mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
Title page design, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing a little girl sitting on a chair with a doll on her lap. 1886
Illustration, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing Polly being is held aloft by a dark-faced miner called Brother Step-and-Fetch-It
Frontispiece design, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing a little girl in a blue dress with a doll in each hand. 1886
From Bluebeard by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904
Beyond the PlanetoidsBEYOND THE PLANETOIDS (Edwin K Sloat) As the two pirate ships collide, the escaped prisoners - fortunately wearing space suits - hurtle into the void Date: 1932
Two couples on an outing in a boatTwo youngish couples enjoying an outing in a boat. Two of them are standing, and two are sitting. The oarsman, wearing a spotty bowtie, holds the oars in a cross shape in front of him
The combatants cut and slashed with savage fury. Illustration from Jack Ballisters Fortunes by Howard Pyle, first published by The Century Company 1894
The Corsair at Drury Lane TheatreRevival of the ballet The Corsair staged by Ferdinand Albert Decombe (known as Albert) at the Drury Lane Theatre in London. Mademoiselle Adele Dumilatre is shown in the role of Gulnare
Captain Averys sloops capture Ganj-i-SawaiPirate captain Henry Averys ships capture a rich Mughal trading vessel, the Ganj-i-Sawai, in the straits en route to Surat, an Indian port
Captain Malyoe shot Captain Brand through the head. Illustration from The Ghost of Captain Brand by Howard Pyle, first published in Harpers Weekly, 19th December 1896
Childrens CarnivalTwo children dressed up for a fancy dress party. A little girl has a rather nice witch outfit with a dress appliqued with black cats and a broom, while a little boy has come as a swashbuckling pirate
Young boy and his dog play pirates
Ras Al Khyma AttackedBritish attack on the pirate town of Ras-al-Khyma, on the Straits of Hormuz. (It will be attacked again in 1812 and subsequently.)
Schinss, IranA pirate stronghold on the Straits of Hormuz. A British warship is anchored in the foreground
Attack on Linga, IranBritish forces attack the pirate stronghold of Linga, on the Straits of Hormuz. Dhows are seen burning on the left
Attack on SchinssBritish soldiers from Bombay prepare to attack the pirate stronghold of Schirss, in the Persian Gulf
Ras Al Khyma AttackBritish forces prepare to attack the pirate town of Ras- al-Khyma, on the Straits of Hormuz. (It will be attacked again in 1812 and subsequently.)
Iran / LufiA pirate stronghold on the Straits of Hormuz. A British warship is anchored in the foreground
Fairbanks(S) / B PirateDOUGLAS FAIRBANKS (SENIOR) (real name: JULIUS ULLMAN) American film actor in The Black Pirate (1926)
Morocco / AsilahA Phoenician trading post circa 1500 BCE, a pirate stronghold in the 19th century, today a tourist resort - theres progress for you !
Geriah Fort. IndiaGeriah is a notorious pirate stronghold, until February 1756 when the East India Company send admiral Watson and Clive to seize the town and burn the ships
G&s / Pirates, India 2Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry... the pirates as portrayed in an amateur production by the British community at Simla, India
Khayr-Ad DinKHAYR AD-DIN known as BARBAROSSA Algerian ruler, regarded by Europeans as a pirate
Khayr Ad-Din / BarbarossaKHAYR AD-DIN known as Barbarossa II Ottoman admiral and Barbary pirate
Treasure Island / BillCaptain Bill keeps watch: " All day he hung round the cove, or upon the cliffs, with a brass telescope."
Girls / Fireside RockingEvery nursery should have one of these rockers - when the children are tired of rocking, it can become a pirate ship, a stagecoach or what they will !
Attack on GeriahGeriah Fort, northwest India, stronghold of Maratha pirate Tulagee Angria, is attacked and taken by a combined British/Portuguese force under admirals Pocock and Watson
Pan / Woodward / Pirate ShipA fight breaks out on board the pirate ship
Panama sacked by Henry MorganPanama is sacked by Henry Morgan