Effort Collection (#5)

Homeward, 1885. Creator: Charles Napier Hemy
Homeward, 1885

A giant heaving a boulder at center, other giants to left and right struggling and recoiling against impending boulders, nude figures climbing rocks and struggling in the background

Nigel Kennedy, Barbican, London, 1994. Creator: Brian Foskett
Nigel Kennedy, Barbican, London, 1994

Ulysses Lands on the Isle of Calypso, 1737. Artist: Pierre Charles Tremolieres
Ulysses Lands on the Isle of Calypso, 1737. From the Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France

The Wood-Sawyers, 1850-1852, (c1915). Artist: Jean Francois Millet
The Wood-Sawyers, 1850-1852, (c1915). Held by the Victoria and Albert Museum. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Blue-Jackets and Marine Poling the British Troops Up The River Perak, c1880. Artist: CR
Blue-Jackets and Marine Poling the British Troops Up The River Perak, c1880. Episode of the Perak War (1875-76), between British and local forces in Perak, Malaysia

Women drawing water at the Fountain of the Magi, on the road to Bethlehem, c1900. From Journey in All Lands - Palestine. [Realistic Travels, London, Cape Town, Bombay, Melbourne, Toronto, c1900]

Among the Branches Dwelt a Nightingale, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Among the Branches Dwelt a Nightingale, c1930. An illustration from The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Oh! How Pretty That Is! He Would Say, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Oh! How Pretty That Is! He Would Say, c1930. An illustration from The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

She Ran On As Fast As She Could, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Ran On As Fast As She Could, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Rifle Brigade Practising Hill Climbing with Maxim, 1902. The Second Boer War (1899-1902), South Africa. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. III

Senesino on the Stage, 1725, (1904). Francesco Bernardi, (31 October 1686 - 27 November 1758) was a celebrated Italian contralto castrato

Jesse Owens at the start of the 200 metres at the Berlin Olympic Games, 1936. Owens setting off on the way to one of his four gold medals at the 1936 games

No title - J. W. Zanders Paper Makers Sample, 1910. Printed with Berger & Wirths inks. From The British Printer Vol. XXIII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1910]

Isis - Reine D Egypte, 1403, (1939). Artist: Master of Berrys Cleres Femmes
Isis - Reine D Egypte, 1403, (1939). The illustration is part of the manuscript De Claris mulieribus, traduction anonyme en francais (Livre des femmes nobles et renommees) by Giovanni Boccaccio

Recruits to the Grenadier Guards at physical drill at Caterham, where the Brigade of Foot Guards de
Recruits to the Grenadier Guards at physical drill at Caterham, 1915. Caterham is a town in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England where the Brigade of Foot Guards depot was established

Scene from ?Twelfth Night? (?Malvolio and the Countess?), c1840, (c1915). Artist: Daniel Maclise
Scene from ?Twelfth Night? (?Malvolio and the Countess?), c1840, (c1915). Held at Tate Britain, London. From Famous Pictures of the World, c1900

Copper Engraving by Rafael Schiamirossi, illustrating The Lunge, 1610, (1936). Artist: Rafael Schiamirossi
Copper Engraving by Rafael Schiamirossi, illustrating The Lunge, 1610, (1936). The illustration is part of the treatise Gran Simulacro dell arte e dell uso della scherma

The Capstan, 1926. Artist: Arthur Briscoe
The Capstan, 1926. From The Studio Volume 91. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1926]

Towing Past The City, c1870-1880, (c1915). Artist: William Lionel Wyllie
Towing Past The City, c1870-1880, (c1915). From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

The Newly Elected M. P. 1835, (1911)
The Newly Elected M.P. 1835, (1911). Early 19th century print of an MP in horsedrawn carriage making his way to the House of Commons. From The Connoisseur Vol XXXI. [Otto Limited, London, 1911]

Ready to start legging a canal boat, London, c1890 (1903). Two leggers ready to move the canal boat through the tunnel, by propelling the boat with their feet against the tunnel wall

Christ on the Way to Calvary, c1530, (1907). Artist: Matthias Gerung
Christ on the Way to Calvary, c1530, (1907). From a German Translation of the New Testament. From The Worlds History, Volume VI. Edited by Dr. H. F. Helmolt [William Heinemann, London, 1907]

Leith Smack Running Up Swim, October, 1838. Artist: John Christian Schetky
Leith Smack Running Up Swim, October, 1838. From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

Japanese Pheasant (Phasaianus versicolor), Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasaianus torquatus), 1900, (1900). From The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of The British Islands, by Charles Dixon

Les Blanchisseuses, c1878. Artist: Edgar Degas
Les Blanchisseuses, c1878. From The Studio Volume 73. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1918]

The Woodcutter, 1910. Artist: Ferdinand Hodler
The Woodcutter, 1910. Painting housed in the Musee d Orsay, Paris. From The Studio Volume 87. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1924]

Tying the Sheaves, 1902, (1923). Artist: George Clausen
Harvest, Tying the Sheaves, 1902. From The Studio Volume 85. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1923]

Seashore: Fishermen Hauling in a Boat, 1791. Artist: George Morland
Seashore: Fishermen Hauling in a Boat, 1791. Painting held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy

Phoebus et Boree, 19th century. Artist: Jean Francois Millet
Phoebus et Boree, 19th century. From The Studio Volume 59 by Ralph Nevill. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1913]

Quarrymen, c1900 (1902). Artist: Robert Hermann Sterl
Quarrymen, c1900 (1902). From The Studio Volume 25 [The Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1902.]

When School Began as we Remembered, c1890. Artist: Frederick Richardson
When School Began as we Remembered, c1890. From the pen drawing by Fred Richardson. 1905-6. From The Studio Volume 36. [The Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1905-6]

Landing of Sir Ralph Abercromby and British Forces at Alexandria, 1801, (1884)
Landing of Sir Ralph Abercromby and British Forces at Alexandria, 1801. In 1801 Sir Ralph Abercromby was sent with an army to dispossess the French of Egypt

The Wood Sawyers; Les scieurs de long, c1850, (1911). Artist: Jean Francois Millet
The Wood Sawyers; Les scieurs de long, c1850. Painting held in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. From A History of Painting Volume VIII by Haldane MacFall [T. C. and E. C

British soldiers practicing throwing hand grenades, c1914. British soldiers practicing throwing hand grenades from the trenches during World War I

Murderation! Molly, Be Easy. Artist: American Stereoscopic Company
Murderation! Molly, Be Easy. Stereoscopic card detail

Taking in a Difficult Reef. Artist: American Stereoscopic Company
Taking in a Difficult Reef. Stereoscopic card detail

St Christopher carrying the Infant Christ, 1511, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
St Christopher carrying the Infant Christ, 1511, (1936). A print from Durer, Und Seine Zeit, by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Grosse Phaidon Ausgabe, 1936

Female water carriers, Amarah, Iraq, 1917-1919

A porter lifting a large load, Chakrata, India, 1917

The Woodcutters, c1850. From an original print by F Grenir. [A H Payne, Dreseden & Leipzig]

The 199 steps, Whitby, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

The Distress in the West Ireland: Bringing in Fuel from the Hills near Kylemore, 19th century

Quartz Mining, California, 1859. Artist: Gustave Adolphe Chassevent-Bacques
Quartz Mining, California, 1859. A print from le Tour du Monde, 1859

French miners working a long tom sluice, California, 19th century. Artist: Gustave Adolphe Chassevent-Bacques
French miners working a long tom sluice, California, 19th century. A print from le Tour du Monde

Road Haulage in 1790, (1820). Artist: J Baily
Road Haulage in 1790, (1820)

Oddbjorn Hagen, Norwegian cross-country skier, Winter Olympics, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1936
Oddbjorn Hagen, Norwegian cross-country skier, Winter Olympic Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1936. Hagen won the gold medal for the Nordic combined

Forrest Towns, American Olympic champion in the 110 metres hurdles, 1936. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume II, Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Hamburg, 1936

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