Misery Collection (page 4)

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 trek during the snowstorm, 1909. Artist: Stanley L Wood
The trek during the snowstorm, 1909. A scene from British explorer Ernest Shackletons (1874-1922) expedition of 1908-1909 on board the Nimrod

British treatment of Boer women and children, 1900. The Boer War saw the first use of the internment of civilians in camps in wartime

Orphans, 1898. Artist: E Borough Johnson
Orphans, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 13, no 59 (London, 15th February 1898)

A Salvation Army Shelter, 1898. Artist: E Borough Johnson
A Salvation Army Shelter, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 13, no 59 (London, 15th February 1898)

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

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)

Battle between Russian troops and French cavalry near Ostrovno 25-26 July 1812. From a private collection

The Retreat from Russia, ca 1818. Artist: Gericault, Theodore (1791-1824)
The Retreat from Russia, ca 1818. Found in the collection of the State Borodino War and History Museum, Moscow

Petrograd in 1918 (from the series of watercolors Russian revolution), 1918. Found in the collection of the State Museum of Revolution, Moscow

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

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

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

Transport of Prostitutes to the Salpetriere, c1760-1770. Artist: Etienne Jeaurat
Transport of Prostitutes to the Salpetriere, c1760-1770. From the Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France

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

The Lovesick Maiden, c1660. Artist: Jan Steen
The Lovesick Maiden, c1660. From the collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Vagabond, c1880-1891 Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Vagabond, c1880-1891

Christ on the Cross, c1480. The Virgin Mary and her supporters cluster drooping in grief to the left of the cross, while the soldiers and executioners stand up straight on the right

Christ on the cross, crucifix, 14th century
Christ on the Cross, crucifix, 14th century. From the National Museum of Machasdo de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal

The Abduction of Rebecca, 1858. Artist: Eugene Delacroix
The Abduction of Rebecca, 1858. Scene from Sir Walter Scotts Ivanhoe. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

The Martyrdom of Saint Ignatius, 16th century. Ignatius of Antioch (dc107), Bishop of Antioch, was sentenced to death under Trajan, taken to Rome and killed by lions in the Colosseum

The Trinity, 14th century. Artist: Robert Campin
The Trinity, 14th century. The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost, represented by the dove on Christs shoulder. Left wing of a triptych. From the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

The courageous action of Eustache de Saint-Pierre at the Siege of Calais, 1346. A scene from the 100 Years War, in which Edward III of England, having finally taken Calais

Christ Nailed to the Cross, c1481. Artist: Gerard David
Christ Nailed to the Cross, c1481. From the National Gallery, London

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

John the Baptist in the Wilderness, 1490-1495. Artist: Geertgen tot Sint Jans
John the Baptist in the Wilderness, 1490-1495. From the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany

The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, 16th century. Artist: Gregorio Lopez
The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, 16th century. Sebastian was born in Gaul and was a member of the Emperor Diocletians Praetorian Guard. As a Christian he was sentenced to be executed by archers

The Flight of Bonaparte from the Battle of Krasnoi, 1815. Artist: Sutherland, Thomas (1785-1838)
The Flight of Bonaparte from the Battle of Krasnoi, 1815. Found in the collection of the State Borodino War and History Museum, Moscow

Hell: the city of Dis, Roman god of the underworld, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Hell: the city of Dis, Roman god of the underworld, 1863. Dante and Virgil observing sinners burning in Hell. From Inferno, first part of Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri

Lochaber no More, 1886. Dispossessed Scottish crofters, victims of the Highland clearances, taking their last view of home as they depart on board a ship

Dante and Virgil looking down upon souls in torment in the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante and Virgil looking down upon souls in torment in the inferno, 1863. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil, and in his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)

London Street Arab, 1883. A boy, shoeless and in rags, looking longingly at the sweets in a confectioners window. From Le Voleur. (Paris, 1883)

Gang system of child labour, c1885. Teams of children were formed by a contractor or ganger and hired out to farmers as agricultural labour for tasks such as sowing and hoeing

The Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Artist: T Cobb
The Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Miserable, ragged, undernourished children

Temptation: A poor shoeless boy looking longingly at fruit on display in a shop window, c1880

A poor boy, shoeless and in rags, begging on a street corner, c1880

Watercress seller, c1880. A young girl in rags and wearing a shawl, selling watercress on a street corner in a snowstorm, shivering against the cold

Boer women and children in a British concentration camp in the Transvaal, Boer War, 1901. This represented the first use of the internment of civilians in camps in wartime

Male, female and child captives driven into slavery by Arab slave traders, c1875. The men are fastened together with slave forks. From The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, c1875

Mammons Rents, 1883. The housing conditions of a poor labouring family, partly caused by high rents. Landlords were making up to 50% on their investments in already condemned properties

Trojan War: King Priam of Troy mourning over the body of his son Hector, 16th century. The Trojan War was a legendary war fought between the Greeks and Trojans in the 12th or 13th century BC

Dante and Virgil looking into the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante and Virgil looking into the inferno, 1863. Dante, keeping close to his guide Virgil, looks down at one of the sinners burning in hell in their open tombs

Hope, 1886. Artist: George Frederick Watts
Hope, 1886. From the Tate Gallery, London

The Death of Sapphira, 1652. Artist: Nicolas Poussin
The Death of Sapphira, 1652. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

The arrival of the Carmelite nuns from Brussels, mid 18th century. Artist: Charles Guillot
The arrival of the Carmelite nuns from Brussels (L arrivee des Carmelites de Bruxelles), mid 18th century. From the Musee d Art et d Histoire, St Denis, France

Japanese troops massacred crossing Russian barbed wire, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5
Japanese troops massacred as they attempted to cross Russian barbed wire, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping