Drowned Collection (page 10)

Jean Charcot Photo
JEAN BAPTISTE ETIENNE AUGUSTE CHARCOT - French explorer and oceanographer, son of the eminent doctor, drowned in shipwreck off Iceland : in 1910. Date: 1867 - 1936

Illustration, The Sea Mine, WW1
An illustration entitled The Sea Mine, depicting people drowned and drowning in the sea following their ship being hit and sunk by a mine during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Lord Kitchener, headlines announcing his death
Newspaper headlines on a large poster, announcing the death by drowning of Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916). He died when HMS Hampshire, on which he was travelling

The White Ship tragedy
William Adelin dies following the sinking of the White Ship in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. As the only legitimate son of Henry I and heir to the throne of England

The Wise Men Gotham by Charles Folkard. So they left the eel to be drowned. Anon 1923

Common Toad (Bufo bufo) adult males, group attempting to mate with dead female, drowned during mating ball, in farm pond, Chipping, Lancashire, England, march

Common Toad (Bufo bufo) adult male, attempting to mate with dead female, drowned during mating ball, in farm pond, Chipping, Lancashire, England, march

Drowned city. Conceptual computer artwork of buildings beneath the sea, flooded by rising sea levels

Lear / Nonsense / Ems
There was an Old Person of Ems, who casually fell in the Thames; And when he was found they said he was drowned, that unlucky Old Person of Ems

Lear / Nonsense / Cadiz
There was an Old Person of Cadiz, who was always polite to all ladies; But in handing his daughter, he fell into the water, which drowned that Old Person of Cadiz

Drowned in the Vaal: De Wets fellow conspirator, General Beyers

Admiral Jellicoes farewell to Lord Kitchener
A photograph of Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859-1935) bidding farewell to Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) before his embarkation aboard the H.M.S

Police Agent Drowned
A police agent is set upon by the mob and drowned in the Seine

Seamen Missing at Sea
A letter informing a mother that there is still no news about her son, since his ship Inverness was sunk one month ago by the enemy. He is presumed drowned

Missing Seamen 1941
Letter to a mother whose son was drowned when his ship was sunk by the enemy. It gives information about his pension arrangements

The flooded fens around the Coffer Dam. Farmland drowned in
The flooded fens of the Eastern Counties. The flooding caused by numerous high tides which was hoped to be resolved by the building of the Coffer Dam The dam would act as a barrier to the assaults of

The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir, spreading destructio
The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir. Much destruction was caused by the flooding, bridges lost and buildings demolished

Sir C Shovell / Blood
SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVELL British naval commander, drowned when his vessel was wrecked in a storm off the Scillies

Pharaohs Army Drowned
Realising that the Jews are leaving Egypt, Pharaoh sends his army after them, but God sees to it that they are drowned in the Red Sea

Ghost of O Sumi, Japan
The ghost of Japanese girl O Sumi, accidentally drowned in Idamachi pond, haunts the place where she died

POMMERN IN THE BALTIC
The German balloon Pommern comes down in the Baltic : the three passengers are all drowned

Amy Johnson - Aviator
Amy Johnson (Mrs Mollison), British aviator who made several record flights. Drowned in 1941, after bailing out over the Thames estuary

Halcyone / Ceyx / Kingfisher
She sees her husband Ceyx drowned; transported by grief, she changes into a kingfisher which some say hatches its eggs on calm seas in halcyon days

The Deluge Comes
The waters rise, the land is flooded, one by one the sinful people are drowned, until only Noah and his family are left alive, sole representatives of the human race

Titanic Victim
Mrs Henrietta Loring, whose husband drowned in the Titanic sinking, travels to the site and throws flowers into the sea as her last goodbye Date: 1912

Moses : the Red Sea
THE RED SEA : God parts the waters to let the Children of Israel pass across safely, but Pharaohs pursuing troops are overwhelmed by the waters and drowned

GENERAL SLOCUM BURNS
The American excursion paddle- steamer catches fire in New Yorks East River, and a thousand passengers - mostly women and children - burn or are drowned

Children Using the Rope
French children using la corde - a safety rope which, so long as they hold on to it, will prevent them being swept out to sea and drowned

Girls at the Seaside
A girl is invited by a friend to go into the water : ropes stretch out into the sea from the shore so that the bathers shall not be swept out to sea by the waves and drowned

Grief in Fishing Village
Among the missing Bad news on the fishing fleets return

Crossing the Red Sea
Escaping from Egypt, the Israelites would be drowned in the Red Sea, did God not send a pillar of fire to divide the waters and enable them to cross in safety

Hereward Leaves Ely
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Hereward and his men left Ely (Cambridgeshire, England) by rowing boat and how his poor mare Swallow was told to swim, but drowned

Paul Goes to Rome
Caught in a storm on the way to Rome, Paul assures crew and passengers that they will not be drowned

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"Drowned: A Reflection on Tragic Tales and Watery Graves" In the haunting masterpiece "The Young Martyr, 1855, " painted by an unknown artist, a young girl is depicted as a symbol of innocence lost to the depths. Her tragic fate mirrors the countless lives claimed by treacherous waters throughout history. From the brave coastguards and civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey who risked their lives to save others, to Charles Kingsley's enchanting tale "Water Babies" that explores themes of redemption through drowning, water has long held a mysterious allure. Virginia Woolf's poignant story "Drowned" draws inspiration from J. Bertrand's painting, capturing the essence of despair and longing in her words. The image becomes a metaphor for life's struggles and our constant battle against unseen forces. Tragedy struck again with the sinking of Empress of Ireland and RMS Lusitania during World War I. These maritime disasters not only claimed countless lives but also left indelible scars on collective memory. Even prominent figures like President William Howard Taft and Major Archibald Butt were not immune to water's merciless grasp. Their untimely deaths serve as reminders that no one is exempt from nature's unpredictable power. The infamous RMS Titanic remains etched in history as both a marvel of engineering and a chilling reminder of human vulnerability. Letters exchanged between victims Carl Asplund and his family reveal heart-wrenching farewells before they succumbed to icy waters. Beyond real-life tragedies lie stories like Mlle Lantelme, an actress whose demise in the Rhine River added another layer to her enigmatic persona. In Mussorgsky's opera "Khovanshchina, " her character embodies sacrifice amidst political turmoil—a testament to art imitating life even in deathly circumstances. Centuries earlier, woodcuts depicting "The Submersion of Pharaoh’s Army in the Red Sea" captured a biblical event of divine intervention.