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Demise Collection

Background imageDemise Collection: Daily Mirror - loss of the Lusitania, WW1

Daily Mirror - loss of the Lusitania, WW1
The Daily Mirror breaking the news of Lusitania's demise, 8 May 1915, Torpedoed by German Pirate. Date: 1915

Background imageDemise Collection: God of Death. Teotihuacan culture. Sculpture. MEXICO

God of Death. Teotihuacan culture. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology. Proc: MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. Teotihuacᮮ

Background imageDemise Collection: ZANCHI, Antonio (1631-1722). Death in Venice. 1666

ZANCHI, Antonio (1631-1722). Death in Venice. 1666. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History)

Background imageDemise Collection: PINAZO CAMARLENCH, Ignacio (1849-1916). Child Death

PINAZO CAMARLENCH, Ignacio (1849-1916). Child Death, 1882. Modernism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Valencia. San Pio V Fine Arts Museum

Background imageDemise Collection: World War I. Tombs

World War I. Tombs
First World War (1914-1918). Tombs of war mates. Picture by Jean Lefort published in L'Illustration (25th November 1916). Drawing

Background imageDemise Collection: GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠'Untitled

GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠'Untitled
GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos頨1886-1945). Untitled. Expressionism. Oil on canvas

Background imageDemise Collection: Beau Brummell Satire

Beau Brummell Satire
BEAU BRUMMELL An impertinent young man notes the demise of the formerly famously handsome (but now fat) dandy, George Beau Brummell. Date: 1778 - 1840

Background imageDemise Collection: Bizerte, Tunisia - Crash (and death) of Captain Madon

Bizerte, Tunisia - Crash (and death) of Captain Madon
Bizerte, Tunisia - Crash (and death) of Georges Felix Madon (1892-1924), (the fourth ranked French ace pilot of the First World War) on 11th November 1924. Madon was born in Bizerte

Background imageDemise Collection: Handley Page HP137 Jestream G-AXUO of Air Wasteels

Handley Page HP137 Jestream G-AXUO of Air Wasteels
Handley Page HP137 Jestream, G-AXUO, of Air Wasteels, the first sale of a Jetstream following the demise of Handley Page

Background imageDemise Collection: ROGER, Eug讥(1807 - 1840). Charlemagne crossing

ROGER, Eug讥(1807 - 1840). Charlemagne crossing
ROGER, Eug讥 (1807 - 1840). Charlemagne crossing the Alps. 773. 1838. Right detail. Romanticism. Oil on canvas

Background imageDemise Collection: British Ballad, Sir James the Rose

British Ballad, Sir James the Rose
SIR JAMES THE ROSE. British broadside ballad, credited to Michael Bruce (1746-1767) telling the account of Sir James the Roses love for a lady named Matilda and their ultimate demise

Background imageDemise Collection: Herbert Hoover with his wife at their home in Washington

Herbert Hoover with his wife at their home in Washington
The Republican Partys candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Mr Herbert Hoover and his wife in the Washington House. Born in 1874 he was involved in the relief activities in World War I

Background imageDemise Collection: Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover
The successful candidate in the Presidential Election in America; Herbert Hoover the Republican Partys candidate for the Presidency

Background imageDemise Collection: Seaside Costumes 1896

Seaside Costumes 1896
The year that signalled the demise of big sleeves? Puffed & gigot sleeves, wide square revers, epaulettes, high collars, pleated blouse, open bodice fastened with bands

Background imageDemise Collection: Printing L illustration

Printing L illustration
L ILLUSTRATION : cross-section of the works at 12, rue Saint- Georges, Paris, where Frances most venerable illustrated magazine was produced until its demise during WW2


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