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Background imageLifting Collection: Austin A40 Devon for export, Cardiff 1950. Creator: Unknown

Austin A40 Devon for export, Cardiff 1950. Creator: Unknown
Austin A40 Devon for export, Cardiff 1950

Background imageLifting Collection: Sketch by Sir William Orpen, c1914 (1932). Artist: William Newenham Montague Orpen

Sketch by Sir William Orpen, c1914 (1932). Artist: William Newenham Montague Orpen
Sketch by Sir William Orpen, c1914 (1932). From The Studio Volume 104. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1932]

Background imageLifting Collection: Caught him with both arms round the waist, and threw him on the stage, c1890-c1909(?)

Caught him with both arms round the waist, and threw him on the stage, c1890-c1909(?). Artist: Pugnis
Caught him with both arms round the waist, and threw him on the stage, c1890-c1909(?). An illustration from Famous Fights

Background imageLifting Collection: Labourers, 1781. Creator: George Stubbs

Labourers, 1781. Creator: George Stubbs
Labourers, 1781

Background imageLifting Collection: Gates Funeral N.Y., 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Gates Funeral N.Y., 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Gates Funeral N.Y., 1911. Shows people and cars outside the Plaza Hotel, New York City, for funeral of financier John Warne Gates (1855-1911).

Background imageLifting Collection: Transfer of 8' shells, League Isl'd., 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Transfer of 8" shells, League Isl'd., 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Transfer of 8" shells, League Isl'd., 1913. Shows armored cruiser USS Brooklyn (CA-3) at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Background imageLifting Collection: The Entombment, plate 11 from The Passion of Christ, 1596. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius

The Entombment, plate 11 from The Passion of Christ, 1596. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
The Entombment, plate 11 from The Passion of Christ, 1596.

Background imageLifting Collection: Rosenthal funeral, N.Y., 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Rosenthal funeral, N.Y., 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Rosenthal funeral, N.Y., 1912. Shows the coffin of murdered gambler Herman Rosenthal being loaded into a hearse in New York City.

Background imageLifting Collection: Wisdom Supporting Liberty, c1889. Creator: Jules Dalou

Wisdom Supporting Liberty, c1889. Creator: Jules Dalou
Wisdom Supporting Liberty, c1889.

Background imageLifting Collection: Farm hands, 1922. Creator: Edmund Blampied

Farm hands, 1922. Creator: Edmund Blampied
Farm hands, 1922. There is an element of drudgery in the expressions and absolute profiles of the farm hands of the title, who are tipping vegetables into a barrel

Background imageLifting Collection: Times of Day/ Aurora, 1660. Creator: Jan de Visscher

Times of Day/ Aurora, 1660. Creator: Jan de Visscher
Times of Day/ Aurora, 1660. From the 'Times of Day', after Nicolaes Berchem. The first in the series, it depicts dawn and features an entertaining cast of characters

Background imageLifting Collection: Shipping wild animals in the London Docks, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Shipping wild animals in the London Docks, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Shipping wild animals in the London Docks, 1864. 'Amidst the diverse commodities brought into the port of London by so many vessels from every region of the globe

Background imageLifting Collection: Mitchel Funeral, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Mitchel Funeral, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Mitchel Funeral, 1918. Shows the funeral of John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) who served as mayor of New York City from 1914 to 1917

Background imageLifting Collection: The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, [London], 1864. View from the bottom of Cow-cross and St. John-street towards the south-west

Background imageLifting Collection: American soldiers & wounded, 27 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

American soldiers & wounded, 27 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. American soldiers & wounded, 27 Apr 1918
American soldiers & wounded, 27 Apr 1918. American soldiers carrying wounded troops onto hospital train at Horreville, France, April 27, 1918

Background imageLifting Collection: British torpedo after practice run, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

British torpedo after practice run, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
British torpedo after practice run, between c1915 and c1920. British sailors hoisting a spent torpedo on board a British torpedo boat destroyer after a practice run

Background imageLifting Collection: Raising the colossal bronze statue of Hercules found underground in the Campo dei Fiori, Rome

Raising the colossal bronze statue of Hercules found underground in the Campo dei Fiori, Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Raising the colossal bronze statue of Hercules found underground in the Campo dei Fiori, Rome, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Carli, a French artist

Background imageLifting Collection: German hospital train, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German hospital train, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German hospital train, between 1914 and c1915. A German hospital train, probably during World War I

Background imageLifting Collection: French pick up dead near Charleroi, 21 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

French pick up dead near Charleroi, 21 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
French pick up dead near Charleroi, 21 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). French soldiers putting a dead body into a cart

Background imageLifting Collection: Fugitives, Gare du Nord, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Fugitives, Gare du Nord, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Fugitives, Gare du Nord, Paris, between c1914 and c1915. Refugees(?) at the Gare du Nord railroad station in Paris, France during World War I

Background imageLifting Collection: Loading war auto. on Sugura [i.e. Loading a truck chassis on the Suruga], between c1914 and c1915

Loading war auto. on Sugura [i.e. Loading a truck chassis on the Suruga], between c1914 and c1915. A crane hoist lifting a truck chassis onto the American freighter Suruga as World War I began

Background imageLifting Collection: Woman Lifting Infant to Cell Window, mid 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

Woman Lifting Infant to Cell Window, mid 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Woman Lifting Infant to Cell Window, mid 19th century

Background imageLifting Collection: Mr. Thiers embrasse un membre de la comission de permanence et lui prouve combien... 1872

Mr. Thiers embrasse un membre de la comission de permanence et lui prouve combien... 1872. Creator: Cham
Mr. Thiers embrasse un membre de la comission de permanence et lui prouve combien la mer l'a fortifie, 1872. Series: Actualites; Periodical: Le Charivari, Thursday, 26 September 1872

Background imageLifting Collection: Shinozuka Iganokami Sadatsuna Lifting a Giant Beam, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Shinozuka Iganokami Sadatsuna Lifting a Giant Beam, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Shinozuka Iganokami Sadatsuna Lifting a Giant Beam, 1886. Shinozuka, a senior vassal of Nitta Yoshisada, was known as a courageous warrior and was famous for his immense strength

Background imageLifting Collection: The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. On 21 January 1876, the Edinburgh-London Special Scotch Express was involved in a collision

Background imageLifting Collection: Shinozuka Iganokami Sadatsuna Lifting a Giant Beam, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Shinozuka Iganokami Sadatsuna Lifting a Giant Beam, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Shinozuka Iganokami Sadatsuna Lifting a Giant Beam, 1886. From Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage

Background imageLifting Collection: Hercules and Antaeus, after 1507. Creator: Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

Hercules and Antaeus, after 1507. Creator: Giovanni Antonio da Brescia
Hercules and Antaeus, after 1507

Background imageLifting Collection: Temple Guardian and Demon Wrestling (image 2 of 2), Mid-19th century. Creator: Miwa School

Temple Guardian and Demon Wrestling (image 2 of 2), Mid-19th century. Creator: Miwa School
Temple Guardian and Demon Wrestling (image 2 of 2), Mid-19th century

Background imageLifting Collection: La Bataille de la Somme; La replique au 420: notre obus de 440, 1916 (1924) Creator: Unknown

La Bataille de la Somme; La replique au 420: notre obus de 440, 1916 (1924) Creator: Unknown
La Bataille de la Somme; La replique au 420: notre obus de 440, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Background imageLifting Collection: View of the town hall and the harbor in Marseille with victims struck by the plague... 1720-1799

View of the town hall and the harbor in Marseille with victims struck by the plague... 1720-1799. Creator: Anon
View of the town hall and the harbor in Marseille with victims struck by the plague in 1720, 1720-1799

Background imageLifting Collection: Arrival at a country house, 1661. Creator: Gesina ter Borch

Arrival at a country house, 1661. Creator: Gesina ter Borch
Arrival at a country house, 1661

Background imageLifting Collection: Elephant assisting to lay down water-pipes near Kandy, in Ceylon, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Elephant assisting to lay down water-pipes near Kandy, in Ceylon, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Elephant assisting to lay down water-pipes near Kandy, in Ceylon, 1856. View of...the great waterworks at present in course of erection upon Messrs

Background imageLifting Collection: Nos saltimbanques, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Nos saltimbanques, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Nos saltimbanques, 19th century. Our acrobats

Background imageLifting Collection: Marble quarry near Rutland, between 1890 and 1905. Creator: Unknown

Marble quarry near Rutland, between 1890 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Marble quarry near Rutland, between 1890 and 1905

Background imageLifting Collection: Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Background imageLifting Collection: Tire ferme, Gaspard... y va s'neyer... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Tire ferme, Gaspard... y va s'neyer... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Tire ferme, Gaspard... y va s'neyer... 19th century. Pulls Gaspard....and va s'neyer

Background imageLifting Collection: Laisse-moi regarder encore... papa!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Laisse-moi regarder encore... papa!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Laisse-moi regarder encore... papa!, 19th century. The audience of the show - Let me look again... papa!

Background imageLifting Collection: Schley, Winfield Scott, Rear Admiral, U.S.N. Funeral, St. John's Church - Casket, 1911

Schley, Winfield Scott, Rear Admiral, U.S.N. Funeral, St. John's Church - Casket, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Schley, Winfield Scott, Rear Admiral, U.S.N. Funeral, St. John's Church - Casket, 1911

Background imageLifting Collection: Burying the Dead. Creator: Conrad Meyer

Burying the Dead. Creator: Conrad Meyer
Burying the Dead

Background imageLifting Collection: Potato Lifting, 1882. Creator: William Strang

Potato Lifting, 1882. Creator: William Strang
Potato Lifting, 1882

Background imageLifting Collection: Stan Kenton Orchestra, 1947 or 1948. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb

Stan Kenton Orchestra, 1947 or 1948. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Orchestra, 1947 or 1948

Background imageLifting Collection: Saint Grégoire enlevé au ciel, esquisse pour la coupole de la chapelle Saint-Grégoire... c1690

Saint Grégoire enlevé au ciel, esquisse pour la coupole de la chapelle Saint-Grégoire... c1690
Saint Gregoire enleve au ciel, esquisse pour la coupole de la chapelle Saint-Gregoire de l'eglise des Invalides, c1690

Background imageLifting Collection: Birthday Greetings, after Meyer Von Bremen, 1891. Creator: Unknown

Birthday Greetings, after Meyer Von Bremen, 1891. Creator: Unknown
Birthday Greetings, after Meyer Von Bremen, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Background imageLifting Collection: Krahn im Freihafen, 1893. Creator: Fritz Stoltenberg

Krahn im Freihafen, 1893. Creator: Fritz Stoltenberg
Krahn im Freihafen, 1893

Background imageLifting Collection: Interior view of the Saint-Benoit-le-Bestoune church: the Saint-Pierre or Tournelle chapel, 1832

Interior view of the Saint-Benoit-le-Bestoune church: the Saint-Pierre or Tournelle chapel, 1832

Background imageLifting Collection: The Easter Kiss; Easter week in Russia, 1854. Creator: Unknown

The Easter Kiss; Easter week in Russia, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Easter Kiss; Easter week in Russia, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Background imageLifting Collection: The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Background imageLifting Collection: The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
The frame: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881



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