Pleads Collection

Margaret of Anjou asks a robber for mercy
During the Wars of the Roses, Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482), the wife of King Henry VI asks a robber for mercy for her and for her son Pince Edward. circa 1460

Brunnhilde and her Papa
Act 3 : Brunnhilde pleads with Wotan, her father, to spare her the humiliation he proposes to inflict upon her

WEBER/FREISCHUTZ/LIEBIG6
Act three, scene five : a hermit pleads for Max, he is forgiven, everyone is happy (except Caspar, now dead, but he has only himself to blame.) Date: first performed 1821

PLEADING WOMAN/LOST CAT
A woman pleads with a butcher to tell her where her pet cat might have got to; several dead cats are concealed behind him Animal pets stealing stolen Date: 1870

THE CZAR SEEKS RECRUITS
Czar Nicholas II pleads for willing recruits...he has, after all, always treated his subjects so well... Date: 1914

Katharine of Aragon pleads to stay with Henry VIII (1491-1547) in their Palace. She had come before the cardinal sent from Rome, Cardinal Wolsey and the King. 1533

Tetouan - Street Beggar
" One can admire the stubborn insistence of the Maghreb" - a pleading Tetouan street beggar holding out his bowl and asking for alms. Date: 1930s

Bible scene, Esther before Ahasuerus
Bible scene, Esther before the Persian King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) -- the Jewish heroine pleads for her people (Book of Esther). BCE

Lady pleading with gentleman, c. 1800
A lady pleading with a gentleman, perhaps asking forgiveness for some misdemeanour or other, c. 1800. Date: C.1800

Pleading for Brother
Marian Reyder pleads with the Spaniards for clemency : presumably he is accused of conspiracy, but we don t know any more than the picture tells. Date: circa 1580

Irony - fat Londoner begs for money for his starving family
A rather fat Londoner begs for " a copper" for his " starving wife and family at ome" fom a smart gent (Phil May himself - clearly seeing the ludicrous side of the request!)

Chambermaid been asked out by the sweep
Chambermaid receives an admirer: From sweep in love can work be e er expected? And so this morn the chimneys are neglected; upon his knees he vainly pleads

Poe / Tales / Hop Frog
HOP-FROG Tripetta pleads for Hop-Frog. Date: First published: 1850

British Ballad, Sir Cauline, Knight
SIR CAULINE (Sir Cawline) British ballad telling the story of Sir Cawline who is in love with the kings daughter and has to do some great deed to be worthy of her

Giovanna Visits Clemens
Giovanna de Napoli, unblest with an heir, surrenders her lands to Pope Clemens VI at Avignon, France

Richard 1 & Isaac / Cyprus
Isaac of Cyprus pleads with Richard I for the restoration of his daughter

Roger Mortimer Arrested
Roger Mortimer is captured in Nottingham Castle while Queen Isabella pleads for mercy

Matilda / Petitioning
King Stephens queen, Matilda, pleads in vain for his release to Empress Matilda of Germany, daughter of Henry I, who has invaded England

Matilda / Refuses Release
The Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, refuses the plea of King Stephens wife, Matilda, to release him

Burghers of Calais
Edward III, besieging Calais, receives a deputatioon of six burghers headed by Eustache de Saint-Pierre, offering themselves as hostages : his wife pleads for them, too

German Prisoners in Rome
German prisoners are taken to Rome : a wife pleads for her captive husband

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