Tragedy Collection (page 5)

Volumnia Reproaching Brutus and Sicinius (Coriolanus), c1870. Artist: J Stephenson
Volumnia Reproaching Brutus and Sicinius (Coriolanus), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Page of Tragedy by Seneca, 14th century manuscript

Othello and Desdemona before the Senate, 1847. Scene from Shakespeares Othello

John Warde, out on a ledge on the 17th floor of the Hotel Gotham, New York, USA, 1938. He remained on the ledge for eleven hours before finally jumping

Hauling one of the Lusitanias lifeboats onto the beach, Ireland, 8 May 1915. Lusitania was sunk off the Old Head of Kinsdale by a German u-boat on 7 May 1915

Ophelia, in Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, 19th century

Act 5 Scene 3 from King Lear by William Shakespeare, 19th century. Lear grieving over the death of his daughter Cordelia. The play was first performed in c1605

The Lusitania: Herods Nightmare, 1915 Are They Crying Mother or Murder ?, 1916. Plate 60 from The Great War: A Neutrals Indictment by Louis Raemaekers

The Zeppelin Triumph: Casualty of War, 1916. Artist: Louis Raemaekers
The Zeppelin Triumph: Casualty of War, 1916. Plate 43 from The Great War: A Neutrals Indictment by Louis Raemaekers. The Dutch graphic artist Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956)

Macbeth, the three witches and Hecate, 1805. Artist: John Boydell
Macbeth, the three witches and Hecate, 1805. Act IV, Scene I of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Macbeth and Banquo encounter the three witches on the heath, 1805. Artist: John Boydell
Macbeth and Banquo encounter the three witches on the heath, 1805. Act I, Scene III of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Roman carving at Sabratha, Libya, c161-c192 AD. Sculptural relief in the theatre showing a scene from a tragedy

Cosway Memorial, Bilsington, Kent. This 52 foot high obelisk is a memorial dedicated to Sir William Richard Cosway, a local landowner and politician who was killed in a coach accident in 1834

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, c1850. Hamlet in the graveyard with Horatio and the clown, examining Yoricks skull. From Hamlet Act V, Sc 1, by William Shakespeare

Macbeth and Banquo encountering the three witches, 1858. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Macbeth and Banquo encountering the three witches, 1858. Macbeth and Banquo meeting the witches for the first time and hearing their prophetic greeting

The Ill-Fated R101, 1927. From The Wonder Book of Aircraft, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co, Limited, London & Melbourne, 1927]

Portrait of Bajazet, 1603, (1903). Bajazet, 1672 (book in DjVu format). Bajazet is a tragedy by Jean Racine From Social England, Volume III, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Mrs. Siddons and Her Son in the Tragedy of Isabella, 1784, (1935). Artist: William Hamilton
Mrs. Siddons and Her Son in the Tragedy of Isabella, 1784, (1935). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume II. - D to H, by C

The sinking of the Lusitania, 7 May 1915. A German submarine sank the Lusitania off the Irish coast. Although unarmed, she was carrying munitions

The Horses of the Morning, 1880. Artist: Flaxman
The Horses of the Morning, 1880. In Greek mythology, Eos is a Titaness and the goddess of the dawn, who rose each morning from her home at the edge of the Oceanus

Atossas Dream, 1880. Artist: Flaxman
Atossas Dream, 1880. Atossa was an Achaemenid empress and daughter of Cyrus the Great and Cassandane. She lived from 550 BC to 475 BC. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev. Alfred J

Offering to the Dead, 1880. Artist: Antique
Offering to the Dead, 1880. The veneration of the dead, including ones ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev. Alfred J

Orestes Pursued by Furies, 1880. Artist: Antique
Orestes Pursued by Furies, 1880. Following the murder of his mother, Orestes is tormented by The Furies, beings who personify the anger of the dead. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev

The Furies Departing, 1880. Artist: Flaxman
The Furies Departing, 1880. Furies Departing from Athena, Apollo and Oreste. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev. Alfred J. Church, M.A. [Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, London, 1880]

Orestes Suppliant to Apollo, 1880. Artist: Flaxman
Orestes Suppliant to Apollo, 1880. In Greek mythology, Orestes was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon who avenged the murder of his father, by killing his mother

The Birthday Gifts of Phoebus, 1880. Artist: Flaxman
The Birthday Gifts of Phoebus, 1880. Phoebus (also known as Apollo) is one of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev. Alfred J

Orestes at the Tomb of his Father, 1880. Artist: Flaxman
Orestes at the Tomb of his Father, 1880. Orestes was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon who was murder by his wife Clytemnestras lover, Aegisthus. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev

The Murder of Agamemnon, 1880. Artist: Flaxman
The Murder of Agamemnon, 1880. Agamemnon mudered in cold blood by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, in vengeance for Iphigenias death and all the grief he d given them both

The Return of Agamemnon, 1880. Artist: Flaxman
The Return of Agamemnon, 1880. In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was king of Mycenae or Argos, and commanded the united Greek armed forces in the Trojan War

The Empty Joy That Dwells In the Dreams of the Night, 1880. Artist: Flaxman
The Empty Joy That Dwells In the Dreams of the Night, 1880. The Oneiroi were the dark-winged spirits (daimones) of dreams which emerged each night like a flock of bats from their cavernous home in

The Repentance of Neoptolemus, 1880. Artist: Lachmann
The Repentance of Neoptolemus, 1880. Son of the warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia in Greek mythology. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev. Alfred J. Church, M.A

The Oath of the Seven Chiefs, 1880. Artist: Flaxman
The Oath of the Seven Chiefs, 1880. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev. Alfred J. Church, M.A. [Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, London, 1880]

Antigone and the Body of Polynices, 1880. Artist: Lachmann
Antigone and the Body of Polynices, 1880. Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC. Polynices, the son of Oedipus and Jocasta killed by his brother

Hercules on Mount Oeta, 1880. Artist: Picart
Hercules on Mount Oeta, 1880. Mount Oeta is a mountain in Central Greece. A southeastern offshoot of the Pindus range, it is

Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1880. Artist: Antique
Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1880. Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. Oedipus meetd the Sphinx at the crossroads on his journey between Thebes and Delphi

The Fire-Breathing Bulls, 1880. Artist: Picart
The Fire-Breathing Bulls, 1880. The Khalkotauroi are mythical creatures that appear in the Greek myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece. Mythology[edit]

The Burning Wool, 1880. Artist: Lachmann
The Burning Wool, 1880. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev. Alfred J. Church, M.A. [Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, London, 1880]

Pelias Sending Forth Jason, 1880. Artist: Antique
Pelias Sending Forth Jason, 1880. Pelias was king of Iolcus in Greek mythology, the son of Tyro and Poseidon. Jason was an ancient Greek mythological hero who was famous for his role as the leader of

The Chariot of Zeus, 1880. Artist: Antique
The Chariot of Zeus, 1880. Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who ruled as king of the gods of Mount Olympus

Iphigenia and Orestes, 1880. Artist: Antique
Iphigenia and Orestes, 1880. Orestes was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon who killed his mother in revenge for his fathers death. Iphigenia was his sister

Electra and Orestes, 1880. Artist: Antique
Electra and Orestes, 1880. In Greek mythology, Elektra was the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus princess of Argos

The Dead Brothers, 1880. Artist: Flaxman
The Dead Brothers, 1880. Thanatos was the god or personified spirit (daimon) of non-violent death. His touch was gentle, likened to that of his twin brother Hypnos (Sleep)

The last act of a tragedy: A photograph taken on the last boat leaving Ostend for England, 1914. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War - 1914, Vol. I.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1914]

The Lusitania at full speed, 1915. A German submarine sank the Lusitania off the Irish coast. Although unarmed, she was carrying munitions

The Titanic colliding with an iceberg, 1912. The SS Titanic, operated by the White Star Line, struck an iceberg in thick fog south of Newfoundland en route from Southampton to New York just before

The Shipwreck, c1805. Artist: JMW Turner
The Shipwreck, 1805. Painting held at the Tate Britain, London. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]

Dus deerlyk fneuvelde Kartagoos koningin?, 1668. Artist: Gerard de Lairesse
Dus deerlyk fneuvelde Kartagoos koningin?, 1668. Dus deerlyk fneuvelde Kartagoos koningin. Men fchrikke, en wachte zich voor d onegbonde min, 1668

The Nancy Packet, 1784. Artist: James Gillray
The Nancy Packet, 1784. The wreck of the Nancy, an East India Company ship, in a storm off the Scilly Isles in 1784. One of the passengers killed in the disaster was the celebrated opera singer Ann

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