Rescuers Collection

Undertow, 1886. Creator: Winslow Homer
Undertow, 1886. Rescuers try to haul ashore two women, weighed down by their waterlogged bathing dresses, in danger of being pulled beneath the waves by an undertow

Oxygen helmets in mine rescues, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Oxygen helmets in mine rescues, between c1910 and c1915.

Signal of Distress, 1890. Creator: Winslow Homer
Signal of Distress, 1890. In the foreground a group of sailors watch as fellow crew members prepare to board a lifeboat and reach safety

Capt. Rostron & under officers of CARPATHIA [ship], 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Captain Rostron & under officers of Carpathia [ship], 1912. Shows Captain Arthur Henry Rostron next to the silver loving cup presented to him in May 1912 by survivors of the Titanic in recognition of

Captain Rostron & under officers of Carpathia [ship], 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Captain Rostron & under officers of Carpathia [ship], 1912. Shows Captain Arthur Henry Rostron next to the silver loving cup presented to him in May 1912 by survivors of the Titanic in recognition of

Tug on way to meet Carpathia, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Tug on way to meet Carpathia, 1912. Related to the disaster of the RMS Titanic, which struck an iceberg in April 1912 and sank, killing more than 1,500 people.

Peregrine Rescuing Emilia From The Inn Fire, c1786. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Peregrine Rescuing Emilia From The Inn Fire, c1786. "From the noticeboard we find the Dover, Deal, Margate and Canterbury Coaches are advertised to set out from the caravansary in question

"The Ramsgate Life-boat: Morning after a Heavy Gale - Weather Moderating"...by E.W Cooke
"The Ramsgate Life-boat: Morning after a Heavy Gale - Weather Moderating" - from the picture by E.W Cooke. R.A., 1864. Engraving of a painting

Rescue work, Dayton, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Rescue work, Dayton, 1913. Shows the Great Dayton Flood of March 1913

The Page Bank Colliery-pit on Fire, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Page Bank Colliery-pit on Fire, 1858. Industrial accident near Durham. The fire is supposed to have originated by a spark from the furnace failing into the shaft...An attempt was made by two of

The Wreck of the Strathmore: taking the Survivors from the Island...1876. Creators: W. J. P. W. H. O
The Wreck of the Strathmore: taking the Survivors from the Island, from a sketch supplied by Mr. Spencer Joslen, 1876....the emigrant-ship Strathmore [was wrecked], in July last

"The Last from the Wreck", by E. Duncan, in the Exhibition of the Water-Colour Society, 1860. Creator: M
"The Last from the Wreck", by E. Duncan, in the Exhibition of the Water-Colour Society, 1860. Engraving after a painting....the work of rescue has been completed

The Livingstone Expedition in Africa - Dr. Livingstone's station [on] the Kongone River... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Livingstone Expedition in Africa - Dr. Livingstone's station at the mouth of the Kongone River, on the Zambezi Delta, 1860. Engraving from a sketch by...T. Baines, Esq

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: the scene on Saturday night, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon: working parties removing the injured, from a sketch by Mr. Gompertz, a passenger, 1876

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon: working parties removing the injured, from a sketch by Mr. Gompertz, a passenger, 1876

Shipwreck, mid-late 18th century. Creator: Pierre-Jacques Volaire
Shipwreck, mid-late 18th century. Dramatic scene: survivors cling to rocks being battered by huge waves

Shipwreck, before 1812. Creator: Philip James de Loutherbourg
Shipwreck, before 1812. Dramatic scene: survivors and dead bodies on rocks being battered by huge waves

The Ship "Bengal" rescuing the crew of "The Child of the Regiment", 1858. Creator: Smyth
The Ship "Bengal" rescuing the crew of "The Child of the Regiment", 1858. Engraving from a sketch by Theodore Walter, chief officer of the Child of the Regiment

Lisbon Bar during a Gale of Wind, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Lisbon Bar during a Gale of Wind, 1858....an incident is depicted which shows the effective means possessed by our Royal Mail packets for saving life at sea

King Louis Napoleon visits the ruins...after the explosion of the powder ship... (1807-1809)
King Louis Napoleon visits the ruins on the Rapenburg in Leiden after the explosion of the powder ship on January 12, 1807, (1807-1809)

Ship in distress off the coast, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Ship in distress off the coast, c.1825-c.1875. Passengers are saved from a ship foundering on a stormy sea. A castle in the background

A Shipwreck, 1750s. Creator: Johan Sevenbom
A Shipwreck, 1750s

Rescue at sea, 1838-1892. Creator: Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest
Rescue at sea, 1838-1892. Boat crew saving a person from drowning

Wreck of "The Polyphemus", off Hautsholmen Lighthouse, 1856. Creator: Smyth
Wreck of "The Polyphemus", off Hautsholmen Lighthouse, 1856. A war-steamer driven on shore, coast of Jutland. Minute-guns of distress had been fired...to call the attention of a vessel

Un homme a la mer, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un homme a la mer, 19th century. A man overboard

The Graphic, Front Cover March 13th.1886, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover March 13th. 1886, 1886. The drifting of the "Columbine" across the North Sea. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33

The Resounding Sea, 1886. Creator: Thomas Moran
The Resounding Sea, 1886

The Resounding Sea, 1886. Creator: Thomas Moran
The Resounding Sea, 1886

Scene of the Late Boiler Explosion, Lily-Lane Mill, Halifax, 1850. Creator: Smyth
Scene of the Late Boiler Explosion, Lily-Lane Mill, Halifax, [in Yorkshire], 1850. The boiler, with one huge lift, raised the whole of the four floors above it to a considerable height; when

The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - Escape of Marshal Haynau in the Police Galley, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - Escape of Marshal Haynau in the Police Galley, 1850. During a visit to London, the Austrian general Julius Jacob von Haynau was attacked by an angry mob who

Loss of the Brig "Vine", of Bristol, at Whitby, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Loss of the Brig "Vine", of Bristol, at Whitby, [North Yorkshire], 1850....the vessel...struck upon the sands, about 200 yards from the entrance to the harbour

The "Orion" Sinking, 1850. Creator: Unknown. The "Orion" Sinking, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The "Orion" Sinking, 1850. The Orion paddle steamer struck a submerged rock near Portpatrick Lighthouse, Wigtownshire, Scotland. 41 of the 200 passengers on board died

The Southwold Life-boat making for the rescue of a ship's crew on the outer shoal, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Southwold Life-boat making for the rescue of a ship's crew on the outer shoal, 1862. View of...a very gallant and prompt service rendered on the 28th January by the Southwold life-boat

"Eildon Manor": Wilfred and the Keepers discovering Burton in a snowdrift, 1862. Creator: Unknown
"Eildon Manor": Wilfred and the Keepers discovering Burton in a snowdrift, 1862. We are sorry that we are unacquainted with the name of the author of "The Maze of Life

Boat from the "Madras" Steamer picking up an Arab Budgerow in the Red Sea, with Capt Gough... 1857
Boat from the "Madras" Steamer picking up an Arab Budgerow in the Red Sea, with Capt. Gough and the Australian Mails, 1857....the Royal mail steamer Emeu

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Pompey the Great, 42-40 BCE, issued by Roman Republic, Sextus Pompeius Magnus. Reverse: the Catanian Brothers - Anapius

African Hospitality, 1791. Creator: John Raphael Smith
African Hospitality, 1791

Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler, 1820. Creator: Edwin Henry Landseer
Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler, 1820

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