Hungry Collection (page 4)

Just looking out for somthing [sic] to stay my stomach till dinner time, 1830. Sir William Curtis scanning a bill of fare and rubbing his protruding belly with delight

Fritters, piping hot Fritters, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Fritters, piping hot Fritters. A fritters seller baking hot fritters, watched by two children, one of whom appears to be handing over a coin in payment. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

France, 1755. Artist: William Hogarth
France, 1755, showing a scene on the coast of France with troops boarding a ship to invade England. In the foreground a monk tests his axe

Picnic at Boulogne Motor Week, France, 1928. Artist: Bill Brunell
Picnic at Boulogne Motor Week. Date: 3-9.9.28

Guitarist Chuck Christiansen travelling by coach to the Royal Albert Hall, London, 28 May 1992. Christiansen was part of the orchestra backing Frank Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr

Day labourers having a hot dog and lemonade, Battery Park, New York, USA, early 1930s

Police arresting a group of hunger marchers in London, 1932. The National Hunger March of September-October 1932 was the largest of a series of marches organised in Britain during the Great

Buddy Rich eating backstage at Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club, London, 1979

Famine in the Volga Valley, Russia, c1921-c1922. The aftermath of the Russian Revolution and Civil War. Groups of peasants starving

Russian manual labourers eating a meal, late 19th century. Young men being fed Kassha, which is gruel, buckwheat, cabbage soup and fish

Russian peasants, late 19th century. Poor families relieving their hunger by carving up a dead horse

The cook saves a large one for himself, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916

New Zealand troops queuing for a field canteen, Somme campaign, France, World War I, 1916

Townsfolk wait to scour the fields for potatoes left by farmers, Germany, World War I, c1914-c1918. About 750, 000 German civilians died from starvation as a result of the British naval blockade of

The poor of Berlin rummaging in refuse heaps, Germany, c1914-c1918. About 750, 000 German civilians died from starvation as a result of the British naval blockade of Germany during World War I

The prisoner, 1918. Found in the collection of Osthaus Museum Hagen

Compassion for the homeless! Buy the Red egg on March 13-14, 1915, 1915. Artist: Vasnetsov
Compassion for the homeless! Buy the Red egg on March 13-14, 1915, 1915. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Poster to benefit the hungry, 1921. Artist: Chekhonin, Sergei Vasilievich (1878-1936)
Poster to benefit the hungry, 1921. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Help Famine Victims (Poster design), 1899. Artist: Vinogradov, Sergei Arsenyevich (1869-1938)
Help Famine Victims (Poster design), 1899

Illustrations to The Vicar of Wakefield (Goldsmith). c1800-1860, (1923). Artist: William Mulready
Illustrations to The Vicar of Wakefield (Goldsmith). c1800-1860, (1923). The Vicar of Wakefield subtitled A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself is a novel by Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith

The Retreat from Moscow, 1911, (1918). Artist: Stephen Baghot De La Bere
The Retreat from Moscow, 1911, (1918). Painting held at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool. From Bibbys Annual 1918, edited by Joseph Bibby. [The Priory Publishing Press, Liverpool, 1917]

The Cache Destroyed, c1856, (1928). Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857) an American explorer and a medical officer, who was a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue the explorer Sir John Franklin in

Give Us a Bite, c1900. Artist: Philip William May
Give Us a Bite, c1900. From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme. [The Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1900-01]

Panel by Bruno Liljefors, c1924. Artist: Bruno Liljefors
Panel by Bruno Liljefors, c1924. From The Studio Volume 87. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1924]

Hagar and Ishmael, c19th century. Artist: Edward Stott
Hagar and Ishmael, c19th century. From The Studio Volume 82. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1921]

Cottage Children (Hobbinol and Gandaretta), c1883, (1903). Artist: DW Tomkins
Cottage Children (Hobbinol and Gandaretta), c1883. After a painting by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788). From The Connoisseur Vol. VI [Otto Limited, London, 1903.]

Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1836. Artist: James Mahoney
Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1871. Oliver Twist causes a sensation in the childrens ward of the workhouse by asking for a second helping of porridge

Doughnuts for doughboys, Montabaur on the Rhine, Germany, c1918-c1919. Artist: Keystone View Company
Doughnuts for doughboys, Montabaur on the Rhine, Germany, c1918-c1919. Doughboys was the nickname given to US Army soldiers in World War I. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Advertisement for Provost Oats, 1901. A print from The Illustrated London News, 23 February 1901

A Ministering Angel, 1889. Artist: Ernest Dudley Heath
A Ministering Angel, 1889.A print from The ladys Pictorial Christmas number, 1889

Advert for Cream of Wheat, American hot breakfast cereal, 1923

Famine victims, India, 1895. Artist: Charles Barbant
Famine victims, India, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVI, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Salvation army communal kitchen, Bermondsey, London, 1917 (1936). The Salvation Army, an evangelical Protestant charitable movement was founded by William Booth in London in 1865

Dinner for the homeless, Church Army House, Westminster, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

A Salvation Army shelter, Blackfriars Road, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Giving out corn to the people, during a season of scarcity, 1847. Artist: Evans
Giving out corn to the people, during a season of scarcity, 1847. Chinese people receiving food. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

Children in a communal kitchen, London, 1917 (1936)
Children in a communal kitchen, London, 1917, (1936). From His Majesty the King, 1910-1935, introduction by HW Wilson (Associated Newspapers Ltd, London, 1936)

Martin - chel idon ur bica, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Martin - chel idon ur bica, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1910]

The Fox and the Grapes, 15th century (1893). From an edition of Aesops Fables printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

The Irish Famine, 1845-1849, (1900). Interior of a peasant familys hut. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900)

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

The Association of Artists assisting the starving, 1921. Artist: Sergey Vassilyevich Chekhonin
The Association of Artists assisting the starving, 1921

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

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

Tantalus torment, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Tantalus torment, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

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

Famine in the Middle Ages, (19th century). A starving family kills a dog for food. Card from a series produced by the chocolate factory at the Monastery of Aiguebelle

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