Pleading Collection (page 5)

Marriage A-la-Mode: 5. The Bagnio, c1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode: 5. The Bagnio, c1743. A bagnio, originally a coffee houses which offered Turkish baths, later meant a place where rooms could be rented with no questions asked

Pope Stephen II pleads for the safety of Pepin the Short from the Lombards, c750 AD, (19th century). Card from a series produced by the chocolate factory at the Monastery of Aiguebelle

Tobit and Anna, 1626. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Tobit and Anna, 1626. From the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

David and Abigail, early 16th century. Artist: Master of the Historia of Frederici et Maximiliani
David and Abigail, early 16th century. Abigail begs the clemency of David and dedicates herself to be his handmaid. From the Bible (I Samuel Ch25 vs24-28). From the Museum of Fine Art, Budapest

Scene from Mozarts opera The Marriage of Figaro, 1786 (1905). The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), comic opera (opera buffa) with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) after Beaumarchais

St Anthony the Great, Egyptian aesthetic. Also known as Antony of Thebes, St Anthony was the father of Christian monasticism and is the patron saint of herdsmen

Devadattas attempt to murder the Buddha, c2nd-3rd century. Devadettas Men are stricken with remorse when Buddha touches the wall. British Museum

Queen Philippa Pleads for the Men of Calais, 1346 (early 20th century). Queen Philippa, wife of Edward III of England, pleading with her husband to spare the lives of the burghers of Calais after

Scenes from the First Crusade, 1096-1099 (c1490). Artist: Sebastian Marmoret
Scenes from the First Crusade, 1096-1099 (c1490). In the foreground of the main image, mounted knights unhorsed and killed in a melee of hand-to-hand fighting with (left)

Jupiter and Danae, 17th century. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Jupiter and Danae, 17th century. From a private collection

The Oath of the Tennis Court (unfinished), detail, 1791-1792. Artist: Jacques-Louis David
The Oath of the Tennis Court (unfinished), detail, 1791-1792. From the Musee National du Chateau de Versailles, France

Cholera amongst victims of famine in China. Government officials mobbed by starving people. Hands of woman on mattress at right are in typical cholera attitude

Mending the Lesson, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Mending the Lesson, 1873. A skinny Britannia tells John Bull to beware of handing out too much charity to the needy. This relates to the serious famine blighting the lives of the inhabitants of

Between Two Terrors, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Between Two Terrors, 1873. (White and Red). Louis Adolphe Thiers, the first President of the Third Republic, is being embraced by a pleading France

For the Sake of These!, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain
For the Sake of These!, 1871. Peace holds the little children of France by the hand, as the starving and mourning citizens surround her

Divorce A Vinculo, 1861. Mrs Carolina, a representative of the slave-owning south of America, holding a cat o nine tails and declaring her right to beat her own property

The Wolf pleading against the Fox, in front of the Monkey, ca. 1838

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