Peril Collection

In Manus Tuas Domine!, 1879, (1918). Artist: Briton Riviere
In Manus Tuas Domine!, 1879, (1918). Painting held at the Manchester City Galleries, Manchester. From Bibbys Annual 1918, edited by Joseph Bibby. [The Priory Publishing Press, Liverpool, 1917]

The Gulf Stream, 1899, (1943). Creator: Winslow Homer
The Gulf Stream, 1899, (1943). A man drifts on his fishing boat which has lost its mast. Sharks surround the boat, and a waterspout approaches ominously

Stage in the ascent of Mont Blanc, c1853, (1946). Creator: George Baxter
Stage in the ascent of Mont Blanc, c1853, (1946). Climbers on Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps - a man is being pulled out of a crevasse on a rope

The Prairie on Fire, 1827. Creator: Alvan Fisher
The Prairie on Fire, 1827. Natty Bumppo creates a firebreak, scene from " The Prairie" by James Fenimore Cooper

Tapping a Steel Furnace, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Tapping a Steel Furnace, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

Shipwreck of the Meduse, 1820. Creators: Theodore Gericault, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet
Shipwreck of the Meduse, 1820. [The Raft of the Medusa]

The explosion of gunpowder magazines at Erith:…the powder-magazines after the explosion, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of gunpowder magazines at Erith: the site of the powder-magazines after the explosion, 1864. 'Shortly after the explosion showers of letters, invoices, and other papers

The town and port of Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The town and port of Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by an officer of the 1st West India Regiment

"Lord Riverdale's Repentance": George rescuing his grandfather, drawn by A. Hunt, 1862
"Lord Riverdale's Repentance" [by William J. Stewart]: George rescuing his grandfather, drawn by A. Hunt, 1862. 'That hand was nearer to him at that moment than he dreamt

A "Block" in Park-lane, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson. A "Block" in Park-lane, 1864
A "Block" in Park-lane, [London], 1864. Traffic congestion: 'Just about the corner of Brick-street, which is close to Holdernesse House, may be witnessed, at certain hours daily

The explosion on Wednesday week at Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The explosion on Wednesday week at Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. 'Instantly a dense column of black smoke sprang from the cupola, like a gigantic tower, towards heaven

The Great Britain among icebergs near Cape Horn, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Great Britain among icebergs near Cape Horn, 1864. 'The screw-steamer Great Britain, which arrived at Liverpool...having made the passage from Melbourne in the short period of sixty-one days

Wreck of the Aberdeen steamer Stanley at Tynemouth, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of the Aberdeen steamer Stanley at Tynemouth, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. R. Watson. '...while attempting to run into the Tyne for shelter

Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, [London], sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. 'a great fire broke out in the waterside premises of Messrs

A Pack Road in the Katun River Valley near the Village of Tavda. Cliff "Skakun"..., 1911-1913
A Pack Road in the Katun River Valley near the Village of Tavda. Cliff "Skakun." Log Boards for the Passage of Horses over the Precipice, 1911-1913

Explosion on board the barque Lottie Sleigh, laden with gunpowder, in the Mersey..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Explosion on board the barque Lottie Sleigh, laden with gunpowder, in the Mersey, as seen from the Cheshire side, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Wood

Descending Mont Cenis in Winter, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Descending Mont Cenis in Winter, 1864. Travelling over the Alps by sleigh. '...tremendous faces of rock rise perpendicularly...there is a fearful precipice

A stampede of jackals through the environs of Calcutta, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A stampede of jackals through the environs of Calcutta, 1864. 'A walk through Calcutta about midnight reveals to the European stranger many curious sights

The explosion of gunpowder magazines at Erith: view…from Burrage-road, Plumstead…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of gunpowder magazines at Erith: view from Burrage-road, Plumstead, by Captain Pasley, R.A., 1864. View from the window of Pasley's house

Ruins of the Fallen Houses in Pilgrim-street, City, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Fallen Houses in Pilgrim-street, City, 1858. Engraving from a photograph by Butler and Dyer, of Walnut-tree-walk, Lambeth

A Party of Tourists Crossing the Mer de Glace, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Party of Tourists Crossing the Mer de Glace, 1858. Foremost...are a couple of German students...[who] on finding a loose block of ice conveniently near the chasm's edge, they heave, raise

Lumbering in New Brunswick - Driving Logs down the Falls of the St. John, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Lumbering in New Brunswick - Driving Logs down the Falls of the St. John, [Canada], 1858. The lumbering business is the leading element of wealth in the province; and the sawmills

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - the "Agamemnon" in a Storm, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - the "Agamemnon" in a Storm, 1858. Ship struggling in...the great storm on the 20th of June...the Agamemnon rolled so heavily

The Crater of Mount Etna in 1809 - from a sketch by Signor Gimmellaro, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Crater of Mount Etna in 1809 - from a sketch by Signor Gimmellaro, 1858. Before us and beneath us was the crater of Etna. The circumference of the crater, according to Sig

The Accident at St. George's Hospital: the Holland Ward after the Accident, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Accident at St. George's Hospital: the Holland Ward after the Accident, 1876. From a sketch by Mr. F. Dawtrey Drewitt

The Accident at St. George's Hospital: the Cistern on the Roof, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Accident at St. George's Hospital: the Cistern on the Roof, 1876. One of the female patients...died yesterday week from the effects of the shock caused by this extraordinary accident...[she

Broad-Street, Philadelphia, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: C.R
Broad-Street, Philadelphia, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876....view of Broad-street, at the crossing of the Pennsylvania and Reading line of railroad

A Journey into the Herzegovina: Fire at a Gunpowder Depot at Grahovo, 1876. Creator: C.R
A Journey into the Herzegovina: Fire at a Gunpowder Depot at Grahovo, 1876. It is reported from Constantinople that the new Government of Sultan Mourad V. will allow an armistice of six weeks

The Wreck of the Strathmore: taking the Survivors from the Island...1876. Creators: W. J. P. W. H. O
The Wreck of the Strathmore: taking the Survivors from the Island, from a sketch supplied by Mr. Spencer Joslen, 1876....the emigrant-ship Strathmore [was wrecked], in July last

Hog Island (one of the Crozet Group), from sketches by Captain Ashby...1876. Creator: Unknown
Hog Island (one of the Crozet Group), from sketches by Captain [William] Ashby, late of the ship City of Auckland, 1876. These islands are remote from any other land

Possession Island...Southern Indian Ocean, where the Strathmore was wrecked...1876. Creator: Unknown
Possession Island (one of the Crozet Group), Southern Indian Ocean, where the [New Zealand emigrant-ship] Strathmore was wrecked, 1876

Français : Exposition des chiens: Comme il me regarde ce chien. -Oui Monsieur! c'est un... 1865. Creator: Cham
Francais : Exposition des chiens: Comme il me regarde ce chien. -Oui Monsieur! c'est un chien de boucher, il adore la viande, 1865

"The Last from the Wreck", by E. Duncan, in the Exhibition of the Water-Colour Society, 1860. Creator: M
"The Last from the Wreck", by E. Duncan, in the Exhibition of the Water-Colour Society, 1860. Engraving after a painting....the work of rescue has been completed

The Revolution in Sicily - narrow escape of our special artist, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - narrow escape of our special artist, 1860. I met with a gentleman going to Santa Catarina, where the column then was

The Crew of the Hansa on an Ice-Floe; German Artic Voyages, 1875. Creator: Unknown
The Crew of the Hansa on an Ice-Floe; German Artic Voyages, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1854. Creator: Eugene Delacroix
Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1854. This scene is based on an incident recounted in three Gospels of the New Testament: a furious storm breaks out while Jesus

Single Leaf of an Elephant with Mahout Attacking Four Men, late 10th century AH/AD 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Single Leaf of an Elephant with Mahout Attacking Four Men, late 10th century AH/AD 16th century. Depictions of elephants became increasingly common in the Mughal period

Exhibition of Rhinoceros-Fighting at Baroda, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Exhibition of Rhinoceros-Fighting at Baroda, 1876. Entertainment laid on for the future King Edward VII by the Gaekwar of Baroda during a royal visit to India

AI IMAGE - Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty fighting on the Reichenbach Falls, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty fighting on the Reichenbach Falls, 2023. Dramatic encounter between fictional detective Holmes and his greatest foe, the criminal Professor Moriarty

Tame Elephants hunting a Wild Elephant, from a sketch by one of our special artists in India, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Tame Elephants hunting a Wild Elephant, from a sketch by one of our special artists in India, 1876. Royal visit by the future King Edward VII....his Royal Highness rode forth with a pack of tame

AI IMAGE - Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty fighting on the Reichenbach Falls, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty fighting on the Reichenbach Falls, 2023. Dramatic encounter between fictional detective Holmes and his greatest foe, the criminal Professor Moriarty

The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Mr. Rose chased by a Wild Elephant...1876. Creator: C.R
The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Mr. Rose chased by a Wild Elephant, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India

Wild Boar Hunt, c1675. Creator: Unknown
Wild Boar Hunt, c1675. Two princely figures on horseback powerfully charge at a wild boar, simultaneously plunging their weapons into its side just in time to save their companion

Wild boar hunting, c17th century. Creator: Leonard Bramer
Wild boar hunting, c17th century

The Royal Visit to India: the Ganges, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to India: the Ganges, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)

The Elephant King Attacked by a Crocodile, c1650. Creator: Unknown
The Elephant King Attacked by a Crocodile, c1650. A herd of elephants is playing in a river when their leader is attacked by a crocodile

Embracing Lovers with Sparklers, c1775. Creator: Unknown
Embracing Lovers with Sparklers, c1775. A man and woman dance in an affectionate embrace, the darkness broken by the illumination of hand-held fireworks

'Ahmadou's Army crossing the Niger; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Ahmadou's Army crossing the Niger; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

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