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The Banquet of Damocles, 1890. Creator: UnknownThe Banquet of Damocles, 1890. Damocles, 4th century BC courtier, swapped places for a day with King Dionysius II who arranged for a sword held by a single hair of a horses tail to hang above his
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, 1880. Creator: Liebscher, Adolf (1857-1919)The Annunciation to the Shepherds, 1880. Found in the Collection of Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
The Scream, 1893. Artist: Edvard MunchThe 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 Abduction of Women, 20th century. Artist: Ludwig von HofmannThe Abduction of Women, 20th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
The Girls on the Bridge. Artist: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)The Girls on the Bridge. Found in the collection of National Museum of Art, Oslo
Two Human Beings. The Lonely Ones. Artist: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)Two Human Beings. The Lonely Ones. Found in the collection of Munch Museum, Oslo
In Memoriam - The Relief of Lucknow, 1858, (1901). Creator: UnknownIn Memoriam - The Relief of Lucknow, 1858, (1901). The siege of Lucknow was one of the major engagements of the uprising against British rule in India which began in 1857
Men in a boat threatened by a sea monster, early-mid 18th century, (1924). CreatorMen in a boat threatened by a sea monster, early-mid 18th century, (1924). From the " Shinsen O Uchiwa" (Old and New Ghost Stories), attribited to Okumura Masanobu
The Sack of Louvain, (1919). Creator: UnknownThe Sack of Louvain, (1919). Scene from the First World War: the town of Louvain in Belgium was attacked by German soldiers in August 1914
New terror I conceived at the steep plunge, c1890. Creator: Gustave DoréNew terror I conceived at the steep plunge, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil ride on the back of Geryon, the Monster of Fraud
Love Conquered Fear, c1840. Creator: Auguste HervieuLove Conquered Fear, c1840. Ragged child workers in a Victorian textile factory. British writer Frances Trollope visited Manchester in 1832 to witness the condition of children employed in
Desolation des Peruviens pendant L Eclipse de Lune, 1723. Creator: Bernard PicartDesolation des Peruviens pendant L Eclipse de Lune, 1723. Desolation of the Peruvians during the lunar eclipse. From " Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde"
An Affray with the Natives, 1923. Creator: UnknownAn Affray with the Natives, 1923. From " Australia, New Zealand and Oceania in Pictures", by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. Blitt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1923]
The Dragon of the Apocalyps. Creator: P MassonThe Dragon of the Apocalyps. A fearful king and his subjects cower before a fire-breathing dragon, as angels empty basins over the landscape
Rose petal. Private Collection
An Episode of the White Terror, 1815, (1896). General Count Jacques Laurent Gilly in hiding in a peasants house near Anduze in the South of France
A hint for another Statue - or, a Sketch of a Modern Weather Cock, 1804. William Windham standing on a whirligig. On each side of his pedestal stands a (contrasted) volunteer
Le Francois a Londres, 1770. Artist: C WhiteLe Francois a Londres, 1770. A butcher, with doubled fists, menaces a French dandy, who holds up his hands in alarm, while one of two women behind him holds his pigtail
The Overdrove ox, 1790. A scene on London Bridge; on the right the Greenwich to Blackheath Machine has overturned; frightened citizens are fleeing from a bull
The Middlesex election, 1775. Artist: Samuel Hieronymus GrimmThe Middlesex election, 1775. A citizen records his vote at a polling station. A fat man brandishes a knife. On the left a frightened citizen is being hustled to the booth by a man brandishing
The night mayor - or magistratical vigilance, 1816. Alderman Wood, followed by constables, enters a thieves kitchen where a watchman drinks gin with companions
Blowing up the Pic Nic s; or, Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets... 1802Blowing up the Pic Nic s; or, Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets. Vide Tottenham Street Pantomime, 1802. Richard Sheridan leading the forces of the professionals against the amateurs of the Pic
Miseries of human life, Smithfield Market, London, c1800Miseries of human life, London, c1800; a citizen in Smithfield Market finds himself between two enraged bulls, while alarmed drovers shout
Perambulators in Hyde Park!, London, 1819Perambulators in Hyde Park! London, 1819; pedestrians and chickens fall and scatter before cyclists
The idle prentice returned from sea... plate VII of Industry and Idleness 1833The idle prentice returned from sea, and in a garret with a prostitute, plate VII of Industry and Idleness, 1833; the apprentice
The great general frightened by Don-Key, 1830. Artist: Henry HeathThe great general frightened by Don-Key, 1830; shows the Duke of Wellington running in alarm, from a donkey in mayoral cloak (Sir John Key)
Going it by steam, (1829?). Artist: Robert SeymourGoing it by steam, 1829; showing a steam engine, to which a coach has been attached, exploding, causing passengers to fly into the air or fall heavily
Civic anointing - or - the catastrophe of Lord Mayors Day 1827, vide Guildhall, 1827Civic anointing - or - the catastrophe of Lord Mayors Day 1827, vide Guildhall ; a large board containing fairy lamps plummets towards the new Lord Mayor, Matthias Prime Lucas and guests
People bargaining for mounts at West Smithfield, London, 1825. Artist: Theodore LanePeople bargaining for mounts at West Smithfield, London, 1825. Child chimney-sweeps covered in soot ride a donkey. A white horse panics
Wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London, c1820. A rowdy scene at Smithfield cattle market with the wife for sale tied by a rope around her waist to a rail in the centre
Mansion House Monitor, 1809. Cits guzzling at a Mansion House dinner are terrified by the appearance of the ghost of Henry Fitzailwin, first Lord Mayor of London
Wittingtons Ghost, 1807. The ghost of Dick Whittington appearing at Mansion House in search of his cat
A sudden surprize to the City Militia... 1774. Artist: John NixonA sudden surprize to the City Militia... 1774. The gateway of the Honourable Artillery Company headquarters. Children climbing
The Witch - a study, 1888. Artist: Sir John GilbertThe Witch - a study, 1888. A witch standing by a tree points at a young couple on horseback
Caught by the Tide, 1869. Artist: James Clarke HookCaught by the Tide, 1869. Three children stranded on a rock hail a boat on the horizon
The Thames Tunnel, London, 1827. Artist: Samuel KnightsTHE TUNNEL !!! or another BUBBLE BURST!, 1827; pedestrians walking through the Thames Tunnel, London flee in terror as a torrent of water gushes through the roof. Beneath this image is a moral verse
Mad Dog, pub. 1826 (hand coloured etching)
The Ghost - A Christmas Frolic - Le Revenant, 1814The Ghost - A Christmas Frolic - Le Revenant, printed 1814 (stipple engraving)
Crowd outside London Stock Exchange after fall of the Hatry Group, 1929. On 20 September 1929 trading in shares in British financier Clarence Charles Hatrys (1888-1965) company, the Hatry group
Two white men stoning an African American to death, 1919, USA. Between 1910 and 1930, 4.1 million African Americans moved from the Southern states to the cities of the North
African Americans and whites leaving the beach as trouble begins, Chicago, Illinois, USA, c1919. Racial tensions increased in Chicago after the end of the First World War as African Americans
The Wall Street Crash, New York City, USA, Thursday, 24 October 1929. The panicking crowds that collected that morning outside the Stock Exchange building at Broad and Wall Streets
Stock-market listings as recorded in the New York Times, Wednesday, 30 October, 1929. Printed the morning after the great liquidation, the famous sixteen-million-share day
Edward III of England vows that he will make peace, 1360 (1864). After rejecting offers for peace during the Hundred Years War a great thunderstorm frightened the King (1312-1377)
Macbeth and Banquo encounter the three witches on the heath, 1805. Artist: John BoydellMacbeth and Banquo encounter the three witches on the heath, 1805. Act I, Scene III of Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The Sick Child, 1885-1886. Artist: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)The Sick Child, 1885-1886. Found in the collection of National Museum of Art, Oslo
Night in Saint-Cloud, 1890. Artist: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)Night in Saint-Cloud, 1890. Found in the collection of National Museum of Art, Oslo
Girls on the bridge, 1902. Artist: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)Girls on the bridge, 1902. Private Collection