Extinguishing Collection

Conflagration at Sir C. Prices Wharf, Blackfriars, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Conflagration at Sir C. Prices Wharf, Blackfriars, 1845. The London fire brigade attempting to extinguish a fire...in the warehouses belonging to Sir Charles Price and Co

Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, [London], sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. 'a great fire broke out in the waterside premises of Messrs

Burning of Covent-Garden Theatre, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Burning of Covent-Garden Theatre, [London], 1856. Inquiry into the cause of the fire: John Drake Palmer, gasman, said he had the entire management of the gas-fittings of the theatre

National Engraving Co. Washington, D.C. - Fire, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. National Engraving Co. Washington, D.C
National Engraving Co. Washington, D.C. - Fire, 1917. Firefighters with hose

Ils voudraient éteindre jusqu'au soleil, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ils voudraient eteindre jusqu'au soleil, 19th century. They would like to extinguish even the sun

Saint Gudula, 1516/1518. Creator: Leonhard Beck
Saint Gudula, 1516/1518

Ruins at Varna, after the recent fire, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ruins at Varna, after the recent fire, 1854. Crimean War. Varna, which is one of the dirtiest labyrinths of modern times, was very nearly destroyed by the recent fire

Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - High-Street - looking North, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - High-Street - looking North, 1850. Many of [the buildings], notwithstanding that they were three or four stories high

Fire in All Saints Church, at Manchester, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Fire in All Saints Church, at Manchester, 1850....seven fire engines...were stationed in the yard attached to the church; four of them, the Vesta, Neptune, Mersey, and Waterwitch

The Fire-Brigade, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Fire-Brigade, 1850. Fire in Lambeth, south London: The flames were first discovered by a policeman of the L division, and engines from various stations quickly arrived at the scene

The Fire-Brigade, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Fire-Brigade, 1850. Fire in Lambeth, south London: In a very short period the window-frames at the back of the houses in the York-road caught fire

The Civil War in America: cottonburners, from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in America: cottonburners in the neighbourhood of Memphis surprised by Federal scouts - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862

Destruction by fire of the western wing of Queen's College, Cork, on Thursday week, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Destruction by fire of the western wing of Queen's College, Cork, on Thursday week, 1862. Fire-engines were soon on the spot; but the fire raged so furiously that there was no hope of saving

The Nun, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Nun, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Saint Florian (restrike). Creator: Hans Schaufelein the Elder
Saint Florian (restrike)

Saint Florian, ca. 1460. Creator: Casper
Saint Florian, ca. 1460

Fire at Boston - from a drawing by Mr. W. Caister, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Fire at Boston - from a drawing by Mr. W. Caister, 1844. The Boston Herald:the town of Boston [Massachusetts] was visited by a most awful conflagration

Fighting a Fire, 1870s. Creator: William P. Chappel
Fighting a Fire, 1870s

A regiment of English dragoons puts out a fire with sabre blows, 1914. Creator: Unknown
A regiment of English dragoons puts out a fire with sabre blows, 1914. Un Regiment De Dragons Anglais Eteint Un Incendie A Coups De Sabre

How The London Fire Brigade Comes To Grips With Its Enemy, c1935. Creator: Unknown
How The London Fire Brigade Comes To Grips With Its Enemy, c1935. Fire brigade at the scene of a fire in London, with hoses being deployed from extending ladders

View of the Temporary Bridge of London on Fire... 1758. c1770. Artist: Charles Grignion
View of the Temporary Bridge of London on Fire in the Night of April 11th. 1758. c1770. Wooden bridge over the River Thames in flames as people watch from the bank

Fireman using a hose, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910
Fireman on a training exercise using a hose, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firemen in brass helmets demonstrating motor fire escape vehicle ladder and first aid spray

Smoak Jack the alarmist, extinguishing the second Great Fire of London (a la Gulliver)!!!, 1819. Alderman Atkins stands on balcony of Mansion House directing a jet of water on little Jacobins below

View of fire engines extinguishing a fire in Cornhill, City of London, 25 March 1748. With ruins of buildings in the background

Sir Walter Raleighs Pipe Put Out, c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong Seccombe
Sir Walter Raleighs Pipe Put Out, c1884. Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618) was an English adventurer, explorer and writer, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in 1585

Firemen fighting a fire at a timber yard, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Burlesque sur le burlesque, 1753. Artist: Paul Sandby
Burlesque sur le burlesque avec privilege du roi December 1st, 1753. An art critic watches Hogarth painting a cherub pissing on the sparking chamber of a gun

Hints to the ladies to take care of their heads, 1776. An elaborate hairdo catches fire. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

Fire engine, from Georg Andreas Bocklers Theatrum Machinarum Novum, 1673. Artist: Georg Andreas Bockler
Fire engine. From Georg Andreas Bocklers Theatrum Machinarum Novum, Nuremberg, 1673. Engraving

Fire engine, from Isaac de Caus Nouvelle Invention de Lever l Eau Plus Hault, 1664. Artist: Isaac de Caus
Fire engine, from Isaac de Caus Nouvelle Invention de Lever l Eau Plus Hault, 1664. Engraving

Charles Kingsley fighting a fire, British writer and cleric
Charles Kingsley (1819-75) fighting a fire, British writer and cleric. Christian Socialist: Muscular Christianity. Believed in possibility of reconciling science and religion

Turkey and Grease, 1869. Artist: John Tenniel
Turkey and Grease, 1869. At the end of December 1868, there was a divergence of opinion between Greece and Turkey that threatened to lead to armed conflict

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

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