bustles and shawls, of the emigrant ship Indus, 1872. This image shows the women taking exercise on deck of the ship during the long passage

Background imagePassage Collection: Salvation Army Emigrants at Euston Station, London, 1905

Salvation Army Emigrants at Euston Station, London, 1905
Illustration showing a farewell scene at Euston station as Salvation Army emigrants were waved off to their ship, the Vancouver, in Liverpool, 1905

Background imagePassage Collection: The Pandora heading for the Carey Islands, 1875

The Pandora heading for the Carey Islands, 1875
Engraving showing the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, beating upwind to the Carey Islands, 1875. The Pandora was used by Sir Allen Young in two attempts between 1875

Background imagePassage Collection: The Musick Hal at Disco Island, 1875

The Musick Hal at Disco Island, 1875
Engraving showing the building on Disco Island, Greenland, which the crew of the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, had converted to use as a Musick Hal for their entertainment, 1875

Background imagePassage Collection: The Pandora in Peels Strait, 1875

The Pandora in Peels Strait, 1875
Engraving showing the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, in Peels Strait, 29th August 1875. The Pandora was used by Sir Allen Young in two attempts between 1875 and 1876 to find the Northwest Passage

Background imagePassage Collection: Woman reading on the deck of an Atlantic Steamship, 1888

Woman reading on the deck of an Atlantic Steamship, 1888
Portrait of a very pretty young woman reading in her deck chair with hat and parasol, during a trans-Atlantic passage, 1888

Background imagePassage Collection: Lady Jane Franklin (1792-1875)

Lady Jane Franklin (1792-1875)
Engraving of Lady Jane Franklin, nee Griffin, the wife of the English explorer, Sir John Franklin. Lady Jane travelled extensively with Sir John through Syria, Turkey, Egypt and Tasmania

Background imagePassage Collection: Prince and Princess Louis of Battenburg feeding rescued emig

Prince and Princess Louis of Battenburg feeding rescued emig
Illustration showing Prince and Princess Louis of Battemberg feeding rescued emigrants from the ship Cairnrona, which caught fire in the Channel, at Dover Docks, 1910

Background imagePassage Collection: Walrus Hunting during the Pandora Arctic Expedition, 1876

Walrus Hunting during the Pandora Arctic Expedition, 1876
Engraving showing the crew of the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, using the ships boats to shoot walruses in Arctic waters, 1876



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