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Pity Collection

Background imagePity Collection: Mother with baby, c.1730. Creator: Ceruti, Giacomo Antonio (1698-1767)

Mother with baby, c.1730. Creator: Ceruti, Giacomo Antonio (1698-1767)
Mother with baby, c.1730. Found in the Collection of the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia.

Background imagePity Collection: Feed the hungry, c.1640. Creator: Wael, Cornelis, de (1592-1667)

Feed the hungry, c.1640. Creator: Wael, Cornelis, de (1592-1667)
Feed the hungry, c.1640. Found in the Collection of the Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola, Genova.

Background imagePity Collection: Beggar woman with two children, Last quarter of the 17th century. Creator

Beggar woman with two children, Last quarter of the 17th century. Creator
Beggar woman with two children, Last quarter of the 17th century. Found in the Collection of the Galerie Canesso.

Background imagePity Collection: Poor Children!! May God take pity on their souls!, 1834. Creator: Auguste Raffet

Poor Children!! May God take pity on their souls!, 1834. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Poor Children!! May God take pity on their souls!, 1834

Background imagePity Collection: And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak, c1830s. Creator: William Henry Mote

And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak, c1830s. Creator: William Henry Mote
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak, c1830s. Biblical scene, from Luke 7: 15: And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother

Background imagePity Collection: Calypso Takes Pity on Ulysses, 1926. Artist: Henry Justice Ford

Calypso Takes Pity on Ulysses, 1926. Artist: Henry Justice Ford
Calypso Takes Pity on Ulysses, 1926. Calypso, a sea-nymph, falls in love with Ulysses (Odysseus) and compels him to stay with her for seven years until persuaded by Zeus to release him

Background imagePity Collection: Pity, c. 1795. Artist: Blake, William (1757-1827)

Pity, c. 1795. Artist: Blake, William (1757-1827)
Pity, c. 1795. Found in the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Background imagePity Collection: The Fair Penitent. Laetitia in Penitence Finds Relief and Protection From Her Parents, c1811

The Fair Penitent. Laetitia in Penitence Finds Relief and Protection From Her Parents, c1811. After George Morland (1762-1804). From The Connoisseur Vol. LXXV. [The Connoisseur, London, 1926]

Background imagePity Collection: The king relieving the prisoners in Dorchester jail, 1820. Artist: Cooper

The king relieving the prisoners in Dorchester jail, 1820. Artist: Cooper
The king relieving the prisoners in Dorchester jail, 1820

Background imagePity Collection: Letter from Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York to Dr Stephen Gardiner, February or March 1530

Letter from Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York to Dr Stephen Gardiner, February or March 1530. Letter, written from Esher, shortly after Wolseys disgrace, to Gardiner, secretary to Henry VIII

Background imagePity Collection: John Howard (1726-1790), 1883

John Howard (1726-1790), 1883. Howard, English philanthropist and prison reformer, visiting a prison during his investigation of prison conditions

Background imagePity Collection: Scene from Shakespeares The Tempest, 1856-1858. Artist: Sir John Gilbert

Scene from Shakespeares The Tempest, 1856-1858. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Scene from Shakespeares The Tempest, 1856-1858. Prospero, holding his daughter Miranda, regards Caliban, a savage, deformed, sub-human creature, whom he has enslaved


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