Lightning Collection (page 2)

Tornado-Zeus Battling Typhon (Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden), August 1, 1795

The Destruction of Jobs Sons, from Illustrations of the Book of Job, 1825-26

Jupiter, from Game of Mythology (Jeu de la Mythologie), 1644

Jupiter and Semele, from Game of Mythology (Jeu de la Mythologie), 1644

Lake of Thun, Swiss (Liber Studiorum, part III, plate 15), June 10, 1808

Conversion of Paul, ca. 1514. Creator: Hans Baldung
Conversion of Paul, ca. 1514

Arion, 1763-66. Creators: Augustin de Saint-Aubin, Jacques Jean Pasquier
Arion, 1763-66. After Francois Boucher

Plate 16: The Argonaut Asterion led by a young figure of lightning (Asterione argonote condoti da Giove fulmina), with two female figures seated between Asterion and the figure of lightning

Saint John before God and the Elders, from The Apocalypse. n. d. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Saint John before God and the Elders, from The Apocalypse.n.d

Saint John before God and the Elders, from The Apocalypse, ca. 1496

Storm below Mount Fuji (Sanka no haku u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), ca. 1830-32

Moses on Sinai (Le tables de Loi judaique), 1773. Creator: Simon Julien
Moses on Sinai (Le tables de Loi judaique), 1773

Vue d un embrasement, 18th century. Creator: Quentin Pierre Chedel
Vue d un embrasement, 18th century

The holy trinity with Saint Michael vanquishing a six-headed dragon, frontispiece to Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii tridentini restitutum, ca. 1662

The Ghost of Akugenta Taking Revenge on Nanba at the Nunobiki Waterfall, 1856, 2nd month

Title page, Der Grossen Artillerie Feuerwerck... 1676. Creator: Christoph Metzger
Title page, Der Grossen Artillerie Feuerwerck... 1676

Benjamin Franklin, from the series Great Americans (N76) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888

Thomas Alva Edison, from the series Great Americans (N76) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888

Design for a Lampas Silk with a Triumphal Chariot on a Cloud, ca. 1770-75

Oak Struck by Lightning, Badger, 1856. 1856. Creator: Alfred Capel-Cure
Oak Struck by Lightning, Badger, 1856. 1856

[Spiral of Lightning in a Thunderstorm], May 12, 1886. Creator: Charles Moussette
[Spiral of Lightning in a Thunderstorm], May 12, 1886

Cornelian Bay, from Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, 1813. 1813
Cornelian Bay, from " Poetical Sketches of Scarborough", 1813

Sinking Run, Above Tyrone, 1874. Creator: Frederick William Quartley
Sinking Run, Above Tyrone, 1874. Lightning on the Juniata River, Pennsylvania, USA. Thunder-storms are of daily occurrence up in these heights

The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up... mid 19th century
The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened, mid 19th century. Biblical scene

A Hampshire Haying, c1891, (c1930). Creator: David Murray
A Hampshire Haying, c1891, (c1930). A farmworker drives his cart piled high with hay, hurrying home before the oncoming storm soaks the hay

Henry V is hit by lightning in the imperial house at Goslar, (1936). Creator: Unknown
Henry V is hit by lightning in the imperial house at Goslar, (1936). Heinrich V, (1081-1125) Wird In Der Kaiserpfalz Zu Goslar Vom Blitz Getroffen. Henry V was King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor

The Flash of Lightening: Caught in a Mountain Storm, pub. 1805. Creator: Philip James
The Flash of Lightening: Caught in a Mountain Storm, pub. 1805 (aquatint). From: The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England

Two Regency belles stranded on a foreshore by a storm, c1795-1805. Creator: James Green
Two Regency belles stranded on a foreshore by a storm, engraved by Joseph Constantine Stadler, c.1795-1805 (colour engraving). reflects the prevailling vogue for the romantic terror of nature

The Grandeur of the Lightning Flash, 1935
The Grandeur of the Lightning Flash, . From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 1, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London, ]

Gracefully Riding the Seas, 1936. The clipper ship Lightning. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Plate IV of A Rakes Progress, 1735. Artist: William Hogarth
Plate IV of A Rakes Progress, 1735. The rake, Tom Rakewell, being arrested as he alights from his sedan chair. Forked lightning can be seen in the sky. On the left is a Bow Street officer

Grand entrance to Bamboozl em, 1821. Queen Caroline and Alderman Matthew Wood heading a procession through the City, met by a group of Radical reformers

Edward III, King of England, c1350, (c1700). King Edward III is clad in armour and holding a spear in his left hand. A representation of the French and English armies fighting

The City Churches in Danger, 1834. Four City aldermen in ceremonial dress, including Sir John Key and Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, pull on ropes attached to church steeples

Lewis Browns house during the storm on the night of 15th October, Roehampton, 1780. The scene shows storm clouds and lightning along with the destruction caused to the house and lands

A Rakes Progress, 1735; plate IV of VIII. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, 1735; plate IV of VIII. Tom Rakewell, heads for a royal levee at St Jamess Palace, London, in his sedan chair. He is stopped by two bailiffs, who arrest him for debt

Edward III of England vows that he will make peace, 1360 (1864). After rejecting offers for peace during the Hundred Years War a great thunderstorm frightened the King (1312-1377)

Three witches in a graveyard, c1790s. A man passing by is assailed by demons

Edward vows that he will make peace, 1360 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Edward vows that he will make peace, 1864. After rejecting offers for peace during the Hundred Years War a great thunderstorm was seen as a bad omen by King Edward III

Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, 1934. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author, printer

Belshazzars Feast, 19th century(?). Artist: J Horsburgh
Belshazzars Feast, 19th century(?). Scene from the Bible ( Daniel V.17.28)

A Rakes Progress - 4: The Arrest, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 4: The Arrest, 1733 (1904). Tom Rakewell heads for a royal levee at St Jamess Palace, London, in his sedan chair. He is stopped by two bailiffs, who arrest him for debt

Fuji above the Lightning, c1823. Artist: Hokusai
Fuji above the Lightning, c1823. A hand-coloured woodblock print from the series 36 Views of Mt Fuji ( Fugaku sanjurokkei ), published by Nishimura Eijudo, (1831)

Mountain Landscape with Lightning, ca 1675. Artist: Millet, Jean-Francois, the Elder (1642-1679)
Mountain Landscape with Lightning, ca 1675. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

A Horse frightened by Lightning, ca 1814. Artist: Gericault, Theodore (1791-1824)
A Horse frightened by Lightning, ca 1814. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

A farming machine struck by lightning, 1902. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 5th October 1902

A Balloon struck by lightning near Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1891. Illustration in Le Petit Journal, 1891

Enceladus buried underneath Mount Etna, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Enceladus buried underneath Mount Etna, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

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