Drifting Collection

Peacock Lagoon
And fishes of emerald, Dive for the moon, Whose silver is stained By the peacock lagoon. (Humbert Wolfe) An elegant lady reclines in a boat, drifting on a calm lagoon

Buchanan Installed
James Buchanan takes the oath of office as president : though a brilliant lawyer, he will not be able to prevent the nation drifting into civil war

Happy Schoolboy Days
Satire on the compulsory education act. Those not attending school are now committing a criminal offence. A truant is put in chains by 2 school board policemen

Mary Celeste / Fosdyk 1872
ABEL FOSDYKs STORY All the crew, except Fosdyk, are eaten by sharks : he survives on drifting wreckage of the fallen quarter-deck (almost certainly a hoax)

Happy Landings! WW2
This illustration shows a British WW2 parachutist drifting safely, having evacuated his aircraft which is plummeting in the background. Date: 1941

Kashmir, Srinagar - boatman paddles boat with animal fodder
Kashmir, Srinagar. A boatman paddles a boat carrying animal fodder though a canal covered with green weed Date: 1986

Kashmir, Srinagar. Boatman asleep in shade on back of boat
Kashmir, Srinagar. A lazy boatman asleep in shade on back of a boat carrying animal fodder Date: 1986

A derelict ship discovered, 1856
An abandoned ship drifting across the sea, as discovered by the Reine Hortense near Greenland in 1856. Date: 1856

Drifting derelict warship, Richelieu, by G. H. Davis
The drifting of the derelict French warship, Richelieu. While being towed from Toulon to Rotterdam, the ship broke loose from her tugs at Brest

Active Drifting Mines by G. H. Davis
A diagram displaying the failures of disarming devices on mines used by the Germans and the British during the Second World War

Whither are we drifting?. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, the father of four children is buried beneath their Graduation Bills; the children are shown in separate illustrations

Drifting ice, Spitzbergen, Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

A drifting match. Illustration shows several small boats in a race for the Nomination Stake Boat; in the boats are William H. Taft in the Gnat under the banner Buckeye YC, Joseph G

Regal Procession by Vernon Ward
A slow procession of swans on a winters evening drifting downstream on the Thames tide

Large country house gutted by fire, Mid Wales
A large country house gutted by fire, probably in the Mid Wales area. The fire is recent, as smoke is still drifting from the building

Lord Rosebery (1847-1929)
Photograph of Archibald Philip Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery, pictured in 1909 when he was drifting away from the Liberal Party to take a more Independent or Conservative stance

1399 Ship in Harbour
One sailor reefs the sails, another prevents the ship from drifting off the shore, when the Lady de Coucy lands at Boulogne, returning from England with sad news

Girl and Snowflakes
A young girl looks out from beneath the protection of her umbrella at the snowflakes which are drifting earthwards all around her

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