Rescue Collection (page 5)

Two policemen save a family, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Two policemen save a family, 1930. Deux Gendarmes Sauvent Une Famille. French policemen rescue a family and their horse from floods. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre"

Italy is in mourning, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Italy is in mourning, 1930. L Italie Est En Deuil. Soldiers and fascist Blackshirts help in the rescue and recovery effort in the aftermath of a serious earthquake

A heroic act, 1914. Creator: Unknown
A heroic act, 1914. La Tournee Heroique. A postman saves a traveller lost in the snows of the Alps. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Supplement Illustre". [France, 18 January 1914]

Massacre of the Hivites by Simeon and Levi, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Massacre of the Hivites by Simeon and Levi, 1890. Hamor and Shechem are massacred by Simeon and Levi in vengeance of their sister Dinah, perhaps dating 5th or 4th centuries BC

The Relief of Lucknow - Leading the Sufferers to the British Camp, (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Relief of Lucknow - Leading the Sufferers to the British Camp, (1901). The siege of Lucknow was one of the major engagements of the uprising against British rule in India which began in 1857

To the rescue: the life-buoy, c1900. Creator: Unknown
To the rescue: the life-buoy, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Saved!, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Saved!, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Wreck of the Northam Castle, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of the Northam Castle, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Palling Boat: Throwing the life-line, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Palling Boat: Throwing the life-line, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Joseph Cox: Coxswain of the Hope, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Joseph Cox: Coxswain of the Hope, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

On the way to the wreck, c1900. Creator: Unknown
On the way to the wreck, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

A Rescue at Sea, c1930. Creator: Unknown
A Rescue at Sea, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

Frank rescues Colman, c1850. Creator: George Cruikshank
Frank rescues Colman, c1850. Frank rescues Coleman - ropes are used to drag two boys from the sea after their boat overturns

The Navys here. Cossacks rescue of British seamen from the Altmark. 1942 Creator: Unknown
The Navys here. The story of Cossacks rescue of British rescue of British seamen from the Altmark was heard throughout the world

Heinkel HE 5 seaplanes used in the search for Umberto Nobile, North Pole, 1928, (1932)
Heinkel HE 5 seaplanes used by the Swedes in the search for Umberto Nobile, North Pole, 1928, (1932). Nobile (1885-1978) was an Italian aeronaut and Arctic explorer

Mrs Chandler. Golden Fleece RYS painting. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Mrs Chandler. Golden Fleece RYS painting

The Knight Errant, 1870, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
The Knight Errant, 1870, (c1902). After a painting in the Tate Gallery, London. Victorian imagining of a medieval scene where a knight rescues a maiden in distress

Hereward The Wake, c1893. Artist: HC Balding
Hereward The Wake, c1893. Engraving of a statue of Hereward the Wake by Thomas Brock, made c1874. A Victorian imagining of the Anglo-Saxon nobleman (c1035-c1072)

The Relief of the Western Party by the Terra Nova, 18 February 2012, (1913)
The Relief of the Western Party by the Terra Nova Off the Mouth of the Koettlitz Glacier, 18 February 2012, (1913). T Griffith Taylor, Frank Debenham, Tryggve Gran and Robert Forde

Peter to the rescue, c1905. Transfer-printed glass slide from a boxed set of twenty-four, depicting scenes from Peter Pan by JM Barrie (1860-1937)

Rescue of Moses, scene in the Bible of Nuremberg written in German, 1483

Rescue in Green Park, Westminster, London, 1817. View of a scene in the reservoir in Green Park, Westminster showing an Italian man and his dog rescuing a deranged woman from drowning

Rescued from the Plague, 1898. Artist: Francis William Topham
Rescued from the Plague, 1898; a child is being lifted through an open window during the outbreak of plague which occured in 1665. To the right, a sick woman sits in a doorway

Caught by the Tide, 1869. Artist: James Clarke Hook
Caught by the Tide, 1869. Three children stranded on a rock hail a boat on the horizon

1935 Frazer-Nash TT replica being pulled out of a ford during a motoring trial, 1936
Frazer-Nash TT Replica 1935 1496 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. BUV1 Later re-registered CKK238. Event Entry No: 1 Chassis No. 2145.. Place: Unidentified Trial. Date: 1936

Queen Victoria visiting HMS Resolute, 16th December, 1856, published 1859 (colour lithograph). HMS Resolute was sent to the Arctic to search for Franklin

View from the Carpathia of a lifeboat from the Titanic brought alongside, 15 April, 1912. Operated by the White Star Line, RMS Titanic was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner of her time

Grace Darling Rows Out To The Wreck, c1907. From My Book of True Stories. [Blackie and Son Limited, London]

Blondel Sings Beneath Richards Window, c1907. From My Book of True Stories. [Blackie and Son Limited, London]

Friday and His Father, c1870. From The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe. [Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London]

Westland Whirlwind helicopter making a rescue, 1973. Artist: Michael Walters
Westland Whirlwind helicopter making a rescue, 1973. A Westland Whirlwind HAS 10 beloning to RAF Search & Rescue lowers a member of the rescue team to recover a pilot in his life raft

King Athelstan saving the Life of his Father, Edward the Elder at the Battle of Sherwood, c1787
King Athelstan saving the Life of his Father, Edward the Elder at the Battle of Sherwood by taking Leofrid the Dame Prisoner, c1787

A boat of soldiers rescued from Dunkirk, 1940, (1945). The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France

The Golden Bird, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Golden Bird, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

The knight, the young girl and the Death, c1510, (1939). Artist: Hans Baldung
The knight, the young girl and the Death, c1510, (1939). The painting is housed in the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]

One by one the trapped are released, 1940 (1942). A young girl is recued from the ruins during the blitz of World War II. From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

The search goes on, 1941 (1942). Throughout the night and all next day wardens, rescue men and ambulance men burowed into the wreckage of this house, looking for its occupant an old lady

Through the long night the rescue men at work, searching, helping to safety, 1941 (1942). The night of 11th January 1941. From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

Out in the Blitz, silhouetted aganinst the light of fires, rescue men climb into a building in St. Leonard Street, Shoreditch to reach people trapped in the upper floors, 1941 (1942)

Perseus and Andromeda, 1891, (1918). Artist: Frederic Leighton
Perseus and Andromeda, 1891, (1918). Painting held at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. From Bibbys Annual 1918, edited by Joseph Bibby. [The Priory Publishing Press, Liverpool, 1917]

H. M. S. Glowworm Sunk, 1940, (1940)
H.M.S. Glowworm Sunk, 1940, (1940). Oil covered survivors being rescued by a German ship after the HMS Glowworm a British minelaying destroyer sank. From The War in Pictures

Cinderella, c1895. Artist: Arthur Joseph Gaskin
Cinderella, c1895. An illustration originally published in A Book of Fairy Tales, published by Metheun & Co. From The Studio Volume 4. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1894]

Safety First, 1925 (1934). Artist: Eric Gill
Safety First, 1925 (1934). From The Studio Volume 107.[The Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1934]

St. George and the Dragon, c15th century. (1941). Artist: H Granville Fell
St. George and the Dragon, c15th century. From The Connoisseur, 1941 edited by H. Granville Fell. [The National Magazine Co. Ltd, London, 1941]

Scene of the Terrible Railway Disaster at Salisbury, 1906. The Salisbury rail crash of 1 July 1906, occurred when a London

Alexander Selkirk Brought on Board, 1904
Castaway, Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721) been greeted by Woodes Rogers (1679?1732) the captain of the Duke, upon his rescue

Pocahontas saves Captain Smiths life, 1607 (c1880). John Smith, a member of the Jamestown colony in Virginia, after being captured by Native Americans and brought before their chief, Powhatan

Gog extricating Xit from the bear in the Lions Tower, 1840. Artist: George Cruikshank
Gog extricating Xit from the bear in the Lions Tower, 1840. A print from The Tower of London a Historical Romance, by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1840)

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