Bad News Collection

A telegram, 1893. Creator: Julius Exner
A telegram, 1893. A distraught young woman holds a message bearing bad news. On the table are balls of yarn she has spun with her spinning wheel

'The Loss of H.M.S."Serpent" -- "Sweethearts and Wives" Inquiring for News of the Vessel at the Port- Admiral's Office, Devonport, 1890. From "The Graphic

John Bull Humbugg'd Alias both Ear'd, published May 12, 1794. Creator: Isaac Cruikshank
John Bull Humbugg'd Alias both Ear'd, published May 12, 1794

Man and Woman in Attitudes of Distress, n.d. Creator: Henry Tresham
Man and Woman in Attitudes of Distress, n.d

Bad news from the Front, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Bad news from the Front, 1886. From " The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

David Casting Off His Robes at the News of the Death of His Son, 1540

News from the War, published 1862. Creator: Winslow Homer
News from the War, published 1862

Bad News Upon Change, December 28, 1794. December 28, 1794. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Bad News Upon Change, December 28, 1794

Brunnhilde stands for a long time, dazed and alarmed, 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Brunnhilde stands for a long time, dazed and alarmed, 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. Having been told that Wotan has decided that his son Siegmund must die, and that she

Stock-market listings as recorded in the New York Times, Wednesday, 30 October, 1929. Printed the morning after the great liquidation, the famous sixteen-million-share day

Reports of the sinking of the Titanic arrive in New York, USA, April 1912 Artist
Reports of the sinking of the Titanic arrive in New York, USA, April 1912. As the reports of the disaster arrived, people gathered around newspaper bulletin boards

La Fragua De Vulcano, (Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan), 1629, ( c1934). Artist: Diego Velasquez
La Fragua De Vulcano, (Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan), 1629, ( c1934). The painting depicts the moment when the god Apollo, visits Vulcan, who is found making weapons for war

We are beaten, o Romans, in a great battle, our army is destroyed, c1912 (1912). The announcement by Marcus, one of the Roman praetors

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]

Palit Confesses His Guilt, c1910. Palit confessing the muder of her son to Mrs. Hamilton during the Indian Mutiny. Colonel Hamilton was in fact found alive at a later date by his brother

Official Notification of the Death of King Edward Posted Outside Buckingham Palace, 1910. Artist: Illustrations Bureau
Official Notification of the Death of King Edward Posted Outside Buckingham Palace, 1910. King Edward VII died at Buckingham Palaxe on 6th May 1910

Newspaper boy with news of the Titanic disaster, 14 April 1912. Evening News headlines: Titanic Disaster - Great Loss of Life

George II receiving news of his fathers death from Walpole, 1727. Artist: Beech
George II receiving news of his fathers death from Walpole, 1727. Although the title was never used to refer to him at the time

Arrival of Dr Brydon at Jalalabad, 13 January 1842, (1900)
Arrival of Dr Brydon at Jalalabad with news of 16, 500 British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 13 January 1842, (1900). Engraving after Remnants of an Army, a painting of 1879

Death of the Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, 1820, (1900). Court official presenting the commons address of condolence to the Duchess, (holding the infant Victoria) at Kensington Palace

Heralds announcing the death of Charles VI to his son, c1500, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Heralds announcing the death of Charles VI to his son, c1500, (1843). Heralds carrying the pennon or banner of France, announce the death of King Charles (1368-1422)

The bearer of bad news. Artist: Hooch, Pieter, de (1629-1684)
The bearer of bad news. Found in the collection of Museu Nacional d Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Dr Brydon arriving at Jelalabad with news of British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1842, (c1885)
Dr Brydon arriving at Jelalabad with news of 16, 500 British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1842, (c1885). William Brydon, only survivor of the 4, 500 British soldiers and 12

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