Hazy Collection

IRA bombing of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster
The fire started after the IRA planted an explosive device in Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, 17 June 1974. The 20 lb explosive device caused extensive damage

Bentley car at St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
A 4.5 litre Bentley car and its driver with St Michaels Mount in the background. (2 of 2)

Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2
Warehouses in a smoky atmosphere following heavy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, SE London. This raid took place on 7 September 1940

Harbour Scene at Sunset, by Carlo Bonavia (fl.1740-1788). Date: circa 1750s

Ejmd Plunkett / Dunsany
EDWARD JOHN MORETON DRAX PLUNKETT, 18th BARON OF DUNSANY, LORD DUNSANY Irish writer Date: 1878 - 1957

View of Robert Street, off Albany Street, NW London
View of Robert Street, off Albany Street, London, with a motor tyre repair shop on the corner. Date: circa 1908

Small fishing boat lies moored off old wooden jetty, Fetheye
A small open fishing boat lies moored off an old wooden jetty at Fetheye, on the Turquoise Coast of Turkey. It is dawn and the water is flat calm Date: 1985

La Ville En Feu! The City On Fire!
An atmospheric illustration of an ornately designed bridge under a darkening, hazy sky, in front of an audience of monstrous gargoyles. Date: circa 1901

Landscape, Asturius, Spain
A landscape oil painting of a Spanish countryside in Asturias, known for its rugged coast and mountains, some of which can be seen in the hazy background. Date: circa 1921

Red Towers
An oil painting of some tall towers, which sit under a hazy, red sky, between a number of trees. Date: circa 1918

Errand of Mercy
This oil painting shows a cloaked figure in a hazy town setting, travelling on an errand of mercy, perhaps related to the distant figures further on. Date: circa 1918

Bifrost or The Rainbow Bridge leading to the Afterlife
Bifrost - a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard (the world) and Asgard (the realm of the gods) in Norse mythology. 1916

Crewe Junction, looking north, Cheshire. circa 1904

People at tables in the Champs Elysees, Paris, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background. Date: 1960s

Two fishermen sort their nets on stone quayside - Fetheye
Two fishermen sort their nets on a stone quayside at Fetheye, on the Turquoise Coast of Turkey. Their small open boat is alongside

Two cats wait for scraps - Fetheye, Turkey
Two cats wait for scraps as a fisherman ties up his boat to an old wooden jetty. It is just after dawn and the man has been fishing in the night. Fetheye, Turkey Date: 1985

An artistic, misty and watery view of Venice, Italy Date: circa 1910s

Bomb damage in Jewin Street, City of London, WW2
Bomb damage in Jewin Street, City of London, Blitz, Second World War, 29 December 1940, looking from Red Cross Street. Date: 1940

The Lower Pool - River Thames, London
A beautiful view of the Lower Pool - River Thames, London (see: 10932800 for the companion image). Date: circa 1910s

Countryside scene with Canada Geese
A flock of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis), flying over a snow-covered countryside of old fences, hazy white skies and a tangle of thorns and rosehips. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Arrigo Boito
ARRIGO GUISEPPE GIOVANNI BOITO Italian composer and librettist Date: 1842 - 1918

Albany Street, NW London. Date: circa 1905

Lifeguards marching, Upper Albany Street, NW London
2nd Lifeguards and brass band marching in Albany Street, NW London. Friswells car showroom can be seen on the left. Date: circa 1910s

The Garrick Hotel, Charing Cross Road, London, with bars, saloon, grill room and restaurant. Date: circa 1910

View of Hay Tor Rocks, Dartmoor, Devon
View of Hay Tor (Haytor) Rocks, a granite tor on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, Devon. Date: circa 1980s

Genesee River, Rochester, New York State, USA, with South Avenue on the left and the John Hofman factory in the foreground. Date: 1914

Aerial view of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, a highly religious Protestant town with many churches and no bars or taverns, nicknamed The Holy City. Date: circa 1908

Foreland Point from Lynton, North Devon
View of Foreland Point from Lynton, North Devon. Date: 20th century

British fleet on Thames, including three submarines
British fleet on the River Thames at Temple Pier, London. Included are three A Class submarines. circa 1909

Blitz in the City of London - Eastcheap, WW2
Scene in Eastcheap, following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941

Major fire at Prudential Assurance Building, High Holborn
Firefighters at work on a major fire at the Prudential Assurance Company building in High Holborn, London WC1, on 16 June 1932. Date: 1932

Steam engine in a smoky atmosphere
Steam engine and tender in a smoky, polluted atmosphere

Japan / Honshu 1976
Aerial view of Tokyo from the World Trade Centre. Date: 1976

Misty Evening over the Sussex coastline. Date: circa 1912

Notre Dame - Paris - Misty Morning Light
Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris, France - Misty Morning Light Date: circa 1925

American troops near Beauquesne, Somme, France, WW1
American troops in action near Beauquesne, Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 13 September 1918

Landscape scene with stretch of water
A watercolour landscape scene showing a stretch of water and a few buildings on the horizon

Galata Bridge (New Bridge) - Constantinople
View toward Karakeui in the hazy late afternoon light across the New Bridge (Galata Bridge). A solitary tram heads across the cobbled span. Postcard by Publishing House of Rochat

Light through the trees and a perched Little Owl
Hazy mid-afternoon light falls through two large trees, sat in the middle of a classic English countryside scene of rolling fields and low distant hills

Sinclair Lewis / Nobel 30
HARRY SINCLAIR LEWIS American novelist

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