Difficult Collection (page 3)

In the Bristol Channel, 1787. Artist: Nicholas Pocock
In the Bristol Channel, 1787. Painting held at the Government Art Collection, London. From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford Volume III

None but the Brave deserve the Fair, c1854. Artist: Edwin Henry Landseer
None but the Brave deserve the Fair, c1854. From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford Volume III. - I to S, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe

South Sea Whale Fishery, 1836. Artist: Edward Duncan
South Sea Whale Fishery, 1836. After Ambroise Louis Garneray (1783-1857). From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus), 1900, (1900). Artist: Charles Whymper
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus), 1900, (1900). (1900). From The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of The British Islands, by Charles Dixon, illustrated by Charles Whymper. [Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield, 1900]

A Stormy Evening, c1890. Artist: Alfred Edward East
A Stormy Evening, c1890. From The Studio Volume 54. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1911-12]

Will O the Wisp, c19th century

Mr Muffington on Placid Joe (late Pull Devil), 1865. Artist: John Leech
Mr Muffington on Placid Joe (late Pull Devil), 1865. From Mr. Facey Romfords Hounds, written by Robert Smith Surtees, illustrated by John Leech and H.K. Phiz Browne. [Bradbury, Evans & Co

Mr. Sponge completely scatters his Lordship, 1865. Artists: John Leech, Hablot Knight Browne
Mr. Sponge completely scatters his Lordship, 1865. From Mr. Facey Romfords Hounds, written by Robert Smith Surtees, illustrated by John Leech and H.K. Phiz Browne. [Bradbury, Evans & Co. London, 1865]

Shoeing the Ox, c1910. Artist: John Singer Sargent
Shoeing the Ox, c1910. Painting held in the Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland. From The Studio Volume 82. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1921]

The Liverpool Mail Near St Albans, 19th century. Artist: Robert Havell
The Liverpool Mail Near St Albans, 19th century. After Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851). From The Connoisseur Vol. XX. [Otto Limited, London, 1908]

A Blind Girl of Rome, c18th century. Artist: Thomas Gaugain
A Blind Girl of Rome, c18th century. From The Connoisseur Vol. XX. [Otto Limited, London, 1908]

The Misers Daughter: 19 / 20, Dispersion of the Jacobite Club, c1842, (1913). Artist: George Cruikshank
The Misers Daughter: 19/20, Dispersion of the Jacobite Club and Death of Cordwell Firebras, c1842. The Misers Daughter is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth published in 1842

Vagrants, c19th century, (1924). Artist: Paul-Joseph Blanc
Vagrants, c19th century. From The Connoisseur Vol LXVIII [Otto Limited, London, 1924.]

The Birmingham Mail near Aylesbury, the guard Banbury proceeding with the bags, 1837 (1907). Artist: Robert Havell
The Birmingham Mail near Aylesbury, the guard Banbury proceeding with the bags 1837. Mail coach drawn by two horses stuck in a snowdrift, with three other horsemen coming to the rescue

Hired for an Hour, 19th century. Two city gentlemen struggling to cope with riding horses they have hired, much to the amusement of country folk

Coal miner working a narrow seam, c1864. The miner is crouching on the floor and, with a pickaxe, is holing out or scuffling out the coal

Early 19th century coal miner working a narrow seam, c1868. The miner, stripped to the waist, is lying on his side and, with a pickaxe, is holing out or scuffling coal

Roman Mosaic of Fishing Boat, c2nd-3rd century. Bardo Museum

Roman funerary relief, showing an ox-cart
A Roman funerary relief, showing an ox-cart, fromthe Muno Nationale Museum Romanos collection

Passage of the Berezina, 28th November 1812, 19th century

Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880), 1880. A block in the Jugdulluk Pass: British troops having difficulties on their way to reinforce General Roberts at Cabul (Kabul). December 1879

The approach to Ladysmith, 2nd Boer War, 18 January 1900. British forces hauling a 4.7 inch naval gun across the Tugela (Thukela) River 20 miles from Ladysmith

Hell Bunker, 14th hole, Old Course, St Andrews, c1910

All that remains is to close the blessed trunk! from the Little Miseries of Human Life, 1843

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