Danger Collection (page 8)

Charity (chromolitho)
8635412 Charity (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charity, man and woman clinging to a rock in a storm)

Odysseus and the Sirens (engraving)
8664125 Odysseus and the Sirens (engraving) by Preller, Friedrich the Elder (1804-78); Private Collection; (add.info.: Odysseus resisting the calls of the Sirens)

The Battle of Ramoth-Gilead 853 BC (litho)
8661279 The Battle of Ramoth-Gilead 853 BC (litho) by Brozik, Vaclav (Wenzel von) (1851-1901) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Battle of Ramoth-Gilead 853 BC)

The Mail Coach in West Africa (engraving)
8672879 The Mail Coach in West Africa (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Mail Coach in West Africa)

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Andrew Greenleas crossing the rapids of Niagara on stilts (engraving)
8676838 Andrew Greenleas crossing the rapids of Niagara on stilts (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Scene from Sleeping Beauty (chromolitho)
8677393 Scene from Sleeping Beauty (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Sleeping Beauty: the princess wishing to try using a spindle)

Sea Adventure: Hawke at Quiberon (colour litho)
8668735 Sea Adventure: Hawke at Quiberon (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hawke at Quiberon)

Domestic accident, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4839868 Domestic accident, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Domestic accident: disobedient children playing with matches during their parents absence, causing fire)

A motorcyclist barely escaped at the intersection of two steam locomotives, crossing the railways, around 1900
NWI4963370 A motorcyclist barely escaped at the intersection of two steam locomotives, crossing the railways, around 1900. Illustration by William Harnden Foster (1886-1941)

French expression meaning to clutch at straws. End of the 19th century (chromolithograph)
ELD4964994 French expression meaning to clutch at straws. End of the 19th century (chromolithograph); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive.

Sailors cutting the mat to save their boat caught in the storm, circa 1800
NWI4962300 Sailors cutting the mat to save their boat caught in the storm, circa 1800.; (add.info.: Sailors cutting the mat to save their boat caught in the storm)

Traffic in New York City (USA), circa 1850 - Colorisee engraving 19th century - Busy street traffic in New York City
NWI4966978 Traffic in New York City (USA), circa 1850 - Colorisee engraving 19th century - Busy street traffic in New York City

The Laughter, Satirical in Colours, 1903_7_18: The Republic is in danger - Marianne - Illustration by J Cheret
ICA4860908 The Laughter, Satirical in Colours, 1903_7_18: The Republic is in danger - Marianne - Illustration by J Cheret (1836-1932); (add.info.: The Laughter, Satirical in Colours)

Children's disobedience, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4839843 Children's disobedience, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children's disobedience)

A sailor saves a woman and her children from the fire of a steamboat, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4834500 A sailor saves a woman and her children from the fire of a steamboat, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info)

A weaver manages to capture and neutralize a rabid dog, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4834463 A weaver manages to capture and neutralize a rabid dog, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: A weaver manages to capture and neutralize a rabid dog)

A young cavalryman manages to calm a crowd, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4834487 A young cavalryman manages to calm a crowd, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: A young cavalryman manages to calm a crowd came to wait a royal wedding near)

The charitable widow Pijonnat helping a homeless old worker, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4834559 The charitable widow Pijonnat helping a homeless old worker, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info)

Paris threatens, Paris saves: the shadow of Germany, represented in the form of a dark cloud covered by a helmet with
PCT4265699 Paris threatens, Paris saves: the shadow of Germany, represented in the form of a dark cloud covered by a helmet with pointed and clumped hands hovers over Paris

Prehistory, caves in the cliffs. Engraving 1877
JAB4121659 Prehistory, caves in the cliffs. Engraving 1877; (add.info.: Prehistory, caves in the cliffs. Engraving 1877); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Prehistoire, the first levers. Engraving 1877
JAB4121629 Prehistoire, the first levers. Engraving 1877; (add.info.: Prehistoire, the first levers. Engraving 1877); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

The lifeboat 'Quiver' at Margate Kent, 1850
3331036 The lifeboat 'Quiver' at Margate Kent, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the lifeboat 'Quiver' at Margate Kent being launched to go to help a ship in danger)

Corps of Siberian Amazons: Female Cossacks
2603895 Corps of Siberian Amazons: Female Cossacks; (add.info.: A corps of Siberian Amazons: Female Cossacks on military exercises on the plain of Nikolsk - Oussourisk, Russia)

Verney Lovett Cameron
865088 Verney Lovett Cameron; (add.info.: Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-1894) English explorer in Central Africa, born at Radipole near Weymouth, Dorset. Cameron's expedition to Africa (1872-1875)

Hunting rabbit in France in the 19th century - 2 drawings - one shows a hunter shooting a gun at a rabbit hurts that
PCT4289505 Hunting rabbit in France in the 19th century - 2 drawings - one shows a hunter shooting a gun at a rabbit hurts that another hunter carries (danger)

The fear of the wolf: a wolf ventured into the streets of a village in Alsace
PCT4294425 The fear of the wolf: a wolf ventured into the streets of a village in Alsace, causing the dismay of the inhabitants who chase him with various weapons (rifle, axe, mass)

Political cartoon satirising the dangers for the government of France and the rivalry of Floquet and Ferry
5669529 Political cartoon satirising the dangers for the government of France and the rivalry of Floquet and Ferry. 1889 (engraving); (add.info.: Charles Thomas Floquet (1828-1896)

The British ship Prince Albert trapped in ice, 1850, 1860
7125168 The British ship Prince Albert trapped in ice, 1850, 1860; (add.info.: The British ship Prince Albert trapped in ice whilst attempting to search for Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845)

A Brixham trawler running into Torbay, early 19th century (oil painting)
7337767 A Brixham trawler running into Torbay, early 19th century (oil painting) by Luny, Thomas (1759-1837); 86.4x142.3 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

A ship in distress, design'd to represent the loss of the 'Victory' (1737)
7337503 A ship in distress, design'd to represent the loss of the 'Victory' (1737) by a violent storm near the Race of Alderney in the Year 1744, 1745-46 (etching) by Canot

Boy saving a child from drowning, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4835181 Boy saving a child from drowning, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lucas a six-year-old boy saves another child from drowning)

Simon saving a man from drowning, 1887 (illustration)
ELD4834526 Simon saving a man from drowning, 1887 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: The lock keeper Simon saves from drowning a man fell into the Seine)

Children's disobedience, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4839814 Children's disobedience, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children's disobedience)

Hazards of a 19th Century household, 1850
3359129 Hazards of a 19th Century household, 1850; (add.info.: Hazards of a 19th Century household, including taxes, rats, black beetles, cockroaches, arsenic fumes, stinking drains)

A rider bringing news of a ship in distress, 1850
3331033 A rider bringing news of a ship in distress, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a rider bringing news of a ship in distress to Penzance. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A woman and her baby after being shipwrecked, 1850
3331019 A woman and her baby after being shipwrecked, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of a woman and her baby after being shipwrecked. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Tigers attacking an Arab caravan in the desert
NWI4877183 Tigers attacking an Arab caravan in the desert.; (add.info.: Tigers attacking an Arab caravan in the desert.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Exploration of Africa: British explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) attacked by elephants in Congo
NWI4847045 Exploration of Africa: British explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) attacked by elephants in Congo, years 1870

The production of honey page from "treaty on herbs" by Dioscorides, 15th century (miniature)
VEN5028049 The production of honey page from "treaty on herbs" by Dioscorides, 15th century (miniature); Biblioteca Estense, Modena, Emilia-Romagna

United States, Ohio Territory: Samuel Howard Huntington attacked by wolves in Ohio
NWI4967029 United States, Ohio Territory: Samuel Howard Huntington attacked by wolves in Ohio. 19th century colour engraving from an illustration by Howard Pyle; (add.info.: United States)

Lightning striking a sailing-ship in a storm at sea - Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
NWI4963884 Lightning striking a sailing-ship in a storm at sea - Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration; (add.info)

Two locomotives ran steam along parallel tracks around 1900. Printing, 20th century
NWI4963375 Two locomotives ran steam along parallel tracks around 1900. Printing, 20th century. Illustration by William Harnden Foster (1886-1941).; (add.info)

Steamships caught in the ice field of the North Atlantic, circa 1880
NWI4962273 Steamships caught in the ice field of the North Atlantic, circa 1880.; (add.info.: Steamships caught in the ice field of the North Atlantic, circa 1880.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

The steamboat Chimborazo, from the eastern line, caught in the tempete, 1880. Colour engraving
NWI4962248 The steamboat Chimborazo, from the eastern line, caught in the tempete, 1880. Colour engraving.; (add.info.: The steamboat Chimborazo, from the eastern line, caught in the tempete, 1880)

Yachtman (sailor) was in a regatta in 1890. 19th century lithography
NWI4963167 Yachtman (sailor) was in a regatta in 1890. 19th century lithography.; (add.info.: Yachtman (sailor) was in a regatta in 1890. 19th century lithography.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

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"Danger: A Glimpse into Perilous Moments in History and Nature" Gin Lane, 1751. Artist: William Hogarth A haunting depiction of the dangers lurking within society's vices, as gin addiction consumes lives. Bishop Rock Lighthouse in a gale In the face of raging storms, this lighthouse stands tall, a symbol of courage amidst the treacherous seas. The Lions Bride by Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max A captivating painting reveals the untamed danger that lies within nature's majestic creatures. Running of the bulls, San Fermin festival, Plaza de Toros, Pamplona, Navarra Thrill-seekers risk life and limb as they sprint alongside charging bulls during this exhilarating Spanish tradition. Porthleven during Storm Eunice on 18th February 2022, Cornwall, England, UK Witnessing nature's fury firsthand as Storm Eunice unleashes its wrath upon the picturesque coastal town of Porthleven. Winston Churchill at Sidney Street Siege, East London An iconic image capturing the danger faced by political leaders during times of unrest and conflict. Highland cow With their imposing horns and rugged appearance, these magnificent creatures remind us to approach with caution despite their gentle demeanor. Coal mine in England, 1850s Delving deep into darkness for livelihoods exposes miners to constant peril underground in pursuit of fuel for progress. Skerryvore Lighthouse on Scotland's west coast Standing tall against relentless waves crashing upon jagged rocks—a beacon guiding ships away from imminent danger. Animals silhouetted against an ominous cloud-filled sky. Nature warns us through its eerie beauty; beneath its facade lies hidden dangers waiting to be discovered or avoided cautiously Whitefish Point Lighthouse by Moonlight.