Despair Gallery
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The Man of Sorrows. Title-page to Small Passion. c1511, (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
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The Distress in Ireland: Outside the Courthouse, Galway - Waiting for Relief, 19th century
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Man standing over cowering woman, 1952. Creator: Shirley Markham
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Can You See Me in Despair? (Valentine), c. 1840. Creator: George Meek
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La Traite des Blanches, 1899. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
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Serbian Cavalry, Second Episode, 1916. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
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The Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Artist: T Cobb
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Man standing over cowering woman, 1952. Creator: Shirley Markham
Man standing over cowering woman, 1952. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952. The writer, artist, poet, and illustrator Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) was one of her tutors, and her style of drawing was also influenced by other British illustrators such as Edward Ardizzone, Quentin Blake and Edward Bawden. Markham spent time in the Dolomite Mountains in Italy, and also visited Rome, sketching classical buildings. After graduating from Central, she worked as a graphic designer, producing book illustrations, cartoons for comics, menus and programmes. She gave up her promising career however when she got married in 1957. Middle-class women at that time were expected to devote their energies to bringing up children and running the home, and despite her obvious talent, she lacked the confidence to return to illustration. Her portfolio remained in the family attic for many years, but now her work is published here for the first time
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A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
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The Seven Virtues, c. 1450. Artist: Pesellino, Francesco di Stefano (1422-1457)
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The Prodigal Son, 2nd plate (L'enfant prodigue). Creator: Alphonse Legros
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The Prodigal Son, 6th plate (L'enfant prodigue). Creator: Alphonse Legros
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The Prodigal Son, 3rd plate (L'enfant prodigue). Creator: Alphonse Legros
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The Prodigal Son, 1st plate (L'enfant prodigue). Creator: Alphonse Legros
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Desperate Young Girl (La jeune desesperee). Creator: Alphonse Legros
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A Rakes Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rake's Progress - 8: The Mad House, 1733. True to his nature Tom Rakewell has run through a vast fortune through indulgence in all the luxuries of modern living. He has lived riotously, both gambling and whoring. He has married a rich old widow and been ruined a second time. Now the rake is raving mad and shackled for his own safety in Bedlam, the London lunatic asylum. He is comforted by Sarah Young, the poor girl that he had seduced with a false promise of marriage while he was a student at Oxford. Behind, two fashionable women have come to view the hospital's inmates. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson. [Hachette Et Cie, Paris, 1904]
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A Rake's Progress, Plate 6, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth
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Job's Despair, from Illustrations of the Book of Job, 1825-26. Creator: William Blake
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Figure 45: Pain and despair. 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
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The Scream, 1893. Artist: Edvard Munch
The Scream, 1893. The Scream is one of four versions painted by Edward Munch in 1893. The ghostly, agonised figure against the background of a red sunset is one of the most well known images in the world of art - a symbol of despair and alienation. From the Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
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Macbeth, c1870. Artists: Alexander Keith Johnston, Charles W Sharpe
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Prince Arthur and Hubert (King John), c1870. Artist: David Desvachez
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Minerva Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue. Artist: Mantegna, Andrea (1431-1506)
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The Seven Deadly Sins. Artist: Bosch, Hieronymus (c. 1450-1516)
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The Repentant Mary Magdalene. Artist: Crayer, Caspar de (1584-1669)
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Young Man Between Virtue and Vice. Artist: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588)
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