Departure Collection (page 13)

Ariadne Deserted by Theseus, Roman wall painting from Herculaneum, 1st century. Ariadne on the shores of Naxos. British Museum

Waggoners Memorial, Sledmere, East Yorkshire, England, 20th century. Home to go to War
Waggoners Memorial, Sledmere, East Yorkshire, England, 20th century. A memorial to the men of the Waggoners Reserve, a regiment raised from the local population to fight in the First World War

Underground Railway, Leningrad, 1970s. Artist: CM Dixon
Underground Railway, Leningrad, 1970s. Saint Petersburg Metro has been open since 15 November 1955 and is one of the deepest metro systems in the world

Pot showing Charon and Hermes in the underworld
This pot shows Charon and Hermes in the underworld: Charon is on the left, rowing his boat across the river Styx, and Hermes arm can be seen on the right, acting as a psychopomp

Scene from Trajans column, Rome. Showing the loading of ships, 2nd century
Scene from Trajans column, Rome. Showing the loading of ships at a wharf, 2nd century

Leaving the Castle, 19th century. Artist: Eugene Isabey
Leaving the Castle, 19th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Roman replica of a Greek relief of Orpheus and Eurydice
A Roman replica of a classical Greek relief, showing from right to left Orpheus, Eurydice and Hermes. The names above the figures are incorrect and appear to have been added in medieval times

Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, on the US mail boat Atlantic, Liverpool, August 1850. Opera singer Jenny lind, being given an enthusiastic send-off on her journey to America

Henry IV of France watching the departure of the Spaniards from Paris, 22 March 1594
Henry IV of France watching the departure of the Spaniards from Porte Saint-Denis, Paris 22 March 1594. Although Henry (1553-1610) became King of France in 1589

Lochaber no More, 1886. Dispossessed Scottish crofters, victims of the Highland clearances, taking their last view of home as they depart on board a ship

Empress Matilda escaping from the besieged Oxford Castle, 1142 (c19th century). Matilda was the wife of Henry V of Germany, daughter of Henry I of England and mother of Henry II

Off for the War. Artist: Currier and Ives
Off for the War. A Unionist (northern) soldier bidding farewell to his family before leaving for the American Civil War

Le depart pour El Djihad ou la Guerre Sainte ( Departure for the Jihad or Holy War ), 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
Le depart pour El Djihad ou la Guerre Sainte ( Departure for the Jihad or Holy War ), 1918. From La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d Allah ( The Life of Mohammed)

Scenes from the life of Louis IX, King of France, 13th century (15th century). Top left: baptism of a Jew in the presence of Louis

Ariadne in Naxos; or, Very Like a Wail, 1882. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish playwright, novelist, poet and wit, left England in 1882 to tour America

Transportation to Australia, c1830. A convict in chains bidding farewell, perhaps for ever, before being rowed out to join the convict ship bound for Australia

Empress Matilda, daughter and dispossessed heiress of Henry I of England, c1860. Matilda (1102-1167) allowed by the King, Stephen, to leave Arundel Castle for Gloucester in 1139

British soldiers leaving for the Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War) 1853-1856, (c1860). Grenadier Guards departing from Trafalgar Square, London, 22 February 1854, en route for the Crimea

The Departure from Tuileries Palace, 2nd December 1804, 19th century

The Departure and Return of the Conscript, 19th century

Irish emigrants leaving Queenstown (Cobh), the port for Cork, for the United States, 1874. Some are buying last-minute trinkets and good luck tokens

Irish emigrants embarking for America at Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, 1850. The failure of the Irish potato crop in the 1840s led to a devastating famine

Departure of the regiment in Spain, Spanish-American War, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
Departure of the regiment in Spain, Spanish-American War, 1898. The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Spain

The Rape of the Sabines (before the signal), c1490. Artist: Domenico Morone
The Rape of the Sabines (before the signal), c1490

The Pilgrim Fathers leaving Delft Haven on their voyage to America, July 1620 (1878). The Pilgrim Fathers, members of the English Separatist Church sect of Puritans fled religious persecution in

Persephone Taking Leave of Pluto with Hermes and Demeter standing nearby, c550BC-c525 BC. Attic Black-figured Kylix, From Vucli. British Museum

Cunard Lines first transatlantic liner Britannia leaving Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1847. Artist: Smyth
Cunard Lines first transatlantic liner Britannia leaving Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1847. The Britannia made her first transatlantic voyage in 1840, travelling from Halifax, Nova Scotia

Departure of the Andree balloon expedition to the North Pole, Spitzbergen, 1897
Departure of the Andree balloon expedition to the North Pole, Spitzbergen, 11 July 1897. In 1897 a Swedish explorer named Salomon Andree made an attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon

A New Departure, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
A New Departure, 1882. The Chief Secretary for Ireland, William Forster, resigns from his office in Mr Gladstones Liberal government

The Launch of a Ship, 17th century. Creator: Reinier Zeeman
The Launch of a Ship, 17th century

Tobias Takes Leave of his Father, 1829. Creator: Ferdinand Anton Kruger
Tobias Takes Leave of his Father, 1829. After Carl Gottlieb Peschel

The Departure, 1861. Creator: Charles Francois Daubigny
The Departure, 1861

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