Lifting Collection (page 5)

Loading coal at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: WC Fitler
Loading coal at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. The port of Newcastle remains the economic and trade centre for the resource rich Hunter Valley

370 Mortar in Action, 1918, (1926). Artist: Henry Cheffer
370 Mortar in Action, 1918, (1926). French artillerymen operating a large mortar. Mortars are muzzle-loaded weapons that fire shells at a lower velocity

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1464-1465. Artist: Neri di Bicci
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1464-1465. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1623. Artist: Guercino
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1623. Guercino (1591-1666). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Death of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency, 1622. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
The Death of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency, 1622. Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, c1554. Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, c1554. From the Upper Church of Our Lady, Bamberg, Germany

The fete for the First-Aid workers, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 21st July 1901

Mine collapse, Aniche, France, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 16th December 1900

Labour in Paris, 1899. Artist: F Meaulle
Labour in Paris, 1899. Building works fro the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th May 1899

The Ismaillolo brothers wrestling, The Folies Bergere, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
The Ismaillolo brothers wrestling, The Folies Bergere, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st March 1895

Mary Magdalene, c1500-1550. Artist: Ambrosius Benson
Mary Magdalene, c1500-1550. Found in the collection of the Groeninge Museum, Bruges

The Umbrellas, 1881-1886. Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The Umbrellas, 1881-6. Renoir worked on this picture over several years. The two little girls and the lady behind them on the right are in an earlier, softer style than the rest of the picture

Atlas, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Atlas, 1615. In Greek mythology, Atlas was one of the primordial Titans. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris

The Rape of the Sabine Women, c1583. Artist: Giambologna
The Rape of the Sabine Women, c1583. Found in the collection of the Galleria dell Accademia, Florence, Italy

And still they don t go!, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
And still they don t go!, 1799. Plate 59 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression

To rise and to fall, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
To rise and to fall, 1799. Plate 56 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression

La Cometa, (The Kite), 1778. Artist: Francisco Goya
La Cometa, (The Kite), 1778. Located in the collection at, Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

Boiling and Cooling the Sugar, 1826. Artist: Amelia Alderson Opie
Boiling and Cooling the Sugar, 1826. From The Black Mans Lament; or How to Make Sugar, by Amelia Opie. (London, 1826)

The Baptism of Jesus by St John the Baptist, c1334. Artist: Vardan Lorets i
The Baptism of Jesus by St John the Baptist, c1334. St John and Jesus, with his hand lifted in blessing with three fingers raised

Old Man Playing with Child, 1635-1640. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Old Man Playing with Child, 1635-1640. From the British Museum, London

The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (Rembrandt and Saskia), c1635. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (Rembrandt and Saskia), c1635. From the Dresden Gallery, Dresden, Germany

The Cook, c1570. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
The Cook, c1570. This image can be interpreted in two ways, either as a cook taking the lid off a dish of sucking pigs or, if turned upside down, as the head of the cook. From a private collection

Coal mining: sending baskets (corves) of coal to the surface of a mine, 1852. From The Wonders of Home by Grandfather Grey. (London, 1852)

The Apollo 10 Command Module (Capsule), 26 May 1969. The capsule being winched aboard the prime recovery vessel USS Princeton at the end of its mission in May 1969

Anchovy Fishing, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Anchovy Fishing, c1845. Depicting men in their sailing boats out at sea. In the boat on the right men are dragging a net out of the water

Warehousing in the City, 1872. Artist: Adolphe Francois Pannemaker
Warehousing in the City, 1872; showing warehouse workers using rope pulleys to hoist barrels and packages at a warehouse in the City of London

Depiction of Varaha, the boar incarnation of the god Vishnu
Depiction of Varaha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu, lifting the earth goddeess Bhumi from the Primeval ocean, in Chaunan style

Detail from the Greek Ludovisi throne, 5th century BC
Detail from the Greek Ludovisi throne, showing the birth of Aphrodite, in the centre. From the National Museums collection in Rome, 5th century BC

Transporting Jumbo the African elephant to America, 1882. Jumbo was a large African elephant sold by London Zoo in 1882 to the American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) for his circus

Ivory headrest supported by a figure, Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, c1325 BC. From the Treasure of Tutankhamun (ruled 1333-1323 BC)

The Deliverance of Arsinoe, after 1560-1594. Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto
The Deliverance of Arsinoe, after 1560-1594. From the Gemaeldegallerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

The Glorification of St Sebastian, late 17th / early 18th century. Artist: Sebastiano Ricci
The Glorification of St Sebastian, late 17th/early 18th century. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

YMCA gymnasium, Longacre, London, 1887
Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) Gymnasium Longacre, London, 1887. Young men sprinting through the Maze. Wood engraving

YMCA gymnasium, Longacre, London, c1888
Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) gymnasium, Longacre, London, c1888. Opened by the Prince of Wales, 16 June 1888. Men exercising using various apparatus. Wood engraving

Lets Do It!, poster, Russian, 1944. Artist: I Serebriany
Lets Do It!, poster, Russian, 1944. A female worker lifting a pallet of bricks

Raising a slab of stone using a block-and-tackle mechanism, 1620. Copperplate engraving of a treadmill powered by men lifting a slab of stone using a block and tackle

Our Play Box. Mr Punchs Delight at Finding His Dear Old Puppets where He Left Them in July, 1865. As the new Session of Parliament is about to commence

Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs, 1763. Creator: Jean-Honore Fragonard
Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs, 1763

The Entombment (copy), 1521. Creator: Jan Muller
The Entombment (copy), 1521. After Lucas van Leyden

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