Rising Collection (page 7)

Floods in Madeira
Debris strewn across a narrow street in Fuchal, Madeira following devastation floods in February, 2010. 2010

Silhouette, Early to Bed, Early to Rise
Early to Bed, Early to Rise -- silhouette showing a little boy standing in front of his bed, stretching and yawning

Flooding in Madeira
Raging flood waters rush down a street in Funchal, the capital of Madeira, February 2010. 2010

Japan - Celebrating the victory - Yokohama
Celebrating one of the great naval victories for Japan during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5. This street in the Otamachi district of Yokohama is decorated with flags, balloons and bunting

Flood damage in Funchal, Madeira
The damage causes by severe flooding to the narrow streets of Funchal, Madeira in February 2010. 2010

Wales / Montgomery
An impression of the town of Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales, viewed from the churchyard, with the clock on the turret of the Guildhall rising above the rooftops. Date: 1960s

Castle Rising Church
The splendid Norman church of St. Lawrence, Castle Rising, Norfolk, England. Date: 12th century

Flooding in Lyon in 1910
Flooding in Lyon in January 1910 caused a great rise in the water level of the River Rhone. Here a baker and his boys in his traditional bateau boat

Russo-Japanese War - Battle of Feng Huang Cheng
Japanese troops occupied the town of Feng-Huang-Cheng (now Phoenix Town in the Hunan Province), Manchuria, (part of the Eastern Chinese Empire) virtually unopposed on 5th May 1904 Date: 1904

Electric Cooling Towers
Winter study of the electricity cooling towers at Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, in the morning sunshine, with mist rising from the River Nene. Date: 1960s

Pierre Broussel
PIERRE BROUSSEL - French statesman, councillor of the Paris Parlement, who opposed Mazarins fiscal policy, for which he was arrested, leading to the Fronde popular rising. Date: FLOURISHED 1648

Winter Snow and Fog
A winter scene on a bridle path, showing fog rising among the trees after a fall of snow. Date: 1960s

Mine laying submarine, WW1
An illustration showing a mine-laying submarine during the First World War, and the different stages involved -- the mine leaving the submarine, the mine rising and reaching the surface

Xmas. Girl with holly by Ethel Parkinson. " Accept that Greeting dear to friends, The welcome of the heart" - A Macfarren. circa 1902

Jameson Raid / Captured
THE JAMESON RAID - Dr Jameson and his party fail to trigger an Uitlander rising in the Transvaal : captured at Doornkop, they are handed over to the British authorities 2 January 1896

Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 November
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 22-27 November. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Quarryman drilling, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A quarryman drilling into the rock at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Slate milestone, Pen y Gwryd, North Wales
A fine example of an early 19th century slate milestone, standing by the roadside at Pen y Gwryd, near Llanberis, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Dublin Easter Rising - May, 1916
Dublin Easter Rising - view behind the barricade - British troops under fire on Talbot Street, holding a barricade against a rebel charge - May 1916

Purloining power / W H Robinson
With petrol prices rising, a motorist (with the correct accessory attached) can run his car on electricity at the expense of the local trolleybus company

The Republic of Ireland proclaimed
Eire becomes a republic on the anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1916: the General Post Office in O Connell Street, focal point of the rebellion

The Republic of Ireland proclaimed: saluting the GPO
The troops of the new Eire salute as they pass the General Post Office, where the Easter rebels of 1916 proclaimed the Republic, 33 years earlier

Saray Burnu, Constantinople at sunrise
The Saray Burnu, Palace Point, Constantinople at sunrise, with the silhouette of the Topkapi Palace and the Mosques of the city

Winter sunrise over isolated cottage
The weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Field Marshal Herbert Plumer / Stamp
General SIR JOHN GRENFELL MAXWELL (1859 - 1929) British Army officer and colonial governor. Was given command of the Army in Egypt during the First World War

Programme and two leaflets
A programme and two leaflets relating to shipwrecks: 1. Programme for a concert in aid of the survivors of RMS Titanic, taking place on 13 May 1912

Various Japanese Flags
The Flags of Japan

Ops Volunteers in Dublin
O.P.S Ulster Volunteers ride on horseback through the streets of Dublin during the Easter rising of April 1916

Tank / Easter Rising
O.P.S troops using a tank as a battering ram to force entry into a barricaded building during the Easter Rising in Dublin of 1916

Easter Rising / Barricade
O.P.S troops man barricades in the streets of Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916

A Summer Morning In France by Blampied
An illustration by Edmund Blampied or Blam of a morning game of golf taking place with the sun rising in the background. Blampied (1886-1966) drew countless illustrations for the ILN magazines

The Coal Problem, Great Britain, 1920
Illustration showing a number of facts regarding the coal industry of Great Britain in 1920. These diagrams showed that miners wages were increasing, but coal production was diminishing

Forward
A grocer advises the new hand to add the date to the bill in these war tax times - a comment on the rising prices and taxes on goods during World War One

Suspects Arrested
The reign of terror in Warsaw : a large body of suspects being removed for examination. Polish patriots are inspired by the partial success of the Russian rising

American Indians. The threatened rising of American Indians
Group of American Indians in a mixture of traditional and European dress, boy in foreground holding a bow and arrow, on the right the Chief in feathered head dress holding a rifle

American Indians. The peaceful extincion oif 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

H. M. Stanley and his officers leaving Mombasa aboard the ste
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on left, raising cap) and his officers returning from the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition aboard the steam-ship Katoria, 1889

Tunisia Kairwan
Rooftop view of the town, with domes of mosques rising above rooftop level

American Indians. The Rising of the North American Indians
Indians in native costume with European influences seen in the headgear - a bowler with feathers. Throughout this period American Indians clashed with American troops

Travelling by hammock; H. M. Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expe
Photograph showing one of the members of Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition being carried by hammock, Central Africa, 1888

Map of Central Africa showing the likely routes of the Emin
Engraved map showing Central Africa and the predicted routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887. Emin Pasha (1840-1892), the German doctor, explorer

American Indians. The American Indian rising. Pine Ridge Ag
The headquarters of the government agent in charge of the Sioux Indians Reservation in Dakota. Indian police at the Pine Ridge

American Indians. The Rites of the Red Man - Sun worship in
A Blackfoot mother holding up her baby to be blessed by the rising sun

The Black Country
A view of the Black Country with smoke rising from the industrial factories around Wolverhampton in the Midlands

Emin Pasha and Mr. Jephson entering Dufile, 1888
Engraving showing the Emin Pasha and Mr. Jephson riding into Dufile, on the banks of the River Nile, c.1888. Emin Pasha (1840-1892)

American Indians. The peaceful extinctoin 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

USA Leadville Colo
Chestnut Street, Leadville, a rising western township

Hidden Lunar City
HIDDEN CITY by Chesters Geier. Two spacemen spot a hidden circular city rising out of a crater on a seemingly deserted moon

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