Firefighting Collection (page 2)

Fire at the Royal Exchange, City of London, January 1838

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

Destruction of Sir C Prices oil warehouse and wharf, William Street, Blackfriars, London, 1845. In the foreground figures stand sheltering under umbrellas watching the event

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

Firemen fighting the blaze at the Cottons Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London, 1861. The scene on the morning of Sunday, 23rd June 1861; firefighters train hoses on the blaze as a crowd of spectators

View of the Cottons Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London, 1861. The scene as it appeared on the morning of Monday June 24th, after burning for two days and nights

Thames Street Fire, London, 1872. The fire at the City Flour Mills, Upper Thames Street, in 1872. Water from hoses is being directed at the building

Royal Exchange (2nd) fire, London, 1838. Artist: W Clerk
A view of the Royal Exchange, London, engulfed by fire in 1838. In the foreground a horse drawn fire engine rushes to the disaster and firemen direct jets of water towards the fire

The Awful Destruction of the Royal Exchange (2nd) fire, London, 1838. Artist: W Clerk
View of the Royal Exchange, London, engulfed by fire in 1838

Destruction of the Royal Exchange (2nd) fire, London, 1838
A view of the Royal Exchange, London, engulfed by fire in 1838

Royal Exchange (2nd) fire, 1838. Artist: J Graf
A view of the Royal Exchange, London destroyed by fire in 1838. In the foreground firemen operate their engines, directing jets of water towards the flames

Cheapside, London, 1881
View of a fire at the corner of Cheapside and Bread Street, London, 1881; with the Fire Brigade in attendance

Albion Place, Southwark, London, 1791. Artist: John William Edy
View of the fire at Albion Mills, Blackfriars Bridge, Southwark, London, 1791; which took place on 2 March 1791. Blackfriars Bridge can be seen to the right

The Life of a Fireman - The Ruins, pub. 1854, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Firemen running to a blaze, 1851. Found in the collection of Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

The Moscow Firefighters, 1810. Artist: Anonymous
The Moscow Firefighters, 1810. Private Collection

Fire at the Opera House of the Palais-Royal in 1781. Artist: Robert, Hubert (1733-1808)
Fire at the Opera House of the Palais-Royal in 1781. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

Firemen Running to a Fire. Artist: Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877)
Firemen Running to a Fire. Found in the collection of Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

Firefighters helmet with emblem of the Russian Imperial Firefighters Society, End of 19th-Early 20th cen. Private Collection

Award badge of the Russian Imperial Firefighters Society, Early 20th cen. Private Collection

Fire in the salt trade rows. Artist: Timm, Vasily (George Wilhelm) (1820-1895)
Fire in the salt trade rows. Found in the collection of the State History Museum, Moscow

The Times, 1762. Artist: William Hogarth
The Times, 1762. Satire on King George III and the Seven Years War. The burning city is an allegory for the state of Europe. William Pitt is depicted on stilts, fanning the flames of war

Etons amateur firemen practising a hose drill, Berkshire, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

Fire engine on a sledge, 1662 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union

Horse-drawn fire engine, c19th century

Jan van der Heyden, Dutch Baroque-era painter, draughtsman, printmaker and inventor, c1870. Artist: H Sluyter
Jan van der Heyden, Dutch Baroque-era painter, draughtsman, printmaker and inventor, c1870. Van der Heyden (1637-1712) improved the design of the fire hose and wrote

Fire engine, 1820. Artist: J & T Bartlett
Fire engine, 1820

A fire engine, Shoreditch, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Brightman
A fire engine, Shoreditch, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

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)

Firefighters donning smoke helmets, Farringdon Street rubber works, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press

The Night Alarm, The Life of a Fireman, 1854. Artist: Nathaniel Currier
The Night Alarm, The Life of a Fireman, 1854

Nightfire, 1660. Artist: Vosmaer, Daniel (1622-1669 / 70)
Nightfire, 1660. From a private collection

Fire in the Winter Palace on December 29, 1837, c. 1838. Artist: Wolf, Franz (1795-1859)
Fire in the Winter Palace on December 29, 1837, c.1838. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Fire in Moscow, Russia, 1872. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Troops trying to contain a forest fire, Algeria, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 28th August 1904

Fire at the Opera, Paris, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Fire at the Opera, Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd January 1894

Death of Sergeant Bauchat, Rue de Reuilly, Paris, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Death of Sergeant Bauchat, Rue de Reuilly, Paris, 1894. Gaston Bauchat was a Sergeant in the Paris fire brigade who was killed in an explosion on 11th February 1894

A fire damaged prison camp in Germany, World War I, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 26 August 1915

French soldiers fight a fire started by German incendiary bombs, Artois, World War I, 1915. During World War I the front line between the opposing German

The Village Firemen, (detail), 1857. Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
The Village Firemen, (detail), 1857. From the collection of the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Fire in London, 1808. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Fire in London, 1808. Albion Mills, on the south side of Blackfriars Bridge, London, burning, on 3 March 1791, after the mills were set alight by arsonists

Fire in London, 1791. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Fire in London, 1791. The building on fire was Albion Mills, a corn mill erected by Matthew Boulton at the foot of Blackfriars Bridge in 1786

British firefighters damping down a bombed church, World War II, June 1940. Two firefighters use a hose to spray water onto smouldering roof timbers

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