Dorothea Collection

MIGRANT MOTHER, 1936. Florence Thompson, a 32-year-old migrant worker and mother of seven, with her children in a camp for migrant workers in Nipomo, California, 1936

Dorothea Jordan - 2
DOROTHEA JORDAN (nee Bland) actress and mistress of William IV; as Priscilla Tomboy in The Romp a comic opera after Bickerstaffs Love in the city

Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878 - 1960), English tennis player and seven time winner of the ladies singles title at Wimbledon between 1903 and 1914

ITINERANT FAMILY, 1939. An itinerant family who travels by freight train in Toppenish, Washington. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1939

A group of African American men sitting on the porch of a country store, with the owners brother standing in
COUNTRY STORE, 1939. A group of African American men sitting on the porch of a country store, with the owners brother standing in the doorway

SCHOOL CHILDREN, 1939. Girls of Lincoln Bench School studying their reading lesson on the school steps in Malheur County, Oregon. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, October 1939

An unemployed lumberjack with his wife in a migrant workers camp for the bean harvest, Marion County, Oregon
OREGON: LUMBERJACK, 1939. An unemployed lumberjack with his wife in a migrant workers camp for the bean harvest, Marion County, Oregon. The man has his social security number tattooed on his arm

Dorothea Jordan - 1
DOROTHEA JORDAN (nee Bland) actress and mistress of William IV; as Priscilla Tomboy in The Romp a comic opera after Bickerstaffs Love in the city Date: 1762 - 1818

Craven Lodge Fancy Ball
A page from The Tatler, featuring photographs and a report on the Craven Lodge Fancy Ball in Melton, Leicestershire, a New Year party with a prehistoric fancy dress theme

Dorothy Jordan (1762-1816)
GUI41647 Dorothy Jordan (1762-1816) by Russell, John (1745-1806); Guildford Borough Council, Surrey, UK; (add.info.: mistress of William IV)

TEXAS: HOTEL, 1937. Sign for a hotel in Memphis, Texas. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1937

Georgiana Countes Bandon
GEORGIANA DOROTHEA HARRIET EVANS-FREKE, countess BANDON wife of James Francis, fourth earl Date: CIRCA 1880

Women called Dorothea who gave birth to twenty children, 15th century (engraving)
5311586 Women called Dorothea who gave birth to twenty children, 15th century (engraving); (add.info.: From 'Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon' by Conrad Lycosthenes (Conrad Wolffhart)

Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Celle line, 1666 ? 1726. Electoral Princess of Hanover
2963148 Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Celle line, 1666 ? 1726. Electoral Princess of Hanover. Wife and cousin of George Louis, Elector of Hanover, later George I of Great Britain

Dorothea Jordan, 1761 - 1816. Anglo-Irish actress, courtesan, mistress and companion of the Duke of Clarence
1000943 Dorothea Jordan, 1761 - 1816. Anglo-Irish actress, courtesan, mistress and companion of the Duke of Clarence, future King William IV of the United Kingdom

Dorothea Kannengiesser, 1525-1526, (1943). Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Dorothea Kannengiesser, 1525-1526, (1943). Portrait of Dorothea Meyer, nee Kannengiesser, second wife of Jakob Meyer zum Hasen, the Burgermeister of Basel. Study for the Damstadt Madonna

Triptych on panel painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti. Shown are, respectively, the Madonna and Child and Saints, the Deposition

Map from Peter Kolbes Cape of Good Hope, 1719, 1719, (1931). Artist: Peter Kolbe
Map from Peter Kolbes Cape of Good Hope, 1719, 1719, (1931). From Historic Farms of South Africa by Dorothea Fairbridge. [Oxford University Press, London, 1931]

Princess Alice of Greece with her granddaughter, Dorothea
Princess Andrew of Greece (1885-1969), formerly Princess Alice of Battenberg, kissing her granddaughter, Princess Dorothea of Hesse-Cassel, the daughter of her fourth daughter, Princess Sophie

Music cover, Trilby Waltz, by Theo Bonheur, dedicated to Dorothea Baird Date: 1895

Madame Sze
A portrait oil painting of Madame Sze, the wife of prominent Chinese politician, Alfred Sao-Ke Sze, who served as Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom and United States at various periods

Garden Flora
A painting of some neat flower bushes and trees in an attractive garden. Date: circa 1916

Dorothea Lambert Choukes (1878-1960), champion womens tennis player, ten sporting action portraits showing shots and moments from tennis match. Date: 1911

Sally Eilers and Charles Laughton
Actors Sally Eilers (1908-1978) and Charles Laughton (1899-1962) at lunch. Laughton was shortly to play Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and had been tasked to lose three stone for the role

Mrs Christa Brassey
Christa Brassey (1909-1986) was born Dorothea Christa Baronin von Bodenhausen. Here she is being celebrated for her talents as a linguist and aviatrix. Date: 1939

Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley, nee FitzClarence, 1796 -1837
1219670 Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley, nee FitzClarence, 1796 -1837. Eldest daughter of William IV of the United Kingdom and his longtime mistress Dorothea Jordan

St. Dorothy (oil painting on canvas)
6283434 St. Dorothy (oil painting on canvas) by Italian School; 70x85 cm; Assicoop-Unipol Collection, Modena, Emilia Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: Unknown Modena artist)

The ladies tempt Dorothea (litho)
3655958 The ladies tempt Dorothea (litho) by Ford, Henry Justice (1860-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: The ladies tempt Dorothea)

Uncle Williams Present, by Barry Pain (engraving)
1627693 Uncle Williams Present, by Barry Pain (engraving) by Browne, Gordon Frederick (1858-1932) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Uncle Williams Present, by Barry Pain)

The Meeting of Dorothea and Don Quixote (colour litho)
2813433 The Meeting of Dorothea and Don Quixote (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Meeting of Dorothea and Don Quixote)

Dorothea and Casaubon (engraving)
2812128 Dorothea and Casaubon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dorothea and Casaubon)

Dorothea finds her husband in the garden (gravure)
2817240 Dorothea finds her husband in the garden (gravure) by Taylor, William Ladd (1854-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dorothea finds her husband in the garden.); © Look and Learn

Mrs Jordan in the Character of the Country Girl, engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi
CWA98179 Mrs Jordan in the Character of the Country Girl, engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) (engraving) by Romney, George (1734-1802) (after); City of Westminster Archive Centre, London

Gustave Dores Don Quixote: "I am yours this moment, beautiful Dorothea: see
6008352 Gustave Dores Don Quixote: " I am yours this moment, beautiful Dorothea: see, I give you here my hand to be yours" (engraving) by Dore

Longboat and gondola
Longboat 2 and gondola 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

Yacht, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792

Yacht, longboat and gondola
Yacht 1, longboat 2 and Venetian gondola 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Merchant ship. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792

Cutter. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792

Dorothea finds her husband in the garden (engraving)
2812127 Dorothea finds her husband in the garden (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dorothea finds her husband in the garden)

Dorothea surprises Ladislaw (engraving)
2812124 Dorothea surprises Ladislaw (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dorothea surprises Ladislaw)

Dorothea Lambert Chambers and son Graham at Frinton
Tennis supremo and Wimbledon champion Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers pictured at Frinton-on-Sea with her son Graham who was taking part in the childrens tennis tournament. Date: 1923

Uncle Williams Present, by Barry Pain (engraving)
1627692 Uncle Williams Present, by Barry Pain (engraving) by Browne, Gordon Frederick (1858-1932) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Uncle Williams Present, by Barry Pain)

Mr John A. Haskell and Miss Dorothea Alabaster, 1912
Mr John A. Haskell of Calcutta and Miss Dorothea Alabaster, pictured together in The Sketch at the time of their engagement.Miss Dorothea Alabaster was the daughter of the late Sir Chaloner Alabaster

Dorothy & St George in Pink Armour, East Window, 1880 (stained glass)
3475411 Dorothy & St George in Pink Armour, East Window, 1880 (stained glass) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); St Martins Church, Brampton, Cumbria, UK; (add.info.: George Howard)

St. Dorothy, left hand panel of polyptych (panel)
AII78628 St. Dorothy, left hand panel of polyptych (panel) by Amman, Jost (1539-91) (attr. to); Galleria e Museo Estense, Modena, Italy; Swiss, out of copyright

St. Dorothy
AII78613 St. Dorothy by Lana, Ludovico (1597-1646); Galleria e Museo Estense, Modena, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

Portrait of Dorothea (oil on canvas)
652170 Portrait of Dorothea (oil on canvas) by Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-88); 75.5x63 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Dorothea, Lady Eden, half length)

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"Dorothea: Capturing the Stories of Struggle and Resilience" In 1936, Dorothea Lange embarked on a journey to document the lives of those affected by the Great Depression. One iconic photograph from her Migrant Mother series encapsulates the hardships faced by Florence Thompson, a 32-year-old migrant worker and mother of seven, as she cradles her children in a camp for migrant workers in Nipomo, California. Through Lange's lens, we witness not only the exhaustion etched on Florence's face but also her unwavering determination to provide for her family. Lange's lens didn't just focus on individuals; it captured entire communities grappling with adversity. In 1939, she turned her attention to Lincoln Bench School where young girls diligently studied their reading lesson amidst challenging circumstances. These schoolchildren symbolize hope and resilience despite facing uncertain futures. The photographer's work extended beyond capturing people struggling during economic crises; she also documented social issues plaguing society at large. In August 1939, Lange photographed an unemployed lumberjack with his wife in a migrant workers camp during the bean harvest in Marion County, Oregon. The man's social security number tattooed on his arm serves as a haunting reminder of how deeply poverty can affect one's identity. While "Dorothea" may evoke thoughts of other notable figures like Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers or Dorothy Jordan (1762-1816), it is this particular Dorothea Lange who left an indelible mark through her powerful images that shed light on human struggles across time and place. From Texas to Memphis in 1937, Lange captured signs that told stories themselves - like that of a hotel sign standing tall against economic turbulence. Her photographs serve as visual testimonies to remind us all of our shared humanity amidst trying times. Beyond photography alone, "Dorothea" encompasses various facets of history and culture.