Anxious Collection (page 2)

Its most hinfamous to let these here steamers out on a Sunday... 1834. Artist
Its most hinfamous to let these here steamers out on a Sunday. If this is Chelsea Reach, I am afraid it will make me wery sick, 1834

Employment office, on Sixth Avenue near Forty-third Street, New York, early 1930s
Employment office, on Sixth Avenue near Forty-third Street, New York, USA, early 1930s. Looking for work during the Great Depression

Depositors of the Union Trust Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Great Depression, July 1933. Lining up to draw out what is left of their deposits

Reports of the sinking of the Titanic arrive in New York, USA, April 1912 Artist
Reports of the sinking of the Titanic arrive in New York, USA, April 1912. As the reports of the disaster arrived, people gathered around newspaper bulletin boards

Stella Court Treatt tending a sick baby, Bulawayo to Dett, Southern Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927). A print from Cape to Cairo, by Stella Court Treatt, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1927

Crowds outside Buckingham Palace waiting for news of the illness of the King, 5th May, 1910. King Edward VII died the following day. A Photograph from The Graphic Supplement, 14th May 1910

The Crowds outside Buckingham Palace, A Nations Apprehension, 1910. Waiting for news of the health of King Edward VII. The King died on 6th May 1910. A photograph from Black & White, 14th May 1910

Crowds wait in London to see if there will be war, 4th August 1914 (1937). Artist: Fox
Crowds wait in London to see if there will be war, 4th August 1914 (1937). A print from The Story of Seventy Momentous Years, the Life and Times of King George V, 1865-1936, editor Harold Wheeler

Anxious crowds outside the White Star Line office, 1912 (1937). Artist: Sport & General
Anxious crowds outside the White Star Line office, 1912, (1937). Awaiting news of survivors of the sinking of the Titanic

Self Portrait with a Bandage, 1492, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Self Portrait with a Bandage, 1492, (1936). Found in the collection of the Erlangen, University Library. A print from Durer, Und Seine Zeit, by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Grosse Phaidon Ausgabe, 1936

Crowd at the Mansion House reading the bulletins of the Prince of Waless illness, 1871 (1900). In 1871 the future King Edward VII was taken ill with typhoid, the disease that killed his father

The Maid Of Orleans, c1870s. Artist: T Ballin
The Maid Of Orleans, c1870s. A 19th-century depiction of the 15th-century French patriot and martyr St Joan (1412-1431). During the Hundred Years War between England and France (1337-1453)

Letter from Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York to Dr Stephen Gardiner, February or March 1530. Letter, written from Esher, shortly after Wolseys disgrace, to Gardiner, secretary to Henry VIII

On the Road from Waterloo to Paris, 1863, (1912). Artist: Marcus Stone
On the Road from Waterloo to Paris, 1863, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings with an Introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, London, New York, Toronto, 1912

All Hands to the Pumps, 1888-1889, (1912). Artist: Henry Scott Tuke
All Hands to the Pumps, 1888-1889, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

The facial characteristics of a quick tempered person, 1808. Artist: Johann Kaspar Lavater
The facial characteristics of a quick tempered person, 1808. A print from le Le Lavater Portatif, Hocquart, Paris, 1808. Physiognomical portraits

Kamehameha I, Hawaii, 1816 Artist: Ludwig Choris
Kamehameha I, Hawaii, 1816. Also known as Kamehameha the Great. Found in the collection of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu

The Birth, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Birth, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Journee du Poilu, 31 October-1 November 1915, French World War I poster, 1915. Poilu was the nickname given to the French infantry soldier of the First World War, the equivalent of the British Tommy

Families awaiting news of their loved ones, Air Ministry, Paris 1944. A crowd of people wait anxiously behind locked gates for the results of tests to identify bodies found in the buildings basement

Ecstasy of Saint Francis of Paula, 18th century. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Ecstasy of Saint Francis of Paula, 18th century. St Francis of Paula (1416-1507) was the founder of the Order of Minims. From the Church San Benedetto, Venice, Italy

Cantine Nationale, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, January 1871. Artist: Auguste Bry
Cantine Nationale, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, January 1871. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Theatre, late 16th / early 17th century. Artist: Jacques Bellange
Theatre, Bellange, Private Collection

Woman with a Child Afraid of a Dog, 17th century. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Woman with a Child Afraid of a Dog, 17th century. From the Museum of Fine Art, Budapest

Coal mining disaster, Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, Yorkshire, December 1866. 350 people were killed in the disaster including a number who perished in the second

Coal mining accident, Seaham Colliery, County Durham, 1880 (c1895). Men being lowered down the pit shaft in a coal tub to begin rescue operations after the disaster of September 1880

Aftermath of a mining accident, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1895. Pit-head scene showing the reactions of friends and relatives as victims of a fire-damp (mainly Methane)

Coal mining accident, Courrieres Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France, 1906. Anxious friends and relatives wait at the pit-head while bodies of the victims who died when the roof fell in are brought to

The Promised Land, c1880-1908. Artist: Charles Frederic Ulrich
The Promised Land, c1880-1908. Newly arrived immigrants to the United States waiting to be processed

Joan of Arc, (1892). Nineteenth century representation of the 15th century French patriot and martyr St Joan (1412-1431), summoned to her execution at the stake

The Eldest Son of the Church, 1860. This cartoon shows Pope Pius IX staring out over the bedclothes at the French Emperor, Napoleon III

The British Slave, 1861. The worker, a bricklayer, has been on strike, but, looking at his distressed wife and children, has realised his family needs him to return to work

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping