Solitary Collection

Solitary Boy / Glasgow
A solitary boy walks across a plank over a very wide puddle in his wellington boots in a derelict area of East Glasgow, Scotland

Holmes in a Fight / C20Th
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST Holmes engages in fisticuffs against a slogging ruffian

The Dancer by Fred Purvis
Colour illustraton by Fred Purvis showing an elegant solitary dancer in a diaphonous yellow dress

England / Rickmansworth
A solitary vehicle leaving Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, in the days when it was more like a country lane. Date: 1950s

Sherlock Holmes / Villan
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST Holmes gets his man: he spun round with a scream & fell upon his back

Ugly Duckling (Boyle)
The old cottage woman, with her distaff and her animal companions : often such solitary females were suspected of witchcraft

Battle of the Scarpe, near Fampoux, France, WW1
A tank attached to the 51st Division embedded in the Scarpe Marshes near Fampoux, northern France, observed by a solitary soldier

Winter sunrise over isolated cottage with Barn Owl
The weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. A landing barn owl has been added to the border framing the scene

Fishing boat on the beach at Seaton, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Cat in hot street, Almaria, Spain
In the heat of the midday sun, a cool cat sits in the shade on an alley corner in Almeria, Andalusia, Spain. Demonstration of the Rule of Thirds Date: 1986

Toy Seller, Oman
In one of the bazaars of the city of Muscat, Oman, Middle East, stands a solitary toy stall, selling reed pipes and gaudily painted wooden dolls. Date: 1930s

A white tulip amongst black tulips
A lone white tulip grows up amongst a mass of darker blooms. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Playing on the Street
Children playing on a suburban street. Note the absence of parked cars - only a solitary motorcycle and sidecar!

Young Edwardian woman and plant
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Snow Trafalgar Square
A man sweeps a path in the heavy snow at the base of Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square. Note Landseers lions covered in snow

Man on coal spoil tip Blaenavon, South Wales
A man walks along the edge of a coal spoil tip above council houses in Blaenavon, South Wales. 1988

Ballet Dancer
This tempera painting gives a view, looking down at a solitary ballet dancer on stage, mid performance, wearing a pink dress, posing on one leg. Date: circa 1920

Ticket booth in German underground station
Solitary lady in hat buying a ticket from a uniformed lady in the booth.Caption explains that it is a woman doing a man's job while the men are away at war. Cleared by Censor. Date: circa 1914

Woman in slippers seated on sofa
A woman sits on a green sofa, wearing slippers, with a cat sleeping comfortably her lap. Date: 1970s

FOX HUNTING / SILK
Full Cry Five mounted huntsmen and their pack of hounds outnumber a solitary fox as it tries to out-run almost certain death. Date: 19th century

Misty day on the River Seine, Paris
Solitary figures on the banks of the River Seine in Paris. Date: circa 1930s

Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria, male 1, female 2. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania

Doll representing a young man in front of a music score to God Save the Queen. Wooden doll dressed by the young Princess Victoria. Color plate after an illustration by Alan Wright from Frances H

Solitary Headstone of Lt Gilbert Talbot, Sanctuary Wood CWGC Date: 2016

The Rombalds Moor Hermit, Old Yorkshire. 1881

Robinson Crusoe on the beach
Robinson Crusoe walking with his dog on the beach of his desert island

Solitary farmhouse, Langdale, Cumbria, Lake District, referred to in one of Wordsworths poems. Date: 1843

Species of wasps
Great banded wasp, Vespa tropica (Vespa cincta) 1, solitary wasp, Eumenes flavopictus 2, Stizus speciosus 3, and Chlorion lobatum 4

A young woman stands beside a vase of tulips contemplating the summer light filtering through some window shutters. Date: 1924

The Return of Sherlock Holmes, the Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist, a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle. " As we approached

PROVINCIAL SHOPPING ST
A solitary cart is the only traffic in this characteristic provincial shopping street - this is the High Street at Littlehampton, Sussex. Date: 1905

NEW YORK - FIFTH AVENUE
Pedestrians, cabs and a solitary motor car enliven the scene in New Yorks most fashionable thoroughfare Date: 1906

SOLITARY BOY / GLASGOW
A solitary boy walks across a plank over a very wide puddle in his wellington boots in a derelict area of East Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1973

Solitary oak tree in harvested corn field in Malvern Hills
A solitary oak tree in a freshly harvested corn field in the Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, England. The Sunday Times Date: 1991

Poppy field and grave of unknown soldier
Wild flowers, including numerous poppies, growing over a ravaged battlefield in France with a solitary wooden cross marking the grave of an unknown soldier. The picture, by Captain E. H

The Harbour in Stavanger - Statue of Alexander Kielland
The Harbour in Stavanger, Norway with the rear view of the Statue of Alexander Lange Kielland (18491906), one of the most famous Norwegian realistic writers of the 19th century. Date: early 1950s

Bewick Brown Bear
Bewick deascibes the Brown Bear as a savage and solitary animal

Lone African-American man strolling through the woods Date: circa 1890s

Lady sitting on 1920 Sunbeam 500 motorcycle
Lady sitting on 1920 Sunbeam 500cc outfit motorcycle i the 1920s

Erratics in the Path of the Silent Valley Glacier - a view of a boy on a solitary boulder on the valley floor with the mountains in the background. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mournes)

Sl. Bignian - a view of the mountain with a solitary cottage beneath it. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mournes). Date: circa early 1900s

Solitary man on the beach at Eastbourne, Sussex. circa 1960s

Louise Ackermann, Writer
LOUISE VICTORINE CHOQUET ACKERMANN, French mystical poet who, when her husband died after 2 years, lived a solitary existence in an old convent near Nice. Date: 1813 - 1890

Malta / Gozo Valley 1909
Gozo: a solitary valley Date: 1909

John Bigg, Hermit 17C
JOHN BIGG had been a lawyers clerk during the Commonwealth, but when the monarchy was restored he became morose and adopted a solitary life Date: 1629 - 1696

David Kaapua in one-man village, Hawaii, USA
David Kaapua (Kaapuawaokamehameha) in his one-man village, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

Golf course - Black and white lantern slide. Solitary figure on golf course.. Part of Box 399. Boswell collection Date: circa 1900

Reconstruction in the Outer Hebrides by Heath Robinson, WW1
Settling a Scottish soldier on the land. A lone Scottish soldier is left alone on a tiny island with a barrel of turnip seed at the end of First World War. Date: 1919

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