Doomed Collection

Poster - White Star Line liners RMS Titanic and RMS Olympic
Poster for the White Star Line luxury liners RMS Titanic (which tragically sank after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage on April 15, 1912) and RMS Olympic. Date: circa 1912

Daniel and Belshazzar
At a feast given by Belshazzar, king of Babylon, mysterious writing appears on the wall : only Daniel is able to interpret it as a warning that Belshazzar is doomed

Richard III on Horse
KING RICHARD III OF ENGLAND depicted at the fatal battle of Bosworth Field - a splendidly stylised depiction showing the doomed monarch desperate yet determined

BOADICEA (-62)
Boadicea (variously spelt, eg Boudicca), Queen of the Iceni, wife of Prasutagus. Leader of a vigorous but doomed revolt against the Roman occupation of Britain. Date: - 62

R101 at Cardington, Bedford
The R101 Airship, riding at her home mast at Cardington, Bedford, seen behind the two massive Airship Hangars. R101 was a British rigid airship completed in 1929 as part of the Imperial Airship

Boadicea leading Iceni revolt by Fortunino Matania
Boadicea (variously spelt, eg Boudicca), Queen of the Iceni, wife of Prasutagus. Leader of a vigorous but doomed revolt against the Roman occupation of Britain pictured with her daughters in full

Cartoon, Miss Harriett Vernon in The P)rince of Japs
Cartoon, Miss Harriett Vernon (1858-1923), English actress and singer, as Cammpi in The Japs, or The Doomed Daimio, a burlesque by Harry Paulton and Mostyn Teddea. 1885

Launch of the Titanic
Launch of the ill fated Titanic -- at the time the largest vessel in the world

Pan American Boeing 314 - Yankee Clipper, USA
Pan American Boeing 314 - Yankee Clipper - USA. IN service 1939-1943 - crashed in Portugal when coming in to dock when the wing hit the sea when turning. Of the 39 people on board, 24 died

Lady Jane Grey becomes Queen, on 10 July 1553 Date: 1553

Scenes from The Doomed Battalion directed by Cyril Gardner. The film dramatised alpine fighting between Austrian and Italian forces during World War I. Date: 1932

Doctor Faustus conjuring Mephistopheles Date: 1929

AMERICAN TOBACCO GROWER
An American tobacco grower sits leaning on a barrel of the tobacco which will be sent away to poison the lives of millions of wretched victims doomed to a miserable death Date: 1871

French royal family are brought back from Varennes
During the French Revolution, the French royal family are brought back to Paris from Varennes, after their unsuccessful attempt to escape the country. Date: 22 June 1791

Vicar captured by Cannibals
Shakespeare Up to Date ! Quote from Pericles - Act IV. Sc. 2: " If you require a little space for prayer, I grant it

Francois Coli - French Navigator
Francois Coli (1881-1927) - French pilot and navigator - lost in 1927 with Charles Nungesser during their doomed attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean

Preraphaelite Model
The quintessential preraphaelite model - here depicting the Lady of Shallott, but she could pose for countless other Victorian femmes fatales or doomed. Date: 1866

Relics of ill-fated Franklin polar expedition
Relics of the ill-fated Franklin polar expedition, found by searchers. Date: 1845

Reynaud Projecting Zootrope
Reynauds Projecting Zootrope, a very sophisticated device, but also, doomed to be made obsolete by the praxinoscope and even more so by the first cinematograph projects. Date: 1890

WW1 - Zeppelin downed over Potters Bar
WW1 - An illustration depicting the four stages of a Zeppelin raider bursting into flames, and its fall through the starry night sky over Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England

Izmir, Turkey - Great Fire
Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir, but the Greek expedition towards central Anatolia turned into a disaster for both that country

Murat to Corsica
Joachim Murat switches sides on news of Napoleons return from Elba, sailing to Corsica in a doomed effort to establish Italian independence

Rats Leaving a Ship
Rats are said to leave a doomed ship

Adam&eve Doomed to Work
condemned to toil:Adam to delve and Eve to spin

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