Falling Collection (page 9)

Visit to Mr Deputy - at his modern built villas near Clapham, London, c1750
A common Council-man of Candlestick Ward and his wife, on a visit to Mr Deputy - at his modern built villas near Clapham, London

Alderman Sir Matthew Wood and King George IV
The Modern Belshazzers Feast; Alderman Sir Matthew Wood presents an envelope marked the Queens letter to the Prince Regents dinner table which falls into disarray

The Exercise of See Saw, Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, c1745; showing a young man and woman on a see-saw. As the woman loses her balance she is thrown into the arms of another man standing

A Midnight Modern Conversation, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Midnight Modern Conversation, 1733; a group of men, all in different stages of drunkenness, sit around a table in the St Johns Coffee House, Great Shire Lane, Temple Bar, London

Fallen rider in a speedway race at Lea Bridge Stadium, Leyton, London, 1928. Artist: Bill Brunell
Unidentified motorcycle. Place: Lea Bridge Speedway. Date: 14.7.28

Sir Lancelot forbids Sir Bors to Slay the King, 1911. From Stories of the Knights of the Round Table by Henry Gilbert, first edition, 1911

Death of Warwick the Kingmaker, Battle of Barnet, 1471 (1864). Richard Neville or Nevill, Earl of Warwick (1428-1471), English soldier and statesman

Henry V of England attacked by the Duke of Alencon at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415 (1864). One of the major battles of the Hundred Years War, Agincourt was a decisive victory for the English

Death of Harry Hotspur (Sir Henry Percy), Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1403 (1864). Artist
Death of Harry Hotspur (Sir Henry Percy), Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1403 (1864). Together with his uncle, Thomas Percy, Hotspur (1364-1403)

Temple of Sobek and Horuss at Kom Ombo, Egypt, 19th century. Artist: David Roberts
Temple of Sobek and Horus at Kom Ombo, Egypt, 19th century. From Egypt and Nubia, Vol 2, by David Roberts

Apples Came Tumbling about my Ears, 1909
Apples Came Tumbling about my Ears, from Gullivers Travels by Jonathon Swift (1667 - 1745), pub. 1909 (colour lithograph)

Gulliver Seizes The Enemys Fleet, 1909
Gulliver Seizes The Enemys Fleet, from Gullivers Travels by Jonathon Swift (1667 - 1745), pub. 1909 (colour lithograph)

On the Dam Road, Assouan, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
On the Dam Road, Assouan, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

Mountaineering accident, 19th century. We saw a toe- it seemed to belong to Moore- we saw Reynaud a flying body. From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper

The Fall of Phaeton, late 19th century, (1946). Artist: Odilon Redon
The Fall of Phaeton, late 19th century, (1946). The ancient Greek myth of Phaeton (Phaethon), who asked to be allowed to drive the sun chariot for a day

Ware Washing!, c1860, (1922). Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Ware Washing!, c1860, (1922). From British Sporting Artists: From Barlow to Herring, by Walter Shaw Sparrow [John Lane The Bodley Head, Limited, London, 1922]

Plate V: Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase, 1829, 1830, (1922). Artist: Charles Bentley
Plate V: Grand Leicestershire Steeplechase, 1829, 1830, (1922).After Henry Thomas Alken(1785?1851). From British Sporting Artists: From Barlow to Herring

Full Cry - And A Fall, c1790, (1922). Artist: George Morland
Full Cry - And A Fall, c1790, (1922). From British Sporting Artists: From Barlow to Herring, by Walter Shaw Sparrow [John Lane The Bodley Head, Limited, London, 1922]

The Stampede, c1912, (c1915). Artist: William Robinson Leigh
The Stampede, c1912, (c1915). From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Running Up. I Blew Its Brains Out, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Running Up. I Blew Its Brains Out, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Copper Beeches by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Roman Lion and Falerian Jackass, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Roman Lion and Falerian Jackass, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Round and Round They Went, Such Whirling and Twirling, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Round and Round They Went, Such Whirling and Twirling, c1930. An illustration from Elfin-Mount by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Oh, Terrified Was Poor Tommelise!, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Oh, Terrified Was Poor Tommelise!, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

That Was The Greatest of Pleasures, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
That Was The Greatest of Pleasures, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

There Was a Little Bird That Beat Its Wings, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
There Was a Little Bird That Beat Its Wings, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Generals Horse Fell Into A Ditch, 1896, (1902). Artist: Gordon Frederick Browne
The Generals Horse Fell Into A Ditch, 1896, (1902). The Battle of Ligny, (16 June 1815), fought by the French Empire and Prussia. It was the last victory of Napoleon Bonaparte

They were seen to fall evenly, c1918. In 1589 the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) dropped two balls of different masses from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that their time of

Emily Davison throwing herself in front of the Kings horse during the Derby, Epsom, Surrey, 1913. Emily Davison (1872-1913), an English suffragette

The Unlucky Man, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Unlucky Man, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The Giants Downfall, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Giants Downfall, 1901. The King?s Son Who Feared Nothing is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm.From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm

The Musicians of Bremen, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Musicians of Bremen, 1901. The Town Musicians of Bremen is a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm

The huge green fragment of ice pitched and creaked, 1929. A scene from Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin. Stowes anti-slavery novel was first published in 1852

The First Attempt at Launching, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Beginning the Framework, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Prising Up the Needle, in order to build the Framework under it, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III

The Needle lying as it fell at Alexandria, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Three Studies of a Man Poniarding a Fallen Foe, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Three Studies of a Man Poniarding a Fallen Foe, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

El Pasmo de Sicilia, (Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary), c1515, (c1934). Artist: Raphael
El Pasmo de Sicilia, (Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary), c1515, (c1934). Christ Carrying the Cross to his crucifixion, at the moment when he falls, his mother kneels in agony, and devotion

Doctor Syntax Tumbling into the Water, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax Tumbling into the Water, 1820. From The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. [Ackermann, London, 1820]

The Routed Spaniards Clambered Up The Rugged Sides 1902. Artist: GB
The Routed Spaniards Clambered Up The Rugged Sides 1902. The Battle of Ayacucho was a decisive military encounter during the Peruvian War of Independence. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol

Ultima Roboris Simfonici, 1735. Artist: Hieronymus Sperling
Ultima Roboris Simfonici, 1735. Samson pulling down the Philistine Temple of Dagon. From Physica Sacra, by By Johannes Jacobus Scheuchzer and Johannes Andreas Pfeffel

The Landing of William the Conqueror, c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong Seccombe
The Landing of William the Conqueror, c1884. William the Conqueror, 11th century Duke of Normandy and King of England. William (1027-1087)

Aground, 1911. Artist: Francis Calcroft Turner
Aground, 1911. Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds

Victorian Derby at Tattenham Corner, 1872. Artist: Gustave Dore
Victorian Derby at Tattenham Corner, 1872. From London: A Pilgrimage. With illustrations by Gustave Dore, by William Blanchard Jerrold. [London, 1872]

Death of Ciuilius, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Death of Ciuilius, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Coast Defence: the Raiders Fate, c1918 (1919). Artist: WH Holloway
Coast Defence: the Raiders Fate, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

How the inventor of the aeroplane first got the idea during a landslip, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
How the inventor of the aeroplane first got the idea during a landslip in the Pyrenees, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

A British Biplane Bringing Down a German Taube, c1916 (1928). Artist: Cyrus Cuneo
A British Biplane Bringing Down a German Taube, c1916 (1928). The Etrich Taube was a German monoplane. The first mass produced German military aircraft

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