Desolate Collection

Mariner, Watersnakes
The Mariner, the dead albatross slung round his neck, watches the sea snakes and blesses them as living things in his desolate world

An Irish Donkey and Cart Bringing Home the Spuds - a boy is on a donkey and cart, laden with spuds, on a desolate road. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Winter sunrise over isolated cottage with Barn Owl
The weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. A landing barn owl has been added to the border framing the scene

Belgian Refugees, 1914
Belgian refugees flee from their desolate homes after the advance of the German army. Date: 1914

Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada - CPR Yards, Grain Elevators
Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada - Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Yards, Grain Elevators. Date: circa 1907

Ingleborough, Yorkshire
Ingleborough hill in the Yorkshire Dales - seen from the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England Date: 1990

Blaenavon, South Wales, retired miner
A retired coal miner walks along the railway track with his mongrel dog at Blaenavon, South Wales. In the background is a redundant steam locomotive. First published in The Sunday Times in 1988. 1988

Desolate
A landscape etching of some mountainous cliff faces, swathed in both shadow and sunlight. Date: circa 1919

Concrete German Gun Emplacement
An artwork showing a German gun enplacement stood in a rather desolate area. Date: circa 1918

Hawkesbury River, N. S. W
A landscape painting of Hawkesbury River, a 120km long tributary in Sydney, Australia, surrounded by somewhat desolate country views in this picture. Date: circa 1917

Landscape oil painting, much like a desolate wasteland. Date: circa 1928

The Triumph of Death, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (circa 1525?1569), Flemish Renaissance painter. The Triumph of Death. Oil on panel. Museo del Prado. Madrid. Spain. Date: 1562

Ribble Valley, winter - 02
Remote hill farm barn in winter near Ingleborough, in the Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales. Snow is on the fields Date: 1990

Ribble Valley, winter - 01
Remote hill farm barn in winter near Ingleborough, in the Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales. Snow is on the fields Date: 1990

Coal spoil tips Staffs
man walking his dog in the early morning rain below the coal spoil tips Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Image first appeared in The Sunday Times Date: circa 1986

A Co. Kerry Cabin in the Gap of Dunloe, Killarney - a view of a thatched cabin in a desolate location. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Kerry: Killarney). Date: circa early 1900s

Russo-Japanese War, Aftermath of an Offensive
The aftermath of the devastating 1904 Battle of Port Arthur in Manchuria (now north-eastern China). Date: February 1904

Telegraph lines crossing the Great Plains of America
Telegraph lines running alongside a railway track at a remote station on the Great Plains of America

Going to Market - a view of a lady and boy on a donkey cart on a desolate road. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

On the Road to Tranarossan, Co. Donegal - a view of two boys and donkeys and creels on a desolate road. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Tranarossan). Date: circa early 1900s

Two boys outside Brighter Homes
Two boys standing in the street outside the premises of Brighter Homes, depressingly boarded up, with broken windows above. Date: 1970s

Ruined Hall & Gates
The ruins of a grand house: Deserted is my own good hall Its hearth is desolate Wild weeds are gathering on the wall My dog howls at the gate Date: 19th century

Harlow New Town / Flats
A block of flats and a row of houses beyond a patch of waste ground in Harlow New Town, designed by the architect Frederick Gibberd Date: 1952

Big gun going forward across waterlogged battle zone, WW1
British soldiers moving a big gun forward across a waterlogged battle zone in Flanders in 1918 - demonstrating the famous mud and flooding of the Western Front. Date: 1918

Aftermath of Mino-Owari Earthquake
Bleak and devastated landscapes such as this made up most of the area hit by the 1891 Mino-Owari Earthquake. Date: 1891

Aberfan: the desolate village
The front page of The Illustrated London News, reporting on the Aberfan disaster. An aerial view of the path of destruction left by the rain-soaked coal tip that slipped 500 yards down

Girl looks longingly at her unobtainable hearts desire
A girl looks longingly and very sadly at her unobtainable hearts desire, sadly buried in a prickly thistle. Date: 1906

Alexander the Greats army crossing Baluchistan, 325BC
Alexander the Greats army crossing the inhospitable coastal desert of Baluchistan, Mekran, while vultures swarm over head. Date: 325BC

BLANES, Juan Manuel (1830-1901). The Paraguayan in her Desolate Mother Land. War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870)

Scotland / Loch Striven
A view of Loch Striven, a sea loch in Argyllshire, Scotland. This little-used road beside the loch ends abruptly after a few miles. Date: 1930s

Chinook, Montana - Third Street West
Montana - Chinook - Third Street West. A perfect encapsulation of the bleakness of the American midwest. Even today, the streets in this part of America have this deserted feel

Hebuterne 1917
A captured British tank in the village of Hebuterne on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917

Winter sunrise over isolated cottage
The weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Trones Wood 1916
Trones Wood after a snowstorm in November 1916. The Wood had become a desolate landscape, devastated by the constant barrage of shells

Trench near Martinpuich
The 8th Seaforth Highlanders hold a front line trench facing the village of Martinpuich

The Harbour and Boulevard Baku, Azerbaijan
A rather desolate scene of the harbour and boulevard of Baku, Azerbaijan

Dunwich, East Suffolk
A view of Dunwich in East Suffolk. Once a Saxon settlement, a Roman Station and a busy medieval town. Over the years it has gradually diappeared under the sea. Date: 1950s

Distant View of Pyramids
A distant view of the pyramids at Giza, showing the lush greenery of the Nile-irrigated fields in such close proximity to the barren desolate Sahara

Windmill in Landscape
A windmill in a picturesque but rather desolate landscape

Hut / Shackleton / Antarctic
The hut left by Ernest Shackleton at Cape Royds on Ross Island, Antarctica. Everything is just as it was left including hay for the ponies and meat for huskies

England / Dunwich
A view of Dunwich in East Suffolk. Once a Saxon settlement, a Roman Station and a busy medieval town. Over the years it has gradually diappeared under the sea

Female Type / Sailor Wife
A sailors wife stands looking out to sea for her husbands return on a grey, windy day

Snowy London
Eerie scene at 2.15 p.m. in London Westminster, showing one man attempting to catch a taxi during snowy, foggy weather

Flares over Trenches
Flares illuminate the desolate landscape in which the lines of trenches are like crevasses

Hadrians W / Sewingshields
The approach to Sewingshields milecastle along Hadrians Wall, 2km east of Housesteads fort. The wall, and southern vallum ditch system can clearly be seen

Brambletye, Sussex
The desolate ruins of Brambletye, Sussex, a fine Jacobean mansion allowed to crumble into dust

No Mans Land Wwi
British infantry advancing against the Forest of Houthouist heavily shelled by artillery

No Mans Land 1st Ww
Under great difficulties, British troops carry supplies over destroyed bridges on the Yeer Canal

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