Futility Collection (page 5)

The Triumph of Death, ca 1562-1563. Artist: Bruegel (Brueghel), Pieter, the Elder (ca 1525-1569)
The Triumph of Death, ca 1562-1563. Found in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Death of Queen Sophie Amalie, 1882. Artist: Zahrtmann, Kristian (1843-1917)
The Death of Queen Sophie Amalie, 1882. Found in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Death and Life, 1910-1915. Artist: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918)
Death and Life, 1910-1915. Found in the collection of the Leopold Museum, Vienna

Charge of the English Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854, 19th century. Lord Raglan gave the order for the disastrous British cavalry charge, immortalised in Tennysons poem

The Charge of the Light Brigade, Battle of Balaclava, Crimean War, October 25, 1854, (1893). Artist: R Dawson
The Charge of the Light Brigade, Battle of Balaclava, Crimean War, October 25, 1854, (1893). Lord Raglan gave the order for the disastrous British cavalry charge, immortalised in Tennysons poem

Sisyphus pushing his stone up a mountain, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Sisyphus Pushing His Stone up a Mountain, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Flemish proverb, c1558-1560. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Flemish proverb, c1558-1560. Detail from Twelve Flemish Proverbs. From the Museum Mayer van der Berg, Antwerp, Belgium

General Riddle, 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya
General Riddle, 1819-1823. Plate 9 of Proverbs, published in 1864. The series also known as disparates (absurdities) or suenos (dreams) is seen as symbolic of the absurdity of the human condition

A Candlelight Scene. A Man offering a Gold Chain and Coins to a Girl seated on a Bed, ca. 1665-1667. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Aspasia surrounded by Greek philosophers. Artist: Corneille, Michel, the Younger (1642-1708)
Aspasia surrounded by Greek philosophers. Found in the collection of the Musee de l Histoire de France

Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, Crimean War, 25 October, 1854 (early 20th century). Lord Raglan gave the order for the disastrous British cavalry charge, immortalised in Tennysons poem

Battle of Loos, France, World War I, 1915. Scottish regiments charging and overwhelming German trenches. The Battle of Loos was a major British offensive on the Western Front

Air filters, Maginot Line, France, 1939. Conceived by Andre Maginot (1877-1932) as an impegnable wall on Frances eastern frontier, the Maginot Line was a vast linked set of fortifications

Electric light plant, Maginot Line, France, 1939. Conceived by Andre Maginot (1877-1932) as an impegnable wall on Frances eastern frontier, the Maginot Line was a vast linked set of fortifications

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