Desperation posters & prints

The Desperate Man, 1843-45 Gustave Courbet

On the brink of suicide French School

The Desperate Man, ca. 1515 Albrecht Dürer

Desperation, c.1305 Giotto

Sufferers from the Floods John Thomson

The poor of Berlin rummaging in refuse heaps Anonymous

Gordon in China 1863 Anonymous

The Mont de Piete Ferdinand Heilbuth

A Desperate Defence Anonymous

Desperate Man Alphonse Legros

No choice?, c.1850 William James Grant

View of the outer trenches on the last day of the battle in front of Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 16, 1864,... Anonymous

Unemployed workers desperate for work during the Great Depression Anonymous

Study for 'Deserted - a Foundling' Frank Holl

Russian peasants Anonymous

The poor of Berlin rummaging in refuse heaps, Germany, c1914-c1918 Unknown

Reflections of a Starving Man or Social Contrasts, 1894 Emilio Longoni

The School of Sorrow, 1895 Luigi Rossi

The Desperate Man (Self-portrait) Gustave Courbet

Thomas Chatterton receives a bowl of poison from Despair John Flaxman

The Pawn Shop II, 1859 Carl-Hendrik d' Unker

A Desperate Woman, 1638 Jusepe de (1591-1652) Ribera

On the March from Moscow, 1873 Laslett John Pott

Russian peasants, late 19th century Unknown

The Desperate Man (Self-Portrait) Gustave Courbet

Desperate Adolescent, or Narcissus, 1885-90 Auguste Rodin

Retreat from the Storm, c.1846 Jean-Francois Millet

Allegory of the Rescue of Humanity-Virtus Deserta Giovanni Antonio da Brescia & Andrea Mantegna

Plate 55 from 'The Disasters of War': 'Th…, 1811-12 Francisco Goya

Plate 26 from 'The Disasters of War': 'One…, 1810-20, published 1863 Francisco Goya

The Civil War in America: The Fight at Ball's Bluff Upper Potomac Anonymous

The Gathering of Manna, c.1637-9 Nicolas Poussin

Townsfolk wait to scour the fields for potatoes left by farmers Anonymous

The Terra Nova icebound Herbert George Ponting

Peter Rossi, Imprisoned by the Scaligeri, 1818-20 Francesco Hayez

Plate 57 from 'The Disasters of War': 'Th…, 1811-12 Francisco Goya