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  • An angel rescues Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness. Etching by E. Rooker after C. Le Brun.
  • Rustam rescues Bihzan from the pit, watched by Manizeh. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1800.
  • Left, Perseus cuts off the head of Medusa; right, Perseus rescues Andromeda. Etching by T. Cook, 1808, after W. Hogarth.
  • Saint Vincent de Paul: he rescues a baby abandoned in the snow. Line engraving by P. Baquoy after N. A. Monsiaux.
  • A man representing the remedy Finidol rescues another man from the clutches of an octopus whose tentacles represent rheumatic and arthritic diseases. Colour lithograph after René Vincent.
  • A man representing the remedy Finidol rescues another man from the clutches of an octopus whose tentacles represent rheumatic and arthritic diseases. Colour lithograph after René Vincent.
  • An episode in 'Jack Sheppard' by W.H. Ainsworth: Owen Wood, on the river Thames in a stormy night, rescues the child Jack Sheppard. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1839.
  • Aeneas is standing with his father Anchises on his shoulders as he rescues him from the fire of Troy, and he receives the household gods from his wife, Creusa. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Dog rescue work.
  • Stray dog in a rescue centre.
  • Stray cats in a rescue centre.
  • We can only be there with your help / National Animal Rescue Association.
  • We can only be there with your help / National Animal Rescue Association.
  • Mountain rescue dog : 46 / Royal Mail Group Ltd. ; designed by Redpath.
  • Mountain rescue dog : 46 / Royal Mail Group Ltd. ; designed by Redpath.
  • Rescue of people from damaged buildings in civil defence. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.
  • Rescue of people from buildings damaged by explosion in civil defence. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.
  • Rescue of the immured in Carcassone, France. Etching by L. Flameng after J.P. Laurens.
  • Convent of Great St. Bernard, Switzerland/Italy: rescue dogs gathering outside around wounded travellers. Wood engraving.
  • A rescue dog brings back a little boy on his back to a hospice. Line engraving.
  • In darkest Africa, or, The Quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.
  • In darkest Africa, or, The Quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.
  • In darkest Africa, or, The Quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.
  • In darkest Africa, or, The Quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.
  • In darkest Africa, or, The Quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.
  • In darkest Africa, or, The Quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.
  • In darkest Africa, or, The Quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.
  • In darkest Africa, or, The Quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.
  • In darkest Africa, or, The Quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.
  • In darkest Africa, or, The Quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.