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Background imageDifficult Collection: Diana of the Uplands, 1903-1904, (c1915). Artist: Charles Wellington Furse

Diana of the Uplands, 1903-1904, (c1915). Artist: Charles Wellington Furse
Diana of the Uplands, 1903-1904, (c1915). The painting is held by the Tate Gallery, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Background imageDifficult Collection: Shoeburyness Fisherman Hailing a Whitstable Hoy, aka The Pilot Boat, and The Red Cap

Shoeburyness Fisherman Hailing a Whitstable Hoy, aka The Pilot Boat, and The Red Cap, c1809 Artist: JMW Turner
Shoeburyness Fisherman Hailing a Whitstable Hoy, aka The Pilot Boat, and The Red Cap, c1809. Painting on display at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Background imageDifficult Collection: Love Locked Out, 1889, (1912). Artist: Anna Lea Merritt

Love Locked Out, 1889, (1912). Artist: Anna Lea Merritt
Love Locked Out, 1889, (1912). Painting held at the Tate, London. From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

Background imageDifficult Collection: Captain Spurrier cut down by Romford, 1865. Artists: John Leech, Hablot Knight Browne

Captain Spurrier cut down by Romford, 1865. Artists: John Leech, Hablot Knight Browne
Captain Spurrier cut down by Romford, 1865. From Mr. Facey Romfords Hounds, written by Robert Smith Surtees, illustrated by John Leech and H.K. Phiz Browne. [Bradbury, Evans & Co. London, 1865]

Background imageDifficult Collection: Deformed dog, 1690. Creator: David Klocker Ehrenstrahl

Deformed dog, 1690. Creator: David Klocker Ehrenstrahl
Deformed dog, 1690

Background imageDifficult Collection: Woman Supporting a Man, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Woman Supporting a Man, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Woman Supporting a Man, 1852-1866

Background imageDifficult Collection: Drunkard, 1810-1874. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

Drunkard, 1810-1874. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Drunkard, 1810-1874. Miller often used witty captions or lines of dialogue to reveal more about the characters in his sketches

Background imageDifficult Collection: Intoxicated Man and Boy, c1859. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Intoxicated Man and Boy, c1859. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Intoxicated Man and Boy, c1859

Background imageDifficult Collection: Man in Green Coat with Umbrella, 1848. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville

Man in Green Coat with Umbrella, 1848. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville
Man in Green Coat with Umbrella, 1848

Background imageDifficult Collection: Child Calms a Horse by Covering His Head with Her Jacket, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Child Calms a Horse by Covering His Head with Her Jacket, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Child Calms a Horse by Covering His Head with Her Jacket, 1875. Series: The Postal News no. 472

Background imageDifficult Collection: Difficulties of the road; An Icelanders Notes on Iceland, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Difficulties of the road; An Icelanders Notes on Iceland, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Difficulties of the road; An Icelanders Notes on Iceland, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageDifficult Collection: Ships at Sea, 1660-1669. Creator: Jacob Adriaensz. Bellevois

Ships at Sea, 1660-1669. Creator: Jacob Adriaensz. Bellevois
Ships at Sea, 1660-1669. The importance of overseas trade, naval battles with Spain and then England, and fishing created a great demand for marine subjects

Background imageDifficult Collection: Dutch Ships in High Seas off the Dutch Coast, 1660-1669. Creator: Ludolf Backhuysen I

Dutch Ships in High Seas off the Dutch Coast, 1660-1669. Creator: Ludolf Backhuysen I
Dutch Ships in High Seas off the Dutch Coast, 1660-1669

Background imageDifficult Collection: Akasaka (numbered 37); 'Fujikawa (numbered 38)' (image 3 of 4), c1802. Creator: Hokusai

Akasaka (numbered 37); "Fujikawa (numbered 38)" (image 3 of 4), c1802. Creator: Hokusai
Akasaka (numbered 37); "Fujikawa (numbered 38)" (image 3 of 4), c1802. From Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido(Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Background imageDifficult Collection: Blind Man, 18th century. Creator: Unknown

Blind Man, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Blind Man, 18th century

Background imageDifficult Collection: Quarreling Couple, Mid-19th century. Creator: Meikeisai Hojitsu

Quarreling Couple, Mid-19th century. Creator: Meikeisai Hojitsu
Quarreling Couple, Mid-19th century

Background imageDifficult Collection: Drunken Silenus, c17th century. Creator: Unknown

Drunken Silenus, c17th century. Creator: Unknown
Drunken Silenus, c17th century

Background imageDifficult Collection: Travellers Disembarking at a Jetty on the Scheldt in Strong Winds, c.1635

Travellers Disembarking at a Jetty on the Scheldt in Strong Winds, c.1635. Creator: Bonaventura Peeters I
Travellers Disembarking at a Jetty on the Scheldt in Strong Winds, c.1635

Background imageDifficult Collection: Girl covers the eyes of a youth, 1709-1789. Creator: Etienne Jeaurat

Girl covers the eyes of a youth, 1709-1789. Creator: Etienne Jeaurat
Girl covers the eyes of a youth, 1709-1789. A young woman stands behind a writing boy and covers his eyes with her hands

Background imageDifficult Collection: Rough Sea with Ships, 1697. Creator: Ludolf Bakhuizen

Rough Sea with Ships, 1697. Creator: Ludolf Bakhuizen
Rough Sea with Ships, 1697

Background imageDifficult Collection: 'L'annee De Verdun; Un Autre Hiver, Les miseres du soldat: un mauvais boyau en Artois

'L'annee De Verdun; Un Autre Hiver, Les miseres du soldat: un mauvais boyau en Artois, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Background imageDifficult Collection: Ships Sailing and Beating up against the Wind in the Sound, 1832. Creator: Adolph Friedrich Vollmer

Ships Sailing and Beating up against the Wind in the Sound, 1832. Creator: Adolph Friedrich Vollmer
Ships Sailing and Beating up against the Wind in the Sound, 1832

Background imageDifficult Collection: Landscape with a Removal Cart, 1642-1678. Creator: Willem Schellinks

Landscape with a Removal Cart, 1642-1678. Creator: Willem Schellinks
Landscape with a Removal Cart, 1642-1678

Background imageDifficult Collection: That diabolical Hammock, 1886. Creator: Unknown

That diabolical Hammock, 1886. Creator: Unknown
That diabolical Hammock, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageDifficult Collection: La Bouchée de pain : vieil homme s'appuyant sur des cannes, c.1904. Creator: Fernand Pelez

La Bouchée de pain : vieil homme s'appuyant sur des cannes, c.1904. Creator: Fernand Pelez
La Bouchee de pain : vieil homme s'appuyant sur des cannes, c.1904

Background imageDifficult Collection: Love Tormented by Considerations Great and Small, 1817–20. Creator: Vivant Denon

Love Tormented by Considerations Great and Small, 1817–20. Creator: Vivant Denon
Love Tormented by Considerations Great and Small, 1817-20

Background imageDifficult Collection: The Finest Perch is Not for Me, published June 18, 1825. Creator: Charles Turner

The Finest Perch is Not for Me, published June 18, 1825. Creator: Charles Turner
The Finest Perch is Not for Me, published June 18, 1825

Background imageDifficult Collection: Against the Current, 1919. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn

Against the Current, 1919. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Against the Current, 1919

Background imageDifficult Collection: The full-rigger Pacific, (c1860s). Creator: Carolus Ludovicus Weyts

The full-rigger Pacific, (c1860s). Creator: Carolus Ludovicus Weyts
The full-rigger Pacific, (c1860s). Built in 1867 at Rettig's shipyard in Gavle. belonging to the company Rettig/Rettigska varvet, 1840-1870s

Background imageDifficult Collection: 'Un mangeur de coeurs. Albert Ehrensvärd', 1850. Creator: Fritz von Dardel. 'Un mangeur de coeurs

"Un mangeur de coeurs. Albert Ehrensvärd", 1850. Creator: Fritz von Dardel. "Un mangeur de coeurs
"Un mangeur de coeurs. Albert Ehrensvard", 1850. Man with monocle among women

Background imageDifficult Collection: Walrus killed on ice floes off Siberian Coast, Bering Sea by G. Madsen, June 1909, 1909

Walrus killed on ice floes off Siberian Coast, Bering Sea by G. Madsen, June 1909, 1909. Creator: Lomen Brothers
Walrus killed on ice floes off Siberian Coast, Bering Sea by G. Madsen, June 1909, 1909

Background imageDifficult Collection: Troops Buried by a Snowstorm, 19th century. Creator: Nikolay Nikolaevich Karazin

Troops Buried by a Snowstorm, 19th century. Creator: Nikolay Nikolaevich Karazin
Troops Buried by a Snowstorm, 19th century. One of 21 watercolors (out of an original 27) from an album relating to the history of the Siberian Cossacks held by the Rare Books Department of

Background imageDifficult Collection: View of the Magistratskaia Street During Mud, 1880-1897. Creator: Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov

View of the Magistratskaia Street During Mud, 1880-1897. Creator: Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov
View of the Magistratskaia Street During Mud, 1880-1897. From a collection of paintings, lithographs, sketches, studies, and drawings, which capture various remote corners of the Siberian wilderness

Background imageDifficult Collection: Hard Times, 1885, (c1930). Creator: Hubert von Herkomer

Hard Times, 1885, (c1930). Creator: Hubert von Herkomer
Hard Times, 1885, (c1930). A family rest by the side of the road. The fathers tools, tied in a bundle, indicate that he is looking for manual labour

Background imageDifficult Collection: The Mad Hatter and the March Hare trying to put the Dormouse into a teapot, c1910

The Mad Hatter and the March Hare trying to put the Dormouse into a teapot, c1910. Artist: John Tenniel
The Mad Hatter and the March Hare trying to put the Dormouse into a teapot, c1910. From Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. [W. Butcher & Sons, London, c1910]

Background imageDifficult Collection: Corporal Punishment, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank

Corporal Punishment, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
Corporal Punishment, 1829. From Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank. [George Cruikshank, London, 1829]

Background imageDifficult Collection: The Bilsden (Billesdon) Coplow Day, c18th century. Artist: Francis Jukes

The Bilsden (Billesdon) Coplow Day, c18th century. Artist: Francis Jukes
The Bilsden (Billesdon) Coplow Day, c18th century. After Charles Loraine Smith (1751-1835). From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXVII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1931]

Background imageDifficult Collection: Etruscan Relief on funerary Urn, Odysseus (Ulysses) bound to mast with Sirens, c4th century BC

Etruscan Relief on funerary Urn, Odysseus (Ulysses) bound to mast with Sirens, c4th century BC. Florence Archaeological Museum

Background imageDifficult Collection: Shono, from the series 'Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Shono, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)
Shono, from the series " Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", Japan, c. 1806

Background imageDifficult Collection: The Snow-Clogged Geta, c. 1767 / 68. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu

The Snow-Clogged Geta, c. 1767 / 68. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
The Snow-Clogged Geta, c. 1767/68

Background imageDifficult Collection: Miss Apricot-Cloud, 1908. Creator: Helen Hyde

Miss Apricot-Cloud, 1908. Creator: Helen Hyde
Miss Apricot-Cloud, 1908

Background imageDifficult Collection: Rest for the Weary, 1902. Creator: Philip William May

Rest for the Weary, 1902. Creator: Philip William May
Rest for the Weary, 1902

Background imageDifficult Collection: On the Road, 1856. Creator: Jules Dupré

On the Road, 1856. Creator: Jules Dupré
On the Road, 1856

Background imageDifficult Collection: No te aha oe riri (Why Are You Angry?), 1896. Creator: Paul Gauguin

No te aha oe riri (Why Are You Angry?), 1896. Creator: Paul Gauguin
No te aha oe riri (Why Are You Angry?), 1896

Background imageDifficult Collection: Station of the Cross No. 3: 'Jesus Falls the First Time', c. 1936

Station of the Cross No. 3: "Jesus Falls the First Time", c. 1936
Station of the Cross No. 3: " Jesus Falls the First Time", c. 1936

Background imageDifficult Collection: Blackboard, 1877. Creator: Winslow Homer

Blackboard, 1877. Creator: Winslow Homer
Blackboard, 1877

Background imageDifficult Collection: The Prodigal Son, 2nd plate (L enfant prodigue). Creator: Alphonse Legros

The Prodigal Son, 2nd plate (L enfant prodigue). Creator: Alphonse Legros
The Prodigal Son, 2nd plate (L enfant prodigue)

Background imageDifficult Collection: A Windy Day, 1885. Creator: Sir John Gilbert

A Windy Day, 1885. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
A Windy Day, 1885



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