Marshes Collection

Fowling in the marshes. ca. 1400 BC. 18th Dynasty. Wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun where he appears with his wife Hatshepsut and son. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Painting. UNITED KINGDOM

Royal Victoria Dock
The Royal Victoria Dock, (1855 - 1981), at Plaistow Marshes, east London, was well known for its meat trade, especially with South America

Essex Union hunt. By Canewdon Church in the marshes by the River Crouch. Date: 1937

Giurgiu, Romania - Port Street
Port Street (Strada Portului) at Giurgiu - the capital city of Giurgiu County, Romania, in the Greater Wallachia. Situated amid mud-flats

Battle of the Scarpe, near Fampoux, France, WW1
A tank attached to the 51st Division embedded in the Scarpe Marshes near Fampoux, northern France, observed by a solitary soldier

Windmill on Walberswick Marshes - real photo postcard, unknown publisher

Kentish Marshes
A landscape painting of a broad sky comprising of large, white rolling clouds, over a countryside in the Kentish marshes in south-east England. Date: circa 1923

The Gippsland Lakes
A landscape oil painting of the Gippsland Lakes, a network of coastal lakes, marshes and lagoons in Victoria, Australia. The largest of them being Lake Wellington. Date: circa 1919

A Norwegian countryman encounters spirits of the dead in the marshes Date: 1879

Salt pans, Chatelaillon-Plage near La Rochelle
circa 1910s

Sheep graze Flookborough saltings, Morecambe Bay
Sheep grazing in the early morning light on the saltings on the coast near Flookborough, on the Cartmel Peninsula in Morecambe Bay, Cumbria Date: 1993

Defences of El Agheila, Libya, by G. H. Davis
Where Rommel planned to make his final stand in Libya during the Second World War: El Agheila and its formidable natural defences

Semi-tundra aerial, North Siberia. Helicopter view over frozen lakes in semi-tundra near river Taz; early spring; North Tumen region, Russia

Sutton Bridge
The unusual bridge over the salt marshes at Sutton Bridge, Linclnshire - a dual-purpose bridge combining road and rail. Date: built 1897

Coypu Trapping
Coypu (or Swamp Beaver ) trapping on the Suffolk marshes, England. South American rodents, introduced to Britain in 1929, before escaping and breeding wild. Date: 1960s

Untitled. Salt Marshes, Greatham 1970s Date: 1970s

Small marsh at Ndutu. part of Ngorongoro conservation area - Tanzania - Africa

Cottongrass sp. - a very typical plant in marshes of tundra (Eriophorum sp.). near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

River Taz with sand-shelves, old river beds & islands. Taiga-forest and marshes. Aerial, North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Nest of Black-tailed Godwit - one egg is hatching (Limosa limosa). marsh near river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia, Russia; spring

Black-tailed Godwit - nervous about intruders on his breeding territory on a typical marsh near river Bolshoi Ugan (Limosa limosa)

Dry salt marsh - surrounded by sand dunes - a typical scene in Central Karakum desert. Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Cottongrass sp. a very typical plant in marshes of tundra near Dikson (Eriophorum sp.). Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Taiga-forest and marshes near river Taz. North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Marsh marigold / Kingcup - flowering in flooded forest near river Taz (Caltha palustris ). North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia. (Ranu subspecies ?)

Onward roads to Rome by G. H. Davis
The onward roads to Rome: the terrain of spectacular advances during the Second World War. A panoramic map from the Liri Valley and Pontine Marshes, showing the main highways to Rome. Date: 1944

Japan - Mount Fuji viewed from Kashiwabara
Japan - Mount Fuji viewed from the marshes of Kashiwabara Date: 1907

The Trappers Last Shot

Cathedral of the Fens
The church at Terrington St. Clements, Norfolk, England, known as the Cathedral of the Fens (or Cathedral of the Marshes ). Date: Medieval

Serbian troops retreating near Scutari, WW1
Serbian troops crossing marshes near Scutari during their retreat, First World War. Date: 1914

Coscoroba Swans
Two Coscoroba swans, native to South America, where it lives close to wetlands and marshes. Regarded by some as a species of duck rather than swan. Date: 1960s

British troops draining marshes, Salonika Front, WW1
British troops belonging to a Labour Battalion, trying to prevent malaria by draining marshes at Danbabali on the Salonika Front during the First World War. Date: 1917

Eeling in Kent / 1930S
Eel spearers at work on the marshes at Reculver, Kent, England. By digging a pronged spear into the mud, skilled eel catchers catch as many as ten pounds of eels an hour. Date: 1930s

Mont Saint Michel, France - Sheep Grazing on salt meadows
Sheep grazing on the salt meadows around Mont Saint Michel (Les Pres Sales) and accordingly the meat of the lambs/sheep has a wonderful flavour to it

Bucolic country scene near Waveney, Suffolk
Cattle on the estuary marshes near Waveney, Suffolk. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Trawling for pike, Norfolk Broads, 1930s
A woman stands in a small rowing boat sculling and trawling for pike somewhere on the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s

Sunbeam motorcycle, Norfolk Broads, 1933
A chic young woman in shorts and beret stops outside some modern almshouses on the Norfolk Broads on her Sunbeam motorcycle

Plumstead, London
Distant view of Plumstead in south east London, showing a church, the marshes, and the Thames in the distance

The cemetery and racecourse at Hong Kong
A view of the Hong Kong racecourse, in very close proximity to the cemetery: The races took place last week in the Happy Valley

Gossip about Fairies 19
The Will o the wisp - the French feu follet - is a malicious sprite who lures unwary travellers to a muddy doom in bogs and marshes

Explosion at a rocket factory at Woolwich Arsenal. Rockets f
The explosion at a rocket factory at Woolwich Arsenal, as seen from Plumstead Marshes. The explosion occurred in the rocket storehouse, which was completely destroyed after the fire

Grendel & Victims
Grendel, a scaly monster from the marshes, with several unfortunate young Danish victims he has abducted by night from Heorot, the court of King Hrothgar

Salt Flats in France
A birds eye view of a salt production area in the marshes, showing the areas where the salt is cultivated to the boat that will export it

Monk of the Marshes
THE MONK OF THE MARSHES a huge and sinister figure seen by countryfolk who pass ponds in Berry, central France, at night Date: 1858

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