Crossbones Collection

Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta - destroyed by a bomb during World War II. Date: circa 1910s

Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta - destroyed by a bomb during World War II. Date: circa 1910s

Title page with calligraphy and skulls and crossbones
5893179 Title page with calligraphy and skulls and crossbones.; (add.info.: Title page with calligraphy and border of figures with skulls and crossbones, hourglasses and wings)

1927 Morgan Aero 1100cc three-wheeler car
Jolly woman posing for a photograph seated in a fabulous 1927 Morgan Aero 1100cc three-wheeled car at the seafront in Margate, Kent. 1927

Kneehigh Theatre, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. March 1990
The Kneehigh Theatre Company performed, for one night only, Boris Howarths The Last Voyage of Long John Silver in Lostwithiel Community Centre. Back row: Jo Gulliver, Alan Kennedy and Giles King

Charging with the Light Brigade at Balaclava, Crimean War, October 1854 - The Death or Glory Boys, 17th Lancers Date: 1854

Princess Victoria Louise & Princess Cecile uniform 1913
Front cover showing two German Princesses in Military uniform. (Left) Princess Victoria Louise (1892 - 1980), the only daughter and the last child of German Emperor Wilhelm II

California Usa America American Death Valley
california, usa, america, american, death, valley, abandoned, cabin, shed, wood, wooden, makeshift, building, buildings, ramshackle, animal, skulls, skull, bone, bones, sand, springs, north, end

Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, WW1
Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, with a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II with the words Louvain and Rheims (Reims) on his shoulders

Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859 - 1941), was the last German Emperor (German: Kaiser) and King of Prussia. Date: 1903

SKULL AND CROSSBONES
The traditional emblem of Death, adopted by pirates and other evil-doers. Date: 1817

DEATHLY SUNDIAL
An unusual sundial head in a niche over the church porch at Sheepstor, Devon, England, dating from 1640. It reads (in Latin): Life is but an Hour, Death is the Gate to Life'. Date: 17th century

A PIRATE'S GRAVE
A grim reminder of the past - Skull and Crossbones on a headstone in the churchyard at Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, a pirate's grave. Date: 1950s

WILHELM II/DEATH'S HEAD
WILHELM II GERMAN ROYALTY The Kaiser in the uniform of the Death's Head Hussars Date: 1903

Postcard, Women and children first, WW1 Date: 1914-1918

Title page with calligraphy and skulls and crossbones
Title page with calligraphy and border of figures with skulls and crossbones, hourglasses and wings. Copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah rom The British Dance of Death, Hodgson, London, 1823

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a child walking with her mother in a garden. Death and Infancy. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by Benedictus Antonio Van

Father Thames waving a skull and crossbones (engraving)
609217 Father Thames waving a skull and crossbones (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Father Thames waving a skull and crossbones; from Punch)

Memento Mori with a Skull and Crossbones, 1650-63 (oil on canvas)
489031 Memento Mori with a Skull and Crossbones, 1650-63 (oil on canvas) by Gysels, Philips (fl.1650-63); 26.7x50.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo eRafael Valls Gallery, London, UK; Dutch

Royalist and Catholic poster rejecting the celebration of the Quatorze Juillet
CHT265570 Royalist and Catholic poster rejecting the celebration of the Quatorze Juillet, 1880 (colour litho) by French School

Tombstone of Marjorie and Beatrix Smyth, 1666-69 (stone)
3249135 Tombstone of Marjorie and Beatrix Smyth, 1666-69 (stone) by Scottish School, (17th century); St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney

Angola, , Mine Clearance
Angola, Danger sign warning of unexploded ordenence being stored in a small earth bunker for later safe disposal or detonation

Winter sun highlights a skull & crossbones on a tomb
The low winter sun highlights a skull & crossbones on a tomb beneath cemetery gates. Kirkcudbright graveyard, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland Date: 2009

Cartoon, German officer (Boche Faces), WW1
Cartoon, Boche Faces. A group of German officers, looking rather stolid and described as the asphyxiating brutes of humanity. Date: 1915

Charles Eugene Jules Marie Nungesser, pilot and fighter
Charles Eugene Jules Marie Nungesser (1892-?1927), French pilot and fighter ace. Seen here leaning against his Nieuport 23, bearing his macabre personal emblem, and with three medals on his uniform

GRAVESTONE, 1781. Rubbing from an 18th century New England gravestone

Snap Playing Cards - Sailor - Saucy Sam. circa 1930s

Tinker, Tailor playing card - Sailor, Saucy Sam. 20th century

Cartoon, The great couturier, WW1
French satire on Austrian fashions show ghoulish staring eyed women with heavy make-up, outlandish hairstyles & bizarre & eccentric clothes in garish colours & patterns. Date: 1917

German armoured car with bullet holes - Munich
A German armoured car with nine bullet holes marked on it, which took part in the civil unrest in Munich - May 1st and 2nd 1919.. Date: 1919

CARTOON: WWI GERMANY, 1917. What we re going to do to those neutrals will break our tender hearts. Cartoon by William A. Rogers, January 1917

A republican belle, a picture of Paris for 1794, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, artist, engraving 1794, an old woman, a sansculotte, in ragged dress, her arms folded across her chest

Skull and Crossbones

STAMP ACT, 1765. Banner of the Pennsylvania Journal, 31 October 1765, with a skull-and-crossbones replacing the stamp required by law in protest of the Stamp Act

A Republican Belle, A Picture Of Paris For 1794, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756ja-1811ja, Artist, Engraving 1794, An Old Woman, A Sansculotte, In Ragged Dress, Her Arms Folded Across Her Chest

Skull and crossbones on cathedral wall, Strangnas Cathedral, Sodermanland, Sweden, august

Toxic chemical F006 / 8580
Toxic chemical

Malware, conceptual artwork F006 / 9022
Malware, conceptual computer artwork

Skull and crossbones flags flying against blue sky - Greenbelt Festival 2010 - Cheltenham - UK
MAB-1472 Skull and crossbones flags flying against blue sky Greenbelt Festival 2010 - Cheltenham - UK Mark Boulton contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

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"Unveiling the Dark Secrets: Crossbones - A Journey through History and Mystery" Step into the eerie Ossuary Chapel of skulls in Valletta, Malta, where death's chilling embrace is palpable. Relive the valiant charge with the Light Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War, a moment etched in history forever. Witness Princess Victoria Louise and Princess Cecile donning their uniforms in 1913, embodying strength and resilience. Venture to Death Valley in California, USA, where nature's unforgiving landscape mirrors life's fragility. Delve into a haunting cartoon from WW1 titled "The Head of the German Vam-Pire, " shedding light on wartime fears and horrors. Discover Wilhelm II, German Emperor's fascination with skull and crossbones symbolism that sent shivers down spines. Unearth secrets hidden within a deathly sundial; its cryptic message reminding us of our limited time on earth. Pay homage to fallen pirates as you stumble upon a pirate's grave - an eternal resting place for those who sailed dangerous seas. Marvel at the sleek design of the 1927 Morgan Aero 1100cc three-wheeler car; its allure juxtaposed against mortality itself.