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Threatens Collection

Background imageThreatens Collection: A Flood at Staines

A Flood at Staines
Flood water from the river Thames at Staines in Surrey, threatens the premises of Ws Biffen Boat Builder and the gasometer, one of the largest in the world

Background imageThreatens Collection: Startling Stories Scifi Magazine Cover with Science Island

Startling Stories Scifi Magazine Cover with Science Island
SCIENCE ISLAND (Eando Binder)A cold-blooded Scientific Napoleon with the Brain of a Genius and a Body of Metal threatens to Dominate Mankind Date: 1939

Background imageThreatens Collection: Hippocrates Saves Athens

Hippocrates Saves Athens
By his sensible precautions, the Greek physician Hippocrates saves the people of Athens from the worst effects of the plague which threatens them

Background imageThreatens Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). El Espia. Silencio!

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). El Espia. Silencio! El enemigo acecha en todas partes (The Spy. Silence! The Enemy threatens everywhere). Republican poster

Background imageThreatens Collection: Cartoon, Mumbo Jumbo (Napoleon III)

Cartoon, Mumbo Jumbo (Napoleon III)
Cartoon, Mumbo Jumbo. The Pope threatens Napoleon III, the French Emperor, with excommunication. An accompanying poem begins: Mumbo Jumbo was a Guy, Frightened people formerly

Background imageThreatens Collection: A wasp threatens to settle on my nose - The Water Cure

A wasp threatens to settle on my nose - The Water Cure
Just as the doctor has fixed me in my arm and leg bath, a wasp threatens to settle on my nose - The Water Cure. 1870

Background imageThreatens Collection: WORKING MAN THREATENED

WORKING MAN THREATENED
Indiscriminate immigration threatens the livelihood of the American working man Date: 1892

Background imageThreatens Collection: MARAT A LA TRIBUNE

MARAT A LA TRIBUNE
Marat, in the Convention, styling himself the friend of the People, threatens to blow our his brains if his fellow revolutionaries do not support him. Date: 25 September 1792

Background imageThreatens Collection: Cartoon, Plain English (John Bull and France)

Cartoon, Plain English (John Bull and France)
Cartoon, Plain English -- John Bull, in sailors uniform, looks annoyed at a French soldier dancing on the British flag. Date: 1890

Background imageThreatens Collection: HUSBAND / WIFE / OGRE 1868

HUSBAND / WIFE / OGRE 1868
Bewhiskered ogre of a husband threatens his small and meek looking wife with his fist! Date: 1868

Background imageThreatens Collection: WW1 era Comic Postcard - Little girl threatens her boy

WW1 era Comic Postcard - Little girl threatens her boy... " If I ever catch you at it" ! Date: circa 1916

Background imageThreatens Collection: Dick Turpin holds up fellow highwayman, Tom King

Dick Turpin holds up fellow highwayman, Tom King Date: 1735

Background imageThreatens Collection: Long John Silver / Pirate

Long John Silver / Pirate
Long John Silver shakes his fist and threatens Captain Smollett: " Laugh, by thunder, laugh! Before an hours out, ye ll laugh on the other side"

Background imageThreatens Collection: Suffragette Beats Husband

Suffragette Beats Husband. Wife with carpet beater threatens husband who cowers under the table. Wreckage of kitchen utensils all around. Captioned, A Suffragette Date: circa 1910

Background imageThreatens Collection: Cockney Argument between a fat man and a thin man

Cockney Argument between a fat man and a thin man
Fat Party (after a War of words) - " If you come our court to-morrer and bring a bit o fat with yer, I ll bloomin well eat yer." !! Date: 1895

Background imageThreatens Collection: Exorcism in Russia

Exorcism in Russia
A Cossack chief threatens the Devil with a holy icon - doubtless this relates some popular legend

Background imageThreatens Collection: Office Boy burns his bridges and threatens to give notice

Office Boy burns his bridges and threatens to give notice
Office Boy burns his bridges (disobeying every commandment on his behaviour in sight) and threatens to give notice to his (rather surprised) Boss! Date: 1907

Background imageThreatens Collection: Albert Opera Anna Von L

Albert Opera Anna Von L
ANNA VON LANDSKRON A dramatic moment from Act 4 scene 5 : as always, the girl is on her knees, imploring, while the hero, dressed for the sports field, threatens.. Date: 1859

Background imageThreatens Collection: Husband Threatens

Husband Threatens
A husband reminds his wife that divorce is now much easier than it used to be - so none of your violence ! Date: 1858

Background imageThreatens Collection: Young Dutch romance

Young Dutch romance
I ll tell if you do. Girl threatens to report her boyfriend should he drink alcohol. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1911

Background imageThreatens Collection: Snowy Owl - juvenile (a fledgling) - threatens

Snowy Owl - juvenile (a fledgling) - threatens a visitor by opening & clicking its beak - adults are watching from a distance. (Nyctea scandiaca). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Background imageThreatens Collection: Suffragette Smoking Bomb Hammer

Suffragette Smoking Bomb Hammer. Militant Suffragette with smoking bomb and hammer threatens to blow men Sky High. Dressed in purple, white and green, she declares, Men are not all angels

Background imageThreatens Collection: Bandits attack an express train in America

Bandits attack an express train in America Date: c. 1870

Background imageThreatens Collection: Fire in Clock Tower

Fire in Clock Tower
Fire threatens the new Clock Tower (housing Big Ben) in the rebuilt Parliament buildings

Background imageThreatens Collection: War with Russia - 4

War with Russia - 4
A parade of volunteers marches through the streets of Warsaw, rousing citizens to volunteer against the bolshevik Red Army which threatens to take their city

Background imageThreatens Collection: Republican Outbreak - 3

Republican Outbreak - 3
The authorities take precautions when a demonstration by Montagnards - Republican extremists - threatens to disturb Paris

Background imageThreatens Collection: Venice and Genoa - 2

Venice and Genoa - 2
Naval commanders Vettor Pisani and Carlo Zeno devise plans to thwart the tactics of the Genoa fleet which threatens Venice

Background imageThreatens Collection: Jean Bart Threatens

Jean Bart Threatens
NAVAL BATTLE OFF TEXEL In the course of his victory over the Anglo-Dutch fleet, Jean Bart boards a Dutch vessel and threatens to blow her up unless she surrenders

Background imageThreatens Collection: Edward I Threatens Roger

Edward I Threatens Roger
Edward I threatens Roger, Earl of Norfolk who refuses to serve in Gascony

Background imageThreatens Collection: Cyrene and Proteus

Cyrene and Proteus
The water-nymph Cyrene threatens Proteus, who has taken the form of a beast, so he resumes his normal shape and reveals why her son Aristaeuss bees are sick

Background imageThreatens Collection: Rich & Henry Iii / 1234

Rich & Henry Iii / 1234
Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury threatens to excommunicate Henry III

Background imageThreatens Collection: Sigurd I Reproved

Sigurd I Reproved
King Sigurd Jorsalafarer is reproved by Ottar Birting, his coachman, for throwing his bible in the fire & striking his wife, Malmfrid. Sigurd threatens, then rewards Ottar

Background imageThreatens Collection: Fidelio - Liebig - 5

Fidelio - Liebig - 5
FIDELIO Act 3 scene 3 - Fidelio/Leonora reveals her identity to the evil Don Pizarro and threatens him with a pistol

Background imageThreatens Collection: Cholera Threatens Fair

Cholera Threatens Fair
" A Prophetic Picture" : the Worlds Fair will be closed by the Cholera Date: 1893

Background imageThreatens Collection: Bullying Husband / Watson

Bullying Husband / Watson
Bewhiskered ogre of a husband threatens his small and meek looking wife with his fist!

Background imageThreatens Collection: No Match for a Gun

No Match for a Gun
An unequal match The truncheon is no match for the gun. A brave policeman attempts to disarm a burgler who threatens him with a gun

Background imageThreatens Collection: Mississippi Operation

Mississippi Operation
Lightning flashes as Union forces land on Island number 10, where the Confederates have a battery which threatens river traffic

Background imageThreatens Collection: Science Island

Science Island
SCIENCE ISLAND (Eando Binder) A cold-blooded Scientific Napoleon with the Brain of a Genius and a Body of Metal threatens to Dominate Mankind

Background imageThreatens Collection: Sulla Wages Civil War

Sulla Wages Civil War
Sulla wages civil war against Marius, captures Rome and threatens to destroy it


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