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Wharf Collection (#9)

"Captivating Wharfs: From Coastal Cornish Charm to Exotic Caribbean Delights" Cottage of Alfred Wallis, St Ives

Background imageWharf Collection: Low rental workmen's dwellings built by Birkenhead Dock Co. c1844: Architect CE. Lang

Low rental workmen's dwellings built by Birkenhead Dock Co. c1844: Architect CE. Lang. Avenue of dwellings
531832 Low rental workmen's dwellings built by Birkenhead Dock Co. c1844: Architect CE. Lang. Avenue of dwellings. Each block was 3 houses of 4 floors

Background imageWharf Collection: Bognor: The Pier (b/w photo)

Bognor: The Pier (b/w photo)
8644167 Bognor: The Pier (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pier)

Background imageWharf Collection: Atlantic City: The Pavilion and Pier at the Inlet (b/w photo)

Atlantic City: The Pavilion and Pier at the Inlet (b/w photo)
8644127 Atlantic City: The Pavilion and Pier at the Inlet (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pavilion and Pier at the Inlet)

Background imageWharf Collection: Southend-on-Sea: The Pier (litho)

Southend-on-Sea: The Pier (litho)
8625435 Southend-on-Sea: The Pier (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pier. Illustration for The Royal Album of Southend on Sea (np, c.1885)

Background imageWharf Collection: Hunstanton: The Pier (b/w photo)

Hunstanton: The Pier (b/w photo)
8650730 Hunstanton: The Pier (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pier)

Background imageWharf Collection: My new bathing costume is rather attractive (colour litho)

My new bathing costume is rather attractive (colour litho)
8656542 My new bathing costume is rather attractive (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: My new bathing costume is rather attractive)

Background imageWharf Collection: The diver (colour litho)

The diver (colour litho)
8656724 The diver (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The diver. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imageWharf Collection: Scotland: Kirn from the Pier (b/w photo)

Scotland: Kirn from the Pier (b/w photo)
8654853 Scotland: Kirn from the Pier (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kirn from the Pier)

Background imageWharf Collection: London's docks (b/w photo)

London's docks (b/w photo)
8635294 London's docks (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London's docks)

Background imageWharf Collection: Paignton Green, Pier and Bandstand (coloured photo)

Paignton Green, Pier and Bandstand (coloured photo)
8675078 Paignton Green, Pier and Bandstand (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paignton Green, Pier and Bandstand)

Background imageWharf Collection: Loading imported goods onto barges, World War II (b/w photo)

Loading imported goods onto barges, World War II (b/w photo)
8672813 Loading imported goods onto barges, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Loading imported goods onto barges, World War II)

Background imageWharf Collection: The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, c.1900-10s (postcard)

The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, c.1900-10s (postcard)
7886294 The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, c.1900-10s (postcard); Private Collection; (add.info.: The agricultural and maritime penitentiary colony of Belle-Isle-en-Mer)

Background imageWharf Collection: The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, c.1900-10s (postcard)

The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, c.1900-10s (postcard)
7886282 The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, c.1900-10s (postcard); Private Collection; (add.info.: The agricultural and maritime penitentiary colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer (Belle Ile en Mer)

Background imageWharf Collection: The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 1909 (postcard)

The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 1909 (postcard)
7879441 The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 1909 (postcard); Private Collection; (add.info.: The agricultural and maritime penitentiary colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer (Belle Ile en Mer)

Background imageWharf Collection: Vienna, 1821 (engraving)

Vienna, 1821 (engraving)
2068964 Vienna, 1821 (engraving); (add.info.: Commerce du bois. Gravure de Janska, France, 1821. Coll. Part. Geography. Austria. Vienna from Leopoldstadt. Wood merchandising)

Background imageWharf Collection: The Loggia di Davide (or D'Onore) and the fishponds seen from the garden designed by Giulio Romano

The Loggia di Davide (or D'Onore) and the fishponds seen from the garden designed by Giulio Romano (1499-1546)
BEN78407 The Loggia di Davide (or D'Onore) and the fishponds seen from the garden designed by Giulio Romano (1499-1546), 1524-34 (photo) (see also 78406); Palazzo del Te, Mantua

Background imageWharf Collection: The Loggia di Davide (or D'Onore) interior decorated with frescos of biblical subjects including

The Loggia di Davide (or D'Onore) interior decorated with frescos of biblical subjects including King David playing
BEN78408 The Loggia di Davide (or D'Onore) interior decorated with frescos of biblical subjects including King David playing the harp, designed by Giulio Romano (1499-1546)

Background imageWharf Collection: Port San Stefano shipyard (Italy). Oil on canvas by Reinier Nooms (1623-1667)

Port San Stefano shipyard (Italy). Oil on canvas by Reinier Nooms (1623-1667)
MMM5459684 Port San Stefano shipyard (Italy). Oil on canvas by Reinier Nooms (1623-1667).; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Port San Stefano shipyard (Italy)

Background imageWharf Collection: The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 1909 (postcard)

The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 1909 (postcard)
7879438 The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 1909 (postcard); Private Collection; (add.info.: The agricultural and maritime penitentiary colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer (Belle Ile en Mer)

Background imageWharf Collection: Roman Imperial Ship leaving the Harbour, c.1930 (colour litho)

Roman Imperial Ship leaving the Harbour, c.1930 (colour litho)
PNP427739 Roman Imperial Ship leaving the Harbour, c.1930 (colour litho) by Sebille, Albert (1874-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWharf Collection: Loading supplies for our army in France, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Loading supplies for our army in France, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading supplies for our army in France, between 1917 and c1920. A ship next to a dock, on which buckets, rope, crates and other supplies are being prepared for transport to France during World War I

Background imageWharf Collection: Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: embarkation in the royal yacht Osborne…

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: embarkation in the royal yacht Osborne…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: embarkation in the royal yacht Osborne at Gottenborg - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Background imageWharf Collection: Our ironclad fleet: launch of the Royal Alfred screw-frigate at Portsmouth, on Saturday last, 1864

Our ironclad fleet: launch of the Royal Alfred screw-frigate at Portsmouth, on Saturday last, 1864. Royal Navy warship. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

Background imageWharf Collection: Seeing off the Expedition on the Pier, 1912. Creator: Nikolay Vasilyevich Pinegin

Seeing off the Expedition on the Pier, 1912. Creator: Nikolay Vasilyevich Pinegin
Seeing off the Expedition on the Pier, 1912. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs from the family archive of geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

Background imageWharf Collection: Seeing off the Expedition in Arkhangelsk, 1912. Creator: Nikolay Vasilyevich Pinegin

Seeing off the Expedition in Arkhangelsk, 1912. Creator: Nikolay Vasilyevich Pinegin
Seeing off the Expedition in Arkhangelsk, 1912. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs from the family archive of geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

Background imageWharf Collection: Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, [London], sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. a great fire broke out in the waterside premises of Messrs

Background imageWharf Collection: Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Low-Lights Dock at Tynemouth, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Low-Lights Dock at Tynemouth, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Low-Lights Dock at Tynemouth, 1864. Rain-soaked celebrations marking the start of work at the mouth of the River Tyne

Background imageWharf Collection: Laying the foundation-stone of the Hubberston Dock at Milford Haven, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Laying the foundation-stone of the Hubberston Dock at Milford Haven, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the Hubberston Dock at Milford Haven, 1864. The foundation-stone...was laid on Thursday, the 11th August, by Mrs. Potter, the wife of Mr

Background imageWharf Collection: Frank G. Carpenter on lighthouse wharf, Ketchikan, 1915. Creator: Unknown

Frank G. Carpenter on lighthouse wharf, Ketchikan, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Frank G. Carpenter on lighthouse wharf, Ketchikan, 1915

Background imageWharf Collection: Confluence of the Irtysh and Tobol rivers, Tobolsk, 1912. Creator

Confluence of the Irtysh and Tobol rivers, Tobolsk, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Confluence of the Irtysh and Tobol rivers, Tobolsk, 1912

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Zurab Getsadze

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Zurab Getsadze

Background imageWharf Collection: The fishing village of Svolvaer nestled around a harbor on a mountainous island in the Vestfjorden

The fishing village of Svolvaer nestled around a harbor on a mountainous island in the Vestfjorden. Svolvaer, Austvagoya Island, Lofoten, Norway

Background imageWharf Collection: Sergey Davydov

Sergey Davydov

Background imageWharf Collection: Coming home

Coming home
Ekkachai Khemkum

Background imageWharf Collection: The old spa

The old spa
Jose Antonio Triviño Sanchez

Background imageWharf Collection: View of the Admiralty warehouse in Amsterdam, 1752. Creator: Anon

View of the Admiralty warehouse in Amsterdam, 1752. Creator: Anon
View of the Admiralty warehouse in Amsterdam, 1752. A View of the Admiralty at Amsterdam, of the Store Houses, Wharfes and Docks, belonging to it, and to the East India Company of Holland

Background imageWharf Collection: U.S.S. Maine, 'I name thee Maine', 1889 Nov. Creator: Unknown. U.S.S

U.S.S. Maine, "I name thee Maine", 1889 Nov. Creator: Unknown. U.S.S
U.S.S. Maine, "I name thee Maine", 1889 Nov

Background imageWharf Collection: Eastern States on the ways, Dec. 7, 1901, 1901 Dec 7. Creator: Unknown

Eastern States on the ways, Dec. 7, 1901, 1901 Dec 7. Creator: Unknown
Eastern States on the ways, Dec. 7, 1901, 1901 Dec 7

Background imageWharf Collection: Reliance in dry dock, 1903. Creator: Unknown

Reliance in dry dock, 1903. Creator: Unknown
Reliance in dry dock, 1903

Background imageWharf Collection: Broadside view on launching cradle, launch S.S. Tionesta, Dec. 15, 1902, 1902 Dec 15

Broadside view on launching cradle, launch S.S. Tionesta, Dec. 15, 1902, 1902 Dec 15. Creator: Unknown
Broadside view on launching cradle, launch S.S. Tionesta, Dec. 15, 1902, 1902 Dec 15

Background imageWharf Collection: Boat landing, the park, Buffalo, N.Y. between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown

Boat landing, the park, Buffalo, N.Y. between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Boat landing, the park, Buffalo, N.Y. between 1900 and 1906

Background imageWharf Collection: Dock No. 2 at Chatham Yard, recently opened, 1858. Creator: Smyth

Dock No. 2 at Chatham Yard, recently opened, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Dock No. 2 at Chatham Yard, recently opened, 1858. The Dock recently completed at Chatham, known as No. 2 Dock...was commenced in October, 1855, and completed in October of the present year

Background imageWharf Collection: The Dock at Sveaborg. Creator: Elias Martin

The Dock at Sveaborg. Creator: Elias Martin
The Dock at Sveaborg, Unknown date

Background imageWharf Collection: Ruins of the Late Fire at the London Docks, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Ruins of the Late Fire at the London Docks, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Late Fire at the London Docks, 1858. The fire...originated in the South Stack Warehouse on the South Quay building, several floors high, each filled with gutta percha, saltpetre, sugar

Background imageWharf Collection: Accident at the Entry Lock of the East India Docks, Blackwall, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Accident at the Entry Lock of the East India Docks, Blackwall, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Accident at the Entry Lock of the East India Docks, Blackwall, [London], 1858. The vessels were the brig Ocean, of Shoreham, bound to Swansea, with a cargo of copper ore, and the collier brig Lustre

Background imageWharf Collection: Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth Dockyard: stern view of the ship, 1876. Creator: J. R. W

Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth Dockyard: stern view of the ship, 1876. Creator: J. R. W
Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth Dockyard: stern view of the ship, 1876. Warship launched using electricity. Hammers and battering-rams were applied to the foremost blocks

Background imageWharf Collection: Wharf Rat, mid 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

Wharf Rat, mid 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Wharf Rat, mid 19th century




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"Captivating Wharfs: From Coastal Cornish Charm to Exotic Caribbean Delights" Cottage of Alfred Wallis, St Ives, Cornwall: A picturesque wharf nestled in the enchanting coastal town of St Ives, where history and art merge seamlessly. A dusk view of Clevedon Pier, Somerset: As twilight paints the sky with hues of gold and lavender, Clevedon Pier stands tall as a timeless symbol of seaside tranquility. St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands: Discover a vibrant wharf in this tropical paradise that beckons you to soak up the sun and immerse yourself in island life. Sennen Cove, Cornwall: With its rugged cliffs and pristine sandy beaches, Sennen Cove's wharf offers a glimpse into the untamed beauty of England's southwestern coast. Tate & Lyle Refinery: Witness the bustling activity at this industrial wharf as it plays a vital role in refining sweetness for our daily lives - sugar. The harbour and village, Polperro, Cornwall: Step back in time as you wander through Polperro's charming streets lined with colorful cottages and fishing boats bobbing gently at the quay. Statue by Tom Murphy near Albert Dock: Pay homage to legendary singer-songwriter Billy Fury at this waterfront tribute that adds musical notes to Liverpool's iconic docklands. Kinsale Harbour, County Cork: Immerse yourself in Irish charm as you stroll along Kinsale Harbour's lively quayside filled with cozy pubs serving hearty fare and tales aplenty. Findochty Harbour, Moray Scotland: Nestled on Scotland's northeastern coast lies Findochty Harbour - an idyllic spot where fishermen bring their catch ashore amidst breathtaking Scottish landscapes. Exeter Quay, Devon England .