Desolation Collection

Canvey Island Flooded
An aerial photograph taken over South Benfleet, looking in a south-westerly direction over Canvey Island: the desolation caused by floods

Wembley Stadium / 1950S
An atmospheric view of Wembley Stadium, setting for the 1948 Olympic Games

Battle of Passchendale
60 pounder guns in action near Langemarck, Belgium in the first Battle of Passchendale during World War I on 12th October 1917

Winter sunrise over isolated cottage with Barn Owl
The weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. A landing barn owl has been added to the border framing the scene

Ingleborough, Yorkshire
Ingleborough hill in the Yorkshire Dales - seen from the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England Date: 1990

Blaenavon, South Wales, retired miner
A retired coal miner walks along the railway track with his mongrel dog at Blaenavon, South Wales. In the background is a redundant steam locomotive. First published in The Sunday Times in 1988. 1988

When Love was Lost and Life was Vain: Pierrot Forlorn. In the Autumn of Youth: " Fallen Leaves". Date: 1912

INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE
The Valley of Desolation Factories and mines light up the countryside with a dark Satanic glow Date: circa 1895

Ribble Valley, winter - 02
Remote hill farm barn in winter near Ingleborough, in the Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales. Snow is on the fields Date: 1990

Ribble Valley, winter - 01
Remote hill farm barn in winter near Ingleborough, in the Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales. Snow is on the fields Date: 1990

Desolation at sea-port Dikson, Arctic Russia. Summer, August. Broken and abandoned ships and rubbish everywhere in what use to be one of the major ports in Russian Arctic ocean coast (Kara sea)

No Mans Land 1914
No Mans Land seen from the trenches of the 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers, 7th Division, looking towards La Boutillerie during the first battle of Ypres on the Western Front in France during World War I

Belgian Refugees - WW1
Belgian refugees fleeing their homes following the German Army advance into Belgium rest by the roadside. Date: 1914

River Syilva / Sylva passing through Syilva / Sylva village, one of oldest Russian settlements in Siberia (now in a state of desolation). Ural Mountains, near Ekaterinburg, Russia; late summer

Travelling across the Sahara, Egypt - Camel Date: circa 1910

Girl looks longingly at her unobtainable hearts desire
A girl looks longingly and very sadly at her unobtainable hearts desire, sadly buried in a prickly thistle. Date: 1906

Belgium - WWI - Remains of The Druid tank on the St Julien Poelcapelle Road Date: circa 1917

Italy / 775 / Pavia Siege
The siege of Pavia seen from the ramparts Date: 775

Explosion at Faversham
The remains of a gun cotton or gun powder mill at Favershams Marsh Works, Kent, which was destroyed in a violent explosion in 1847. The blast was so strong that it was heard 17 miles away

Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island
Sketches from HMS Challenger, by Mr J. J. Wild, the artist attached to the scientific staff on board the vessel : Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island(also known as Desolation Island)

French infantry WWI
French infantry regiment moving in Bois-Sabot, Marne during World War I

Chinook, Montana - Third Street West
Montana - Chinook - Third Street West. A perfect encapsulation of the bleakness of the American midwest. Even today, the streets in this part of America have this deserted feel

Battle of Armentieres 1918
Captured English positions at the Battle of Armentieres on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1918

Hebuterne 1917
A captured British tank in the village of Hebuterne on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917

Nature recovers 1917
Passchendale recovers just months after being a scene of grim desolation showing just how resilient nature can be in France on the British front during World War I in November 1917

Winter sunrise over isolated cottage
The weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

The Harbour and Boulevard Baku, Azerbaijan
A rather desolate scene of the harbour and boulevard of Baku, Azerbaijan

Ruins of a tomb in the Iraqi Desert
The ruins of a tomb in the Iraqi desert - labelled as Esthers Tomb but very unlike the site now associated with Esthers Tomb at Hamadan in Iran

Roofless cabin during evictions in Ireland
Rear view of a couple of gentlemen and two grieving women near the cabin of Pat MacNamara which has been tumbled by levellers

Saracens in Sicily
Saracens from the east ravage Sicily, spreading fire and desolation as they go

Destruction in Town
South Vietnam, Quang Tri: The destruction of war is only too evident; discarded helmets sinking in the muddy water, fallen trees and burnt out stalls and shelters

San Francisco Quake 14
Standing amid the desolation, two ladies contemplate the prospect at the corner of Ellis and Powell streets

Devastated Battlefield
The Wasteland: The aftermath of a battle, showing the havoc wreaked upon nature by warfare

Mr Guppys Desolation
Mr. Guppys Desolation Mr Guppy stands gazing up at Ester Summerson in the box

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