Fainting Collection

Esther before Ahasuerus. Creator: Artemisia Gentileschi
Esther before Ahasuerus

Trams causing havoc on a Belfast street
Horses, carts, wagons and pedestrians in an almighty crash involving two trams in Donegal Place in Belfast. The card caption reads: " Our Trammelled Streets" Date: 1905

Operating Table 1930S
A group of student nurses in theatre, observing a surgeon performing an operation

Irish sea serpent off Kilkee, Ireland
A large and frightening sea monster seen by several people off the coast of Kilkee, Ireland. 1871

Dancing Dervishes, Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, ca. 1480. Creator: Bihzad
Dancing Dervishes, Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, ca. 1480

Capital letters Plate in " Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet"
DUV4220095 Capital letters Plate in " Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet". Bookshop by Theodore Lefevre et Cie - 1892 - Coloured wood engravings

Chained woman, 19th century (oil on canvas)
AIS5356079 Chained woman, 19th century (oil on canvas); Prado, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: Chained woman. Painting by Eugenio Lucas y Padilla)

Experience of Sir James Young Simpson (1811 - 1870) Scottish doctor testing the effects of chlorophorm on his friends
FGL5466441 Experience of Sir James Young Simpson (1811 - 1870) Scottish doctor testing the effects of chlorophorm on his friends at dinner, 1847 (engraving); Private Collection; Fototeca Gilardi.

James Young Simpson (1811-1870) trying out anaesthetics on himself, 19th century (wood engraving)
UTD4952430 James Young Simpson (1811-1870) trying out anaesthetics on himself, 19th century (wood engraving); United Archives GmbH.

Satirising sweated labour in Britain, 1888
3478939 Satirising sweated labour in Britain, 1888; (add.info.: Punch cartoon 1888, satirising sweated labour in Britain.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Mr and Mrs Pickwick, 1910 (colour litho)
MOM28774 Mr and Mrs Pickwick, 1910 (colour litho) by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: by Frank Reynolds).

France, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe (72), Solesmes: Abbey Saint Pierre de Solesmes
LUX4708707 France, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe (72), Solesmes: Abbey Saint Pierre de Solesmes, chapel of the pamoison of the Virgin (sculpture 1553), 1880; (add.info.: France, Pays de la Loire)

Woman supervisor in an East End of London button factory collapsing, 1890
3478941 Woman supervisor in an East End of London button factory collapsing, 1890; (add.info.: Woman supervisor in an East End of London button factory collapsing from bad ventilation)

Regency nobles and liveried servants helping fainting women in the crush at a party in the Circuluar dining room in
FLO4619181 Regency nobles and liveried servants helping fainting women in the crush at a party in the Circuluar dining room in the Prince Regent's Carlton Palace

Illustration for Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (litho)
8657230 Illustration for Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mercy fainting at the Gate)

Virgin and Child, detail: the Crucifixion (top panel). At the top of the cross a nest with storks
JEB4897806 Virgin and Child, detail: the Crucifixion (top panel). At the top of the cross a nest with storks and the inscription INRI (I.N.R.I.)

War of Independence or American Revolution (1775-1783): General Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) announced to his wife
NWI4842310 War of Independence or American Revolution (1775-1783): General Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) announced to his wife

19th Century fainting couch
3520768 19th Century fainting couch; (add.info.: 19th Century fainting couch . A fainting couch is a couch with a back that is traditionally raised at one end)

Frontispice of the novel 'Joseph Balsamo;' by Alexandre Dumas Pere, 19th century (engraving)
PCT4292262 Frontispice of the novel 'Joseph Balsamo;' by Alexandre Dumas Pere, 19th century (engraving); (add.info)

Woman supervisor in an East End of London button factory, 1890
3478858 Woman supervisor in an East End of London button factory, 1890; (add.info.: Woman supervisor in an East End of London button factory; fainting from bad ventilation and undernourishment)

Opening of the Imperial Institute by Queen Victoria (engraving)
8631589 Opening of the Imperial Institute by Queen Victoria (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Opening of the Imperial Institute by Queen Victoria)

How They Met Themselves, 1864 (w/c & bodycolour on paper)
PNH468075 How They Met Themselves, 1864 (w/c & bodycolour on paper) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82); 27.9x24.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Deploration of Christ (Lamentation of the Dead Christ). Among the characters represented
JEB4859757 The Deploration of Christ (Lamentation of the Dead Christ). Among the characters represented: Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus hold the shroud

The Deploration of Christ (Lamentation of the Dead Christ), detail. Among the characters represented
JEB4859779 The Deploration of Christ (Lamentation of the Dead Christ), detail. Among the characters represented: Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus hold the shroud

Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821) rescuing Marie Louise (1791-1847) from the flames during the great fire of the Austrian
ELD4958443 Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821) rescuing Marie Louise (1791-1847) from the flames during the great fire of the Austrian Embassy in Paris on 1 July 1810

Scene from the opera of "The Night Dancers", at the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, 1860. London stage production

The Departure of Elisabeth of France for Spain, after 1858. Creator: Eugene Isabey
The Departure of Elisabeth of France for Spain, after 1858. During his youth, this early Romantic artist joined Eugene Delacroix and Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-28)

Scene from Verdi's Opera, "La Traviata", at Her Majesty's Theatre, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Scene from Verdi's Opera, "La Traviata", at Her Majesty's Theatre, 1856. Opera singer Marietta Piccolomini was...Descended from one of the most ancient

Merci, je sors d'en prendre, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Merci, je sors d'en prendre, 19th century. Thank you, I go out of it

A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman. Creator: Gustave Doré
A Dramatic Scene with a Fainting Woman

Hoving, Greta, Miss, 1928 Aug. 15. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Hoving, Greta, Miss, 1928 Aug. 15

But It is the Heart That Beats Too Quickly, plate twelve from Love, 1898, published 1899. Creator: Maurice Denis
But It is the Heart That Beats Too Quickly, plate twelve from Love, 1898, published 1899

A Dandy Fainting, published December 11, 1818. Creator: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
A Dandy Fainting, published December 11, 1818

"The Return of the Lost Sailor", by T. Roberts, in the Exhibition of the Society of... 1862
"The Return of the Lost Sailor", by T. Roberts, in the Exhibition of the Society of British Artists, 1862. Engraving of a painting

Comic postcard, Drunk man speaks to woman in the street Date: 20th century

The Beatles concert at The Pavilion Gardens Ballroom, Buxton, Derbyshire, 19th October 1963. Police officers pluck a girl who was fainted, out of the crowd

The warm weather at Prince Charles wedding to Lady Diana Spencer in July 1981 was not enjoyed by the busby-wearing soldiers lining the procession route to St Pauls Cathedral

The Descent from the Cross, 1615-31. Creator: Charles David
The Descent from the Cross, 1615-31

The Right Honourable the Earl of Chatham seized with a Fit in the House of Peers, c1787
The Right Honourable the Earl of Chatham seized with a Fit in the House of Peers previous to his death, c1787. From A New

Homage to Venus, 1585-1621. Creators: Louis de Caullery, Pieter Isaacsz
Homage to Venus, 1585-1621. Earlier ascribed to Isaacsz, Pieter (1569-1625)

The Wasp Sting
Reproduction of a painting by Margaret Mower White. Date: circa 1930

Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre (1832-1916). Spanish engineer, playwright, politician and mathematician. Leading of the Spanish dramatist of the last quarter of the 19th century

Illustration, Malbrough is going to war
Illustration, Malbrough s'en va t'en guerre (Marlborough is going to war). Elegant ladies faint when they hear that Monsieur Malbrough is dead and buried as a result of going to war

WOMAN FAINTS
"Found Daisy in a dead faint on the floor, and Captain Hallam bending over her." Date: 1890

Pieta. The Deposition or Descent from the Cross, 1435 (oil on panel)
JLJ4647885 Pieta. The Deposition or Descent from the Cross, 1435 (oil on panel) by Weyden, Rogier van der (1399-1464); 220x35 cm; (add.info.: Pieta. The Deposition or Descent from the Cross)

Martin Luther is unconscious in his monastery cell, together with other monks playing lute, 1850s (engraving)
UTD4914765 Martin Luther is unconscious in his monastery cell, together with other monks playing lute, 1850s (engraving) by Konig

The entombment of Christ, 16th century, (oil on wood)
7129538 The entombment of Christ, 16th century, (oil on wood) by Italian School, (16th century); Palazzo Corsini, Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Rome

Deposition of Christ, 1587, (oil on wood)
7129043 Deposition of Christ, 1587, (oil on wood) by Pieri, Stefano (1542-1629); Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; (add.info.: Deposition of Christ, 1587, Stefano Pieri)

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"Fainting: A Momentary Surrender to the Unseen" In Esther before Ahasuerus, Artemisia Gentileschi captures the delicate moment when Esther's strength wanes, and she faints in the presence of royalty. Trams causing havoc on a Belfast street - chaos ensues as passengers stumble and fall, succumbing to dizziness and losing consciousness amidst the commotion. Legends come alive as an Irish sea serpent off Kilkee, Ireland leaves onlookers awe-struck, some even swooning at the sight of this mythical creature emerging from the depths. On an operating table in the 1930s, doctors battle against time while patients teeter between life and death. The strain is palpable as one surgeon braces himself for a potential fainting spell. Dancing Dervishes whirl with fervor in Bihzad's masterpiece from a Divan of Hafiz. Amidst their ecstatic trance-like state, some disciples find themselves overwhelmed by spiritual ecstasy and collapse into unconsciousness. The Wasp Sting - nature's tiny assailant strikes unexpectedly, leaving its victim weak-kneed and gasping for air. One sting can turn a bustling day into a sudden blackout of pain-induced unconsciousness. Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre portrays Spanish engineer caught off guard by his own creation. Overwhelmed by emotions ranging from pride to disbelief, he collapses under sheer astonishment during his greatest achievement's unveiling ceremony. Illustration depicts Malbrough going to war; however, tragedy befalls him as he falls victim to exhaustion or injury on his journey. His comrades gather around him anxiously while others are left stunned witnessing this unexpected twist of fate. A woman faints amidst turmoil captured in The Bluidie Tryst painting. Emotions run high as tension escalates within this tumultuous scene where love turns sour – her body unable to bear witness any longer. Pieta.