Raising Collection

Woman raising her skirts to scare off the devil. Perretta flashing the devil. The devil of Pope-Fig Island. Le diable de Papesiguiere

Group photo, Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, USA
Group photo of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They were an African-American a cappella ensemble who toured

Mr Micawber makes Punch - David Copperfield, Charles Dickens Date: circa 1910s

Irish soldier in a trench, Mesopotamia, WW1
A soldier with the Royal Irish Fusiliers (Faugh-a-Ballagh) in a trench in Mesopotamia (now Iraq), teases a Turkish sniper by raising a pith helmet on his rifle during the First World War

Aztecs Warriors 1521
Despite the loss of the Fort of Xoloc and the raising to the ground of the Old Palace at Tenochtitlan, the exhausted Aztecs fight furiously on

Suffragette selling badges Date: circa 1910s

Two women in fancy dress with tankards
Two women in fancy dress costumes comprising of knickerbockers, shirts and waistcoats, raise a tankard of beer each - presumably they re meant to be some kind of 17th century roisterers? c.1928

Portage des Chats
Tinted steel engraving by British artist W. H. Bartlett of portage or carrying of canoes and equipment where waterfalls occur, 1840 Date: 1840

Return of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
The return of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza -- Sancho kneels and raises his arms, no doubt relieved to be back home

Spain. Castile and Leon. Burgos. Map, 1576 at Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Franz Hogenberg (1536-1590). Salamanca University Library

Archimedes Card
ARCHIMEDES Greek mathematician and inventor, depicted with some of his inventions including the Archimedean screw for raising water

Riders, horses and dogs on a New Year card
Riders, horses and dogs in a country lane on a New Year card, with a lady riding sidesaddle. Date: circa 1890s

Patriotic Greek Card from the First World War - Thessaloniki
Patriotic Greek Card from the First World War showing the Greeks triumphing over the Turks - including one atop the White Tower at Thessaloniki. Date: 1916

Marianne Dashwood / Austen
Marianne Dashwood blushes. Date: First published: 1811

WW1 Allegory - The Allies greet the arriving Italian Soldier
Viva L Italia ! - WW1 Allegory - The Allies greet the arriving Italian Soldier - " Banded together to face the foe." Date: circa 1916

Mel Roy on the stage mid-nite, spook party talking skulls, spirit slate writing, spirit table raising, ghosts from the dead. Date ca. 1935

Tomczyk Demonstates Pk
Stanislawa Tomczyk - Polish medium - demonstrates PK whilst under hypnosis to Ochorowicz in Poland by raising small objects, in this case a little ball

Spaten Brau Publicity 1
Raising a seidel of frothy Spaten-Brau

Happy New Year - Chimpanzee with top hat and rose
Happy New Year - Chimpanzee raising top hat and holding a rose. circa 1898

First Alexandra Rose Day charity, women selling roses
The First Alexandra Rose Day charity, women selling roses outside the Hotel Cecil on 26 June 1912. The charity was launched on the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Princess Alexandra from her

W T Stead (1849-1912) - English Newspaper Editor and pioneer of investigative journalism in the Victorian era. Championed the raising of the age of consent from 13 to 16. Date: 1905

Raising the Great Bell for Westminster Clock-Tower 1858
Officially known as the Great Bell but better known as Big Ben, the huge bell fifteen tons in weight was on its side with not a spare inch either end

Traditional Fishing boat - Galle, Sri Lanka
Traditional catamaran Fishing boat - Galle, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s

Britannia by Felix Desruelles at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Britannia by Felix-Alexandre Desruelles (18651943) at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - commemorating the arrival of the British troops in 1914

A Lifeboat Demonstration Day

WW2 Christmas Card, All The Best!
A WW2 Christmas greetings card, the illustration portrays three servicemen of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force raising their glasses. Date: 1942

WW1 - The Tank Bank - National War Bonds
WW1 - The tank Egbert which visited Wimbledon on March 14, 1918 to encourage people of visit The Tank Bank and invest in National War Bonds during a Feed the Guns campaign week. Date: 1918

A long time ago. The Kick of the Stirrup
This illustration depicts a man riding on horseback, raising himself up to meet the kiss of a young woman, leaning out of the window. Date: circa 1901

Un Duel Parlementaire
A series of drawings of a parliamentary duel between two gentlemen exchanging mild insults and raising fists. Date: circa 1901

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Ensure the passage of Truck Convoys Date: 1972

A Temple Elephant, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s

A Young Boxer raises his gloves. Date: circa 1920s

The Raising of Lazarus c. 1600. Painting by Andrea Vicentino
Andrea Vicentino (1539-1614). Italian painter. The Raising of Lazarus, c. 1600. Oil on canvas, 114 x 146 cm. National Museum of Fine Arts. Valletta. Malta. Date: 2019

1933 New Year celebrations, photographs of crowds in London, with illustrations of Old Father Time and the baby 1933, with revellers raising a toast. With a poem honouring 1932 and 1933

Noel Coward's Cavalcade was a thirty-year retrospect of England in peace and war. It ran at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane between October 1931 and September 1932 and had a cast

Resurrection of Lazarus - John 11. circa 1688

Monastery of San Juan de la Pena. Pantheon of the Nobles. Detail of an relief depicting two angels raising the soul of the deceased in mandorla. At the bottom, Epiphany. Aragon. Spain

SPAIN. Donostia. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Entrance of the nationalist troops into San Sebastian (13th September 1936)

The Roof Raising Defence to Defeat Dive-Bombers
Latest device drawn by William Heath Robinson to defeat the dive bombers is a roof-raising by system of cogs, balloons and other lifting machinery. Date: 1941

Tower Bridge opening its bascules to let tall ships go past. Date: 1900

Peter Shore, Labour politician and government minister
Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney (1924-2001), Labour politician and government minister. Seen here raising his hand at a meeting. Date: circa 1980s

David Owen at a conference, wishing to speak
David Owen (David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, b 1938), British politician, served as Foreign Secretary (1977-1979) for the Labour government

Edward VII's racing victories
Montage showing Edward VII leading in Minoru, his 1909 Derby winner. The King is just seen underneath the top hat he is raising

Hoisting the Union Jack Flag on the Victoria Tower
When the Sovereign is in Houses of Parliament building the Royal Standard is flown, on Victoria Tower. Photograph showing two men hoisting the Union Jack flag. Date: 1906

RAISING DEAD AT NAIN
Jesus revives a dead man at Nain

Raising the dead
A magician successfully raises a dead lady from her tomb in a churchyard though she doesn't seem too thrilled by the experience Date: medieval

Missionary Francis Xavier in Japan
Francis Xavier brings a dead man to life Date: circa 1550

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