Abandoned Collection (page 6)

Ruined windmill - Madingley, Cambridge
Lovely photograph of a ruined windmill at Madingley, Cambridge Date: circa 1910s

Beaufort - Luxembourg - Castle ruins. The oldest part of the castle dates from the early 11th Century. It was a small square-shaped fortress on a massive rock

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

The Babes in the Wood by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

City of the Dead - North Ossetia
The large necropolis ( City of the Dead ) near the Ossetian settlement/village of Dargavs in the Caucasus region of North Ossetia (The Russian Repubic of North Ossetia) (14th century)

Dr Barnardos children migrating to Canada
A group of boys from one of Dr Barnardos homes onboard ship as they emigrate from Britain to Canada. Such emigration schemes aimed to give orphaned or abandoned children new lives in Canada

Rehabilitating Earth
EARTH REHABILITATORS CONSOLIDATED (Henry J Kostkos) Earth descendants on Saturn plan to restore abandoned Earth to its former glory Date: 1935

The Fish and the Ring
The abandoned baby is retrieved from the river

Danae Cast Adrift (1922)
Danae, daughter of Acrisius king of Argos, is impregnated by Zeus : perceiving her son Perseus as a threat, papa casts them adrift in a boat, but of course they survive

St Jose Calasanz
JOSE CALASANZ Y GASTON Spanish saint, founder of the order of Scholarum Piarum, also known as Scolopi : he devoted himself to the care of abandoned children in Rome Date: 1556 - 1648

Daphnis and Chloe (2)
A goatherd, Lamon, finds a male baby being suckled by one of his goats. He decides to rear the child, helped by his wife and goat, and names him Daphnis

British Ballad, The Twa Corbies
THE TWA CORBIES (Two Ravens or Two Crows) being a derivative of The Three Ravens with a cynical twist. A brave knight lies dead while the two scavengers (ravens)

British Ballad, The Children (Babes) In The Woods
THE CHILDREN IN THE WOODS (BABES IN THE WOODS) First published as a ballad by Thomas Millington in Norwich in 1595, telling the traditional childrens tale of two children in the care of their uncle

Abandoned equipment near Penyrorsedd, North Wales
A steam Blondin winder, abandoned above Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. There is a pile of broken slate in front of it

Slate roof, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales
Intricate patterning made from slate on the roof of an abandoned weighbridge building at Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Remains of a slate quarry, North Wales
The remains of a slate quarry in North Wales, with a mountain of slate waste, railway earthworks, retaining walls and walkways

Slate tiling, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales
Intricate patterning made from slate on an abandoned weighbridge building at Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Remains of Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of the remains of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales. The National Slate Museum is nearby

Panchal Mahal at Fatehpur Sikri, India
The five storey stepped Pavilion (Panchal Mahal) at Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India. The City was built by Mughal emperor Akbar in 1570

The Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti at Fatehpur Sikri, India
Details of the Marble lattice panels on the Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti at Fatehpur Sikri, India - one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in India

Diwan-i-Khas, Fatehpur Sikri, India
Diwan-i-Khas - Hall of Private Audience at Fatehpur Sikri in Uttar Pradesh, India. The historical city was built by Mughal emperor Akbar in 1570

Detail from a courtyard Pavilion at Fatehpur Sikri, India
Detail from a courtyard Pavilion at Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India. The City was built by Mughal emperor Akbar in 1570

German troops WWII
German pioneers advancing into an abandoned French village during World War II, checking for mines and preparing for motorised vehicles

Abandoned vehicles at Dunkirk WWII
Abandoned British vehicles at Dunkirk during World War II

The Aqudeuct and Castle at Ephesus, Turkey
Panoramic view of the Aqueduct and Castle at the site of the ancient city of Ephesus, Turkey

Ephesus - Turkey - The new excavations in 1899
New excavations in 1899 of the old Theatre at the site of the ancient city of Ephesus

The Market Place - Ephesus - Turkey
New excavations in 1899 of the Marketplace at the site of the ancient city of Ephesus

Children Play on Tank
Following the US pullout from Vietnam, children play on an abandoned American tank in a North Vietnam Street. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

An abandoned field gun in the track of the Austrian army, in Serbia

HMS Ark Royal listing to starboard, Second World War, 1941
Photograph showing the Royal Navy aircraft-carrier HMS Ark Royal listing heavily to starboard, after being torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea in November 1941

German Artillery Gun, Second World War, 1945
Photograph showing a wrecked German 88-mm anti-aircraft/anti-tank gun in Belgium, January 1945. This gun had been abandoned by the retreating German army after the Battle of the Bulge

New Year Foundling
The New Year is depicted as a foundling that has been abandoned by the Old Year

Franco-Prussian War. Petit Bicetre after the fight
Scene of ruined French houses, abandoned machinery and wagons after the battle at Petit Bicetre between the Prussian and the French armies

Captain James Fitzjamess Cabin aboard HMS Erebus, 1845
Engraving showing Captain James Fitzjamess cabin aboard HMS Erebus, pictured shortly before departure, 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror

Transporting Cleopatras Needle
Transportation of the obelisk down the Thames, at Westminister Bridge. The cylinder ship had to be abandoned in the Bay of Biscay due to the stormy conditions of the initial leg of the journey

British Troops examine a German Royal Tiger, France; Second
Photograph showing several British soldiers examining an abandoned German Royal Tiger tank, near Falaise, 1944. This heavy tank was reported to weigh 65 tons

Queen Victoria visiting HMS Resolute, Cowes, 1856
Engraving showing Queen Victoria of Great Britain boarding the Arctic exploration ship HMS Resolute in Cowes Harbour, 15th December 1856

Lost Child / Policeman
A little lost girl sits in the police station. She looks very small sitting on the bench which is used to holding criminal types

Lost Property Office 2 / 2
An employee of the New Scotland Yard Lost Property Office examines a childs toy wooden horse amid the myriad abandoned and forgotten items, from suitcases to a pair of antlers

Child Left at Convent
An inconvenient child is left at a convent door

Doll in the Snow
Three birds don t know what to make of this doll which is lying in the snow, abandoned or mislaid by its owner

Prince of Wales visiting the Great Eastern steam-ship
Engraving showing the Edward, Prince of Wales, visiting Isambard Kingdom Brunels Great Eastern steam-ship in 1865, prior to its voyage to lay the transatlantic cable

Game of chess by telegraph
A game of chess played between London and Portsmouth, through the electric telegraph of the South Western Railway on April 10th, 1845. Suggested by Mr

Testing the recovered Atlantic telegraph cable
Group of engineers testing the recovered 1865 Atlantic cable. The first attempt at laying a transatlantic cable had been in 1858

Genevieve Saved by Deer
Genevieve de Brabant, heroine of a popular French legend, is saved by a deer when she is abandoned in the forest

Abandoning Child, Paris
A working-class couple, unable to support their child, leave it at the Hospice des Enfants- Trouves (Hospice of found infants), Paris

Italians Enter Verona
The Italians enter Verona, now abandoned by the Austrians : the populace welcome their liberators with enthusiasm

Peschiera Abandoned
The Austrian forces abandon Peschiera to the Piedmontese. Date: circa August 1860

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