Rope Collection (page 6)

Experiment with British Mark V tank, WW1
Experimentation with a British Mark V tank, fitted with rope-sprung tracks by Colonel Johnson at Dollis Hill, north west London, during the First World War

Hamburg workhouse - punishment of inmates
An illustration of the punishment meted out to idle paupers at the Hamburg workhouse in 1777. Offenders were placed in a large basket suspended by a rope over the dining hall table while the more

Bukta scout clothing and equipment advert
Advertisement for Bukta, publisher of the Scoutannica catalogue featuring all conceivable clothing and equipment needed to be a fully fledged boy scout including tents

Tunisia - Streetside Arab Hardware store
Streetside Arab Grocer / hardware store in Tunis, Tunisia. Some of the items for sale include hand brushes, pots, jars, pans, baskets and rope

Solitude - Empty Rowing Boat by a Lake
Solitude. An empty rowing boat with oars resting across the sides, rests propped up on some small rocks close to a large lake, glowing in the evening light. An airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Kukulkan Carving (Mayan)
A Mayan carving of the God Kukulkan (the Feathered Serpent God also known as Quetzalcoatl) now in the British Museum after removal from Chichen Itza

Korea: circus performer, rope walker
Vintage early 20th century photograph - Korea: circus performer, rope walker

Anchor and seascape on a Christmas card
Anchor and seascape with anchor and rope on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1900s

Man riding a turkey on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Handmade card in the shape of a wishing well
Handmade greetings card in the shape of a wishing well, with a handle to turn to make the red bucket appear. Date: circa 1890s

Peaceful scene at Paignton Harbour, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Canal boat drawn by horse
Canal boat drawn by a horse, led by a man along a towpath. circa 1905

The Kings Cameleopard -- George IVs giraffe
The Kings Cameleopard -- King George IVs giraffe, the first one in Britain, a gift from the Viceroy of Egypt. 1827

Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on trail
Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on a narrow Himalayan Mountain trail by means of suspending two poles on ropes and man-handling the animal across. Date: 1907

Romeo and Juliet, balcony scene
Juliet hoisting her true love Romeo up in a basket. Date: 1919

Good Friday skipping contest, Alciston, East Sussex
Good Friday skipping contest outside the Rose Cottage Inn at Alciston, East Sussex, an annual event for which the road is officially closed. Date: 1960s

Mens winter clothing 1936
Various outfits for men in a fashion catalogue, from golfers trousers, gentlemens winter coats, dressing gown with rope string, underwear and Pyjamas. Date: 1936

Fisherman with large coley fish, St Ives, Cornwall
Fisherman with large coley fish or pollock, St Ives, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Cartoon, Espionage? Snooping? WW1
Cartoon, Espionage? Snooping? A German couple and their daughter go for an innocent country walk, but gradually metamorphose into a concrete platform, a camera and a telephone! Date: 1915

Cartoon, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Judas, WW1
Cartoon, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Judas, both seen as betrayers. Judas hanged himself in remorse after betraying Christ, and he now offers Ferdinand a rope for him to do the same. Date: 1915

1940s girl with skipping rope
A girl with a skipping rope models a knitted jersey, circa 1941. Date: c. 1941

Ecce Homo, 1525. Polychrome sculpture by Alonso Berruguete. Renaissance art. Sculpture on wood. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Valladolid. National Museum of Sculpture

Sailors hauling a boat onto the deck of a ship, WW1
Sailors hauling a boat onto the deck of a ship, directed by an officer, probably as part of a lifeboat drill, May 1915. Date: 1915

LFB firefighters receiving knots and lines training in the HQ drill yard, 9 December 1958. Date: 1958

Working elephant with rider, India. Date: circa 1890s

Tom Mix, American film star, with horse
Tom Mix, American film star -- he appeared in more than 400 westerns. Seen here sitting on his horse, Tony. Date: circa 1920s

Minesweeper trawling for mines in the North Sea, WW1
A minesweeper trawling for mines in the North Sea on the outbreak of the First World War. A wire rope attached to a weight is dragged along the seabed

Harry Houdini, Tied Up
Harry Houdini the Austrian-Hungarian escapologist (1874 to 1926) being tied up by two members of his audience. Date: circa 1910

Greek style toga dress 1922
Greek style toga dress, tied with a rope around the waist. Date: 1922

Skipping by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Three little girls play with a skipping rope in a field of flowers. c.1925

Israel - A Bedouin man from Beersheba
Israel - An elderly Bedouin man from Beersheba, the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. He wears a Keffiyeh headdress, held on by a rope circlet or Agal. Date: circa 1920s

Kislovodsk - Russia - a humourous card
A humourous card depicting an unlucky airship passenger dangling rather precariously over the mountains near Kislovodsk, Russia, suspended only by his jacket and the strength of the anchor rope

Rope Making Factory
The spinning room in Frost Brothers factory, Shadwell, England. Date: circa 1885

Girl and boy lie on the floor surrounded by toys
Girl and boy lying on the floor surrounded by their toys, whilst reading a story book. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Gull swoops above an empty rowing boat
A gull swoops above an empty rowing boat with oars resting across the sides. The boat rests propped up on some small rocks close to a large lake, glowing in the evening light

Blondin cooking an omelette in a high-wire act, 19th century
Illustration showing Blondin (1824-1897), the French tight-rope walker and acrobat, cooking an omelette as part of a high wire act

Claudia Quinta dragging a ship into Rome
The Roman matron Claudia Quinta clears her name by dragging a ship bearing a statue of the Cult of the Great Mother (Magna Mater, Cult of Cybele) into Rome, after first praying to the gods for help

Girls playing in Mary Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Girls playing round a lamppost in Mary Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Susi - on a swing. 1950s

La France Maritime - Ordinary Seaman. 19th century

La France Maritime - Ensign (in everyday uniform on board ship). 19th century

La France Maritime - Commissioner General. 19th century

Young cabin boy sailor sorting out ropes
Young cabin boy sailor tidies up the ropes on the deck of a large ship. Date: circa 1890s

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

The Devils Disciple by George Bernard Shaw. It was first produced at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York, on 4th October 1897, then in England at the Princess of Wales Theatre

New Crepe-paper Rope weaving projects, 1914 Date: 1914

Bransby Williams in David Copperfield by Walter F. Evelyn
David Copperfield by Walter Frederick Evelyn from the novel by Charles Dickens (1849-50). First produced at the Lyceum Theatre, on 6th April 1923

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