Fireman Collection (#4)

Firemen fighting the blaze at the Cottons Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London, 1861. The scene on the morning of Sunday, 23rd June 1861; firefighters train hoses on the blaze as a crowd of spectators

The Awful Destruction of the Royal Exchange (2nd) fire, London, 1838. Artist: W Clerk
View of the Royal Exchange, London, engulfed by fire in 1838

Destruction of the Royal Exchange (2nd) fire, London, 1838
A view of the Royal Exchange, London, engulfed by fire in 1838

Euston Fire Station, No 172 Euston Road, St Pancras, London, 1935. Firemen and fire engines are at the ready outside the station

Sydenham Fire Station, Crystal Palace Parade, Lewisham, London, 1907. The fire station is shown with a fire engine and two firemen on duty. Behind is the Crystal Palace, burnt down in 1936

Firemen outside Bishopsgate Fire Station, Bishopsgate, City of London, 1908. Firemen in uniform with brass helmets stand beside their fire engines

Firemen lined up outside Bishopsgate Fire Station, Bishopsgate, City of London, 1908. Firemen in uniform stand in a row outside their station with fire engines behind

Cheapside, London, 1881
View of a fire at the corner of Cheapside and Bread Street, London, 1881; with the Fire Brigade in attendance

Albion Place, Southwark, London, 1791. Artist: John William Edy
View of the fire at Albion Mills, Blackfriars Bridge, Southwark, London, 1791; which took place on 2 March 1791. Blackfriars Bridge can be seen to the right

Horse-drawn fire engine, Boise, Idaho, USA, c1900

Fire Chief A. F. Domishkevich in the Uniform of the Police Fire Brigade, 1895. Creator: VV Degtiarev
Fire Chief A. F. Domishkevich in the Uniform of the Police Fire Brigade, 1895. This collection of photographs and documents from the private archive of Sergei Mikhailovich Chashchin relates to

The first steam fire engine, c1830. Invented and built by Braithwaite and Ericsson in 1830. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Flying Fireman. From the series Visions of the Year 2000, 1899. Artist: Cote, Jean-Marc (active End of 19th cen. )
Flying Fireman. From the series Visions of the Year 2000, 1899. Private Collection

On the Footplate of a Great Western Express Engine, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

A House On Fire?, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
A House On Fire?, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Engineers Thumb by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Fireman, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Fireman, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

The Band of the Rio Fire Brigade, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Humaita District Fire Station, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Fire Brigade Head-quartes, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

And the heat of Battle. 1941 (1942). Merchants Road, Clifton. On 3rd & 4th January 1941 Bristol had its longest raid lasting 12 hours; during the raid the Luftwaffe dropped their biggest bomb

Out in the Blitz, silhouetted aganinst the light of fires, rescue men climb into a building in St. Leonard Street, Shoreditch to reach people trapped in the upper floors, 1941 (1942)

The Firemen Were At The Forefront Of Danger, 1941 (1942). Firemen fighting a blaze in the East India Docks during the Blitz of World War II. From Frontline 1940-1941

The Times, 1762. Artist: William Hogarth
The Times, 1762. Satire on King George III and the Seven Years War. The burning city is an allegory for the state of Europe. William Pitt is depicted on stilts, fanning the flames of war

At the telephone, London Fire Brigade, c1900 (1901). The London Fire Brigade is the statutory fire and rescue service for London. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act of 1865

Firemen Tackle City Blaze, 1940, (1940). From The War in Pictures. [Odhams Press Limited, London, 1940]

Islington fire brigade, London, 1901 (1951). A print from 100 Years in Pictures, A panorama of History in the Making, text by DC Somervell, Odhams press Limited, London, 1951

Fire engine on a sledge, 1662 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union

Horse-drawn fire engine, c19th century

London fires, 1887. Lookout at the Central London Fire Brigade Station, Southwark Bridge Boad. A print from The Illustrated London News, 19th Febuary 1887

A fire engine, Shoreditch, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Brightman
A fire engine, Shoreditch, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Firemen fighting a fire at a timber yard, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Firefighters donning smoke helmets, Farringdon Street rubber works, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press

A train fireman, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Fire engine, late 19th century

Burning of Covent Garden Theatre, 1856 (1897). From Old and New London Vol III by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

Garrison of French soldiers and firemen, Verdun, France, First World War, 1916, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918

The Night Alarm, The Life of a Fireman, 1854. Artist: Nathaniel Currier
The Night Alarm, The Life of a Fireman, 1854

The Noble Protectors of Life and Property, 1820. Artist: R Reeves
The Noble Protectors of Life and Property, 1820. Nineteenth-century fire-fighting

A Night Alarm, 1886. Artist: Julian Ashton
A Night Alarm, 1886.Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1886)

The Village Firemen, 1857. Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
The Village Firemen, 1857. Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre Cecil (1824-1898). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Riots in Paris, 1897. Artist: Henri Meyer
Riots in Paris, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd July 1897

English firemen going to an emergency, 1897. Artist: Henri Meyer
English firemen on their way to a fire, London, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th December 1897

Fire engine on the way to a fire, Paris, 1896. Artist: G Busson
Fire engine on the way to a fire, Paris, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd May 1896

Disaster at Saint-Sauveur hospital, Lille, France, 1896. Artist: Henri Meyer
Disaster at Saint-Sauveur hospital, Lille, France, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 12th April 1896. Soldiers, firemen and nurses trying to evacuate people from the burning building

Fire at the Opera, Paris, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Fire at the Opera, Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd January 1894

Death of Sergeant Bauchat, Rue de Reuilly, Paris, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Death of Sergeant Bauchat, Rue de Reuilly, Paris, 1894. Gaston Bauchat was a Sergeant in the Paris fire brigade who was killed in an explosion on 11th February 1894

Riot on Rue Nationale, Paris, 1934. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 13th may 1934

A balloon on a roof, 1894. Firemen trying to come to the aid of a balloonist who has crash landed on a roof. Illustration in Le Petit Journal, 1894

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