Helpless Collection

The Mayor of Casterbridge. By Thomas Hardy, 1886. Creator: Robert Barnes
The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy. "Now", said Henchard between his gasps, "Your life is in my hands", 1886. From "The Graphic

Wreck of the Troop-ship "Charlotte" - Attempt of the Life-Boat, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of the Troop-ship "Charlotte" - Attempt of the Life-Boat, 1854. British soldiers lost at sea off the coast of South Africa, during the Crimean War

Painting, title unknown, mid 19th century. Artist: Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna
Painting, title unknown, mid 19th century

The Irish Vampire, 1885. Artist: John Tenniel
The Irish Vampire, 1885. The Irish National League, with the face of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), shown as a vampire preying on Ireland. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 24 October 1885)

Ulysses Lands on the Isle of Calypso, 1737. Artist: Pierre Charles Tremolieres
Ulysses Lands on the Isle of Calypso, 1737. From the Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France

Mary, Queen of Scots witnessing the murder of David Rizzio, January 1, 1791. Creator: Isaac Taylor
Mary, Queen of Scots witnessing the murder of David Rizzio, January 1, 1791

The Persecution of Job. Creator: Georg Pencz
The Persecution of Job

Satan Smiting Job with Boils, 1825. Creator: William Blake
Satan Smiting Job with Boils, 1825

The Poet Virgil in a Basket, 1512. Creator: Lucas van Leyden
The Poet Virgil in a Basket, 1512

Marshal Blucher at the Battle of Ligny, June 16, 1815, 1816. Creator: Unknown
Marshal Blucher at the Battle of Ligny, June 16, 1815, 1816. Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher (1742-1819) Prussian field marshall wounded at the Battle of Ligny in 1815 with the Prussians in retreat

Princess Tarakanova in the Petropavlovsk Fortress at the Time of the Flood, 1863, (1965). Elizabeth Tarakanova (c1745-1775) was a pretender to the Russian throne

The Royal Extinguisher, or the King of Brobdingnag & the Lilliputians, 1821. George IV, surrounded by admiring ministers, holds up an extinguisher made of paper

Slow Asphyxiation, 1916. Artist: Louis Raemaekers
Slow Asphyxiation, 1916. Plate 69 from The Great War: A Neutrals Indictment by Louis Raemaekers. The Dutch graphic artist Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956)

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]

The Helplessness of Man Against Destiny, 1899. Artist: JF Weber
The Helplessness of Man Against Destiny, 1899. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899

John Gilpin riding to Edmonton, 1878. Artist: Randolph Caldecott
John Gilpin riding to Edmonton, 1878. John Gilpin was the subject of an 18th century ballad by William Cowper. It describes how, on a journey to Edmonton

Attempts at Rescue, 1901. The Drama of Russia, Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 27th January 1901

The Lynching in a prison of a black man and the assassination of a white woman tied to him, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th December 1902

Blessed Agostino Novello Altarpiece, (detail), 1324. Artist: Simone Martini
Blessed Agostino Novello Altarpiece, (detail), 1324. Lower left scene of the altarpiece: Child Falling from a Balcony. Found in the collection of the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena

The Death of the Woman of Darius, 1785. Artist: Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee
The Death of the Woman of Darius, 1785. The death of Statira, the wife of Darius III of Persia, in the captivity of Alexander the Great in 331 BC. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Allegorical cartoon, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. France suffering the hardships and deprivations of Prussian occupation, a severe winter and famine. From a private collection

Allegory of France of 1870, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. France, seated and surrounded by the chaos and destruction of the Franco-Prussian War. From a private collection

The Red Shoes, fairy story by Hans Christian Andersen, c1880. Karen in her magic red shoes, unable to stop and hear what the angel says because the shoes compel her to dance and dance

A convalescing legionnaire, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 1910. French postcard

The Deliverance of Arsinoe, after 1560-1594. Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto
The Deliverance of Arsinoe, after 1560-1594. From the Gemaeldegallerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

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