Rope Collection

The Ringers of Launcells Tower, Frederick Smallfield (1829-1915)
Oil on canvas, English School, 1887. This painting was inspired by the poem The Ringers of Launcells Tower by Rev. R.S. Hawker of Morwenstow in his book Cornish Ballads and Other Poems

Southdown Sheep Fair September 1949, Sussex George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N12299

Dreadful Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach, January 2nd, 1837, 1848-56...As Now Exhibiting at Haningtons Dioramas...115 Souls Perished in All

George Morris, the celebrated bell ringer, on 8 bells, 1863
George Morris, the celebrated bell ringer, playing on eight bells at once, in the steeple of St James Clerkenwell, London

Craster harbour, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Waterskiing slalom course

Ireland, County Cork, Cobh. Harbor view and St. Colmans church

ERROL FLYNN (1909-1959). Australian actor. Flynn in the title role of The Sea Hawk, a 1940 film based on Rafael Sabatinis novel

Whitstable port, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Meoto-Iwa (Wedded Rocks), two rocks considered to be male and female and joined in matrimony by shimenawa (sacred ropes), renewed in a special festival each year, Futami, Ise-Shima, Chubu

Christ Carrying the Cross, 1560s. Artist: Titian
Christ Carrying the Cross, 1560s. Titian (1488-1576). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Six owl bellringers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cable car Teleferico Do Rancho, Camara de Lobos, Madeira island, Portugal

Illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- The building of Saltash Bridge. Date: 1935

Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge to Carrick Island, Larrybane Bay, Ballintoy, Ballycastle, County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

G. H. Wilkins on his return from the expedition in The Quest with Sir Ernest Shackleton
JHL390978 G. H. Wilkins on his return from the expedition in The Quest with Sir Ernest Shackleton, Plymouth, 16th September, 1922 (b/w photo) by Grant, Thomas E

The Run Home, Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)
Oil on canvas, Newlyn School, late 19th century / early 20th century. Henry Scott Tuke was born into a Quaker family in Lawrence Street, York

Dorothy Pilley, English climber in Glacier National Park
Dorothy Pilley Richards (1894 - 1986) was a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club

Harbour, Boscastle, Cornwall. Possibly 1902
The schooner " Lively" of Bideford alongside the quay, unloading coal. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

Boulton and Watt steam engine with planetary gear, 1795 Date: 1795

The Cutty Sark, an old Tea Clipper, Greenwich, London, England, UK

Children playing in Milton Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Children playing in Milton Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland -- some are swinging on ropes round a lamppost, while others are riding in a go-cart. Date: 1969

A cowboy, Honeycut, on the horse White Star on the plains of Montana
MONTANA: COWBOY, 1904. A cowboy, Honeycut, on the horse White Star on the plains of Montana. Photographed by Laton Alton Huffman, August 1904

Port Erin, Isle of Man, Europe

British soldiers rescuing horse from ditch, Flanders, WW1
British soldiers trying to rescue a horse which has fallen into a ditch, blown by the force from a bursting shell, on the road to Reutel, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

WIZARD OF OZ, 1939. Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow in the 1939 MGM production of The Wizard of Oz

Cowboy on horse with lasso driving cattle through central Oregon. (MR)

Titanic lifebelt
A canvas-covered circular lifebelt with the words RMS TITANIC LIVERPOOL on it. Date: 1912

Warehouse / Liverpool Dock
Stock is unloaded from horse- pulled wagons and drawn up into the warehouse by rope

DRUNK MONK
A portly monk with a moustache smiles to himself as he prepares to drink a glass of wine or a similar tipple

Tarot Card 12 - Le Pendu (The Hanged Man)

In the Old Belfry -- bellringers in action. 1893

General view of the engine Date: 1795

Climber i on Sgurr Alasdair on the Cuillin Ridge Isle of Skye Scotland
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A glider catapulted into the air

Hope Town Beach, Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Abaco Islands, Bahamas, West Indies, Central America

Rockport, Massachusetts, USA, sailboats in harbor along Bearskin Neck

Aerial view of Wanstead from a balloon - 1909
Perhaps the chief interest in this photograph is the actual passing of a balloon under the basket of the one from which this picture was taken

Champion Lady Steer Roper
Lucille Mulhall - the Champion Lady Steer Roper of the World at the Winnipeg Stampede of 1913. She only took 33 4/5 seconds to rope this unfortunate bull!

Various Whaling Items
Various implements used in whaling

Climber on summit ridge of Island Peak, 6189m, Ama Dablam, 6812m, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Fish Pier, Gloucester, Cape Ann, Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts, New England, United States of America, North America

Climber makes her way up one of the rock faces of the celebrated Mascun Gorge, Sierra de Guara mountains, Aragon, Spain

Sailors rescued by fishing boat during First World War
Torpedoed sailors are rescued by a Brixham fishing boat, aptly named the Provident, during the First World War. The Provident, also known as BM291, was built in the shipyard of J

Girls playing in Milton Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Two little girls playing in Milton Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland, swinging on ropes round a lamppost. Date: 1969

Optical illusion disc with man jumping rope and a man sticking out his tongue. Date 1833

C17 Rope Maker / Woodcut
Two cordwainers - rope makers - wind the twisted fibres

Mountain climbers in the Alps, 1880s
Mountaineering in the Tyrol with ropes and picks, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ferry Crossing on the River Wansbeck at North Seaton, Ashington, Northumberland, 11th February 1930

Father Cmas / Chimney / Car
Father Christmas stands on his rope ladder among the snowy rooftops and drops a toy car down a lucky childs chimney

Divers finding pirates treasure, 1897 (litho) (b / w photo)
CHT207816 Divers finding pirates treasure, 1897 (litho) (b/w photo) by Austrian School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Children playing in Kirkby, Liverpool. 18th March 1965

Cadet on the Sorlandet, a Norwegian tall ship
Cadet in the rigging of the Sorlandet, a Norwegian tall ship, probably during a Tall Ships Race. Date: 1960s

The Sack of Rome by Visigoths in 410, 1890 (oil on canvas)
5667111 The Sack of Rome by Visigoths in 410, 1890 (oil on canvas) by Sylvestre, Joseph-Noel (1847-1926); 197x130 cm; Musee Paul Valery, Sete

Lifeguard Drill
circa 1930: Australian lifeguard drill using a safety-line. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Two Short Sunderlands rescuing crew, 1940
An artists impression of two Short Sunderlands rescuing the crew of the torpedoed merchant ship Kensington Court, 1940

Bull Baiting
circa 1810: A tethered bull is baited with dogs and sticks. An engraving by I Clark after Henry Alken (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Mexican horseman or Charro, Mexico
Mexican horseman, known as a Charro, in traditional costume on his horse on a street in Mexico. Date: circa 1920

Knots
Illustration of a Knots

Series of illustrations showing rhythmic gymnasts using the ribbon, hoop, ball, rope and clubs

Andree Expedition
July 1897: The ill-fated hot-air balloon expedition to the North Pole, attempted by Swedish explorer Salomon August Andree, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel in 1897

The Fly pilchard cellar, Newquay, Cornwall. Around 1900
The interior of the Fly fish cellar with a group of fishermen. Photographer: Ennor

First Aerial Photo
The first aerial photograph showing the Place de l Etoile, Paris, taken by Nadar in 1858 from an altitude of 520 meters in a tethered balloon. (Photo by Nadar/Getty Images)

Three Liners
The USS Leviathan alongside White Stars Majestic and Cunards Berengaria in Southampton Dock

Postcard of a Woman Riding a Bull. ca. 1913, Postcard of a Woman Riding a Bull

The Wreckers
Artist: Morland, George - Title: The Wreckers - Date: c.1790 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 50.8 x 68.6

Two Persian women rocking a goatskin to churn milk. Date: circa 1900s

Stage in the ascent of Mont Blanc, c1853, (1946). Creator: George Baxter
Stage in the ascent of Mont Blanc, c1853, (1946). Climbers on Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps - a man is being pulled out of a crevasse on a rope

Retablissement du culte catholique, 1802, (1921). Creator: Thomas-Charles Naudet
Retablissement du culte catholique, 1802, (1921)

Long tail boats on Poda Island in Ao Nang, Krabi, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Scene with lobster pots at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon
Scene with lobster pots and rowing boats at Beesands, Start Bay, Devon. circa 1970s

Barrage Balloon
1st August 1918: A barrage balloon tethered at Queens Club, London, in the background the tents used for housing the balloons. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

SCALING MOUNT RUSHMORE. Scaling the face of President Abraham Lincoln at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, 1937

The Belfast Ropework Company Ltd. Belfast, Ireland, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Climbing on neve (chromolitho)
968673 Climbing on neve (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Climbing on neve)

A group of children playing with rope on the beach, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA Date: circa 1905

India, East India, West Bengal, Kolkata, Kumortuli, Small bells

Boats at Fishermans Pier, Palm Beach, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Central America

Sea Horses
BAL9295 Sea Horses by Morgan, Frederick (1856-1927); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

London Docks
1893: No 1 quay at London docks. Officials are watching a ship being unloaded. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Packing Parachutes at US Air Fields, San Antonio, Texas, USA Date: circa 1942

Bellringers at Wisborough Green - about February 1948
Full length shot of father and daughter ready to ring the bells George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N29487

Great Britain, England, Suffolk, Lowestoft, fishing trawlers at quays

CHINESE CONJURERS. Chinese conjurers as described by 14th century Arabian traveler, Ibn Battuta. One man climbs a rope into the sky

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"Unraveling the Tales of Rope: From Historic Harbors to Breathtaking Landscapes" The Ringers of Launcells Tower, Frederick Smallfield (1829-1915): A captivating painting that captures the essence of bell ringers and their trusty ropes, resonating with centuries-old traditions. Craster harbour, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe: As fishing boats sway gently in the harbor, sturdy ropes tie them securely to the docks - a testament to the unbreakable bond between seafarers and their vessels. Ireland, County Cork, Cobh. Harbor view and St. Colmans church: Amidst picturesque coastal scenery lies a bustling harbor where ropes connect ships from distant shores while echoing tales of trade and exploration. The Cutty Sark, an old Tea Clipper, Greenwich London England UK: Step aboard this majestic tea clipper where sailors once maneuvered intricate rigging systems using countless lengths - a testament to human ingenuity on high seas. Harbour Boscastle Cornwall Possibly 1902: In this vintage photograph frozen in time stands a quaint harbor adorned with colorful fishing boats held steadfast by ropes against crashing waves - an enduring symbol of resilience. Cable car Teleferico Do Rancho Camara de Lobos Madeira island Portugal: Ascend above breathtaking landscapes as cable cars glide along robust steel cables suspended high above rugged terrains - showcasing how rope connects us even amidst lofty heights. Waterskiing slalom course: Adrenaline rushes through every fiber as waterskiers navigate sharp turns around buoy markers tied together by taut ropes - a thrilling display of skill and precision on shimmering lakes or roaring rivers. Illustration Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson: Immerse yourself in whimsical illustrations depicting comical contraptions involving ropes that bring laughter while reminding us of the inventive ways we utilize this versatile tool.