Wake Collection

Scene of the Recent Accident at Cork, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Recent Accident at Cork, 1856. Disaster in Ireland, ...at Penrose's-lane...about forty people...had assembled...at the wake of an infant child...the flooring gave way...[the guests]

The Wake over the Remains of the Democratic Party, from Puck, n.d. Creator: Joseph Keppler
The Wake over the Remains of the Democratic Party, from Puck, n.d

The icebreaker "Baikal" is on its way, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown
The icebreaker "Baikal" is on its way, 1904-1914. This postcard is from the "Lake Baikal" series. National Library of Russia

Mississippi River Steamer, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Mississippi River Steamer, c1897. Steamboats played a major role in the 19th-century development of the Mississippi River. From " A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R

North Cape - from the west - land of the Midnight Sun, near midnight, N. Norway, c1905
North Cape - from the west - land of the Midnight Sun (71° N. lat.), near midnight, N. Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

The 40-rater cutter Carina leaves wake, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 40-rater cutter Carina leaves wake, 1911. Carina was designed by George Lennox Watson for Admiral Montagu and built in 1894

Liverpool, from the Mersey, c1896. Artist: Valentine & Sons
Liverpool, from the Mersey, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

HMS Hood was laid down in 1916 and completed in 1920, 1937
The Largest Warship in the World. - H.M.S. Hood was laid down in 1916 and completed in 1920, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester

All Electric from Stem to Stern - The Monarch of Bermuda, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

Drakes flagship on his voyage round the world, replica, 1937
Drakes flagship on his voyage round the world is represented by a fine model of the Golden Hind specially built for Navy Week displays at Plymouth, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol

1936 worlds fastest single-engined boat Miss Britain III, 1936
Top Speed. At the beginning of 1936 the worlds fastest single-engined boat was Miss Britain III, driven, built and owned by Mr. Huber Scott-Paine, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol

A Twin-Screw motorship, the Stirling Castle built by Harland and Wolff, 1937
A Twin-Screw motorship of 25, 550 tons gross, the Stirling Castle was built by Harland and Wolff, Ltd. for the Union-Castle Lines South African Royal Mail service, 1937

S. V. Hilda, 1937
S.V. Hilda, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

The sailors adventure to the streights of Merryland or, an evening view on Ludgate Hill, 1749; showing a seaman fumbling beneath skirts of two women with other figures on the street

Ferry Roma, Lake Maggiore, Italy

Pradomar Hotel. Beach Club and Land Development, c1940s. From Barranquilla. [Raul de la Espriella B. Barranquilla]

A British submarine running on the surface of the water, 1914. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War - 1914, Vol. I.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1914]

The Wake of a P. & O. c1880 (1905). Artist: Alexander Henry Hallam Murray
The Wake of a P. & O. c1880 (1905). From The High-Road of Empire, by A. H. Hallam Murray. [John Murray, Ablemarle Street, London, 1905]

The approach to Venice, 1844, (1917). Artist: JMW Turner
The approach to Venice, 1844, (1917). Painting held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

The Hornets of the Seas. Destroyers at Speed, c1917 (1919). Artist: Charles Dixon
The Hornets of the Seas. Destoryers at Speed, c1917 (1919). From The Wonder Book of the Navy for Boys and Girls, by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

View from the stern of a British warship, c1940 (1943)
It is upon the Navy, under the good providence of God, that the wealth, safety and strength of the Kingdom do chiefly depend, c1940 (1943)

Sir Malcolm Campbells Bluebird, 1938. Blue Bird K3 is a hydroplane powerboat commissioned in 1937 by Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948). From Speed. [W.D. & H.O. Wills, Great Britain and Ireland, 1938]

Woolwich Free Ferry, London, 20th Century. The free ferry service across the Thames between Woolwich and Newham was instigated by Sir Joseph Bazalgette and began operating in 1889

Merchants Funeral Banquet, 1870s. Artist: Firs Sergeevich Zhuravlev
Merchants Funeral Banquet, 1870s. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Harlots Progress, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
The Harlots Progress, 1733. Sixth and final plate in William Hogarths series The Harlots Progress. Moll Hackabout, the harlot who has died of venereal disease, lies in her coffin

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