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Background imageShadowy Collection: Concepts / Lovers 1913

Concepts / Lovers 1913
How calm, how solemn, the atmosphere of lovers

Background imageShadowy Collection: Assassination of Lincoln

Assassination of Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth prepares to shoot the US President Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theatre, Washington. Lincoln died of the gunshot wound on the morning of 15 April

Background imageShadowy Collection: Town Bridge

Town Bridge
This painting shows a quaint little stone arch bridge which crosses a shadowy alley in a town, which pedestrians are walking along. Date: circa 1916

Background imageShadowy Collection: Shadowy Bridge

Shadowy Bridge
A painting, fairly minimal in detail, showing a river spanning arch bridge, with a large number of people gathered underneath. Date: circa 1916

Background imageShadowy Collection: Cartoon, first German victory, Moineville, WW1

Cartoon, first German victory, Moineville, WW1
First World War cartoon entitled Their First Victory, showing a dead priest at Moineville, north-eastern France, on the frontier with Germany

Background imageShadowy Collection: Dante - Virgil - Purgatory

Dante - Virgil - Purgatory
Dante & Virgil encounter the shadowy forms, that seem'd dead & dead again of souls in Purgatorio. Date: First published: 1307-21?

Background imageShadowy Collection: Lovers between marble pillars of the Doges Palace in Venice

Lovers between marble pillars of the Doges Palace in Venice
The shadowy silhouetted figures of lovers between the marble pillars of the Doges Palace, Saint Marks in Venice. 2013

Background imageShadowy Collection: Glamourised head & shoulders of an Italian soldier

Glamourised head & shoulders of an Italian soldier
This card is an Official one for the Italian 3d Army. Shadowy church-like spires in the background imply holy approval. WW1 Date: 1915

Background imageShadowy Collection: Stage Fright by Jack Gordge

Stage Fright by Jack Gordge
An actress stands by a theatre curtain, terrified to go on stage, a phobia personified by a menacing shadowy figure behind her. Date: 1927

Background imageShadowy Collection: Anarchism Tempts Man

Anarchism Tempts Man
Anarchy, portrayed as a shadowy skeletal figure, tempts an unemployed worker Date: 1886

Background imageShadowy Collection: Byron / Hucknall Church

Byron / Hucknall Church
HUCKNALL CHURCH Monument to Byron, aristocrat and Romantic poet, in his local church at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire Date: 1837

Background imageShadowy Collection: Lanyon Quoit, near Morvah, Penzance, Cornwall

Lanyon Quoit, near Morvah, Penzance, Cornwall
Lanyon Quoit, an ancient dolmen near Morvah, Penzance, Cornwall, at sunset. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageShadowy Collection: Cartoon, End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation

Cartoon, End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation, by James Gillray. Showing a scene outside Heaven, with St Peter at the gate of Popish Supremacy and a crowd of Catholic priests and clergy

Background imageShadowy Collection: G-Man vs The Red X book back cover

G-Man vs The Red X book back cover
Back cover of a pulp fiction thriller called G-Man vs the Red X showing a sinister shadowy figure looking through a window at a riverside scene bathed in red. Date: 1936

Background imageShadowy Collection: Woman modelling underwear

Woman modelling underwear
A woman modelling underwear (brassiere, corset, suspenders and stockings) against a dark background. circa 1940s

Background imageShadowy Collection: Fog in the Streets of London, 1867

Fog in the Streets of London, 1867
Engraving showing a street scene during a heavy fog in London, January 1867. This image shows a large number of pedestrians, some of them carrying torches to light their way

Background imageShadowy Collection: J-M Charcot / Luque / Hommes

J-M Charcot / Luque / Hommes
JEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT A satire on the French neurologist

Background imageShadowy Collection: Stiebel / Ballgown

Stiebel / Ballgown
A flounced debutante dance frock in shadowy white organdie embroidered with navy blue. Roses held at waist by belt. Billowing skirt falls in tiers over hooped petticoat


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