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Stranded Collection

Background imageStranded Collection: Whale stranded at Winterton, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Whale stranded at Winterton, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Whale stranded at Winterton, 1857. This fine specimen of the whale tribe was driven ashore at Winterton by the gales which visited the coast of Norfolk...When the whale found himself upon land he

Background imageStranded Collection: Dyke breach in Brakel, January 4, 1861, (1861). Creator: Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch

Dyke breach in Brakel, January 4, 1861, (1861). Creator: Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
Dyke breach in Brakel, January 4, 1861, (1861). People stranded on rooftops in a flooded village, as others are swept away

Background imageStranded Collection: A Shipwreck, 1729-1789. Creator: Claude-Joseph Vernet

A Shipwreck, 1729-1789. Creator: Claude-Joseph Vernet
A Shipwreck, 1729-1789

Background imageStranded Collection: Pike-Headed Rorqual Whale taken in the Dart, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Pike-Headed Rorqual Whale taken in the Dart, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Pike-Headed Rorqual Whale taken in the Dart, 1856....a fine specimen...discovered [on the north shore of Millbay creek, nearly opposite the Castle in the Wood

Background imageStranded Collection: Stranded, 1875. Creator: William Morris Hunt

Stranded, 1875. Creator: William Morris Hunt
Stranded, 1875

Background imageStranded Collection: Moonrise, 1908/09. Creator: Edvard Munch

Moonrise, 1908/09. Creator: Edvard Munch
Moonrise, 1908/09

Background imageStranded Collection: Anne Bonny, John Calico Jack Rackam and Mary Read, 18th Century Pirates. Artist: Karen Humpage

Anne Bonny, John Calico Jack Rackam and Mary Read, 18th Century Pirates. Artist: Karen Humpage
Anne Bonny, John Calico Jack Rackam and Mary Read, 18th Century Pirates

Background imageStranded Collection: Ulysses Lands on the Isle of Calypso, 1737. Artist: Pierre Charles Tremolieres

Ulysses Lands on the Isle of Calypso, 1737. Artist: Pierre Charles Tremolieres
Ulysses Lands on the Isle of Calypso, 1737. From the Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France

Background imageStranded Collection: Melon-Shaped Ewer with Triple-Strand Handle and Floral Tendrils, Liao dynasty

Melon-Shaped Ewer with Triple-Strand Handle and Floral Tendrils, Liao dynasty (907-1124), 11th century

Background imageStranded Collection: Melon-Shaped Ewer with Triple-Strand Handle, Liao dynasty (907-1124), 11th century

Melon-Shaped Ewer with Triple-Strand Handle, Liao dynasty (907-1124), 11th century

Background imageStranded Collection: The Poet Virgil in a Basket, 1512. Creator: Lucas van Leyden

The Poet Virgil in a Basket, 1512. Creator: Lucas van Leyden
The Poet Virgil in a Basket, 1512

Background imageStranded Collection: Stranded train passengers are attacked by wolves, 1929. Creator: Unknown

Stranded train passengers are attacked by wolves, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Stranded train passengers are attacked by wolves, 1929. Les voyageurs d un train immobilise par la neige sont attaques par des loups

Background imageStranded Collection: William Barents Arctic expedition, 1596-1597 (1598)

William Barents Arctic expedition, 1596-1597 (1598). Members of the crew killing and skinning bears outside the cabin in which the expedition wintered

Background imageStranded Collection: Robinson Crusoe, chapbook cut, 18th century (1964)

Robinson Crusoe, chapbook cut, 18th century (1964). A print from A History of Wood Engraving, by Douglas Percy Bliss, Spring Books, London, 1964. (Colorised black and white print)

Background imageStranded Collection: Army Zeppelin Z2 (LZ5) stranded near Weilburg during a storm, Germany, 1910 (1933)

Army Zeppelin Z2 (LZ5) stranded near Weilburg during a storm, Germany, 1910 (1933). A photograph from Zeppelin-Weltfahrten, Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ127 Graf Zepplin 1932

Background imageStranded Collection: People stranded on ice floes, Finland, 1894

People stranded on ice floes, Finland, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th March 1894

Background imageStranded Collection: Storm at the Sea, 1740s. Artist: Claude-Joseph Vernet

Storm at the Sea, 1740s. Artist: Claude-Joseph Vernet
Storm at the Sea, 1740s. Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-1789). Found in the collection of the Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Kiev

Background imageStranded Collection: Stranded Russian battleships at Port Arthur days before its fall, Russo-Japanese War, 1904

Stranded Russian battleships at Port Arthur days before its fall, Russo-Japanese War, 1904

Background imageStranded Collection: Nordenskjold rescued from Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, 1903

Nordenskjold rescued from Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, 1903. (Nils) Otto (Gustaf) Nordenskjold (1869-1928) Swedish explorer and geologist, led the Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904


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