Dangerous Collection (page 13)

A firedamp explosion, France, 1892. Artist: F Meaulle
A firedamp explosion in a French coal mine, France, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 2nd April 1892

The Puseyite Moth and the Roman Candle, 1850. Edward Pusey (1800-1882) English theologian and leader of Oxford Movement, shown as an Anglican moth in danger of being singed by the flame of Roman

Shipwreck of the La Bourdonnais, Sainte Marie, Madagascar, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Shipwreck of the La Bourdonnais, Sainte Marie, Madagascar, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 25th March 1893

Grinding needle points, Redditch, England, c1830. A grindstone driven by water or steam. Needle grinding was well-paid work but the lives of grinders were short owing to the inhalation of dust

Front cover of Le Pays de France, 9 September 1915. French sappers placing a mine under a German trench. The placing of huge explosive mines in tunnels beneath enemy trenches became a common tactic

The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy, c1760. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy, c1760. From the National Gallery, London

Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) Brazilian aeronaut, unsuccessful attempt at the Deutsch Prize
Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) Brazilian aeronaut, dirigibles and aeroplanes. Santos-Dumont coming to grief in his airship on roof of house in Quai de Passy, Paris

Prairie Fires of the Great West, USA, 1871. Artist: Currier and Ives
Prairie Fires of the Great West, USA, 1871. A locomotive with cowcatcher and headlamp hauls a passenger train across the prairie while buffalo stampede in the face of a huge fire

Depiction of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace, on an early Roman Christian sarcophagus from the Vatican Museums collection in Rome

Russian barbed wire entanglements, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5

David Livingstone, saved from a lion by Mebalwe, a native schoolmaster, 1857. Livingstone (1813-1873) was the first European to discover the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river in central Africa

A street in Strasbourg during the siege and bombardment, Franco-Prussian War, 1870. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 15 October 1870)

Nitroglycerin processing plant, explosives factory, Val Bormida, near Cengio, Italy, 1888
Nitroglycerin processing plant, explosives factory, Val Bormida, near Cengio, north-west Italy, 1888. Nitroglycerin was mixed with Kieselghur (a diatomaceous earth) to produce Dynamite

Women packing dynamite cartridges, 1888. Explosives factory at Val Bormida, near Cengio, north-west Italy. Nitroglycerin was mixed with Kieselghur (a diatomaceous earth) to produce Dynamite

Crash of La Republique, 1909. The French military airship (dirigible) La Republique which made her maiden flight from Paris to Compiegne in 1908

Eruption of Vesuvius, 1770s. Artist: Pierre-Jacques Volaire
Eruption of Vesuvius, 1770s. Vesuvius, the volcano most famous for its eruption of 79 AD which destroyed Pompeii, erupted several times in the 1770s

Newton and the Apple, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
Newton and the Apple, 1887. The perils of being a politician and thus a servant to public opinion. Such opinion can change in line with the latest controversial case to hit the headlines

The Vultures, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Vultures, 1887. The vultures of the War Office and Contractor hover over a fallen soldier. This concerned a great scandal over the supply of defective weapons to the armed forces

The Tempter, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Tempter, 1886. The spectre of Anarchy looms tall over the working class man as, blindly, he heads towards the edge of a precipice

Pictures for Posterity, 1883. This little cartoon illustrates the perils faced on a daily basis by the brave British policeman as, armed with his truncheon

Murder Made Easy, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
Murder Made Easy, 1882. From Punch, or the London Charivari, January 14, 1882

An Aggravated Case, 1872. The railway lines are a danger to the unsophisticated rural worker. The Head Keeper, however, is more concerned about the Masters gun

Patent First-Class Costume for the Collision Season, 1876. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Patent First-Class Costume for the Collision Season, 1876. Travel by train was a risky business in the 1870s and collisions were not uncommon

Poor Buffer, 1878. Artist: Joseph Swain
Poor Buffer, 1878. The Ameer of Afghanistan, holding a tiny shield and raised sword, straddles the buffers of a Russian steam train

The Shadow on the Hills, 1878. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Shadow on the Hills, 1878. An armed man in a turban, possibly a native sepoy, who represents India stands looking into the distance

The Dogs of War, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Dogs of War, 1876. A Russian struggles to control a group of dogs, representing the Balkans, which are pulling at their leashes, eager to chase Murad V, the new Sultan of the Ottoman empire

Alligator at Kennedy Space Center, 1969. Creator: Unknown
Alligator at Kennedy Space Center, 1969. [Harold O Connor, manager of the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, watches a 10-foot-long alligator inch its way toward a busy highway at the Kennedy Space

A satyr discovering a sleeping woman; two crabs hanging from a rope which is strung between a term and a tree, ca. 1515-27

Plate 8 from the Tauromaquia : A moor caught by the bull in the ring, ca. 1816

Danger Ahead (Appletons Journal, Vol. III), April 30, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Danger Ahead (Appletons Journal, Vol. III), April 30, 1870

Joseph Hastens to Rescue Fanny from Imminent Danger, from " The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams", 1792

The Iceberg Above and Below the Water, April 20, 1912. Creator: Unknown
The Iceberg Above and Below the Water, April 20, 1912. Illustration showing the relative proportions - normally about a tenth of the volume of an iceberg is above water - with a ship for scale

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