Captivity Collection (page 8)

Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war near a barracks, Karelia, Russia, WWI, 1915. The Russians captured some 500, 000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers during the First World War

St Margaret, late 15th century. St Margaret or Marina of Antioch was an early 4th century virgin Christian martyr. She is depicted escaping from the Devil in the form of a dragon

Russian nurse taken prisoner by the Manchus being handed over to the Japanese, Manchuria, 1904
Russian nurse taken prisoner by the Manchus being handed over to the Japanese, Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th December 1904

Miss Stone with the Macedonians, 1901. Ellen Stone was an American Protestant missionary abducted in the mountains of Macedonia in September 1901, together with her companion, Katarina Tsilka

Column of insurgent Moroccans taken prisoner at Tadla by Sultan Abdul-Hafizs army, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Column of insurgent Moroccans taken prisoner at Tadla by Sultan Abdul-Hafizs army, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th November 1897

French victory in southern Algeria, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
French victory in southern Algeria, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 28th March 1897

Perseus delivers Andromeda from the sea monster, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Perseus delivers Andromeda from the sea monster, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Lion attack, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Lion attack, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29th September 1895

The new wildcat house at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 1895. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
The new wildcat house at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 1895. People queuing to look at captive tigers. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st March 1895

A French captive, Tonkin, Vietnam, 1895. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
A French captive, Tonkin, Vietnam, 1895. France assumed control of Vietnam after the Franco-Chinese War of 1884-1885 and divided the territiory into three sections, Tonkin bein gthe northernmost

Return of Christopher Columbus, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 20th August 1892

Napoleon In The Bellerophon, 1815 (c1850s). After his defeat at Waterloo and a failed attempt to escape to the United States

Perseus Delivering Andromeda, 1775. Artist: W Walker
Perseus Delivering Andromeda, 1775. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1775

Perseus delivers Andromeda from the sea monster, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Perseus delivers Andromeda from the sea monster, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

French zoological postcard, 19th century. A group of people watch two bears in their enclosure

A German Prisoner Dares to Attack an Officer, France, World War I, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 26th August 1915

German prisoners from the Second Battle of Artois, France, World War I, 1915. The Second Battle of Artois was the final Allied offensive of the spring of 1915

German prisoner of war and a guard, World War I, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 9 September 1915

Italian prisoners in Ljubljana (Laibach) Castle, World War I, 1915. Ljubljana, today the capital of Slovenia, was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time of the First World War

Captured French soldiers, the Somme, France, World War I, 1917. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

St Denis in chains before Sisinnius, 1317. St Denis, St Eleutherius and St Rusticus stand before Sisinnius in chains. Manuscript illustration from a work on the life of St Denis (died c258 AD)

Two Monkeys, 1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Two Monkeys, 1562. From the collection of the Gemaldegalerie, Berlin

The Mocking of Christ, 1885. Artist: Edouard Manet
The Mocking of Christ, 1885. Located in the collection at The Art Institute of Chicago, USA

St Paul in Prison, early 16th century. Artist: Raphael
St Paul in Prison, early 16th century. Behind an iron grille, an angel in a blaze of heavenly light touches St Paul who is chained to his sleeping guards. The angel releases him

The capuchin monks of Malata taken prisoner, 1895. Scene from the Massacres of Armenia card series produced by the chocolate factory at the Monastery of Aiguebelle

The Death of the Woman of Darius, 1785. Artist: Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee
The Death of the Woman of Darius, 1785. The death of Statira, the wife of Darius III of Persia, in the captivity of Alexander the Great in 331 BC. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Prussian prisoners, Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (1872). Artist: Auguste Bry
Prussian prisoners, Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (1872). From a private collection

Corps des Douaniers, Siege of Paris Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. A French soldier with a captured German. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Elephants performing at Columbo zoo in Sri Lanka. Artist: CM Dixon
Elephants performing at Columbo zoo in Sri Lanka

Frieze of Roman soldiers with Barbarian captives from a Roman sarcophagus

Egyptian relief of prisoners
Egyptian relief of Nubian and Semitic prisoners being led by an Egyptian, from the Louvres collection

Egyptian glazed relief of a Lybian captive
Egyptian glazed relief of a Libyan captive from a Temple of Rameses III at Tel el Jahudiye

Detail of man with captive on Gallehus Horn, Danish

Relief of Rameses III receiving tribute, Mortuary Temple, Medinat Habu, Egypt, c12th centuryBC
Relief of Rameses III receiving tribute and captives, Mortuary Temple, Medinat Habu, Luxor, Egypt, c12th century BC

Relief of enemy prisoners, Temple of Rameses III, Medinat Habu, Egypt, c12th century BC
Relief of enemy prisoners (Sea Peoples?), Temple of Rameses III, Medinat Habu, Egypt, c12th century BC

Relief of Enemy captives, Mortuary Temple of Rameses III, Medinat Habu, Egypt, c12th century BC
Relief of Enemy captives (Sea Peoples?), Mortuary Temple of Rameses III, Medinat Habu, Egypt, c12th century BC

Reliefs of Enemy captives, Mortuary Temple of Rameses III, Medinat Habu, Egypt, c12th century BC
Reliefs of Enemy captives (Sea Peoples), Mortuary Temple of Rameses III, Medinat Habu, Luxor, Egypt, c12th century BC

Relief of Soldiers, Temple of Rameses III, Medinat Habu, Luxor, Egypt, c12th century BC

Relief of Ramesses III leading captives, Temple of Rameses III, Medinat Habu, Egypt, c12 centuryBC
Relief of Ramesses III leading captive enemies (the Sea People), Temple of Rameses III, Medinat Habu, Luxor, Egypt, c12 century BC

Reliefs showing cartouches of names of captive Near Eastern cities, Temple of Amun, Karnak, Egypt
Reliefs showing cartouches of the names of captive Near Eastern cities, Temple of Amun, Karnak, Egypt

Relief depicting captives of war, Temple of Amun, Karnak, Egypt
Relief depicting war captives of various races, Temple of Amun, Karnak, Egypt

Federal (northern) prison in Fort Lafayette, New York Harbour, American Civil War, 1865. View inside one of the casemates

Confederate prisoners in a prison camp at Elmira, New York State, American Civil War, 1865. About 10, 000 men were held in huts and under canvas in an enclosure of about 20 acres

Prison stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, American Civil War, 1861-1865. During the summer of 1864 32, 899 Union (northern) prisoners were confined here

Limestone relief from the Temple of Rameses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt, 13th century BC. Relief depicting the capture of enemy soldiers by Egyptians

Pharaoh Rameses II, Ancient Egyptian, 19th dynasty, 13th century BC. Painted relief showing Rameses II, The Great (1279-1213 BC), third king of the 19th dynasty, with Nubian prisoners

Queen Philippa Pleads for the Men of Calais, 1346 (early 20th century). Queen Philippa, wife of Edward III of England, pleading with her husband to spare the lives of the burghers of Calais after

Scenes from the Seventh Crusade, 1248-1254 (15th century). Top: Louis IX (1215-1270), King of France from 1226, called Saint Louis, being brought as a prisoner before the Sultan

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