Fallen Collection

Gin Lane, 1751. Artist: William Hogarth
Gin Lane, 1751.The scene is the St Giles slums. A child falls to its death from the arms of its drunk mother who sits with ulcerated legs. A skeletal figure holds an empty glass

Death of Henry Percy (Harry Hotspur) at the Battle of Shrewsbury, 21 July 1403, (c1860). Together with his uncle, Thomas Percy

Sir Henry Morton Stanley And His Men Crossing A Hazardous Forest Clearing During His Emin Pasha Relief Expedition In Africa, 1886 To 1889. From In Darkest Africa By Henry M. Stanley Published 1890

Switzerland Reichenbach
The Reichenbach falls, where Sherlock Holmes and professor Moriarty are supposed to have fallen to their deaths

Dramatic Rail Accident at Gare Montparnasse, France
At the Montparnasse terminus of the Chemin de Fer de l Ouest, the Granville train crashes through the buffers and into the street (Rue de Rennes)

Phaeton, from The Four Disgracers, 1588. 1588. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Phaeton, from The Four Disgracers, 1588

Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
The Australian War Memorial is Australias national memorial to the members of its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in wars involving the Commonwealth of

Picture No. 10899992
DOG - English springer spaniel standing on fallen tree trunk Date:

USA, Louisiana, New Orleans. Metairie Cemetery, Fallen Angel at the Chapman-Hyams memorial

Trams causing havoc on a Belfast street
Horses, carts, wagons and pedestrians in an almighty crash involving two trams in Donegal Place in Belfast. The card caption reads: " Our Trammelled Streets" Date: 1905

Tablet of Shamash. beg. 9th c. BC. The sun-god Shamash (right) receiving the Babylonian king Nabu-apla-iddina (left), between two interceding deities

British soldiers rescuing horse from ditch, Flanders, WW1
British soldiers trying to rescue a horse which has fallen into a ditch, blown by the force from a bursting shell, on the road to Reutel, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Woodland With Bluebells
LA-1026 Woodland with fallen tree - Bluebells carpet forest floor Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Australia, Victoria - The Twelve Apostles with collapsed stack in foreground (collapsed 3rd July 2005)
AU-00026-jon Australia, Victoria - The Twelve Apostles with collapsed stack in foreground (collapsed 3rd July 2005) Port Campbell National Park September 2005 Auscape Please note that prints are for

Frog Prince (Anderson)
DER FROSCHKONIG The Princess promises friendship to the Frog if he will retrieve her beloved golden ball which has fallen into his pond

Ruins of the Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt, c1845. Artist: David Roberts
Ruins of the Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt, c1845. From Egypt and Nubia, Vol 1, by David Roberts

Woman police officer attending an accident where a man appears to have fallen off a ladder. She is speaking into her hand-held radio. Date: circa 1970s

Wood Sorrel -Oxalis acetosella-, growing on dead wood, UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, Nationalpark Hainich, Thuringia, Germany

The Birks of Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK

A Horseman Trampling on a Fallen Foe, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
A Horseman Trampling on a Fallen Foe, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Blitz in London -- Union Road, Rotherhithe, WW2
Blitz in London -- a large unexploded parachute bomb lying on a pile of timber at Union Road, Rotherhithe, SE London. Date: 1940s

Natterjack Toad (Bufo calamita) perched on fallen leaves, next to chestnuts, rainworm and trio of mushrooms

The Conversion of St. Paul, 1601 (oil on canvas)
XOS1274001 The Conversion of St. Paul, 1601 (oil on canvas) by Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (1571-1610); 230x175 cm; Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

Old Beech Trees, near High Beech, Epping Forest, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

County Cricket Match in 1939 - a wicket for Gover of Surrey
County Cricket Match at the Oval in 1939 - a wicket has just fallen, caught behind. The bowler appears to be the Surrey player Alf Gover. Date: 1939

Wall mural close up of Fallen comrades at Belfast
Belfast. Wall mural close up of Fallen comrades of Lt Col William Bucky McCullough - 2nd Batt U. F. F West Belfast Brigade in the end corner of the terrace house. Date: 2011

St Marys Home, Rottingdean, Sussex
St Marys Home, Rottingdean, a magdalen home founded in 1855 for fallen young women. Date: Date unknown

The Last Post by C. E. Turner
Buglers sounding the Last Post at 9pm before the British monument to fallen soldiers at Ypres, the Menin Gate. Date: 1930

Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) adult, feeding amongst leaf litter at edge of water, Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, October

In Memoriam - scene in Tewkesbury Abbey, WW1
A lone woman stands alone in front of a roll of honour, with the Union flag hanging over it inside Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire during the First World War. Date: 1919

Firefighters attempt to right a fallen cart, WW2
Firefighters attempt to right a fallen cart in Clerkenwell Close

Beech Tree - Falling leaves
ROG-11778 Beech Tree - Falling leaves autumn Fagus sylvaticus Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

A scene from No No Nanette at the Palace Theatre, London (1925) with Joseph Coyne, Binnie Hale and George Grossmith Date: 1925

Violet Gordon Charlesworth: the motor car
The motor car with broken windscreen from which Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth(b.1884) was alleged to have been thrown into the sea following an accident at Penmaenbach near Llandudno

Violet Gordon Charlesworth: the slope down which she fell
The slope down which, according to the chaffeurs first statement, Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth(b.1884) was alleged to have fallen and coming through the windscreen of her car at Penmaenbach

LEON TROTSKY EXILED
Trotsky, having fallen out of favour with Stalin, is sent into exile in Siberia, being treated roughly by his guards Date: 1928

Bonzo finds a joy wheel! by George Studdy
Bonzo finds a joy wheel -- he goes round and round on a gramophone turntable, until he becomes too dizzy and falls off. Date: 1924

Surprise Attack, 1871 (oil on canvas)
BAL172725 Surprise Attack, 1871 (oil on canvas) by Vereshchagin, Vasili Vasilievich (1842-1904); 82x206.7 cm; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Ixion, from The Four Disgracers, 1588. 1588. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Ixion, from The Four Disgracers, 1588

Market Reports Illustrated - Unexpected fruit supply cleared
Market Reports Illustrated - Fruit, an unexpected supply was rapidly cleared! A fallen basket of apples is swiftly cleared up by lucky pedestrians! Date: circa 1905

Fallen highly-coloured leaves of sycamore, heavily infested with tar spot fungus (Rhytisma acerinum). Autumn
ROG-11793 Fallen highly-coloured leaves of sycamore, heavily infested with tar spot fungus (Rhytisma acerinum) Autumn Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Mary Celeste / Fosdyk 1872
ABEL FOSDYKs STORY All the crew, except Fosdyk, are eaten by sharks : he survives on drifting wreckage of the fallen quarter-deck (almost certainly a hoax)

Corps of Siberian Amazons: Female Cossacks
2603895 Corps of Siberian Amazons: Female Cossacks; (add.info.: A corps of Siberian Amazons: Female Cossacks on military exercises on the plain of Nikolsk - Oussourisk, Russia)

Officers from St Cyr military academy in France lays wreaths to remember fallen soldiers, 1899
3480892 Officers from St Cyr military academy in France lays wreaths to remember fallen soldiers, 1899; (add.info.: Officers from St Cyr military academy in France lays wreaths to remember fallen)

Ice skating in the 18th century. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs
1000912 Ice skating in the 18th century. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs, published 1909.; Private Collection.

She cried " O miserable man, what sorry watch is this that thou has kept"
3086236 She cried " O miserable man, what sorry watch is this that thou has kept", illustration from 'The Story of The Magic Horse', 1938 (colour litho) by Dulac

French colonial postcard showing French Foreign Legion soldiers commemorated as fallen heroes 1910
5305057 French colonial postcard showing French Foreign Legion soldiers commemorated as fallen heroes 1910; (add.info.: French colonial postcard showing French Foreign Legion soldiers commemorated as)

Folio 71v of Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry depicts Gregory leading a procession around the city to plead for
529649 Folio 71v of Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry depicts Gregory leading a procession around the city to plead for respite from the plague. One of the monks has fallen to the illness

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"Fallen: A Visual Journey Through Time and Tragedy" Step into the world of "fallen, " where art, history, and human stories intertwine to reveal moments of loss, calamity, and downfall. From the haunting Gin Lane painting by William Hogarth in 1751 to the dramatic rail accident at Gare Montparnasse in France, these glimpses into the past offer a poignant reminder of our vulnerability. In Switzerland's Reichenbach, we witness nature's power as it claims lives amidst breathtaking landscapes. At the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, we pay homage to fallen heroes who sacrificed everything for their country. Picture No. 10899992 captures a fleeting moment frozen in time – an image that speaks volumes about life's fragility. Venturing across continents, we find ourselves standing before New Orleans' Metairie Cemetery where a fallen angel guards over the Chapman-Hyams memorial. Trams wreaking havoc on Belfast streets remind us how chaos can strike unexpectedly. The Tablet of Shamash from ancient Mesopotamia transports us back to the 9th century BC when even gods could fall from grace. British soldiers rescuing horses from ditches during World War I exemplify humanity's resilience amid turmoil. Yet not all falls are tragic; some hold beauty within them. Woodland With Bluebells invites us into a serene realm where nature gracefully embraces change. The Twelve Apostles with its collapsed stack serves as a testament to erosion's relentless force but also reminds us of nature's eternal cycle. Finally, Hendrik Goltzius' depiction of Icarus symbolizes ambition turned hubris – reminding us that even those who soar highest can come crashing down. Through this visual journey spanning centuries and continents, "fallen" reveals both our vulnerabilities and strengths as humans navigating an unpredictable world. It urges reflection on our own journeys while honoring those whose falls have left indelible marks on history.