Burning Collection (page 15)

Moses and the Burning Bush, 1645-1691. Creator: Livio Mehus
Moses and the Burning Bush, 1645-1691

The Fire at the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Millbank, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Fire at the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Millbank, 1856. The moment the plugs of the Lambeth, Vauxhall, and Southwark Companies mains were drawn

The Burning of the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Battersea-Bridge, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Burning of the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Battersea-Bridge, 1856....a sudden alarm of fire arose, and the same instant it was discovered that a small ante-room adjoining

The Burning of Covent-Garden Theatre - Flight of the Masqueraders, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Burning of Covent-Garden Theatre - Flight of the Masqueraders, 1856. Illustration to a poem suggested by a theatre fire

Burning of Covent-Garden Theatre, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Burning of Covent-Garden Theatre, [London], 1856. Inquiry into the cause of the fire: John Drake Palmer, gasman, said he had the entire management of the gas-fittings of the theatre

The 45th Regiment, Native Infantry, Burning a Santhal Village and Recovering Plunder, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The 45th Regiment, Native Infantry, Burning a Santhal Village and Recovering Plunder, 1856. British Army responds to an uprising by the Santhal people in present-day Jharkhand and West Bengal

Pyrrhus and Andromache before Hector's Tomb, 1807-1811. Creator: Johan Ludvig Gebhard Lund
Pyrrhus and Andromache before Hector's Tomb, 1807-1811. Andromache grieves for her husband as the city of Thebe Hypoplakia is burned by the Greeks

Fire by night in a Village, 1650-1685. Creator: Adam Colonia
Fire by night in a Village, 1650-1685

Prometheus steals fire, 1906-1917. Creator: Poul S. Christiansen
Prometheus steals fire, 1906-1917. Prometheus defies the gods by stealing fire from them, and gives it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and civilisation

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Un autodafé au XIXe siècle, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un autodafe au XIXe siecle, 19th century. An auto-da-fe in the nineteenth century

En valachie, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
En valachie, 19th century. In Wallachia

The Bristol Riots: The Burning in the Street. Creator: John Skinner Prout
The Bristol Riots: The Burning in the Street

Crinolina - and the Consequences [recto], 1865. Creator: George Cruikshank
Crinolina - and the Consequences [recto], 1865

L'empire c'est la paix, 1870. Creator: Honore Daumier
L'empire c'est la paix, 1870. Empire is peace

Le Cathedrale de Reims en flammes; Le clocher a l'Ange et la toiture du chevet en feu, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Ecrases par le Nombre; Louvain est evacue le 18 aout, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Ecrases par le Nombre; Louvain est evacue le 18 aout, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

La supreme defense d'Anvers; Des maisons de Lierre brulent, 1914. Creator: Unknown
La supreme defense d'Anvers; Des maisons de Lierre brulent. Le pont sur la riviere Nethe est coupe, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I"

Le Cathedrale de Reims en flammes le 17 septembre, 1914. Creator: Jules Matot
Le Cathedrale de Reims en flammes le 17 septembre; Le clocheton du chevit dit "Clocher a L'Ange" te la tour nord-ouest devores par l'incendie, 1914

Verdun; Bombardement de Verdun avec des obus incendiaires (nuit du 25 au 26 mars 1916), 1916. Creator: Francois Flameng
Verdun; Bombardement de Verdun avec des obus incendiaires (nuit du 25 au 26 mars 1916), 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Gervais : La Vierge intercédant près de Jésus pour les... c.1869-1871
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Gervais : La Vierge intercedant pres de Jesus pour les pecheurs. Le Jugement dernier et Jesus intercedant. La bonne mort

La Paix, between 1740 and 1750. Creator: Unknown
La Paix, between 1740 and 1750. Peace. Allegorical figure of peace, crowned with laurel, sets fire to the attributes of the war. At her feet, a man tries to break his chains

Aeneas Carrying Anchises from Burning Troy, c. 1733. Creator: Gaspare Diziani
Aeneas Carrying Anchises from Burning Troy, c. 1733

Mucius Scaevola. Creator: Anton Maria Zanetti
Mucius Scaevola

Expulsion of the Jesuits (Expulsion des Jesuites), 1761. Creator: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
Expulsion of the Jesuits (Expulsion des Jesuites), 1761

The Hotel de Ville set on fire, attacked by the troops of Versailles, 1871. Creator: Gustave Boulanger
The Hotel de Ville set on fire, attacked by the troops of Versailles, 1871

Scene from the Paris Commune, Place de la Concorde, 1871. Creator: Gustave Boulanger
Scene from the Paris Commune, Place de la Concorde, 1871

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Sulpice : Saint Louis enterre les pestiférés à Damiette, c.1864 - 1870
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Sulpice : Saint Louis enterre les pestiferes a Damiette, between 1864 and 1870. Sketch for the Saint-Sulpice church (6th arrondissement of Paris)

Burning of the Clipper Ship Great Republic, December 27, 1853, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Burning of the Clipper Ship Great Republic, December 27, 1853, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Fire at Messrs Harper and Brothers Printing and Publishing Establishment, New York, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Fire at Messrs Harper and Brothers Printing and Publishing Establishment, New York, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

The Strike of the Sheep Shearers in Australia; A Striker's idea of Argument, 1891
The Strike of the Sheep Shearers in Australia; A Striker's idea of Argument: Firing the Bush, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Et il tombe du ciel une grande etoile ardente (And there fell a great star from heaven... 1899. Creator: Odilon Redon)
Et il tombe du ciel une grande etoile ardente (And there fell a great star from heaven burning as it were a lamp), 1899

Sketch for the town hall of Vanves. View of Vanves with Fort de Vanves, 1902. Creator: Paul Leon Felix Schmitt
Sketch for the town hall of Vanves. View of Vanves with Fort de Vanves, 1902

Burning the throne of Louis-Philippe, place de la Bastille, February 24, 1848. Creator: Unknown
Burning the throne of Louis-Philippe, place de la Bastille, February 24, 1848

H.M.S. "Miranda", and her Prizes, in Litscha Bay, Russian Lapland, 1854. Creator: Unknown. H.M.S
H.M.S. "Miranda", and her Prizes, in Litscha Bay, Russian Lapland, 1854. Crimean War: Royal Navy ships bring home booty after destroying the town of Kola

Burning of the town of Novitska, in the White Sea, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Burning of the town of Novitska, in the White Sea, 1854. Scene from the Crimean War: Royal Navy warships bombard a town in northern Russia

Destruction of Sulineh, at the Mouth of the Danube, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Destruction of Sulineh, at the Mouth of the Danube, 1854. Crimean War: Royal Navy ships destroy a Romanian town under Russian control

The Burning of Greytown, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Burning of Greytown, 1854. Post-office and Mosquito flag-staff; Hanseatic Consulate; Lyons Hotel; American Consulate; British Consulate; house containing the powder'

The Insurrection in Spain - the Insurgents setting fire to the Palace of Queen Christina... 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Insurrection in Spain - the Insurgents setting fire to the Palace of Queen Christina, at Madrid, 1854. The first objects of attack by the people of Madrid, when they rose against the Government

Le Rêve : Paris incendié, septembre 1870, 1870. Creator: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Le Reve : Paris incendie, septembre 1870, 1870

Mucius Scaevola, c. 1520/1530. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
Mucius Scaevola, c. 1520/1530

Celebration of Unity and Reunion, on Place de la Revolution, c1793. Creator: Pierre-Antoine Demachy
Celebration of Unity and Reunion, on Place de la Revolution, c1793

Chi: Musashi Plain, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu...c1772/73 Creator)
Chi: Musashi Plain, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", Japan, c. 1772/73

Fire at Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday last, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Fire at Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday last, 1850. As soon as the alarm was sounded, the juveniles were rescued, and every precaution taken by the officers for their safe custody

Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - looking West, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - looking West, 1850. The High-street...from the Town-hall downwards, to within a short distance of the Town Pier

Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - High-Street - looking North, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - High-Street - looking North, 1850. Many of [the buildings], notwithstanding that they were three or four stories high

Great Fire at Bristol, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Fire at Bristol, 1850. At Hillsbridge-wharf...on the [River] Avon...an immense fire was raging, sending up large flashes through the half-consumed roof high up into the atmosphere

The Schleswig-Holstein War - Blowing Up of the Screw Steamer "Von der Tan", 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein War - Blowing Up of the Screw Steamer "Von der Tan", 1850. Depiction of...a strategic episode in the war - the blowing up of the screw steamer Von der Tann

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In the face of danger, a heroic fireman fearlessly rushes into the burning inferno to rescue a young girl trapped inside. The flames roar and dance, threatening to consume everything in their path. With unwavering determination, he navigates through the smoke-filled corridors of LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station in Bermondsey. This powerful image reminds us of the bravery and selflessness displayed by firefighters every day as they risk their lives to save others from the destructive force of fire, and is a testament to their courage and dedication that they willingly put themselves in harm's way for the sake of others. The concept takes on various forms throughout history - from blowing glass in a British factory during the 1800s, where skilled artisans transformed molten material into delicate works of art; to volcanic eruptions like Kimanura Nyamulagira Virungas in Zaire, Africa, where nature unleashes its fiery fury upon unsuspecting landscapes. Even naval vessels have fallen victim to devastating fires, such as HMS Iron Duke during the Great Fire of Smyrna in 1922. This tragic event serves as a reminder that even mighty ships can be reduced to ashes when faced with an uncontrollable blaze. Burning crosses at Lewes' annual bonfire night parade symbolize both celebration and remembrance. As sparks illuminate the sky above East Sussex, communities come together to honor historical events while reveling in tradition and unity. Metaphorically speaking, we often find ourselves "burning" both ends when we push our limits or overextend ourselves. The phrase "burning the candle at both ends" speaks volumes about our relentless pursuit towards success but also warns against neglecting our own well-being amidst life's demands. Artistic depictions like Netherlandish Proverbs illustrated in a village landscape capture everyday scenes infused with hidden meanings - reminding us that behind seemingly ordinary actions lie profound lessons and wisdom.