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Mud volcanoes vent, Baku 1992Mud volcano vent, Baku peninsula, Azerbaijan, 1992
Sedimentary layer of rock shows the effects of drought. A layer of dried-out mud was overlain with darker sediment which filled the cracks - the whole was then compacted and changed to rock
A pot of Primula flowers and applesA Geman (from Munich) painting of a pot of Red Primula Polyanthus (Primrose) variety flowers, two shiny apples and a large broken walnut Date: 1904
Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 NovemberA double page spread in a young persons diary for 22-27 November. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Family and car in the desert, Middle EastA mother and her two children, together with grandparents, perch at the side of their car in the desert, somewhere in the Middle East
Shell Shock by George RansteadAn original pen & ink drawing illustrating a play on words. A young man with shell shock looks away in terror at a cracked hard boiled egg
Granite quarry, Aswan, EgyptGranite quarry, Aswan, unfinished obelisk, 41.75 m = 137 ft, 1152 tons, cracked. If it had remained whole, it would have been the largest obelisk ever raised. Photograph by Lionel Coates
Dorset CottagesA quiet byway of Corfe, Dorset, England, the village dominated by the ruins of its famous Castle, which can be seen in the background
England / BoshamBosham, near Chichester, Sussex, where King Canute tried (but failed!) to command the tide not to come in. A quaint corner of this old village, once a great sea port
Polar Bear / Olaus MagnusA couple of bears go fishing in the cracked ice
Music / Instruments / BellsThe Great Bell of the Kremlin, made in 1737 for the Tsarina Anna, but it cracked and was never used
Examining Leaning TowerA visitor examines one of the cracked pillars of the Leaning Tower of Pisa which has been bound with steel
Girl Bathes DollA girl bathes her doll in a cracked wash basin