Urgency Collection

The Parish Engine, c1900. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Parish Engine, c1900. An illustration for Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens. From Hard Times and Sketches by Boz, Volume XI, by Charles Dickens. [Blackwood, Le Bas & Co. London, c1900]

At sea; Shipwreck survivors hoist themselves aboard the lifeboat, 1917. Creator: Unknown
At sea; Shipwreck survivors hoist themselves aboard the lifeboat, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

At Sea; After the "Sontay" was torpedoed on April 16, 1917, at noon: the last passenger... 1917
At Sea; After the "Sontay" was torpedoed on April 16, 1917, at noon: the last passengers board into lifeboats. The "Sontay" was going from Marseille to Salonika

Soga no Goro Riding on Horseback to Oiso, 1882. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Soga no Goro Riding on Horseback to Oiso, 1882. From Sketches by Yoshitoshi

Landscape with a Thunderstorm Brewing, 1850. Creator: Willem Roelofs
Landscape with a Thunderstorm Brewing, 1850

Walking young woman, in colourful, fluttering robes, against a dark background, 1818-1880. Creator: Eduard von Heuss
Walking young woman, in colourful, fluttering robes, against a dark background, 1818-1880

Sekiya Village on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato), from the... c. 1830/33. Creator: Hokusai
Sekiya Village on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)", Japan, c. 1830/33

Yu Qianlou (Yu Kinro), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China... c
Yu Qianlou (Yu Kinro), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijushiko)", c. 1848/50

Postal Carriage in Winter (Minus 40 Degrees), 1888. Creator: Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov
Postal Carriage in Winter (Minus 40 Degrees), 1888. From a collection of paintings, lithographs, sketches, studies, and drawings, which capture various remote corners of the Siberian wilderness

Returning with Fashionable Goods From the Irbitsk Market, 1888. Creator: Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov
Returning with Fashionable Goods From the Irbitsk Market, 1888. From a collection of paintings, lithographs, sketches, studies, and drawings

A Raised Alarm in the Redoubt of the Fortress, 19th century. Creator: Nikolay Nikolaevich Karazin
A Raised Alarm in the Redoubt of the Fortress, 19th century. One of 21 watercolors (out of an original 27) from an album relating to the history of the Siberian Cossacks held by the Rare Books

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade; Twenty five seconds after the Ringing of the Bell, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade; Twenty five seconds after the Ringing of the Bell, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

An Indian Mail Cart, c1891. Creator: James Grant
An Indian Mail Cart, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

A Dispatch-Bearer Egyptian Camel Corps, 1888. Creator: Elizabeth Thompson
A Dispatch-Bearer Egyptian Camel Corps, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Indian Family Alarmed at the Approach of a Prairie Fire, 1846-1848

Prairie Meadows Burning, 1832. Creator: George Catlin
Prairie Meadows Burning, 1832

Storm-Driven, c1880, (1904). Artist: Robert George Talbot Kelly
Storm-Driven, c1880, (1904). From Egypt, by R. Talbot Kelly. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1904]

Galloping Horseman and Other Figures, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Galloping Horseman and Other Figures, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection, c1898, (1912). Painting held at the Musee d Orsay, Paris. From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J

Tam O Shanter, 1826. Artist: James C Allen
Tam O Shanter, 1826. Tam o Shanter is a narrative poem written by Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) in 1790. First published in 1791 the poem uses a mixture of Scots and English

The Last Hour of a Contested Election for M. P, 1817. Artist: Robert Havell
The Last Hour of a Contested Election for M.P, 1817. After James Pollard (1792-1867). From Connoisseur Extra No. 5 - Old Sporting Prints by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur Magazine, London, 1908]

Packing the bales of khaki for despatch to the Government, c1914. Khaki manufacture for soldiers uniforms during World War I. From The Manchester Guardian: History of the War, Vol. II.-1914-15. 1915

John Powlett and his Hounds, (c18th to 19th century), 1929
John Powlett and his Hounds c18th to 19th century. After Benjamin Marshall (1767-1835). From George Stubbs and Ben marshall, published by Cassell and Company, Ltd. 1929

The Hatter Leaving the Court, 1930. Artist: John Tenniel
The Hatter Leaving the Court, 1930. The Hatter from Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland. After an illustration by John Tenniel (1820-1914) colour printed by Edward Evans (1826-1905)

The Devonport Mail Near Amesbury, 1907. Artist: William Havell
The Devonport Mail Near Amesbury: Going Post through an Avalanche of Snow. Engraving by Robert Havell after a drawing by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851). From The Connoisseur 1907-8

Pursuit of Paul Revere, the scout, 1775 (c1880). Paul Revere (1735-1818) American patriot and silversmith, on his ride from Boston to Lexington

The Noble Protectors of Life and Property, 1820. Artist: R Reeves
The Noble Protectors of Life and Property, 1820. Nineteenth-century fire-fighting

Urgency, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
Urgency, 1881. The Speaker of the House of Commons uses the symbol of his office to silence the Irish MPs - including Charles Parnell - who were most responsible for using the disruptive

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