Despair Collection (page 8)

Dido commits suicide after being abandoned by Aeneas (colour litho)
6000259 Dido commits suicide after being abandoned by Aeneas (colour litho) by Wulff, Max (1871-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dido commits suicide after being abandoned by Aeneas)

The Couple in Blue; La pareja en azul, c. 1930 (oil on board)
1769662 The Couple in Blue; La pareja en azul, c.1930 (oil on board) by Ramos Martinez, Alfredo (1871-1946); 46x61 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Couple in Blue; La pareja en azul)

The leaders of the French Republic are driven out of France and the Empire returns under Napoleon III (colour litho)
3622132 The leaders of the French Republic are driven out of France and the Empire returns under Napoleon III (colour litho) by Beuzon

Cleopatra, 1520-40 (oil on panel mounted on mahogany)
ALM289701 Cleopatra, 1520-40 (oil on panel mounted on mahogany) by Giampietrino, Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli (fl.c.1495-1540) (attr)

Julius Caesar on the voyage to Britain, 55 BC (colour litho)
7185385 Julius Caesar on the voyage to Britain, 55 BC (colour litho) by Moreland, Arthur (1876-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Julius Caesar on the voyage to Britain, 55 BC)

The Collar of Misery (engraving)
7185144 The Collar of Misery (engraving) by Geoffroy, Jean (called Geo) (1853-1924); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Collar of Misery)

The Death of Cleopatra, 1887 (oil on canvas)
989485 The Death of Cleopatra, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Bouchard, Paul Louis (1853-1937); 274.3x365.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Death of Cleopatra. Paul Louis Bouchard (1853-1937)

Laocoon and his sons being attacked by serpents, The Trojan Horse, Chamber of Troy (Sala di Troia), 1538 - 1539
2384706 Laocoon and his sons being attacked by serpents, The Trojan Horse, Chamber of Troy (Sala di Troia), 1538 - 1539 by Romano, Giulio (1492-1546) (and workshop); Palazzo Ducale & Museo, Mantua

Woman followed by a Leopard, illustration from Les Mythes by Paul Valery (1871-1945) published 1923 (pochoir print)
STC227561 Woman followed by a Leopard, illustration from Les Mythes by Paul Valery (1871-1945) published 1923 (pochoir print) by Barbier

The poor of Paris, early 20th century (drawing)
AIS5356090 The poor of Paris, early 20th century (drawing) by Thiriat, Paul (1868-1943); (add.info.: The dormitory of women in the Saint Anne hospital in Paris housing the mentally ill)

Maquette for Hagar, c. 1899 (tinted plaster)
5903366 Maquette for Hagar, c.1899 (tinted plaster) by Toft, Albert (1862-1949); 23x11x17 cm; Leeds Museums and Art Galleries (Leeds City Museum) UK; Leeds Museums and Galleries, UK

Maquette for Hagar, c. 1899 (plaster)
5903360 Maquette for Hagar, c.1899 (plaster) by Toft, Albert (1862-1949); 23x11x17 cm; Leeds Museums and Art Galleries (Leeds City Museum) UK; Leeds Museums and Galleries, UK

Maquette for Hagar, c. 1899 (plaster)
5903359 Maquette for Hagar, c.1899 (plaster) by Toft, Albert (1862-1949); 23x11x17 cm; Leeds Museums and Art Galleries (Leeds City Museum) UK; Leeds Museums and Galleries, UK

Giant Despair catcheth Cristian and Hopeful asleep, from The Pilgrims Progress published by John F Shaw & Co, c
2638236 Giant Despair catcheth Cristian and Hopeful asleep, from The Pilgrims Progress published by John F Shaw & Co, c.1900s (litho) by Dudley

The Lazzaroni, characters of the Neapolitan people. View of the Gulf of Naples (oil on canvas)
JEB4852861 The Lazzaroni, characters of the Neapolitan people. View of the Gulf of Naples (oil on canvas) by Reynaud, Francois (1825-1909); 165x210 cm; Palais de Longchamp, Marseille

Maquette for Hagar, c. 1899 (tinted plaster)
5903365 Maquette for Hagar, c.1899 (tinted plaster) by Toft, Albert (1862-1949); 23x11x17 cm; Leeds Museums and Art Galleries (Leeds City Museum) UK; Leeds Museums and Galleries, UK

Baccarat (litho)
3620552 Baccarat (litho) by Legrand, Louis Auguste Mathieu (1863-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baccarat.); © Look and Learn

Un homme meticuleux (colour litho)
3097795 Un homme meticuleux (colour litho) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un homme meticuleux. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 3 April 1904.); © Look and Learn

Sadness and Misery Among the Poor of Anzin, 1913 (charcoal on paper)
XIR183176 Sadness and Misery Among the Poor of Anzin, 1913 (charcoal on paper) by Jonas, Lucien Hector (1880-1947); Musee Antoine Lecuyer, Saint-Quentin, France; (add.info.: To the poor people)

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - and still it neared
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist ! and still it neared and neared

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - My soul in agony
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - I saw that curse
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, and yet I could not die

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - rain poured down
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, And the rain poured down from one black cloud

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - They groaned
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, nor spake, not moved their eyes

La Fontaines Fables - Death and the Unhappy Man
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. Death and the Unhappy Man

La Fontaines Fables - The Woodman and Mercury
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Woodman and Mercury

The enchantment of Don Quixote
" The enchantment of Don Quixote. Engraving from 1870. Engraving by Gustave Dore, Photo by D Walker."

David mourns
[url=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=11047139][img]http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5809/5232617.2/0_702d2_40b270_orig[/img][/url] Engraving by Gustave Dore

Lovers in the moonlit forest
" The lovers in the moonlit forest, a scene from Atala. Engraving from 1870. Engraving by Gustave Dore, Photo by D Walker."

David Mourning the Death of Absalom
Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a sdcene from the Old Testament by Gustave Dore showing David Mourning the Death of Absalom his son who was killed after leading a rebellion against his father

Rime of the Ancient Mariner Nor any drop to drink
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink

God saves Jerusalem from the plague
[url=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=11047139][img]http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5809/5232617.2/0_702d2_40b270_orig[/img][/url] God prevents further deaths in

Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The moving Moon went up the sky. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the longest major poem by the English poet

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - upon the rotting sea
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, I looked upon the rotting sea, and draw my eyes away

Infinite wrath and infinite despair 1885
Engraving by Gustave Dore. From Miltons Paradise Lost by Robert Vaughan, D.D. Chicago and New York 1885

Poor waif children at Edinburgh Castle, Limehouse, London (chromolitho)
7157085 Poor waif children at Edinburgh Castle, Limehouse, London (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Poor waif children at Edinburgh Castle, Limehouse)

Job in Distress, Job, Chapter 2, Verse 10 (engraving)
7169199 Job in Distress, Job, Chapter 2, Verse 10 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Job in Distress, Job, Chapter 2, Verse 10)

Job (photogravure)
7179001 Job (photogravure) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Job. Illustration for Examples of Great Artists arranged by C Herbert Letts)

The Mammoth Cave, "The Fat Mans Misery"(engraving)
7170742 The Mammoth Cave, " The Fat Mans Misery" (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Mammoth Cave)

You re spoiling it all, she said gloomily (engraving)
7185826 You re spoiling it all, she said gloomily (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: You re spoiling it all, she said gloomily)

Captivity of the Israelites, 1733 (oil on canvas)
XMB468131 Captivity of the Israelites, 1733 (oil on canvas) by Parrocel, Pierre (1670-1739); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, France; (add.info.: Captivite des Israelites; )

Paul, portrait of a lovesick youth with his dog (engraving)
7153753 Paul, portrait of a lovesick youth with his dog (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paul, portrait of a lovesick youth with his dog)

Morituri: woman weeping on the floor (colour litho)
7147407 Morituri: woman weeping on the floor (colour litho) by Reznicek, Ferdinand von (1868-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Morituri: woman weeping on the floor)

Cheer up! (litho)
7185883 Cheer up! (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cheer up! Illustration from The Sketch, 26 December 1906.); © Look and Learn

Poor homeless mother and her children sheltering from the rain beneath a hedge (chromolitho)
7157116 Poor homeless mother and her children sheltering from the rain beneath a hedge (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Homeless mother and children in Victorian Britain (chromolitho)
7157072 Homeless mother and children in Victorian Britain (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Homeless mother and children in Victorian Britain)

Shelter for the homeless poor in the East End of London, late 19th Century (chromolitho)
7157060 Shelter for the homeless poor in the East End of London, late 19th Century (chromolitho) by Bulman, Henry Herbert (1872-1928); Private Collection; (add.info)

Distressed Ship-Owners (engraving)
7177865 Distressed Ship-Owners (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Distressed Ship-Owners)

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"Despair: A Journey through the Depths of Human Emotion" In the haunting masterpiece "Gin Lane" by William Hogarth, a grim depiction unfolds before our eyes. The destitution and hopelessness that permeate the scene serve as a stark reminder of society's darkest corners. Amidst this somber atmosphere, we find ourselves transported to 1965, where actress Diana Rigg captivates us in a scene from "The Avengers. " Her portrayal evokes an overwhelming sense of despair, as she battles against unseen forces with unwavering determination. Richard Massingham's performance in Michael Laws' "What A Life. " (1948) further deepens our understanding of despair. Through his comedic yet poignant portrayal, we witness the struggles and frustrations that can lead one down a path filled with desolation. Albrecht Durer's iconic artwork titled "The Man of Sorrows" takes us back to 1511. This profound image encapsulates the weight of sorrow carried by humanity throughout history—a timeless representation of anguish and desperation etched into our collective consciousness. As we journey further, we encounter Palmyra's Monumental Arch in Syria—an architectural marvel now marred by destruction. Its crumbling pillars stand as silent witnesses to the devastation caused by war and conflict—a testament to how they are ravage even the most magnificent creations. A beggar seated on a bank in a 1630 etching reminds us that despair knows no boundaries—it affects individuals from all walks of life. Their forlorn figure serves as a poignant symbol for those trapped within their own personal struggles—yearning for solace amidst an unforgiving world. Returning once again to Hogarth's "Gin Lane, " its engraving transports us back to eighteenth-century London—a time when poverty and addiction plagued society. Here, amid dilapidated buildings and desperate souls lost in vice, we witness firsthand how they are consume an entire community.