Defunct Collection

Aspidonia, historical artwork, 1899
Aspidonia organisms. Historical artwork of Aspidonia organisms, a now invalid name for a grouping of the classes Merostomata and Trilobita

Combine harvesters in a scrapyard
Combine harvesters. Aerial photograph of combine harvesters in a scrapyard. Photographed in Northumberland, UK

The bride of the dead
Marjan Mashhadi

Merstone Station, Isle of Wight
Merstone Station (now defunct), Isle of Wight. Station staff converse, while train with third class carriages waits at platform. Date: circa 1930s

Bought and Sold! "And Thereby Hangs a Tale"(engraving)
1595288 Bought and Sold! " And Thereby Hangs a Tale" (engraving) by Dadd, S.T. (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bought and Sold)

Handshake. Grave stele. Pentelic marble. Found in the Piraeus. Two standing elderly men, clad in mantles and holding staffs, are shown in a handshake. Between them, a young girl gesticulates

Broken wind turbine F006 / 8647
MODEL RELEASED. Broken wind turbine, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Broken wind turbine F006 / 8646
MODEL RELEASED. Broken wind turbine, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Defunct Linnaean taxonomy, 1823 C017 / 8071
Defunct Linnaean taxonomy. 19th-century artworks of mammals and reptiles classified according to now mostly defunct Linnaean taxonomy

Defunct Linnaean taxonomy, 1823 C017 / 8070
Defunct Linnaean taxonomy. 19th-century artworks of a range of mammals classified according to now mostly defunct Linnaean taxonomy

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"Unveiling the Mysteries of the Defunct: A Journey through Time and Abandonment" Step into the realm of Aspidonia, a forgotten land frozen in historical artwork from 1899. Brushstrokes capture its essence, revealing tales of a bygone era. In a scrapyard, combine harvesters stand as silent witnesses to their former glory. Once mighty machines that reaped bountiful harvests now lay discarded, rusted remnants of progress. "The Bride of the Dead" whispers her tragic tale from Merstone Station on the Isle of Wight. A haunting beauty forever bound to an eternal union with lost souls. An engraving titled "Bought and Sold. 'And Thereby Hangs a Tale'" tells stories etched in time. It serves as a reminder that every object has its own narrative waiting to be unraveled. A handshake immortalized in Pentelic marble emerges from Piraeus, Greece - a grave stele preserving an ancient connection between two souls who have long departed this world. Traveling afar to United Kingdom Territory's South Georgia Island brings us to Leith Harbour. Once bustling with life and industry, it now stands abandoned amidst icy landscapes, echoing memories of human endeavor. Broken wind turbines F006 / 8647 and F006 / 8646 tell tales not only of renewable energy but also remind us how even our most ambitious projects can falter and fall into disrepair over time. The defunct Linnaean taxonomy from 1823 (C017 / 8071) takes us back to an era when scientific classification was different than today's understanding. An obsolete system that paved the way for modern knowledge we possess now. As we delve deeper into these fragments left behind by history’s passage, we uncover stories untold – narratives woven within each relic’s decayed facade. The defunct holds secrets waiting patiently for curious minds willing to listen and learn from the whispers of forgotten times.