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Background imageBreaking Collection: Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), ca. 1830-32

Background imageBreaking Collection: Nichiren Calming the Storm, 19th century. Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Nichiren Calming the Storm, 19th century. Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Nichiren Calming the Storm, 19th century

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Distress in East London: the labour-yard of the Bethnal Green Employment Association, 1868

The Distress in East London: the labour-yard of the Bethnal Green Employment Association, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The Distress in East London: the labour-yard of the Bethnal Green Employment and Relief Association, 1868. 'Bethnal-green...has this winter been the scene of much exceptional suffering among

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Supper at Emmaus, 1633. Creator: Matthias Stomer

The Supper at Emmaus, 1633. Creator: Matthias Stomer
The Supper at Emmaus, 1633

Background imageBreaking Collection: Samson and Delilah seated on a bed, Samson tearing apart the ropes binding his hand

Samson and Delilah seated on a bed, Samson tearing apart the ropes binding his hands as soldiers look on from behind a curtain; from the series of 112 prints of the sacred history

Background imageBreaking Collection: Stone Workers, 1888. Creator: Axel Jungstedt

Stone Workers, 1888. Creator: Axel Jungstedt
Stone Workers, 1888

Background imageBreaking Collection: Iwami Jutaro, between c1867 and c1868. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Iwami Jutaro, between c1867 and c1868. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Iwami Jutaro, between c1867 and c1868

Background imageBreaking Collection: Parable of the Sticks, c1855. Creator: Felix Octavius Carr Darley

Parable of the Sticks, c1855. Creator: Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Parable of the Sticks, c1855. Taken from Aesop's Fables and demonstrates the moral that there is strength in unity: the bundle of sticks cannot be broken when they are tied together

Background imageBreaking Collection: Dyke breach, 1765-1873. Creator: Cornelis van Hardenbergh

Dyke breach, 1765-1873. Creator: Cornelis van Hardenbergh
Dyke breach, 1765-1873

Background imageBreaking Collection: Ah! tu dis que tu passes la nuit à ton bureau... 1840. Creator: Honore Daumier

Ah! tu dis que tu passes la nuit à ton bureau... 1840. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ah! tu dis que tu passes la nuit a ton bureau... 1840. Ah! tu dis que tu passes la nuit a ton Bureau! et tu vas a Musard avec des Gourgandines!...'

Background imageBreaking Collection: Fichtre!...que ces êtres-là sont sciants!, 1839. Creator: Honore Daumier

Fichtre!...que ces êtres-là sont sciants!, 1839. Creator: Honore Daumier
Fichtre!...que ces etres-la sont sciants!, 1839. Man tripping over sawn logs: Damn!...how clever these things are!'. Pun on the French word sciant which can mean surprising or sawing

Background imageBreaking Collection: Krishna Breaks the Cart, Folio from a Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord), c1725

Krishna Breaks the Cart, Folio from a Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord), c1725. Creator: Unknown
Krishna Breaks the Cart, Folio from a Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord), c1725

Background imageBreaking Collection: Marriage Ceremonial of the Baron Alphonse de Rothschild and Miss Leonora Rothschild... 1857

Marriage Ceremonial of the Baron Alphonse de Rothschild and Miss Leonora Rothschild... 1857. Creator: Unknown
Marriage Ceremonial of the Baron Alphonse de Rothschild and Miss Leonora Rothschild [at Gunnersbury Park]: the Bridegroom Breaking the Wine-cup, 1857

Background imageBreaking Collection: J'aimerais autant voir un ouragan... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

J'aimerais autant voir un ouragan... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
J'aimerais autant voir un ouragan... 19th century. I would love to see a hurricane

Background imageBreaking Collection: Breaking the Ice on the Karnemelksloot, Naarden, January 1814, 1814-1815

Breaking the Ice on the Karnemelksloot, Naarden, January 1814, 1814-1815. Creator: Pieter Gerardus van Os
Breaking the Ice on the Karnemelksloot, Naarden, January 1814, 1814-1815

Background imageBreaking Collection: Danger de secouer trop fortement... Un prunier, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Danger de secouer trop fortement... Un prunier, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Danger de secouer trop fortement... Un prunier, 19th century. Danger of shaking too hard....a plum tree

Background imageBreaking Collection: De l'inconvénient d'aimer a la fois... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

De l'inconvénient d'aimer a la fois... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
De l'inconvenient d'aimer a la fois... 19th century. The disadvantage of loving at the same time

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Bell Buoy, 1894. Creator: William Trost Richards

The Bell Buoy, 1894. Creator: William Trost Richards
The Bell Buoy, 1894

Background imageBreaking Collection: Seascape with Rocks, c. 1890s. Creator: William Trost Richards

Seascape with Rocks, c. 1890s. Creator: William Trost Richards
Seascape with Rocks, c. 1890s

Background imageBreaking Collection: Baldart Castle, Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland, 1892. Creator: William Trost Richards

Baldart Castle, Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland, 1892. Creator: William Trost Richards
Baldart Castle, Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland, 1892

Background imageBreaking Collection: Rocks and Breaking Waves, c. 1870s. Creator: William Trost Richards

Rocks and Breaking Waves, c. 1870s. Creator: William Trost Richards
Rocks and Breaking Waves, c. 1870s

Background imageBreaking Collection: Un affreux cauchemar, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Un affreux cauchemar, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un affreux cauchemar, 19th century. A horrible nightmare

Background imageBreaking Collection: Ah! Ciel, ma plus belle potiche!... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Ah! Ciel, ma plus belle potiche!... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ah! Ciel, ma plus belle potiche!... 19th century. Ah! Sky my most beautiful potiche!... the most precious thing I have in the world

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, December 6, 1890, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, December 6, 1890, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, December 6, 1890, 1890.From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Hangaku Gozen Breaking Down the Gate in the Play Wada... c. 1777

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Hangaku Gozen Breaking Down the Gate in the Play Wada... c. 1777. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Hangaku Gozen Breaking Down the Gate in the Play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru (The Wada Conflict: A Woman's "Maizuru")

Background imageBreaking Collection: Fortitude, plate 36 from Genii and Virtues, c.1465. Creator: Unknown

Fortitude, plate 36 from Genii and Virtues, c.1465. Creator: Unknown
Fortitude, plate 36 from Genii and Virtues, c.1465

Background imageBreaking Collection: Calving Glacier. Creator: Dorte Verner

Calving Glacier. Creator: Dorte Verner
Calving Glacier

Background imageBreaking Collection: Moses Breaketh The Tables, from Illustrations of the Bible, 1833 / 34. Creator: John Martin

Moses Breaketh The Tables, from Illustrations of the Bible, 1833 / 34. Creator: John Martin
Moses Breaketh The Tables, from Illustrations of the Bible, 1833/34

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Breaking Wave, 1857. Creator: Gustave Le Gray

The Breaking Wave, 1857. Creator: Gustave Le Gray
The Breaking Wave, 1857. Albumen print, no. 15 from the album " Vistas del Mar"

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Great Wave, Sete, 1857. Creator: Gustave Le Gray

The Great Wave, Sete, 1857. Creator: Gustave Le Gray
The Great Wave, Sete, 1857. Albumen print, no. 17 from the album " Vistas del Mar"

Background imageBreaking Collection: Miravan Opening the Tomb of His Ancestors, 1772. Creator: Valentine Green

Miravan Opening the Tomb of His Ancestors, 1772. Creator: Valentine Green
Miravan Opening the Tomb of His Ancestors, 1772

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Stone Breaker, c. 1882. Creator: Georges-Pierre Seurat

The Stone Breaker, c. 1882. Creator: Georges-Pierre Seurat
The Stone Breaker, c. 1882

Background imageBreaking Collection: Breaking the Legs (John Beaver, Roman Military Punishments, 1725), after 1725

Breaking the Legs (John Beaver, Roman Military Punishments, 1725), after 1725

Background imageBreaking Collection: From Top to Bottom, or Cause and Effect (Du haut en bas... ou les causes et les effet

From Top to Bottom, or Cause and Effect (Du haut en bas... ou les causes et les effet
From Top to Bottom, or Cause and Effect (Du haut en bas...ou les causes et les effets), April 1814

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Pike is a voracious fish and bites readily in the Winter months-Old Gentleman

The Pike is a voracious fish and bites readily in the Winter months-Old Gentleman is VERY fond of fishing, 1830-64

Background imageBreaking Collection: Military Rough-Riders Breaking an Unruly Animal, 1833. Creator: John Doyle

Military Rough-Riders Breaking an Unruly Animal, 1833. Creator: John Doyle
Military Rough-Riders Breaking an Unruly Animal, 1833. Chief Secretary for Ireland Edward Stanley, Prime Minister Charles Grey

Background imageBreaking Collection: The breaking of the Atlantic Cable on board the Great Eastern, August 2, 1865, (1901)

The breaking of the Atlantic Cable on board the Great Eastern, August 2, 1865, (1901). The first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean from Valentia Island in

Background imageBreaking Collection: Moses and the Israelites Idolatry. Creator: N v d Linden

Moses and the Israelites Idolatry. Creator: N v d Linden
Moses and the Israelites Idolatry. Scene from the Old Testament: Moses breaks the tablets in a rage after the Israelites worship the Statue of the Golden Calf

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Cat Did It, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847. Creator: George Cruikshank (1792-1878)

The Cat Did It, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847. Creator: George Cruikshank (1792-1878)
The Cat Did It, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847 (engraving)

Background imageBreaking Collection: Wallpaper design, from Idees, c1925. Creator: Georges Darcy (fl. c. 1925)

Wallpaper design, from Idees, c1925. Creator: Georges Darcy (fl. c. 1925)
Wallpaper design, from Idees, published by A. Calavas, Paris, c.1925 (colour lithograph)

Background imageBreaking Collection: Scene from The Invisible Man : breaking window, 1953. Creator: Shirley Markham

Scene from The Invisible Man : breaking window, 1953. Creator: Shirley Markham
Scene from " The Invisible Man" : breaking window, 1953. Illustration for " The Invisible Man" by HG Wells

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Rakes Progress at the University - No. 2, 1806. Creator: James Gillray

The Rakes Progress at the University - No. 2, 1806. Creator: James Gillray
The Rakes Progress at the University - No. 2, 1806. Satire depicting an angry tutor watching an undergraduate nonchalantly walking on the grass: Ah me

Background imageBreaking Collection: The 6 Metre Ejnar (L17) breaking waves, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

The 6 Metre Ejnar (L17) breaking waves, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre Ejnar (L17) breaking waves, 1912

Background imageBreaking Collection: Breaking Cocoa, Trinidad, early 20th century. Creator: Unknown

Breaking Cocoa, Trinidad, early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Breaking Cocoa, Trinidad, early 20th century. Workers processing cocoa beans. Cacao, or cocoa, has contributed to the socio-economic development of Trinidad and Tobago for over 200 years

Background imageBreaking Collection: The 6 Metre Ejnar breaking waves, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

The 6 Metre Ejnar breaking waves, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre Ejnar breaking waves, 1912

Background imageBreaking Collection: Gresham Street, City of London, 1840. Artist

Gresham Street, City of London, 1840. Artist
Gresham Street, City of London, 1840. View of the premises of Messrs J & R Morley, wholesale hosiers, on the corner of Gresham Street and Wood Street

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Cat Did It, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847 (engraving)

The Cat Did It, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847 (engraving)

Background imageBreaking Collection: The State Tinkers, 1780

The State Tinkers, 1780
The State Tinkers, Pub. 10th February 1780 by W. Humphrey (hand coloured engraving). Showing Lord Frederick North (1732 - 1792); John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718 - 1792); George Germain

Background imageBreaking Collection: Seascape, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Seascape, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Background imageBreaking Collection: Coastline near El Cotillo, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Coastline near El Cotillo, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Background imageBreaking Collection: Coastline near Puerto de la Pena, Ajuy, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Coastline near Puerto de la Pena, Ajuy, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Puerto de la Pena is a small settlement near Ajuy that used to be the port of the old island capital of Betancuria

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Death of Samson, 1770. Artist: T Smith

The Death of Samson, 1770. Artist: T Smith
The Death of Samson, 1770. After Jan Luyken. From The Antiquities of the Jews, by Josephus Flavius

Background imageBreaking Collection: Anti-German rioting in London: A crowd breaking in the windows of a German shop, c1914

Anti-German rioting in London: A crowd breaking in the windows of a German shop, c1914. Anti-German feeling in the United Kingdom led to infrequent rioting

Background imageBreaking Collection: German gas mantle advertising label

German gas mantle advertising label

Background imageBreaking Collection: Breaking of the Bread, 1925. Artist: Jean Louis Forain

Breaking of the Bread, 1925. Artist: Jean Louis Forain
Breaking of the Bread, 1925. An etching from Modern Masters of Etching, by JL Forain, (The Studio, London, 1925)

Background imageBreaking Collection: Illustration for the poem The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Aleksandr Pushkin, 1905. Artist: Ivan Bilibin

Illustration for the poem The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Aleksandr Pushkin, 1905. Artist: Ivan Bilibin
Illustration for the poem The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Aleksandr Pushkin, 1905. Found in the collection of the A Pushkin Memorial Museum, St Petersburg

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Wave, c1870. Artist: Gustave Courbet

The Wave, c1870. Artist: Gustave Courbet
The Wave, c1870. Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Background imageBreaking Collection: Civil war in Morocco, 1903

Civil war in Morocco, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 18th January 1903

Background imageBreaking Collection: St Denis preaching, 1317

St Denis preaching, 1317. In the background are Parisians breaking idols. Manuscript illustration from a work on the life of St Denis (died c258 AD), written by Yves, a monk at the Abbey of St Denis

Background imageBreaking Collection: Le Dressage, early 19th century. Artist: Theodore Gericault

Le Dressage, early 19th century. Artist: Theodore Gericault
Le Dressage, early 19th century. A man training (breaking) a horse with a docked tail. From the Department of Drawings, Louvre, Paris

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Education of Achilles: The Riding Lesson, 17th century. Artist: Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne

The Education of Achilles: The Riding Lesson, 17th century. Artist: Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne
The Education of Achilles: The Riding Lesson, 17th century. Achilles riding master is a centaur, a legendary creature with the body of a horse and the torso of a man

Background imageBreaking Collection: Roland breaks his sword and sounds his horn, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1194-1260

Roland breaks his sword and sounds his horn, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1194-1260. Detail from the Charlemagne window

Background imageBreaking Collection: The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa, c1829-c1831. Artist: Hokusai

The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa, c1829-c1831. Artist: Hokusai
The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa, c1829-c1831. From the series 36 Views of Mount Fuji. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow


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