Running Collection (page 10)

Ancient Olympic Games: the relay race, 1922. Competitors had to keep alight the flame and hand it to their fellows.This reconstruction shows a runner protecting the flame with his shield

French lst Infantry Corps crossing of the Yser Canal, World War I, 4. 45 am, 31 July 1917
French lst Infantry Corps crossing of the Yser Canal, World War I, 4.45 am, 31 July 1917. After a painting by Francois Flameng (1856-1923)

Unicorn, 1644. From Handelene van de Natuere, a Dutch translation of Natural History by Pliny the Elder (23-79), the Roman writer on natural history who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that

Herd of Tarpan, 1893
Herd of tarpan, 1893. The tarpan was a breed of small prehistoric wild horses which died out in the late 1800s. A modern genetic creation was made in the 1930s using breeds of pony with Tarpan

Siege of Arras, under Louis XIII, Thirty Years War, 1640 (late 19th / early 20th century). Artist: Francois Flameng
Siege of Arras, under Louis XIII, Thirty Years War, 1640 (late 19th/early 20th century). Arras was taken by the French from the defending Spanish on 10 August

Festival of Fire, India, mid 19th century. Artist: Emmanuel Adolphe Midy
Festival of Fire, India, mid 19th century. Men and a woman walking on hot embers observed by Europeans. From L Inde Francaise

A Foot Race at the Olympian Games, Ancient Greece. Artist: Archibald Webb
A Foot Race at the Olympian Games, Ancient Greece. The Olympian Games, the great Greek athletic festival in honour of Zeus

Cyclone in Mayotte, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Cyclone in Mayotte, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 27th March 1898

Anti-Jewish riots in Algiers, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Anti-Jewish riots in Algiers, 1898. Sacking of synagogue in Mostaganem sparks outbreak of anti-Jewish violence throughout Algeria. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th February 1898

Defeat of the Sakalava, Madagascar, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Defeat of the Sakalava, Madagascar, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd April 1898

Russian officer wounded by the Prussians, Russian border, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Russian officer wounded by the Prussians, Russian border, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th November 1898

Rioting in Mons, Belgium, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Rioting in Mons, Belgium, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 6th June 1893

Universal Suffrage, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Universal Suffrage, 1893. Universal suffrage (also general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to all adults, without distinction as to race, sex, belief

The Witch, c1830-1857. Artist: Alfred de Musset
The Witch, c1830-1857

Basile, c1825-1877. Artist: Henry Bonaventure Monnier
Basile, c1825-1877

Les Trois Epoques, Revolution of 1830, Paris. Caricature showing Louis XVI, Napoleon and Charles X fleeing the wrath of the Paris mob in 1791, 1814 and 1830 respectively

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, c1860. From the Bible (Isaiah 5:7)

Flooding during the excavation of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1828 (1836). Tom, Jerry and Logic having a narrow escape as water breaks through during a visit to the Thames Tunnel workings

Fossil skeleton of a Pterodactyl, from the British Museums collection

Detail of a Greek vase
Detail of a black-figure Greek vase

Scene from Byrons poem Mazeppa, c1820. Published in 1819, this narrative poem is based on a passage in Voltaires Charles XII

The New French Police Auxiliaries, 1907. The newly introduced dog section of the Paris police making arrests in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, 28 July 1907)

Aerial telegraph: ancient Roman signal towers, c1900. A basket containing fire was hung from an arm near the top of the tower and used to signal a message to the next tower in a chain

92nd Gordon Highlanders in retreat, Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. British troops under Major-General George Colley took Majuba Hill

A Legend of Camelot - Part 2, 1866. Artist: George du Maurier
A Legend of Camelot - Part 2, 1866. A woman carries a man by his feet over her shoulder. Three men on the left stand by and watch her, somewhat amused

Atalanta and Hippomenes, from Game of Mythology (Jeu de la Mythologie), 1644

Returning Sails at Nogei [American couple riding over the Nogei Bridge], 1st month, 1861

Demaskiert (Unmasked), 1921. Creator: Ernst Oppler
Demaskiert (Unmasked), 1921

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