Break Collection (page 9)

A Carom on the Chandelier, pub. 1882 (colour litho)
2646245 A Carom on the Chandelier, pub. 1882 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Two working class men enjoying a break from work with a cup of tea. Date: 1920s

Art students at the Royal Academy school
Boisterous male art students pictures at the Royal Academy school, chatting in between lessons

Mediterranean Electric Telegraph (engraving)
1608223 Mediterranean Electric Telegraph (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mediterranean Electric Telegraph)

The Submarine Electric Telegraph between England and Ireland (engraving)
1607507 The Submarine Electric Telegraph between England and Ireland (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A very great crowd gathered at Cardiff Arms Park for the international rubgy match between England and Wales. A section of the crowd breaking through the rails when an equalising try for Wales was

The Royal Opening of the new Dry Dock at Southampton on Wednesday, July 26, 1933 by King George V, accompanied by the Queen and the Duke and Duchess of York

Fishing in Strange Waters (engraving)
1595333 Fishing in Strange Waters (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing in Strange Waters. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 9 June 1888)

Croix de Moulin les Planches, 1827 (litho)
XYC284034 Croix de Moulin les Planches, 1827 (litho) by Bonington, Richard Parkes (1802-28) (after); 24.8x19.7 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; English, out of copyright

Plaque to Captain J J Crowe VC, Nieuwkerke Hospice
The final German attempt to break through to the Channel ports, known as the Fourth Battle of Ypres, had initial success

Break, Break, Break - illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem. Date: c.1920

Woodcutters
Two woodcutters in a country scene take a luch break after cutting down a large tree. Date: circa 1905

Jack and his accomplice Blueskin rob Mr Wood and his wife in their bedroom
STC239039 Jack and his accomplice Blueskin rob Mr Wood and his wife in their bedroom, illustration from Jack Sheppard: A Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth, published 1839 (etching) by Cruikshank

Building the Northern Pacific Railroad, from Harpers Weekly
PNP246927 Building the Northern Pacific Railroad, from Harpers Weekly, 17th July 1875 (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American

The Great American Tea Company, 1880 (colour litho)
PNP246902 The Great American Tea Company, 1880 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Typical pioneers covered wagon (b / w photo)
PNP246226 Typical pioneers covered wagon (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

The Laundry at Collise St. Simeon (oil)
LEF220604 The Laundry at Collise St. Simeon (oil) by Boudin, Eugene Louis (1824-98); 22x27 cm; Private Collection; Photo eLefevre Fine Art Ltd. London; French, out of copyright

How to Twist Your Neck (pen, red ink and w / c on paper)
XYC158076 How to Twist Your Neck (pen, red ink and w/c on paper) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 9.7x14.8 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; English, out of copyright

Postimpressionism : Table, Spring par Le Sidaner, Henri (1862-1939), 1913
FIA5406161 Postimpressionism : Table, Spring par Le Sidaner, Henri (1862-1939), 1913. Oil on canvas, 60, 5x73, 5. Private Collection by Le Sidaner

A Cup of Chocolate, 1844 (oil on panel)
487564 A Cup of Chocolate, 1844 (oil on panel) by Beranger, Charles (1816-53); 37x27.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

A Break from the Harvest, (oil on canvas)
989453 A Break from the Harvest, (oil on canvas) by Dupre, Julien (1851-1910); 54.6x66 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Break from the Harvest. Julien Dupre (1851-1910). Oil on canvas

"Put on the Break, Jim!"(engraving)
5212992 " Put on the Break, Jim!" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Put on the Break, Jim)

Summer: Harvesters Working and Eating in a Cornfield, 1624 (oil on panel)
CH401031 Summer: Harvesters Working and Eating in a Cornfield, 1624 (oil on panel) by Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (c.1564-1638); 72.4x104.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Flemish

The Noon Recess, 1873 (oil on canvas)
CH89289 The Noon Recess, 1873 (oil on canvas) by Homer, Winslow (1836-1910); 23.5x35.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: also known as Kept In ; ); Photo eChristies Images; American

A pause at a dance (engraving)
6001447 A pause at a dance (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A pause at a dance)

The Kitchen, 1858 (etching)
5672884 The Kitchen, 1858 (etching) by Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Twleve Etchings after Nature from The French Set ); American

Joes Bridge on the Belgian-Dutch border
Operation Market Garden was a combined British & American land and air operation planned to break into and around the German defences & then on into Germany itself

St Petersburg residents taking a break from a tennis match, 1900 (b / w photo)
833397 St Petersburg residents taking a break from a tennis match, 1900 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Calmann & King Ltd; Russian, out of copyright

The Drovers Halt, 1846 (oil on canvas)
621472 The Drovers Halt, 1846 (oil on canvas) by Ansdell, Richard (1815-85); 94.6 x 185 cm; Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, Lancashire, UK; eThe Atkinson; English, out of copyright

The Reapers Rest (oil on canvas)
BWM153219 The Reapers Rest (oil on canvas) by Lhermitte, Leon Augustin (1844-1925); The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK; eBowes Museum; French, out of copyright

Photographs of sub-standard safes -- Not Ratner. Showing safes which were too easy to break into, or were not fireproof, compared with the superior quality of Ratner safes. Date: circa 1920s

Having a Close Call, 1843 (oil on canvas)
PEM216848 Having a Close Call, 1843 (oil on canvas) by Smartly, Henry (fl.1839-48); 71.7x89.5 cm; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA; ePeabody Essex Museum; English, out of copyright

Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Hallewell, 28th (The North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
NAM261070 Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Hallewell, 28th (The North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot, from an album of 52 photographs associated with the Crimean War (b/w photo) by Fenton

Swedish immigrant settlers in Nebraska, c. 1895 (coloured engraving)
PNP246228 Swedish immigrant settlers in Nebraska, c.1895 (coloured engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Cardinal Richelieu on the sea wall at La Rochelle, 1881
542821 Cardinal Richelieu on the sea wall at La Rochelle, 1881 by Motte, Henri-Paul (1846-1922) (after); (add.info.: Armand Jean Duplessis)

Cavalry, always ready in anticipation of a breakthrough
STC466098 Cavalry, always ready in anticipation of a breakthrough, rest their horses in a French village (b/w photo) by English Photographer

An 18th Century view of Haddon Hall with the village of Bakewell in the background
465975 An 18th Century view of Haddon Hall with the village of Bakewell in the background (oil on canvas) by Smith, John Raphael (1752-1812); Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire

Halting at an inn, illustration from Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, c
3037705 Halting at an inn, illustration from Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, c.1940 (litho) by Meissonier, Jean-Louis Ernest (1815-91); Private Collection; (add.info)

Peasants at rest
3433497 Peasants at rest by Locatelli, Andrea (1695-1741); Palazzo Corsini, Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Rome, Italy; (add.info)

Firing a Petard (engraving)
3653649 Firing a Petard (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Firing a Petard. Illustration for The Imperial Dictionary by John Ogilvie)

Soldiers Refreshing, c. 1805 (oil on canvas)
3743927 Soldiers Refreshing, c.1805 (oil on canvas) by Atkinson, John Augustus (1775-1831); 50.8x43.5 cm; Nottingham City Museums and Galleries (Nottingham Castle)

Shore Scene with Figures (oil on canvas)
3743879 Shore Scene with Figures (oil on canvas) by Good, Thomas Sword (1789-1872); 22.9x30.5 cm; Nottingham City Museums and Galleries (Nottingham Castle)

Longshoreman, 1859 (etching and drypoint on laid paper)
3526218 Longshoreman, 1859 (etching and drypoint on laid paper) by Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903); 15.25x22.7 cm; Corcoran Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C

The Longshoremens Noon, 1879 (oil on canvas)
3526176 The Longshoremens Noon, 1879 (oil on canvas) by Brown, John George (1831-1913); 83.9x127.3 cm; Corcoran Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C

The Serious Riots In Palermo Of The 3 Corrente, The Struggle Between Strikers And Soldiers At The Four Songs
2798412 The Serious Riots In Palermo Of The 3 Corrente, The Struggle Between Strikers And Soldiers At The Four Songs (colour litho) by Beltrame

Zouave Group taking rest at Chalons camp (engraving)
2334782 Zouave Group taking rest at Chalons camp (engraving) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); (add.info.: The soldiers are a lottery)

Illustration, Fisherman about to fall into the water. first published 1838

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"Moments of Respite: Capturing the Essence of Break" Amidst the chaos, firefighters find solace in a tea break after battling a fierce fire at St Katherines Dock - a momentary pause to rejuvenate their spirits. The deafening roar subsides as HMS Duke of York takes a break from its relentless broadside firing during the Second World War - warriors catching their breath before resuming the fight. In an idyllic corner of Whitstable, Kent, UK, locals gather at a traditional pub for some well-deserved downtime - laughter and camaraderie filling the air as they take a break from life's demands. Rochdale's mill workers steal brief moments away from spinning machines, finding respite in each other's company - united by shared struggles and fleeting breaks that provide temporary relief. A whimsical circus scene unfolds before our eyes; performers take a break backstage while anticipation lingers in the air - even artists need time to recharge their creative energies. Dust-covered coal miners emerge from dark depths into daylight, taking precious breaks to catch their breaths amidst grueling labor - forging bonds through shared hardship and stolen moments of rest. A French maid steals away for her own personal intermission; she finds solace in solitude during her short break from serving others' needs – cherishing these stolen moments for herself. At Lords Cricket Ground in 1910, players engage in friendly banter during Eton vs Harrow match’s interval – both teams relishing this pause where rivalry is momentarily set aside for camaraderie. Two biplanes stand still on Iraqi soil as resting crew members seize an opportunity to relax amid turbulent skies – sharing stories and laughter while awaiting their next aerial adventure together. Spanish Civil War fighters find refuge under shaded trees during battle pauses; Republican Militia members bond over cigarettes and shared experiences, finding solace in each other's presence.