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Background imagePeril Collection: Daring Leap in the Dining-Room of the White Hart Hotel, Aylesbury, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Daring Leap in the Dining-Room of the White Hart Hotel, Aylesbury, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Daring Leap in the Dining-Room of the White Hart Hotel, Aylesbury, 1850. Mr. Charles Symonds, of Oxford, offered to bring a grey horse of his upstairs and lead him round the table

Background imagePeril Collection: Crossing the River Tonse, 1845. Creator: Unknown

Crossing the River Tonse, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Crossing the River Tonse, 1845. People crossing a river using a rope bridge in south India. From "Hindostan, The Shores of the Red Sea, and The Himalaya Mountains, Vol. I"

Background imagePeril Collection: H. M. Steam-Frigate 'Cormorant' Passing the Fort of Paranagua, and Engaging, 1850

H. M. Steam-Frigate "Cormorant" Passing the Fort of Paranagua, and Engaging, 1850. Creator: Unknown. H. M
H. M. Steam-Frigate "Cormorant" Passing the Fort of Paranagua, and Engaging, 1850. Royal Navy ship, under Commander Herbert Schomberg

Background imagePeril Collection: Accident to Her Majesty's Steamer 'Cuckoo', at Jersey, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Accident to Her Majesty's Steamer "Cuckoo", at Jersey, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Accident to Her Majesty's Steamer "Cuckoo", at Jersey, 1850. The beacon...on the Oyster Rocks (Les Huitrieres) at the entrance to the small roads to St

Background imagePeril Collection: The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Sash-Bar Finishing Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Sash-Bar Finishing Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Sash-Bar Finishing Machine, 1850. As in every other part of the works the utmost skill is displayed with regard to economising power

Background imagePeril Collection: H.M.S. 'Sappho', on the Main Reef at Honduras, 1850. Creator: Unknown. H.M.S

H.M.S. "Sappho", on the Main Reef at Honduras, 1850. Creator: Unknown. H.M.S
H.M.S. "Sappho", on the Main Reef at Honduras, 1850. Small low islands are seen in the distance, and in the foreground are low rocks

Background imagePeril Collection: A Shipwreck, 1805/07. Creator: Charles Turner

A Shipwreck, 1805/07. Creator: Charles Turner
A Shipwreck, 1805/07

Background imagePeril Collection: Arctic Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin - First Iceberg Seen, June 3, 1850

Arctic Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin - First Iceberg Seen, June 3, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Arctic Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin - First Iceberg Seen, June 3, 1850. Sketch by...a Lieutenant of the Assistance...The iceberg was about 70 feet in height...During the still night

Background imagePeril Collection: The Serpent-Charmers at the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, 1850. Creator: Pearson

The Serpent-Charmers at the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, 1850. Creator: Pearson
The Serpent-Charmers at the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, [London], 1850. These remarkable persons...state that they are of the tribe called Rufaiah

Background imagePeril Collection: Accident to the Nassau Balloon, between Gravesend and the Nore, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Accident to the Nassau Balloon, between Gravesend and the Nore, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Accident to the Nassau Balloon, between Gravesend and the Nore, [Kent], 1850....Mr. Green ascended...accompanied by Mr. Rush...for the express purpose of testing the improvements made by that

Background imagePeril Collection: The full-rigger Blixten, 1837-1838. Creator: Unknown

The full-rigger Blixten, 1837-1838. Creator: Unknown
The full-rigger Blixten, 1837-1838. Depicting the full rigger Blixte from Gavle. Belonging to Dan Elfstrand & co Captain C.J Bolin. Came to Gavle's merchant fleet in 1837

Background imagePeril Collection: Raising the iron ship Ganges, sunk in the Thames off Shadwell, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Raising the iron ship Ganges, sunk in the Thames off Shadwell, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Raising the iron ship Ganges, sunk in the Thames off Shadwell, [London], 1862. The Ganges was...an iron ship of nearly a thousand tons burden...The accident happened just opposite the Shadwell

Background imagePeril Collection: Diving for sponges on the coast of Syria, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Diving for sponges on the coast of Syria, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Diving for sponges on the coast of Syria, 1862. Latakia sponges are known and appreciated in England, but very few of the superior quality ever reach this country

Background imagePeril Collection: The International Exhibition: 'Una and the Lion', in metal, modelled by the late John Thomas, 1862

The International Exhibition: "Una and the Lion", in metal, modelled by the late John Thomas, 1862. We here engrave one of the best works by the prolific, versatile

Background imagePeril Collection: Bursting of the Fleet Ditch and destruction of part of the Metropolitan Railway... 1862

Bursting of the Fleet Ditch and destruction of part of the Metropolitan Railway... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Bursting of the Fleet Ditch and destruction of part of the Metropolitan Railway: scene of the accident, [London], 1862. Owing to falls in the Fleet sewer the waters had accumulated to a great extent

Background imagePeril Collection: The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862

The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862. The use of this mill is to express the juice from the cane...an endless travelling-table...carries the canes up

Background imagePeril Collection: The Great Chandelier by Defries in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Great Chandelier by Defries in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Great Chandelier by Defries in the International Exhibition, 1862. The largest chandelier in the world, made from...thousands of pieces of cut and polished glass

Background imagePeril Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100... 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100 pounders, 1862. In viewing the manner in which the work is carried out in the various branches of the Royal

Background imagePeril Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862.... to fire a piece of ordnance...by the ordinary method of a man pulling a friction-tube while others are

Background imagePeril Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. This is the upper floor of a two-storied building upwards of 200ft. in length and 60ft

Background imagePeril Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. Creator: W Thomas

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Background imagePeril Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Background imagePeril Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the... 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the bars previous to coiling, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Background imagePeril Collection: Fall of three houses in Amherst-road, Hackney, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Fall of three houses in Amherst-road, Hackney, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Fall of three houses in Amherst-road, Hackney, [London], 1862. On the morning of Wednesday week, between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock

Background imagePeril Collection: 'Jack Manly': the Gabon Cliff, Africa, 1862. Creator: Unknown. 'Jack Manly': the Gabon Cliff

"Jack Manly": the Gabon Cliff, Africa, 1862. Creator: Unknown. "Jack Manly": the Gabon Cliff
"Jack Manly": the Gabon Cliff, Africa, 1862. It may, perhaps, surprise some of the readers of the numerous romances of so popular a writer as Mr

Background imagePeril Collection: The Civil War in America: the Picket leading the ships of the Burnside Expedition over... 1862

The Civil War in America: the Picket leading the ships of the Burnside Expedition over... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in America: the Picket leading the ships of the Burnside Expedition over Hatteras Bar - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862

Background imagePeril Collection: Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at Maudslay... 1862

Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at Maudslay... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Casting a monster cylinder for Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Agincourt at the foundry of Maudslay, Sons, and Field, Westminster-road, London, 1862

Background imagePeril Collection: A tragic masked ball, 1930. Creator: Unknown

A tragic masked ball, 1930. Creator: Unknown
A tragic masked ball, 1930. Un Tragique Bal Masque. Guest in a burning bear costume. Back cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 30 March 1930]

Background imagePeril Collection: Louis Zborowskis Mercedes after his fatal crash at Monza, Italy, 1924. Creator: Unknown

Louis Zborowskis Mercedes after his fatal crash at Monza, Italy, 1924. Creator: Unknown
Louis Zborowskis Mercedes after his fatal crash at Monza, Italy, 19 October 1924

Background imagePeril Collection: The Unsafe Tenement. One of the Twelve Etchings from Nature. (The French Set), 1858

The Unsafe Tenement. One of the Twelve Etchings from Nature. (The French Set), 1858

Background imagePeril Collection: Grace Darling and her Father Saving the Shipwrecked Crew, September 8th, 1838, (1942)

Grace Darling and her Father Saving the Shipwrecked Crew, September 8th, 1838, (1942). In 1838 Grace Darling and her father William Darling, a local lighthouse keeper

Background imagePeril Collection: The Spouting Horn in a Storm, 1872. Creator: W. J. Linton

The Spouting Horn in a Storm, 1872. Creator: W. J. Linton
The " Spouting Horn" in a Storm, 1872. Rocks on the coast of Maine, north eastern USA: a wide chasm in the cliff

Background imagePeril Collection: The Pipers at Longueval... July 14, 1916, First World War, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

The Pipers at Longueval... July 14, 1916, First World War, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The Pipers at Longueval: how the Highlanders were led into battle on July 14, 1916, First World War, (c1920). Scots pipers of the 9th (Scottish)

Background imagePeril Collection: Love Conquered Fear, c1840. Creator: Auguste Hervieu

Love Conquered Fear, c1840. Creator: Auguste Hervieu
Love Conquered Fear, c1840. Ragged child workers in a Victorian textile factory. British writer Frances Trollope visited Manchester in 1832 to witness the condition of children employed in

Background imagePeril Collection: Drama on Mont Blanc, Alps, 1902

Drama on Mont Blanc, Alps, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st August 1902

Background imagePeril Collection: Ruins of the Patent Steam Wheel-Works, Pimlico, destroyed by fire, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Ruins of the Patent Steam Wheel-Works, Pimlico, destroyed by fire, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Patent Steam Wheel-Works, Pimlico, [London], destroyed by fire, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. A. Bool

Background imagePeril Collection: Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Displacement of the Cable on Board the 'Agamemnon', 1858

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Displacement of the Cable on Board the "Agamemnon", 1858. Storm of 20th June

Background imagePeril Collection: Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Breaking Adrift of the Coal on Board the 'Agamemnon', 1858

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Breaking Adrift of the Coal on Board the "Agamemnon", 1858. A storm on 20th June....everything broke adrift, whether secured or not

Background imagePeril Collection: Quelle heure est-il s'il vous plait?, 1839. Creator: Honore Daumier

Quelle heure est-il s'il vous plait?, 1839. Creator: Honore Daumier
Quelle heure est-il s'il vous plait?... 1839. Shady-looking character holding a large stick: What time is it please?'. Series: Emotions parisiennes; Periodical: Le Charivari, 24 November 1839

Background imagePeril Collection: Destruction of a Skin-Boat by the Falling of an Iceberg, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Destruction of a Skin-Boat by the Falling of an Iceberg, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Destruction of a Skin-Boat by the Falling of an Iceberg, 1856. Kayak off the coast of Greenland. Boat travelling among the icebergs is not without danger; rotten icebergs frequently fall in pieces

Background imagePeril Collection: Shooting Rhinoceros; Life in a South African Colony, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Shooting Rhinoceros; Life in a South African Colony, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Shooting Rhinoceros; Life in a South African Colony, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

Background imagePeril Collection: Charge of the Black Rhinoceros; Life in a South African Colony, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Charge of the Black Rhinoceros; Life in a South African Colony, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Charge of the Black Rhinoceros; Life in a South African Colony, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

Background imagePeril Collection: In the midst of Leviathan. ; A Boat adventure in the Behrings Sea, 1875. Creator: Unknown

In the midst of Leviathan. ; A Boat adventure in the Behrings Sea, 1875. Creator: Unknown
In the midst of " Leviathan." ; A Boat adventure in the Behrings Sea, 1875. [Dramatic arctic scene with whales and sailing ship in rough seas]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Background imagePeril Collection: An Aboriginal in Danger; An Ascent of the Cofre de Perote, Mexico, 1875. Creator: Unknown

An Aboriginal in Danger; An Ascent of the Cofre de Perote, Mexico, 1875. Creator: Unknown
An Aboriginal in Danger; An Ascent of the Cofre de Perote, Mexico, 1875. [An indigenous man climbs a tree to escape a herd of wild boar

Background imagePeril Collection: The Midnight Steeplechase near Melton Melbury--The Finish, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The Midnight Steeplechase near Melton Melbury--The Finish, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Midnight Steeplechase near Melton Melbury--The Finish, 1890

Background imagePeril Collection: Tobogganing at St. Moritz, Engadine, Switzerland, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Tobogganing at St. Moritz, Engadine, Switzerland, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Tobogganing at St. Moritz, Engadine, Switzerland, 1890

Background imagePeril Collection: 'Danger !'--A scene in St. Jamess Park, 1886. Creator: Unknown

"Danger !"--A scene in St. Jamess Park, 1886. Creator: Unknown
" Danger !" --A scene in St. Jamess Park, 1886. From " The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imagePeril Collection: The Perilous Situation of Major Mony, When He Fell into the Sea with His Balloon, June 24, 1789

The Perilous Situation of Major Mony, When He Fell into the Sea with His Balloon, June 24, 1789. Creator: John Murphy
The Perilous Situation of Major Mony, When He Fell into the Sea with His Balloon on the 23rd of July, 1785, Off the Coast of Yarmouth; Most Providentially Discovered and Taken Up by the Argus Sloop



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