Hardship Collection (page 6)

Elisha Kent Kane and his companions in Greenland, c1855 (c1880). Kane served as senior medical officer on the Grinnell Arctic Expedition of 1850-1851

Mrs Rowlandson and the Indians, 1676 (c1880). The wife of a Puritan minister, Mary Rowlandson (c1637-1711) was a colonist living in the frontier village of Lancaster, Massachusetts

The Baltic Railway Station, expulsion of Jews from St Petersburg, Russia, 1891. Artist: B Baruch
The Baltic Railway Station, expulsion of Jews from St Petersburg, Russia, 1891. A print from The Illustrated London News, 20th June 1891

His Only Pair, 1860, (1917). Artist: Thomas Faed
His Only Pair, 1860, (1917). From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

A begger, India, 20th century

Hill tribe family, Chakrata, 1917

The Distress in the West Ireland: Bringing in Fuel from the Hills near Kylemore, 19th century

The Peril of the Queen Henrietta Maria, 19th century. Artist: P Lightfoot
The Peril of the Queen Henrietta Maria, 19th century. Henrietta Maria (1609-1669) was the Queen Consort of King Charles I of England

La Chantier, (The Factory), 1924. Artist: Dominique Jouvet-Magron
La Chantier, (The Factory), 1924. A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

The Raft of the Medusa, 1900. The Medusa was a French frigate wrecked on a sandbank off the coast of Senegal in 1816. The incident became infamous due to the incompetence of the ships captain

Marshal Ney, French soldier of the Napoleonic Wars, (19th century). Artist: Paul Girardet
Marshal Ney, French soldier of the Napoleonic Wars, (19th century). Michel Ney (1769-1815) was made a Marshal of France in 1804

The miseries of the soldier, a muddy French trench in Artois, France, 1916

Charity or The Indigent Family, 1865, (1912). Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Charity or The Indigent Family, 1865, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

The inhabitants of Caudry come to seek food from the British Army, France, 1918

Count Argutinsky Crossing the Caucasian Range, 1892. Artist: Franz Roubaud
Count Argutinsky Crossing the Caucasian Range, 1892. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum of the Dagestan Republic, Makhatchkala

Communist collectivization of agriculture, USSR, early 1930s. The collectivization of agriculture was a policy of taking the ownership of farms

Moscow homeless shelter dwellers, Russia, c1904. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Khitrov marketplace, Moscow, Russia, 1900s. By the time of the photograph, Khitrov marketplace was the haunt of thpusands of unemployed workers and criminals

The chaining of prisoners, Sakhalin, Russia, 1890s. Artist: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
The chaining of prisoners, Sakhalin, Russia, 1890s. A large island off the Pacific coast of Siberia, Sakhalin became the site of prison labour camps known as katorga from 1857

Prisoners at work, Sakhalin, Russia, 1890s. Artist: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Prisoners at work, Sakhalin, Russia, 1890s. A large island off the Pacific coast of Siberia, Sakhalin became the site of prison labour camps known as katorga from 1857

Refugees from the north waiting for a guide to find them lodgings, Paris, World War I, 1914-1918. French postcard

A visit to the Army Museum by the war veterans, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 20th December 1903

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

The Poverty-Stricken Family, or The Suicide, 1849, (1897). An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st January 1897

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

Le Mont-de-Piete, (1895). An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th December 1895

Horse-drawn cart carrying crates of drink, German-occupied Paris, July 1940. Under the German occupation, petrol was unobtainable

Parisians travelling by bicycle, German-occupied Paris, July 1940. Under the German occupation, petrol was unobtainable. Only police cars and vehicles carrying food supplies were allowed to travel

Improvised bicycle vehicle, German-occupied Paris, 1940-1944. With petrol shortages and private cars confiscated by the Germans, people who owned bicycles adapted them to transport the whole family

Horse-drawn cabs on a street during the German occupation, Paris, 1944. By the last year of the occupation there were few cars left on the streets of Paris due to the shortage of petrol

People queuing outside a dairy shop, German-occupied Paris, 26 July 1940. Shortages and rationing were a feature of everyday life for Parisians during the occupation and would last until 1949

Queue of women outside a dairy shop, German-occupied Paris, 28 June 1940. Shortages and rationing were a feature of everyday life for Parisians during the occupation and would last until 1949

People of the Russian city of Smolensk after its liberation by the Red Army, 1943. Smolensk was liberated from German occupation at the end of September 1943 during a major Russian offensive

Homeless refugee women and children, Russia, 1941

Refugees leaving a Normandy town, France, World War II, 1940-1944

Winter relief, distribution of coal, France 1940-1944. The majority of French coal was exported to Germany during the occupation to fuel the German war industries

Woman scavenging for food, Bayreuth, Germany, April 1945. An illustration of the hardships of life for civilians in Germany as World War II neared its conclusion

A woman leaving her burning house in a bombed street, Germany, 1945. She carries the few possessions she has been able to salvage

French refugees return to their abandoned village, Artois, World War I, 1915. A print from the Le Flambeau (the Torch), 18 September 1915

The market in the ruins of Hohenstein, East Prussia, World War I, 1915. The town of Hohenstein suffered damage during the Battle of Tannenberg in August 1914

A street in Ortelsburg, Eastern Prussia, World War I, August 1915. The town of Ortelsburg was almost destroyed by the Russians early in the First World War

The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, Rome, 1831. Artist: Landelot-Theodore Turpin de Crisse
The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, Rome, 1831. From the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France

L Epicier, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

Le Rationnement du Pain, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

Le Marche aux Lapins, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

Le Chauffage, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Print from a series titled Paris Assiege showing people queueing up to obtain rationed coal and firewood for heating

Les Petits Marchands d Obus, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, January 1871 (1872). Artist: Auguste Bry
Les Petits Marchands d Obus, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, January 1871 (1872). Poor children trying to make money by selling pieces of shrapnel

Descent from the Cross, 16th century. Artist: Jacopo Bassano il vecchio
Descent from the Cross, 16th century. From the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal

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