Bleak Collection

A Selection of Fish
An assortment of fish: 1. sharp-nosed eel, 2. blunt-nosed eel, 3. burbot, 4. lamprey, 5. lampern, 6. chub, 7. perch, 8. roach, 9. bream, 10. rudd, 11. Prussian carp, 12. Crucian carp, 13. tench, 14

H. M. Prison, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
A view of Peterhead Prison and the North Sea beyond, Aberdeenshire. The prison opened in 1888 and was Scotlands only convict prison

Victoria Tower on Castle Hill, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
View of the Victoria Tower on Castle Hill, overlooking Huddersfield, Yorkshire. The tower was opened in 1899 to commemorate Queen Victorias 60+ year reign. Date: 1940s

Free to Roam. Southbank, Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

The Sahara Desert, North west Africa - two camels stride across the sand, accompanied by their Bedouin owner. Date: circa 1915

East End Doss House, London
Exterior of a lodging house or doss house in the East End of London, probably Whitechapel. A man and a boy stand outside. A sign above the door reads BEDS 4d. Per Night FOR SINGLE MEN ONLY

Bleak House, Broadstairs, Kent, England. This building has great literary associations, for it was here that Charles Dickens lived and wrote " David Copperfield" etc

Achill Island, Ireland - Keel Strand
County Mayo, Republic of Ireland - Achill Island - Keel Strand Date: 1920s

The Morning Lady Dedlock is found dead by the gates of the cemetery in which Captain Hawdon lies buried

A Modern Shopping Precinct - Nicholsons Walk, Maidenhead, Berkshire Date: circa 1980s

Five views at Ulrome, near Driffield, East Yorkshire
Five views of the village and sands of Ulrome, near Driffield, East Yorkshire. Date: 1950s

The Ghosts Walk Said to be haunted by the wife of Sir Morbury Dedlock

Stretcher party crossing the Menin Road at Gheluvelt, by Gunner F J Mears, BEF, Royal Garrison Artillery (d. 1929). Date: 1914-1918

Man and boy, Timsgarry Post Office, Isle of Lewis
A man and a boy stand at the door of the rustic Timsgarry Post Office, Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

SOLAR PANELS 1929
Solar panels on the roof of a house will capture the suns heat during the summer and store it to heat the house in the bleak mid-winter. Date: 1929

Scottish People outside pub in Scotland
A very bleak Scottish town scene depicting a group of people outside the Commercial Hotel on the High Street in Invergordon, Scotland

Islay Combination Poorhouse, Bowmore, Argyllshire
The Islay Combination Poorhouse was established in around 1865 near Bowmore, Islay. It later became known as Gortanvogie House

The Long Drawing-Room
Sunset in the long Drawing- room at Chesney Wold Date: First published: 1852-53

Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada - CPR Yards, Grain Elevators
Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada - Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Yards, Grain Elevators. Date: circa 1907

A stone barn on a farm down a country lane in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is a misty December morning Date: 1991

Ingleborough, Yorkshire
Ingleborough hill in the Yorkshire Dales - seen from the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England Date: 1990

Blaenavon, South Wales, retired miner
A retired coal miner walks along the railway track with his mongrel dog at Blaenavon, South Wales. In the background is a redundant steam locomotive. First published in The Sunday Times in 1988. 1988

Sands and Bleak House, Broadstairs, Kent Date: circa 1910s

Bleak House, Broadstairs, Kent, which inspired Charles Dickens novel of the same name. Date: circa 1910

Ming Tombs, Nanjing, China. Date: circa 1890

Mourning Dress 1888
A windswept, forlorn young widow stands at the ship's railings - the white cliffs of Dover behind her. Fashionable mourning dress is courtesy of Maison Jays, Regent Street. 1888

Bleak House - spontaneous combustion, 1853
The rag-and-bone dealer Krook dies of spontaneous combustion. Date: 1853

Spontaneous combustion in Bleak House by Dickens
Rag and bone dealer Krook dies of spontaneous combustion in Bleak House by Charles Dickens Date: 1853

When Love was Lost and Life was Vain: Pierrot Forlorn. In the Autumn of Youth: " Fallen Leaves". Date: 1912

Common bleak, Alburnus alburnus (Cyprinus alburnus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Gudgeon, bleak, spirlin, minnow and Prussian carp
Danube gudgeon, Gobio gobio 1, bleak, Alburnus alburnus 2, spirlin, Alburnoides bipunctatus 3, minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus 4, and Prussian carp, Carassius gibelio 5

Emaciated horse in bleak winter landscape. Artist: Thomas Bewick

WInner at the Open Golf Championship, St Andrews
Scottish golfer James Braid putting for the match at the Open Golf Championships of 1910 Date: 1910

Dickens scrap - Old Mr Turveydrop, Peepy and Guppy
Charles Dickens scrap - Old Mr Turveydrop with Peepy and Guppy in the novel Bleak House, Chapter 50. 19th century

St Mary the Virgin Church, Friston, East Sussex
circa 1910s

Alburnus alburnus, or Common Bleak, a freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family. Date: 1865

Holborn Head Lighthouse, Scrabster, Caithness, Scotland, on a stormy day. Date: 2001

Lady in red coat lays bouquet on a grave, Kirkcudbright
On a cold, snowy winter day, a lady in red coat lays a bouquet of flowers on a grave in Kirkcudbright graveyard, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. Date: 2010

A stone barn on a farm in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales
Sheep graze on the winter grass around a stone barn on a farm in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales, England Date: 1991

Slad, Gloucstershire - field
An isolated line of trees near Slad, Gloucestershire, on a cold winter day Date: 1989

Stanley Mill, Gloucstershire
Stanley Mill, Stonehouse, Ryeford, Stroud Valley, Gloucstershire. The chimney smokes. In the foreground is a rookery Date: 1989

Ribble Valley, winter - 02
Remote hill farm barn in winter near Ingleborough, in the Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales. Snow is on the fields Date: 1990

Ribble Valley, winter - 01
Remote hill farm barn in winter near Ingleborough, in the Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales. Snow is on the fields Date: 1990

Wooden jetty, Arran, Scotland
Silhouette of a man walking towards the sea along a wooden jetty near Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran, Scotland.. Dark storm clouds above. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Old Dock House, Sharpness
Old Dock House at Sharpness Old Dock, Gloucestershire. Boat hulks are on the bank of the dock. These are the Purton Hulks, deliberately sunk in 1950s to protect the bank

Pensive couple Mstricht
A couple - he in military uniform coat and hat - walk deep in conversation along the cobbles on Corversplein beside the Meuse River in Mstricht. Pigeons fly overhead Date: 1989

Geese, Rutland Water
A flight of geese take off from Rutland Water in Leicestershire. They are silhouetted against a blank sky. A dead tree is in the foreground. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Coal spoil tips Staffs
man walking his dog in the early morning rain below the coal spoil tips Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Image first appeared in The Sunday Times Date: circa 1986

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