Ruins Collection

The Bathing Pool. Creator: Hubert Robert
The Bathing Pool

The New Zealander, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The New Zealander, 1872. A figure sits on the banks of the River Thames contemplating the downfall of the city. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Dryburgh Abbey, c1850. Located on the banks of the River Tweed, Scotland, the abbey was founded in 1152 by Premonstratensian monks. From Old Englands Worthies, London, c1850

Untitled (Ruins of Roman Forum), c. 1867. Creator: Robert MacPherson
Untitled (Ruins of Roman Forum), c. 1867. A work made of albumen print

Ruins of the Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt, c1845. Artist: David Roberts
Ruins of the Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt, c1845. From Egypt and Nubia, Vol 1, by David Roberts

St Columbas Church, near Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 2009. Named after the 6th century Irish missionary monk, the ruined church dates from the 14th century

Beeston Castle, Cheshire, c1839, (1938). Artist: JMW Turner
Beeston Castle, Cheshire, c1839, (1938). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe

Framlingham Castle, Framlingham, Suffolk, England, UK, 25 / 5 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies
Framlingham Castle, Framlingham, Suffolk, England, UK, 25/5/10. 12th century Framlingham Castle, built by the Earl of Norfolk, in the market town of Framlingham, Suffolk, England, UK

The Great Hall, Eltham Palace, Kent, 1804. Artist: J Storer
The Great Hall, Eltham Palace, Kent, 1804. Eltham Palace (now in Greater London), was founded as a medieval royal palace, but fell into disrepair until the ruins were converted into a private house

Title page: volume IV, The Antiquities of Rome by Giambatista Piranesi, Venetian Architect. Volume 4, containing the ancient bridges, the remains of theaters, of porticoes

Palace of Darius, Persepolis, Iran. Persepolis was built as Persias new capital city during the reign of Darius I (522-485 BC), first king of the Achaemenid dynasty

From the North-West, Kirkstall Abbey, c1880, (1897). Artist: Alexander Francis Lydon
From the North-West, Kirkstall Abbey, c1880, (1897). From The Ruined Abbeys of Britain by Frederick Ross. [William Mackenzie, London, 1897]

The drunken Hercules, House of the Stags, Herculaneum, Italy

Coliseum, c. 1867. Creator: Robert MacPherson
Coliseum, c. 1867. A work made of albumen print

Danejohn Hill, Canterbury, Kent, 1829. Creator: James Baylis Allen
Danejohn Hill, Canterbury, Kent, 1829. The Dane John Mound, a former Roman cemetery, was converted into a motte-and-bailey castle in the 11th century

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

Levant Mine, Cornwall. The Levant Mine operated from the late 18th century until its closure in 1930, mining tin and copper from beneath the sea bed

Barnard Castle, Durham, c1905. View of the ruins of the castle overlooking the River Tees. The castle was originally built by the Normans but reached the height of its importance in the second half

The Church of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 1740 / 41. Creator: Michele Marieschi
The Church of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 1740/41

Colosseum, Rome, 2nd View, May 1846. Creator: Calvert Jones
Colosseum, Rome, 2nd View, May 1846. [Amphitheatre built in the 1st century AD, Rome, Italy]. Salted paper print

Kirkstall Abbey. From the West, 1850s. Creator: Joseph Cundall
Kirkstall Abbey. From the West, 1850s

Courtyard of the Temple of Bel, Palmyra, Syria. Situated in an oasis in the Syrian desert halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates

Wharram Percy, North Yorkshire. Wharram Percy is a deserted medieval village in the Yorkshire Wolds. It is thought that the village became deserted early in the 16th century when the local landowner

Forum Romanum, 1818. Artist: JMW Turner
Forum Romanum, 1818. Painting held at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXI. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1928]

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 terrible calamity in Santiago, Chili: ruins of La Compania [Compañía] Church, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The terrible calamity in Santiago, Chili: ruins of La Compania [Compania] Church, 1864. Engraving of a photograph by Thomas Columbus Flelsby

Bailleul, 1918, Sept 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Bailleul, 1918, Sept 1918. The ruins of Bailleul, France after the German forces left on August 30, 1918 during the Battle of Bailleul which was part of the Battle of the Lys in World War I

Recent discoveries in the buried city of Pompeii: general view of the excavations, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Recent discoveries in the buried city of Pompeii: general view of the excavations, 1864. Engraving from a photograph '...placed at our disposal by the Rev

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.

Castle at Ham, 2 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Castle at Ham, 2 Mar 1918 (date created or published later). The Cha^teau de Ham (fort or forteresse de Ham), a castle in Ham, Somme department

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.

British officers' luncheon in wrecked village, 1917 25 April 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British officers' luncheon in wrecked village, 1917 25 April 1917. British officers eating lunch in the ruins of a building at E´treillers, Aisne, France on April 25, 1917 during World War I.

Hotel de Ville, Arras, 26 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Hotel de Ville, Arras, 26 May 1917. Ruins of the Hotel de Ville, Arras, France on May 26, 1917 during World War I.

How the Przemysl Forts were wrecked, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
How the Przemysl Forts were wrecked, between 1914 and c1915. Fort in Przemysl, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Poland) during World War I.

Fromelles - Uninjured figure in wrecked church, 29 July 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Fromelles - Uninjured figure in wrecked church, 29 July 1915 (date created or published later). A crucifix in a ruined church in Fromelles, France 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

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