Deterioration Collection

Temperate rainforest of Dandenong Ranges
Old railway track in the lush temperate rainforest, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia

Monumental Arch, Palmyra, Syria
Sunset at the Unesco World heritage Site. Before the Syrian conflict started in 2011, more than 150, 000 tourists visited the city of Palmyra every year

Outback ruins
Old ruined house near Silverton, Outback NSW, Australia

The Sygna is located on Stockton Beach and is the largest shipwreck ever to be washed up on the eastern coast of Sygna wreck off Stockton Beach Australia

Old Green Boat Shed
Taken at Lauderdale Beach, Tasmania

Semaphore jetty, Adelaide, South Australia
Damaged jetty of metropolitan coastline of Adelaide after winter storms

St Dubhthachs Church or Clachan Duich Cemetery
This ancient church and cemetery overlooks Loch Duich in between Dornie and Shiel Bridge, near A87 Morvich. In the distance to the left is the mountain Beinn Fhada or Ben Attow

Planet Earth on human hands, breaking down and crumbling with fragments falling apart. Airbrush illustration

Palmyra, Syria
The Colonnade street in Palmyra, Syria

Tension pneumothorax, X-ray
Tension pneumothorax. X-ray of the chest of a patient with tension pneumothorax that has lead to soft-tissue emphysema. Tension pneumothorax is a progressive deterioration

Grand Portico of the Temple of Philae - Nubia, 1842-1849 (tinted lithograph)
985994 Grand Portico of the Temple of Philae - Nubia, 1842-1849 (tinted lithograph) by Roberts, David (1796-1864); 62.5x45 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Sunrise a St Clair Beach, Dunedin, New Zealand
The old jetty remains at St Clair beach in Dunedin, South Island of New Zealand

Illustration of padlocked ballot box

Polly's Clown, 1946 (oil on canvasboard)
651156 Polly's Clown, 1946 (oil on canvasboard) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 40.2x30.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Polly's Clown. Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Oil on canvasboard

Woman with skin rashes and redness caused by the use of make-up (coloured engraving)
8655685 Woman with skin rashes and redness caused by the use of make-up (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Infirmities of old age (coloured engraving)
8655683 Infirmities of old age (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Infirmities of old age)

Aleration and deterioration of internal organs in old age (coloured engraving)
8655682 Aleration and deterioration of internal organs in old age (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Near Hambledon (watercolour heightened with bodycolour and scratching out)
1766737 Near Hambledon (watercolour heightened with bodycolour and scratching out) by Allingham, Helen (1848-1926); 29.2x38.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Near Hambledon)

The Corner of the Kitchen, (pen, black ink and watercolour)
657258 The Corner of the Kitchen, (pen, black ink and watercolour) by Ginner, Charles (1878-1952); 35x23 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Corner of the Kitchen. Charles Ginner (1878-1952)

Lilac time, c. 1884 (oil on canvas)
650553 Lilac time, c.1884 (oil on canvas) by Hassam, Childe Frederick (1859-1935); 39.2x52 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Lilac time. Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935). Oil on canvas, c. 1884

Young Girl Feeding Chickens Outside a Cottage, (pencil and watercolour with touches of white heightening)
659890 Young Girl Feeding Chickens Outside a Cottage, (pencil and watercolour with touches of white heightening) by Stannard

Autumn in the Bronx, 1936 (oil on canvas)
1767436 Autumn in the Bronx, 1936 (oil on canvas) by Ault, George Copeland (1891-1948); 61x45.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Autumn in the Bronx. George Copeland Ault (1891-1948)

Village en Hiver, (oil on board)
652887 Village en Hiver, (oil on board) by Charreton, Victor (1864-1937); 61x73.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Village en Hiver. Victor Charreton (1864-1937). Oil on board

Plaster Statuette: Female Torso, Front View; Statuette de platre: Torse de femme, vue de face, 1887 (oil on canvas)
1767906 Plaster Statuette: Female Torso, Front View; Statuette de platre: Torse de femme, vue de face, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Gogh

Tramp at Night; Un Vagabond de nuit, (oil on panel)
1197478 Tramp at Night; Un Vagabond de nuit, (oil on panel) by Munkacsy, Mihaly (1844-1900); 82.9x65.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Hungarian, out of copyright

The Broken Vase (oil on canvas)
990908 The Broken Vase (oil on canvas) by Watrous, Harry Wilson (1857-1940); 30.5x40.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Broken Vase. Harry W. Watrous (1857-1940). Oil on canvas

The Broken Chord, (oil on canvas)
659790 The Broken Chord, (oil on canvas) by Breakspeare, William A. (1855-1914); 41.9x62.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Broken Chord. William A. Breakspeare (1855-1914). Oil on canvas

Children Playing in an Interior, 1873 (oil on canvas)
659647 Children Playing in an Interior, 1873 (oil on canvas) by Nordenberg, Bengt (1822-1902); 65x81 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Children Playing in an Interior. Bengt Nordenberg (1822-1902)

Sledging on a Frozen Pond, (oil on canvas)
659627 Sledging on a Frozen Pond, (oil on canvas) by Monsted, Peder (1859-1941); 40.7x61.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sledging on a Frozen Pond. Peder Monsted (1859-1941). Oil on canvas

Bright as a Dollar, (oil on canvas)
822836 Bright as a Dollar, (oil on canvas) by McCord, George Herbert (1848-1909); 61x41 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bright as a Dollar. George Herbert McCord (1848-1909). Oil on canvas

The Abandoned House; La Maison Abandonee, 1887 (oil on canvas)
825625 The Abandoned House; La Maison Abandonee, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Sisley, Alfred (1839-99); 38.3x55.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Abandoned House; La Maison Abandonee)

A Street in Newlyn, (oil on panel)
657590 A Street in Newlyn, (oil on panel) by Langley, Walter (1852-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Street in Newlyn. Walter Langley (1852-1922). Oil on panel

The Little Brown House, Passy, c. 1928 (oil on canvas-board)
657402 The Little Brown House, Passy, c.1928 (oil on canvas-board) by Wood, Christopher (1901-30); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Little Brown House, Passy. Christopher Wood (1901-1930)

Two Dancers; Deux Danseuses, (charcoal on tracing paper)
655961 Two Dancers; Deux Danseuses, (charcoal on tracing paper) by Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919); 37x30 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Two Dancers; Deux Danseuses)

The Transit of Venus, 1883 (oil on canvas laid down on board)
1767350 The Transit of Venus, 1883 (oil on canvas laid down on board) by Brown, John George (1831-1913); 76.8x63.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Transit of Venus)

The Construction of Space - Time III; Construction de L Espace - Temps III
825131 The Construction of Space - Time III; Construction de L Espace - Temps III, 1924 (gouache, pen and ink and pencil on tracing paper) by Doesburg

Defeathering Chickens - Late Morning Summer in Brittany
827282 Defeathering Chickens - Late Morning Summer in Brittany; Plumeuses de Poulet - Apres Midi d Ete Bretagne (oil on canvas) by Herland

Purity and Passion, (oil on canvas)
651210 Purity and Passion, (oil on canvas) by Dvorak, Franz (1862-1927); 50.7x64.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Purity and Passion. Franz Dvorak (1862-1927). Oil on canvas

The Quarrel, 1866 (oil on canvas)
651035 The Quarrel, 1866 (oil on canvas) by Brown, John George (1831-1913); 35.5x30.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Quarrel. John George Brown (1831-1913). Oil on canvas

Three Dancers in Bodysuits, with Raised Arms, (charcoal on joined tracing paper laid
988514 Three Dancers in Bodysuits, with Raised Arms, (charcoal on joined tracing paper laid down by the artist on boar) by Degas

A capriccio of a Venetian Palace Overlooking a Piazza with an Obelisk, (black chalk
990016 A capriccio of a Venetian Palace Overlooking a Piazza with an Obelisk, (black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash) by Canaletto

Their First Smoke, 1889 (oil on canvas)
822888 Their First Smoke, 1889 (oil on canvas) by Witkowski, Karl (1860-1910); 71x56 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Their First Smoke. Karl Witkowski (1860-1910). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1889

Pick a Hand, 1889 (oil on canvas)
822672 Pick a Hand, 1889 (oil on canvas) by Witkowski, Karl (1860-1910); 66.2x50.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Pick a Hand. Karl Witkowski (1860-1910). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1889

News from the Front, 1880 (oil on canvas)
1772166 News from the Front, 1880 (oil on canvas) by Webb, Charles Meer (1830-1895); 91.5x80 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: News from the Front. Charles Meer Webb (1830-1895). Oil on canvas

Poultry and Pigeons in an Interior, 1881 (oil on canvas)
658363 Poultry and Pigeons in an Interior, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Hunt, Walter (1861-1941); 45.7x61 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Poultry and Pigeons in an Interior. Walter Hunt (1861-1941)

Runaway Steer, (watercolour and gouache on paper)
650430 Runaway Steer, (watercolour and gouache on paper) by Borein, Edward (1872-1945); 36.8x49.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Runaway Steer. Edward Borein (1872-1945)

Playmates, 1890 (oil on canvas)
659810 Playmates, 1890 (oil on canvas) by Hunt, Walter (1861-1941); 90.2x122.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Playmates. Walter Hunt (1861-1941). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1890

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"Deterioration: Nature's Silent Symphony of Decay" In the temperate rainforest of Dandenong Ranges, time weaves its intricate tapestry as ancient trees stand tall, their trunks weathered and worn. The Monumental Arch in Palmyra, Syria, once a symbol of grandeur and strength, now bears witness to the relentless passage of time. As the sun rises over St Clair Beach in Dunedin, New Zealand, it illuminates a scene that tells a story of gradual deterioration. The ruins of Palmyra in Syria stand as haunting reminders of a glorious past reduced to rubble by conflict and unrest. The Sygna shipwreck off Australia's coast serves as an eerie testament to the power of nature's elements. Its rusted hull slowly succumbs to corrosion under the relentless assault from wind and waves. Amidst serene waters lies an old green boat shed; its paint peeling and wood decaying with each passing season. Semaphore jetty in Adelaide stands stoically against crashing waves but shows signs of weariness through cracks on its surface. St Dubhthach's Church or Clachan Duich Cemetery echoes with whispers from centuries gone by. Moss-covered gravestones bear witness to erosion caused by both time and nature’s embrace. A powerful image emerges - planet Earth cradled within human hands - breaking down and crumbling under our own weighty existence, and is a stark reminder that even our world is not immune to deterioration if left unchecked. Within medical realms, an X-ray reveals tension pneumothorax - lungs collapsing due to internal pressure build-up. It serves as a somber reminder that even our bodies can deteriorate when faced with unseen battles within. The Grand Portico at the Temple of Philae in Nubia showcases faded beauty captured through tinted lithographs from 1842-1849. Time has gently eroded this architectural marvel, leaving behind a mere glimpse of its former glory.