Contrast Collection

The Devils Acre - Westminster, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Devils Acre-Westminster, 1872. Devils Acre, a Victorian slum near Westminster Abbey had a high rate of mortality from diseases such as typhoid. From, " LONDON

Discovery of Guido Fawkes by Suffolk and Mounteagle, 1850. Artist: John Leech
Discovery of Guido Fawkes by Suffolk and Mounteagle, 1850. A satirical illustration on the capture of Guy Fawkes

Join the red forces to get a better life, 1921. Artist: Vladimir Mayakovsky
Join the red forces to get a better life, 1921

The Driver of 1832 and The Driver of 1852. Artist: J Harris
The Driver of 1832 and The Driver of 1852 ; shows a comparison between a mail coach driver and an engine driver

Lazarus's Soul Carried to Abraham; Spinola Hours, about 1510-1520. Additional Info: These images complete the story of the poor beggar Lazarus and the rich man Dives, begun on the previous page

The Temperate and the Intemperate, about 1475-1480

Liberty Aircraft Corp. Farmingdale, Long Island, 1941. Creator: Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc
Liberty Aircraft Corp. Farmingdale, Long Island, 1941

The Iron Gate of the Danube, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Iron Gate of the Danube, 1871. The whole length of the [River] Danube, with all its windings, is 1725 miles, or nearly 1000 miles from west to east. It rises in the Black Forest of Baden

The Mall, St. James's Park, on a drawingroom day, 1870. Creator: C. R
The Mall, St. James's Park, on a drawingroom day, 1870

Leipzig during annual fair, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Leipzig during annual fair, 1915

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, ca. 1560-63. Creator: Philip Galle
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, ca. 1560-63

Composition, Sun and Shadow, c1920s. Creator: Isaac Grunewald
Composition, Sun and Shadow, c1920s

Ecce Homo, 1644. Creator: Jusepe de Ribera
Ecce Homo, 1644

The Chinese Giant, Chang, with his wife and attendant dwarf, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Chinese Giant, Chang, with his wife and attendant dwarf, 1865

The Café-Concert, c1879. Creator: Edouard Manet
The Cafe-Concert, c1879. Here, Manet captures the kaleidoscopic pleasures of Parisian nightlife

Costumes de Différents Pays, Negresse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Negresse, et Femme Mulatre de St. Domingue, c1797

Nakumura Shukaku in Ichiwa Ichigon, 1879. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Nakumura Shukaku in Ichiwa Ichigon, 1879. Series: News from the Kabuki Theater

Here is the Pleasure, Sirs, Here is the Pleasure, c1860. Creator: Edouard de Beaumont
Here is the Pleasure, Sirs, Here is the Pleasure, c1860. Beaumont reveals the antagonism among women of different social classes and generations

Mold for a Buddhist Votive Tablet, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Mold for a Buddhist Votive Tablet, 12th-13th century

Demolition site with Palladian villa in the background, c.1820. Creator: Prosper Barbot
Demolition site with Palladian villa in the background, c.1820

Portrait of a man and a woman, unknown date. Creator: Anon
Portrait of a man and a woman, unknown date

Figure studies of a man and a young girl, 1832-1897. Creator: Alexander Ver Huell
Figure studies of a man and a young girl, 1832-1897. A man sitting on a chair and a young woman kneeling on a cushion

An Official; a Mother-in-Law, 1885. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
An Official; a Mother-in-Law, 1885. From A Comparison of Temperaments

Costumes de Différent Pays, Bourgeoise de Strasbourg/ Laitiere des Environs de Strasbourg
Costumes de Different Pays, Bourgeoise de Strasbourg/ Laitiere des Environs de Strasbourg, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Femmes Nobles Peruviennes
Costumes de Differents Pays, Femmes Nobles Peruviennes, Moderne et Ancienne, c1797

Javanese and Gelderland glowworms, 1770-1787. Creator: Jan Brandes
Javanese and Gelderland glowworms, 1770-1787. Glowworms seen under a microscope. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 213

Adolf and Catharina Croeser, Known as ‘The Burgomaster of Delft and his Daughter
Adolf and Catharina Croeser, Known as The Burgomaster of Delft and his Daughter, 1655. Legs spread, hand on hip, Croeser sits comfortably on the stoop of his house on Oude Delft in Delft

Hut and tepee, probably St. Clair Flats, Mich. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Hut and tepee, probably St. Clair Flats, Mich. between 1900 and 1920

Rich Children, Poor Parents, 1599. Creator: Aert Pietersz
Rich Children, Poor Parents, 1599

Contrastes sur le front de la Somme; La moisson derriere le champ de bataille : au premier plan, un trou d'obus, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Amanab, a Greek giant, 7 feet 9 inches tall, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Amanab, a Greek giant, 7 feet 9 inches tall, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Railway Travelling - A Contrast, 1891. Creator: G Durand
Railway Travelling - A Contrast, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Camp, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Camp, between 1916 and 1918. US military personnel

Camp, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Camp, between 1916 and 1918. US military personnel

Billboard along U.S. 99 behind which three destitute families of migrants are camped. Kern County, California. [Advertisement: Next Time Try the Train - Travel While You Sleep - Southern Pacific']

A note on transportation, Eden, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A note on transportation. Eden, Alabama. [Advertisement for Ford V8 car in background]

Design: Ages, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: Benoit-Louis Prevost
Design: Ages, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Courtship in High and Low Life, n.d. Creator: Samuel Alken
Courtship in High and Low Life, n.d

Scenes from Russian Folk Life, n.d. Creator: Ignatii Stepanovich Shchedrovski
Scenes from Russian Folk Life, n.d

"'General Masquerad-Organizer with staff'. Carl Fred. Piper, Dardel, Ehrnman, O. Bjornstjerna", 1845

The International Exhibition: "Reality and Appearances", marble statue, by Victor Leharivel-duRocher, 1862

The Three Young Maids and the Three Old Maids of Lee-Tableaux Vivants at Blackheath, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Curious Envy. Creator: Viet Chu
Curious Envy

Misery and splendor, 1908. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Misery and splendor, 1908

As in Ninety-Three, 548. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
As in Ninety-Three, 548. (1901)

On the Subject of Boots, December 1897. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
On the Subject of Boots, December 1897

Two Rajput Noblemen with a Child, late 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Two Rajput Noblemen with a Child, late 18th century

Portrait of Mme. Lisle and Mme Loubens, 1866 / 70. Creator: Edgar Degas
Portrait of Mme. Lisle and Mme Loubens, 1866/70

Ebony and Ivory, 1897. Creator: Fred Holland Day
Ebony and Ivory, 1897. Photogravure, no. 8 from the portfolio " American Pictorial Photography, series i" (1899); edition 146/150

Wall Decoration Below Chair Rail, c. 1940. Creator: Alvin M Gully
Wall Decoration Below Chair Rail, c. 1940

Quilt, 1940. Creator: Marie Lutrell
Quilt, 1940

The Old Factory Site, Canton, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
The Old Factory Site, Canton, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xvi from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873)

Equivalent, from Set A (Third Set, Print 7), 1929. Creator: Alfred Stieglitz
Equivalent, from Set A (Third Set, Print 7), 1929. A work made of gelatin silver print

From My Window at the Shelton, West, 1931. Creator: Alfred Stieglitz
From My Window at the Shelton, West, 1931. A work made of gelatin silver print

Equivalent, from Set A (Third Set, Print 8), 1929. Creator: Alfred Stieglitz
Equivalent, from Set A (Third Set, Print 8), 1929. A work made of gelatin silver print

Misery and Splendor (Misere et splendeur), 1908. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Misery and Splendor (Misere et splendeur), 1908

The Rich Man in Hell. Creator: Heinrich Aldegrever
The Rich Man in Hell

(Untitled), ca. 1876. Creator: Mary Vaux Walcott
(Untitled), ca. 1876

The Kitchen, 1858. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Kitchen, 1858

[South Portal, Chartres Cathedral], 1854. Creator: Charles Marville
[South Portal, Chartres Cathedral], 1854

Ile de Fileh (Philae), Premier Pylone, Inscription Francaise Gravé
Ile de Fileh (Philae), Premier Pylone, Inscription Francaise Gravee Sur L ebrasement Oriental, En M, 1851-52

St Jamess and St Giless, 1792. 1792. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
St Jamess and St Giles s, 1792

St. Jamess and St. Giless, December 1, 1791. December 1, 1791
St. Jamess and St. Giles s, December 1, 1791

Ancient Military Dandies of 1450 - Modern Military Dandies of 1819, August 1, 1835

Madonna and Child, ca. 1510. Creator: Unknown
Madonna and Child, ca. 1510. Metaphorical contrast between a dead tree and one in foliage, a reminder of the consequences of choices we make during our lives

Magna Charta Island, c1870

Algeria, Algiers, Kasbah misc
High rise apartment facade with balconies, shutters and satellite dishes in the Kasbah of Old Algiers, Algeria, December 2007

The River Bank - Under the Trees, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The River Bank-Under the Trees, 1872. Spectators watch the boat race on the riverbank at Chiswick. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Jeffery Hudson, Aged 30 Years, 18 Inches high. - Dwarf to King Charles the First, 1821. Sir Jeffrey Hudson (1619-1682) is recorded to have been only 18 or 19 inches (46cm) tall at the age of 30

Kidds Inks for Striking Effects, 1909. Creator: John Kidd & Co
Kidds Inks for Striking Effects, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

Kast & Ehinger, Stuttgart advertisement, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Kast & Ehinger, Stuttgart advertisement, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

After a Storm, 1879, (1965). Creator: Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi
After a Storm, 1879, (1965). Russian countryside with intensely lit landscape against dark skies. Painting, also known as After the Rain, in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Mountain scenery, late 19th century, (1965). Creator: Vasily Vereshchagin
Mountain scenery, late 19th century, (1965). From " Russian Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries" by Vladimir Fiala. [Artia, Czechoslovakia, 1965]

First Madras Pioneers, 1890. Creator: Godfrey Douglas Giles
First Madras Pioneers, 1890. From " Her Majestys Army, Vol. III", by Walter Richards. [J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, London, ]

Goldilocks. Water Ranunculus, 1877. Creator: Frederick Edward Hulme
Goldilocks. Water Ranunculus, 1877. Golidlocks or Loosestrife, (Lysimachia) and Water Ranunculu, (Ranunculus aquatilis) - an aquatic flowering plant

Dead-Nettle - Red & White, 1877. Creator: Frederick Edward Hulme
Dead-Nettle - Red & White, 1877. Dead-Nettle, (Lamium purpureum) herbaceous plant used in biochemistry and white Dead-nettle, (Lamium album) also with chemical properties

If Thou Wilt Listen To Advice... 1928. Creator: M Watson-Williams
" If Thou Wilt Listen To Advice...". 1928

Dispersed in the back streets of Cairo is a whole little industry... c1942-1943, (1945)
Dispersed in the back streets of Cairo is a whole little industry, the maintenance units which renew and reassemble the aircraft brought back from the desert

Covent Garden at Mid-Day, 1738, (1925). Creator: William Hogarth
Covent Garden at Mid-Day, 1738, (1925). William Hogarths Noon (Four Times of The Day) sets the lives of the English working classes against the aristocracy

A Contrast, c1838. Creator: Unknown
A Contrast, c1838

Gudvangens outlook over the Naerofjord where the sea reaches far in among the mountains, Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Dutch East India Company wood or saw mill on the island two miles from Batavia ?, pub
Dutch East India Company wood or saw mill on the island two miles from Batavia called Onrost or Unruhe, from a series of views of Batavia Schau-platz von Africa und Ost-Indien

A View of the Cuttera built by Jaffeir Cawn at Muxadavad; Pl. 41. from Select Views in India ; pub. 1785-88 (coloured etching with aquatint)

Interior design pattern, pub. 1921. Creator: Auguste H. Thomas active 1910-1930s
Interior design pattern, Pl. 4 from Formes et Couleurs, published 1921 (colour lithograph)

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