Rising Collection (page 4)

King?s African Rifles training with a light mortar, 1956
Photograph of King?s African Rifles training with a light mortar, 1956. Soldiers of the 4th (Uganda) Battalion undergo instruction in the use of a light mortar

Welsh Chartist Martyrs -- Jones, Frost and Williams
Welsh Chartist Martyrs, prosecuted for their involvement in the Newport Rising of 3-4 November 1839 -- William Jones (1809-1873), John Frost (1784-1877) and Zephaniah Williams (1795-1874). circa 1839

King Cnut the Great fails to halt the incoming tide
Cnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden. Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler

Japanese woman, draped in the Rising Sun Flag
Japanese woman, draped in a Kimono made from patterned fabric of the Rising Sun Flag of Japan. She is holding a traditional red paper lantern from a thin stick. Date: circa 1910s

Shops on Motomachi, Yokohama, Japan
Motomachi - a district of Naka Ward in Yokohama, Japan, which consists mainly of the Motomachi Shopping Street, a five-block long stretch of boutiques and shops

Irascible old man leaning forward to rise from his chair
A study of an irascible old man leaning forward to rise from his chair. He may have had a little too much to drink. Date: 1894

Emperor Meiji of Japan (1852-1912) when a young man, pictured as an inset on the rising sun flag. Possibly published on his death

Saratov, Russia - Flooded banks of the River Volga Date: circa 1910

Russo-Japanese War - Battle of Tsushima
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese sailors celebrate the sinking of Russian fleet at the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905. The battle was a devastating loss for the Imperial Russian Navy

Dawn River Scene with low bridge
A Dawn River - view toward a low bridge straddling a wide pond or stream, as the new days sun, reflected in the still water, rises up into the morning sky. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Three bedeswomen of Castle Rising, Norfolk
Three bedeswomen of Castle Rising, near Sandringham in Norfolk. When these elderly women enter the almshouses (known collectively as Trinity Hospital) they are required to wear an old Welsh costume

Clement Attlee
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), Labour politician and Prime Minister, pictured in uniform during the First World War

American Indians. The Peaceful extinction of the red Indian
In all their war paint, Chiefs of the vanishing Sioux tribe. The Sioux were originally the principle tribe in Dakota. By 1851 they had lost nearly all of their land

Tabby kitten, small white puppy and coil of rope
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten, small white puppy and coil of rope which is rising mysteriously into the air. 1950s

Sunrise over Salcombe estuary, Devon, with boats on the water. Date: circa 1980s

L Entente Cordiale, Young Japanese boy and Young British Boy
L Entente Cordiale. A young Japanese boy and young British boy, each carrying their national flags, shaking hands. Date: 1905

The Holy Island of Lindisfarne - Crossing the Sands by cart
Crossing the Sands by cart (nearly too late!) from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England - a tidal island off the northeast coast of England with a recorded history from the 6th

New Testament frontispiece. circa 1688

King George V - The Insignia of the Realm - Kings Champion
King George V (1865-1936) - The Knight of Great Britain and the Emperor of India (represented by a rising sun behind an Indian Mosque)

Where Irish sang Rule, Britannia in reply to Germans. Representatives of real Irish patriotism: Irish troops at the front, bombing an enemy sap

Resurrection of Jesus - Matthew 28. circa 1688

Mr Augustine Birrell. Part of Box 104 Boswell Collection. Was an English politician, barrister, academic and author. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916

Fantastic Adventures - Warrior Queen of Mars
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1950, featuring the story Warrior Queen of Mars by Alexander Blade. Two women rise their spears attacking on something

Smoke rising from Mount Asama, Honshu Island, Japan
Smoke rising from Mount Asama - an active complex volcano in central Honshu, the main island of Japan. The volcano is the most active on Honshu. Date: circa 1907

Kusatsu - Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture, Kanto, Japan
Kusatsu - a town located in Agatsuma District of far western Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kanto region of Japan - Kusatsu is one of the most famous hot springs resorts (Onsen) in Japan

Messengers proclaim victory in the Russo-Japanese War
Two post runners proclaiming good news to the populace as they race along the road bearing a proclamation, they heads adorned with both the National Flag of Japan

Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Owakidani - rising steam
Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Owakidani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1904

Music cover, Out of the Dawn there came a sunbeam, by Walter Donaldson. 1928

Beppu - Hot Springs - Japan
Hot Spring at Beppu, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Beppu is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred and boasts the largest volume of hot water in the world apart from Yellowstone

Owakudani - Hakone National Park, Japan - Boiling Waters
Owakudani ( Hell Valley ) - brave (or foolish!) tourists getting close to the boiling sulphuric volcanic springs at the Hakone National Park Date: circa 1910s

Lanterns and Flags decorating Hamano-machi, Nagasaki, Japan
Lanterns and Flags decorating Street in Hamano-machi, Nagasaki, Japan. Today, the Hamanomachi Arcade is main shopping area in Nagasaki city Date: circa 1910s

Artur Gorgey - 2
ARTUR GORGEY (or Gorgei) Hungarian general, commander in 1848 rising, defeated the Austrians, took Buda, governor of Hungary, overwhelmed by Russians, imprisoned. Date: 1818 - 1916

Artur Gorgey - 3
ARTUR GORGEY (or Gorgei) Hungarian general, commander in 1848 rising, defeated the Austrians, took Buda, governor of Hungary, overwhelmed by Russians, imprisoned. Date: 1818 - 1916

Artur Gorgey - 1
ARTUR GORGEY (or Gorgei) Hungarian general, commander in 1848 rising, defeated the Austrians, took Buda, governor of Hungary, overwhelmed by Russians, imprisoned. Date: 1818 - 1916

Father Gapon
GEORGI APOLLONOVICH GAPON known as Father Gapon, prominent leader of the partially unsuccessful Russian rising in 1905. (see also our events file) Date: 1870 - 1906

Peter Barlow
PETER BARLOW (1776 - 1862) a splendid example of a Victorian self- made man, rising from obscure schoolmaster to eminent mathematician, scientist and engineer, professor, F.R.S.&c. Date: circa 1850

Cartoon, Croesus, WW1
Cartoon, Croesus (Cresus). A comment on the food shortage in France during the First World War - a man hides his egg in a safe

Cartoon, German Kultur, WW1
Cartoon, German Kultur or the cultivated truth during the First World War, showing a blindfolded allegorical female figure with flames rising around her. Date: 1915

Rise of the Rising Sun
Europe melts under the rising sun of Japan... Date: 1905

Cartoon on Rising Prices
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN. War veteran: " They told me I was fighting for dear life, but I never dreamt it was going to be as dear as all this." Date: 1920

Frontier Town / 1870
A frontier town - a rising town of Western America in its infancy. Date: circa 1870

Jameson Raid / Crossing
THE JAMESON RAID Dr Jameson and his escort cross the frontier into the Transvaal, hoping to trigger a rising of the Uitlanders against the Boers : vainly. Date: 29 December 1895

Front cover of Pictorial Chronicles of the Mighty Deep - The Sea, its Ships & Sailors Date: 1889

Louis Lazare Hoche (1768-1797), French military commander in the Revolutionary War, suppressed the Vendee rising, died of a chest ailment. Date: circa 1790s

Battle of Milazzo
During the Battle of Milazzo (Melazzo) on Sicily, an English battalion fighting on Garibaldis side, in action at the foot of the round tower of the towns citadel

Balloons taking off near Newquay, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

LOUIS IX, Saint Louis, of France (1214-1270). King of France (1226-1270). Depicting the kings life. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

WWI Poster, Victory... if you Join Now
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, A Happy New Year to our Gallant Soldiers! Anticipating Victory with the sunrise of 1915. You can make it certain if you Join Now. Date: 1915

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