Chains Collection

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, 1857, printed 1863-64

The Martyr of the Solway, 1871, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
The Martyr of the Solway, 1871, (c1902). After a painting in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Margaret Wilson (c1667-1685), a young Scottish Presbyterian

Medallion Produced For The Society For Effecting The Abolition Of The Slave Trade, c1787-1790. Creator: Josiah Wedgwood
Medallion Produced For The Society For Effecting The Abolition Of The Slave Trade, c1787-1790.

Finding the remains of the lost explorers Harding, Panter, and Goldwyer...North-West Australia, 1865 Creator: Unknown
Finding the remains of the lost explorers Harding, Panter, and Goldwyer, near Lagrange Bay, North-West Australia, 1865. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. D. Francisco. 'Mr

A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich:...great cylinder for a...steam-engine, 1865. Creator: Unknown
A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: casting a great cylinder for a marine steam-engine, 1865. Illustration representing '...the molten metal being poured into the mould ...the mass

Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Thames Embankment at Whitehall Stairs, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Thames Embankment at Whitehall Stairs, 1864. Mr John Thwaites, chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, performed the office

Prince Leopold laying the Foundation-Stone of a new infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, Hants. 1864. Creator: Unknown
Prince Leopold laying the Foundation-Stone of the Royal Albert Infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, Hants. 1864. The little town of Bishop's Waltham, in Hampshire

Illustration for the Works of J.P.C. Florian, 1796. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for the Works of J.P.C. Florian, 1796

Plate 5 for Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, 1772. Creators: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Daniel Berger
Plate 5 for Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, 1772. From Almanac Genealogique, 1772. Italian epic poem written by Ludovico Ariosto in the early 16th century

Exhibition of Rhinoceros-Fighting at Baroda, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Exhibition of Rhinoceros-Fighting at Baroda, 1876. Entertainment laid on for the future King Edward VII by the Gaekwar of Baroda during a royal visit to India

AI IMAGE - The Ghost of Jacob Marley, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - The Ghost of Jacob Marley, 2023. Jacob Marley is a fictional character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol"

American Sketches: Prison Life on Blackwell's Island - No. 1. returning from work, 1876. In the penitentiary...where the sketch was taken by our correspondent, the late M

Persian prisoner in Turkistan; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Persian prisoner in Turkistan; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Warriors Fighting: A Battle of Demons of the Lower World (image 2 of 2), 18th-19th century. Creator: Katsukawa Shuntei
Warriors Fighting: A Battle of Demons of the Lower World (image 2 of 2), 18th-19th century

Ancient gold crown and cross found in Spain, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Ancient gold crown and cross found in Spain, 1860. Some time since a remarkable discovery of regal insignia was made on the property of a landowner at La Fuente de Guarrazar

American Prison Life, Blackwell's Island, New York: Dinner-Time, 1876. Creator: Unknown
American Prison Life, Blackwell's Island, New York: Dinner-Time, 1876....the inmates, who are here treated with compulsory hospitality

Ainsi donc, mon ami à vingt-deux ans vous aviez déjà tué trois hommes... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ainsi donc, mon ami a vingt-deux ans vous aviez deja tue trois hommes... 1844. Ainsi donc, mon ami, a vingt deux ans vous aviez deja tue trois hommes...quelle puissante organisation

Allegory of the Tyranny of the Duke of Alba in the Netherlands, c.1622-c.1630. Creator: Anon
Allegory of the Tyranny of the Duke of Alba in the Netherlands, c.1622-c.1630

Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity), 1670-1750. Creator: Unknown
Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity), 1670-1750. Copy after Adriaen van der Werff

Allegory of Peace, 1652. Creator: Jan Lievens
Allegory of Peace, 1652. Alternative title: Triumph of Peace. Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, crowns Pax, the goddess of peace - allegory alluding to the 1648 Treaty of Munster

Cimon and Pero, c.1635. Creator: Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens
Cimon and Pero, c.1635

Portrait of Mattheus van den Broucke (1620-1685). Councillor of the Indies, 1670-1678. Creator: Samuel van Hoogstraten
Portrait of Mattheus van den Broucke (1620-1685). Councillor of the Indies, 1670-1678

Figure Studies, Including One Man Sleeping on the Ground and Two Men Sawing. Creator: Claude-Joseph Vernet
Figure Studies, Including One Man Sleeping on the Ground and Two Men Sawing

La Mort d'Agis, 1789. Creator: Nicolas Andre Monsiau
La Mort d'Agis, 1789. The Death of Agis. Scene inspired by Plutarch. The body of Agis, King of Sparta, who has just been strangled on the orders of Leonidas, lies on the ground

La Paix, between 1740 and 1750. Creator: Unknown
La Paix, between 1740 and 1750. Peace. Allegorical figure of peace, crowned with laurel, sets fire to the attributes of the war. At her feet, a man tries to break his chains

Man in Chains, 1808. Creator: John Skippe
Man in Chains, 1808

Le Titan, 1884. Creator: Alexandre Cabanel
Le Titan, 1884

Et le lia pour mille ans (And bound him a thousand years), 1899. Creator: Odilon Redon
Et le lia pour mille ans (And bound him a thousand years), 1899

Full-length portrait of a man in convict clothing and leg irons, seated... between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Full-length portrait of a man in convict clothing and leg irons, seated, facing front, between 1880 and 1886. Inscription on verso: Sukhomlin in convict dress (a police photograph)

Greek Bishop of Alaska, 1894. Creator: Alfred Lee Broadbent
Greek Bishop of Alaska, 1894. Showing Nikolai, Archbishop of Warsaw, Bishop of Aleutian Islands and Alaska, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left

The International Exhibition: "Prometheus", a marble statue by Guiseppe [sic] Croft, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: "Prometheus", a marble statue by Guiseppe [sic] Croft, 1862. This sculpture...is too painfully real in expression and action

The South Fountain at Witley Court, Worcestershire, the seat of the Earl of Dudley, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The South Fountain at Witley Court, Worcestershire, the seat of the Earl of Dudley, 1862. Fountain with Perseus and Andromeda in the gardens at Witley Court

Reinforcements for Canada: shipping sledges on board the Calcutta at Woolwich for guns... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Reinforcements for Canada: shipping sledges on board the Calcutta at Woolwich for guns and carriages of the battery 4th Battalion Royal Artillery, 1862

Cimon and Pero, mid-17th century. Creator: Barthel Beham
Cimon and Pero, mid-17th century

Chained Woman and Other Figures Regarding a Pyre of Bones, from the Capricci, 1743

Cimon and Pero, ca. 1650-80. Creator: Cornelis van Caukercken
Cimon and Pero, ca. 1650-80

I am not mad, most noble Festus, 19th century. Creator: H Robinson
I am not mad, most noble Festus, 19th century. Biblical scene, from Acts 26: 25: But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness

St Leonard standing holding a palm in his right hand and chains in his left, from... ca. 1500-1527
St Leonard standing holding a palm in his right hand and chains in his left, from the series Piccoli Santi (Small Saints), ca. 1500-1527

An allegorical composition with Charity and prisoners in chains; a plate from Rossis seri... 1677
An allegorical composition with Charity and prisoners in chains; a plate from Rossis series of engravings of Pietro da Cortonas fresco in the Camera of Mars in the Pitti Palace, Florence. 1677

Chained Prisoners are Brought Before a King, a scene from the Gulistan of Sa di, c. 1550

The Liberator, 1903. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
The Liberator, 1903

Votive Lamp, Poland, Late 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Votive Lamp, Poland, Late 18th century

Basin with Figural Feet (Lu), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (771-222 B.C.), 5th/4th century B.C

Pair of Candelabra, France, c. 1880. Creator: Auguste-Nicolas Cain
Pair of Candelabra, France, c. 1880

The Freedman, 1862-63. Creator: John Quincy Adams Ward
The Freedman, 1862-63. A freed slave with shackles broken, modelled from life, considered to be one of the first naturalistic sculptural representations of an African American

La Caravane du Caire (The Caravan from Cairo) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1785 / 89
La Caravane du Caire (The Caravan from Cairo) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1785/89. Vignettes possibly depicting the white slave trade. Manufactured by Petitpierre et Cie

The Captive Slave, 1827. Creator: John Simpson
The Captive Slave, 1827

The Countess, from The Dance of Death, ca. 1526, published 1538. Creator: Hans Lützelburger
The Countess, from The Dance of Death, ca. 1526, published 1538

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