Sustained Collection

Hindu / The Cosmic Turtle
In the ancient Indian cosmogony, the Earth is sustained on the backs of elephants who are themselves standing on the back of a cosmic turtle

The Death of Ellen Bright at Wombwells Menagerie, 1850
Engraving showing Ellen Bright (1832-1850), a Lion Queen animal trainer, being attacked by a tiger during the course of a performance at Wombwells Menagerie, Chatham, January 1850

Captain Webb 1875
Captain Matthew WEBB is sustained with hot coffee during his first-ever Channel swim

BADAJOZ 1813
Badajoz, supposed impregnable, surrenders to Wellington after a sustained siege

Egyptian Creation Myth
An Egyptian depiction of the CREATION; sustained by the Earth, receiving life from the Skies, warmed by the Sun, the vessel of Life sails down the Nile

Fleet Super Bonanza N174SV
Fleet Super V Bonanza N174SV (msn SV115) (donor aircraft msn D-422 built in 1947). In the late 50s Bay Aviation (formerly Oakland Airmotive produced a twin-engined conversion of the V-tailed Beech)

WW2 poster, Rush Aid To Russia! We have pledged your faith, the faith of the men and women of Britain. You must do the deed... Stalin must be sustained

Joseph Carpue
JOSEPH CARPUE Surgeon, lecturer on anatomy, who died as a result of injuries sustained in a fearful railway accident. Date: 1764 - 1846

France / Verdun
Showing extensive damage sustained during World War One Date: 1918

PZL P-11 -initially flown in August 1931, these antiquated fighters were pitted against the Luftwaffe when Germany invaded Poland and sustained heavy losses

Lockheed L-1011 Tristar G-BBAI British Airways Heathrow
Lockheed Tristar G-BBAI was built and delivered to British Airways in 1975. 27 May 1985 G-BBAI overran the end of the runway at Leeds-Bradford Airport

Russian Troops Getting Medical Aid, WW1
During World War One between 3, 749, 000 and 4, 950, 000 Russian troops sustained injuries whilst fighting. This was more than any other participating nation

Louise Colet Photo
LOUISE COLET French writer of indifferent verse who nevertheless sustained flights of passion with de Musset, Hugo, Karr and Flaubert : photo 1874. Date: 1810 - 1871

James Sam. Wadsworth
Brigadier=general JAMES SAMUEL WADSWORTH American soldier in the Union army, distinguished himself at Gettysburg but died of wounds sustained in the Wilderness. Date: 1807 - 1864

Fourth Earl Sandwich
JOHN MONTAGU fourth earl of SANDWICH, naval commander who spent 24 hours at the gaming table sustained by slices of beef placed between slices of bread... Date: 1718 - 1792

It sustained him - and it supported the war-time agencies that helped him! Victory Fund Campaign - The new era movement of the Presbyterian Church in the USA

Sir Robert Peel, 1846
K0 Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister, sketched speaking in the House of Commons, January 1846

Sir Robert Peel, c. 1850
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister, surrounded by illustrations of his political achievements

Drayton Bassett Church, 1850
Engraving of Drayton Bassett Church during the funeral of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister

Sir Robert Peel on horseback, c. 1850
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister, on horseback. Peel was a Conservative MP who held strong views on Irish Catholicism

Cantinieres, who see to it that the Communard forces are sustained with food and drink

Dance in Private Home
A private dance - the dancers sustained by champagne in buckets

Manna from Heaven
During the Exodus, the hungry Israelites are sustained with manna which falls from Heaven

France / Paris / Tuileries P
Ruins of the vestibule of Tuileries. The damage was sustained during the Commune

Thoughtforms - 22, 23
22 - Murderous Rage 23 - Sustained Anger

First Flying Device
THE FIRST FLYING DEVICE a model dove was made from wood by Archytas of Tarento, (428-347 BC) it was sustained by gas and had flapping wings

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