Greedy Collection

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 11: Jujaka Treats Jali and Kanha Poorly; While Jujaka... c1875-1925. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 11: Jujaka Treats Jali and Kanha Poorly; While Jujaka Sleeps the Children are Cared For, c1875-1925

The Greedy Old Woman with a Box of Demons, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Greedy Old Woman with a Box of Demons, 1865. From One Hundred Ghost Tales from China and Japan

The Greedy Old Woman Leaving the Three Sparrows, c1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Greedy Old Woman Leaving the Three Sparrows, c1886. From Sketches by Yoshitoshi

Quittant le Valachie, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Quittant le Valachie, 19th century. Leaving Wallachia. I think I left him something...if I had time I would come back and take what he has left...but I don't have the time!

Il faut me trouver la dedans trois pièces et une cuisine!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Il faut me trouver la dedans trois pieces et une cuisine!, 19th century. Tenants and landlords. Landlord to builder: I need you to fit three rooms and a kitchen in here!

Avarice, 1590. Creator: Jacopo Ligozzi
Avarice, 1590

Le satyre et le paysan, between 1644 and 1645. Creators: Jacob Jordaens, Workshop of Jacob Jordaens
Le satyre et le paysan, between 1644 and 1645. The satyr and the peasant. Subject drawn from Aesop's fables

The Horn of Plenty, from Puck, published May 29, 1889. Creator: Charles Jay Taylor
The Horn of Plenty, from Puck, published May 29, 1889

Uriah Heap, 1939. Uriah Heap is a character from the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). From the Dickens Character Series produced by Copes Cigarettes, 1939

"Two Usurers";from the picture by Marius Van Romerswael, c. 1550. 1890. Creator: Unknown
" Two Usurers" ; from the picture by Marius Van Romerswael, c.1550. 1890

Les Gourmands, 1780-1820. 1780-1820. Creator: Anon
Les Gourmands, 1780-1820

Boy Eating Fruit, n. d. Creator: Hablot Knight Browne
Boy Eating Fruit, n.d

Frontispiece to Volpone by Ben Jonson, 1898. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Frontispiece to Volpone by Ben Jonson, 1898. Volpone, a greedy and rich childless Venetian, rubs his hands in front of his riches

The Greedy Dog, , late 16th century. Creator: Farrukh Chela
The Greedy Dog, , late 16th century

The Punishment of Ananias and Sapphira, 1549. Creator: Augustin Hirschvogel
The Punishment of Ananias and Sapphira, 1549

Elisha Punishes Gehazi with Naamans Leprosy, 1547. Creator: Augustin Hirschvogel
Elisha Punishes Gehazi with Naamans Leprosy, 1547

Rich Man. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Rich Man

Resurrection, 1625-77. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Resurrection, 1625-77

Plate 30 from Los Caprichos : Why hide them? (Porque esconderlos?), 1799

Studious Gluttons, October 1788. Creator: Samuel Alken
Studious Gluttons, October 1788

The Fat Kitchen, 1563. Creator: Pieter van der Heyden
The Fat Kitchen, 1563

Struggle over the Flemish Milch-Cow, 1646. Creator: Crispijn de Passe I
Struggle over the Flemish Milch-Cow, 1646

Venerable Idleness, Queen of Cockaigne; a fat woman seated on a movable toilet chair being waited on and fed by seven women, 1565

Lust and Avarice, November 29, 1788. November 29, 1788. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Lust and Avarice, November 29, 1788

Quae Genus, in the Service of Sr. Jeffery Gourmand, from The History of Johnny
Quae Genus, in the Service of Sr. Jeffery Gourmand, from " The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax", August 1, 1821

The Holy Friar, May 6, 1807. May 6, 1807. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Holy Friar, May 6, 1807

Fast Day, March 20, 1799. March 20, 1799. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Fast Day, March 20, 1799

Comforts of Bath, Plate 9, January 6, 1798. January 6, 1798. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Comforts of Bath, Plate 9, January 6, 1798

A Couple at Table with Servants, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown; Unknown
A Couple at Table with Servants, 18th-19th century

The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, c1840. Creator: George Presbury
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, c1840. Biblical scene, from Genesis 48: 16: The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them

The voice is Jacobs voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau, 19th century? Creator
The voice is Jacobs voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau, 19th century? Biblical scene, from Genesis 27: 22: And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said

A Lesson in Constitutional Government, 1897. Creator: John Leech
A Lesson in Constitutional Government, 1897. A child holds its stomach in pain after over-eating. From " The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett

Henry VII taking a chop with the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Henry VII taking a chop with the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1897. King Henry VII dining with a ruddy-cheeked and well-fed Archbishop of Canterbury. A tub of bottles sits next to him

The Q-ns Ass in a Band-box, 1821. Caroline of Brunswick, inside a box, sits on a zebra which stands in a round band-box; the zebra, with the head of Alderman Wood

A Member of the Corporation preparing for a City feast, 1789. A common councilman sits with his eyes shut, possibly holding his stomach in pain

A Well-Fed Citizen going to his Country Seat at Hornsey, 1773. An extremely fat man removes his clay pipe to tell his one-legged rider not to go too fast. On the back axle stands a footman

Predatory lawyers, 1770. A gullible citizen between two lawyers; the one on the left knowingly lays his finger to his nose while the other smiles reassuringly at his client in a satire on legal

Two Bankers or Usurers, c1540, (1939). Artist: Marinus van Reymerswaele
Two Bankers or Usurers, c1540, (1939). The painting is held by the National Gallery. London. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]

The Invasion, 1865. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
The Invasion, 1865. From Mr. Facey Romfords Hounds, by Robert Smith Surtees. [Bradbury and Evans, London, 1865]

A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion, 1792. Artist: James Gillray
A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion, 1792. Engraving of the Prince Regent, (later King George IV), who was famous for his gluttonous appetite

Shakespeare sacrificed, or the offering to avarice, 1789. Artist: James Gillray
Shakespeare sacrificed, or the offering to avarice, 1789. Publisher John Boydell commissioned paintings illustrating subjects from Shakespeares plays

The Charming Brute, (A satire on Handel), 1754. The German composer Handel, here depicted as a pig, had a huge appetite. Here he is at his organ, sitting on a barrel of ale, surrounded by poultry

Marriage a la Mode: 1, The Marriage Contract, 1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage a la Mode: 1, The Marriage Contract, 1743. The ageing Earl Squander, proud of his family tree but in need of money to maintain his position

Hot Pies!, 1879. Artist: Joseph Swain
Hot Pies!, 1879. A group of politicians are devouring pies representing countries. Lord Lytton, the viceroy of India, dressed as a waiter, brings another pie, to which Disraeli ( Master Benjamin )

Letter N. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter N

A young man caressing an old woman, 1646. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
A young man caressing an old woman, 1646

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