Despair Collection (#4)

A Ruined Devotee of the Turf, c1880-1882. Artist: John Everett Millais
A Ruined Devotee of the Turf, c1880-1882. Facsimile of the original drawing by John Everett Millais. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London

Scene at an Irish eviction in County Kerry, 1887. Artist: P Naumann
An Irish eviction in County Kerry, 1887. Scene during the Land War, the dispute between Irish tenant farmers and their landlords that lasted from 1880 until 1892

Queen Jane imprisoned in the Brick Tower, Tower of London, 1553-1554 (1840). Artist: George Cruikshank
Queen Jane imprisoned in the Brick Tower, Tower of London, 1553-1554 (1840). A grandniece of Henry VIII, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen on Edward VIs death in 1553 in an attempt to secure a

Mithridates, his rash Act, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Mithridates, his rash Act, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

The Death of the First Born, 1872 (c1880-1882). Artist: A Mongin
The Death of the First Born, 1872 (c1880-1882). The last of the plagues of Egypt. The Pharaoh holds his dead son. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas

The Widower, 1882. A print from The Magazine of Art Vol V, Cassell, Peter, Galpin and Company, Limited, 1882

Napoleon Bonaparte at the end of the battle of Waterloo, 18th June 1815. Napoleon (1769-1821) French soldier and emperor, fleeing from the battlefield of Waterloo after his defeat by the British

The Raft of the Medusa, 1900. The Medusa was a French frigate wrecked on a sandbank off the coast of Senegal in 1816. The incident became infamous due to the incompetence of the ships captain

Charity or The Indigent Family, 1865, (1912). Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Charity or The Indigent Family, 1865, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

On the Road from Waterloo to Paris, 1863, (1912). Artist: Marcus Stone
On the Road from Waterloo to Paris, 1863, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings with an Introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, London, New York, Toronto, 1912

Allegory of Luxuria, ca 1426. Artist: Pisanello, Antonio (1395-1455)
Allegory of Luxuria, ca 1426. Found in the collection of the Albertina, Vienna

The Seven Virtues, c. 1467-1469. Artist: Guidi (called Scheggia), Antonfrancesco (1441-1476)
The Seven Virtues, c. 1467-1469. Found in the collection of the Museu Nacional d Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Allegory of Virtue and Riches, ca. 1665-1667. Artist: Schalcken, Godfried Cornelisz (1643-1706)
Allegory of Virtue and Riches, ca. 1665-1667. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

In the Garden, 1898. Artist: Gaston de Latouche
In the Garden, 1898. Found in the collection of the Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa, Russia

A Workers Head, 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Constantin Emile Meunier
A Workers Head, 19th or early 20th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Marina Mniszech with her Father under Arrest, 1883. Artist: Mikhail Petrovich Klodt
Marina Mniszech with her Father under Arrest, 1883. Marina Mniszech (c1588-1614) was a Polish noblewoman who became Tsarina of Russia after marrying the impostor False Dmitry I in 1605 during

The Death of Dido, c1637-c1640. Artist: Sebastien Bourdon
The Death of Dido, c1637-c1640. Dido, Queen of Carthage, commits suicide after being abandoned by her lover, Aeneas. The story is recounted in the Aeniad, a poem by the Roman poet Virgil

Moscow homeless shelter dwellers, Russia, c1904. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Head study of a woman looking up, 17th century. Artist: Pietro da Cortona
Head study of a woman looking up, 17th century. Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Death of Cleopatra, 1875. Artist: Hans Makart
The Death of Cleopatra, 1875. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Kassel

The 13th Dalai Lama fleeing the British invasion of Tibet, 1904. The British invaded Tibet and occupied Lhasa after a series of disputes over the border between Sikkim and Tibet

The Poverty-Stricken Family, or The Suicide, 1849, (1897). An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st January 1897

Famine in India, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Famine in India, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 7th February 1897. Starving locals begging for food at a British Army post

Evening on Karl Johan, 1892. Artist: Edvard Munch
Evening on Karl Johan, 1892

Iphis hangs himself in despair that he could not gain Anaxarete, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Iphis hangs himself in despair that he could not gain Anaxarete, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Iphis hangs himself in despair that he could not gain Anaxarete, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Iphis hangs himself in despair that he could not gain Anaxarete, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found 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

Desperate, Self-portrait, 1841. Artist: Gustave Courbet
Desperate, Self-portrait, 1841

Famine in the Middle Ages, (19th century). A starving family kills a dog for food. Card from a series produced by the chocolate factory at the Monastery of Aiguebelle

Christian prisoners at Aradkir, 1895. This is possibly a mis-spelling of Arabkir, or Arapkir, in Turkey where the Armenian population suffered greatly in the massacres of 1895

The Death of the Woman of Darius, 1785. Artist: Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee
The Death of the Woman of Darius, 1785. The death of Statira, the wife of Darius III of Persia, in the captivity of Alexander the Great in 331 BC. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

The Crucifixion, (part of a diptych), early 14th century. Artist: Pacino di Bonaguida
The Crucifixion, (part of a diptych), early 14th century. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Aftermath of a mining accident, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1895. Pit-head scene showing the reactions of friends and relatives as victims of a fire-damp (mainly Methane)

Coal mining accident, Courrieres Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France, 1906. Anxious friends and relatives wait at the pit-head while bodies of the victims who died when the roof fell in are brought to

Coal miners trapped underground by a roof fall, Courrieres Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France, 1906. The miners survived by eating carrots and oats they found in the pit pony stables

The Dream of Human Life, after 1533. Artist: Buonarroti, Michelangelo, (School)
The Dream of Human Life, after 1533. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Plague of London, 1665 (1810). Scenes of death and despair in a London street during the outbreak of the plague that occurred in 1665 and killed some 60, 000 people, a fifth of Londons population

The Women of Gaul, c1827-1893. Artist: Auguste Barthelemy Glaize
The Women of Gaul, c1827-1893. An episode during the Roman invasion of Gaul. Women and children look on in anguish as the Gaulish men are slaughtered by the Romans on the battlefield

The Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Artist: T Cobb
The Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Miserable, ragged, undernourished children

Daniel interpreting the writing on the wall at the feast of Belshazzar, king of Babylon. The writing read Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin (You are weighed in the scales and found wanting)

Revolte of the blind men in a hospice, France, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd May 1904

The Abbess visited by Death, 1538. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
The Abbess visited by Death, 1538. From Les Simulachres de la Mort (Dance of Death) by Hans Holbein the Younger

Pieta, early 16th century. Artist: Lodovico Mazzolini
Pieta, early 16th century. The Virgin Mary laments over the body of the crucified Christ. From the Loredan Palace, Venice, Italy

Death of Edward the Confessor, 1042 (1866). Artist: Daniel Maclise
Death of Edward the Confessor (c1003-66). Anglo-Saxon king of England from 1042. Edwards death. Illustration by Daniel Maclise for The Story of The Norman Conquest, London, 1866. Engraving

Man at church sitting in free seat, London, 1872. In Anglican churches in England in 19th, century more prosperous families rented their pews, but some free seats were available for the poor

Russian Baltic Fleet attacking fishing boats, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. The Dogger Bank incident, October 1904, when ships of the Russian Baltic Fleet attacked fishing boats on the Dogger Bank

Scene from Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. Act V, scene 3: The Death of Romeo. Illustration for William Shakespeares tragedy Romeo and Juliet

An English butchers, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, 1871
An English butcher s, Boulevard Haussmann, 1871. The meat on sale is from animals, including elephant, from the Jardins des Plantes (Paris Zoo)

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