Desperation Collection (page 2)

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)

Mermaid, 1847. Creator: Jerichau-Baumann, Elisabeth (1819-1881)
Mermaid, 1847. Private Collection

The return of fishing boats, c. 1920. Creator: Ciardi, Beppe (Giuseppe) (1875-1932)
The return of fishing boats, c. 1920. Private Collection

The last step. Creator: Ciardi, Beppe (Giuseppe) (1875-1932)
The last step. Private Collection

Mermaids, 1871. Artist: Kramskoi, Ivan Nikolayevich (1837-1887)
Mermaids, 1871. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Condemnation of Anne Boleyn, (mid 19th century). Creator: George C Finden
Condemnation of Anne Boleyn, (mid 19th century). Anne Boleyn, her arms raised in supplication, stands before King Henry VIII, facing the court

Safety First, 1924, (wood engraving). All from the The Labour of Women

Jobless New Yorkers selling apples on the pavement, Great Depression, New York, USA, 1930

Unemployed workers desperate for work during the Great Depression, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1931. When George H Bowman Co advertised that it would take on 150 people for Christmas holiday jobs

Townsfolk wait to scour the fields for potatoes left by farmers, Germany, World War I, c1914-c1918. About 750, 000 German civilians died from starvation as a result of the British naval blockade of

The poor of Berlin rummaging in refuse heaps, Germany, c1914-c1918. About 750, 000 German civilians died from starvation as a result of the British naval blockade of Germany during World War I

Aignish Farm Raiders Monument, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 2009. Designed by Will McLean and built by Jim Crawford in 1995, a local stonemason

A Place in Nemours, 1930. Artist: Le Sidaner, Henri (1862-1939)
A Place in Nemours, 1930. Private Collection

The Charnel House (Courrieres). Artist: De Groux, Henry (1867-1930)
The Charnel House (Courrieres). Found in the collection of Musee des Beaux-Arts, Mons

Dream. Artist: Brull, Joan (1863-1912)
Dream. Found in the collection of Museu Nacional d Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

The Raft of the Medusa (Le Radeau de la Meduse), 1818-1819. Artist: Gericault, Theodore (1791-1824)
The Raft of the Medusa (Le Radeau de la Meduse), 1818-1819. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris

The Wave, 1889. Found in the collection of State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Moonlit night, 1896. Artist: Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (1844-1930)
Moonlit night, 1896. Found in the collection of the National Art Museum of Belorussian Republik, Minsk

Heads, 1910. Artist: Filonov, Pavel Nikolayevich (1883-1941)
Heads, 1910. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

The Desperate Man, 1513-1517 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Desperate Man, 1513-1517 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

The countess of Derwentwater pleading for her husbands life, 1715-1716. James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, participated in the Jacobite Rising of 1715

Nearly worried to death by the Greatest Plague of Life, c1840s. Artist: George Cruikshank
Nearly worried to death by the Greatest Plague of Life, c1840s. Cartoon sketch: Adventures of a lady in search of a good servant/by one who has been almost worried to death

The Irish Famine, 1845-1849, (1900). Interior of a peasant familys hut. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900)

The Corpse. Artist: Vallotton, Felix Edouard (1865-1925)
The Corpse. Found in the collection of Musee de Grenoble

View on Overschie in Moonlight, 1872. Artist: Jongkind, Johan Barthold (1819-1891)
View on Overschie in Moonlight, 1872. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Angels ministering to Christ in the Wilderness. Artist: Rosselli, Matteo (1578-1650)
Angels ministering to Christ in the Wilderness. Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Christ in the Wilderness, Served by Angels, ca 1608. Artist: Carracci, Lodovico (1555-1619)
Christ in the Wilderness, Served by Angels, ca 1608. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

The Toilers of the Sea, 1873. Artist: Manet, Edouard (1832-1883)
The Toilers of the Sea, 1873. Found in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Moonlit City Square in Cherbourg, ca 1934. Artist: Le Sidaner, Henri (1862-1939)
Moonlit City Square in Cherbourg, ca 1934. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Famine in India, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Famine in India, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 7th February 1897. Starving locals begging for food at a British Army post

Louis Napoleon Bonaparte viewing the barricades of Paris, (4th December 1851), 1900. Artist: G Bartsch
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte viewing the barricades of Paris, (4th December 1851), 1900

Lost at Sea, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Lost at Sea, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 3rd January 1891

Woman scavenging for food, Bayreuth, Germany, April 1945. An illustration of the hardships of life for civilians in Germany as World War II neared its conclusion

Entering Holland from the Belgian frontier, 1915. About a million refugees crossed the border from German-occupied Belgium into the neutral Netherlands during the First World War

Desperate, Self-portrait, 1841. Artist: Gustave Courbet
Desperate, Self-portrait, 1841

Out hunting for teeth, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Out hunting for teeth, 1799. Plate 12 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression

Paris altarpiece, 15th century. Christ crucified (centre) with the Virgin Mary and St John the Apostle on the left and right of the cross

Christ on the Cross between the two Thieves, 17th century. Artist: Frans Francken II
Christ on the Cross between the two Thieves, 17th century. At the foot of the cross are the Virgin Mary with St John the Apostle (left) and Mary Magdalene and Mary the wife of Cleophas (right)

The Entombment, 1450s. Artist: Dieric Bouts
The Entombment, 1450s. Christs body is being lowered into the tomb. The group includes the Virgin Mary, holding Christs wrist, and the other three Marys who were present at the Crucifixion

The Deposition from the Cross, 1443-1445. Artist: Agnolo Bronzino
The Deposition from the Cross, 1443-1445. The Virgin Mary, surrounded by supporters, cradles the body of Christ in her lap. The crown of thorns has fallen from his head and lies on the ground (left)

Crucifixion, early 16th century. Artist: Gerard David
Crucifixion, early 16th century. From the Metropolitan Museum, New York

Pieta of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, c1500. The scene is the deposition of the cross. The Virgin Mary supports the body of Christ on her lap. Behind her is St John the Apostle

Jesus on the Road to Calvary, late 15th / early 16th century. Artist: Michael Sittow
Jesus on the Road to Calvary, late 15th/early 16th century. Jesus, wearing the crown of thorns carrying his cross, urged on by a soldier. From the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow

Good and Evil, 19th century. Artist: Andre Jacques Victor Orsel
Good and Evil, 19th century. The rewards women might expect as a result of their conduct. Christ sits in judgment (top), sorting the blessed on his right from the damned on his left

Calvary, late 15th / early 16th century. Artist: Cornelius Engebrechtsz
Calvary, late 15th/early 16th century. Christ on the cross between the two thieves. From the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Golgotha ( Calvary ), 16th century. Artist: Maerten van Heemskerck
Golgotha ( Calvary ), 16th century. At the Crucifixion, the soldier pierces Christs side with a lance. In the right foreground the soldiers cast lots for Christs cloak

The Three Maries ( The Dead Christ Mourned ), c1604. Artist: Annibale Carracci
The Three Maries ( The Dead Christ Mourned ), c1604. The Virgin Mary, lamenting, holds the body of the dead Christ in her lap

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