Seek Collection

Nursery Rhyme - Three Little Pigs
The Tale of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Franklins expedition seeking Northwest Passage
Seals and sea-birds watch as Sir John Franklins Erebus and Terror sail cautiously between Arctic icebergs

Warriors and Druid
Warriors of ancient Gaul seek the approval of the gods for an expedition from a druid priest

Alaskan Potlatch
Alaskan natives gather for a POTLATCH - a ritual exchange of hospitality and gifts which often ruins the donors who seek to compete in displays of generosity

Loki and Sigyn
The gods seek to punish Loki the trickster with the poisonous venom of Gemheil, but his loving wife Sigyn saves his life by catching the venom in a bowl

Country Hunt in India
Sporty Englishmen are accompanied by a motley pack of hounds as they seek to recapture the glory of the chase on an Indian plain

Demons and St Antony
Saint Antony is fiercely harassed by hideous demons who seek to persuade him to give up his saintly ways

INFANTICIDE PREVENTED
Missionaries in China seek to end Chinese infanticide. For many Chinese, to bear female children is a thing to be ashamed of and many girls are buried alive Date: circa 1850

Hide & Seek
Game of hide and seek with a red-headed girl in a yellow evening dress. Artist: Anon. Date: 1925

The first of the relief force in the British legation entering the Eastern gates of the Chinese city peeking. The Battle of Peeking which was fought between the 14-15th August 1900

A body of Belgian Republicans seek to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic : the revolt is easily overthrown, and in September 17 leaders will be sentenced to death. Date: 23 March 1848

JESUS'S SEPULCHRE
The three Marys at the sepulchre. : Behold, two men stood by them in shining garments, and they said, Why seek ye the living among the dead ? Date: circa 30

THE SIRENS (BRIOT)
To help them seek their friend Persephone, the daughters of Achelous ask the gods for wings and tails ; they become sirens, enticing sailors to death with their singing

THE SIRENS
To help them seek their friend Persephone, the daughters of Achelous ask the gods for wings and tails ; they become sirens, enticing sailors to death with their singing

Spirits seek to waken travellers sleeping at sea
Spirits of the dead seek to waken travellers sleeping at sea - but the sleepers sleep on, and the spirits wail in vain, forgotten

AESOP/BLACKAMOOR
THE BLACKAMOOR Thinking his dark skin is only dirt, they seek to scrub him white, but in vain, the blackamoor remains black, catches cold and dies

Palying Red Indians and Hide and Seek. It's a long lane that has no turning by Gladys Peto

Comic postcard, Hotel guest and landlady - Seek and ye shall find Date: 20th century

Illustration, Hide and Seek, by Richard H Brock. 20th century

Games unknown, 14th century. A variant of hide and seek, and boys playing a guessing game where one holds up a certain number of fingers and his colleagues have to show the same, similar to scissors

Fashionable women in decollete dresses playing hide and seek
Fashionable women in decollete dresses playing the game of hide and seek in a garden. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

ITALIAN AIR ATTACK
North Africa : Italian aircraft destroy a British armoured column and shoot down the planes which seek to prevent them, including antiquated Gladiator biplanes Date: August 1940

RUS-JAP WAR / JAP DOGS
The Japanese use dogs to seek out concealed Russians Date: summer 1904

Little girl playing hide and seek with doll and dog
A little girl playing hide and seek with her doll and her dog. Date: circa 1890

Religious differences, Atheism and Christianity
Atheists seek to pull down the Holy Cross, but in vain, for the True Christian, encouraged by divine beings, holds it up while his good lady instructs the young in the True Way Date: circa 1790s

Cyclops Enters his Cave
Polyphemus the Cyclops enters his cave holding a bunch of osier twigs (to sleep on). Odysseus and his terrifed men hide at the back of the cave behind a flock of sheep

Revolt at Ferrara
When rebellion spreads to Ferrara the Austrian cavalry seek to suppress the rebels but they are themselves defeated

A family of Iraqi civilians seek the help of a soldier
Digital photograph: A family of Iraqi civilians seek the help of a soldier serving with No 2 Company, 1st Battalion The Irish Guards to locate their other child caught up in the panic caused by

Birthday card for an 8th Birthday - one of the two children playing amid the large number eight is dressed in Red Indian (Indigenous Native American) costume. Date: 1930s

Frogs playing hide and seek on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Italy / 452 / Refugees Venic
Italian civilians seek refuge in what today is Venice Date: 452

Communists Attacked
When communists demonstrate during a presidential visit to Strasbourg, they are attacked by patriots and compelled to seek police protection Date: February 1928

Masons and Police
When Paris magistrates led by police commissioner Jean de Lespinay seek to break up a Masonic meeting, the duc d Antin defies them, but the Lodge is eventually closed Date: 10 October 1737

Suffragette Moveable Card Toy Elusive Christabel
A moveable card or optical toy referring to the W.S.P.U leader Christabel Pankhurst, who eluded police by fleeing to France in 1912

Suffragette Which Way? Votes or Love?. Highlights the dilemma for the young woman. Should she dedicate herself to the campaign for the vote, or seek love and marriage

Rufus the cat explores the mousehole
Hide and Seek -- Rufus the cat explores the mousehole, but gets stuck halfway. Date: 1912

Aerial warfare in summer skies by G. H. Davis
Beware of the Hun in the sun: aerial warfare in summer skies, flight formations and tactics dependent on the suns position. Left: hide and seek in the clouds, with the sun used for cover

Lucas Trelcatius Elder
LUCAS TRELCATIUS (the elder) French-born protestant churchman who was forced to seek refuge in London. Date: 1542 - 1602

H Miller. Hide & seek 2
Children playing Hide and Seek in a formal garden. 20th century

Hide and Seek with Dog
A small girl plays hide-and- seek round a tree with her dog. Date: 1890

The 35th Millennium
THE 35TH MILLENNIUM (Arthur G Stangland) War in space : the merciless Kulons (bad) seek to destroy the last of the Futurans (good). Date: 1931

Crete Revolt
Encampment of insurgents : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful

Russians in Bulgaria
Russian agents seek to inter- -vene in the political crisis when Alexander abdicates : but another German prince, Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, will be chosen to succeed him

Riots in Brussels - 1
Barricades in the streets of Brussels as the Belgians seek independence from Holland

Deputy and Voter
A French deputy looks coldly at an elector who has the effrontery to seek a favour in return for his vote

Riots in Brussels - 2
Barricades in the streets of Brussels as the Belgians seek independence from Holland

Crete Revolt - 2
Turkish camp in Souda Bay : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful

Crete Revolt - 3
The insurgents besiege Castel- Skiphos. The people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful

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