Relieved Collection

The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. Artist: John Everett Millais
The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. A barefoot Scottish woman with child in arms brings the official document releasing her wounded husband from prison after the failure of the Second Jacobite

Military / Sentry Relieved
A sentry being relieved (Coldstream Guards)

HMS Leviathan, Drake-class armoured cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Leviathan, a Drake-class armoured cruiser. HMS Leviathan was one of four Drake-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy around 1900

Christian relieved of his burden. From The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. 19th century print
2603526 Christian relieved of his burden. From The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. 19th century print.; (add.info)

Poor in North France fed from German field kitchen, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Poor in North France fed from German field kitchen, between c1914 and c1915. Crowd of mostly women and children outside a brick building in northern France during World War I.

"Saved", by F. W. Topham, in the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1864. Engraving. 'We must sympathise with the terror through which these humble Irish folk have

Le Recit (Noyon, mars 1917), 1917. Creator: Francois Flameng
Le Recit (Noyon, mars 1917), 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. In the interview which Baron Rodich had, a fortnight ago, at Ragusa [Dubrovnik], with the principal insurgent leaders

Distributing Charitable Funds to the Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa...1876. Creator: Unknown
Distributing Charitable Funds to the Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa [Dubrovnik], from a sketch by our special artist, 1876

La Sortie, 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier
La Sortie, 1855. La Sortie. - Decidement l'inventeur qui a le plus mon admiration, c'est ce lui qui a invente l'air!'. The exit

Appuyez fort, ça fait rentrer la bosse... 1838. Creator: Honore Daumier
Appuyez fort, ca fait rentrer la bosse... 1838. Appuyez fort, ca fait rentrer la bosse - (L'enfant) Oh! la...oh!...la la la...la...C'est ca appuyez toujours il n'y a rien de meilleur

La vie en Campagne; Une section, qui vient d'etre relevee, quitte les premieres lignes, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'La vie en Campagne; Une section, qui vient d'etre relevee, quitte les premieres lignes pour aller au repos, 1914

Warehouse used as distributing office for FSA relief grants, Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families. Bakersfield, California

Destitute farm labor families come to FSA distributing depot... Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration (FSA) distributing depot to apply for food grant. Kern County, California

Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA relief grants... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse, used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families during cotton strike of October 1938

Destitute farm families, FSA distributing depot, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute farm families come to FSA (Farm Security Administration) distributing depot to apply for food grant. Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Destitute farm labor families, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute farm labor families come to Farm Security Administration distributing depot to apply for food grant. Kern County, California

Warehouse used as distributing office for FSA relief grants, Bakersfield, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families. Bakersfield, California

Warehouse, used as distributing office for FSA... Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse, used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families during cotton strike of October 1938

Dr. Sangrado Relieving John Bull of Yellow Fever, published February 25, 1795. Creator: Isaac Cruikshank
Dr. Sangrado Relieving John Bull of Yellow Fever, published February 25, 1795

Moses smote the rock twice, and the water came out abundantly, 1840
Moses " smote the rock twice, and the water came out abundantly", 1840. Biblical scene, from Numbers 20: 11: And Moses lifted up his hand

The Girl I Left behind Me, 1880, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
The Girl I Left behind Me, 1880, (c1902). After a painting in the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. Soldiers returning victorious from the Napoleonic wars. From The Nations Pictures

Pan and satyr, Pan removing a splinter from a satyrs foot. Roman, after a Greek statuary group of the 3rd century BC. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

HMS Leviathan, Drake-class armoured cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Hornet, an Acheron-class Destroyer that served during the First World War and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Hornet

General Lambarte of the Nationalist Army at Oviedo
General Lambarte (centre with beard), commander of the Nationalist Army that relieved Oviedo, pictured with Oviedo Nationalists, 1936

The Boxer Rebellion: the relief of the besieged International Legations in Beijing (colour litho)
2807827 The Boxer Rebellion: the relief of the besieged International Legations in Beijing (colour litho) by Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Boxer Rebellion)

Relief of the Legation Quarter in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion (litho)
3627078 Relief of the Legation Quarter in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion (litho) by Prater, Ernest (1864-1950) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pesident Nixon visits Apollo 11 crew in quarantine. Creator: NASA
President Richard M. Nixon visits the Apollo 11 crew in quarantine aboard Recovery Ship USS Hornet, 1969

Cooper and Conrad on deck, 1965. Creator: NASA
Cooper and Conrad on deck, 1965. American astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (right) and Charles Conrad Jr. on board recovery aircraft carrier U.S.S

A false alarm (engraving)
3626355 A false alarm (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A false alarm. Illustration from Young Folks History of Boston by Hezekiah Butterworth)

Hansel and Gretel: Hansel and Gretel return home after escaping from the witch (chromolitho)
1093215 Hansel and Gretel: Hansel and Gretel return home after escaping from the witch (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hansel and Gretel)

The bravery of a soldier (engraving)
2789472 The bravery of a soldier (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The bravery of a soldier. Saving a child from a burning house)

Steam locomotive Apollo, crew change, London
Steam locomotive Apollo (Britannia class) at a London station. Driver and fireman are relieved by fresh crew. Date: circa 1950s

Mr and Mrs Bleriot after the former had flown the Channel, 1910 (b / w photo)
JHL390996 Mr and Mrs Bleriot after the former had flown the Channel, 1910 (b/w photo) by Grant, Thomas E. & Horace Grant (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Louis Bleriot (1872-1936)

The wild boy of Saint-Ouen (colour litho)
2818962 The wild boy of Saint-Ouen (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The wild boy of Saint-Ouen)

Survivors of the shipwreck of the President Felix Faure (colour litho)
2779424 Survivors of the shipwreck of the President Felix Faure (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The relief of Lucknow by General Havelock, 25 September 1857 (engraving)
3626682 The relief of Lucknow by General Havelock, 25 September 1857 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The relief of Lucknow by General Havelock)

General Mahon (Who relieved Mafeking) and Other Officers on Board the "Briton"(b / w photo)
1600504 General Mahon (Who relieved Mafeking) and Other Officers on Board the " Briton" (b/w photo) by English Photographer

The Siege of Plevna, Bird s-Eye View of the Russian and Turkish Positions from the South-East (engraving)
1049861 The Siege of Plevna, Bird s-Eye View of the Russian and Turkish Positions from the South-East (engraving) by English School

They descried their village (engraving)
979033 They descried their village (engraving) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: They descried their village)

Relieved at Last, the Volunteer Cavalry which First reached Ladysmith cheering Sir George White (litho)
1048409 Relieved at Last, the Volunteer Cavalry which First reached Ladysmith cheering Sir George White (litho) by Craig, Frank (1874-1918); Private Collection; (add.info.: Relieved at Last)

Ladysmith Relieved (engraving)
1599484 Ladysmith Relieved (engraving) by Prior, Melton (1845-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladysmith Relieved. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 7 April 1900)

French Peasants Finding their Stolen Child, 1859 (oil on canvas)
695496 French Peasants Finding their Stolen Child, 1859 (oil on canvas) by Calderon, Philip Hermogenes (1833-98); 112.5x87 cm; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Concluding Sketches of the Afghan War (engraving)
1054413 Concluding Sketches of the Afghan War (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Concluding Sketches of the Afghan War)

Fecamp fishermen back from the fishing grounds off Newfoundland (colour litho)
2782326 Fecamp fishermen back from the fishing grounds off Newfoundland (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Return of the Dove to the Ark, 1851 (oil on canvas)
1217354 The Return of the Dove to the Ark, 1851 (oil on canvas) by Millais, John Everett (1829-96); 88.2x54.9 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; English

The landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England, 1620 (chromolitho)
3620612 The landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England, 1620 (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England)

Celebrations in London marking the end of the Boer War (colour litho)
2795614 Celebrations in London marking the end of the Boer War (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Celebrations in London marking the end of the Boer War)

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"Relieved: A Glimpse into Moments of Respite and Triumph" In the midst of chaos and uncertainty, there are moments that bring relief to weary souls. From military sentries finding solace in their duty to historic events etched in time, the concept of "relieved" takes on various forms. The HMS Leviathan, a formidable Drake-class armoured cruiser, stands tall as a symbol of strength and protection. Its presence instills reassurance among those who rely on its might. Similarly, General Lambarte's resolute stance amidst the Nationalist Army at Oviedo brings relief to his comrades fighting for a cause. Artistic expressions also capture instances of relief throughout history. John Everett Millais' masterpiece "The Order of Release" depicts freedom granted after years of captivity - an overwhelming sense of liberation embraced by those long oppressed. Meanwhile, Moses smiting the rock twice reminds us that even in desperate times, miracles can bring forth abundance when we least expect it. From conflicts abroad to battles closer to home, acts of rescue shine through like beacons in darkness. The Boxer Rebellion witnessed courageous efforts as European legations were relieved from siege by international forces - unity prevailing over adversity. Lt. Havelock's bravery echoes through time as he fearlessly leads his troops towards victory against all odds. Yet relief is not confined solely within military narratives; it extends its embrace during natural disasters too. Walker Evans' poignant photograph captures flood refugees seeking shelter in a canning factory repurposed by the Red Cross - providing much-needed respite amidst devastation. Ultimately, these glimpses into moments of respite and triumph remind us that even amid turmoil and hardship, there is always hope for relief. Whether found on battlefields or within artistic creations, humanity's indomitable spirit prevails – reminding us that brighter days lie ahead despite life's challenges.