Contrast Collection (page 3)

Low Life - High Life, 1829 (c1900). Artist: Edwin Henry Landseer
Low Life - High Life, 1829 (c1900). Held by the Tate, London. From Famous Pictures of the World, c1900

Youth and Age, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Youth and Age, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

El Cacharrero, (The Crockery), 1778-1778, (c1934). Artist: Francisco Goya
El Cacharrero, (The Crockery), 1778-1778, (c1934). A complex scene of city and street life. A Valencian crockery seller distributes his wares on the street

Industry and Greed, c1900, (1917). Artist: George Frederick Watts
Industry and Greed, c1900, (1917). From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

Love and Death, c1877, (1917). Artist: George Frederick Watts
Love and Death, c1877, (1917). Painting held at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, Manchester. From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

Forte Piano, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
Forte Piano, 1829. From Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank. [George Cruikshank, London, 1829]

The Hermit Visits The Caliph, 1918, (1918). Artist: Edmund Joseph Sullivan
The Hermit Visits The Caliph, 1918, (1918). From Bibbys Annual 1918, edited by Joseph Bibby. [The Priory Publishing Press, Liverpool, 1917]

The Three Paths, 1918, (1918). Artist: Gunning King
The Three Paths, 1918, (1918). The picture symbolises the three human paths of heart, mind and body. From Bibbys Annual 1918, edited by Joseph Bibby. [The Priory Publishing Press, Liverpool, 1917]

Diogenes Lantern & Harvest Brodiaea, c1915, (1915). Artist: Emma Graham Clock
Diogenes Lantern & Harvest Brodiaea, c1915, (1915). Calochortus amablis - Lily Family. Brodiaea grandiflora - Lily Family

Squaw Grass and Scarlet Paint Brush, c1915, (1915). Artist: Emma Graham Clock
Squaw Grass and Scarlet Paint Brush, c1915, (1915). Xerophyllum tenax - Lily Family. Castilleia latifolia - Figwort Family

Scarlet and Blue Larkspur, c1915, (1915). Artist: Emma Graham Clock
Scarlet and Blue Larkspur, c1915, (1915). Delphinium nudicaule - Crowfoot Family. Delphinium - Crowfoot family - Cavaliers Spur

Rustum and the Simoorg, c1897. Artist: Philip William May
Rustum and the Simoorg, c1897. From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme. [The Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1900-01]

A Good Story Wasted, c1900. Artist: Charles Edmund Brock
A Good Story Wasted, c1900. From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme. [The Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1900-01]

Monk s-Hood, c1922. Artist: Harriet Sibyl Meugen
Monk s-Hood, c1922. From The Studio Volume 83. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1922]

Frost on the Thames, 1897. Artist: J Quartley
Frost on the Thames, 1897. From Old and New London Vol III by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

Poppies, Wheat, and Natane Flowers, 17th century. Artist: Sotatsu
Poppies, Wheat, and Natane Flowers, 17th century. From The Studio Volume 52. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1911]

Tunisian Arabs Welcome a British Sergeant at Chaouach, 1943. From The War Illustrated Volume 6 edited by Sir John Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, 1943]

Old and New in North Africa, 1943. Tunisia during the Tunisia Campaign of World War II. From The War Illustrated Volume 6 edited by Sir John Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, 1943]

La Demimondaine, 1911. Artist: James Pryde
La Demimondaine, 1911. From A History of Painting Volume VIII by Haldane MacFall [T. C. and E. C. Jack, Lodon & Edinburgh, 1911.]

The Calmady Children, c1823, (1916). Artist: CG Lewis
The Calmady Children, c1823. After a sketch by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) for his work entitled Nature. From The Connoisseur Vol XLIV by [Otto Limited, London, 1916.]

Electrical Power Station at Water Orton, Hams Hall, near Birmingham, 1928. From The Studio Volume 98 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1929.]

Liberty is not Anarchy, 1886, (1929). Artist: Thomas Nast
Liberty is not Anarchy, 1886. This cartoon shows the hands of Columbia holding, in her left hand, a sword labeled U.S. and in her right, a handful of anarchists

Simon Paap (1789-1828 ) and James Toller (1798-1818), c1894
Simon Paap (1789-1828 ) and James Toller (1798-1818) c1816. Simon Paap (1789-1828 ) was a famous Dutch dwarf who stood at twenty eight inches tall and James Toller (1798-1818)

Wybrand Lolkes (1733-1801) and his Wife, (1822), 1894
Wybrand Lolkes (1733-1801) and his Wife, 1822. Wybrand Lolkes (1733-1801) was a Dutch dwarf who exhibited himelf with travelling fairs

Jozef Boruwlaski (1739-1837) and Patrick Cotter O Brien (1760-1806), c1780 (1894)
Jozef Boruwlaski (1739-1837) and Patrick Cotter O Brien (1760-1806), c1780. Count Jozef Boruwlaski (1739-1837) was a Polish-born dwarf who toured in European and Turkish courts

Quadruple-Screw R. M.s Majestic of the White Star Line, c1920s
Quadruple-Screw R.M.S Majestic of the White Star Line, c1920s. RMS Majestic worked on the North Atlantic run. Majestic was originally launched in 1914 as the Hamburg America Line liner SS Bismarck

Portrait of Sir Francis Ford?s Children Giving a Coin to a Beggar Boy. Exhibited 1793 (1906). Artist: Charles Wilkinson
Portrait of Sir Francis Ford?s Children Giving a Coin to a Beggar Boy. Exhibited 1793. Sir Francis Ford (1758-1801) was the Member of Parliament for Newcastle-Under-Lyme from 22 February 1793 to

The Great Harry, man of war, the largest ship in the world during the reign of Henry VIII, c1857. Artist: T Sherratt
The Great Harry, man of war, the largest ship in the world during the reign of Henry VIII, c1857. The ship, properly named the Henry Grace a Dieu, is contrasted with HMS Royal Albert, of 131 guns

The Green Eyed Monster, 1913. Artist: Casavant
The Green Eyed Monster, 1913. A print from Life, 20th March 1913

The White Monk II, c1775, (1938). Artist: Richard Wilson
The White Monk II, c1775, (1938). Original painting held at the Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, USA. From A Catalogue of the Pictures

St Nicholas Church, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1843. Artist: J Jackson
St Nicholas Church, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1843. An engraving from The Art-Union Scrap Book, Henry G Bohn, London, 1843

West front of the Cathedral at Rheims, 1843. Artist: J Jackson
West front of the Cathedral at Rheims, 1843. An engraving from The Art-Union Scrap Book, Henry G Bohn, London, 1843

Designs for Rugs by the Allgauer Handwebeteppiche, c1928. From The Studio Volume 95. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1928]

The Whistling Oyster, 1897. From Old and New London Vol 111 by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

Henry VIII, meeting Francis I, 1850. Artist: John Leech
Henry VIII, meeting Francis I, 1850. A satirical illustration King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France meeting at the Field of the Cloth of Gold

Marriage of Henry the Sixth and Margaret of Anjou, 1850. Artist: John Leech
Marriage of Henry the Sixth and Margaret of Anjou, 1850. A satirical illustration showing the marriage of King Henry VI (1421-1471) and Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482)

Golf, 1919. A print from Punch, or The London Charivari, 23rd July 1919

Taste a la mode in the year 1735: Being the contrast to the year 1745, (c1745). Artist: Evan Davis
Taste a la mode in the year 1735: Being the contrast to the year 1745, (c1745). Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

The sea at the Crimea, c1860-1900. Artist: Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi
The sea at the Crimea, c1860-1900. Kuindzhi, Arkhip Ivanovich (1842-1910). Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Piti Tiena, (Two Sisters), 1892. Artist: Paul Gauguin
Piti Tiena, (Two Sisters), 1892. Gauguin, Paul Eugene Henri (1848-1903). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Alms, c1870-c1875. Artist: Andrei Osipovich Karelin
Alms, c1870-c1875. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

The Massacre, 1905. Artist: Sergei Ivanov
The Massacre, 1905. January 9th 1905, Bloody Sunday massacre in St. Petersburg, Russia, of peaceful demonstrators marking the beginning of the violent phase of the Russian Revolution of 1905

Counter-Composition XIII, 1925-1926. Artist: Theo Van Doesburg
Counter-Composition XIII, 1925-1926.This canvas upholds the Neo-Plastic dictum of peripheric composition. The focus is decentralized and there are no empty, inactive areas

The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Rome. The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina is an ancient Roman temple in Rome, adapted into the church of San Lorenzo in Miranda

Early Sumerian cylinder-seal and impression, from the British Museums collection

Hittite clay tablet and envelope. The letter is from Ena Suin for Laqidim and Shamash-Damho

Confessions, 18th century. The Good Confession (top) presided over by Christ in heaven. A man chained to a devil approaches the confessional

A Foolish and a Betting Man and A Wise and a Better Man, 1852. Cartoon from Punch (London, 1852) on the folly and profligacy of smoking and betting contrasted with the wisdom and prudence of saving

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