Comfort Collection (page 2)

The Madonna and Child with the Infant Baptist ( The Garvagh Madonna ), c1509-1510. Artist: Raphael
The Madonna and Child with the Infant Baptist ( The Garvagh Madonna ), c1509-1510. Jesus takes a pink from the hand of John the Baptist clothed in an animal skin. From the National Gallery, London

Embroidered white satin ladies kimono, Japanese, Edo period, 1600-1867. From the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

David and Jonathan, 1642. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
David and Jonathan, 1642

A woman feeding a wounded soldier soup, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (1871). Artist: Auguste Bry
A woman feeding a wounded soldier soup, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (1871). After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Part of a French railway wagon-lit (sleeping car), 1890. Showing accommodation by day and night and (centre) the lavatory

Pullman drawing room car on the Midland Railway, England, 1876. The Midland Railway was formed in 1844 as an amalgamation of the North Midland, Midland Counties and Birmingham & Junction Railways

Scene from Shakespeares King Lear, c1858. Artist: Robert Dudley
Scene from Shakespeares King Lear, c1858. Lear, betrayed by his daughters Goneril and Regan and confused by rage, powerlessness and ill-treatment, is comforted by his youngest daughter

Passengers on a London to Glasgow train, 1884. Top: as it should be (comfortable and well-ordered). Bottom: as it is (crowded and smoky)

Danae, 16th century. Artist: Titian
Danae, 16th century. From a private collection, New York, USA

Ophelia and Laertes (or Ophelia Here is Rosemary ), 1879. Artist: William Gorman Wills
Ophelia and Laertes (or Ophelia Here is Rosemary ), 1879. Scene depicting the two characters from Shakespeares tragedy Hamlet. From a private collection

A Common Sorrow, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Common Sorrow, 1881. Britannia comforts America after the death of the President on the 19th September 1881. James A Garfield was shot

Likes His Moneys Worth, 1872. The discomforts of the night trains are highlighted in this cartoon. Bunks were not provided in second class and passengers had to find their comfort where they might

An Unselfish Man, 1888. The duties incumbent upon an MP can, sadly, mean having to leave home, hearth and wife for lonely lodgings in the capital. From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 3, 1888

A Rakes Progress, Plate 8, [June 25, 1735] reissued 1763. Creator: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, Plate 8, [June 25, 1735] reissued 1763

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