Distant Collection

Woolwich Barracks
Distant view of the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich, south-east London

England / Blenheim Palace
Distant view from the north, seen from across the lake

York / Minster / Distant
York and its Minster: distant view Date: 1908

Scotland / Ben Nevis
Tourists in a motorcycle and sidecar take in this fine view of the distant peak of Ben Nevis, Britains highest mountain, from the Road to the Isles, Inverness-shire

Italy / San Gimignano 1910
San Gimignano: distant view, showing the many towers

La Rocco Tower, Saint Ouens Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands
Distant view of La Rocco Tower, Saint Ouens Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands, dating back to the late 18th century. Date: circa 1970s

Portora High School, Enniskillen - a distant view of the school with a lake and rowing boats in the foreground. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Fermanagh; Enniskillen). Date: circa early 1900s

Brazil / Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro: distant view, with Sugar Loaf Mountain

Gaziantep, Syria
Distant view of the town, formerly known as Ain Tab, near Halab (Aleppo)

Sorting Post 1930S
One of the hundreds of groups of auxiliaries at the General Post Office (GPO), dispatching parcels to distant colonies during the usual Christmas postal rush

Coventry / Jarrold 1905
Coventry, Warwickshire: a distant view of the city

Deal Bandstand
The bandstand during a performance, and a distant glimpse of the pier at Deal, Kent

Kenilworth Castle
A distant view from the southwest of the ruins of Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, whose owners included Simon de Montfort and John of Gaunt

Ufos / Adamski
Cigar-shaped Venusian interplanetary carrier photographed through a 6" telescope over Palomar Gardens, California; it was 50 km distant at the time

Gilbert White / Selborne
GILBERT WHITE OF SELBORNE Distant view of the birthplace and home of the naturalist, at Selborne, Hampshire

Bovril Poster Suggestion
A poster sketch suggested for an advertisement for Bovril, it shows a mermaid waving to some distant sailors, perched on a giant floating Bovril jar. Buoys you up. Date: circa 1922

Master of the Asteroid, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
MASTER OF THE ASTEROID - A stranded astronaut is honoured as a god when he crashes on a distant planet

Bellahill House, Carrickfergus - a distant view of a large mansion, taken from the grounds. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Carrickfergus). Date: circa early 1900s

Golf Hotel and West Strand, Portrush - a view showing the hotel on the right and the beach and distant buildings. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Portrush). Date: circa early 1900s

Fife and Kinross Asylum, Cupar, Fife
A distant view of the Fife and Kinross Asylum, Cupar. What appear to be inmates can be seen on the grass and pathway. Date: circa 1904

Burton on Trent
Distant view of Burton-upon- Trent, Staffordshire, justly famed for its breweries

Cover design for Dutch Dolls Polka, a song by May Ostlere, published by Enoch & Sons, London. Arrangements are also available for orchestra, instrumental septet, and military and brass bands

Saudi Arabia Al Wajh
Distant view of the port on the Red Sea

St James Park 1794
A striking view of the park as seen from Buckingham House : Whitehall and Trafalgar Square are inconspicuous, the City a distant prospect, the Mall a delightful place for strolling

Paris / Eiffel Tower C1908
Looking through the legs of the Tower to the distant Trocadero on the far side of the Seine

Kew Gardens, with Pagoda
A View of the Lake & Island seen from the Lawn with a distant prospect of the Temples of Arethusa and Victory, & the great Pagoda in the Royal Gardens at Kew

Holyrood Palace & Abbey
A distant view of the Palace of Holyrood House and Holyrood Abbey, seen from St. Anthonys Chapel in Queens Park, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Londonderry / C1910
Londonderry: distant view Date: circa 1910

Israel Mount Tabor
Distant view of the mountain, the location of many interesting Biblical events. Date: 1836

New Zealand / Dunedin
Dunedin: distant view

Switzerland - Pfaffikon and the Seestrasse
Switzerland - Seestrasse, Pfaffikon and view toward the Pfaffikersee Lake. Date: circa 1920s

Scrabo Tower from Comber - a distant view of the tower across the Lough. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Comber). Date: circa early 1900s

England / Charlbury
A distant glimpse of the church and village of Charlbury, Oxfordshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Ditchingham Hall
Distant view of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk

Burghley House
Distant view of Burghley (or Burleigh) House, Cambridgeshire

USA Fort Bowie
Distant view of Fort Bowie, Arizona, in the heart of Apache country and scene of fighting with Native Americans

Hamadan, Iran
Distant view of Hamadan (formerly Ecbatana) and the ruins of the palace of Darius

Antakya (Antioch)
Distant view of the city, formerly known as Antioch

Belgium / Antwerp C1700
Antwerp: distant view

Syria / Damascus 1846
Damascus: distant view

Ventnor I. O. W
Distant view from the cliffs

Distant view of Jerusalem
A distant view of the city of Jerusalem

SCARBOROUGH / TURNER 1812
Scarborough, Yorkshire: distant view of the castle, from the beach Date: circa 1812

WW2 Greetings Card, Speed The Plough
A WW2 greetings card, Speed The Plough, the illustration shows a distant wartime land girl ploughing a field on a small red tractor. Date: circa 1940s

Buckfast Abbey and Village, Dartmoor, Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Oddington House, near Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire
Distant view of Oddington House across a pond, near Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire Date: 1930s

Modernist House, Surrey
This photograph shows a large field of grass surrounding the distant modernist house, in Surrey, designed in 1937 by the architect Raymond McGrath

Smuggler's Way, Highcliffe
A photograph showing a distant view of Smuggler's Way, the building of this house began in 1925, but through use of old materials, including oak, bricks and tiles from ancient barns

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