Searching Collection (page 3)

Foxhunters and hounds in pursuit of the fox. Date: 1926

Illustration, The Water of Life -- Good Dwarf, can you not tell me where my brothers are? Date: 1909

WW1 - Zeppelin holding up Norwegian Vessel, North Sea, 1915
WW1 - An illustration from a German paper, showing a German airship holding up a Norwegian steamer, the Muyrek, in the North Sea

Atlas Moth - male (has feathery antennae used for searching females by their pheromones) - in hand - taken from a window of a house in the morning (its active at night) (Attacus atlas )

HEDGEHOG - searching for food (Erinaceus europaeus). Ural Mountains, near Ekaterinburg, Russia

The Last Man by William Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
The Last Man by William Heath Robinson, showing a gentleman perched precariously on the top of Nelsons Column while numerous women search for him below - a comment on the shortage of men

Searching for a German sniper in ruined farmhouse
British soldiers searching for a German sniper in the ruins of a farmhouse within the firing line on the Western Front. Date: 1916

Blitz in London -- searching for casualties, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue personnel searching an upper floor of J T Hart & Sons for casualties. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- searching debris for casualties, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue personnel searching for casualties but being severely hampered by smoke from the smouldering debris. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- rescue squad at sub-station, WW2
Blitz in London -- a rescue squad at work, searching the debris at 72Z fire sub-station following an air raid, 18 September 1940. Date: 1940

The Missing Mas-Cat by H. M. Bateman
The crew of a Royal Navy battleship search high and low for the ships cat, which is hiding mischievously in the barrel of one of the large guns. Date: 1918

Boy scouts tracking, South Africa
Boy scouts belonging to a South African troop, doing a tracking activity

Homeless women at Melle, Belgium, WW1
Homeless women searching through rubble for lost belongings at Melle, Belgium, in the early weeks of the First World War. Date: 1914

Vis頩n the hands of the Germans
The town of Vis頷 as the primary objective of the German army after crossing the border into Belgium on 4th August 1914. Here German troops are seen searching the ruined buildings. Date: 1914

Piltdown Man: Dawson and Smith-Woodward search for more bone
Seeking remains of the oldest known Englishman: looking for relics of the Piltdown Man. Charles Dawson and A. Smith-Woodward searching for other parts of the skeleton on the site of the first

Up the Bole! by William Heath Robinson
Curious disguise assumed by wireless enthusiast to escape payment of his licence. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1925

Children Crabbing
Children searching the rock pools for crabs, etc. at Beer, Devon, England. Date: 1960s

Searching the Scriptures (1841). Thompson, Thomas Clement c. 1780-1857. Date: 1841

WW2 - London under fire - bomb damage in King Street, St James. Date: circa 1941

Digging for gold in British Guiana (now Guyana). Placer washing as carried out by the tributor or Port Knocker. Date: circa 1910s

Kimberley, South Africa - Convicts sorting for diamonds Date: circa 1903

Searching for dinosaur fossils, Tendaguru, 1924
A team of scientists from the British Museum of Natural History travelled to Tendaguru, Tanganyika territory, Tanzania after the end of World War One in order to locate and collect dinosaur fossils

Two small children take to the air in search of Santa, using binoculars in the hope that they might be able to spot him. c. 1920

The African city of Zanzibar

Blitz in London -- Invicta Road, Westcombe Park, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters join Heavy Rescue teams (in overalls) and ARP squads who are searching for casualties and bodies after a heavy explosive bomb devastated buildings in Invicta Road

Juichidanme - act eleven of the Chushingura - assualt on Kir

Juichidanme - act eleven of the Chushingura - searching the grounds. Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinakas home by the 47 ronin, with the samurai searching the grounds for Kira

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (3 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

Arctic Bear Hunter
An arctic bear hunter, on top of a mound of snow, searching for the body of the bear he has just shot through the skull. 1930s

Canadian nurses on the Western Front, France, WW1
Canadian nurses on the Western Front during the First World War, looking among the ruins of their quarters after a bomb strike by German airships at No

A Crack Truffle-hunting team setting out, France
A Crack Truffle-hunting team setting out, Lot, France. The fruits of their sniffing, snuffling and truffling labours can be seen in the basket on the right. Date: circa 1908

Mother searching for nits in boys hair
" Another Air Raid - Many Casulaties...!" A Mother searching for headlice in a boys hair with a large comb. The lad seems to be finding the whole experience singularly unpleasant

Met Police Thames Division
A diver of the Underwater Search Unit of the Metropolitan Police boarding a Thames Division launch after searching in the River Thames, London

The Search for M2
The Royal Navys new deep-sea observation chamber, invented by Robert H Davis of Siebe, Gorman & Co. the inventor of submarine life-saving apparatus

D-Day - Metal Detectors in use after invasion
American GIs stroll through a captured village close to the Normandy coast following the invasion. Two metal detector operators check the road ahead of the troops for hidden/buried mines or booby

Conan Doyle as Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the guise of his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes

Inspiration by Tremator
Colour illustration by Tremator showing an artist at his easel searching for inspiration, which arrives in the form of fantastical, fairy-like muses

Lost Ball by John Hassall
Illustration by John Hassall depicting a grumpy looking golfer searching for a lost ball in a rather stoney and sandy bunker, along with his caddy

Yeomen of the Guard searching the Vaults of the Houses of Pa
Engraving showing Yeomen of the Guard, members of the Royal Bodyguard, searching the vaults of the Houses of Parliament prior to the opening of the Parliamentry session in January 1872

Searching for Stowaways on board an Emigrant Ship, 1850
Engraving showing the crew of an emigrant ship searching their vessel for stowaways prior to departure for America, 1850

SS Patrol searching Civilians, Warsaw, 1944
Illustration showing a German SS Patrol searching Polish civilians, for weapons and documents, in a Warsaw street, 1944. This drawing was made during the Second World War by Captain Bryan de Grineau

Diving for stolen watches
A sketch after a large watch and jewellery robbery in Cornhill. Divers searching for missing pieces after a policeman spotted an inscribed watch in the Thames under Blackfriars Bridge

The Last Entry in Dr. David Livingstones Notebook, 1873
Engraving showing the last entries in Dr. David Livingstones notebook. Born in Lanarkshire in 1813, the Scottish missionary

The Funeral of Dr. David Livingstone, Westminster Abbey, 187
Engraving showing the funeral of Dr. David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary and explorer, which was held in Westminster Abbey, April 1874

Dr. Livingstone being carried during his last exploration, M
Engraving showing the sick Dr. David Livingstone (1813-1873), Scottish missionary and explorer, being carried during the last days of his life

Dr. David Livingstone (1813-1873)
Engraving of Dr. David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and explorer, published in 1874. The discoverer of Victoria Falls

Dr. Livingstone reading the Bible to some of his African hel
Engraving of Dr. David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary and explorer, reading the Bible to some of his African helpers

Searching Women
Searching women travellers for letters at the Gare du Nord

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