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Ominous Collection

Background imageOminous Collection: Mountains / Cir Mhor

Mountains / Cir Mhor
A dramatic impression of the mountains of Cir Mhor and Goatfell (behind), on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Background imageOminous Collection: Skull and Crossbones - Inverted

Skull and Crossbones - Inverted
The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ships crew as pirates. The flag most usually identified as the Jolly Roger today is the skull and crossbones

Background imageOminous Collection: Skull and Crossbones

Skull and Crossbones
The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ships crew as pirates. The flag most usually identified as the Jolly Roger today is the skull and crossbones

Background imageOminous Collection: Black Swan

Black Swan
A very stylised airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith depicting a mysterious-looking Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) serenly swimming across dark, still waters, dark

Background imageOminous Collection: Tractor Ploughing

Tractor Ploughing
A tractor ploughing over autumn stubble beneath ominous electricity grid pylons on a farm in Suffolk, England

Background imageOminous Collection: Wartime Railway Signals

Wartime Railway Signals
A photograph of some ominous wartime railway signals, leaping out of the darkness. Date: circa 1944

Background imageOminous Collection: Sir Redmond Barry's Old House

Sir Redmond Barry's Old House
An etching of an ominous road, leading to the former home of Sir Redmond Barry, a colonial Judge in Victoria and inaugural Chancellor of the University of Melbourne

Background imageOminous Collection: A Winter's Evening

A Winter's Evening
A Pastel landscape with an unclear, ominous looking figure in the centre. Date: circa 1929

Background imageOminous Collection: Hanging Man

Hanging Man
An ominous Pastel artwork of a dark and gloomy landscape, the focus is drawn to the lone figure of a man left to hang. Date: circa 1929

Background imageOminous Collection: The Well

The Well
Painting of a well at the base of an ominous tree amidst a simple town. Date: circa 1929

Background imageOminous Collection: Original Artwork - Woman in red dress surprised by mouse

Original Artwork - Woman in red dress surprised by mouse
Original Artwork - A woman in a wide-skirted red dress surprised by a little black mouse. The candle casts a large and ominous black shadow on the wall behind her. Date: circa 1937

Background imageOminous Collection: Subsidence of Waterloo Bridge by G. H. Davis 1924

Subsidence of Waterloo Bridge by G. H. Davis 1924
Subsidence of Waterloo Bridge. Date: 1924

Background imageOminous Collection: Bacino San Marco - Venice, Italy - Atmospheric Photograph

Bacino San Marco - Venice, Italy - Atmospheric Photograph. Date: circa 1908

Background imageOminous Collection: Storm Clouds at Sea

Storm Clouds at Sea
Ominous storm clouds at sea, shortly before a rainstorm. Date: 1950s

Background imageOminous Collection: The War Office, WW1

The War Office, WW1
A view from the top of the War Office, down Whitehall towards Westminster, looking suitably ominous in September 1914 with the Great War underway

Background imageOminous Collection: WW1 era - Comic Postcard - On Neutral Ground

WW1 era - Comic Postcard - On Neutral Ground - a young boy stands with flag aloft, surrounded by his defenders as the ominous spectre of Nanny approaches... Date: circa 1916

Background imageOminous Collection: A London Coffee Stall at 2am

A London Coffee Stall at 2am
A fantastic atmospheric scene of a London Coffee Stall, taken at 2am. Date: 1910

Background imageOminous Collection: The Houses of Parliament at Night - London, England

The Houses of Parliament at Night - London, England Date: 1910

Background imageOminous Collection: Trafalgar Square, London at 2am - Silhouette of a Policeman

Trafalgar Square, London at 2am - Silhouette of a Policeman standing patiently on the pavement Date: circa 1910

Background imageOminous Collection: Apparition in Spain, 1704

Apparition in Spain, 1704
During the War of the Spanish Succession, a combat between two warriors is seen in the skies, the victor proclaiming I will rule, the loser I have ruled. Very ominous... Date: 1704

Background imageOminous Collection: Altersee Regatta

Altersee Regatta
Ominous clouds looming over the Altersee Regatta, Austria. Date: 1930s

Background imageOminous Collection: The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm - ominous clouds and the start of a rain storm over an English cathedral city. Date: 1960s

Background imageOminous Collection: U-Boat Sinks Three

U-Boat Sinks Three
German U-boats sink three British warships during the first weeks of World War One, an ominous start to the war : U-9 was credited with sinking all three, but had help

Background imageOminous Collection: WW1 / 1915 / DARDANELLES

WW1 / 1915 / DARDANELLES
As the Allies approach the Dardanelles, the Germans and Turks wait to crush them

Background imageOminous Collection: Birth of Guillemette

Birth of Guillemette
The birth of Guillemette Babin, future witch, is accompanied by ominous signs, which the wise women of the village interpret as portents of an unusual destiny


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