Abandoned Collection

HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, 1845
Engraving showing HMS Erebus (left) and HMS Terror, pictured on the River Thames, 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror

Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror, 1845
Engraving of Captain Francis Crozier (1796-1848) of HMS Terror, pictured shortly before departing on the ill-fated Franklin Arctic expedition of 1845

Battle of Arras 1917
Scene on the newly captured Fampoux Road with a ditched tank and soldiers at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Girl on a Swing 1922
A young girl on a swing attached to a tree. Her reading book and hoop lie abandoned in the grass

Captain Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)
Engraving of Captain Sir John Franklin in his Royal Navy uniform, pictured shortly before departing on his ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845

Ulster 1914 - Patriotic Postcard
Patriotic Postcard from Ulster, 1914 depicting an Ulsterwoman with a gun, standing up for the British flag and her views as a Loyalist Unionist

Nobody Loves Me by George Studdy
A wet and bedraggled Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy, is found tied to a lamp post in the pouring rain and forgotten by a policeman with a torch

The Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by ice, Barro
Engraving showing the Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by pack ice in Barrows Straits, September 1849. These two ships were used by Sir James Clark Rosss Expedition of 1848-1849 to search

The End of Sir John Franklins Arctic Expedition, 1845
Engraving showing the end of Sir John Franklins ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845, entitled They Forged the last link with their lives. This engraving was taken from a painting by W

Tank abandoned in a field, end of WWI
A tank abandoned in a field during the First World War, with a notice attached to it written in French saying, among other things, that it is forbidden to go inside. circa 1921

Music Hall Song / Parcel
A burlesque ballad: who knows what a parcel may contain? An abandoned baby, a pawned overcoat, a strippers costume, a dog for drowning... Date: 1894

1867 Tory Seamanship
The Abandoned! or Tory Seamanship The Constitution lies wrecked and adrift. A comment on Disraelis Reform Act, which extended the franchise. Date: 1867

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Jack and Jill, showing Jill the cat in the window, watching the rest of the family drive off without her. Date: 1914

Syria - Maaloula - Ancient Hillside town. It is known as the last surviving place where Western Aramaic (Aramaic of Jesus) is still spoken. Date: 1910

New York Snow Scene
Parked vehicles, abandoned in deep snow during bad winter weather which has lasted for over 2 months. A costly headache for snow removers in New York, U.S.A. Date: 1960s

French poster of the occupation
Populations abandonnees, faites confiance au soldat allemand! World War Two propaganda poster of occupied France encouraging the abandoned population to have confidence in German soldiers

Abandoned rural branch line signal box, Worcestershire, England. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Fruit Picking Ladder
An abandoned ladder resting in an apple tree while a basket of freshly picked apples lies on the ground. 1906

Children Make a Wreath
Three little girls & their brother sit upon a quilt in the middle of the floor. The eldest girl has abandoned her knitting to make a floral wreath for the youngest. Date: circa 1870

Mary Celeste / Crew Aboard
The crew of the Dei Gratia board the abandoned vessel

Bottle oven Stoke
A man walks past a redundant pottery with its chimney and bottle oven in The Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Date: 1987

The perils of sitting on a freshly-painted park bench
A humorous postcard cataloguing in 6 frames, the perils of sitting on a freshly-painted park bench. A masher " the vacant seat

Bristol Aeronautical Corporation XLRQ-1 11652, the 2nd prototype amphibious assault transport glider at the Naval Air Material Centre (NAMC) Philadelphia

Wreck of old wooden fishing boat on banks of the River Dee
The wreck of an old wooden fishing boat at low water on the tidal banks of the River Dee at Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland

Agatha Christies abandoned motorcar, Surrey, 1926
Photograph showing the abandoned motorcar at the edge of a Surrey chalk pit, near Newlands Corner, which Agatha Christie had driven before disappearing on 3rd December 1926

Pilots Etienne Poulet and Jean Benoist Coudron G-4 airplane attempted flight Paris to Australia Oct 1919 but abandoned in Burma - French postcard Date: 1919

Morane-Saulnier MS. 406 C. 1 fighter
A damaged Morane-Saulnier MS.406 C.1 fighter, abandoned on a French airfield. Date: 1940

Morane-Saulnier MS. 406 C. 1 fighters
A pair of damaged Morane-Saulnier MS.406 C.1 fighters, abandoned on a French airfield. Date: 1940

SOMUA S35 cavalry tanks
SOMUA S35 French cavalry tanks, knocked out / abandoned on a French street. Date: 1940

Char B1 heavy tank with a Renault UE Chenillette
Captured Char B1 heavy tank and Renault UE Chenillette light tracked armoured carrier / prime mover, abandoned by German forces and being inspected by French civilians. Date: 1940

Bloch MB. 200
An abandoned Bloch MB.200, captured by German forces in a damaged hangar. Date: 1940

The Abandoned Wife and The Seducing Captain Date: 1781

Babes in the Wood - John Hassall
Illustration of the fairy-tale Babes in the wood. Babes in the Wood is a traditional English children's tale, as well as a popular pantomime subject

Syria. Dead Cities. Serjilla. Remains of the necropolis
Syria. Dead Cities. Serjilla. Ancient city founded ca. 473 AD and abandoned in 7th century AD. Remains of the necropolis. (Photo taken before the Syrian civil war). Date: 2011

Syria. Rueiha. Dead Cities. Northwest Syria. Roman Empire
Syria. Rueiha. Dead Cities or Forgotten Cities. Northwest Syria. Roman Empire to Byzantine Christianity. 1st to 7th century, abandoned between 8th-10th centuries. Unesco World Heritage Site

Last Voyage Explorer Adventurer Discovery North
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California Usa America American Death Valley
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The Roman army leaving London to go back to the City of Rome, where it was under attack. Date: 418 AD

BULGARIAN ATROCITIES
SERBIA Serbians, re-entering towns and villages abandoned by the retreating Bulgarians, find evidence of destruction, massacre & other atrocities Date: July 1913

Boeing VB-17G Flying Fortress N207EV Shady Lady (msn 32426, ex N809Z, ex 44-83785). This aircraft, registered as N809Z was operated by the CIA to drop scientists / agent on an abandoned Soviet

Comic postcard, Man with suitcase striding off to the sea, leaving wife and baby behind Date: 20th century

Abandoned farm buildings, Snowdonia, North Wales. Date: circa 1920s

Casal Rotondo tomb on the Appian Way, Rome, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Casal Rotondo is the largest tomb on the Appian Way, to the southeast of Rome, Italy. A small house has been constructed on top

Piano abandoned on a street in Paddington, London
A piano abandoned on a street in Paddington, West London. Date: circa 1950s

Abandoned, vandalised car, London
An old car abandoned at the side of a road in London, has been thoroughly vandalised. Date: circa 1960s

Abandoned butchers bike in Deptford bomb crater, London
An abandoned butchers bike lies in a crater in the road left by a bomb in Deptford, South-East London, WW2. Date: circa 1940s

World War II remains of a V2 German rocket site
Vintage World War II photograph - remains of a V2 German rocket launching site - rocket launcher mounted on a train. Hahnenberg Forest, Germany

The former Village School and Village Inn of West Tofts
Once the Village School and Village Inn ( The Horse Shoes ) of West Tofts, Lynford, Norfolk - the village became deserted when it was taken over by the British Army during the Second World War as

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