Ladder Collection (page 10)

Jacobs Ladder. Depiction of Jacobs dream of angels ascending the ladder to Heaven from Genesis 28. After a 15th century German manuscript

Sir Edward Burne-Jones, English artist, 1890. Artist: Barbara Leighton
Sir Edward Burne-Jones, English artist, 1890. Burne-Jones (1833-1898) painting The Star of Bethlehem in his studio. One of the second wave of Pre-Raphaelite painters

A rotary kiln section being welded in preparation for installation, Steetley, Nottinghamshire, 1962. The large ring in the centre of the cylinder is the kiln tyre which would eventually be supported

Welding an industrial drying unit, Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962

Jacobs Dream. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

The Vision of Saint John Climacus, 16th century. Artist: Russian icon
The Vision of Saint John Climacus, 16th century. Found in the collection of the State History Museum, Moscow

Jacobs Dream, c. 1605. Found in the collection of Museum Prinsenhof Delft

Saint John Climacus with Saint George and Saint Blaise, Second half of 13th century. Artist: Russian icon
Saint John Climacus with Saint George and Saint Blaise, Second half of 13th century. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Opening of the Shaft Beneath Hell Gate, 1883. From America Illustrated, edited by J. David Williams. [DeWolfe, Fiske & Company, Boston, 1883]

Watkins Glen, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

The ground crews work is never done, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
The ground crews work is never done, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Sigiri, Aufstiegseite im Norden (Der sog. Lowensteig, der durch Treppen, Leitern und Gelander erneu)
Sigiri, Aufstiegseite im Norden (Der sog. Lowensteig, der durch Treppen, Leitern und Gelander erneut zuganglich gemacht wurde), 1926.Sigiri, ascent to the north (the so-called Lowensteig)

An Elephant of Central India, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
An Elephant of Central India, 1903. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, the Delhi Durbar was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911

MS. Illumination Showing the Vision of Jacob, 12th century, (1902). From the Book of Genesis, Lambeth Palace Library, London. From Social England, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Siege Train, Fifteenth Century (MS. Roy. 14 E. iv. ), c1470, (1903). Artist
Siege Train, Fifteenth Century (MS. Roy. 14 E. iv.), c1470, (1903). From Social England, Volume II, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Huguenots Building their Homesteads, 1909. Artist: GS Smithard
Huguenots Building their Homesteads, 1909. From Romance of Empire - South Africa by Ian D. Colwin. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, London, 1909]

An Illuminated Letter, c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech
An Illuminated Letter, c1860, (1860). From The Comic History of England, Volume I, by Gilbert A A Beckett. [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. London]

Augusto Baelz & C. advert, 1907. From The British Printer Vol. XX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1907]

Farmyard in Lower Austria, 1910. Artists: Konrad Heller, C Angerer & Goschl
Farmyard in Lower Austria, 1910. Printed by C. Angerer & Goschl. From The British Printer Vol. XXIII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1910]

Picking the Fruit, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Picking the Fruit, 1912. Picking fruit in New Zealnd. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Penetrating the Amazonian Forest - Madeira-Mamore Railway, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Gerards Hall Crypt. Guildhall London, 1886. Artist: John Henry Le Keux
Gerards Hall Crypt.Guildhall London, 1886. Lithographic print from the Discriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London, 1886

Toddy palms 100 ft. tall, Pagan, Burma, 1907. Artists: Elmer Underwood, Bert Elias Underwood
Toddy palms 100 ft. tall, Pagan, Burma, 1907. From The Underwood Travel Library, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1907]

Removing German emblems from German Embassy, Carlton House Terrace, London, 1914. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War - 1914, Vol. I.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1914]

Mr. Churchill was returned for Epping, as a Conservative, 1929, (1945). In the General Election of 1929 the Labour Party secured a majority, but Mr

Preparing to Launch, 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

Device for Repelling Scaling Ladders, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Device for Repelling Scaling Ladders, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

An Old Tavern, Limehouse, 1929. From Old London, A Series of 25 Willss Cigarettes cards. [W.D. & H.O. Wills, London, 1929]

Through the long night the rescue men at work, searching, helping to safety, 1941 (1942). The night of 11th January 1941. From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

Out in the Blitz, silhouetted aganinst the light of fires, rescue men climb into a building in St. Leonard Street, Shoreditch to reach people trapped in the upper floors, 1941 (1942)

Servants fire brigade at the Hotel Cecil, London, c1903 (1903). The Hotel Cecil was built between 1890 and 1896 between the Thames Embankment and the Strand

Firemen Tackle City Blaze, 1940, (1940). From The War in Pictures. [Odhams Press Limited, London, 1940]

H. M. S. Glowworm Sunk, 1940, (1940)
H.M.S. Glowworm Sunk, 1940, (1940). Oil covered survivors being rescued by a German ship after the HMS Glowworm a British minelaying destroyer sank. From The War in Pictures

West Gate, Winchester, 1779. Artist: Michael Angelo Rooker
West Gate, Winchester, 1779. Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester. From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford Volume III. - I to S, by C

N24 on the Derricks of the Hobby at Kings Bay, c1925, (1928). In 1925 Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872-1928) attempted to fly to the North Pole with Lincoln Ellsworth (1880-1951)

The Descent from the Cross, 1475. Artist: Andrea Mantegna
The Descent from the Cross, 1475. From The Print-Collectors Handbook, by Alfred Whitman. [George Bell & Sons, London, 1901]

On Merrow Common, Surrey, 1797. Artist: John Thomas Smith
On Merrow Common, Surrey, 1797. From Antiquities of London and Its Environs. [N. Smith, London, 1797]

Autumnal Fruit by Keats, c1900

King George V afloat with his Navy, c1910s (1935). From King Emperors Jubilee, by F. G. H. Salusbury [Daily Express Publications, London, 1935]

Window between St. Andrews Hall and the Dutch Church, Norwich, c1908. Artist: John Sell Cotman
Window between St. Andrews Hall and the Dutch Church, Norwich, c1908. [The Offices of the Studio, London & New York, 1944]

Modern Emulation of Piranesi: No. 3 escalator tunnel at Piccadilly Circus Station, 1929
A Modern Emulation of Piranesi: No. 3 escalator tunnel at Piccadilly Circus Station, 1929. The station was opened on 10 March 1906 and was designed by Charles Henry Holden (1875-1960)

Duke Humphreys Library, c1902. Duke Humfreys Library is the oldest reading room in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford

Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy, 1877. Artist: George Du Maurier
Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy, 1877. From the 19th June 1877 edition of Punch Magazine

Dutch Skit on Falconry, c1716, (1916)
Dutch Skit on Falconry, c1716. From The Connoisseur Vol XLIV by [Otto Limited, London, 1916.]

Crowd watching the looting of a German house in Poplar, c1914
A crowd watching the looting of a German house in Poplar, c1914. Anti-German feeling in the United Kingdom led to infrequent rioting

Atares Castle, (1764), 1920s
Atares Castle, begun in 1764 by the Governor of the island, Don Antonio Maria Bucarelli. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona

Interior of Furnivals Inn. 1754.Engraving from Old and new London Volume 2 by Walter Thornbury.Published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1878

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