Decline Collection

Passenger Pigeon-Extinct
PASSENGER PIGEON (Ectopistes migratorius) Probably once the most numerous bird on Earth, the Pigeon became extinct in 1914

RMS Lusitania - propaganda medal, leaflet and other items
RMS Lusitania - Carlton ware model 6.5 inches, together with German propaganda medal, leaflet, and other items. The bronze German Lusitania medal was designed by Karl Goetz

SPAIN. Belchite. Ruins of the old town destroyed after the Battle of Belchite (1937)

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Two to One
During the war the Government chose to see sports betting as Entertainment and despite an early decline in gambling, options for punters like the football pools

DECLINE OF THE WEST / 1935
Melancholia A cartoon inspired by Oswald Spenglers 1922 work The Decline of the West. Date: 1935

BATTLE OF ROCROI During the Thirty Years War, Conde defeats the Spanish with heavy casualties, an event which marks the decline of Spanish military power Date: 19 May 1643

Information leaflet, Dr Williams pink pills for pale people
Information leaflet for Dr Williams pink pills for pale people. The patent medicine pills contained iron oxide and magnesium sulphate

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey - Constitution
The Sultan travelling to the Friday Prayers after the Proclamation of the Constitution in Constantinople, 1908. Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918)

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey
Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) oversaw a period of decline in the power and extent of the Empire, ruling from 31 August 1876 until he was deposed on 27 April 1909

Visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II to Turkey
The visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Viktoria to Constantinople. Pictured here with Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918)

Sack of Rome (410) led by Alaric I (ca. 370-410), King of the Visigoths (395-410), during the reign of Emperor Honorius. It was a decisive event in the decline of the Roman Empire. Colored engraving

Decline and fall in Royal Navy ships by G. H. Davis
The decline and fall in numbers of the Royal Navy: those scrapped or sold, and postwar construction for the fleet. Date: 1962

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey - Turkish Propaganda
Turkish propaganda card. Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) oversaw a period of decline in the power and extent of the Empire, ruling from 31 August 1876 until he was deposed on 27 April 1909

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey - Parliament
Opening of the Turkish Parliament - the Sultan arrives in his box and delivers the Royal Speech(back centre). There is a balcony on the upper right full of the diplomatic Corp

Edward Gibbon / Walker
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with a vignette of Rome below Date: 1737 - 1794

Edward Gibbon / Colosseum
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with a vignette of the Colosseum in Rome below Date: 1737 - 1794

Edward Gibbon / Sewell
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Date: 1737 - 1794

Edward Gibbon / Ridley
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Date: 1737 - 1794

Edward Gibbon / Blake
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Date: 1737 - 1794

Stork on the dole - falling birth rate in the 1920s
On the Dole! by David Wilson. Cartoon showing a stork feeling rather unemployed as he sits on a chimney pot above the roof tops of a snow covered town

BOUTTATS, Jacob (ca. 1660 - ca. 1718). The creation of the fish and the birds. ca. 1700. Series of twelve paintings on copper with passages of Genesis. Flemish art. Painting. SPAIN. NAVARRE

CAMAс, Juan L. (1795 - 1877). Soldiers playing cards, from army of Juan Manuel Rosas. Painting of 1852. Oil on wood. ARGENTINA. BUENOS AIRES. Buenos Aires

Nibelungenlied (Song of the Nibelungs). Epic poem in Middle High German composed around 1200. Illustration for text printend in 19thth century. Drawing. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

LENIN, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov (1870-1924). Russian theoretician and communist leader politician. Lenin at Razliv. 1934. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Russian Museum

Other Times, Other Manners by Bairnsfather
Other Times, Other Manners The decline of poetry and romance in war A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, in The Bystander Date: 1916

British and Soviet ships by G. H. Davis
The decline and fall in numbers of ships of the British Navy and the Soviet Fleet, by comparison, and somecosts involved in rebuilding our fleet. Date: 1962

Lorius domicella, purple-naped lory
Plate 16, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

VILADOMAT i MANALT, Antoni (1678-1755). The Winter. Left detail. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia

LEEUW, Alexis de (ca. 1848-1883). Winter scene with skaters on a river. ca. 1850. Oil on canvas

CHINA. Beijing. Painting

RUSSIA. Moscow. Kremlin. Kremlin. Domes at the sunset

Chambrod Castle. FRANCE. CENTRE. LOIR-ET-CHER. Chambord. Chambrod Castle. Renaissance art

Temple of Concord. ITALY. SICILY. Agrigento. Temple of Concord. Temple in Dorian style. Classical Greek art. Architecture

TURKEY. THRACE. ISTANBUL. Istanbul. Sultanahmet Square, Haghia Sophia and the Blue Mosque

RANNEY, William Tylee (1813-1857). The Scouting Party. 1851. American school. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum of Art

UZBEKISTAN. BUKHARA. Bukhara. Minaret and Kalyan Mosque

Satirical cartoon, Descent of the Great Balloon
Satirical political cartoon, Descent of the Great Balloon, showing ten politicians travelling in a hot-air balloon. Speech bubbles show the mens concerns about the rapid descent of the balloon

The Restoration of the Constitution
A patriotic postcard celebrating the Constitution of July 1908. Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) oversaw a period of decline in the power and extent of the Empire

Visit of German Kaiser to Turkey
The Visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II to Turkey for an official state meeting with Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918). They are visiting the German School at Constantinople

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey and Crete
In this cartoon postcard, John Bull, and personifications of France, Austria, Germany, Italy and Russia watch on, as Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) wields a knife in a dispute over Crete

Turkey - Visit of ther Kaiser Wilhelm II
The visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II (with his wife Augusta Viktoria) to meet with the Turkish Sultan, Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918)

Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond on Thames
The Star and Garter Hotel at Richmond on Thames, Surrey, at the time when it was up for sale. Towards the end of the 19th century the hotel suffered a gradual decline in business

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Attacking with fixed bayonets
Italian troops counter-attacking with fixed bayonets. The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

Edward Gibbon
EDWARD GIBBON author of The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire with his autograph

Battle of Rocroi 1643
BATTLE OF ROCROI Conde defeats the Spanish with heavy casualties, an event which marks the decline of Spanish military power

Yoritomo, First Shogun
The decline of the Imperial court during the Fujiwara era leads to the rise of the Minamoto clan, Yoritomo establishing himself as the first Shogun (generalissimo)

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