Tragedy 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

The New Jerusalem, c1900. Christ, who has redeemed the world through his Crucifixion, waits at the entrance to The New Jerusalem to welcome the saved

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

Hamlet, c1900-1944. Artist: Max Jacob
Hamlet, c1900-1944. Hamlet is one of the worlds most famous literary works, and has been translated into every major living language

Benny Lynch, Scottish boxer, 1938. Born in the Gorbals district of Glasgow, Lynch (1913-1946) has been described as Scotlands greatest ever boxer

The Laying in the Tomb ( The Deposition / The Entombment ), 1602-16044. Artist: Michelangelo Caravaggio
The Laying in the Tomb ( The Deposition / The Entombment ), 1602-1604. Mary of Clopas with her arms raised; Mary Magdalene with bowed head; Nicodemus grasps the legs of the dead Christ

Le Coup de Lance, 1620. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Le Coup de Lance, 1620. At the Crucifixion the soldier pierces Christs side to make sure he is dead. At bottom right, the Virgin Mary and St John the Apostle turn aside in despair

Melpomene and Thalia, 1823-26. Creator: Johann Gottfried Schadow
Melpomene and Thalia, 1823-26

Infortunium (The Misfortune), 1541. Creator: Beham, Hans Sebald (1500-1550)
Infortunium (The Misfortune), 1541. Private Collection

Aquidaban, Brazilian navy, 1893. Creator: Unknown
Aquidaban, Brazilian navy, 1893

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

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Lear divides his power and land between two of his daughters

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

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Lear divides his power and land between two of his daughters

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Lear divides his power and land between two of his daughters

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 Italians turn things around; Bodies of Austrian soldiers killed by Italian fire.. 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Italians turn things around; Bodies of Austrian soldiers killed by Italian fire on the right bank of the Piave, which they had managed to cross on the morning of November 16, 1917

The Blind Oedipus Commending his Children to the Gods , 1784. Creator: Bénigne Gagneraux
The Blind Oedipus Commending his Children to the Gods , 1784

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

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Lear divides his power and land between two of his daughters

The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons. Study, late 18th-early 19th century. The Roman leader Lucius Junius Brutus (6th century BCE), founder of the Roman Republic

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

Yokobue Waiting from Takiguchi Tokiyori by Moonlight at Horinji, 1890. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Yokobue Waiting from Takiguchi Tokiyori by Moonlight at Horinji, 1890. From One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

The Ghost of Seigen Haunting Sakurahime, 1889. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Ghost of Seigen Haunting Sakurahime, 1889. From New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts

Yokobue Waiting from Takiguchi Tokiyori by Moonlight at Horinji, 1890. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Yokobue Waiting from Takiguchi Tokiyori by Moonlight at Horinji, 1890. From One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

Endo Musha Morito Approaching Kesa's Bedroom, Published in 1883. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Endo Musha Morito Approaching Kesa's Bedroom, Published in 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

Lady Ejima and the Actor Ikushima Shingoro, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Lady Ejima and the Actor Ikushima Shingoro, 1886. From A New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures

Andromaque, 1851. Creator: Honore Daumier
Andromaque, 1851. "J'ai vu trancher les jours de ma famille entiere" "Et mon epoux traine sur la poussiere!". "I saw the lives of my entire family cut short"

Romain s'apprêtant à transpercer sa propre soeur... 1852. Creator: Honore Daumier
Romain s'appretant a transpercer sa propre soeur... 1852. Romain s'appretant a transpercer sa propre soeur pour cause de rimes inconvenantes

Mon char, mes javelots...(Phèdre), 1841. Creator: Honore Daumier
Mon char, mes javelots...(Phedre), 1841. My chariot, my javelins...From Physionomies tragico-classiques (Physiognomy of the Characters of Classical Tragedy); Periodical: Le Charivari, 15 November 1841

Décadence du drame en 1866, 1866. Creator: Honore Daumier
Decadence du drame en 1866, 1866. - En v'la un bon jobard, il croit que toutes ce rengaines la sont arrivees! - Mais tas d'imbeciles...vous ne voyez donc pas que c'est l'auteur

Le jour n'est pas plus pur.. 1841. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le jour n'est pas plus pur.. 1841. The day is not purer than the depths of my heart. Series: Physionomies tragico-classiques (Physiognomy of the Characters of Classical Tragedy); Periodical

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

Le jour n'est pas plus pur que le fond de mon coeur. (Phedre), 1841. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le jour n'est pas plus pur que le fond de mon coeur. (Phedre), 1841. The day is not purer than the depths of my heart

Oedipe, 1851. Creator: Honore Daumier
Oedipe, 1851. Moi-meme en le percant, je sentis dans mon ame, Tout vainqueur que j'etais...vous fremissez, madame!'

Que de soins m'a couté cette tête charmante!...(Phédre), 1848. Creator: Honore Daumier
Que de soins m'a coute cette tete charmante!...(Phedre), 1848. What care this charming head cost me!'. From La tragedie, plate 1

Énée aux enfers, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Enee aux enfers, 1842. Aeneas in Hades. Horreur! il apercoit la femme qui l'adore, Un poignard dans le coeur et les yeux pleins d'emoi; Qui d'un geste charmant que la pudeur decore

Nourri dans le sérail, j'en connais les détours (Bajaset), 1841. Creator: Honore Daumier
Nourri dans le serail, j'en connais les detours (Bajaset), 1841. Nourished in the seraglio, I know the twists and turns

Dying Adonis, 1609. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
Dying Adonis, 1609

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

Illustration for the Story of Layla and Majnun, c1770. Creator: Unknown
Illustration for the Story of Layla and Majnun, c1770

Sohni Swims to Meet Her Lover Mahinwal, between c1750 and c1775. Creator: Unknown
Sohni Swims to Meet Her Lover Mahinwal, between c1750 and c1775

Stage scene with fallen duelist in a forest, 1870-1923. Creator: Willem Witsen
Stage scene with fallen duelist in a forest, 1870-1923

Mentor throws Telemachus off a cliff and jumps after him, 1719-1775. Creator: Ruik Keyert
Mentor throws Telemachus off a cliff and jumps after him, 1719-1775. Design for a wall painting

Venus and Adonis, c.1658. Creator: Ferdinand Bol
Venus and Adonis, c.1658

The tenth plague in Egypt, 1755-1779. Creator: Anon
The tenth plague in Egypt, 1755-1779

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