Killed Collection (page 3)

The horrible death of two electrians, 1929. Creator: Unknown
The horrible death of two electrians, 1929. L Horrible Mort de Deux Electriciens. Lift engineers are crushed to death in an industrial accident. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre"

Firedamp explosion, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Firedamp explosion, 1932. Coup de Grisou. On 9 December 1932, 7 miners were killed in an explosion at Cortonwood Colliery in South Yorkshire. An 8th man died later

An appalling cataclysm, 1932. Creator: Unknown
An appalling cataclysm, 1932. Un Epouvantable Cataclysme. Buildings are torn apart and people are killed and injured during the destruction of Saint-Denis de la Reunion

The disaster of the Promethee, 1932. Creator: Unknown
The disaster of the " Promethee", 1932. La Catastrophe du " Promethee". The French Navy submarine Promethee (Prometheus) sank suddenly off the coast of Normandy on 7 July 1932

The death of Schwerin at Prague, 6 May 1757, (1936). Creator: Unknown
The death of Schwerin at Prague, 6 May 1757, (1936). Schwerins Tod Bei Prag, 6 Mai 1757. Prussian field marshal Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684-1757)

Investigation into the Trait d Union II, 1931. Creator: Unknown
Investigation into the " Trait d Union II", 1931. L Enquete Sur Le Trait-D Union II. In September 1931, French aviators Joseph Le Brix

In Alsace, a peasant woman is caught in a threshing machine, 1929. Creator: Unknown
In Alsace, a peasant woman is caught in a threshing machine, 1929. En Alsace, Une Paysanne Est Happee Par Une Machine A Battre

Assassination of Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Budapest, Hungary, 1848 (c1890). From " Cassells History of England - Special Edition, Vol

Richard III Killed in Bosworth-Field, 1773. Creator: William Walker
Richard III Killed in Bosworth-Field, 1773. Richard III (1452-1485) killed in Bosworth-Field and the last English king to be killed in battle. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786)

And He That Was of Mildest Mood Did Slaye The Other There, c1880. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
And He That Was of Mildest Mood Did Slaye The Other There, c1880. The Babes uncle had paid two ruffians to murder them. One of the villains had a change of heart

Officers Killed in the Zulu War, 1879. Creator: Unknown
Officers Killed in the Zulu War, 1879. Portraits of British soldiers killed fighing the Zulu army in South Africa: Captain G Williams, Frontier Light Horse; Captain D B Moriarty

Battle of Hastings & Death of Harold, (19th century?). Creator: Unknown
Battle of Hastings & Death of Harold, (19th century?). King Harold is shot in the eye with an arrow and killed. Illustration of a section from the Bayeux Tapestry

Lucy attempting to shoot herself, after killing Mr. Wimple, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Lucy attempting to shoot herself, after killing Mr. Wimple, 18th century. The body of the unfortunate Mr Wimple lies on the floor, wig askew

Ajax with the body of Achilles, died when hurt in the heel by an arrow shot by Paris. Episode collected in Aethiopis, detail of the handle of the Francois vessel

Aftermath of a duel, Hyde Park, Westminster, London, 1712 (1768). Charles, Lord Mohun, killed in a duel in Hyde Park by James, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon

Bust of General Charles Gordon, British soldier and administrator, 1886. Known as Chinese Gordon because of his exploits in China in the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion

The Cato Street conspirators... 1820. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Cato Street conspirators... 1820. Three Bow Street officers have entered the loft above the stable; the foremost, Richard Smithers

The hot blood burns like fire!, 1924. Artist: Arthur Rackham
The hot blood burns like fire!, 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. Siegfried draws his sword from Fafners breast and in doing so gets sprinkled with the dragons blood

The Murder of Setapo, 1916. Artist: Evelyn Paul
The Murder of Setapo, 1916. Setapo was a wealthy and evil man of Babylon who was murdered by Sinonis. Illustration from Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria by Lewis Spence, 1916

The Death of Siegfried, 1906. From The Ring Cycle of operas by German composer Richard Wagner

Beowulf finds the head of Aschere, 1910. Artist: John Henry Frederick Bacon
Beowulf finds the head of Aschere, 1910. Aschere is Hrothgars most trusted warrior who is killed by the monster Grendels mother

Byama threw a spear with all his strength, 1923. Artist: Raymond Wenban
Byama threw a spear with all his strength, 1923. The Legend of the Sacred Bullroarer; Thoorkook fighting Byama. Thoorkook is an evil character who killed Byamas sons

Death of Brian Boru at the Battle of Clontarf, Ireland, 1014 (1913). Brian Boru (c941-1014) was King of Munster from 978 and High King of Ireland from 1002

This Has Killed That, 1871, (1946). Artist: Honore Daumier
This Has Killed That, 1871, (1946). In French, Ceci a tuU cela. Woman pointing at a voting urn with the word oui ( yes ) floating above it

Drusus is stabbed, and expires gracefully, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Drusus is stabbed, and expires gracefully, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

The spoils of the jungle, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

The Royal Martyrdom, from a ballad of 1648 (1964). A print from A History of Wood Engraving, by Douglas Percy Bliss, Spring Books, London, 1964. (Colorised black and white print)

Walruses Killed Off The East Coast of the Taimyr Peninsula, 12th September 1893, (1897). Artist: Fridtjof Nansen
Walruses Killed Off The East Coast of the Taimyr Peninsula, 12th September 1893. (1897). Water-Colour Sketch from Farthest North, Vol. 1 by Fridtjof Nansen

Albert Ball, British First World War pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross, c1917 (c1937). Albert Ball (1896-1917) learned to fly at Hendon Airfield shortly after the outbreak of the First World

Tippoo Sultans Body Was Found Buried Beneath Those Of His Followers, 1908, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
Tippoo Sultans Body Was Found Buried Beneath Those Of His Followers, 1908, (c1920). The death of Tipu Sultan (1750-1799) a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, a kingdom of southern India

Leofa the robber stabbing Edmund I at a festival at Pucklekirk, Gloucestershire 946 (1793)
Leofa the robber (after returning from banishment) stabbing Edmund I at a festival at Pucklekirk in Gloucestershire, 946 (1793). From Ashburtons History of England, by Charles Alfred Ashburton. [W

Last charge of Viscount Dundee at the Battle of Killiecrankie, Scotland, 1689 (1905). Artist: Stanley Berkeley
Last charge of Viscount Dundee at the Battle of Killiecrankie, Scotland, 1689 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol

Assassination of Spencer Perceval, 1812 (1906). Perceval was shot and killed in the lobby of the House of Commons by John Bellingham, a merchant who had been wrongly imprisoned in Russia

A royal bag of tigers, 1911 (1935). A scene from King George Vs visit to India to attend the Delhi Durbar. From King Emperors Jubilee, by F. G. H. Salusbury [Daily Express Publications, London, 1935]

Death of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, 1066 (1905). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. I. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Assasination of Antonio Canovas del Castillo, 1897. Antonio Canovas del Castillo (1828-1897) was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for serving six terms as Spanish Prime Minister

Our bag, early 20th century(?)

General Charles Gordon, British soldier, late 19th or early 20th century. Known as Chinese Gordon because of his exploits in China in the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion

Lei Feng, Chinese soldier of the Peoples Liberation Army, c1962. In the posthumous Learn from Comrade Lei Feng campaign, initiated by Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong in 1963

Joss-House, Chapoo, Death of Colonel Tomlinson, China, 1842 (c1857). Artist: Thomas Abiel Prior
Joss-House, Chapoo, Death of Colonel Tomlinson, China, 1842 (c1857). Sketched on the spot by Captain Stoddart RN. Colonel Nicholas R Tomlinson of the 18th (Royal Irish)

Indian scalping his dead enemy, 19th century

The mortuary, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Spanish Civil War, c1936-c1939. Barcelona was the scene of street fighting between different Republican factions between 3 and 8 May 1937

Bodies laid out after being machine-gunned, Barcelona, Spain, Spanish Civil War, c1936-c1939
Bodies laid out after being machine-gunned, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Spanish Civil War, c1936-c1939. Barcelona was the scene of street fighting between different Republican factions between 3

Captain Peter Strasser, German airship fleet commander, World War I, 1916-1918 (1933). Strasser (1876-1918) was commander of the German Navys fleet of Zeppelin airships during the First World War

Dead soldiers, Vimy Ridge, France, World War I, 1914-1918Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Dead soldiers, Vimy Ridge, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Vimy Ridge was the site of an attack by the Canadian Corps on three divisions of the German 6th Army in April 1917

Death of Major Pitcairn, Battle of Bunker Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, 1775 (c1880). John Picairn was a British Marine officer

Death of Isaac Davis, 1775 (c1880). Davis (1745-1775) was an American militia officer who led the first attack on the British regular army at Concord, Massachusetts

Major Theodore Winthrop at Big Bethel, Virginia, 1861 (c1880). Winthrop (1828-1861) was killed at Great Bethel on 10th June 1861

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