Bleak Collection (page 7)

Peat Carriers (b / w photo)
3103955 Peat Carriers (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peat Carriers. Postcard)

Castelnau Estate, building site, a single tree, London, 1927 (b / w photo)
1812569 Castelnau Estate, building site, a single tree, London, 1927 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); London Metropolitan Archives

WInner at the Open Golf Championship, St Andrews
Scottish golfer James Braid putting for the match at the Open Golf Championships of 1910 Date: 1910

Dickens scrap - Old Mr Turveydrop, Peepy and Guppy
Charles Dickens scrap - Old Mr Turveydrop with Peepy and Guppy in the novel Bleak House, Chapter 50. 19th century

The Bondhus Glacier in Sunnhordland, 1878 (oil on canvas)
659688 The Bondhus Glacier in Sunnhordland, 1878 (oil on canvas) by Bodom, Erik (1829-79); 108.5x157.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bondhus Glacier in Sunnhordland. Erik Bodom (1829-1879)

Winter Landscape with two wooden Huts (bodycolour and oil on board, mounted as a drawing)
1217765 Winter Landscape with two wooden Huts (bodycolour and oil on board, mounted as a drawing) by Korovin, Konstantin Alekseevich (1861-1939); 11.8x18.6 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Extreme Line of Confederate Works, Cold Harbor. April 1865
3951234 Extreme Line of Confederate Works, Cold Harbor. April 1865 (albumen print mounted on wove paper) by Reekie, John (1829-85); 17.3x22.5 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy

A street in Loos, France (b / w photo)
3104534 A street in Loos, France (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A street in Loos, France)

Return from Mentana, 1872 (oil on canvas)
703310 Return from Mentana, 1872 (oil on canvas) by Carlandi, Onorato (1848-1939); 95 x 238 cm; Museo Centrale del Risorgimento, Rome, Italy; eVincenzo Pirozzi; Italian, out of copyright

Field office of the WPA Government Agency, c. 1930 (b / w photo)
PNP253854 Field office of the WPA Government Agency, c.1930 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Works Progress Administration)

A Winter View in Posen, 1887 (oil on canvas)
BOU203054 A Winter View in Posen, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Hampke, Hans (19th Century); 81x58.4 cm; Private Collection; Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey; German, out of copyright

Gathering Seaweed (oil on canvas)
REA193383 Gathering Seaweed (oil on canvas) by Hughes, Arthur (1832-1915); 25.4x40.6 cm; Private Collection; eRoyal Exchange Art Gallery at Cork Street, London; English, out of copyright

Roger Williams in the Wilderness (colour litho)
PNP377443 Roger Williams in the Wilderness (colour litho) by American School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Roger Williams (c.1603-83), co-founder of Providence, Rhode Island

The Women, 1861 (oil on canvas)
491570 The Women, 1861 (oil on canvas) by Charlton, John (1849-1917); 244.3x152.2 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Operation Barbarossa, 1942 (coloured photo)
GBW439308 Operation Barbarossa, 1942 (coloured photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); (add.info.: A Russian a gun has been destroyed during the invasion; Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis)

A Blizzard on the Barrier, illustration from Nimrod in the Antarctic 1907-09
CHT174817 A Blizzard on the Barrier, illustration from Nimrod in the Antarctic 1907-09 written by Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) by Marston, George (1882-1940); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

George Washington at Valley Forge, preliminary sketch, 1854 (oil on canvas)
CH441558 George Washington at Valley Forge, preliminary sketch, 1854 (oil on canvas) by Matteson, Tompkins Harrison (1813-84); 91.4x121.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Pollard Willow, 1882 (w / c, gouache, pen & black ink on paper)
CH376681 Pollard Willow, 1882 (w/c, gouache, pen & black ink on paper) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); 38x56 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Dutch, out of copyright

Decembrist Exiles in Finland (oil on canvas)
1163648 Decembrist Exiles in Finland (oil on canvas) by Bogolyubov, Aleksei Petrovich (1824-96); (add.info.: The Decembrist revolt or the Decembrist uprising (Russian)

Strayed, a Moonlight Pastoral, 1878 (oil on canvas)
BAL12447 Strayed, a Moonlight Pastoral, 1878 (oil on canvas) by Lawson, Cecil Gordon (1849-82); 67.3x59.6 cm; Charles Young Fine Paintings, London

Winter in the Country - A Cold Morning, New England (litho)
ROB32925 Winter in the Country - A Cold Morning, New England (litho) by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M. (1824-95); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Winter Scene
BAL41369 Winter Scene by Lytens or Leytens, Gysbrecht (1586-c.1656); State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; Flemish, out of copyright

Snags (sunken trees) on the Missouri, plate 6 from Volume 2 of
STC101386 Snags (sunken trees) on the Missouri, plate 6 from Volume 2 of Travels in the Interior of North America, engraved by Lucas Weber and J

Page 4 View of Porto Santo extending from NNW to WBW distant 5 miles
5670255 Page 4 View of Porto Santo extending from NNW to WBW distant 5 miles, 1768-75 (pen & ink and wash) by Hodges, William (1744-97); Mitchell Library

A peasant in a sledge driving three horses
BAL34327 A peasant in a sledge driving three horses by Venne, Adolf van der (1828-1911); Josef Mensing Gallery, Hamm-Rhynern, Germany; German, out of copyright

Outpost, English Light Dragoons (w / c on paper)
RWS137273 Outpost, English Light Dragoons (w/c on paper) by Beavis, Richard (1824-96); Trustees of the Royal Watercolour Society, London, UK; eRoyal Watercolour Society; English, out of copyright

River Fishes (coloured engraving)
5202616 River Fishes (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: River Fishes)

Death of the Musk Ox, pub. London 1874 (woodcut)
955563 Death of the Musk Ox, pub. London 1874 (woodcut) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The German Arctic expedition of 1869-70)

German river fish (coloured engraving)
997678 German river fish (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From A Bilderbuch fAor KinderA (Picture Book for Children) 1790-1830

In the Grip of Winter, c. 1900 (oil on canvas)
3601795 In the Grip of Winter, c.1900 (oil on canvas) by Hierschl-Minerbi, Joachim (1834-1905); 81.8x122.5 cm; Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Worcestershire, UK; Austrian, out of copyright

Wintry Scene, Christmas Card (chromolitho)
730969 Wintry Scene, Christmas Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wintry Scene, Christmas Card.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection

A camel pulling a carriage across the Gobi Desert, Asia
KW403233 A camel pulling a carriage across the Gobi Desert, Asia, from From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows by Victor Meignan

Wintry Street on Vasilievsky Island, St. Petersburg, c. 1851 (oil on canvas)
SRM96635 Wintry Street on Vasilievsky Island, St. Petersburg, c.1851 (oil on canvas) by Fedotov, Pavel Andreevich (1815-52); 19x24 cm; State Russian Museum, St

Auvers-sur-Oise: Daubignys pond, c. 1855 (oil on paper on canvas)
FIT282818 Auvers-sur-Oise: Daubignys pond, c.1855 (oil on paper on canvas) by Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille (1796-1875); 17.2x26 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Bristol, 1801 (w / c on paper)
AGN260382 Bristol, 1801 (w/c on paper) by Cotman, John Sell (1782-1842); Private Collection; Photo eAgnew s, London; English, out of copyright

Our Wandering Artist in Paris (colour litho)
1038685 Our Wandering Artist in Paris (colour litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Our Wandering Artist in Paris)

Breton Fishermen; Les Pecheurs Bretons, (oil on canvas)
656490 Breton Fishermen; Les Pecheurs Bretons, (oil on canvas) by Raffaelli, Jean Francois (1850-1924); 50.5x61.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Breton Fishermen; Les Pecheurs Bretons)

Walk Beside Railway; Promenade a cote du Chemin de Fer, (oil on board)
656152 Walk Beside Railway; Promenade a cote du Chemin de Fer, (oil on board) by Steinlen, Theophile Alexandre (1859-1923); 32.2x57 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The First Frost, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, c. 1886 (photo)
STC119918 The First Frost, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, c.1886 (photo) by Emerson, Peter (1856-1936) & Goodall, Thomas (1857-1944); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English

Northumberland Coast (oil on board)
Ma149142 Northumberland Coast (oil on board) by Carter, Frank Thomas (1853-1934); 16.5x62.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo eThe Ms Gallery, London; British, out of copyright

Winter Scene in the Low Countries
DRU40872 Winter Scene in the Low Countries by Jean, Edmond (19th century); William Drummond, London, UK; out of copyright

Page 8 (a) View of Porto Santo extending from NNW to WBN distant 5 miles (b
5670259 Page 8 (a) View of Porto Santo extending from NNW to WBN distant 5 miles (b) View of Porto Santo bearing north distant 2 leagues and (c) View of The Deserters, 1768-75 by Hodges

A Mounted Officer, 1877 (oil on canvas)
5858784 A Mounted Officer, 1877 (oil on canvas) by Detaille, Jean-Baptiste Edouard (1848-1912); 46.5A--38.2 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; French, out of copyright

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"Bleak: A Glimpse into the Shadows of Life's Canvas" In Gin Lane, 1751, William Hogarth masterfully portrays a society drowning in despair, where destitution and addiction reign supreme. The Selection of Fish showcases an eerie emptiness, as if life has been drained from the sea itself. Victoria Tower on Castle Hill looms over Huddersfield like a silent sentinel, its imposing presence casting a somber shadow over the town. H. M. Prison in Peterhead stands as a grim reminder of lost freedom and shattered dreams. Free to Roam captures the desolation of Middlesbrough in the 1970s, with abandoned buildings echoing tales of forgotten glory days. Van Gogh's Garden of the Rectory at Nuenen transports us to a melancholic oasis; nature's beauty contrasting with an underlying sense of isolation. The Sahara Desert stretches endlessly before our eyes - an unforgiving landscape that epitomizes bleakness and solitude. Monk by the Sea depicts man alone against nature's vastness; his solitary figure mirroring our own existential struggles. Within London's East End Doss House lies untold stories etched upon weary faces; their lives entangled within layers of hardship and sorrow. Bleak House serves as Charles Dickens' literary embodiment of societal decay and moral corruption. Achill Island's Keel Strand whispers tales carried by winds across deserted shores - echoes from a forgotten past mingling with present-day solitude. The Gold Mining Ghost Town of Bodie bears witness to abandoned dreams buried beneath crumbling facades; its streets haunted by memories long gone but not entirely forgotten. In these glimpses into darkness, we confront humanity’s capacity for suffering and resilience amidst adversity – reminding us that even within bleakness there is beauty waiting to be discovered.