Desperation Collection (page 5)

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

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)

Detail of Ugolino and His Sons, 1865-67 (Saint-Beat marble)
3615941 Detail of Ugolino and His Sons, 1865-67 (Saint-Beat marble) by Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste (1827-75); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470 (tapestry)
CUL4897495 The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470 (tapestry) by Flemish School, (15th century); Catedral de Zamora, Castilla y Leon, Spain; (add.info.: The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470)

The battle for survival, 1887 (oil on canvas)
OVR390565 The battle for survival, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Krohg, Christian (1852-1925); 54x46 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

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)

Ugolino and His Sons, 1865-67 (Saint-Beat marble)
3615937 Ugolino and His Sons, 1865-67 (Saint-Beat marble) by Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste (1827-75); 197.5 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470 (tapestry)
CUL4897519 The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470 (tapestry) by Flemish School, (15th century); Catedral de Zamora, Castilla y Leon, Spain; (add.info.: The Trojan War: Achilles Tent. ca. 1470)

Deep Distress produced by Machinery (engraving)
7177898 Deep Distress produced by Machinery (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Deep Distress produced by Machinery)

Exhausted child asleep on a doorstep in the snow (chromolitho)
7157111 Exhausted child asleep on a doorstep in the snow (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Exhausted child asleep on a doorstep in the snow)

The works of misericordes (detail). (oil on canvas)
PCT4256182 The works of misericordes (detail). (oil on canvas) by Francken, Frans II the Younger (1581-1642); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Carcassonne, France; © Patrice Cartier

Drawing of a poor factory worker against an industrial landscape, by Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923)
UIG5634484 Drawing of a poor factory worker against an industrial landscape, by Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923), a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker by Steinlen

Poor homeless children sleeping in Covent Garden in Victorian London (chromolitho)
7157076 Poor homeless children sleeping in Covent Garden in Victorian London (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Detail of Ugolino and His Sons, 1865-67 (Saint-Beat marble)
3615936 Detail of Ugolino and His Sons, 1865-67 (Saint-Beat marble) by Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste (1827-75); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

At the Wall of the Federationists, June 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
At the Wall of the Federationists, June 1894

Les Miserables, novel by Victor Hugo. 1899 (poster)
6437692 Les Miserables, novel by Victor Hugo. 1899 (poster) by Cheret, Jules (1836-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Litterature)

Nguni or Bantu (Kaffir) warrior hunting antelope with spears 55, forsaking a woman drowning in a river 56
6337777 Nguni or Bantu (Kaffir) warrior hunting antelope with spears 55, forsaking a woman drowning in a river 56, and worshipping an anchor from an East India ship 57 by English School

From Morn Til Night, 1889 (oil on canvas)
1074089 From Morn Til Night, 1889 (oil on canvas) by Mulready, Augustus Edward (1844-c.1905); 47x31.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Portrait of a Woman, Bust Length, in a Bonnet, with her Hands Clasped, (red chalk
659201 Portrait of a Woman, Bust Length, in a Bonnet, with her Hands Clasped, (red chalk, reworked in black chalk and grey wash) by Greuze

Waiting for the Verdict! or, The Most Shameful Sight in the World (colour litho)
3648180 Waiting for the Verdict! or, The Most Shameful Sight in the World (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Distress in Russia, a Soup Kitchen at St Petersburg (engraving)
1037593 The Distress in Russia, a Soup Kitchen at St Petersburg (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Distress in Russia, a Soup Kitchen at St Petersburg)

The Distress in Ireland (engraving)
1054361 The Distress in Ireland (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Distress in Ireland)

A Leap Year Dance at Yokohama given to the Officers of the British Squadron (litho)
1056217 A Leap Year Dance at Yokohama given to the Officers of the British Squadron (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Colliery Strikes, Distress in the Lancashire Colliery Districts (litho)
1627444 The Colliery Strikes, Distress in the Lancashire Colliery Districts (litho) by Almond, William Douglas (1866-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Colliery Strikes)

The Distress in Ireland, Sketches at Lissadell near Sligo (engraving)
1045350 The Distress in Ireland, Sketches at Lissadell near Sligo (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Distress in Ireland)

The Lay of Wiry Jane, by Percy Macquoid (chromolitho)
1047848 The Lay of Wiry Jane, by Percy Macquoid (chromolitho) by Macquoid, Percy (1852-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lay of Wiry Jane, by Percy Macquoid)

Distress in London, Unemployed waiting at a Soup Kitchen for the Doors to open (engraving)
1061826 Distress in London, Unemployed waiting at a Soup Kitchen for the Doors to open (engraving) by Staniland, Charles J

"There was an Old Man who said, How shall I flee from this horrible Cow
LLM386676 " There was an Old Man who said, How shall I flee from this horrible Cow? ", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Owls (chromolitho)
733531 Owls (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Owls.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

A woman killed trying to escape from a burning apartment building in Marseilles (colour litho)
2779508 A woman killed trying to escape from a burning apartment building in Marseilles (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The torment of drought in the provinces of Argentina far from the great rivers (Colour Litho)
2778536 The torment of drought in the provinces of Argentina far from the great rivers (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

A mother who asphyxiated herself and her three children (colour litho)
3099222 A mother who asphyxiated herself and her three children (colour litho) by Carrey, (fl.1900) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A mother who asphyxiated herself and her three children)

The sign of distress (engraving)
3100736 The sign of distress (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The sign of distress)

The Way they come from California, pub. 1849 (litho)
2646240 The Way they come from California, pub. 1849 (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; American, out of copyright

The Distress in Coventry, Distribution of Soup for Distressed Weavers in the Kitchen of St Marys Hall (engraving)
1612730 The Distress in Coventry, Distribution of Soup for Distressed Weavers in the Kitchen of St Marys Hall (engraving) by Skill

The Distress in Russia, Peasants importuning their Priest (engraving)
1592148 The Distress in Russia, Peasants importuning their Priest (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Distress in Russia)

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In the depths of despair, captured by William Hogarth's iconic "Gin Lane" from 1751, we witness the haunting portrayal of desperation. The artist skillfully depicts a society consumed by addiction and poverty, where hope seems to have vanished like a distant dream. Moving forward in time, an advert for Frys Chocolate serves as a bittersweet reminder that even in moments of desperation, indulging in small pleasures can provide temporary solace. As John William Waterhouse's enchanting mermaid emerges from the depths of her aquatic realm, one cannot help but wonder if she too yearns for something beyond her watery confines - perhaps an escape from her own desperate existence. Stepping into the realm of spirituality and faith, "The New Jerusalem" painted around 1900 presents us with a vision of salvation amidst chaos. In this depiction, desperation takes on a different form - it becomes an opportunity for redemption and renewal. As we journey through art history, Rembrandt van Rhijn's powerful painting "Christ with Arms Folded" captures a moment frozen in time. The somber expression on Christ's face speaks volumes about his understanding of human suffering and our shared experience of desperation. In Thomas Gainsborough’s study for "Deserted - A Foundling, " oil on canvas reveals abandoned children left to fend for themselves – their innocent faces reflecting both vulnerability and sheer desperation. Michelangelo Caravaggio's masterpiece "The Laying in the Tomb" transports us to the biblical scene where Jesus is laid to rest after his crucifixion. Here we witness not only grief but also profound despair among those who loved him most. Peter Paul Rubens' dramatic painting "Le Coup de Lance" portrays Christ being pierced by a lance during his crucifixion. Desperation intertwines with agony as Rubens captures this pivotal moment in Christian iconography.