Greed Collection

Someone Drops a Sixpence Near Somerset House - HM Bateman
H.M. Bateman had a particular loathing for the taxman as exemplified in this cartoon showing the inhabitants of Somerset House (then the home of the Inland Revenue)

The Income Tax Official in Hades by H. M. Bateman
A tax man from the Inland Revenue suffering his worst nightmare - locked in a cage suspended over a pile of cheques and money he cannot reach. Cartoon by H. M

Mental Cruelty by H. M. Bateman
A banks customer struggles to control his reactions at seeing piles of money being handled by the staff behind the counter

The croupiers who showed signs of emotion 1927
Croupiers starts to sweat after giving all the casinos money to a lucky winner, who is disappearing under a pile of cash in front of him

Volpone by Aubrey Beardsley
Volpone adoring his treasure, an illustration by Aubrey Beardsley to an edition of Ben Jonsons Volpone which was to be published by Leonard Smithers

Henry Lord Jermyn
HENRY lord JERMYN, earl of St Albans courtier, in exile during the commonwealth, chiefly known for his greed and avarice with his autograph

Children with large pudding on a Christmas card
Children attacking a large pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon about greed and child labour in America

Allegoric Capricho, 1852, by Eugenio Lucas Velazquez
Eugenio Lucas Velazquez (1817-1870). Spanish painter. Allegoric Capricho, 1852. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

L'Avarice
An illustration, the title of which translates to Greed, shows a gruesome fellow biting the hand of a young woman, looking aghast, men in uniform stand behind, with gaping mouths. Date: circa 1901

RMS Lusitania - propaganda medal, leaflet and other items
RMS Lusitania - Carlton ware model 6.5 inches, together with German propaganda medal, leaflet, and other items. The bronze German Lusitania medal was designed by Karl Goetz

Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats, or, the new Litter of hungry Grunters Sucking John Bull's Old Sow to death, by James Gillray

Tarpeia crushed to death by the Sabines
The legendary Tarpeia, having offered to betray Rome to the Sabines in return for gold, is crushed to death by their shields and thrown from the Tarpeian Rock. Date: 747 BC

English gentleman flirting with the Fair Limonadiere
Young English gentleman flirting with the Fair Limonadiere in the Cafe de Mille Colonnes, Palais Royal, Paris. Waiters bringing hot chocolate to fashionable ladies, soldiers and officers

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- Canons Yeomans Tale
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Canons Yeomans Tale, a two-part story about alchemists. Showing the Canon announcing his secret to the Priest, the Canon stirring the crucible

Skeleton of Death stealing gold from a Miser
Skeleton of Death stealing gold coins and treasure from a Miser in his vault with barred windows. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein

BIG BOSS
Democracy - Depicting a vulture over looking workers while sitting upon a human skull 1941

EATING LOTS FOR 1S 6D
Three hungry customers get their moneys worth with a cheap lunchtime restaurant meal. Date: circa 1835

WORLD IS CRAZY FOR GOLD
The whole world is crazy for gold! Date: 1895

Versailles - Greed Revenge
Greed, revenge and other devils gloat over the Treaty of Versailles. Date: 1919

Versailles / Greed Revenge
Greed, revenge and other devils gloat over the Treaty of Versailles. Date: 1919

Cartoon, German soldiers eating and drinking, WW1
Cartoon, Kultur and Grub. A stereotypical view of German soldiers eating sausages and drinking beer, showing the contrast between the German idea of culture and the soldiers greed. Date: 1915

Story of the Wolf and the Fox, originally a Brothers Grimm fairytale. Date: circa 1900s

Expansionist tendencies
Germany(a roaring Kasier Wilhem II), Britain(Edward VII) and the Balkans grapple for control of territory. Russia(Tsar Nicolas II)smokes nonchalantly

Overeating by Belcher
A polite little boy at a village feast, uncomfortable from repletion says Oh Please Miss, don t ask me to have any more - I can t say No

By Request! by H. M. Bateman
A couple eat a lavish meal in a restaurant as a violinist plays furiously in the gallery above. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Colonel Sellers. An adverse comment on a play based on a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, The Gilded Age, satirising corruption and greed in post-Civil War America

France / Russia / Eng / Japan
France and Russia are unhappy about the greed of England and Japan - " not so fast, we re here too". Date: 1902

Posada, Story of the Wolf and the Fox
Story of the Wolf and the Fox, originally a Brothers Grimm fairytale. Date: circa 1900s

Little boys birds nesting on a Christmas card, with a warning about greed. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Its very simple, WW1
Cartoon, Its very simple. A coal merchant tells a poor family that if they think his coal is too expensive, then they should do what he does, and burn wood instead. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Disappointed greed, WW1
Cartoon, Disappointed greed, a comment on new alcohol restrictions. The waiter tells a lady that the anisette is too high in alcohol content for him to serve to her. Date: 1916

The Deed by H. M. Bateman
Scene at a solicitors where one partner rubs his hands as a monocle wearing gentleman signs a deed. Everyone else looks aghast - what can he have signed away? Date: 1928

Cartoon, Connoisseurs examining a collection of George Morland s, by James Gillray. A satire on the popularity of Morlands paintings, focusing on fat pigs, foolish donkeys and greedy dealers

Cartoon, Political Mathematicians, Shaking the Broad bottomd Hemispheres, by James Gillray. To that last Hope of the Country, the New Opposition

Cartoon, A Great Stream from a Petty Fountain, or, John Bull swamped in the Flood of new Taxes; Cormorants fishing in the Stream, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Le Cochon et ses deux petits, or Rich pickings for a Noble appetite, vide Strand Lane, Temple Barr &c &c &c, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Shakespeare Sacrificed; or the Offering to Avarice, by James Gillray. Showing Alderman John Boydell, an engraver and publisher, in the role of Prospero burning his books

Cartoon, A new way to pay the National Debt, by James Gillray. Showing King George III and Queen Charlotte receiving bags of money from the Treasury

Cartoon, German man eating, WW1
Cartoon, a fat German man eating a plate of pork and cabbage. Date: 1915

Young boy tucking in at the Ice Cream stall " Don t e make a gawd of is stummick? Why, thats the second a porth I ve seed I m ave this mornin !" Date: 1902

British Country Fare
Feast your eyes on this spread of country food and drink: Fish, pasties, pies, rounds of cheese, fine wines, rolled butter, scones, bread, cakes, fruit, rabbit and pheasant &c! Date: 1970s

The Landlord from The Gin-Shop by Cruikshank
This is the Landlord who coins his bright gold, Out of the ruin of youthful and old, Who drink the strong liquors he sells night and day, At the bar of the Gin-shop, so glittering and gay

Englands God is Money
Money - the accepted religion of England Date: 1870

Bismarck as Tourist / 1885
OTTO BISMARCK Portrayed as The " Irrepressible" Tourist : " H m!-HA!- Where shall I go next?" Date: 1815 - 1898

Anti-Aristocracy Demos
Social democrats protest against the aristocracy. Their banners read " Not a penny for the Princes" and " Victims of capitalist profit- greed"

Come to Bed Says Sleepy
Come, lets to bed, says Sleepy Head, tarry a while says Slow; put on the pan, says Greedy Nan, lets sup before we go

A depiction of Gluttony, with people feasting greedily at a table, while a poor old man begs for a few coins. Some have too much, others have too little

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