Famine Collection (page 3)

The prisoner, 1918. Found in the collection of Osthaus Museum Hagen

Allegory (Apocalypse). Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

The Vision of the Seven Candlesticks. Found in the Collection of Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts, Paris

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, ca 1498. Artist: Durer, Albrecht (1471-1528)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, ca 1498. Private Collection

Compassion for the homeless! Buy the Red egg on March 13-14, 1915, 1915. Artist: Vasnetsov
Compassion for the homeless! Buy the Red egg on March 13-14, 1915, 1915. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Poster to benefit the hungry, 1921. Artist: Chekhonin, Sergei Vasilievich (1878-1936)
Poster to benefit the hungry, 1921. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

The Beast with Two Horns Like a Lamb, c. 1497. Artist: Durer, Albrecht (1471-1528)
The Beast with Two Horns Like a Lamb, c. 1497. Private Collection

Help Famine Victims (Poster design), 1899. Artist: Vinogradov, Sergei Arsenyevich (1869-1938)
Help Famine Victims (Poster design), 1899

Snow removal, ca 1921. Artist: Vakhrameyev, Alexander Ivanovich (1874-1926)
Snow removal, ca 1921. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

By the Tram, 1920. Artist: Vakhrameyev, Alexander Ivanovich (1874-1926)
By the Tram, 1920. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Queue, ca 1921. Artist: Vakhrameyev, Alexander Ivanovich (1874-1926)
The Queue, ca 1921. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Cotton Famine: Distribution of Clothes to Operatives, Manchester, 1904
The Cotton Famine: Distribution of Clothes to Operatives, Manchester, c1862, (1904). From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

In the Far East - In famine-stricken Indi. 1900. Artist: AF Maconochie
In the Far East - In famine-stricken India. 1900. In the Far East - In famine-stricken India. Sixteen hundred poor women of the Salii and Koshti castes being served out with clothing at Sholapu

An Irish Eviction, 1850 (1906). Artist: Frederick Goodall
An Irish Eviction, 1850 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. V. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Facsimile of a declaration about the scarcity of food in America, 1779 (c1880). Documentary evidence of food shortages during the American Revolutionary War, then entering its fifth year

Famine victims, India, 1895. Artist: Charles Barbant
Famine victims, India, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVI, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Scene from the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 (1900)
Scene from the Irish Rebellion of 1848 (1900). The Young Irelander Rebellion was also known as the Famine Rebellion. From The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson (1900)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1498, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1498, (1936). The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Death, Famine, Pestilence and War, from the Apocalypse or The Revelations of St. John the Divine

Remarkable inscription of a Seven Year Famine on an island in the Nile, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Remarkable inscription of a Seven Year Famine on an island in the Nile, Egypt, 1905. The rocks on these islands are covered with inscriptions

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 Death on the Battlefield, Between 1640 and 1650. Artist: Stefano della Bella (1610-1664)
The Death on the Battlefield, Between 1640 and 1650. Found in the collection of the Albertina, Vienna

The Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1917. Artist: Deusser, August (1870-1942)
The Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1917. From a private collection

Petrograd in 1918 (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution), 1918. Found in the collection of the State Museum of Revolution, Moscow

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1692-1696. Artist: Vasili Koren
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1692-1696. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The famine of the Breton fishermen, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1st February 1903

Famine in the India, 1900. Artist: Joseph Belon
Famine in the India, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th February 1900

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

St Nicholas Saves Mira from Famine, c1327-1332. Artist: Ambrogio Lorenzetti
St Nicholas Saves Mira from Famine, c1327-1332. From the collection of the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Famine in the Middle Ages, (19th century). A starving family kills a dog for food. Card from a series produced by the chocolate factory at the Monastery of Aiguebelle

Diseases of the potato, c1920. In the centre is Potato Blight (Phytophtera infestans) a fungal infection spread by aphids, which destroyed crops in Ireland

Irish emigrants embarking for America at Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, 1850. The failure of the Irish potato crop in the 1840s led to a devastating famine

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1498. Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1498. Illustration of the Revelation of St John from the Bible. An Archangel watches as four agents of destruction

Irish peasant girl guarding the familys last few possessions, 1886
Irish peasant girl guarding the familys last few possessions after eviction for non-payment of rent. From The Illustrated London News, April 1886. Wood engraving

Evicted Irish peasant family, 1848. Irish peasant family unable to pay rent because of failure of potato crop due to blight, evicted from their tumbledown cottage

Aftermath of famine, Ireland (1840s), 1886
The aftermath of famine, Ireland (1840s), 1886. Distress in Ireland as people Collect limpets and seaweed for food in west of Ireland

Taking the pulse of a sick Irish emigrant on board ship, (1840s) c1890
Taking the pulse of a sick Irish emigrant on board ship bound for North America during the potato famine of the 1840s, c1890. Wood engraving

Irish Potato Famine, 1842
Irish Potato Famine, Government potato store being attacked by starving inhabitants of Galway. From The Illustrated London News, June 1842. Wood engraving

Praying to Nandi for relief from Famine, Bengal, India, 1874. Nandi, devotee of Shiva, took the form of a bull. People are praying to a stone statue of a bull outside a temple dedicated to Shiva

Cholera amongst victims of famine in China. Government officials mobbed by starving people. Hands of woman on mattress at right are in typical cholera attitude

Mending the Lesson, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Mending the Lesson, 1873. A skinny Britannia tells John Bull to beware of handing out too much charity to the needy. This relates to the serious famine blighting the lives of the inhabitants of

Germanys Ally, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Germanys Ally, 1870. Famine is shown spreading its hands over Paris as she weeps by the citys defences. France had declared war on Prussia, but had been defeated on almost every front

The Pig and The Peasant, 1863. Artist: John Tenniel
The Pig and The Peasant, 1863. Peasant says: Ah! I d Like To Be Cared Vor Half As Well As Thee As Thee Be! Here, Mr Punch highlights the problem by neatly contrasting the fat

Beware!, 1863. Artist: John Tenniel
Beware!, 1863. The keeper, ( Mr Punch), says: He Ain t Asleep, Young Jonathan; So You d Best Not Irritate Him. President Lincoln pokes a cautious sword-point at the quiet British Lion

The Present and The Future, 1862. Artist: John Tenniel
The Present and The Future, 1862. John Bull comments: I ll Do My Best to Help You Over The Christmas - You Must Then Look to My Friend Yonder

Home Intervention, 1862. Britannia says: My Poor, Brave Children! At Least I May Intervene Here! Britannia arrives at the home of a Lancashire mill worker with supplies for his family provided by

Outward Bound (Dublin), ca. 1860. Creator: Unknown
Outward Bound (Dublin), ca. 1860

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