Peril Collection (page 9)

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

The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) protect a ship, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) protect a ship, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Peace and Security for Each Nation. Artist: Honore Daumier
Peace and Security for Each Nation. French postcard showing Peace flying past a series of hazardous cobwebs

The Storm, 1569. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Storm, 1569. An unfinished work, probably the artists last painting. From the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Accident on the Marly-le-Roi rail line, France, 1891. Artist: F Meaulle
Accident on the Marly-le-Roi rail line, France, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 14th November 1891

Rescue from a shipwreck in a storm off Les Sables-d Olonne, France, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Rescue from a shipwreck in a storm off Les Sables-d Olonne, France, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 28th November 1891

A firedamp explosion, France, 1892. Artist: F Meaulle
A firedamp explosion in a French coal mine, France, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 2nd April 1892

Shipwreck of the La Bourdonnais, Sainte Marie, Madagascar, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Shipwreck of the La Bourdonnais, Sainte Marie, Madagascar, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 25th March 1893

Newton and the Apple, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
Newton and the Apple, 1887. The perils of being a politician and thus a servant to public opinion. Such opinion can change in line with the latest controversial case to hit the headlines

Alligator at Kennedy Space Center, 1969. Creator: Unknown
Alligator at Kennedy Space Center, 1969. [Harold O Connor, manager of the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, watches a 10-foot-long alligator inch its way toward a busy highway at the Kennedy Space

Danger Ahead (Appletons Journal, Vol. III), April 30, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Danger Ahead (Appletons Journal, Vol. III), April 30, 1870

Joseph Hastens to Rescue Fanny from Imminent Danger, from " The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams", 1792

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