Desperate Collection

Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken, 1758-59. Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken, 1758-59

The Great Fire at Limoges, France: the public crier announcing the distribution of relief…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist: the public crier announcing the distribution of relief, 1864

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Lear divides his power and land between two of his daughters

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Lear divides his power and land between two of his daughters

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Lear divides his power and land between two of his daughters

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Lear divides his power and land between two of his daughters

Jan de Groot's bookshop and lottery office in the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam, 1758-1843. Creator: Anon
Jan de Groot's bookshop and lottery office in the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam, 1758-1843

Hino Kumawakamaru and the Priest Calling Back the Boat, 1885. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Hino Kumawakamaru and the Priest Calling Back the Boat, 1885. From Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage. The boy Hino Kunimitsu(1320-1363)

The Last Chance, between c1830 and c1840s. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Last Chance, between c1830 and c1840s

Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Fig. 4. Having disposed of his costly garments, the victim next sells his furniture

A Rich Lady Visits a Poor Family, 1853. Creator: Gerardus Terlaak
A Rich Lady Visits a Poor Family, 1853

The Last Defenders of Missolonghi, 22 April 1826: an episode from the Greek War of Independence, 1826. The Greeks, besieged by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire

"Antechamber of the Tribunal of the Inquisition, in the Ducal Palace, Venice" - painted by L. Haghe - from the Exhibition of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1856

"Tess of the D'Urbervilles", By Thomas Hardy; "She slid down upon her knees beside his foot...1891
'"Tess of the D'Urbervilles", By Thomas Hardy; "She slid down upon her knees beside his foot...... In the name of Heaven, forgive me ! she whispered", 1891

Usant jusqu'a son dernier homme et son dernier mousquet, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Usant jusqu'a son dernier homme et son dernier mousquet, 19th century. Amputee and soldier with gun: Down to his last man and his last musket

'"The Bridge of Sighs" and Thomas Hood, 1890. Creator: William Small
'"The Bridge of Sighs" and Thomas Hood, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Delarer, Llellwyn, Miss, 1917 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Delarer, Llellwyn, Miss, 1917

Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money, 1937
Southern California desert. Migrant from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, stalled on the desert in southern California with no money. He and his ten children are facing future in California

Keillines, near General Thompson's Property, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Keillines, near General Thompson's Property, 1850. Poverty in Ireland during the Potato Famine. Scene...on the road between Maam and Clifden, in Joyce's County

The International Exhibition: "Farewell - For Ever", by V. Manzano, 1862. Creator: E. Skill
The International Exhibition: "Farewell - For Ever", by V. Manzano, 1862. Engraving of a painting. A young cavalier lover has been severed from his lady-love by her...being forced to take

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 Flood, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
The Flood, 1866. Humans and animals are overwhelmed by the deluge while, in the background, The Ark floats on the waters. From the Bible (Genesis)

The Battle of Colenso - The Last Desperate Attempt to Save the Guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries, 1900. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. II", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C

Drama on Mont Blanc, Alps, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st August 1902

Ulysses Lands on the Isle of Calypso, 1737. Artist: Pierre Charles Tremolieres
Ulysses Lands on the Isle of Calypso, 1737. From the Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France

8 a. m. migratory field workers pulling carrots in a field, near Meloland, Imperial County, CA
8 a.m. Migratory field workers pulling carrots in a field. Note carrot digging tractor in background. " They ll sleep in the row (to hold a place in the field)

Shunkan Watching Enviously from Kikai Island as Yasuyori Returns to the Capitol after Bein... 1886
Shunkan Watching Enviously from Kikai Island as Yasuyori Returns to the Capitol after Being Unexpectedly Pardoned (Shunkan sozu Kikaigashima ni oite tamatama Yasuyori no shamen senbo kito no zu), 1886

At the Wall of the Federationists, June 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
At the Wall of the Federationists, June 1894

English Beggars. Creator: Alphonse Legros
English Beggars

Old Man, 1918. Creator: Christian Rohlfs
Old Man, 1918

The Prodigal Son, 3rd plate (L enfant prodigue). Creator: Alphonse Legros
The Prodigal Son, 3rd plate (L enfant prodigue)

The Prodigal Son, 1st plate (L enfant prodigue). Creator: Alphonse Legros
The Prodigal Son, 1st plate (L enfant prodigue)

Eine Mutter I (A Mother I), 1883. Creator: Max Klinger
Eine Mutter I (A Mother I), 1883

English Beggars (Les mendiants anglais), 1875. Creator: Alphonse Legros
English Beggars (Les mendiants anglais), 1875

Desperate Young Girl (La jeune desesperee). Creator: Alphonse Legros
Desperate Young Girl (La jeune desesperee)

Desperate Man (Le desespere). Creator: Alphonse Legros
Desperate Man (Le desespere)

Misery (La Misere), c. 1886. Creator: Paul Albert Besnard
Misery (La Misere), c. 1886

The Suicide (Le Suicide), c. 1886. Creator: Paul Albert Besnard
The Suicide (Le Suicide), c. 1886

Plate 26 from The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra): One can t look. (No se puede mirar.), 1810-20, published 1863

Plate 60 from The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra): There is no one to help them. (No hay quien los socorra.), 1811-12 (published 1863)

Plate 59 from The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra): What is the use of a cup? ( De que sirve una taza?), 1811-12 (published 1863)

Plate 57 from The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra): The healthy and the sick. (Sanos y enfermos.), 1811-12 (published 1863)

Plate 55 from The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra): The worst is to beg. (Lo peor es pedir.), 1811-12 (published 1863)

Plate 9 from Los Caprichos : Tantalus (Tantalo. ), 1799. Creator: Francisco Goya
Plate 9 from Los Caprichos : Tantalus (Tantalo.), 1799

Plate 12 from Los Caprichos : Out hunting for teeth (A caza de dientes. ), 1799
Plate 12 from Los Caprichos : Out hunting for teeth (A caza de dientes.), 1799

The Desperate Man, ca. 1515. Creator: Albrecht Durer
The Desperate Man, ca. 1515

Bandit Beneath a Tree, 1795-1801. Creator: Raphael Lamar West
Bandit Beneath a Tree, 1795-1801

Despair, 1830-58. Creator: Zephirin Felix Jean Marius Belliard
Despair, 1830-58

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