Dark Collection (#30)

Apollo and Diana Kill Niobes Children with their Arrows, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Apollo and Diana Kill Niobes Children with their Arrows, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Tithonus, Auroras Husband, Turned into a Grasshopper, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Tithonus, Auroras Husband, Turned into a Grasshopper, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Lycaon Metamorphosed into a Wolf, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Lycaon Metamorphosed into a Wolf, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Clytia Turned into a Turnesole, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Clytia Turned into a Turnesole, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Moon and Endymion, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
The Moon and Endymion, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Leucothoe Seduced by Apollo in the Shape of Eurynome, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Leucothoe Seduced by Apollo in the Shape of Eurynome, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Salon of the Countess Potocka, 1887. Artist: Jean Beraud
The Salon of the Countess Potocka, 1887. Found in the collection of the Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France

A Woman seated Drawing, c1649-1667. Artist: Gabriel Metsu
A Woman seated Drawing, c1649-1667. The scene illustrates the early stage of an artists training when the pupil has to practice drawing after sculptures and prints, National Gallery, London

Portrait of Thora Maria Borch, c1830-1873. Artist: Wilhelm Marstrand
Portrait of Thora Maria Borch, c1830-1873. Private collection

Knight dictating a letter to a Monk, 1865. Artist: Octave Penguilly L Haridon
Knight dictating a letter to a Monk, 1865. Private collection

Head of a Young Girl, 1879. Artist: Wilhelm Maria Hubertus Leibl
Head of a Young Girl, 1879

Edward and Sarah Rutter, c1805. Artist: Joshua Johnson
Edward and Sarah Rutter, c1805. Found in the collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Punished Son, 1778. Artist: Jean-Baptiste Greuze
The Punished Son, 1778

Interior of Temple Apet, Karnack, 1881. Artist: Weber M
Interior of Temple Apet, Karnack, 1881. Published in L Egypt by Gaston Maspero, 1881

Study, 1843-1927. Artist: Luke Fildes
Study, 1843-1927

Crucifixion of St Peter, c1600-1642. Artist: Guido Reni
Crucifixion of St Peter, c1600-1642

The Jar of Olives, (detail), 1760. Artist: Jean-Simeon Chardin
The Jar of Olives, (detail), 1760. From the collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Wonderful advice, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Wonderful advice, 1799. Plate 15 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Bon Voyage, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Bon Voyage, 1799. Plate 64 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Fragata perro, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Fragata perro, 1799. Taken from Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain The series is evidence of the artists political

Loyalty, 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya
Loyalty, 1819-1823. Plate 17 of Proverbs, published in 1864.The series also known as disparates (absurdities) or suenos (dreams) is seen as symbolic of the absurdity of the human condition

Clear Fantasy, 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya
Clear Fantasy, 1819-1823. Plate 15 of Proverbs, published in 1864.The series also known as disparates (absurdities) or suenos (dreams) is seen as symbolic of the absurdity of the human condition

Napoleon I, 19th century

Descent from the Cross, 16th century. Artist: Jacopo Bassano il vecchio
Descent from the Cross, 16th century. From the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal

Moon at Numazu, from 53 stations of Tokaido, 1832
body, face, solar system, moon, stream, time of day, evening, sky, night, water, geographical feature, river, arts, landscape, location, forest, exterior, travel, luggage, journey, Japan, Japanese

Seascape with a fire in the distance, 1667. Artist: Ludolf Backhuysen I
Seascape with a fire in the distance, 1667

Epiphany, late 14th / early 15th century. Artist: Taddeo di Bartolo
Epiphany, late 14th/early 15th century

Christ and the Woman of Samaria, 1659. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Christ and the Woman of Samaria, 1659

The Paumgartner Alterpiece, 1498-1504. Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Paumgartner Alterpiece, 1498-1504

Jacob Fights the Angel, 1660. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Jacob Fights the Angel, 1660. From the Gemaldegalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin

The Interdict, 1875. Artist: Jean-Paul Laurens
The Interdict, 1875. From the Musee des Beaux Arts, Le Havre, France

The Black Country near Bilston, Staffordshire, 1869. Artist: G Greatbach
The Black Country near Bilston, Staffordshire, 1869, showing a scene of heavy industry at night with smoking chimneys, fire from gas outlets and hot coals, with a wheeled engine to right

Chinese Bronze, A Taoist Emperor

Chinese Jade Lion, symbolises energy for Taoists

Interior of the Roman Baths, incorporated in the Cluny Monastery, Paris, c20th century

Claw Beaker from an Anglo-Saxon grave at Lyminge, Kent, 5th century. At Maidstone Museum. A claw beaker is a name given by archaeologists to a type of drinking vessel often found as a grave good in

Gilbert White Memorial Window, Selborne Church, Hampshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Gilbert White Memorial Window, Selborne Church, Hampshire, 20th century. Commemorating the death of writer and novelist Gilbert White

Mashta inscription - Hebrew tombstone, found in Aden, Asia, 8th century
Carved dark stone tombstone, Aden, Asia, 1717-1718 (Seleucid era). Hebrew inscription in square characters, gives the name of a woman called Mishta (or Mashta)

A Dog, 17th century. Artist: Frans Snyders
A Dog, 17th century. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the M. Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol

A Fishmongers Shop, c1616-1618. Artist: Frans Snyders
A Fishmongers Shop, c1616-1618. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Fish, 1620. Artist: Frans Snyders
Fish, 1620. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the M. Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol

Evening in Honfleur, 1860s. Artist: Charles Francois Daubigny
Evening in Honfleur, 1860s. Daubigny, Charles-Francois (1817-1878). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Interior of a passage grave at Fourknocks, 3000 to 2500 BC
Interior of a passage grave at Fourknocks in County Meath, Ireland. The photograph shows the burial chamber, seen from the entrance passage, 3000 to 2500 BC

John Howard (1726-1790), 1880. Howard, English philanthropist and prison reformer, visiting a prison during his investigation of prison conditions

Prisoners at Clerkenwell House of Correction, London, 1874. Prisoners, in prison uniform, take their turn on the treadmill while the men who have just done their stint wait in silence until it is

The Golden Calf, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Golden Calf, 1892. Satirical print on the Panama Scandal of 1892-1893, which involved the French government taking bribes to not inform the public of the extent of the Panama Canal Companys

Assassination of Julius Caesar, c1749-1821. Artist: Laurent Pecheux
Assassination of Julius Caesar, c1749-1821

Christ before Pilate, 1881. Artist: Mihaly Munkacsy
Christ before Pilate, 1881

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