Expectation Collection

Lecture d'un testament, 1853. Creator: Honore Daumier
Lecture d'un testament, 1853. The reading of a will. From La Comedie humaine, no. 1

The Procuress, after 1623. Creator: Unknown
The Procuress, after 1623

Expectation, 1913. Creator: Richard Roland Holst
Expectation, 1913

The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1635. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1635. God ordered Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of his faith (Genesis, XXII: 1-13)

She Turned Out Badly!, June 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
She Turned Out Badly!, June 1894

Expectation. Creator: Jozef Israels
Expectation

For the Little One, ca. 1896. Creator: William Merritt Chase
For the Little One, ca. 1896

Drawing of the state lottery in the Guildhall, City of London, 1739. Including a descriptive verse in the lower margin

State Lottery at Guildhall, London, c1790
The drawing of the state lottery at the Guildhall, London, c1790; with figures observing the proceedings

State Lottery at Guildhall, London, 1763
The drawing of the state lottery at the Guildhall, London, 1763; with speech bubbles from the drawers mouths announcing the pulled numbers and figures in the foreground observing the proceedings

She Sat The Livelong Day Upon the Roof of Her Palace, Expecting Him, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Sat The Livelong Day Upon the Roof of Her Palace, Expecting Him, c1930. An illustration from The Flying Trunk by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Three Tahitians, 1899. Artist: Paul Gauguin
The Three Tahitians, 1899. From The Studio Volume 127. [The Offices of the Studio, London & New York, 1944]

God forgive her, and it was her mother, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
God forgive her, and it was her mother, 1799. Plate 16 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1735. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1735. Artemis, the Greek goddess of hunting, watches the preparations for the sacrifice of Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, that she has demanded

Adoration of the Magi, 1380s. Artist: Bartolo di Fredi
Adoration of the Magi, 1380s. From the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy

The Virgin and the Child, 15th century(?). From the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, c1497. Artist: Fra Bartolomeo
Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, c1497. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Adoration of the Magi, 1632. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Adoration of the Magi, 1632

Alexander Cuts the Gordian Knot, late 18th / early 19th century. Artist: Jean Simon Berthelemy
Alexander Cuts the Gordian Knot, late 18th/early 19th century. From the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Suspense, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
Suspense, 1881. Hibernia, with two Irish children, awaits the forthcoming Land Reform Act. This was introduced by the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone

The Parliamentary Python, 1862. The python at the Zoological Gardens in London had at this time laid some 100 eggs. Although she was incubating them

Head of a satyr, ca. 1755-93. Creator: Louis Marin Bonnet
Head of a satyr, ca. 1755-93

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