Swimming Collection (page 10)

Swimming pool on board the RML Atlantis, c1929-c1939(?). Previously a liner named Andes, the Atlantis was converted into a cruise ship and renamed by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in 1929

Swimming, 19th century(?)

Bathing dress, 1885 (1956). From Sylvias Home Journal. A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential

Traders on the Ohio River attacked by Native Americans, 18th century (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume II, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Captain Boytons voyage across the Channel, 1875. An Irish-born American showman and adventurer, Paul Boyton became known as the Fearless Frogman for his exploits in long-distance open-water swimming

Courtenays escape from the Tower, 1840. Artist: George Cruikshank
Courtenays escape from the Tower, 1840. A print from The Tower of London a Historical Romance, by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1840)

Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire, 1924-1926. Artist: Herbert Felton
Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire, 1924-1926. A water mill has occupied this site on the Great Ouse since the 10th century. The current mill, probably built in the 17th century

Advert for McCallum dyed colours, 1937. A print from Vogue, 28th April 1937

Childrens swimming baths, Durban, South Africa. A print from View Album of Glorious Durban

Durban beach, South Africa. A print from View Album of Glorious Durban

The open air swimming baths, Durban, South Africa. A print from View Album of Glorious Durban

A seaside postcard from Margate, Kent, 20th century

The annual Kew to Putney ladies swimming race, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

The University Boat Race, March 1912 (1935). Both the Oxford and Cambridge boats sank during the race, swamped by rough waters in the Thames

Woman diving into a swimming pool, 20th century

Ceremony, 1872 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
Ceremony, 1872 (1891). A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, selected from Punch

Passengers in the swimming pool on board a cruise ship, c1920s-c1930s(?)

Eighteenth Regiment of Foot, The Battle of Blenheim, 13th August 1704. Artist: Madeley
Eighteenth Regiment of Foot, The Battle of Blenheim, 13th August 1704. The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Battle of Hochstadt)

Athletes at the US Olympic Trials, 1932, (1936). The 1932 Games were held in Los Angeles. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume I, Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Hamburg, 1936

Emil Rausch, Geman swimmer, Olympic Games, St Louis, USA, 1904, (1936). Rausch won two gold medals, in the 880 yards freestyle and the 1 mile freestyle

Medallists from the womens platform diving event, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Gold and silver were won by Dorothy Poynton Hill and Velma Dunn of the USA, with Kathe Kohler of Germany winning bronze

Jeanette Campbell, Argentine swimmer, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Campbell won a silver medal in the 100 metres freestyle event

Ruthley Moris-Hancock, British swimmer, Berlin Olympics, 1936. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume II, Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Hamburg, 1936

Children Bathing, 18th century, (1912). Artist: L Edwards
Children Bathing, 18th century, (1912). A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1912)

The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). Artist: Samuel Begg
The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). On 7 May 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank the Lusitania off the south-west coast of Ireland near Kinsale

Ruby, Gold and Malachite, 1902, (1912). Artist: Henry Scott Tuke
Ruby, Gold and Malachite, 1902, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Oyster Fishing, c1785-1849. Artist: Hokusai
Oyster Fishing, c1785-1849

Bathing on the Seine (La Grenouillere), 1869. Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Bathing on the Seine (La Grenouillere), 1869. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The French Linois Class cruiser Galilee saving french sailors, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 20th September 1903

Freshwater fish, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Freshwater fish, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 23rd May 1897

Military train accident in Dorpat, Russia, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Military train accident in Tartu (Dorpat), Russia, 1897. Today Tartu is in Estonia. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 30th May 1897

French cavalry fording a river, 1896. Artist: Frederic Lix
French cavalry fording a river, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th September 1896

The Prince of Wales with friends on a raft, the Riviera, c1930s. The future King Edward VIII enjoys a dip. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury

Fishing Equipment, 20th century
Fishing Equipment 20th century. A print from La Manufacture Francais D Armes et Cycles de Saint-Etienne, French mail order catalog

Tools and Hardware, 20th century. A print from La Manufacture Francais D Armes et Cycles de Saint-Etienne, French mail order catalog

Leander Swims Over the Hellespont to Meet his Mistress Hero, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Leander Swims Over the Hellespont to Meet his Mistress Hero, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, 1655. A plate from Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Morning, 1917. Artist: Kuz ma Petrov-Vodkin
Morning, 1917. From the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Marine dog, 16th century. Illustration, possibly of a seal, from the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

The Fountain of Youth, 1546. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Fountain of Youth, 1546. From the collection of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany

Saturday at the Womans Bathing Beach, 1876. Artist: Emmanuel Lansyer
Saturday at the Womans Bathing Beach, Douarnenez, Brittany, France, 1876

Womans Bathing Beach, 1876. Artist: Emmanuel Lansyer
Womans Bathing Beach, Douarnenez, Brittany, France, 1876

The Abduction of Europa, 17th century. Artist: Hendrick van Minderhout
The Abduction of Europa, 17th century

Geometric period Greek pot, 8th century BC
Geometric period Greek pot, found at Argos. In the Argos museum in Greece, 8th century BC

Jas de Bouffan, the Pool, c1876. Artist: Paul Cezanne
Jas de Bouffan, the Pool, c1876. Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Assyrian relief of swimmers
An Assyrian relief of men either swimming or drowning

Cave-painting of swimming deer from Lascaux, c15000 BC
Paleolithic cave-painting of of swimming deer from Lascaux, France, c15000 BC

Mr Jorrockss Bath, 1845. Mr Jorrocks, having retired early very drunk, goes sleepwalking during a violent dream and falls in Lord Bambers swimming pool from where he is rescued by other house guests

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