Tragic Collection

Sunday Sport - World War Two Bomber Found on Moon
Front cover of the Sunday Sport Newspaper - April 24th 1988 - World War Two Bomber Found on Moon *Note usage restrictions as outlined below* 1988

Coastguards and civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey
Commemorative postcard, Heroes All! Five brave coastguards and two civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, who rescued 20 members of the 2nd Walworth Boy Scouts Troop who got into difficulties

Ballet Dancer Robert Helpmann as Hamlet
Ballet Dancer Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) as Hamlet - London, New Theatre - Old Vic Production. Date: circa 1942

Balloon event, Green and Cocking

Lyrics by Anne Boleyn
Words by Anne Boleyn entitled O Death Rock Me On Sleep accompanied by an illustratio of the ill-fated Queen looking rather tragic. Date: 1934

Titanic sinking / Music Sheet 1912
The Band Was Playing As The Ship Went Down. Written and composed by Robert Donnelly. Music cover inspired by the ill fated passenger ship

Caricatured Hamlet on a music sheet
A caricatured Hamlet, probably based on Sir Henry Irving, on a music sheet entitled Hamlet Ye Dane, A Ghost Story, with music by J B Lawreen

Death of Michael Godfrey, first Deputy Governor of the recently founded Bank of England, on 17 July 1695, during the Siege of Namur (2 July to 4 September 1695, part of the Nine Years War)

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in Tess of the D Urbervilles, based on the novel by Thomas Hardy, at the Barnes Theatre, Richmond, SW London. 1925

Wall painting from the Casa del Poeta Tragico
Trompe l oeil wall painting with vignettes, skirting, cornice, column, and mask from the House of the Tragic Poet, Casa del Poeta Tragico, Pompeii, excavated 1828

View of the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii VI. 8. 5
View of the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii VI.8.5. Showing the tablinum, impluvium (pool), well, peristyle (garden courtyard) and aedicula lararium (shrine)

Mosaic of a guard dog on a chain from the Casa del Poeta Tragico, House of the Tragic Poet, Regio VI, Insulae 8, 3, 5. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno

A TRAGIC ACTOR
A tragic actor, wearing a traditional mask to express the appropriate emotion

Peasant boy at the Door of the School
Heart-rending painting entitled The Door of the School by Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Bielski, depicting a young peasant boy looking in at an education he will never have the luxury of obtaining

Items belonging to Edmond Stone, Steward on Titanic
Assorted items belonging to Edmond J Stone, Steward on the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912 -- two penknives, a pocket watch, two keys with brass tags

Barcelona Tragic Week (26th-31st July 1909)
" Barcelona Tragic Week (26th-31st July 1909). Barricade composed of paving stones and barrels at Nueva de Dulce street, next to Ronda de San Antonio

SPAIN. Barcelona. Spain (1909). Tragic Week in

Rudolph Valentino with his Dogs 1926
RUDOLPH VALENTINO film actor, exercising his two dogs. His tragic early death resulted from peritonitis after an emergency operation for appendicitis and gastric ulcers

Captain Scott and his tent
Artists impression of Captain Scott writing in his diary in his tent during his expedition to the South Pole in which he and his four companions perished

Cartoon, Walking past an accident. Its a housemaid who was hit by a taxi. Oh, as if the servant problem wasn t bad enough already ! Date: 1919

Tragic mask from the Greek colony of Emporion (6th-3rd century BC). Greek art. Sculpture on rock. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA

Bizerte, Tunisia - Crash (and death) of Captain Madon
Bizerte, Tunisia - Crash (and death) of Georges Felix Madon (1892-1924), (the fourth ranked French ace pilot of the First World War) on 11th November 1924. Madon was born in Bizerte

Portrait of Sarah Siddons by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) (1755-1831) - Welsh actress renowned for her tragic roles. Depicted here in the role of Mrs Haller in The Stranger. Date: circa 1797

A little girl loses her beau to a prettier model
The Jilt. A little girl loses her beau to a prettier model. She is dreadful upset and even her dolly is sharing her pain and loss! Even her puppy seems to be off! Date: circa 1890s

Popular song Goodbye Dolly
A woman in despair over her drowning soldier husband who whilst rowing broke an oar and fell into the water. Realising his fate he bids fond farewell to his wife, Dolly

Blind Russian Beggar and ragged child Date: 1901

The de Havilland Mosquito TIII operated by British Aerospace for many years until its tragic crash in 1996. Date: 1996

SPAIN. Barcelona. Spain. Barcelona. Tragic Week
" SPAIN. Barcelona. Spain. Barcelona. Tragic Week (1909). Burning of convents. Image published in the magazine " La Actualidad"."

Spain (1909). Tragic Week of Barcelona. Le Petit
" Spain (1909). Tragic Week of Barcelona. " Le Petit Journal". FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Tragic Week in Barcelona (26th-31st July 1909). The Governments army takes the streets of Barcelona. Photography

The smoking rubble of Crystal Palace, South London
The smoking rubble of Crystal Palace on 30 November, 1936. The fire started after an explosion in the womens cloakroom, and consumed the entire building

Balloon with parachute, tragic accident of Mr Cocking
The Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon with Mr Cockings Parachute attached as they ascended from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. At the bottom are two sketches of the release hook. 24 July 1837

Tragic parachute accident of Mr Cocking
The tragic parachute accident of Mr R Cocking. The balloon ascended 5000 feet, the parachute was detached, was found to be damaged, and Mr Cocking fell to his death. He was 61 years old. 24 July 1837

Henry, Prince of Wales
Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales, elder son of King James I of England (VI of Scotland). He died of typhoid fever. Date: 1594 - 1612

Loss of life in World War One - Postcard
A matronly woman looks at a newspaper board with the World War One Recruitment message: Kitchener Wants More Men and replies with the chilling response: " I ve buried four and want no more

The Babes in the Wood by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

British Ballad, Fair Helen of Kirconnell
FAIR HELEN (Helen of Kirconnell - Kirconnel - Kirkconnel) British ballad of Scottish origin telling the tragic tale of Helen Irving (Fair Helen of Kirkconnel) daughter of the Laird of Kirkconnel

British Ballad, Lucy and Colin
LUCY AND COLIN. British ballad by Thomas Tickell (1685-1740), based on the traditional Fair Margaret and Sweet William ballad

British Ballad, Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET. British Ballad telling the story of Lord Thomas who is in love with Fair Annet and plans to marry her

In the Ward Room of the Terra Nova
The Scott expedition on board the Terra Nova in 1911 before the tragic failure and death of Captain Scott (seen at the head of the table)

Quebec Bridge, Canada - Centre section prior to collapse
The centre section of the Quebec Bridge being raised into position on 11th September 1916. This photograph was taken just prior to the span collapsing in a tragic construction accident which claimed

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