Suicide Collection (page 5)

Poster for an exhibition of Vladimir Mayakovskys works, 1931. Artist: Aleksey Gan
Poster for an exhibition of Vladimir Mayakovskys works, 1931. Mayakovsky (1893-1930) was a very popular poet of the early Soviet era. He defined his work as Communist Futurism

Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet, 1910s. Yesenin (1895-1925), one of the most popular Russian poets of the 20th century, was a member of the Imaginists

The suicide of Signor Rosano, Italian Minister of Finance, Naples, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd November 1903

Person plunges 55 Metres from Portside, Rouen, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 25th August 1901

The attempted suicide of Samori Ture, 1899. Artist: F Meaulle
The attempted suicide of Samori Ture, 1899. Samori Ture (also Samory Toure or Samori ibn Lafiya Ture, 1830-1900) was the founder of the Wassoulou Empire

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

Thisbe takes the Sword already reeking with the blood of Pyramus, plunges it into... 1775.Artist: W Walker
Thisbe takes the Sword already reeking with the blood of Pyramus, plunges it into her own Breast, 1775. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1775

Iphis hangs himself in despair that he could not gain Anaxarete, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Iphis hangs himself in despair that he could not gain Anaxarete, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Iphis hangs himself in despair that he could not gain Anaxarete, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Iphis hangs himself in despair that he could not gain Anaxarete, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Palemon, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Palemon, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Good and Evil, 19th century. Artist: Andre Jacques Victor Orsel
Good and Evil, 19th century. The rewards women might expect as a result of their conduct. Christ sits in judgment (top), sorting the blessed on his right from the damned on his left

Marriage A-la-Mode: 6. The Ladys Death, c1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode: 6. The Ladys Death, c1743. Silvertongue has been hanged and the countess has taken poison. Her father - a City alderman - removes the ring from her finger

Death of the Dido, 1757. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Death of the Dido, 1757. After piling a wooden effigy of her deceased husband in their matrimonial bed atop her own funeral pyre, Dido, the queen of Carthage

Suicide of Ajax, Etruria, Red-figured Krater, 400BC-350BC

Detail from a Psalter, Suicide of Herod, probably illuminated at Canterbury c1140

Storerooms in Masada, 1st century
Storerooms in the Jewish fort of Masada, scene of a siege and mass-suicide during the first Jewish revolt against the Romans, 1st century

Storerooms in Masada, 1st century BC
Storerooms in the Jewish fort of Masada, scene of a siege and mass-suicide during the first Jewish revolt against the Romans, 1st century BC

Lucretia, ca 1583. Artist: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588)
Lucretia, ca 1583. Found in the collection of the Art History Museum, Vienne

Tarquinius and Lucretia, 1516-1517. Artist: Titian (1488-1576)
Tarquinius and Lucretia, 1516-1517. Found in the collection of the Art History Museum, Vienne

Roman mosaic of Thisbe, 3rd century
Roman mosaic of Thisbe in the Roman Villa of Dionysus in Paphos on Cyprus. Thisbe is a romantic and tragic character from Roman myth, who killed herself after her lover, Pyramus, committed suicide

Fyodor Sologub, Russian poet, with his wife Anastasia, early 20th century. Artist: Mikhail Leshchinsky
Fyodor Sologub, Russian poet, with his wife Anastasia, early 20th century. Sologub (1863-1927) was a member of the Symbolist movement in Russian literature

Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author, late 1870s. Artist: William Andreevich Carrick
Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author, late 1870s. Garshin (1855-1888) was a writer of short stories. He was conscripted into the army during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, in which he was wounded

Widow of a Brahmin committing suttee on her husbands funeral pyre, India, 1815. Despite attempts made from the 16th century to stop this practice

Death of Saul and his armour bearer in battle with the Philistines, 1870. Artist: Kronheim & Co
Death of Saul and his armour bearer in battle with the Philistines, 1870. Rather than be captured, they fell on their swords. From the Bible (I Chronicles)

Scene from Shakespeares Othello, 19th century. Desdemona and Emilia lie dead, Othello has stabbed himself and Iago is taken prisoner (Act 5)

Suicide of Romme, Goujon, Duquesnoy, Soubrany and Bourbotte, French Revolution, 1795. Having been condemned to death by the Thermidoriens, Romme, Goujon, Duquesnoy

The Death of Romeo, 19th century. Illustration for William Shakespeares tragedy Romeo and Juliet, showing Friar Lawrence finding Romeos body. The play was first performed c1595

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (The Younger) (c5 BC-65 AD), Roman Stoic philosopher, 1493. Seneca committing suicide in his bath, having antagonised Nero

The Suicide of Lucretia, early 16th century. Artist: Jorg Breu the Elder
The Suicide of Lucretia, early 16th century. Perspective: the artist shows the lines going back to the vanishing point. From the Museum of Fine Arts (Szepmueveszeti Muzeum), Budapest, Hungary

Scene from Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. Act V, scene 3: The Death of Romeo. Illustration for William Shakespeares tragedy Romeo and Juliet

Lucretia, ca. 1519. Creator: Hans Baldung
Lucretia, ca. 1519

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