Pessimism posters & prints

Pessimist and Optimist, 1893-1919 Vladimir Yegorovich Makovsky

Glass Half Full Anonymous

The Bulls and Bears in the Market, 1879 William Holbrook Beard

Bathos, Manner of Sinking, in Sublime Paintings inscribed to the Dealers in Dark Pictures, 1764 William Hogarth

The Fortune Teller Charles Edward Halle

Bottle and glass of water Anonymous

Bottle and glass of water Anonymous

Ten Assassinations for a Penny, 1897 Théophile Alexandre Steinlen