Injured Collection (page 6)

Iron shot which struck Major-General Frederick Roberts, 1878 (iron)
5924171 Iron shot which struck Major-General Frederick Roberts, 1878 (iron); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Iron shot which struck Major-General Sir Frederick Roberts, 1878)

Nelson wounded at Tenerife, 24 July 1797, 1806 (oil on canvas)
7337683 Nelson wounded at Tenerife, 24 July 1797, 1806 (oil on canvas) by Westall, Richard (1765-1836); 86.4x71.1 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The death of Lord Nelson in the cockpit of the ship Victory, 1808 (oil on canvas)
7337709 The death of Lord Nelson in the cockpit of the ship Victory, 1808 (oil on canvas) by West, Benjamin (1738-1820); 88.5x73 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

British Royal Navy uniform, model 1795-1812, vice-admiral's coat, 1795-1812 (wool and silk)
MMM5475193 British Royal Navy uniform, model 1795-1812, vice-admiral's coat, 1795-1812 (wool and silk); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: British Royal Navy uniform)

Non-regulatory vest, worn by Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) during the Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
MMM5475184 Non-regulatory vest, worn by Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) during the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), c.1805 (cotton and linen); National Maritime Museum, London

Madonna has the child with Saints, detail
BEN5472790 Madonna has the child with Saints, detail by Rosso Fiorentino, Giovanni Battista (1494-1540); Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: Madonna has the child with Saints)

Engraving depicting The Red Cross collecting the wounded French during the Franco-Prussian War
UIG5425723 Engraving depicting The Red Cross collecting the wounded French during the Franco-Prussian War. Dated 19th Century ©UIG/Leemage

Casualties being rescued after a storm, historic wood engraving, about 1897
UIG5414516 Casualties being rescued after a storm, historic wood engraving, about 1897; UIG

Parish museum. Painting. Ecce Homo. Flemish school. Oil on wood. 15th century
6267450 Parish museum. Painting. Ecce Homo. Flemish school. Oil on wood. 15th century.; Museo Parroquial de Tapices de Pastrana, Guadalajara, Spain; (add.info.: Creator: Anonymous Museo Parroquial)

Leg bone of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782 (human bone)
5926686 Leg bone of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782 (human bone); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Leg bones of Lieutenant John Fraser, 1782)

Equity or the sailor's prayer before the battle
MMM5481797 Equity or the sailor's prayer before the battle by Tegg, Thomas (1776-1845) ; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Fairness or the sailor's prayer before the battle)

Method of reducing dislocation of the shoulder by the heel in the armpit
6116640 Method of reducing dislocation of the shoulder by the heel in the armpit; (add.info.: Method of reducing dislocation of the shoulder by the heel in the armpit)

Suspension apparatus for use in spinal disease. From The Household Physician, published c.1898 (engraving)
6116635 Suspension apparatus for use in spinal disease. From The Household Physician, published c.1898 (engraving); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024

Notorious blind beggar in costume of a survivor of the Battle of Waterloo with a portrait of a wounded sailor on his
FLO5000770 Notorious blind beggar in costume of a survivor of the Battle of Waterloo with a portrait of a wounded sailor on his chest

Cavalry charge protesters during riots in Paris on May Day, 1906
3481053 Cavalry charge protesters during riots in Paris on May Day, 1906; (add.info.: Cavalry charge protesters during riots in Paris on May Day)

The bravery of injured soldier, H Aberthur, of the French Foreign legion, 1910
3480768 The bravery of injured soldier, H Aberthur, of the French Foreign legion, 1910; (add.info.: Postcard celebrating the bravery of injured soldier, H Aberthur, of the French Foreign legion)

A wounded soldier being carried by men in top hats, 1850
3478409 A wounded soldier being carried by men in top hats, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a wounded soldier being carried on a stretcher by men in top hats)

1st Sgt Henry Smith, Company C, 138th Pennsylvania Volunteers
3028740 1st Sgt Henry Smith, Company C, 138th Pennsylvania Volunteers; Private Collection; (add.info.: 1st Sgt Henry Smith, Company C, 138th Pennsylvania Volunteers)

Engraving depicting the capture of the Hotel de Ville by the citizens of Paris during the Paris Revolution
3521744 Engraving depicting the capture of the Hotel de Ville by the citizens of Paris during the Paris Revolution, 19th century (engraving); (add.info)

Union Soldier Blinded At Gettysburg
3056310 Union Soldier Blinded At Gettysburg; Private Collection; (add.info.: American Civil War; Musician Michael Leak of Company E 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers)

Mosaic of a bear wounded with a spear from the Casa dell'Orso, House of the Bear, VII.II.45
FLO4687099 Mosaic of a bear wounded with a spear from the Casa dell'Orso, House of the Bear, VII.II.45. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220449 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Formula One World Championship
The immediate aftermath of the multi-car accident at the start of the race: Ronnie Peterson (SWE) Lotus (Yellow overalls) lies in the track having been pulled from his shattered, burning, Lotus 78

Field hospital at Solferino, Italy (engraving)
8676914 Field hospital at Solferino, Italy (engraving) by Gaildrau, Jules (1816-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Field hospital at Solferino, Italy, Second Italian War of Independence)

But things like this you know must be after a famous victory (coloured photo)
8655826 But things like this you know must be after a famous victory (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Wounded Russian soldiers, Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho)
8655581 Wounded Russian soldiers, Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wounded Russian soldiers, Manchuria)

Return of Russian soldiers wounded in the Russo-Japanese War, St Petersburg, 1904 (litho)
8655573 Return of Russian soldiers wounded in the Russo-Japanese War, St Petersburg, 1904 (litho) by Thiriat, Paul (1868-1943); Private Collection; (add.info)

In time of peace (engraving)
8672563 In time of peace (engraving) by Bundy, Edgar (1862-1922) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: In time of peace. After the English Civil War, a woman with a baby)

The miller Samuel Wood, whose arm and scapula were torn off when entangled in a rope attached to the moving mill
526834 The miller Samuel Wood, whose arm and scapula were torn off when entangled in a rope attached to the moving mill machinery (1737)

The Powerful Hand, showing hand with nail wound, Jesus, the all-seeing eye of God
542812 The Powerful Hand, showing hand with nail wound, Jesus, the all-seeing eye of God, and holy justice represented by the balance and the sword

Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular Campaign, Battle of Corunna. Hand-coloured engraving
531476 Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular Campaign, Battle of Corunna. Hand-coloured engraving.; (add.info.: Peninsular Campaign, Battle of Corunna (La Coruna) Spain, 16 January 1809, viewed from the sea

Peasant Girls Tending the Wounded, 1870 (engraving)
1580767 Peasant Girls Tending the Wounded, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts a peasant girl tending to wounded French soldiers. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Neapolitan's burning of the wounded Garibaldians, 1860 (engraving)
1579613 Neapolitan's burning of the wounded Garibaldians, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Neapolitan's burning of the wounded Garibaldians during the Battle)

Women workers hauling coal to the surface up a ladder. Leading woman has lost her load
530411 Women workers hauling coal to the surface up a ladder. Leading woman has lost her load and the woman following is in danger of being hurt buy falling coal and and falling off the ladder

The Last Hours of Marshal Duroc (23 May 1813), fatally wounded at the Batle of Bautzen 20-21 May 1813
543837 The Last Hours of Marshal Duroc (23 May 1813), fatally wounded at the Batle of Bautzen 20-21 May 1813, Duroc died on 23 May. French victory of Prussian and Russian army

Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard (1475-1524) French hero, the knight without fear and beyond reproach'
543215 Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard (1475-1524) French hero, the knight without fear and beyond reproach'. 19th century (trade card in chromolithograph); (add.info)

Wotan (Odin) god of wisdom, poetry and war. At top left hiss daughter Brunhilder
537952 Wotan (Odin) god of wisdom, poetry and war. At top left hiss daughter Brunhilder, foremost of the Valkyries carries a wounded warrior to Valhalla

Sleeping wounded from the Somme, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400460 Sleeping wounded from the Somme, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Embarking the wounded, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400453 Embarking the wounded, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

On a hospital ship at night: the Orderly, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404025 On a hospital ship at night: the Orderly, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

The Defense of Paris, 1870-71 (oil on panel)
5861702 The Defense of Paris, 1870-71 (oil on panel) by Meissonier, Jean-Louis Ernest (1815-91); The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: By Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier)

Student life at the time of the Thirty Years War (engraving)
8626176 Student life at the time of the Thirty Years War (engraving) by Heyden, Jacob van der (1573-1645); Private Collection; (add.info.: Student life at the time of the Thirty Years War)

Past & Present: The Spinning-Machine (colour litho)
8668701 Past & Present: The Spinning-Machine (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Spinning-Machine. Spinning-Wheel)

The Gallery of Battles, Versailles (engraving)
8647833 The Gallery of Battles, Versailles (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Gallery of Battles, Versailles)

Sister of Mercy tending wounded soldier (coloured engraving)
8647819 Sister of Mercy tending wounded soldier (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sister of Mercy tending wounded soldier)

Demonstration by unemployed workers, London, 1931 (b/w photo)
8635312 Demonstration by unemployed workers, London, 1931 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Defeat of the Romans at the Battle of Ticinus (engraving)
8635753 Defeat of the Romans at the Battle of Ticinus (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Defeat of the Romans at the Battle of Ticinus)

The Dome, Brighton, used as a hospital for Indian soldiers, World War I (b/w photo)
8676121 The Dome, Brighton, used as a hospital for Indian soldiers, World War I (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dome, Brighton)

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping

"Injured: A Tale of Resilience and Triumph on the Football Field" In a thrilling English League Division One match at Anfield, Liverpool clashed with Tottenham Hotspur in an intense battle that ended in a 1-1 draw. However, amidst the excitement, one player suffered a devastating blow as he fell awkwardly and broke his wrist bone. The X-ray C017/7187 revealed the severity of the injury, leaving him sidelined for weeks. As he lay there nursing his broken wrist, his mind wandered to famous depictions of battles throughout history. He recalled Paolo Uccello's masterpiece "The Battle of San Romano, " painted in 1438. The vivid artwork depicted warriors engaged in fierce combat - their determination mirroring his own as he fought to recover from this setback. His thoughts then shifted to another historic clash - the Battle of Bull Run during the US Civil War. Just like those soldiers who endured immense pain and hardship on that fateful day, our injured hero knew that perseverance was key to overcoming adversity. Seeking solace within artistry, he envisioned himself standing outside Guys Hospital in Southwark, gazing at its north front. This iconic view reminded him that healing required patience and expert care – just like mending a damaged knee ligament or any other physical ailment. But it wasn't only human strength that inspired him; nature played its part too. He imagined himself as a shepherd guiding sheep alongside his loyal horse and dog companion – symbols of resilience and unity even amidst challenging circumstances. World War I also left an indelible mark on our hero's imagination. He pictured a red cross working dog tirelessly aiding wounded soldiers during this tumultuous period – reminding him that support could come from unexpected sources when facing life's battles head-on. Reflecting further back into history, he conjured up images from "The Battle of Ballinahinch" painted around 1798.