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Gloom Collection

Background imageGloom Collection: Interior view of the premises of Nathaniel Bentley, Leadenhall Street, City of London, 1804

Interior view of the premises of Nathaniel Bentley, Leadenhall Street, City of London, 1804. People inspecting one of the rooms inside the house that Bentley allowed to decay into squalor after his

Background imageGloom Collection: The Glow Worm; a watchman with his lantern in Lansdown Passage, Westminster, London, c1820

The Glow Worm; a watchman with his lantern in Lansdown Passage, Westminster, London, c1820
The Glow Worm ; a watchman with his lantern casting his shadow on the wall behind him in Lansdown Passage, Westminster, London, c1820

Background imageGloom Collection: The Whitecross Street Prison for debtors, London, 1843

The Whitecross Street Prison for debtors, London, 1843. Two interior views of the refuge for the destitute at Whitecross Street Prison, showing the male and female wards

Background imageGloom Collection: Fleet River, London, 1851. Artist: John Wykeham Archer

Fleet River, London, 1851. Artist: John Wykeham Archer
Interior of the Fleet Ditch at the back of Field Lane, London, 1851; showing a man holding a ladder, behind him lies part of a mammals skeleton

Background imageGloom Collection: Gathering around an acetylene flare at a traffic control point in the fog, early 20th century

Gathering around an acetylene flare at a traffic control point in the fog, early 20th century

Background imageGloom Collection: A constable directing traffic in the fog, London, c1910s-c1920s(?)

A constable directing traffic in the fog, London, c1910s-c1920s(?). Where Charing Cross meets Trafalgar Square

Background imageGloom Collection: A Rift in the Gloom, 19th century, (1935). Artist: George Edwards Hering

A Rift in the Gloom, 19th century, (1935). Artist: George Edwards Hering
A Rift in the Gloom, 19th century, (1935). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume II. - D to H, by C. Reginald Grundy

Background imageGloom Collection: Perfume Merchant, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes

Perfume Merchant, 1928. Artist: Louis Cabanes
Perfume Merchant, 1928. Published in Promenades a travers Le Caire, 1928

Background imageGloom Collection: Vagabond, c1880-1891 Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat

Vagabond, c1880-1891 Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Vagabond, c1880-1891

Background imageGloom Collection: Bank of furnaces, Lymington Iron Works, Tyneside, England, 1835

Bank of furnaces, Lymington Iron Works, Tyneside, England, 1835. By this time the Nielsen hot blast process, invented in 1824, was in general use

Background imageGloom Collection: Loss and Gain, 1875. Artist: Joseph Swain

Loss and Gain, 1875. Artist: Joseph Swain
Loss and Gain, 1875. John Bull, the representative of the British people, stands with Mr Punch on the coast of Ireland and looks into the gloom

Background imageGloom Collection: General election, (1874?). Artist: Joseph Swain

General election, (1874?). Artist: Joseph Swain
General election, (1874?). A shrouded figure holds up the ballot box whilst, in the mists and gloom at the figures feet, the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone


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