Despair Collection

Faust & Doubts / Goethe
Faust is tormented with doubts

Sara Crewe / Becky / Maid
Becky the maidservant comforts Sara Crewe when she is orphaned and penniless

Dreyfus on Devils Isle
ALFRED DREYFUS French army officer and victim of injustice as a prisoner on Devils Island

A young man sits on a park bench in Mahon, Menorca, Spain. He has a black bag on his lap and he turns to lean on the back of the bench to cover his face and rest his head on his arms

Belgian Woman And Children in Flight
A group portrait illustration of a Belgian woman with her two children, seated with a look of despair upon their faces. Date: circa 1918

Inspiration of the painter, 1897, by Jacek Malczewski
Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929). Polish painter. Inspiration of the painter, 1897. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018

Caricature illustration, showing man coming in from gardening, treading clay into to neat living room carpet, with woman looking away in despair

Dick Turpin almost certainly a different version of the story. The central image shows Turpin, aghast, as Black Bess, who has carried him to York, is carried dead on a stretcher

Shall I, wasting in despair ? - Shall I, wasting in despair, die because a woman's fair ? Illustration of a poem of unrequited love. Author: George Wither. Artist: Joyce Mercer Date: circa 1930

The War of the Worlds - Despair - Surrounded by martians
"My imagination was haunted by these fast metal monsters and the memory of the dead body smashed against the fence." Date: First published: 1898

BRUNNHILDE'S DEATHBED
The devouring flames curl round the body of Brunnhilde as she lies on her funeral pyre, driven to death by despair at the death of her lover, Siegfried

DAVID AND ABIGAIL
When David demands protection money, Nabal refuses : the angry David is appeased by Nabal's wife Abigail, but Nabal dies of despair, and David takes Abigail as wife

EMMA HAMILTON/REHBURG 12
EMMA, LADY HAMILTON Wife of Lord Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson, in one of her attitudes Date: ?1761 - 1815

BUNYAN/GIANT'S DEATH
The death of Giant Despair. Date: First published: 1678

The collapse of the Duma, Russia 1906
"The Death of the First Born" - comment on the collapse of the first Imperial Russian Duma in 1906. Date: 1906

Irish Jacobite troops leaving Limerick for France, also known as the Flight of the Wild Geese, following the Treaty of Limerick, 3 October 1691

When Love was Lost and Life was Vain: Pierrot Forlorn. In the Autumn of Youth: " Fallen Leaves". Date: 1912

Fashionable woman in drape skirt, era of Marie Antoinette
Fashionable woman in pouf hairstyle, drape skirt over petticoat, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle

The despair of the sun-worshipping Peruvian Incas during a lunar eclipse. The people bang drums and tambourines, whip dogs and scream to prevent the eclipse

Flood victims, Grosvenor Road area, Pimlico, London
Flood victim residents of the Grosvenor Road area, Pimlico, London, sorting out their ruined belongings

AN ALCOHOLIC
An alcoholic rests his head on a table in despair as he gazes longingly at a glass of white wine, cigarette in hand. Date: 1980s

DICKENS / THE CHIMES
Trotty Veck - a poor ticket porter whose outlook is converted from despair to hope by the spirits of the chimes on New Years Eve. Date: First published: 1844

GIRL DREAMS OF MONEY
The Dream of Young Girls - a girl dreams of wealth, even if the man who provides it is middle aged and balding : her true lovers despair... Date: circa 1850

HOMELESS FAMILY / ADELPHI
Taking the census in the dark arches of the Adelphi. A bulls-eye lamp illuminates the misery of a homeless family sheltering under the arches. Date: 1861

HOMELESS IN ST JAMESS
Early morning - the Enumerator taking the census in St Jamess Park. The homeless are woken and interviewed. Date: 1861

CHARLES JAMES FOX / SLOUGH
CHARLES JAMES FOX Fox in trouble; The Slough of Despond Date: 1749 - 1806

THEATRE / STAGE GESTURE
DESPAIR Actress expressing despair Date: 1807

Applicants for relief from the poor box 1887
Mothers with their children handing in applications for relief, to the Magistrates Court. Date: 1887

Despairing man with his head in his hands
" The Mind and visage oft are things apart; a smiling face oft masks a breaking heart." - character study by Phil May of a man in the deepest throes of despair. Date: circa 1890s

Palissy at Work
BERNARD PALISSY at work on his invention, surrounded by evidence of failure... his family in despair... and he himself discouraged... Date: 1510 - 1589

Hichens, the Last Time
THE LAST TIME (Robert Hichens) Despairing, he buries his face in his hand : she stands beside him, aloof and not being very helpful

Female / Scanty / Dressing
A scantily-clad young woman can t decide what to wear; her gentleman friend peeps round the curtain unconcerned

Banished from Home, by Emma Litchfield
Banished From Home, by Emma Litchfield. First produced at the Britannia Theatre, May 1911. Nell, the gypsy heroine, looks back at her caravan for the last time, before leaving for London in despair

The end of love
The Honourable John Maler Collier (18501934) - Pre-Raphaelite Painter and one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation

A Loving God ?
A loving God ? The idea is ridiculous ! Date: 1904

Sherlock Holmes / Watson
THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET With a look of grief and despair. Date: First published: 1892

Ruined Lives by Mrs F G Kimberley
Promotional postcard for Ruined Lives by Mrs F. G. Kimberley. First produced at the Grand Theatre, Brighton, 2nd September and Elephant & Castle Theatre, 9th September 1918

A picturesque view of the state of the nation for February 1778. An Indian (America) cuts the cows horns of English commerce, milked by Holland

Departure of Genius by E Kosa - Death of Jaroslav Vrchlicky
The Departure of Genius by E Kosa - A painting mouring the passing of Jaroslav Vrchlicky (1853-1912) - one of the greatest Czech lyrical poets. Date: circa 1912

A refugee in Thessaloniki - sitting in the Vardar District
A refugee in Thessaloniki, Greece - sitting in the Vardar District - WW1 era. Date: circa 1910s

John Bull coming to the aid of Victims of Messina Earthquake
John Bull coming to the aid of the personification of Italy (Italia Turrita) following the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 27-28th December 1908 at Messina, Sicily

Wife despairs at Husbands awful choice of attire and colour - " Strike me pink!" Date: circa 1940s

Elderly woman seated beneath a portrait of her when young
Elderly woman seated in a comfy chair, beneath a portrait depicting her in the full bloom of youthful beauty, now long departed. Date: 1901

Popular song Goodbye Dolly
A woman in despair over her drowning soldier husband who whilst rowing broke an oar and fell into the water. Realising his fate he bids fond farewell to his wife, Dolly

NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977)

British Empire Cancer Campaign Poster
British Empire Cancer Campaign (President: HRH The Duke of York) - Poster - Help Our Fight circa 1930

The Evolution of the engagement ring
Humorous postcard showing the The Evolution of the engagement ring from Ring... to Wrung... then Sting... to Stung! An engagement ring transforming swiftly into a screaming baby! circa 1904

A morning concert
Wife: " George! George! You are not in church!" A husband dozes off in the front row during a morning concert, to the despair of his wife. Date: 1865

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