Burned Collection (page 2)

Papelotte Farm - Waterloo
Papelotte Farm is located on the Waterloo battlefield and formed part of the defence system of the Duke of Wellington on 18 June 1815

Jan Hus (1369-1415). Engraving. Colored
Jan Hus (1369-1415). Czech priest, philosopher and reformer. Engraving. Colored

Two Saints make shoes being tempted by the devil. Engraving

Fire at Pengwern Hall, St. Asaph, Wales - The Seat of Lord Mostyn. The treasures of the house (paintings and rare manuscripts) were for the most part saved the devastation

Reims Cathedral, France, after German bombing, WW1
Two views of Reims Cathedral, France, after bombing by the Germans during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Crystal Palace at Sydenham is destroyed by fire
The Crystal Palace at Sydenham is destroyed by a devastating fire on 30th November 1936. One of the 284ft water towers (designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)

The Burning of the Guillotine on the Place Voltaire; Paris C
Illustration showing the Communards burning a guillotine in the Place Voltaire, during the Paris Commune of 1871. The Communards burned or destroyed a number of symbols of power in Paris

Richmond, Va. Ruined buildings in the burned district. Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Date 1865

Ruins of a Palace at Oreanda in the Crimea built by Nicholas I in the mid 19th century. The Oreanda estate had been a favoured retreat for the Russian Royalty for many years prior to construction of

Nottingham / Castle Burns
Nottingham Castle is burned down during a riot by crowds supporting reform

Wartime damage in Valdobbriadene, Italy, WW1
Wartime damage by Austro-Hungarian troops to a row of shops (including a goldsmith s) in Valdobbriadene, province of Treviso, Italy, towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1918

France. Medieval stele, erected in 1960, in memory of the Cathars were burned as heretics in the 13th century, after the crusade by Pope Innocent III. Meadow of Burned (Camp dels Cremats). Montsegur

Two Saints make shoes being tempted by the devil. Colored woodcut

Jan Hus Burned at Stake
JAN HUS Jan Hus, Czech religious leader, is burned at the stake for heresy, despite his denials Date: 1372? - 1415

January. Goddess Vesta
Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth, home, and family, symbolized by the sacred fire that burned at her hearth and temples. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1903

The aftermath of fire at Sir Johns Frenchs home, Aldershot. Date: 1903

The Temporary London Bridge on fire on the night of 11th April 1758. Intended improvements to the main medieval stone bridge didnt go down too well with the ferrymen who made their living

Old St. Pauls Cathedral burns - The Great Fire of London
Old St. Pauls Cathedral burns during The Great Fire of London of 1666. Date: 1666

Reichstag building, Berlin, Germany
The Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, some time after it was ruined by fire. Date: circa 1940s

Jewish Beds Burned
A German soldier stands proudly by a bonfire of beds taken from Jewish homes - a symbolic gesture warning Jews that they will no longer be tolerated in Poland. Date: 1939/1940

Ariel 4, an ionospheric research satellite, was launched?
Ariel 4, an ionospheric research satellite, was launched on 11 December 1971 and burned up on 12 December 1978

Ariel 3 was the first satellite to be designed and const?
Ariel 3 was the first satellite to be designed and constructed in the UK. It was launched on 5 May 1967 and burned up on 14 December 1970

Damage to the Waterfront Buildings, Thessaloniki, Greece, possibly due to the Great Fire that raged between 18th-19th August 1917. Date: circa 1917

High Street and Memorial to William Hunter, Brentwood, Essex
The Martyrs Elm - planted on the spot where Protestant (Marian) Martyr William Hunter was incinerated in 1555 in Brentwood, Essex. Date: circa 1906

on train to Sin Taung - Kalaw
On train to Sin Taung - Kalaw - Water buffalo ploughing. Much of the upland type of farming is responsible for the prevalent erosion = jungle burned back, top soil farmed away in rice, corn

Ayuthaya Buddha - Thailand - A huge Buddha made of bronze which was once covered with a layer of gold. When the Burmese (Siams old enemies) captured Ayuthaya, they burned the gold off. Date: 1952

Fairy tale illustrations

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw in action
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

LFB fireboat Massey Shaw tackling a warehouse fire
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

A parody of the apparition seen by Emperor Wudi when he burn

Chicago, 1871

Richmond, Va. Chimneys standing in the burned district. Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Date 1865 April

Richmond, Va. General view of the burned district. Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Date 1865 April

Richmond, Va. View of the burned district and the Capitol across the Canal Basin. Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Date 1865

Leicester Great Fire, church destroyed
The most disastrous fire ever known in Leicester broke out on a Thursday evening in Queen Street, and a series of warehouses and large factories were destroyed

Kings Lynn Guildhall
The ancient Guildhall, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England. An earlier building burned down in 1421. The facade is a splendid white stone and black flint chequered effect. Date: built 1423

Poole Custom House
The Custom House, Poole, Dorset, England. It was the 3rd custom house to be built on this site, the 2nd one having burned down. Date: built 1813

Milton Abbey, Dorset, England founded by King Athelstan in the 10th century. The medieval church burned down in 1309 and rebuilding was had barely begun before the Dissolution

War damage, Haidar Pacha, Constantinople, WW1
Factories and a munitions train burnt out at Haidar Pacha, the western terminus of the Anatolian Railway, Constantinople, Turkey, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Trial by Fire, Sweden
A young woman undergoes the trial by fire : if she isn t burned, she is innocent... Date: 16th century

Socins Books Burned
Fausto Socin, Italian heretic living in Krakow, Poland, is dragged out of bed to watch his writings being burned in the street Date: circa 1600

Lear / Nonsense / The Cape
There was an Old Man of the Cape, who possessed a large Barbary ape, Till the ape one dark night, set the house all alight, which burned that Old Man of the Cape

Greek Church Burned
Fighting in Lithuania between insurgents and Russians : a Greek church near Novogroudek is destroyed as a symbol of oppression

Mementos of the attack
The burned-out remains of three German incendiary bombs following an attack on the Tyneside district on April 17th 1915

Hus Taken to the Stake
Hus, the Czech religious leader is taken to be burned at the stake for heresy

The Bude Lights in Trafalgar Square
Bude lights in Trafalgar Square, London. Patented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney in 1839, the Bude light introduced oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame

Bude light
A large Bude light in Trafalgar Square. Invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney and patented in 1839, the light worked by introducing oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame

Precedence Books Burn
Tsar Theodor (brother of Peter I the Great) burns the Books of Precedence

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