Bleak Collection (page 3)

Remarkable Cirrus Clouds Over The Barne Glacier, 19 Dec 1911, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting
Remarkable Cirrus Clouds Over The Barne Glacier, 19 Dec 1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Pressure on the Beardmore Below the Cloudmaker Mountain, c1911, (1913). Artist
Pressure on the Beardmore Below the Cloudmaker Mountain, c1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Evening Scene in the Pack, c1910–1913, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting
Evening Scene in the Pack, c1910– 1913, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole

The Barrier and Mount Terror, c1910–1913, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting
The Barrier and Mount Terror, c1910– 1913, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Ice Blink Over the Barrier, c1910–1913, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting
Ice Blink Over the Barrier, c1910– 1913, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole

Couloir Cliffs, Granite Harbour, Showing the Camp Off the Piedmont Tongue, c1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

The Wilson Piedmont Glacier, Showing the Continuous Ice Cliffs, c1911, (1913)
The Wilson Piedmont Glacier, Showing the Continuous Ice Cliffs. They Are a Mile Distant from the Sledge, which is on Sea-Ice, c1911, (1913)

Cape Crozier: The End of the Great Ice Barrier, c1910–1913, (1913). Artist
Cape Crozier: The End of the Great Ice Barrier, c1910– 1913, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Slope of the Warning Glacier, c1911, (1913). Artist: G Murray Levick
Slope of the Warning Glacier, c1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole

The Warning. An Oncoming Blizzard, c1911, (1913). Artist: G Murray Levick
The Warning. An Oncoming Blizzard, c1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole

Battlefield, Maurepas, northern France, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Boys playing dominoes and reading at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900. Boys in uniform sit reading large books, left. Others sit in pairs playing dominoes. The room is bare and bleak

Fleet River, London, c1850
View of the Fleet Ditch, near Field Lane, London, c1850

Abandoned British trenches and guns at Maubeuge, 1914. The breech blocks of all these guns were removed before being abandoned in order to make each gun useless

A Scene from Weather Forecast, 1934, (1934). Artist: George Noble
A Scene from Weather Forecast, 1934, (1934). Weather Forecast, 1934, directed by Evelyn Spice, produced by Company General Post Office Film Unit, John Grierson and photography by George Noble

A Sussex Common, c1889. Artist: Thomas Collier
A Sussex Common, c1889. From The Studio Volume 32. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1904]

On the Sea-Shore, c1883 (1903-1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
On the Sea-Shore, c1883 (1903-1904). From The Studio Volume 30. [The Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1903-1904]

Whippet tank on a muddy battlefield, Morcourt, France, World War I, 1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Whippet tank on a muddy battlefield, Morcourt, France, World War I, 1918. Nicknamed the Whippet, the British Medium Mark A tank was introduced in 1917

A Landscape, 1926. Artist: Ambrose McEvoy
A Landscape, 1926. Illustration from the Apollo Volume III, no 13, (January, 1926)

A wood in the Somme area, France, 1916, (c1920). Destruction during the First World War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The village of Mametz after the July bombardment, Battle of the Somme, 1916, (c1920)
The village of Mametz after the July bombardment, Battle of the Somme, France, 1916, (c1920). Destruction during the First World War

Melancolia, 1514, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Melancolia, 1514, (1936). Found in the collection of the British Museum. A print from Durer, Und Seine Zeit, by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Grosse Phaidon Ausgabe, 1936

Fishermen carrying a Drowned Man, c1861, (1912). Artist: Jozef Israels
Fishermen carrying a Drowned Man, c1861, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an Introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

A Highland Funeral, 1882, (1912). Artist: Sir James Guthrie
A Highland Funeral, 1882, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings with an Introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, London, New York, Toronto, 1912

The ruins and bell tower of Douai, France, 1918. The British captured Douai, which had been occupied by the Germans since 1914, on 17 October 1918

In the wood of Roucy (Aisne), 15 April 1917, (1926). Artist: Francois Flameng
In the wood of Roucy (Aisne), 15 April 1917, (1926). French soldiers performing their ablutions and hanging up their laundry on the eve of battle

Thaw, late 19th or 20th century. Artist: Gustav Holstein
Thaw, late 19th or 20th century. Found in the collection of the State M Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania

At the Seashore, 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Jozef Israels
At the Seashore, 19th or early 20th century. Found in the collection of the State M Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania

Defensive position of the Vienna Infantry Regiment, 1915. They are being attached by a Russian Perm infantry regiment

Fuegians going to trade with the Patagonians, 1839. The Fuegians would trade their captives and their own children with the Patagonians for dogs, horses, guanoco meat, and various other commodities

Jemmy Button, the Fuegian adopted by Fitzroys expedition, in 1834 (1839). During 1833 when Jemmy was living with the expedition, he was dressed in European clothes and his hair was cut short

Jemmy Button, the Fuegian adopted by the Fitzroy expedition, as he appeared in 1833 (1839). In 1834, after his return to his tribe, all trace of European influence disappeared

A Patagonian, c1831 (1839). From Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majestys Ships Adventure and Beagle Vol.I, by William Parker King (London, 1839)

Patagonians at Gregory Bay, 1831 (1839). From Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majestys Ships Adventure and Beagle Vol II, by Robert Fitzroy. (London, 1839)

Fuegians at Woollya, with the Fitzroy expeditions camp in the background, 1831 (1839). From Robert Fitzroys Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majestys Ships Adventure and Beagle, Vol. II

The Black Country near Bilston, Staffordshire, 1869. Artist: G Greatbach
The Black Country near Bilston, Staffordshire, 1869, showing a scene of heavy industry at night with smoking chimneys, fire from gas outlets and hot coals, with a wheeled engine to right

Kaldakvisl with a view towards Hofsjokull (ice-cap), Central Iceland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Kaldakvisl with a view towards Hofsjokull (ice-cap), Central Iceland, 20th century. Hofsjokull is the third largest glacier in Iceland and the largest active volcano in the country

Black volcanic landscape near Tungnaa River, Iceland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Black volcanic landscape near Tungnaa River, Iceland, 20th century. Volcanic ash consists of fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass, created during volcanic eruptions

Herdubreid with old lava, Iceland 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Herdubreid with old lava, Iceland 20th century. Herdubreid is a tuya in north-east Iceland, situated in the Highlands and formed beneath the icesheet that covered Iceland during the last glacial

Fog Crystals, or Hoar Frost rock formations, Cuillin Hills, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Fog Crystals, or Hoar Frost rock formations, Cuillin Hills, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 20th century. Winter at 3000 feet above sea level, when surface hoar covers sloping snowbanks

Screes in Coire Lagan, Cuillin Hills, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Screes in Coire Lagan, Cuillin Hills, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 20th century. Screes are a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of mountain cliffs, accumulated through periodic rockfall

Basalt cliffs beside Dettifoss, North Iceland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Basalt cliffs beside Dettifoss, North Iceland, 20th century. Dettifoss is a waterfall in Vatnajokull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is one of the most powerful waterfalls in Europe

The 0ffensive at Yser, 1917. The French line near Het-Sas just before 31 July. Soldiers waiting for orders amongst trees shattered by the gunfire of previous engagements

Le Campagne de France 1814, (1864). Artist: Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
Le Campagne de France 1814, (1864). Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) leads the remnants of his army through mud and snow during the French campaign of 1814

The Solitary Tree, 1823. Artist: Caspar David Friedrich
The Solitary Tree, 1823

Our Natural Advantages, 1888. The French visitor to London for the summer season of 1888 says that the Great British weather should protect the country from any invasion

Tynemouth Castle, from Picturesque Selections, 1860. Creator: James Duffield Harding
Tynemouth Castle, from Picturesque Selections, 1860

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