Ladder Collection (page 9)

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, from A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book, pub. 1914. Creator
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, from A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book, pub. 1914 (colour lithograph), 1914

Gateway, mid 18th century, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Gateway, mid 18th century, (1928). Pen with wash. At one time known to have been in the collection of Herr Leo Blumenreich, Berlin, Germany

Maison Dricot, 47 rue Malibran, Brussels, Belgium, (1900), c2014-c2017
Maison Dricot, 47 rue Malibran, Brussels, Belgium, c2014-c2017. Designed by Edouard Pelseneer: 1900: With sgraffito by Paul Cauchie of six construction workers with their tools and materials

Massed Forces of the Modern Fire-Fighter Pitted Against a City Blaze, c1935. London. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

The Example. - Kleber at the Assault of Acre, 1799, (1896). General Kleber (1753-1800), French general during the French Revolutionary Wars

The Thrust of the Modern Liners Mighty Engines, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Marbot and Labedoyere Scaling the Wall at Ratisbon, 1809, (1896). Jean Baptiste Marbot and Charles Francois Huchet de la Bedoyere scaling the walls during the Battle of Ratisbon or Regensburg

Exercising the Dogs, 1936. George Marston leading the dogs down on to the floe from the Endurance. Shackleton is standing on the platform overlooking the gangway

A Novel Method of Coaling at the port of Yokohama, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

The Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, London, 1906. Men constructing the caisson for Shaft 4 of the tunnel under the River Thames

Testing gas pressure in street lighting, Westminster, London, 1910. A man holds the ladder for his bowler-hatted colleague who is testing the pressure in a gas streetlight

Firemen aboard a fire engine, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1929. Firefighters with brass helmets pose on a turntable ladder vehicle

Firemen inside a fire engine, Kingsland Road Fire Station, London, 1935. Streamlined fire escape vehicle with crew in breathing apparatus

Fireman using a hose, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910
Fireman on a training exercise using a hose, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firemen in brass helmets demonstrating motor fire escape vehicle ladder and first aid spray

Firemen aboard a motor fire escape vehicle, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909. Firefighters in brass helmets sit on a fire engine equipped with a removable ladder which could be

Firemen demonstrating the magirus ladder, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. A fireman perches at the top of an extendable ladder

Firemen carrying out scaling ladder drill, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1910
Uniformed firemen carrying out scaling ladder drill in courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1910. Firefighters practise using ladders

Fire engine at Streatham Fire Station, London, 1903
Fire engine at Streatham Fire Station, Mitcham Road, Lambeth, London, 1903. Ladder protruding from a building

Poplar Fire Station, No 75 West India Dock Road, Poplar, London, 1905
Entrance to Poplar Fire Station, No 75 West India Dock Road, Poplar, London, 1905. Front elevation with doors open, a wheeled fire ladder and men standing outside

Students painting a design on the ceiling, School of Building, Brixton, London, 1939

Western entrance to Exeter Change, Westminster, London, 1829. View with an advertisment for billiard rooms outside

The Man of Taste, 1731. Burlington Gate, surmounted by a statue of William Kent brandishing a palette. Standing on a scaffold below, whitewashing the front, is Alexander Pope

Miseries of London... 1807. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Miseries of London... 1807. A congested London Street. Two coachmen threaten each other with their whips while two women have fallen over a wheelbarrow

Bastion of London Wall near Monkwell Street, City of London, 1840

Interior of the Fleet Ditch at the back of Field Lane, City of London, 1851. Artist
Interior of the Fleet Ditch at the back of Field Lane, City of London, 1851. Showing a man holding a ladder, behind him lies part of a mammals skeleton

The politicians, 1763. Figures stand in the street outside the K Prussia Tavern. Some of the figures are discussing the Treaty of Paris, that concluded the Seven Years War

William Hogarth, 1762. Artist: Paul Sandby
William Hogarth, 1762. The scene satirises William Hogarth and his line of beauty. He is seen precariously balanced at the top of the structure with a variety of other figures beneath

Gossip in the hold, c1843-c1886. Artist: John Morgan
Gossip in the hold, c1843-c1886. Two fishermen and a boy gossiping in the hold of a boat

The destruction of the Cheapside Cross, London, 1809. The middle image of three, showing the destruction of the Cheapside Cross in 1643, with a description

The destruction of the Cheapside Cross, London, 1793. The destruction of the Cross in 1643 with a description. The cross stood on the site of one of the late 13th century Eleanor Crosses

Lamplighter, 1790; with humorous text in the lower margin
Lamplighter, London, 1790; with humorous text in the lower margin

One of the Advantages of Oil over Gas, 1821. Artist: Richard Dighton
One of the Advantages of Oil over Gas, 1821. A lamplighter is mounted on a ladder, engaged in filling a lamp with oil; momentarily distracted, he pours the oil over a passing citizen

St Pauls Cathedral, London, c1855. Artist: Jules Louis Arnout
View of St Pauls Cathedral, London, c1855; with traffic in the foreground, including two firemen running with a ladder, a cart stacked high with bales and a second filled with fruit and vegetables

Housewifery lesson, Dulwich Hamlet School, Dulwich Village, London, 1908. Four schoolgirls are busy taking the slats out of venetian blinds and cleaning them as part of their spring cleaning lesson

Knightsbridge Fire Station, No 16 Basil Street, Chelsea, London, 1939. Interior of the station showing fire engines and ladders. Advertisement says Join the London Auxiliary Fire Service

Kentish Town Fire Station, No 3a Fortress Walk, St Pancras, London, 1903. Front elevation showing the doors and wheeled ladder

Euston Fire Station, No 172 Euston Road, St Pancras, London, 1935. Firemen and fire engines are at the ready outside the station

Clerkenwell Fire Station, No 44 Rosebery Avenue, Finsbury, London, 1910. Back of the building showing courtyard, workshop and wheeled fire ladder

Blackheath Fire Station, Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, London, 1905. The exterior of the building is shown with a fire ladder leaning against the side

Interior of appliance room, Northcote Road Fire Station, Battersea, London, 1906
Interior of appliance room with stables for horses, Northcote Road Fire Station, Battersea, London, 1906

Christs Hospital, London, 1823. Artist: Henry Sargant Storer
Interior view of ward no 4, Christs Hospital, London, 1823; with boys in the dormitory

Bell Yard near Chancery Lane, London, 1835. Artist: George Sidney Shepherd
View of Bell Yard near Chancery Lane, London and Fleet Street, 1835; showing a street scene including a family group, window cleaner, fishmongers and Calvert & Co wine merchant

Dust O!, Cries of London, c1840. Artist: TH Jones
Dust O! A dust seller with a man climbing a ladder to the dust cart, a basket balanced on his back. From Cries of London, c1840

Metropolitan Fire Brigade, 1873
View showing the different stages of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade scaling ladder drill, 1873

Execution of Guy Fawkes, Illustration from Guy Fawkes, or the Gunpowder Treason: an Historical Romance, by William Harrison Ainsworth, pub. 1841 (engraving)

The Carpenter, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph). accompanies verse by E.V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas) (1868 – 1938);

The Farmer, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph). accompanies verse by E.V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas) (1868 – 1938);

Butchering a sheep on the Front Line, c. 1914-18 (b/w photo)

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