Diver Collection

Greek Tomb Painting, 5th century BC
Greek tomb painting: the diver symbolises the after-life, 5th century BC

Diver with 2 Octopus (image 1 of 2), Mid-late 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Diver with 2 Octopus (image 1 of 2), Mid-late 18th century

A Modern Prince Genji at Chigogafuchi, Enoshima, 1864. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A Modern Prince Genji at Chigogafuchi, Enoshima, 1864

Abalone Divers, Japan, c. 1797/98. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Abalone Divers, Japan, c. 1797/98. Detail from a larger artwork

Abalone Divers, Japan, c. 1797/98. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Abalone Divers, Japan, c. 1797/98. Detail from a larger artwork

Rare Winter Birds recently shot in Yorkshire, 1850. Creator: Pearson
Rare Winter Birds recently shot in Yorkshire, 1850. 1. Black-throated Diver (Colymbus arcticus). 2. Pink-footed Goose (Anser phoenicopus). 3. Waxen Chatterer (Ampelis garrulus). 4

Diving for sponges on the coast of Syria, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Diving for sponges on the coast of Syria, 1862. Latakia sponges are known and appreciated in England, but very few of the superior quality ever reach this country

The Flood in the Fens: making the cofferdam, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Flood in the Fens: making the cofferdam, 1862. The hopes, mingled largely with fears, of the Marshland farmers are centred upon the gigantic cofferdam which Mr

Equilibrium and movement of the air, c1851. The effects of pneumatics and barometric pressure underwater and in the air, showing ballooning, a diving bell, divers in diving suits, an air gun

Pictures of the Year VIII, The Seal Diver, Co. Mayo, 1888. Creator: William Henry Bartlett
Pictures of the Year VIII, The Seal Diver, Co. Mayo, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume38. July to December, 1888

Abalone Divers, Japan, c. 1797 / 98. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Abalone Divers, Japan, c. 1797/98

Gemini 9 crew waves to the Wasp, 1966. Creator: NASA
Gemini 9 crew waves to the Wasp, 1966. Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan sit with their Gemini spacecraft with hatches open while awaiting the arrival of the recovery ship U.S.S. Wasp

Cooper and Conrad await recovery relicopter, 1965. Creator: NASA
Cooper and Conrad await recovery relicopter, 1965. Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles " Pete" Conrad Jr. exit their spacecraft after splashdown of the Gemini 5 spacecraft

Cooper and Faith 7 recovery, 1963. Creator: NASA
Cooper and Faith 7 recovery, 1963. US Navy divers install a stabilizing flotation collar around Gordon Coopers Mercury space capsule nicknamed " Faith 7" shortly after splashdown

Gemini VIII splashdown, Armstrong and Scott with hatches open, March 16, 1966. Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott sit with their spacecraft while awaiting the arrival of the recovery

Apollo 8 Recovery, 1968. Creator: NASA
Apollo 8 Recovery, 1968. A team of U.S. Navy underwater demolition swimmers prepares the Apollo 8 command module for being hoisted aboard the carrier U.S.S

Navy diver leaps from helicopter, 1965. Creator: NASA
Navy diver leaps from helicopter, 1965. US Navy divers exit their helicopter to recover the Gemini 5 spacecraft and astronauts shortly after splashdown

Navy frogmen swim to spacecraft to begin retrieval, Pacific Ocean, 1963. Creator: NASA
Navy frogmen swim to spacecraft to begin retrieval, Pacific Ocean, 1963. U.S. Navy frogman, deployed from the hovering helicopter, swims next to the spacecraft and makes contact with astronaut L

Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery, 1969. Creator: NASA
Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery, 1969. A Navy helicopter arrivies to recover the Apollo 10 astronauts, seen entering a life raft

The Awabi Fishers, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
The Awabi Fishers, late 18th-early 19th century

Abalone Divers, 1788. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Abalone Divers, 1788

Diving platform, Millstatt, Carinthia, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Diving platform, Millstatt, Carinthia, Austria, c1935. Holidaymakers at the health resort and spa town of Millstatt on the Millstatter See (Lake Millstatt), in the state of Carinthia

The Diver -- H. M. S. Blake, c1900. Creator: Unknown
The Diver -- H.M.S. Blake, c1900. From " The British Navy - Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

The Diving Tank At Portsmouth Where Divers Are Trained, 1901. Creator: Unknown
The Diving Tank At Portsmouth Where Divers Are Trained, 1901. From " The Harmsworth Magazine, Volume VI. February 1901-July 1901", by [Harmsworth Bros, Limited, London, 1901]

Divers Plugging A Leak During Salvage Operations Waist-Deep In Water On the Lower Decks Of The German Battleship " Hindenburg"

A Diver With Euphonium and Swords from the German Kaiser Scuttled at Scapa, c1930
A Diver With Euphonium and Swords from the German " Kaiser" Scuttled at Scapa, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co

Advertisement for stunt shows by Samuel Scott, 1840, (1948). Creator: Unknown
Advertisement for stunt shows by Samuel Scott, 1840, (1948). American daredevil and stuntman Sam Scott (c1813-1841) made his living by jumping from cliffs, top masts of ships

Dreadful Accident to Scott the Diver at Waterloo Bridge, 1841, (1948). Creator: Unknown
Dreadful Accident to Scott the Diver at Waterloo Bridge, 1841, (1948). American daredevil and stuntman Sam Scott (c1813-1841) made his living by jumping from cliffs, top masts of ships

Recovery of command module Columbia in the Pacific Ocean, Apollo II mission, 24 July 1969. US Navy divers assist in retrieving the astronauts from the capsule after a successful splashdown

Sea salvage, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Sea salvage, 1912

Preparing diver for sea salvage, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Preparing diver for sea salvage, 1912

Clearing the Screw, from Under the Waves, or Diving in Deep Waters, pub. 1887. Creator
Clearing the Screw, from Under the Waves, or Diving in Deep Waters, pub. 1887 (engraving), 1887

A Diver Working Under Enormous Pressure, 1935
A Diver Working Under Enormous Pressure, . From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 1, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London, ]

Going Down at Short Notice: A British Diver Preparing To Seek a Submarine at Sea Bottom, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

American Naval Diver wears three-fingered watertight rubber gloves, 1937
An American Naval Diver wears three-fingered watertight rubber gloves unlike the British diver, who generally works with bare hands, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol

A Recompression Chamber, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Eduard Admetlla (1922 -), Spanish diver

Aquarium cleaners, Loro Parque, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 2007. Loro Parque is a zoo located on the outskirts of Puerto de la Cruz

Typical Pearl Drivers, c1890, (1910). Artist: Alfred William Amandus Plate
Typical Pearl Drivers, c1890, (1910). From The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon. [Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, 1910]

The Bathysphere, 1938. A deep sea submersible invented by Otis Barton for the naturalist William Beebe. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman

Boys diving, St Vincent, 1931. The photograph was taken during a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies between January and March 1931

Diving boys, Sierra Leone, 20th century

Diving boys at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, 20th century

Diver and his apparatus on board HMS Blake, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Diver and his apparatus on board HMS Blake, 1896. HMS Blake was an armoured cruiser launched in 1889. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 18th September 1896

A diver from the battleship HMS Camperdown in his divers dress, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
A diver from the battleship HMS Camperdown in his divers dress, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 1st May 1896

The diver on board ship, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
The diver on board ship, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 3rd January 1896

The first photograph of a diver under water, late 19th century, (c1920). Illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, Walter Hutchinson, London, c1920s

Diver, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Diver, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

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