Dead Collection (page 30)

Britannia mourns the death of Queen Victoria
Front-cover of The Sphere showing Britannia mourning the loss of Queen Victoria who died on the 22nd January 1901. Date: 1901

King Carol I of Romania lying in state
King Carol I of Romania (1839-1914) lying in state. Date: October 1914

Heads of captured Greek bandits
A gruesome engraving showing the severed heads of seven Greek captured bandits nailed to a wall. 1870s

Elephants feet and trunk as furniture items displayed in the Mysore Court, Indian Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1924 Date: 1924

Ned Kelly kills Police Officer Lonigan
While the Kelly gang were in hiding, the police launched a mission to find them, setting up camp at Stringbark, near where they suspected the gang were staying

Victims of the R101 airship disaster
A holocaust of air experts: victims of the R101 disaster. The British R101 airship crashed near Beauvais in France, on its maiden voyage to Egypt and India, on 5th October 1930

Seychelles Scouts on Armistice Day
Scouts on Armistice Day, laying a poppy wreath at the foot of the monument erected in Mont Fleury Cemetery in memory of the dead members of the Seychelles Labour Battalion. circa 1920s-30s

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)

German troops on a road, Western Front, WW1
German troops on a road somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Two dead horses are lying to the left of the road, and gun carriages and ammunition are scattered around

Little Snow White, mourned by the seven dwarfs, is about to be brought back to life by the handsome prince. early 20th century

Two Caribou with locked antlers
On occasion, two caribou stags when fighting become so interlocked they are unable to seperate - consequently both animals perish

Thumbelina finds a Swallow by the Moles tunnel
Thumbelina finds a Swallow lying apparently dead at the entrance to the Moles tunnel. She wraps him in cotton wool, and the warmth brings him back to life

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)

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Fool - donkey
What makes your ears so long ?. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a fool, from a dead goose, via a donkey

Double page spread in a diary for 12-17 August
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 12-17 August. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Red Cross workers on World War One battlefield
A hand painted lantern slide depicting Red Cross workers on a World War One battlefield at night, looking for survivors after a battle

The Praslin Tragedy
A floor plan and view of the front garden of the Hotel Sebastiani, Paris, where the Duchess of Praslin was found dead in her bedchamber in suspicious circumstances

Dead Sequoia Tree in California, 1877
Engraving showing three men on horseback next to a fallen giant sequoia tree, California, 1877. This particular tree, it seems, was hollow enough for a man to ride through on horseback

The solution to the Turkish Question
French cartoon - the solution to the Turkish Question. A huge fist falls on the Sultans head

Dead Christmas Turkey
A dead turkey hanging upside down in the kitchen pantry, plucked and ready for Christmas. Other items on the shelves include Christmas pudding and sausages, etc

Dead Jesus (Klinger)
The dead Jesus, down from the Cross, is mourned by his surviving relatives - his mother Mary and his brother James

Dead Sea & Jericho C1840
View of the Dead Sea, Jericho and the mouth of the River Jordan

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