Alas Collection (page 2)

Town Houses 1795
Old houses lately standing at the south corner of Hosier Lane, Smithfield, London : examples of the plain gable style, but, alas, taken down in 1809

Orpheus Rescues Eurydice
Orpheus tries to rescue his wife Eurydice from the Underworld, but he mustn t look back as they go : at the last minute he turns to check shes still there... alas !

Senta Meets Dutchman
The fateful meeting of the Dutchman with Senta, Dalands daughter - alas, all will end tragically

R100 Mooring Tower
THE R.100 : mooring tower erected at Howden, Yorkshire, for R.100s projected transatlantic service, which alas never came into being due to the R.101 crash

Little Bo-Peep (Bell)
Foolishly, Bo-Peep has fallen asleep while she is supposed to be minding the sheep : in her dreams she hears them bleating but this, alas, is an illusion; they are lost

Bathed in Styx
Achilles is made invulnerable when his mother dips him in the river Styx : alas, she holds him by the heel which doesn t get wet leaving him less than 100% protected

Juillots LA Patrie
Juillots military airship flies successfully in August, but in November, alas, it will crash

9th Duke Marlborough
CHARLES SPENCER CHURCHILL, ninth duke of MARLBOROUGH, with his American bride Consuelo Vanderbilt : alas, their made-in-heaven marriage soon broke up

Aerial Bombardment
Alas, there are sure to be ill-disposed persons who will exploit flight for their own evil purposes, dropping bombs, for example, onto the unfortunate earthbound folk

Prize Winners Bookplate
A prizewinners bookplate issued by Wellington school to R Ls Mansel for winning the mathematics prize. Alas, we shall never which book it was once attached to

Napoleon III Strasbourg
Napoleon attempts a coup against Louis-Philippe at Strasbourg, counting on popular support for the Napoleonic idea, which alas fails to materialise

Marriott Project 1869
Marriotts aerial steam carriage, Avitor, was successfully tested in model form, but alas, no full-size version was constructed, this is an imaginary scene

Leturrs Birdman Project
Leturr cleverly solves the problem of getting airborne by releasing himself from a balloon : alas, his design is not so clever, and he plunges fatally to the ground

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