Weep Collection

Poem by Robert Herrick
Fair daffodils we weep to see you waste away ?. Illustrated poem by Robert Herrick. Artist: Joyce Mercer Date: circa 1926

Legend of the Moor's Last Sigh. After the conquest of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, the Muslim king Boabdil and his entourage were exiled from the city in 1492

The cast of Weep For Spring
Actors Stephen Haggard (1911-1943), Athene Seyler (1889-1990), Peggy Ashcroft (1907-1991)and Nicholas Hannen (1881-1972) in a publicity photograph for the play Weep For Spring

VENEZUELAN MOURNING
Venezuelan natives weep over the body of a dead cacique (ruler) Date: 1726

DEATH/MOURNING/PERU
Popular celebrations of the Day of the Dead at Cuzco - women weep, sing, dance and pour spirits over the remains of their dead Date: 1873

THREE PRINCES/BEASTS
The faithful beasts weep around the body of the dead prince (Lithuanian story)

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus Wept

John Bull goes to war
John Bull going to the Wars (probably the Napoleonic Wars), despite the reluctance of his family. Date: 1805

Studio portrait, little boy crying
Studio portrait of a little boy crying, with tears running down his cheeks. Date: circa 1960s

Shakespeare - King Richard II - Weep thou for me in France. circa 1830

What is it the Germans dislike so much? H. M. Bateman cartoon
" What is it the Germans dislike so much? Frightful, isn t it?" This First World War cartoon by H.M. Bateman comments on the increasingly huge artillery guns both sides are using

Kindy Old lady asks if a little lost girl is alright
Kindly Old Woman - " Poor little fellow. Are you lost?" " No - boo hoo. But me Muvver is." !!! Date: 1895

The Truth About Grown-Ups by William Heath Robinson
A baby, who should really be fast asleep in his cot, instead regales a gathered group of elves and pixies in his bedroom with tall tales about the deeds of his parents

Crocodile Tears
A crocodile with toothache cries tears of pain. Drawing on a postcard by George Ranstead an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps

Sensitive pianist weeps, 1877
Herr Pumpernickel, a sensitive German pianist, weeps after performing a composition of his own on the piano. His host and friends look on with concern. Date: 1877

Angels Weeping
Angels weep at the spectacle of human folly... Date: 1904

Lovers tiff
A young couple sit at opposite sides of a garden bench, his top hat separates them. They appear not to be on speaking terms

Child crying
A little girl with red bobbed hair wiped her tearful eyes

Rejected by Florence Hardy

Tom and the Gairfowl
Tom talks to the gairfowl who weeps tears of pure oil

Jews in Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, takes and razes Jerusalem, and makes captives of the Jews who weep by the waters of Babylon, specifically the Euphrates

Borodin - Igor - 8
Princess Yaroslavna, Igors wife, who persuades her brother Vladimir to mend his ways: she weeps for the fate of Russia and her husband, but all ends reasonably happily. Date: first performed 1890

The Radios Lies
The Radios lies are enough to make the Heavens weep !

Jerusalem Besieged
Jerusalem is besieged and sacked by Nebuchadnezzar II, ruler of Babylon : the Jews are taken into exile and weep by Babylons waters

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