Hazard Collection

Nichiren Calming the Storm, 19th century. Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Nichiren Calming the Storm, 19th century

Labor Ipse Voluptas, 1869. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Labor Ipse Voluptas, 1869. The perils of smoking are highlighted in this cartoon. Tobacco affects how a man looks, and his energy levels. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 22, 1869

A Gaming Table at Devonshire House, 1791. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Gaming Table at Devonshire House, 1791

Devastated. - Over sixty yards of snow-shedding destroyed by an avalanche in 1921, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935]

Grievances of London, 1812. Artist: George Cruikshank
Grievances of London, 1812. Scene on a busy street corner showing nuisances to passers-by. A woman watering plants from a window on the left knocks a pot on to figures below

Passing a Mud Cart, 1821. Artist: Richard Dighton
Passing a Mud Cart, 1821. A dandy on the pavement is splashed in the face and dress by liquid mud (or worse) from a cart. Plate I of A London Nuisance

972 cc Singer Le Mans driving through a ford during a motoring trial, 1936. Artist: Bill Brunell
Singer Le Mans 972 cc. Event Entry No: 24. Place: Unidentified Trial. Date: 1936

Austin Ulster driving through a ford during a motoring trial, 1936. Artist: Bill Brunell
Austin Ulster 747 cc. Event Entry No: 16. Place: Unidentified Trial. Date: 1936

MG Magnette driving through a ford during a motoring trial, 1936. Artist: Bill Brunell
MG Magnette 1287 cc. Place: Unidentified Trial. Date: 1936

MG PA driving through a ford during a motoring trial, 1936. Artist: Bill Brunell
MG PA 847 cc. Event Entry No: 18. Place: Unidentified Trial. Date: 1936

972 cc Singer Le Mans driving through water during a motoring trial, 1936. Artist: Bill Brunell
Singer Le Mans 972 cc. Event Entry No: 7. Place: Unidentified Trial. Date: 1936

Hillman Aero Minx open 2-seater driving through a ford during a motoring trial, 1936
Hilman Aero Minx Open 2 seater 1185 cc. Event Entry No: 6. Place: Unidentified Trial. Date: 1936

1935 Frazer-Nash TT replica being pulled out of a ford during a motoring trial, 1936
Frazer-Nash TT Replica 1935 1496 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. BUV1 Later re-registered CKK238. Event Entry No: 1 Chassis No. 2145.. Place: Unidentified Trial. Date: 1936

Toussaint Louverture, Haitian Revolutionary leader, (1873). Francois Dominique Toussaint Louverture led the Haitian independence movement during the French Revolution

Palace of Sans Souci, Milot, Haiti, 1873. Artist: Millot
Palace of Sans Souci, Milot, Haiti, 1873. Built by freed slaves between 1810 and 1813, the Palace of Sans Souci was the residence of King Henri I (Henri Christophe) of Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Sugar production, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Jean Pierre Boyer, Haitian soldier and President of Haiti, 1873. Boyer (1776-1850) became President of the Republic of Haiti in 1818

Tobacco preparation, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

The mausoleum of Columbus, Santo Domingo, 1873. Hispaniola was the island where Columbus first made landfall on his voyage to America in 1492

A Dominican school, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Preparing indigo, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Primitive sugar mill, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Native habitation, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

A buccaneer, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Manuel Seybano, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Washing clothes, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Crossing the Isabella, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Old Santo Domingo city, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Town and bay of Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, 1873. Puerto Plata is a town on the northern coast of the island of Hispaniola, in what is today the Dominican Republic

The Commandante, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Punishment of Negroes, Santo Domingo, 1873
Punishment of Negroes, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Ostriches attacking a car, California, USA, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 10th January 1904

The Revolt on the Island of Sercq, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Revolt on the Island of Sercq, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 25th May 1892

Passage of the Argonauts through the Symplegades, Hellespont, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Passage of the Argonauts through the Symplegades, Hellespont, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Peace and Security for Each Nation. Artist: Honore Daumier
Peace and Security for Each Nation. French postcard showing Peace flying past a series of hazardous cobwebs

Needle-making equipment, 1819. The large machine at bottom right is George Priors dry grinder with a box partly enclosing the grindstone to minimise dust (1813)

Grinding needle points, Redditch, England, c1830. A grindstone driven by water or steam. Needle grinding was well-paid work but the lives of grinders were short owing to the inhalation of dust

Eruption of Vesuvius, 1770s. Artist: Pierre-Jacques Volaire
Eruption of Vesuvius, 1770s. Vesuvius, the volcano most famous for its eruption of 79 AD which destroyed Pompeii, erupted several times in the 1770s

Measurable Distance, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
Measurable Distance, 1881. Mr John Bull, the representative of the British people is the owner of the ship which the pilot, Prime Minister Gladstone, is attempting to steer into safe harbour

Sancta Nicotina Consolatrix. The Poor Mans Friend, 1869. Artist: George du Maurier
Sancta Nicotina Consolatrix. The Poor Mans Friend, 1869. Tobacco was by this time recognised as a health hazard, but its properties provided some comfort for the very poor

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