Ladder Collection

Old pub on the River Thames, London, 1926-1927. An old tavern on the riverside at Limehouse. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I

Inside the clock face of Big Ben, Palace of Westminster, London, c1905. Photo published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905)

Melencolia I (copy), 1602. Creator: Jan Wierix
Melencolia I (copy), 1602. After Albrecht Durer

Fevrier, 1896. Creator: Eugene Samuel Grasset
Fevrier, 1896. From " Calendrier la Belle Jardiniere", by Eugene Grasset. [Paris, 1896]

Church of St Mary, Lambeth, London, 1831. Artist: Thomas Higham
Church of St Mary, Lambeth, London, 1831. The church stands adjacent to Lambeth Palace, the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Saint John the Forerunner with Saint John Climacus and Saint Theodore Stratelates, after 1571. Found in the Collection of State Open-air Museum of History, Architecture and Art, Pskov

Men building the Camden Town Sub-Station, London, 1908
Men building the Camden Town Sub-Station, 102-116 Arlington Road, London, 1908. Site of an electricity sub-station with workmen and scaffolding

Thousands Were Suddenly Made Homeless, c1940 (1942). Families made homeless by the blitz of World War II. From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

The Guard-house of Humaita, Paraguay, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Guard-house of Humaita, Paraguay, 1864. 'The people are little better than savages, and immense tracts of fertile land are still a wilderness; but there are signs of improvement

Elise Robert & Dorothy Kohn, Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Elise Robert & Dorothy Kohn, Oct 1917
Elise Robert & Dorothy Kohn, Oct 1917. Elise (Elyse) Robert and Dorothy Kohn putting 2nd Liberty Loan posters on the side of the Waldorf Astoria in New York City during World War I.

German observers, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German observers, between c1915 and 1918. German soldiers, including two on a ladder and one using a binocular trench periscope during World War I.

Removal of royal symbols from the building of the Triangle partnership, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Removal of royal symbols from the building of the Triangle partnership, 1917. From a collection of unique documentary photographs relating to the Russian Civil War in Siberia

Removal of royal symbols from the building of the Triangle partnership, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Removal of royal symbols from the building of the Triangle partnership, 1917. From a collection of unique documentary photographs relating to the Russian Civil War in Siberia

The Cotton Famine: receiving clothes at Bridewell Hospital...for the distressed operatives, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: receiving clothes at Bridewell Hospital, London, for the distressed operatives, 1862. '[In Lancashire]

Old Woman Reading the Bible, 1663. Creator: Gerritsz Quiringh van Brekelenkam
Old Woman Reading the Bible, 1663

The Dock at Sveaborg. Creator: Elias Martin
The Dock at Sveaborg, Unknown date

The Ship of Salvation, 1512. Creator: Johann Gruninger
The Ship of Salvation, 1512. Christ is crucified on the mast of a sailing ship. Around him are depictions of other episodes from the Bible

The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales mounting his elephant...1876. Creator: C.R
The Royal Visit to India: the Prince of Wales mounting his elephant at the Old Palace of Lushkur, Gwalior, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

Repose on Flight into Egypt with Many Angels, 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Repose on Flight into Egypt with Many Angels, 16th century

Allegory of the Element Earth, c1580. Creator: Leandro Bassano
Allegory of the Element Earth, c1580. In the 16th century, the world was believed to consist of four elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water

The German Air Fleet; Command post in a forward platform, during a raid... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The German Air Fleet; Command post in a forward platform, during a raid. The dimensions of the platform were manifestly exaggerated, 1917

The Sawhorse, 1761. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Sawhorse, 1761

The Home-Coming, 1885. Creator: Ferdinand Fagerlin
The Home-Coming, 1885

Yotsuguruma Daihachi and Kotengu Heisuke Duel during the Battle of the Wrestlers and the... 1886
Yotsuguruma Daihachi and Kotengu Heisuke Duel during the Battle of the Wrestlers and the Firemen at Shimmei Shrine, 1886. From A Selection of Western Color Prints

Descent from the Cross, between circa 1520 and circa 1527. Creators: Ugo da Carpi, Raphael
Descent from the Cross, between circa 1520 and circa 1527

Hôtel de Cluny, Paris, 1839. Creator: Thomas Shotter Boys
Hotel de Cluny, Paris, 1839. Portfolio: Picturesque Architecture in Paris/Ghent/Antwerp/Rouen/etc

The Age of Silver, 1599. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Nicolaus van Aelst
The Age of Silver, 1599. From The Four Ages of the World, pl. 2

Allegory of the Catholic Church: Plenary Indulgences (Indulgences plénières), c.1790. Creator: Louis Jean Desprez
Allegory of the Catholic Church: Plenary Indulgences (Indulgences plenieres), c.1790. A monumental staircase, flanked by buildings, chapels carved from the rock, and an aqueduct leading to a church

Old House in Fetter-Lane, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Old House in Fetter-Lane, [London], 1858. Sketch of...a characteristic example of the substantial brick buildings erected, some in the reign of Charles I

The old man and the frog, 1904. Creator: Charles Lucien Léandre
The old man and the frog, 1904. Le vieillard et la grenouille'. A large sleeping man sits with his back to a round table, on which a frog in a glass bottle climbs a staircase, watched by a maid

Composition with the Virgin Mary, c1675. Creator: Unknown
Composition with the Virgin Mary, c1675

Plate XIX from Life and Adventures of the Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha, 1780. Creator: Daniel Berger
Plate XIX from Life and Adventures of the Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha, 1780. Alternate Title: Leben und Thaten des weissen Junkers Don Quixote von La Mancha

The Age of Copper, 1599. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Nicolaus van Aelst
The Age of Copper, 1599. From The Four Ages of the World, pl. 3

Farmers and cattle in front of a cabin. Creator: Unknown
Farmers and cattle in front of a cabin

Surugacho Echigoya, c1802. Creator: Hokusai
Surugacho Echigoya, c1802

Pah, or fortified village, of the natives in the province of New Plymouth... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Pah, or fortified village, of the natives in the province of New Plymouth (Taranaki), New Zealand, 1860. New Zealand abounds with isolated and steep hills

Still life in a stable, 1639-1649. Creator: Hendrik Potuyl
Still life in a stable, 1639-1649

Butchering a Pig, 1648. Creator: Jan Victors
Butchering a Pig, 1648

U.S.S. New York, a champion boat crew, between 1893 and 1901. Creator: William H. Jackson
U.S.S. New York, a champion boat crew, between 1893 and 1901

Iconoclasm in a Church, 1630. Creator: Dirck van Delen
Iconoclasm in a Church, 1630

Artillery, 1832, (1833). Creator: Auguste Raffet
Artillery, 1832, (1833). Batterie basse, etablie au rentrant de droite du Bastion de Fernando'. Soldiers busy with a row of guns; On the left in the foreground is an injured person

Church Interior, 1844. Creator: Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove
Church Interior, 1844

Window washer, 1904. Creator: Herman Heyenbrock
Window washer, 1904. A window-cleaner stands with one foot on a ladder and the other on the windowsill. A young woman is watching in the other window

Mallet's Three-Foot Mortar, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Mallet's Three-Foot Mortar, 1857. British shell-firing mortar built for the Crimean War, but never used in combat. Mr

Church of St. Vladimir, in a Russian cemetery, French extreme left, 1856. Creator: Edward Alfred Goodall
Church of St. Vladimir, in a Russian cemetery, French extreme left, 1856. Scene from the Crimean War - French soldiers in a graffiti-ed church

Scalding the Hog, 1678. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
Scalding the Hog, 1678. Scraping the skin of a dead pig outside an inn

Falun Copper Mine, c18th century. Creator: Per Hillestrom
Falun Copper Mine, c18th century

People picking plums, c.1880-c.1910. Creator: Anon
People picking plums, c.1880-c.1910. A woman stands on a ladder against a plum tree and shakes a branch so that the plums fall down on another woman, as two children laugh

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