Survivor Collection

The Battle of Trafalgar, (oil on canvas)
824219 The Battle of Trafalgar, (oil on canvas) by English School, (19th century); 340.5x218.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Battle of Trafalgar. English School, 19th Century)

MARGARET MOLLY BROWN (1867-1932). The Unsinkable Molly Brown. American socialite, philanthropist, activist, and survivor of the Titanic. Photographed c1890

The House they Left Behind Pub
The House They Left Behind pub in Ropemakers Fields, Tower Hamlets in the heart of the East End of London as it was in 1986. Since converted to a house. Date: 1986

Sparrowes House, or The Ancient House, Ipswich, Suffolk, is an architectural gem, built in 1567 by George Copping. It has four oriel windows and even the gabled windows have cupids Date: circa 1901

MADELEINE FORCE ASTOR (1893-1940). Second wife and widow of John Jacob Astor IV and survivor of the RMS Titanic. Photograph, c1912

US Army survivors of Custers Last Stand - horse and scout, Curley
Horse " Comanche" and Custers scout Curley, the only US Army survivors of the Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph

Lady Duff Gordon
The latest portrait of Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon who under the name of Lucile conducts two highly successful costumiers salons, one in London and the other in New York

Lady Duff Gordon
Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon, a leading designer better known by her professional name, Lucile. She was the proprietor of Lucile s, Hanover Square, famous for the emotional gown

Bomb damage. The scene in a street in East Ham, East London, typical of so many after an air raid

TITANIC: SURVIVOR, 1912. Sidney Stuart Collett, a survivor of RMS Titanic. Photographed 19 April 1912

TITANIC: HAROLD BRIDE. With his feet crushed and frostbitten, second wireless operator of the Titanic leaves
TITANIC: HAROLD BRIDE. With his feet crushed and frostbitten, second wireless operator of the " Titanic" leaves the " Carpathia."

Zulu war. At Bay. The Battle of Isandula (Isandhlwana), Janua
The last order we heard given was Fix bayonets, men, and die like English soldiers do, and so they did. Extract from a letter from a survivor

Footprints in sand
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Footprints across rippled sand. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

SHIPWRECKS, 1875. The wreck of the Deutschland, inspiration of Gerard Manley Hopkins poem. Line engraving, English, 1875

Survivors Of The Rms Titanic In One Of Her Collapsible Lifeboats, Just Before Being Picked Up By The Carpathia. Woman Are Sharing In The Rowing

Victoria Cross - Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson
Victoria Cross posthumously awarded to John Travers Cornwell (1900-1916) - for his gallantry at the Battle of Jutland. Cornwell was a Boy Seaman First Class on H.M.S Chester

MARGARET MOLLY BROWN (1867-1932). The Unsinkable Molly Brown. American socialite, philanthropist, activist and survivor of the Titanic

TITANIC: SURVIVORS, 1912. Survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, 1912

TITANIC: HAROLD BRIDE. Second wireless operator of the Titanic, effectively dealt with a man who tried to steal
TITANIC: HAROLD BRIDE. Second wireless operator of the " Titanic, " effectively dealt with a man who tried to steal the first-operators life belt

TITANIC: J. BRUCE ISMAY. Joseph Bruce Ismay (1862-1937), chairman and managing director of the White Star Line as well as a survivor of the White Star liner Titanic, which sank 14-15 April 1912

Hairy Woodpecker, winter survivor

Admiral Teddy Evans, (1881-1957), British naval officer and Antarctic explorer, 1916
Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1881-1957), known as Teddy Evans, was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer, 1916

TITANIC: LIFE-BOATS, 1912. Uncrowded life-boats of the Titanic, 1912
TITANIC: LIFE-BOATS, 1912. Uncrowded life-boats of the " Titanic, " 1912

Pyne - Chelsea Pensioner
CHELSEA PENSIONER A survivor of one of Englands periodic wars, he wears the traditional uniform of the military asylum at Chelsea

A hot air balloon
5616518 A hot air balloon; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a hot-air balloon assisting in the search of a man lost at sea by shinning a huge light into the night sky. Dated 19th Century)

Illustration depicting the survivors of the defence of Lucknow, India
3523055 Illustration depicting the survivors of the defence of Lucknow, India; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the survivors of the defence of Lucknow, India)

The crew of the Caister lifeboat rescuing a survivor from a fishing smack wrecked on the Barber Sand, 1850
3331031 The crew of the Caister lifeboat rescuing a survivor from a fishing smack wrecked on the Barber Sand, 1850; (add.info)

The Footprint on the Sand, from Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)
5614332 The Footprint on the Sand, from Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: The Footprint on the Sand, from Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe)

We cast off and moved away from the wreck
5614281 We cast off and moved away from the wreck; (add.info.: "We cast off and moved away from the wreck". Illustration from the novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss)

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

The crew of the Caister lifeboat rescuing a survivor from a fishing smack wrecked on the Barber Sand, 1850
3331016 The crew of the Caister lifeboat rescuing a survivor from a fishing smack wrecked on the Barber Sand, 1850; (add.info)

Ralph Farnham, 1860 (engraving)
1579492 Ralph Farnham, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of Ralph Farnham (1756-1860) One of The Battle of Bunker Hill survivors

The blowing up of H.M.S, Amphion by a German mine during World War One, from The History of the Great War, pub.c. 1919
3502831 The blowing up of H.M.S, Amphion by a German mine during World War One, from The History of the Great War, pub.c. 1919; (add.info.: The blowing up of H.M.S)

Presentation of Union Jacks to British Service Battalions in France after World War One
3058498 Presentation of Union Jacks to British Service Battalions in France after World War One, as a mark of royal recognition of their valour

A rare early 20th-century life preserver, worn by Mabel Francatelli as she escaped from R.M.S
1766609 A rare early 20th-century life preserver, worn by Mabel Francatelli as she escaped from R.M.S. Titanic and autographed by her and fellow survivors from lifeboat No. 1

Gunner McPhail, 107th Co. (Canadians), who escaped from Germans, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gunner McPhail, 107th Co. (Canadians), who escaped from Germans, between 1914 and c1915. Soldier at a Canadian base hospital in the Hotel du Golf, Le Touquet, France during World War I.

In Champagne: a surprise attack; While part of the group held back to clear the ground... 1917. Creator: Unknown
In Champagne: a surprise attack; While part of the group held back to clear the ground taken in the first wave, the forward line marched to the second enemy line whose survivors had surrendered

Bombardment of Vadelaincourt Hospital; The room where, on September 4, a surgeon... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Bombardment of Vadelaincourt Hospital; The room where, on September 4, a surgeon and wounded man being operated on were killed, and the head doctor wounded; the doctor standing in the background

At sea; Shipwreck survivors hoist themselves aboard the lifeboat, 1917. Creator: Unknown
At sea; Shipwreck survivors hoist themselves aboard the lifeboat, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

At sea; Amid the lifeboatds, rafts and swimmers, a French gunboat arrives... 1917. Creator: Unknown
At sea; Amid the lifeboatds, rafts and swimmers, a French gunboat arrives to collect the shipwreck survivors of the "Sontay", 1917

At Sea; After the "Sontay" was torpedoed on April 16, 1917, at noon: the last passenger... 1917
At Sea; After the "Sontay" was torpedoed on April 16, 1917, at noon: the last passengers board into lifeboats. The "Sontay" was going from Marseille to Salonika

Le torpillage du paquebot "Arabia"; un canot de passagers du paquebot-poste... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Le torpillage du paquebot "Arabia"; un canot de passagers du paquebot-poste anglais "Arabia", torpille par un sous-marin allemand. 6 novembre, 1916

A Shipwreck on the Coast of Norway;A Shipwreck on the Coast Near Bergen, 1831-1832. Creator: Johan Christian Dahl
A Shipwreck on the Coast of Norway;A Shipwreck on the Coast Near Bergen, 1831-1832

Don Juan and Haidee, 1839. Creator: Marcel Saunier
Don Juan and Haidee, 1839

Mentor and Telemachus, Having Survived the Storm, Are Spirited to the Island of Calypso... 1808
Mentor and Telemachus, Having Survived the Storm, Are Spirited to the Island of Calypso on a Mast, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 6, 1808

A Shipwreck, 1805/07. Creator: Charles Turner
A Shipwreck, 1805/07

Viola Surviving the Shipwreck off the Coast of Illyria, from “Twelfth Night”, c. 1776. Creator: George Romney
Viola Surviving the Shipwreck off the Coast of Illyria, from "Twelfth Night", c. 1776

What's left of Big Foot's band, 1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
What's left of Big Foot's band, 1891. Group of twelve Miniconjou (children and adults), many are looking away from camera, in a tepee camp, probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation

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"Survivor: Tales of Resilience and Triumph" In the midst of chaos, there are those who rise above, defying all odds to emerge as survivors. From the historic Battle of Trafalgar depicted in a captivating oil on canvas, where brave souls fought for their lives amidst raging seas and cannon fire, to the Sparrowes House in Ipswich, Suffolk - an ancient house that has stood strong through centuries of turmoil. Among these survivors is Madeleine Force Astor, whose life took a tragic turn when she became a widow after her husband John Jacob Astor IV perished aboard the ill-fated Titanic. Her strength and resilience carried her forward in life's uncertain journey. The US Army survivors of Custer's Last Stand stand tall as symbols of bravery against insurmountable odds. Curley, mounted on his horse with unwavering determination etched upon his face, embodies the spirit of survival against all expectations. As we delve into history's most infamous disaster at sea – the sinking sequence of the Titanic – we witness stories unfold that defy imagination. The haunting image captures ships battling treacherous storms on rocky coasts; a testament to human endurance even in nature's harshest elements. Lady Duff Gordon emerges from tragedy as both survivor and fashion icon. Her indomitable spirit shines through adversity as she rebuilds her life from ashes. Margaret Molly Brown earns her title "The Unsinkable" by surviving one of history's greatest maritime disasters. A socialite turned activist and philanthropist, she becomes an inspiration for generations to come. John Cornwell's portrait serves as a poignant reminder that survival knows no age limits or boundaries. His young face tells a story cut short but forever remembered. Amidst tales of survival lies The House They Left Behind Pub – a place where memories intertwine with resilience; reminding us that even amidst loss and devastation, life goes on.