Forked Lightning Collection (page 4)

Triumphal Arch of Alfonso I, in Naples (engraving)
729422 Triumphal Arch of Alfonso I, in Naples (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Triumphal Arch of Alfonso I, in Naples)

Depiction of hell (engraving)
3620522 Depiction of hell (engraving) by European School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Depiction of hell.); © Look and Learn

Terrible balloon accident in Germany (colour litho)
2782430 Terrible balloon accident in Germany (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Terrible balloon accident in Germany)

Lightning and a Treasure (Colour Litho)
2778490 Lightning and a Treasure (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lightning and a treasure)

Globular Lightning seen and sketched by M Colon, Vice-President of the Geological Society of Paris (engraving)
3628905 Globular Lightning seen and sketched by M Colon, Vice-President of the Geological Society of Paris (engraving) by European School

Umbrella and Lightning Conductor (engraving)
3628896 Umbrella and Lightning Conductor (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Umbrella and Lightning Conductor)

M Lancon struck by Lightning (engraving)
3628888 M Lancon struck by Lightning (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: M Lancon struck by Lightning)

Sailors Firing at a Waterspout (engraving)
3628887 Sailors Firing at a Waterspout (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sailors Firing at a Waterspout)

Electric Aureoia (engraving)
3628885 Electric Aureoia (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Electric Aureoia)

The Fire of St Elmo (engraving)
3628883 The Fire of St Elmo (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fire of St Elmo)

Oak struck by Lightning in Westwood Park, Droitwich (engraving)
1618402 Oak struck by Lightning in Westwood Park, Droitwich (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oak struck by Lightning in Westwood Park, Droitwich)

The Jessop Monument, Condor Park, Derbyshire, Struck by Lightning on the 8th inst (engraving)
1619650 The Jessop Monument, Condor Park, Derbyshire, Struck by Lightning on the 8th inst (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Jessop Monument)

King Lear (etching)
969201 King Lear (etching) by Meadows, Joseph Kenny (1770-1874) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Lear, Act III, Scene iv)

Exton Church partially destroyed by Lightning (engraving)
1617025 Exton Church partially destroyed by Lightning (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Exton Church partially destroyed by Lightning)

Zeus with Typhon and the Calydonian hunt (colour litho)
957835 Zeus with Typhon and the Calydonian hunt (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Zeus with Typhon and the Calydonian hunt)

Victims of Science: The death of Georg Wilhelm Richmann, German physicist (1711-1753) (chromolitho)
724773 Victims of Science: The death of Georg Wilhelm Richmann, German physicist (1711-1753) (chromolitho) by French School

Kings Norton Church, Leicestershire, Struck by Lightning (engraving)
1612158 Kings Norton Church, Leicestershire, Struck by Lightning (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kings Norton Church, Leicestershire)

The Emperor of Russias Visit to France, the Czars Yachts, escorted by English War-Ships
1606194 The Emperor of Russias Visit to France, the Czars Yachts, escorted by English War-Ships, meeting the French Fleet in Mid-Channel (litho) by Jane, Fred T

A woman struck by lightning while dancing at a ball in Venice (colour litho)
2779966 A woman struck by lightning while dancing at a ball in Venice (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A bell-ringer struck by lightning (colour litho)
2779645 A bell-ringer struck by lightning (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A bell-ringer struck by lightning. Un sonneur de cloches foudroye)

Benjamin Franklin (chromolitho)
2802556 Benjamin Franklin (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Benjamin Franklin)

Explosion of Gas (engraving)
3628899 Explosion of Gas (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Explosion of Gas)

Coast-Guard blinded by Lightning (engraving)
3628898 Coast-Guard blinded by Lightning (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coast-Guard blinded by Lightning)

Bell glass Preserve (engraving)
3628897 Bell glass Preserve (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bell glass Preserve)

Lightning attracted by Metallic Lodes (engraving)
3628895 Lightning attracted by Metallic Lodes (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lightning attracted by Metallic Lodes)

Bell-ringer struck by Lightning (engraving)
3628894 Bell-ringer struck by Lightning (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bell-ringer struck by Lightning)

Prevention of Hailstorms (engraving)
3628890 Prevention of Hailstorms (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prevention of Hailstorms)

Tank struck by Lightning at Montmartre, 1866 (engraving)
3628889 Tank struck by Lightning at Montmartre, 1866 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tank struck by Lightning at Montmartre, 1866)

Fetish in Lunda (engraving)
3655629 Fetish in Lunda (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fetish in Lunda; purpose unknown, perhaps to avert lightning)

Benjamin Franklin discovering Electric Fluid in Lightning (engraving)
3634829 Benjamin Franklin discovering Electric Fluid in Lightning (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lands End, Cornwall (coloured engraving)
3620541 Lands End, Cornwall (coloured engraving) by Cooke, George (1793-1849) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lands End, Cornwall. After JMW Turner.); © Look and Learn

The death of Julian the Apostate (chromolitho)
3100683 The death of Julian the Apostate (chromolitho) by Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The death of Julian the Apostate)

King Edward III vows that he will make peace
LLM339237 King Edward III vows that he will make peace by Doyle, James William Edmund (1822-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Edward III vows that he will make peace)

Atheist
LLM455780 Atheist by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Atheist. Illustration from Pilgrims Progress and other works by John Bunyan (James Sangster, c 1860)

Lightning flashes over the city of Leipzig, Germany, during a thunderstorm (b / w photo)
6015622 Lightning flashes over the city of Leipzig, Germany, during a thunderstorm (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Steamer "Indus, "struck by Lightning 110 Miles Eastward of Algeria (engraving)
1607012 The Steamer " Indus, " struck by Lightning 110 Miles Eastward of Algeria (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Steamer " Indus)

View of Funchal, Island of Madeira (engraving)
1587166 View of Funchal, Island of Madeira (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: View of Funchal, Island of Madeira)

Le physicien Wall, au XVIIe siecle, decouvre l analogie de l etincelle electrique avec l eclair et le tonnerre
5992817 Le physicien Wall, au XVIIe siecle, decouvre l analogie de l etincelle electrique avec l eclair et le tonnerre (engraving) by European School

Experience du cerf-volant electrique faite par Romas, le 7 juin 1753, dans les allees de la ville de Nerac (engraving)
5992815 Experience du cerf-volant electrique faite par Romas, le 7 juin 1753, dans les allees de la ville de Nerac (engraving) by European School

Le physicien Jallabert decouvre le pouvoir de pointes (engraving)
5992807 Le physicien Jallabert decouvre le pouvoir de pointes (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le physicien Jallabert decouvre le pouvoir de pointes)

La tour Saint-Marc, a Venise, frappee et endommagee par le feu du ciel, le 23 avril 1745 (engraving)
5992803 La tour Saint-Marc, a Venise, frappee et endommagee par le feu du ciel, le 23 avril 1745 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La tour Saint-Marc)

Le nouvel Opera de Paris et ses paratonnerres (engraving)
5992792 Le nouvel Opera de Paris et ses paratonnerres (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le nouvel Opera de Paris et ses paratonnerres)

The Fall of the Walls of Jericho (engraving)
5198452 The Fall of the Walls of Jericho (engraving) by Martin, John (1789-1854) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fall of the Walls of Jericho)

Mount Vesuvius (engraving)
3622608 Mount Vesuvius (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mount Vesuvius.); © Look and Learn

A Thunder-Storm above Fontainebleau, as Seen from the Balloon (colour litho)
3622261 A Thunder-Storm above Fontainebleau, as Seen from the Balloon (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Thunder-Storm above Fontainebleau)

"You will find it stream out plentifully from the key on the approach of your knuckle"(colour litho)
3626428 " You will find it stream out plentifully from the key on the approach of your knuckle" (colour litho) by Smith

Lightning passing down a Staircase (engraving)
3628902 Lightning passing down a Staircase (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lightning passing down a Staircase)

Brigand struck by Lightning (engraving)
3628892 Brigand struck by Lightning (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brigand struck by Lightning)

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"Forked Lightning: A Powerful Force of Nature and Symbol of Divine Wrath" In the midst of a raging thunderstorm, forked lightning illuminates the darkened sky, casting an eerie glow upon the world below. This mesmerizing phenomenon has captivated human imagination for centuries, evoking both awe and fear. One cannot help but recall the biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah, where forked lightning was said to be unleashed as a divine punishment for their wickedness. Engraved depictions vividly portray this cataclysmic event that forever etched itself into history. The experience of Thomas Francois Dalibard on that fateful day in May 1752 further deepens our understanding. As he bravely conducted experiments with his newly invented lightning rod in Marly, witnessing firsthand its ability to harness this destructive force, humanity took its first steps towards protection against nature's wrath. Yet not all encounters with forked lightning end well. Tragically, French aviators Godard and Panis met their untimely demise when their balloon was struck over Chicago in 1891. This print serves as a haunting reminder of how even our most daring endeavors can succumb to nature's unpredictable fury. It also finds its place within artistry; it symbolizes moments of intense emotion or pivotal events throughout history. From Moses breaking the tablets of law in an illustration from the Dore Bible to dramatic scenes like "The Taking of Christ" painting from 1620-34 circa - these visual representations capture the raw power and significance associated with forked lightning. However, not all associations are rooted in destruction or turmoil. In contrast, we find solace amidst storms through beautiful works such as "Thunderstorm, " an oil-on-canvas masterpiece depicting nature's tempestuous dance across vast landscapes. Artistic expressions extend beyond mere weather phenomena too; they encompass everyday life experiences intertwined with forked lightning's symbolism.