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Trap Collection

Background imageTrap Collection: Winter Landscape with skaters. Pieter Brueghel II, The Younger

Winter Landscape with skaters. Pieter Brueghel II, The Younger
Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap 1601. Brueghel, Pieter, II, The Younger, (1564-1638). Oil on wood. Date: 1601

Background imageTrap Collection: Greyhound Racing at White City

Greyhound Racing at White City
An advertisement for greyhound racing at White City stadium with a painting by Gilbert Holiday

Background imageTrap Collection: Gypsy caravan and trap

Gypsy caravan and trap in a wood clearing. Pen & ink with watercolour wash sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Background imageTrap Collection: Advertisement for Hotel du Cap D Antibes

Advertisement for Hotel du Cap D Antibes
Advertisement for the Hotel du Cap D Antibes at Eden Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, showing sunbathers and swimmers enjoying the flat rocks that act as such a sun trap for sun worshippers

Background imageTrap Collection: Zebra-drawn trap of Lord Walter Rothschild

Zebra-drawn trap of Lord Walter Rothschild
Rothschild broke in and trained several zebras to pull a trap, which he memorably used to visit Buckingham Palace in 1898 Date: 1898

Background imageTrap Collection: Mouse held away from Mousetrap

Mouse held away from Mousetrap
" My Wife won t let me!" A male mouse is prevented by his wife from taking the unwise step of trying to obtain a tempting block of cheese from a little wire cage

Background imageTrap Collection: Adventure of the Second Stain, Sherlock Holmes

Adventure of the Second Stain, Sherlock Holmes
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN Holmes on the scent: Holmes & Watson discover a hidden trap door. " It hinged back like the lid of a box." Date: 1904

Background imageTrap Collection: Lti 20-20 Speed Gun

Lti 20-20 Speed Gun
Metropolitan police officer with LTI 20-20 speed gun checking the speed of cars in the traffic

Background imageTrap Collection: Fox Hunting / Accident

Fox Hunting / Accident
A hunting accident - " A squire-trap, by jove", cries Mytton, " a little more and I should have done it" ! English eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) takes a tumble

Background imageTrap Collection: Poacher caught in trap

Poacher caught in trap
A poacher, with a rabbit he has caught over his back, is himself caught in a man-trap

Background imageTrap Collection: Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III*. 303 in bolt action rifle

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III*. 303 in bolt action rifle, 1917; introduced in 1916 and differing from the Mk III in having the magazine cut-off omitted; two oil bottles in butt trap. Date: 1917

Background imageTrap Collection: Main Street, Toomebridge, Looking North

Main Street, Toomebridge, Looking North - a street scene with shop fronts and hotel, there is a horse and trap in the middle of the road and people to the right

Background imageTrap Collection: Sanitary ware, Plate 42

Sanitary ware, Plate 42, showing wash basins, urinals and toilet bowls in a range of styles. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageTrap Collection: WW1 - German anti-British propaganda postcard

WW1 - German anti-British propaganda postcard - Caught and Trapped - a duplicitous British Army Officer is captured by the forces of the Central Powers trying to smuggle a machine gun to his men

Background imageTrap Collection: Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula

Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula

Background imageTrap Collection: Turkish booby trap near Gaza, Palestine, WW1

Turkish booby trap near Gaza, Palestine, WW1
A Turkish booby trap, made to look inviting by the presence of food and drink, near Gaza, Palestine during the First World War. Date: September 1917

Background imageTrap Collection: Arrested by an undercover police officer

Arrested by an undercover police officer
An undercover female police officer springs her Honey Trap on an unsuspecting criminal, who goes from a jolly evening with a fetching lady to staring down the barrel of a revolver!

Background imageTrap Collection: Main Street, Toomebridge, Looking South

Main Street, Toomebridge, Looking South - a street scene with hotel on the left, there is a horse and trap in the middle of the road and a lot of people to the right under a large tree

Background imageTrap Collection: Poster, Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases

Poster, Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases
Ministry of Health poster, Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases -- trap the germs in your handkerchief

Background imageTrap Collection: Shore Street, Donaghadee

Shore Street, Donaghadee - a street scene with shop fronts and a horse and trap on the shore side of the road. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Donaghadee). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageTrap Collection: Northern Ireland - An Irish Jaunting Car

Northern Ireland - An Irish Jaunting Car - a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, in its most common form with seats for two or four persons placed back to back

Background imageTrap Collection: Town Crier in pony and trap, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Town Crier in pony and trap, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
James Smith, Town Crier of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, in pony and trap. Seen here passing the butchers shop owned by J Potter, where cuts of meat are on display

Background imageTrap Collection: Haiti - Port au Prince (1 / 3)

Haiti - Port au Prince (1 / 3)
The National Bank of Haiti - Port au Prince Date: 1904

Background imageTrap Collection: Aerial view of a horse trap and jockey

Aerial view of a horse trap and jockey, taking part in a race

Background imageTrap Collection: Twist / Evidence Destroyed

Twist / Evidence Destroyed
The evidence destroyed

Background imageTrap Collection: Shakespeare character the Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Shakespeare character the Ghost of Hamlet's Father hoisted through a trap door with sound effects by beaters Date: 1843

Background imageTrap Collection: William Nicholson

William Nicholson
Illustration of a man driving a pony & trap by William Nicholson (1872-1949) Date: circa 1906

Background imageTrap Collection: Bird hunter trying to catch a woodcock. Engraving

Bird hunter trying to catch a woodcock. Engraving
Bird hunter trying to catch a woodcock, disguised and a noose on a stick to slip it around its neck. Engraving after a miniature from the book of the Roi Modus (King Modus), 14th century

Background imageTrap Collection: How to allure the hare. Facsimile of an engraving

How to allure the hare. Facsimile of an engraving
How to allure the hare. 19th century facsimile after a miniature in the manuscript of Gaston Phoebus, published in Paris, early 15th century

Background imageTrap Collection: The fisherman, 16th century. Engraving

The fisherman, 16th century. Engraving
The fisherman. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878

Background imageTrap Collection: Greece. Corinth, Port of Kenkries. Engraving by Aubert

Greece. Corinth, Port of Kenkries. Engraving by Aubert

Background imageTrap Collection: The Bordeaux Challenge, 1283. Peter III of Aragon

The Bordeaux Challenge, 1283. Peter III of Aragon
The Bordeaux Challenge. On December 1282 Charles of Anjou (1227-1285) challenged Peter III of Aragon (1240-1285) to a duel

Background imageTrap Collection: 17th century Dutch itinerant rat-catcher with tray and rat trap

17th century Dutch itinerant rat-catcher with tray and rat trap
17th century Dutch itinerant rat-catcher with tray of poison, trap on a long pole, poison, bag and dagger. From a series of beggars after Rembrandt, 1632

Background imageTrap Collection: The Rat-Catcher and Cats

The Rat-Catcher and Cats. A ratcatcher holding a cat and beating it with a stick for removing his traps. Another cat watches

Background imageTrap Collection: Gentlemen and ladies playing the kissing game, Cradle of Love

Gentlemen and ladies playing the kissing game, Cradle of Love. Couples link hands and form arches to trap others as they beneath. Freedom is granted with a kiss. Le Berceau d'Amour

Background imageTrap Collection: The Sinking of the the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North

The Sinking of the the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North
Illustration showing the German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst listing to starboard as she sank at the end of the Battle of North Cape, approximately 7.30pm on 26th December 1943

Background imageTrap Collection: Man in pony and trap beneath a road sign on Innishmore

Man in pony and trap beneath a road sign on Innishmore
A man wearing a cloth cap sits in a pony and trap beneath a road sign on Innishmore, Aran Islands, Ireland. Horse transport is often used as taxis on the islands Date: 1991

Background imageTrap Collection: McClintons Soap Works, Ballymaclinton, Ireland

McClintons Soap Works, Ballymaclinton, Ireland
Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 - McClintons Soap Works, in the Irish village of Ballymaclinton. 1908

Background imageTrap Collection: A day at the zoo

A day at the zoo
Children enjoying an elephant ride on a sunny day at the zoo. A llama and trap can also be seen. Artist: CT Howard. Date: circa 1930

Background imageTrap Collection: Grumman E-1B Tracer 148911

Grumman E-1B Tracer 148911
United States Navy - Grumman E-1B Tracer 148911, of VAW-110, on USS Ticonderoga, taxiing away from the arrestor wire after a successful Trap in February 1973. Date: 1973

Background imageTrap Collection: USA trapper / hunter pre-1900

USA trapper / hunter pre-1900

Background imageTrap Collection: Trap Lane, Padiham, early 1900s

Trap Lane, Padiham, early 1900s

Background imageTrap Collection: Padiham Trap Lane early 1900s

Padiham Trap Lane early 1900s

Background imageTrap Collection: Alican Land, Sidney Squirrel

Alican Land, Sidney Squirrel
A WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image shows Mr. Crab using his strong pincers to release Sidney Squirrel from a steel trap

Background imageTrap Collection: Gallic Wars - Titus Labienus hatches a trap

Gallic Wars - Titus Labienus hatches a trap
Gallic Wars (58 BC-50 BC). Titus Labienus hatches a trap to get the Treveri to cross the river before his troops, attacking them later. Engraving

Background imageTrap Collection: Tastes And Colors You Should Not Discuss

Tastes And Colors You Should Not Discuss
A series of illustrations displaying the use of different colours, a yellow gentleman removing the hat of a man in green with a fishing rod, as he carries away a lady

Background imageTrap Collection: Congo. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripods

Congo. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripods
History of Africa. 19th century. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripods across the river rapids at Stanley Falls. Engraving by W. Meyer

Background imageTrap Collection: Basket Trap for Salmon

Basket Trap for Salmon
A basket trap, used for catching salmon in the River Severn. Date: 1933

Background imageTrap Collection: Harry Lowe, Tottenham Hotspur trainer, in action

Harry Lowe, Tottenham Hotspur trainer, in action
Harry Lowe one of Tottenham Hotspur's trainers shows how to trap a ball on the run Date: 1946

Background imageTrap Collection: Caricature illustration of tall house on wheels

Caricature illustration of tall house on wheels, pulled by men disguised as a shed, with burglar about to fall into the trap. Captioned, A Moving Cat-astrophe'

Background imageTrap Collection: Hay loft with trap and cart in Albertville

Hay loft with trap and cart in Albertville. (Albertville is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of Southeastern France). Date: 1937

Background imageTrap Collection: Rose Cottage, Torquay

Rose Cottage, Torquay, with pony and trap parked outside. Date: circa 1939

Background imageTrap Collection: Successful campaign in the Libyan desert

Successful campaign in the Libyan desert. Italian soldiers about to trigger an underground device. Date: 1941

Background imageTrap Collection: c. 1880s South East Asia - Philippines - pony and trap

c. 1880s South East Asia - Philippines - pony and trap
c.1880s South East Asia - Philippines - pony and trap

Background imageTrap Collection: c. 1880s India - European couple with pony and trap, horse an

c. 1880s India - European couple with pony and trap, horse an
c.1880s India - European couple with pony and trap, horse and servants

Background imageTrap Collection: Valders, Norway, pony and trap

Valders, Norway, pony and trap
Vintage 19th century photograph: Valders, Norway, pony and trap

Background imageTrap Collection: Pony and trap and servants, British India

Pony and trap and servants, British India
19th century vintage photograph: Pony and trap and servants, British India

Background imageTrap Collection: Customs of Native American peoples

Customs of Native American peoples
Interpreter Sacagawea reunited with the Shoshone people on Lewis and Clarkes Expedition 49, a Native American presents a tobacco pipe to the Medicine Stone 50

Background imageTrap Collection: Advert, Anson Double-Rise Target Trap

Advert, Anson Double-Rise Target Trap
Advert for the Anson Double-Rise Target Trap (for shooting practice), Birmingham. circa 1900

Background imageTrap Collection: Medieval bat and ball games

Medieval bat and ball games
Woman pitching a ball to a man with a bat in the game of club ball, 14th century (top), man holding a ball about to hit it to a catcher in the game of club ball, 14th century (middle)

Background imageTrap Collection: New gate to the gardens of the Continental

New gate to the gardens of the Continental Horticultural Company, Ghent, Belgium. Woodcut by Kettenbach from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1883

Background imageTrap Collection: Method of catching wild elephants using lassos in Burma

Method of catching wild elephants using lassos in Burma. Adapted from an illustration in Michael Symes Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava

Background imageTrap Collection: Cupid and spiders web on a Valentine card

Cupid and spiders web on a Valentine card
Cupid with net and spiders web on a Valentine card -- Caught in Loves Web. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTrap Collection: Spiders web on a Valentine card

Spiders web on a Valentine card -- Caught in Loves Web. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTrap Collection: Rat-catcher 1850s

Rat-catcher 1850s
Jack Black, was a rat-catcher and mole destroyer from Battersea. Date: circa 1850s

Background imageTrap Collection: NFS (London Region) Boy trapped in a milk churn

NFS (London Region) Boy trapped in a milk churn
Boy trapped in a milk churn is set free at Brigade HQ on 4 July 1947. The milkman had brought him to the fire station in his milk float. Date: 1947

Background imageTrap Collection: Poster, The British public is not to be sneezed at

Poster, The British public is not to be sneezed at
Ministry of Health poster, The British public is not to be sneezed at -- coughs and sneezes spread diseases -- use your handkerchief to trap the germs and prevent droplet infection. circa 1950s

Background imageTrap Collection: Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 70

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 70
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 70, on approach to trap the wire aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Background imageTrap Collection: Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 66

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 66
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 66 about to trap the wire, landing on board Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Background imageTrap Collection: Albatros L. 72c Albis D-1140

Albatros L. 72c Albis D-1140
Albatros L.72c Albis D-1140 (msn 10108) of the Hamburger Fremdenblatt newspaper

Background imageTrap Collection: (insert)

(insert)
Comic Postcard - Don t try to enter by the Exit Door or you will get Squeezed

Background imageTrap Collection: Oldhams Creek, Wakapuaka Road, Nelson, New Zealand. Date: circa 1910s

Oldhams Creek, Wakapuaka Road, Nelson, New Zealand. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTrap Collection: Bird catching by clap-net

Bird catching by clap-net. Date: 13th century

Background imageTrap Collection: COYOTE

COYOTE
The Prairie Wolf - with one leg caught in a trap Date: circa 1820

Background imageTrap Collection: RATS & TRAP C1840 RATS & TRAP C1840

RATS & TRAP C1840 RATS & TRAP C1840
Two black rats nibble at a piece of cheese in a trap. Date: circa 1840

Background imageTrap Collection: MAN-TRAP / HEATH

MAN-TRAP / HEATH
Man alarmed by man-trap warning Date: 1837

Background imageTrap Collection: BRITOMARTIS

BRITOMARTIS
The Cretan nymph Britomartis is very fond of hunting, but when she is hunted by King Minos, who seeks to trap her with nets and hounds, she throws herself into the sea

Background imageTrap Collection: Street trader, selling mouse traps

Street trader, selling mouse traps
Street trader with a wooden leg selling mouse traps. Date: circa 19th century

Background imageTrap Collection: Grove Lands, near Henfield in Sussex, was used as a war-supply depot

Grove Lands, near Henfield in Sussex, was used as a war-supply depot

Background imageTrap Collection: Items from the Folk Museum, Cambridge including an eel trap

Items from the Folk Museum, Cambridge including an eel trap
Items from the Folk Museum, Cambridge: Clockwise from top left, a Turf Becket and spade, an eel trap, and eel gleve, horse overshoes and a sedge knife. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageTrap Collection: A boney white horse pulls an entire family in a cart, India

A boney white horse pulls an entire family in a cart, India
A boney white horse pulls an entire family in a cart beneath the walls of the Red Fort in Delhi, India Date: 1984

Background imageTrap Collection: Pony and trap on the island of Innishmore, Aran Islands

Pony and trap on the island of Innishmore, Aran Islands
Travel is mostly done by horse and trap or bicycle on the island of Innishmore, Aran Islands, Ireland Date: 1991

Background imageTrap Collection: Man drives pony and trap between dry stone walls, Innishmore

Man drives pony and trap between dry stone walls, Innishmore
A man wearing a cap drives a pony and trap between dry stone walls on Innishmore, Aran Islands, Ireland. Horse transport is often used as taxis on the islands Date: 1991

Background imageTrap Collection: Tourists transport to Petra, Jordan

Tourists transport to Petra, Jordan
Tourists are carried by horse, and pony and trap, down the deep ravine leading to Petra, Jordan Date: circa 1995



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