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Screaming Lord SutchDAVID SCREAMING LORD SUTCH British politician, musician and maverick, founder of the Official Monster Raving Looney Party (1983). Sadly, a manic depressive, committed suicide. Date: 1940 - 1999
Possession is nine points of the law by Louis WainIllustration by Louis Wain showing a cat occupying a cast-off saucepan or cooking pot during snowy weather. A selection of birds, including a magpie and a blue tit bemusedly face the cat
Scotland / Loudon HillLoudon Hill and the railway viaduct, which was built in 1905, but sadly deemed to be unsafe and demolished i 1986. The hill itself was a Roman camp, Ayreshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s
Stuffed Kittens LunchStuffed animals sit around a tiny table eating and drinking at the Walter Potter Museum, Jamaica Inn, London, sadly sold off and disbanded in 2003. Date: 1960s
Thurso CastleThe entrance gateway to Thurso Castle a 17th century stone tower house, absorbed into a 19th century baronial mansion, which sadly burned down. Date: 17th century
OLD WEMBLEY STADIUMThe famous twin towers of Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, England. Originally built for the British Empire Exhibition (1924), they were sadly demolished in 2002. Date: completed 1924
Advertisement for Horlicks -- Better Luck Next Time. Female model (Julie Bishop) in the foreground, looking with disappointment at a dancing couple in the background. 1959
Bell and Mackerel PubThe Bell and Mackerel public house, Mile End Road, east London, at one time a famous museum and noted for its coaching proprietor. Sadly, demolished in about 1910
Elizabeth Smith - 1ELIZABETH SMITH oriental scholar and writer who died at a sadly early age Date: 1776 - 1806
Chartist Housing EstateThe Chartist estate at Snigs End, Gloucestershire, one of several built by Feargus O Connor for workers. Sadly, the promised Paradise is a disastrous failure
Handley Page Victor K. 2 8911M - XH673Handley Page Victor K.2 8911M (XH673) being assembled on the parade ground at RAF Marham. Sadly this aircraft was scrapped in 2020 despite concerted attempts to have it preserved elsewhere
Le MoribundA painting which sadly portrays a very old man, playing a grand piano, alone in a room, described as a moribund, indicating that this man is very close to his death. Date: circa 1916
RMS Lusitania - postcard, George Marks and wife, WW1RMS Lusitania - postcard dated 5 May 1915 to a Miss Powell in Southampton. The card refers to a George Marks and his wife
DR A R MANBY Physician to the duke of Clarence, whose skills were sadly insufficient to preserve his royal patient from an early death. Date: 1892
WARWICK HOUSE 1811The house facing us is Warwick House, residence of the ill- fated Princess Charlotte of Wales, who will sadly die in childbirth in a few years time. Date: 1811
MarathonBATTLE OF MARATHON Eucles runs from the battlefield to Athens, with news of the Greek defeat of the Persians ; sadly, he dies as soon as he has told of the victory. 29 September 490 BC
Scotts Bunker, Polygon Wood, BelgiumThe bunker is just behind the New Zealand National Memorial, though one needs to climb a small wall to visit it from there
The courtyard of Thomas Greshams Royal Exchange, modelled on the bourse at Antwerp : sadly, it will be destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666
WALTER BUCHANAN Scottish churchman, depicted preaching with gloves on his hands - his church must have beem sadly under-heated ! Date: 1755 - ?
TEA SERVICE 1930SLovely cups and saucers with matching milk jug, sugar lumps in a glass bowl and biscuits on a plate, but sadly, no tea! Date: 1930s
Miss Ellaline Terriss as CinderellaMiss Ellaline Terriss (1872-1971) - popular English actress and singer, as Cinderella - promotional card for Ivelcon Date: circa 1909
Portrait of Louis Wain taken from an advertisement for Phosferine, a tonic medicine, featuring Louis Wain, the famous cat artist
Thomas SpencerTHOMAS SPENCER churchman described as that extraordinary genius who sadly drowned while bathing at Liverpool before realising his promise... Date: 1790 - 1811
Crystal Palace TowerOne of Brunels two water towers at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham (1854), being cleaned. Sadly demolished in 1940 - 41 to avoid being landmarks for enemy bombers
Wareham Church 1950SSt. Marys Church at Wareham, Dorset, overlooking the River Frome. The chancel is 14th century. Sadly, the large late Saxon nave was demolished in 1840 to make way for a new one
An African-American boy sat sadly by a lake Date: circa 1880s
Synagogue Temple Beth-El, 5th Avenue, New YorkBuilt in 1891 by architect Arnold Brunner in Indiana lime stone to cater for the large Jewish community living in New York
Margaret GodolphinMARGARET GODOLPHIN A charming portrait of the wife of Sidney, later earl Godolphin though sadly she died before she could be a countess. Date: 1652 - 1678
James ElphinstonJAMES ELPHINSTON teacher, author and translator whose version of Martials epigrams was sadly ridiculed. Date: 1721 - 1809
Sir William DickSIR WILLIAM DICK Scottish merchant, Provost of Edinburgh, sadly reduced to destitution by his loyalty to Charles I : in prosperity, in chains, in his coffin. Date: 1580 - 1655
Considerants HomeHouse beside the mission near San Antonio, where French socialist free-thinker Victor Considerant attempted to found a Fourierist-type colony which sadly folded after two years. Date: 1855 - 1857
Thomas CreechTHOMAS CREECH : classical scholar, noted for his translations of Lucretius &c. Sadly, a growing melancholia - and a thwarted amour - drove him to take his own life. Date: 1659 - 1700
Council House InteriorThe living room of a council house, with gas fire, armchairs and coffee table, striving to be modern, but sadly failing to be stylish! Date: 1964
Catherine Christine BonaparteCatherine Christine (Boyer) BONAPARTE Princess of Canino, daughter of Pierre Andre Boyer, first wife of Napoleons brother Lucien; sadly, she died aged only 27. Date: 1773 - 1800
James Beattie, Writer 2JAMES BEATTIE Scottish poet ( The minstrel ) of no great merit, and moral philosopher (of even less); sadly, his wife went mad. Date: 1735 - 1803
Royal Aircraft Factory reconnaissance bomber RE 8Royal Aircraft Factory two-seat reconnaissance bomber RE 8, of which over 4, 000 were built from mid-1916. It sadly proved ready prey to German fighters. Date: circa 1916
Bishopsgate TavernThe Old White Hart Tavern in Bishopsgate, sadly pulled down soon after Shepherd did this picture. Date: 1829
Lord Francis VilliersLORD FRANCIS VILLIERS son of George, duke of Buckingham : died aged 19, sadly... Date: 1629 - 1648
Elizabeth Smith - 2ELIZABETH SMITH oriental scholar and writer who died at a sadly early age Date: 1776 - 1806
Georges Farm at Grendon Underwood, formerly The Ship Inn, where Shakespeare stopped on his journeys between Stratford and London. Sadly, it was destroyed in 1848. Date: 1564 - 1616
GEORGEs FARM - 2Georges Farm at Grendon Underwood, formerly The Ship Inn, where Shakespeare stopped on his journeys between Stratford and London. Sadly, it was destroyed in 1848. Date: 1564 - 1616
Wilhelm Muller - 2WILHELM MULLER German writer of the romantic era who died at a sadly early age, but not before fathering the eminent anthropologist Max-Muller. Date: 1794 - 1827
Elisa MercoeurELISA MERCOEUR French writer who died at a sadly early age, but thankfully, not before sitting for her portrait by Monsieur Gigoux. Date: 1809 - 1834
John Marquess BlandfordJOHN, marquess of BLANDFORD, the only son of John Churchill, first duke of MARLBOROUGH : sadly, he died before his father. Date: 1686 - 1703
Letitia Landon - 7LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON wife of George Maclean, governor of Cape Coast Castle, West Africa : immensely popular and prolific poet and novelist who sadly died young. Date: 1802 - 1838
Letitia Landon - 6LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON wife of George Maclean, governor of Cape Coast Castle, West Africa : immensely popular and prolific poet and novelist who sadly died young. Date: 1802 - 1838
Letitia Landon - 5LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON wife of George Maclean, governor of Cape Coast Castle, West Africa : immensely popular and prolific poet and novelist who sadly died young. Date: 1802 - 1838