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Background imageCaptives Collection: Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: taming a wild elephant, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: taming a wild elephant, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: taming a wild elephant, 1864. Engraving of a photograph '...of the great elephant-catching expedition to a place called Ebbewellepittia...so as to

Background imageCaptives Collection: Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: an elephant noosed, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: an elephant noosed, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: an elephant noosed, 1864. Engraving of a photograph '...of the great elephant-catching expedition to a place called Ebbewellepittia...so as to afford

Background imageCaptives Collection: Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: herd of wild elephants, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: herd of wild elephants, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: herd of wild elephants, 1864. Engraving of a photograph '...of the great elephant-catching expedition to a place called Ebbewellepittia...so as to

Background imageCaptives Collection: Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: testing the rope, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: testing the rope, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: testing the rope, 1864. Engraving of a photograph '...of the great elephant-catching expedition to a place called Ebbewellepittia...so as to afford

Background imageCaptives Collection: The Prince's Voyage Home from India...Himalayan Black Bear and tailless dog...1876. Creator: W. J. P

The Prince's Voyage Home from India...Himalayan Black Bear and tailless dog...1876. Creator: W. J. P
The Prince's Voyage Home from India: life on board the Serapis: Himalayan Black Bear and tailless dogs, from a sketch by an officer of the Serapis, 1876

Background imageCaptives Collection: Single Leaf of a Battle Scene from the Baburnamah, late 10th century AH/AD 16th century

Single Leaf of a Battle Scene from the Baburnamah, late 10th century AH/AD 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Single Leaf of a Battle Scene from the Baburnamah, late 10th century AH/AD 16th century. This battle scene comes from an illustrated Baburnamah (Memoirs of Babur) executed in Mughal India

Background imageCaptives Collection: Capture of Demons in Lanka, 1775-1800. Creator: Unknown

Capture of Demons in Lanka, 1775-1800. Creator: Unknown
Capture of Demons in Lanka, 1775-1800. With the help of his army of monkeys, Rama's invasion of Lanka is successful. Rama and his brother Lakshmana are depicted seated under a tree at left

Background imageCaptives Collection: Moving the lions at the Zoological Society's Gardens, 1876. Creator: Unknown

Moving the lions at the Zoological Society's Gardens, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Moving the lions at the Zoological Society's Gardens, 1876. Lioness in her new home. The lions, tigers, and panthers of the Zoological Society's collection in the Regent's Park Gardens

Background imageCaptives Collection: Slave Gang passing along the edge of the Lushivi Marsh...1876. Creator: Unknown

Slave Gang passing along the edge of the Lushivi Marsh...1876. Creator: Unknown
Slave Gang passing along the edge of the Lushivi Marsh, from a sketch by Lieutenant Cameron in Central Africa, 1876. The painful march of a slave gang

Background imageCaptives Collection: 'Sioux Indians burning a prisoner; Ocean to Ocean, the Pacific railroad, 1875

'Sioux Indians burning a prisoner; Ocean to Ocean, the Pacific railroad, 1875. Creator: Frederick Whymper
Sioux Indians burning a prisoner; Ocean to Ocean, the Pacific railroad, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Background imageCaptives Collection: Le calvaire des six cents otages; Vue interieure de la grange de Milejgany ou furent... 1918

Le calvaire des six cents otages; Vue interieure de la grange de Milejgany ou furent... 1918
Le calvaire des six cents otages; Vue interieure de la grange de Milejgany ou furent parques plus de 450 otages; la neige entrait par la porte qu'il fallait laisser ouverte pour voir clair, 1918

Background imageCaptives Collection: Le calvaire des six cents otages; Etable de Milejgany, pres de Zosie, ou cent cinquante... 1918

Le calvaire des six cents otages; Etable de Milejgany, pres de Zosie, ou cent cinquante... 1918
Le calvaire des six cents otages; Etable de Milejgany, pres de Zosie, ou cent cinquante otages demeurerent sans feu, pendant une semaine, par plus de 20 degres de froid, 1918

Background imageCaptives Collection: 'The Family of Darius Before Alexander' - in the National Gallery - painted by Paul Veronese, 1857

"The Family of Darius Before Alexander" - in the National Gallery - painted by Paul Veronese, 1857
"The Family of Darius Before Alexander" [after the battle of Issus, B.C. 333] - in the National Gallery - painted by Paul Veronese, 1857. Engraving of a painting

Background imageCaptives Collection: Evacuation de prisonniers allemands du front de la Somme, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Evacuation de prisonniers allemands du front de la Somme, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Evacuation de prisonniers allemands du front de la Somme; des gaillards qui se resignent a leur sort, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Background imageCaptives Collection: Evacuation de prisonniers allemands du front de la Somme, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Evacuation de prisonniers allemands du front de la Somme, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Evacuation de prisonniers allemands du front de la Somme; convoi de prisonniers provenant de nos dernieres attaaques et diriges vers la gare d'embarquement: avant de se mettre en marche

Background imageCaptives Collection: Sur le front Russe; Une des immenses caravanes de prisonniers autrichiens, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Sur le front Russe; Une des immenses caravanes de prisonniers autrichiens, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Sur le front Russe; Une des immenses caravanes de prisonniers autrichiens achemines presque sans escorte vers l'arriere, en Volhynie, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Background imageCaptives Collection: Russian Prisoners, on the Field of Alma, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Russian Prisoners, on the Field of Alma, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Russian Prisoners, on the Field of Alma, 1854. Crimean War. Sketch by Lieutenant Bredin of the Royal Artillery, of Russian prisoners of War...led by an English escort to the beach on the field of

Background imageCaptives Collection: Death of the 'Lion Queen', in Wombwell's Menagerie, at Chatham, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Death of the "Lion Queen", in Wombwell's Menagerie, at Chatham, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Death of the "Lion Queen", in Wombwell's Menagerie, at Chatham [in Kent], 1850. It was the business of the deceased [17-year-old Ellen Blight] to go into the dens

Background imageCaptives Collection: Captive Jews by the Waters of Babylon - painted by Bendeman, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Captive Jews by the Waters of Babylon - painted by Bendeman, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Captive Jews by the Waters of Babylon - painted by Bendeman, 1850. By the waters of Babylon, sitting forlorn, We wept bitter tears in that day of our scorn, As we thought of our Zion, so far

Background imageCaptives Collection: Women Hard Labor Convicts at Work, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Women Hard Labor Convicts at Work, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Women Hard Labor Convicts at Work, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements

Background imageCaptives Collection: Chinese Captives in Aleksandrovsk Post, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Chinese Captives in Aleksandrovsk Post, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Chinese Captives in Aleksandrovsk Post, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements

Background imageCaptives Collection: Arrival of Winter Mail, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Arrival of Winter Mail, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Arrival of Winter Mail, 1890.. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Background imageCaptives Collection: Prayer in a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Prayer in a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Prayer in a Prison Courtyard, 1890 This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History

Background imageCaptives Collection: Exit from a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Exit from a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Exit from a Prison Courtyard, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History

Background imageCaptives Collection: Sof'ia 'Golden Hand', 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov. Sof'ia 'Golden Hand', 1890

Sof'ia "Golden Hand", 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov. Sof'ia "Golden Hand", 1890
Sof'ia "Golden Hand", 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements

Background imageCaptives Collection: A Group of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

A Group of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
A Group of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Background imageCaptives Collection: Work of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

Work of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Work of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Background imageCaptives Collection: The International Exhibition - 'The Bad Neighbours', by C. Verlat, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition - "The Bad Neighbours", by C. Verlat, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - "The Bad Neighbours", by C. Verlat, 1862....here is this wicked Belgian painter representing an incident of monkey life which, in this covetous

Background imageCaptives Collection: Birds of Paradise in the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1862

Birds of Paradise in the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1862. Creator: Friedrich Wilhelm Keyl
Birds of Paradise in the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, [London], 1862....when in the interior of Sumatra...Mr. A. R

Background imageCaptives Collection: Political prisoners, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Political prisoners, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Political prisoners, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P

Background imageCaptives Collection: Prisoner verification, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Prisoner verification, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Prisoner verification, 1890. This collection consists of forty-four photographs of Sakhalin Island and the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imageCaptives Collection: Chained Prisoners are Brought Before a King, a scene from the Gulistan of Sa di, c. 1550

Chained Prisoners are Brought Before a King, a scene from the Gulistan of Sa di, c. 1550

Background imageCaptives Collection: Caesar and His Prisoners, 1878. Creator: Rodolphe Bresdin

Caesar and His Prisoners, 1878. Creator: Rodolphe Bresdin
Caesar and His Prisoners, 1878

Background imageCaptives Collection: Daniel Saving Susanna, the Judgment of Daniel, and the Execution of the Elders, c. 1500

Daniel Saving Susanna, the Judgment of Daniel, and the Execution of the Elders, c. 1500

Background imageCaptives Collection: 10c Columbus Presenting Natives block of four, 1893. Creator: Unknown

10c Columbus Presenting Natives block of four, 1893. Creator: Unknown
10c Columbus Presenting Natives block of four, 1893. Columbian Exposition issue

Background imageCaptives Collection: The Bostonians in Distress, November 19, 1774. Creator: Attributed to Philip Dawe

The Bostonians in Distress, November 19, 1774. Creator: Attributed to Philip Dawe
The Bostonians in Distress, November 19, 1774

Background imageCaptives Collection: Caractacus before Claudius Caesar, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Caractacus before Claudius Caesar, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Caractacus before Claudius Caesar, 1844. After a sculpture of Caratacus, the British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, by J. D. H

Background imageCaptives Collection: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Roma Victrix, 1549. 1549. Creator: Nicolas Beatrizet

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Roma Victrix, 1549. 1549. Creator: Nicolas Beatrizet
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Roma Victrix, 1549

Background imageCaptives Collection: Prisoners from the Front, 1866. Creator: Winslow Homer

Prisoners from the Front, 1866. Creator: Winslow Homer
Prisoners from the Front, 1866

Background imageCaptives Collection: Acte III Scene VI - 50 mille Autrichiens... Oh le beau coup de filet, 1805, (1921)

Acte III Scene VI - 50 mille Autrichiens... Oh le beau coup de filet, 1805, (1921)
Acte III Scene VI - 50 mille Autrichiens...Oh le beau coup de filet, 1805, (1921). Roughly translated as 50 thousand Austrians, what a lovely haul

Background imageCaptives Collection: Prisoners of War: interrogating captured Turks, First World War, c1917-1918, (c1920)

Prisoners of War: interrogating captured Turks, First World War, c1917-1918, (c1920). British soldiers with Turkish prisoners on the Eastern Front

Background imageCaptives Collection: Columbus and his Train Entering Barcelona, (1877). Creator: Felix Octavius Carr Darley

Columbus and his Train Entering Barcelona, (1877). Creator: Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Columbus and his Train Entering Barcelona, (1877). In 1493, Italian navigator and colonist Christopher Columbus paraded captive Native Americans through the streets of Barcelona in Spain

Background imageCaptives Collection: Taking the keys of the Castle, Jack unlocked all the doors, from English Fairy Tales, pub

Taking the keys of the Castle, Jack unlocked all the doors, from English Fairy Tales, pub. 1922 (colour lithograph), 1922. Scene from Jack the Giant - Killer

Background imageCaptives Collection: Captive Turks at Worth, 6 August 1870, (1936). Creator: Unknown

Captive Turks at Worth, 6 August 1870, (1936). Creator: Unknown
Captive Turks at Worth, 6 August 1870, (1936). Gefangene Turkos Bei Worth, 6 August 1870. Zouaves (French infantry linked to French North Africa)


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