Tragedy Collection (page 6)

The Burning of the Ocean Monarch, c1848. Artist: Francois d Orleans, Prince de Joinville
The Burning of the Ocean Monarch, c1848. The Ocean Monarch set sail from Liverpool bound for Boston on 24 August 1848, carrying passengers

Melpomene (Melpomene), c1850

Act IV Scene v from Hamlet, c19th century. From A Collection of Prints illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by Josiah Boydell. [, , c19th century.]

Act IV Scene i from Macbeth, c19th century. From A Collection of Prints illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by Josiah Boydell. [, , c19th century.]

Mrs. Siddons and her Son in the Tragedy of Isabella, 1784. Artist: William Hamilton
Mrs. Siddons and her Son in the Tragedy of Isabella, 1784. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), Welsh born actress famous for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth. From The Connoisseur Volume 102

Posthumus. My queen! My mistress! O lady weep no more. Cymbeline: Act I, Scene I, c1875. Artist: Robert Charles Dudley
Posthumus. My queen! My mistress! O lady weep no more. Cymbeline: Act I, Scene I, c1875. A scene from Cymbeline by Shakespeare. From The Illustrated Library Shakespeare

Miss Rita Jolivet, c1903. Artist: Campbell & Gray
Miss Rita Jolivet, c1903. Rita Jolivet (1890-1971), English actress, 1911-1912. Jolivet was a silent film actress whose career spanned from 1914 to 1926. During that time she made only 20 films

Collision of the Bywell Castle with the Princess Alice, 1878 (1906). Artist: J Nash
Collision of the Bywell Castle with the Princess Alice, 1878 (1906). The paddle steamer Princess Alice was rammed by the collier Bywell Castle off Tripcock Point in the Thames Estuary on 3 September

Title Page: Troilus and Criseyde, 1927. Artist: Eric Gill
Title Page: Troilus and Criseyde, 1927. Troilus and Criseyde is a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer which re-tells in Middle English the tragic story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde

Title page for Hamlet, 1932. Artist: Eric Gill
Title page for Hamlet, 1932. The title page of the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare from the edition originally published by New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1933

Ichikawa Komazo III as Kameya Chubei and Nakamura Tomisaburo as Umegawa, 1794. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXVIII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1931]

Juliet, 1882. From Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. A print from The Theatre, A Monthly Review, Volume V, January to June, 1882, edited by Clement Scott, Charles Dickens & Evans, London, 1882

The Tay Bridge disaster, Scotland, 28th December 1879 (1951). Designed by the engineer Thomas Bouch and completed in 1878

Anxious crowds outside the White Star Line office, 1912 (1937). Artist: Sport & General
Anxious crowds outside the White Star Line office, 1912, (1937). Awaiting news of survivors of the sinking of the Titanic

The Empty Cradle, 1900. Image from a one guinea prize photographic compatition. A print from Black and White Budget, Vol III, WJP Monckton, London, 13th October 1900

Julie Feyghine, French actress, 1881. An actress of Russian descent, Julie Feyghine committed suicide in 1882, aged just 20

Paul Doumer, French statesman, 1908. Doumer (right) with his five sons, four of whom were killed in the First World War. He served as Governor-General of French Indochina from 1897-1902

The Death of Chatterton, 1856 (1900). This was the first great success of the British Pre-Raphaelite painter Henry Wallis. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856

Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), English actress, 1911-1912. Endowed with a noble manner and resounding voice, Siddons performed mainly Shakespearean roles

The victims of the R101 airship disaster lying in state in Westminster Hall, London, 1930 (1935). The airship crashed in France on its maiden overseas flight

The final page of Captain Scott`s diary, 1912 (1935). Artist: Robert Falcon Scott
The final page of Captain Scott`s diary, 1912 (1935). From The Royal Jubilee Book 1910-1935 [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

Symptoms of Being Amused, 1822. Artist: Henry Thomas Alken
Symptoms of Being Amused, 1822

Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, 1816. The only child of King George IVand Caroline of Brunswick

Melpomene, 1784. Melpomene, meaning to sing or the one that is melodious, was the Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

Dr Faustus in his Study. Engraving based on the original painting by Rembrandt, of the necromancer or astrologer who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power

The Death of Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller (1759-1809), (c1900). Act 3, Scene 15: Wallenstein says he knows Mercy well. From a series of Famous Tragedies

Athalie by Jean Racine (1639-1699), (c1900). Act 4, Scene 5: Joad asks Queen Athalie if she knows the heir of the holiest of monarchs. From a series of Famous Tragedies

Philip II by Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803), (c1900). Act V: Philip tells Carlos to choose between the dagger or poison. From a series of Famous Tragedies

King Lear by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), (c1900). Act 4: Lears Men of stone speech, with Cordelia dead in his arms. From a series of Famous Tragedies

Nora (A Dolls House) by Henrik Ibsen, c1900. Act 3: Nora tells Helmer she wants to leave him. He leaps up and asks: What? What are you saying? From a series of Famous Tragedies

Life Is A Dream by Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681), (c1900). Act 3, Scene 3: The King throws himself at Segismundos feet who exhorts him to rise and take his hand. From a series of Famous Tragedies

After the attack of Good Friday, St-Gervais, Paris, World War I, 29 March 1918 (1929). Artist: J Simont
After the attack of Good Friday, St-Gervais, Paris, World War I, 29 March 1918 (1929). A shell from a German long-range gun struck the roof of the Church of St Gervais-et-St Protais on 29 March 1918

Fishermen carrying a Drowned Man, c1861, (1912). Artist: Jozef Israels
Fishermen carrying a Drowned Man, c1861, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an Introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Ophelia, 1891. Artist: H Saunders
Ophelia, 1891. The heroine from Hamlet. A colour lithograph from Shakespeares Heroes and Heroines after Sir A Callcott, C R Leslie, D Maclise, A Redgrave,s Hart & C, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons

Burial of Captain Cooks remains at sea, 1779 (1886). Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). Artist: Samuel Begg
The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). On 7 May 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank the Lusitania off the south-west coast of Ireland near Kinsale

The sinking of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). Artist: Oliver Bernard
The sinking of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). On 7 May 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank the Lusitania off the south-west coast of Ireland near Kinsale

The moment a torpedo from German submarine U-20 hit the RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). Artist: Oliver Bernard
The moment a torpedo from German submarine U-20 hit the RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). On 7 May 1915, a German submarine torpedoed

Sophonisba, 1640s. Artist: Luca Ferrari
Sophonisba, 1640s. Sophonisba was a Carthaginian noblewoman who was captured by the Romans late in the Second Punic War. She committed suicide by drinking poison in order to avoid the humiliation of

The Death of Dido, c1637-c1640. Artist: Sebastien Bourdon
The Death of Dido, c1637-c1640. Dido, Queen of Carthage, commits suicide after being abandoned by her lover, Aeneas. The story is recounted in the Aeniad, a poem by the Roman poet Virgil

Last steps of Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR, 23 April 1967. Vladimir Komarov (1927-1967) was one of the first group of cosmonauts selected to take part in the Soviet

The Parting of Abelard and Heloise, before 1780. Artist: Angelika Kauffmann
The Parting of Abelard and Heloise, before 1780. Kauffmann, Angelika (1741-1807). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Terrible tramway accident, Besancon, France, 1899. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Terrible tramway accident, Besancon, France, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 18th June 1899

The discovered corpse of Lieutenant Bujon, French Alps, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
The discovered corpse of Lieutenant Bujon, French Alps, 1891. Bujon was a French soldier killed in a mountaineering accident on the Aiguille de Chambeyron on 16th August 1891

Peter Corneille, 1774. Artist: W Walker
Peter Corneille, 1774. Corneille (1606-1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great 17th Century French dramatists, along with Moliere and Racine

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

Inventions and Discoveries, 19th century

Death of Captain Cook, 1779 (c1819). Artist: Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
Death of Captain Cook, 1779 (c1819). Captain James Cook, (1728-1779), English explorer, navigator and cartographer was killed by inhabitants of Hawaii during his third voyage of discovery

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