Blackened Collection

Coal miners in shaft lift, South Wales
Several coal miners with blackened faces stand in the shaft lift at the end of their shift in a coal mine in South Wales

USA, Montana, Little Belt Mountains, Lewis and Clark National Forest. Kitchen skillets and matches hang on inside wall of log cabin

Still, while everyone walks by
Tommaso Pessotto

Tel Aviv, Israel, scene of destruction after Scud Missile attack by Iraq, January 1991

Cartoon, E W Mackney, Ethiopian entertainer (blackface minstrel). 1880s

Poster for Thatcher, Primrose and Wests Consolidated Minstrels
SNG127068 Poster for Thatcher, Primrose and Wests Consolidated Minstrels (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Photo eBarbara Singer; American, out of copyright

Seascape in Stormy Weather, c. 1700 (oil on canvas)
450119 Seascape in Stormy Weather, c.1700 (oil on canvas) by Diest, Adriaen van (1655-1704); 35x44.5 cm; The Holburne Museum, Bath, UK; eHolburne Museum; Dutch, out of copyright

Poster for I. W. Bairds Famous Minstrels (colour lithograph)
SNG127069 Poster for I. W. Bairds Famous Minstrels (colour lithograph) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Photo eBarbara Singer; American, out of copyright

Picture shows Mr Alan Pegler, who bought The Flying Scotsman engine in 1963, leans out the cabin window to greet Lord Provost Sir Herbert Brechin at Waverley Station, Edinburgh. Scotland

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Colombia, North West Amazon, Tukano Indigenous Tribe, Barasana men, sub group of Tukano decorating their faces with red ochote facial paint for ceremonial dance festival, Hands, wrists

November 5th, children dressed and blackened faces

Close-Up Of Charred Wood

Myanmar, Burma, Pan-lo. A woman of the small Ann tribe in traditional attire with blackened teeth. The Ann blacken their teeth to ward off evil spirits

LCC-LFB Major building fire in Cannon Street EC4
The gutted remains of a corner building affected by this serious fire in Cannon Street, London EC4. The building is blackened by the intensity of the heat and smoke

Group of men in fancy dress and makeup, USA
Group of men and boys in fancy dress and makeup, North America. Date: circa 1910s

St Marys Church, Wyndham Place, London
St Marys Church (left), Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, London, built in the 1820s, Grade I listed, with a fire-damaged building in in the centre foreground and Crawford Street on the right

Police Barracks damaged, Petrograd, Russia
Police Barracks damaged after being stormed and sacked, Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, during the Revolution. Date: 1917

Suffragette Arson Kew Gardens. The blackened, ghostly remains of the Tea Pavilion, in Kew Gardens after the arson attack by militant suffragettes

Annunciation Beato Bernardo Tolomei di Siena
Artokoloro

Attributed to Hans Steidlin (German, 1555 - 1607), Janus, c. 1600, pen and ink over graphite with brown and pink wash and white heightening on laid paper, blackened on verso and incised for transfer

Jefferson David Chalfant, H. Wood Sullivan - The Shaver, American, 1856
Jefferson David Chalfant, H. Wood Sullivan - " The Shaver", American, 1856 - 1931, probably 1890-1900, graphite on aged brown sulphured wove paper; verso blackened for transfer

Pretty Bob, Poor Bob, Bandy Bob, 1819 (engraving)
XJF391591 Pretty Bob, Poor Bob, Bandy Bob, 1819 (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Hour of Death, an allegoric miniature, from a 15th century manuscript (litho)
XJF308724 The Hour of Death, an allegoric miniature, from a 15th century manuscript (litho) by French School, (15th century); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Potato late blight, Phytophthora infestans, damage to potato plants in a vegetable plot, Hampshire, England, August

Picture No. 10901113
Artist's Fungus (Ganoderma applanatum) Date:

Removing blackened parts of a grilled pepper

Scraping skin off a cooked red pepper

Grilled pepper on a metal grid

Roasted red pepper with blackened skin

GLC-LFB Aftermath of a serious house fire
The aftermath of a serious house fire at 52 St Maur Road, Fulham, SW London. A view of the stairs and landing, showing the severity of the blaze that started in a cupboard under the stairs

Coronation fancy dress party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Coronation fancy dress party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

American gun crew near St Mihiel, France, WW1
An American gun crew from Regimental Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry, firing a 37 mm gun during an advance against German entrenched positions near St Mihiel, north eastern France

Firefighters extinguishing a fire in a high rise building. The damage from the fire can be seen on the charred balconies at left while the fire continues to burn at centre

Fire destruction. Room of a house that has been destroyed by a fire

Fire destruction, artwork
Fire destruction. Computer image of a room of a house that has been destroyed by a fire

Frost damaged potato leaves (Solanum tuberosum)

The Sweeps Home
The sweeps home

Rail Travel, 1820S
One of the earliest trains - with the carriages adapted from road coaches and the outside passengers liable to be blackened by smoke

ST PAULs CATHEDRAL 1930
The bottom half of the Cathedral is blackened with pollution

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"Blackened: A Journey Through Shadows and Struggles" In the depths of a coal mine shaft lift, South Wales, brave miners toil amidst darkness, their faces smeared with soot. High in the Little Belt Mountains of Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest, blackened kitchen skillets tell tales of hearty meals cooked over campfires under starry skies. Ruthless rhymes echo from suffragette gatherings as they fight for equality, their voices rising above societal constraints like smoke from a burning fire. Stillness envelops the scene as everyone walks by, oblivious to the silent struggles hidden beneath blackened facades. Pieter Bruegel the Elder's masterpiece "The Triumph of Death (detail)" reveals a world consumed by darkness and despair, where hope flickers like a dying flame. Mount Slide stands tall in Kinglake National Park, Victoria Australia - its charred landscape bears witness to devastating wildfires that leave nature blackened but resilient. Tel Aviv's streets bear scars of destruction after an Iraqi Scud Missile attack in January 1991; buildings stand blackened against the sky as reminders of human resilience amid chaos. An engraving depicting Ireland under the oppressive "No Rent" policy showcases a nation struggling under economic hardship and political turmoil - its spirit remains unbroken despite being blackened by adversity. The burning Teatro Comunale di Bologna comes alive through vibrant colors on a lithograph; even amidst devastation, art finds ways to shine through dark times. E. W Mackney's cartoon captures an Ethiopian entertainer captivating audiences with his talent and charm - his skin may be blackened but his spirit radiates light and joy. Thatcher Primrose and Wests Consolidated Minstrels' poster depicts performers donning exaggerated makeup while entertaining crowds – highlighting both racial stereotypes prevalent at the time and the resilience of black entertainers.