The Rescue by John Everett Millais

'The Rescue,’ is a scene from a fire in a modern town house, with a frantic mother seizing her two children from the arms of a fireman. This was painted in honor of brave firemen, and was a new departure, for the scene was completely modern, and the conception was entirely his own.

Millais hired a model to play the role of the sturdy fireman, whose chiselled physique was lumbered with the weight of three children: two on his back and one under his arm.
The Rescue by John Everett Millais