Destruction Collection

The Dissolute Household, ca. 1663-64. Creator: Jan Steen
The Dissolute Household, ca. 1663-64

Ruins of the Cloisters at Messines, 1914. Artist: Adolf Hitler
Ruins of the Cloisters at Messines, 1914. Adolf Hitler often claimed to be a frustrated artist, and art was one of his major interests throughout his life

Scene of the explosion of gunpowder magazines near Erith, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the explosion of gunpowder magazines near Erith, 1864. '...a general view, taken from the embankment looking down the river,...[after] the destructive explosion at the Belvedere

The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Silver's house, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Engraving from '...a photograph taken with the newly-invented panoramic camera by the "London Pantascopic

The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Illustration of '...what is left of the house of George Rayner, storekeeper to the magazine of Messrs

The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers' Hall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers' Hall, [City of London], 1864. 'In a conflagration of a calamitous extent...one of the oldest of our civic halls - that of

Ruins of the village of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, after the late fire, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the village of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, after the late fire, 1864. 'We give a View of the ruins of a part of the village of Billinghay, which was destroyed by fire on Friday

The late flood of the Arno at Florence – from a sketch by E. W. Cooke, R.A., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The late flood of the Arno at Florence - from a sketch by E. W. Cooke, R.A., 1864. View of '...the flood which visited that city from the sudden rise of the river Arno

The boats of H.M.S. Sutlej and Devastation attacking an Indian village in Clayoquot..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The boats of H.M.S. Sutlej and Devastation attacking an Indian village in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Lieutenant Edward C. Hall

Somme district, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Somme district, between c1915 and 1918. Buildings damaged during World War I in the Somme department, France.

Church, Belleville, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Church, Belleville, between c1915 and 1918. Ruins of Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, Verdun, France, during World War I.

Ruins of Senlis, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Ruins of Senlis, between c1915 and c1920. Damage from World War I in Senlis, part of the province of l'Oise in the region of Picardy in the north of France.

Ruins in the Somme, 3 Aug 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Ruins in the Somme, 3 Aug 1918 (date created or published later). Buildings damaged during World War I in the Somme department, France.

Verdun - Garden & Synagogue near Polboulhot St. [Rue des Fre`res Boulhaut], between c1915 and 1918. The ruins of the Synagogue of Verdun that was damaged during World War I in Verdun, France.

Verdun - Laurent printing shop, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Verdun - Laurent printing shop, between c1915 and 1918. The synagogue of Verdun and a print shop that were damaged during World War I in Verdun, France.

At Arras, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
At Arras, between c1915 and 1918. The Cha^teau of Tilloloy, France which was damaged during World War I.

Ham - Noyon St. & Nide Blvd., between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service. Ham - Noyon St
Ham - Noyon St. & Nide Blvd., between c1915 and c1920. A street in Ham, Somme department, France with buildings damaged during World War I.

Organ in cathedral at Peronne, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Organ in cathedral at Peronne, between c1915 and 1918. An organ in the ruins of the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Pe´ronne in Pe´ronne, France during World War I.

Albert - Head of Virgin in Notre Dame de Brebieres Church, 26 Aug 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Albert - Head of Virgin in Notre Dame de Brebieres Church, 26 Aug 1918 (date created or published later). The head of a statue of the Virgin Mary (La Madone aux brebis by Euge`ne Delaplanche)

British guns bombard Germans, Aug 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
British guns bombard Germans, Aug 1916. Three 8 inch howitzers of 39th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), firing from the Fricourt-Mametz Valley during the Battle of the Somme

British liquid fire attack, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British liquid fire attack, 7 Jul 1917. Liquid fire demonstration during King George V's visit to the Gas School, Helfaut, France, July 7, 1917 during World War I.

King Geo. views Peronne, 13 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. views Peronne, 13 Jul 1917. King George V, Edward, Prince of Wales, and Gen. Julian Byng visiting the ruins of Peronne, France during World War I.

Albert Church & [falling] Madonna, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Albert Church & [falling] Madonna, between c1915 and 1918. The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Brebie`res, Albert, Sommes, France after the sculpture of Mary

"Nero after the Burning of Rome", by Carl Piloty, in the late International Exhibition, 1862. Engraving of a painting

Burning of the United States' mail-steamer Roanoke, off St. George's, Bermuda..., 1864. Creator: Smyth
Burning of the United States' mail-steamer Roanoke, off St. George's, Bermuda, on the 9th of October, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by one of the passengers

Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, [London], sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. 'a great fire broke out in the waterside premises of Messrs

The War in America: march of Kershaw's and Fitz Lee's divisions of the Confederate Army..., 1864
The War in America: march of Kershaw's and Fitz Lee's divisions of the Confederate Army up the valley of Virginia, 1864

Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864. 'The sight presented by the target when struck was very grand

The War in Denmark: ruins of the Langaa Railway Bridge, in Jutland, lately destroyed by..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: ruins of the Langaa Railway Bridge, in Jutland, lately destroyed by the Prussians, 1864. 'The most uncivilised thing the Prussians have done in Jutland is the blowing up of

The Great Fire at Limoges, France: firemen and soldiers clearing out a portion of the ruins…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist: firemen and soldiers of the garrison clearing out a portion of the ruins, 1864

The Great Fire at Limoges, France: the public crier announcing the distribution of relief…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist: the public crier announcing the distribution of relief, 1864

Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. 'The fire...destroyed nearly all that portion of the city comprised between the Church of St

Pas De Calais, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Pas De Calais, between c1915 and c1920. Ruins at Pas de Calais, France during World War I.

Herleville, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Herleville, 1916. The ruins of a church in Herleville, France during World War I.

Church at Arras, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Church at Arras, between c1915 and 1918. The town hall (ho^tel de ville) and bell tower in Arras, France which was bombed on November 13, 1914 during World War I.

Rembercourt-Aux-Pots, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Rembercourt-Aux-Pots, between c1915 and c1920. Ruins in the town of Rembercourt-Aux-Pots (now Rembercourt-Sommaisne), France during World War I.

Church at Lassigny, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Church at Lassigny, between c1915 and c1920. The ruins of the church of Saint Cre´pin et Saint Cre´pinien in Lassigny, France during World War I.

Verdun, entrance to Archbishop's Palace, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Verdun, entrance to Archbishop's Palace, 1916. Damage done to the Archbishop's Palace in Verdun, France during World War I.

Village in the Somme, entrance to Albert, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Village in the Somme, entrance to Albert, between c1915 and c1920. Damage from World War I in Albert, a commune in the Somme department in Picardy in northern France.

Guiscard, 28 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Guiscard, 28 Mar 1918 (date created or published later). Damage to buildings from World War I in Guiscard, Oise department, northern France.

Somme district, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Somme district, between c1915 and 1918. Buildings damaged during World War I in the Somme department, France.

Chateau, Somme district, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Chateau, Somme district, between c1915 and c1920. A chateau in the Somme department, France, that was damaged during World War I.

Bomb wrecked houses, Yarmouth, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bomb wrecked houses, Yarmouth, 1915. Homes in Great Yarmouth, England which were damaged by bombs dropped by the German Zeppelin L3 on January 19, 1915 during World War I.

Belg.[i.e., Belgium], burying horses after battle, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Belg.[i.e., Belgium], burying horses after battle, 1914. People looking at a dead horse in the road after the Battle of Haelen which was fought by the German and Belgian armies on August 12

After the battle of Haelen, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
After the battle of Haelen, 1914. Dead horses in a road after the Battle of Haelen which was fought by the German and Belgian armies on August 12, 1914 near Haelen, Belgium during World War I.

Burning of Vise, Aug 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Burning of Vise, Aug 1914. Ruins in Vise´, Belgium, after destruction of town by German forces during World War I.

Verdun; Bombardement de Verdun avec des obus incendiaires (nuit du 25 au 26 mars 1916)
'Verdun; Bombardement de Verdun avec des obus incendiaires (nuit du 25 au 26 mars 1916), 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Samson Destroying the Temple, c1560. Creator: Philip Galle
Samson Destroying the Temple, c1560. Series: The Story of Samson, pl. 6

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