Struck Collection (page 3)

Caricature, Edward, Prince of Wales -- is he a little stage-struck? The heir to the throne stands pensively at the Stage Door of a theatre. 1883

Jesus Veiled
JESUS OF NAZARETH When the soldiers struck him, they veiled his face, but even so the kindliness of his expression shone through the fabric of the veil... Date: 6 BC - 30 AD

Sodomites Go Blind
The people of Sodom are punished for their wicked ways by being struck blind

Christmas 1918 in A Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital
A Ward in the Drawing Room of Quex House on Christmas Day 1918. The room is highly decorated with flags, greetings, paper decorations and festive greenery

Medal commemorating Wellington and von Blucher
Silver medal commemorating the Duke of Wellington and Field Marshal von Blucher 1815; J N Lang (1776-1835), Vienna and Austria, 1815 (c).Obverse, struck: portrait busts of Wellington, left

Bloch 175-this French light bomber had only just entered service when the Germans struck A few later served with the Free French

Melbourne Branch Royal Mint
Slide showing a black and white photograph of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint in the city of Melbourne in Australia

W. S. P. U Handbill Deputation Right of Petition
W.S.P.U Handbill Deputation Right of Petition. W.S.P.U Votes for Women handbill announcing a Deputation to the House of Commons, June 29th 1909, referring to The Bill of Rights

Naval losses in North Sea by G. H. Davis
The naval losses in the North Sea, all on the same day. (1) The Aboukir, struck by a German torpedo. (2) The Hogue, struck and sunk while trying to help the Aboukir

Lovestruck American lad with the Stars and Stripes
A lovestruck young American lad smoking a cigarette and standing before the Star Spangled Banner, sends the following words to his lady love: Say kid

Barnstaple Tome Stone
The Tome Stone in Queen Annes Walk, Barnstaple, Devon, England. It was once of legal importance - bargains were struck on it in front of witnesses. Date: 17th century

Church Spire Feature
The top of the old church spire of St. Andrews Church, Worcester, England. It was struck by lightning in the late 19th century and is now a churchyard garden feature! Date: medieval

WW2 - Russian Propaganda - Repelling Germans in the Baltic
WW2 - New Years greetings to the Baltic - a Soviet propaganda postcard from 1942 showing a Russian soldier finishing off an Invading German in the Baltic

Nurses from Great Ormond Street Hospital examine bomb
Nurses from The Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital examine fragments from the bomb which struck the building but (thankfully) caused no loss of life - September, 1940

English soldier is taken ill at the death of Joan of Arc
An English soldier is taken ill at the moment of the death of Joan of Arc - decoration on the Partheon, Paris, France Date: 1912

Fierce shot blasts Goalkeeper into his own goal
A fearsome shot from an opposing striker smashes into the face of a hapless Goalkeeper, carrying the ball and the keeper back over the line

de Havilland DH2 after being struck by a shell

?Wolf? paddle steamer struck by Fleetwood steamer
?Wolf?(?) paddle steamer struck by Fleetwood steamer off the Irish coast, 1867 Date: 1867

Roman lightning exorcist attending to a tree
The Romans had priests named strufertarii whose duty it was to exorcise trees which had been struck by lightning. Date: BCE

NFS Heavy Unit vehicle accident, Ealing, WW2
An NFS Heavy Unit vehicle accident in Ealing, West London. The driver, having lost control of the appliance, struck a tree while responding to an emergency call

Blitz in London -- damaged LFB vehicle, Shoreditch, WW2
Blitz in London -- a London fire brigade general purpose vehicle, from sub-fire station 37X, at 16-18 Paul Street, Shoreditch, with damaged bodywork and engine after being struck by debris

Charleston, South Carolina. Vandree Range. Building on left is where the first shell struck the city. Date 1865 April

A Kiss in the Dark
Mischievous Conductor, Dark Tunnel, through in half an hour! Scene: When the Train struck the light in just 3 minutes. Couple kissing on a railway train with a cheeky joke twist Date: 1881

Ship struck by torpedo, Salonika, WW1
A ship struck by a torpedo at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Hammerblow Cure
In the Correges, France, there is a tradition that a child can be cured of certain ailments if laid on a black- smiths anvil and a mighty blow struck close to its head. Date: 1901

J Hassall. Dickory, dickory, dock
Dickory, dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, down the mouse run, Dickory dickory dock. A frightened little girl stands on a stool at the side of the clock. 20th century

SCENE FROM LES FACHEUX
Scene from LES FACHEUX - judging from appearances, a servant is about to be struck with his masters cane for letting his hat fall on the floor. Date: first performed 1661

Luthers Friend Struck
The young Martin Luther is travelling with his friend Alexius when the latter is struck by lightning : is the fact that Luther is spared a sign from Heaven ? Date: circa 1503

Jealous love triangle by Florence Hardy
Jealousy. Onlooking boy in background is envious of a love struck pair of children

Crowded out
A potato coster laments the progress in motorised traffic and predicts the future obsolesence of horse drawn vehicles. The caption reads - Stage Struck coster (to his dark coloured donkey)

Aphis Vastator, potatoe disease
These are illustrations of Aphis Vastator, the supposed cause of the potatoe disease which struck Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century with terrible consequences

Admiral Jellicoes farewell to Lord Kitchener
A photograph of Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859-1935) bidding farewell to Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) before his embarkation aboard the H.M.S

Hit
A photograph taken by a French dragoon showing a fellow soldier struck by a German bullet while on reconnaissance duty in the Forest of Champenoux

The Irresistible sinking
Photograph showing the loss of H.M.S Irresistible having struck a mine during the Dardanelles campaign on March 18th 1915

SS Great Western in a Heavy Gale, North Atlantic, 1846
Engraving showing the Steamship Great Western being struck amidships in a gale during a crossing from Liverpool to New York in 1846

Portraits of Mme Caillaux, M. Joseph Caillaux and M. Gaston
Mme Caillaux, wife of the French Minister of Financeb Joseph Caillaux who shot Gaston Calmette, Managing Editor of the Figaro

Clavicytherium
A keyboard instrument which shows the evolution from fingered instruments such as the harp to struck instruments such as the clavichord

Matthauphone (Glasses)
The MATTAUPHONE of M. Mattau of Brussels is simply his version of the glass harmonica in which glasses are filled with liquid to varying depths, then struck

Interior Tea Room on the Titanic
Photograph of one of the interior tea rooms onboard the Titanic. Built by the shipyard Harland and Wolff for White Star Lines, the liner was almost identical to her sister ship

Sewing Machine Girl
A gentleman walking down Londons Regent Street is struck by the sight of a pretty girl operating a sewing machine in a shop window

Roman Cattle Stricken
Cattle farming : the herd struck by cattle plague - slaughtering the infected animals

Napoleon at Beresina
As his troops cross the Beresina during the retreat from Moscow, he is struck by the cold

Elephants / Siege Mooltan
The houdah of Moolrajs elephant struck by a cannon ball during the Siege of Mooltan, Sikh War

Paranormal / Prophecy
APOLLONIUS OF TYANA, Greek philosopher credited with magical powers, predicts that emperor Neros cup will be struck by lightning

Saint Saens / Samson / Lieb2
Act 1 scene 6 : Samson is struck by the beauty of the Philistine Dalila

Musical Glasses
Sometimes known as a GLASS HARMONICA : glasses, filled with liquid to different depths, emit different notes when struck, giving a sound somewhat like a xylophone

Blind Woodcutter
A wodcutter, struck blind, is directed in a dream to go on pilgrimage. He ends up at Windsor where Edward the Confessor brings back his sight

Hiccory Diccory Dock
Hiccory, diccory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock; The clock struck one, And the mouse came down, Hiccory, diccory, dock

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