Suicide Collection

Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856. Creator: Henry Wallis
Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856. Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) was an unsuccessful poet whose suicide became a symbol of blighted artistic genius

Isolde, c1895, (1896). Artist: Aubrey Beardsley
Isolde, c1895, (1896). From The Studio Volume 6. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1896]

Major-General Hector A. Macdonald, C. B. 1900. Creator: Heath
Major-General Hector A. Macdonald, C.B. 1900. Hector MacDonald (1853- 1903) also known as Fighting Mac, served as as subaltern in the First Boer War

The death of Cato, c. 1640. Artist: Assereto, Gioacchino (1600-1649)
The death of Cato, c. 1640. Found in the collection of the Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Dr. A. McL. Hamilton, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Dr. A. McL. Hamilton, between c1915 and c1920.

Lucretia. Creator: Hemessen, Jan Sanders, van (c. 1500-c. 1566)
Lucretia. Private Collection

The Patrolman Matsui Yasumichi Prevents a Double Suicide, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Patrolman Matsui Yasumichi Prevents a Double Suicide, 1875. Series: The Postal News, no. 603

The Suicide, c1836. Creator: Alexandre Gabriel Descamps
The Suicide, c1836. The palette, pistol, and note lying on the floor suggest the tragic sequence of events that has taken place. An artist overcome by adversity has taken his life

Bridge of Sighs, 1825-1870. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Bridge of Sighs, 1825-1870

The Death of Yamamoto Dosan at the Great Battle of Kawanakajima, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Death of Yamamoto Dosan at the Great Battle of Kawanakajima, 1866

The Suicide of Two Foreign Clerks, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Suicide of Two Foreign Clerks, 1875. Series: The Postal News, no. 647

A Horrible Suicide: A Woman Slays Her Child then Kills Herself, 1879. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A Horrible Suicide: A Woman Slays Her Child then Kills Herself, 1879. Series: The Kanayomi Newspaper, No. 808

AI IMAGE - Romeo and Juliet, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Romeo and Juliet, 2023. The two main characters in "Romeo and Juliet", a tragedy by William Shakespeare

The Suicide of Lucretia, 1600. Creator: Heinrich Ulrich
The Suicide of Lucretia, 1600. The suicide of the Roman heroine Lucretia was related by the historian Livy (59 BCE- 17 CE)

Signe Seeks Death in the Flames of Her Bower, mid-late 19th century. Creator: Vilhelm Wallander
Signe Seeks Death in the Flames of Her Bower, mid-late 19th century. The story of Signy from Old Norse mythology is a classic narrative on the theme of love thwarted

Danjo Matsunaga Hisahide before His Suicide, 1883. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Danjo Matsunaga Hisahide before His Suicide, 1883. Series: Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage

Act IX: Honzo's Suicide in Front of His Family; Yuranosuke Dressed as a... between c1835 and c1839
Act IX: Honzo's Suicide in Front of His Family; Yuranosuke Dressed as a Komuso Making Preparations to Attack Moronao, between circa 1835 and circa 1839

Lucretia, 1528. Creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucretia, 1528. Additional Info: According to tradition, Lucretia was a beautiful noblewoman of ancient Rome. She was the virtuous wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus

Minamoto no Yorimasa Preparing to Commit Suicide(He is not Danjo Matsunaga Hisahide), 1883
Minamoto no Yorimasa Preparing to Commit Suicide (He is not Danjo Matsunaga Hisahide), 1883. From Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage

The Death of the Bride Mitsue, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Death of the Bride Mitsue, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 643

The Oath of Brutus, c1771. Creator: Jacques Antoine Beaufort
The Oath of Brutus, c1771. Brutus first act after the expulsion of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was to bring the people to swear an oath never to allow any man again to be king in Rome

The Last Chance, between c1830 and c1840s. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Last Chance, between c1830 and c1840s

Akalis Tower at Umritzir - from a drawing by W. Carpenter, Jun. 1858. Creator: Unknown
Akalis Tower at Umritzir - from a drawing by W. Carpenter, Jun. 1858. For whatever purpose this elegant and fanciful building was erected

The Dying Cleopatra, c.1520-c.1524. Creator: Jan van Scorel
The Dying Cleopatra, c.1520-c.1524. Attributed to Jan van Scorel

Thisbe Killing Herself, published 1606. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson
Thisbe Killing Herself, published 1606. From The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 32

Cleopatra. Creator: Unknown
Cleopatra, unknown date

Jan van Speijk lights the gunpowder fuse, 5 February 1831, (1831-1850). Creator: Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer
Jan van Speijk lights the gunpowder fuse, 5 February 1831, (1831-1850). Dutch naval lieutenant commander with the United Netherlands Navy who became a hero in the Netherlands for his opposition to

Suicide of Queen Dido, c.1800. Creator: Anon
Suicide of Queen Dido, c.1800

Suicide of Lucretia, 1500-1525. Creator: Master with the Parrot
Suicide of Lucretia, 1500-1525

The Last Defenders of Missolonghi, 22 April 1826: an episode from the Greek War of Independence, 1826. The Greeks, besieged by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire

Death of Cato the Younger, 1647-1698. Creator: Johann Carl Loth
Death of Cato the Younger, 1647-1698

The Death of Cleopatra, 1813. Creator: Julie Lutken
The Death of Cleopatra. Laterally reversed copy after Caspar Netscher in the Staatliche Kunsthalle in Karlsruhe, 1813

The Death of Socrates, 1786-1787. Creator: Jean Francois Pierre Peyron
The Death of Socrates, 1786-1787

Lucretia, ca 1535-1540. Creator: Grazia (da Pistoia), Leonardo (1502-1548)
Lucretia, ca 1535-1540. Found in the collection of the Galleria Borghese, Rome

Le dernier bain!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le dernier bain!, 19th century. The Last Bath!

Cleopatra, after Hans Makart, c1880-83. Creator: W Unger
'Cleopatra, after Hans Makart'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

'"The Bridge of Sighs" and Thomas Hood, 1890. Creator: William Small
'"The Bridge of Sighs" and Thomas Hood, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

La Mort de Sénèque, 1773. Creator: Jacques-Louis David
La Mort de Seneque, 1773. The Death of Seneca. The Roman philosopher Seneca, accused of having participated in a conspiracy against the Emperor Nero, was ordered to commit suicide

La Mort de Sénèque, 1773. Creator: Jacques-Louis David
La Mort de Seneque, 1773. The Death of Seneca. The Roman philosopher Seneca, accused of having participated in a conspiracy against the Emperor Nero, was ordered to commit suicide

Lucretia. Creator: Master S
Lucretia

The Wife of Hasdrubal Throws Herself on the Fire. Creator: Pierre Woeiriot
The Wife of Hasdrubal Throws Herself on the Fire

'"The Death of Cleopatra" after John Collier, exhibited at the Royal Acadamy, 1890. Creator: Unknown
'"The Death of Cleopatra" after John Collier, exhibited at the Royal Acadamy, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

La mort de Victor Bach, le 18 brumaire, au pied de la statue de la Liberté, place de la... c1895. Creator: J Le coeur
La mort de Victor Bach, le 18 brumaire, au pied de la statue de la Liberte, place de la Concorde, c1895

Portrait of René Crevel (1900-1935), writer, 1928. Creator: Jacques Emile Blanche
Portrait of Rene Crevel (1900-1935), writer, 1928

Pyramus and Thisbe, 1513. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
Pyramus and Thisbe, 1513

The Suicide of Dido, c. 1520/1530. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
The Suicide of Dido, c. 1520/1530

Pyramus and Thisbe, c. 1515/1518. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
Pyramus and Thisbe, c. 1515/1518

Lucretia, 1560s. Creator: Tosini, Michele (1503-1577)
Lucretia, 1560s. Found in the collection of the Galleria Borghese, Rome

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