Hardship Collection (page 8)

Two porcelain figures from The Peoples of Russia series
1195826 Two porcelain figures from The Peoples of Russia series, depicting a figure of a peasant woman from Kaluga and a figure of Ostyak from Obdorsk

A Soviet propaganda porcelain dish, depicting a soldier of the Red Army
1195630 A Soviet propaganda porcelain dish, depicting a soldier of the Red Army, a worker and a peasant, 1922 (porcelain) by Timorev

Tramp at Night; Un Vagabond de nuit, (oil on panel)
1197478 Tramp at Night; Un Vagabond de nuit, (oil on panel) by Munkacsy, Mihaly (1844-1900); 82.9x65.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Hungarian, out of copyright

A Young Peasant Girl, Sleeping, 1874 (oil on canvas)
989269 A Young Peasant Girl, Sleeping, 1874 (oil on canvas) by Perrault, Leon Bazile (1832-1908); 94.7x155 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Young Peasant Girl, Sleeping)

Lormes - A Torrent with a Standing Peasant, Spinning Wool, 1842 (oil on canvas)
987362 Lormes - A Torrent with a Standing Peasant, Spinning Wool, 1842 (oil on canvas) by Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille (1796-1875); 54.6x65 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Peasant on an alley by a House, Pontoise; Paysan dans une Ruelle a l Hermitage
826340 Peasant on an alley by a House, Pontoise; Paysan dans une Ruelle a l Hermitage, Pontoise, 1876 (oil on canvas) by Pissarro

Lazarus Begging for Crumbs from Dives Table, 1552 (black chalk
991404 Lazarus Begging for Crumbs from Dives Table, 1552 (black chalk, pen and brown ink on paper) by Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502-c.1561); 7.8x10.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Two pages from the nursery-rhyme book The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard
986341 Two pages from the nursery-rhyme book The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog, 1806 (hand-coloured engravin) by Martin

Professional Pride, (oil on canvas)
651106 Professional Pride, (oil on canvas) by Brown, John George (1831-1913); 112.6x82 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Professional Pride. John George Brown (1831-1913). Oil on canvas

Peasants at Cards in a Cottage, c. 1644-45 (oil on panel)
990086 Peasants at Cards in a Cottage, c.1644-45 (oil on panel) by Teniers, David the Younger (1610-90); 38.5x52.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Peasants at Cards in a Cottage)

La Bouillie : Beggars Eating Mash, (black lead, brush and gray wash)
990038 La Bouillie : Beggars Eating Mash, (black lead, brush and gray wash) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 22.6x14.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: La Bouillie)

A Boy with Poultry and a Goat in a Farmyard, 1903 (oil on canvas)
658704 A Boy with Poultry and a Goat in a Farmyard, 1903 (oil on canvas) by Hunt, Charles (1829-1900); 49.5x75 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Boy with Poultry and a Goat in a Farmyard)

A Courtyard in the Olden Time, (oil on panel)
658582 A Courtyard in the Olden Time, (oil on panel) by Landseer, Edwin (1802-73); 43.8x59 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Courtyard in the Olden Time. Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873)

Watching the Steam Train, 1880 (oil on canvas)
658317 Watching the Steam Train, 1880 (oil on canvas) by Robertson, Henry Robert (1839-1921); 127x101.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Watching the Steam Train)

Family Accounts, (oil on canvas)
658284 Family Accounts, (oil on canvas) by Hicks, George Elgar (1824-1914); 30.5x25.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Family Accounts. George Elgar Hicks (1824-1914). Oil on canvas

At Romsey Abbey, 1899 (oil on panel)
746489 At Romsey Abbey, 1899 (oil on panel) by Bateman, Robert (1842-1922); 40.6x30.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; British, out of copyright

Peasant Girl, 1889 (oil on canvas)
823088 Peasant Girl, 1889 (oil on canvas) by Knight, Daniel Ridgway (1839-1924); 100.5x74.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Peasant Girl. Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924). Oil on canvas

Shoe Shine Boy, (oil on canvas)
822884 Shoe Shine Boy, (oil on canvas) by Brown, John George (1831-1913); 65x52 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Shoe Shine Boy. John George Brown (1831-1913). Oil on canvas

Bright as a Dollar, (oil on canvas)
822836 Bright as a Dollar, (oil on canvas) by McCord, George Herbert (1848-1909); 61x41 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bright as a Dollar. George Herbert McCord (1848-1909). Oil on canvas

A Fellah Woman, (oil on canvas)
822705 A Fellah Woman, (oil on canvas) by Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925); 56x45.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Fellah Woman. John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). Oil on canvas

Extra, (oil on canvas)
822673 Extra, (oil on canvas) by Brown, John George (1831-1913); 63.5x76.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Extra. John George Brown (1831-1913). Oil on canvas

The Diversion, (oil on canvas)
651465 The Diversion, (oil on canvas) by Chocarne-Moreau, Paul Charles (1855-1931); 54.6x65.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Diversion. Paul Charles Chocarne-Moreau (1855-1931)

Garde Nationale Auxiliaire (coloured engraving)
3621749 Garde Nationale Auxiliaire (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Garde Nationale Auxiliaire (Auxiliary National Guard)

A Slender Chance! (colour litho)
3648183 A Slender Chance! (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Slender Chance)

Napoleons retreat from Moscow, 1812 (engraving)
3647632 Napoleons retreat from Moscow, 1812 (engraving) by Delort, Charles Edouard (1841-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleons retreat from Moscow, 1812)

The Laundress, c. 1863 (oil on wood)
3493199 The Laundress, c.1863 (oil on wood) by Daumier, Honore (1808-79); 48.9x33 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Poor Boys, 19th Century (litho)
5232230 Poor Boys, 19th Century (litho) by Decamps, Alexandre Gabriel (1803-60) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Poor Boys, 19th Century)

Australian soldiers in a water-filled rifle pit, Sanananda, New Guinea, World War II, 1942-1945 (b / w photo)
6015318 Australian soldiers in a water-filled rifle pit, Sanananda, New Guinea, World War II, 1942-1945 (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Poor London women invited to the Half Million Banquet commemorating the coronation of King Edward VII, 1902 (litho)
6014334 Poor London women invited to the Half Million Banquet commemorating the coronation of King Edward VII, 1902 (litho) by English School

Punch cartoon: Here and There, or, Emigration a Remedy (engraving)
6034621 Punch cartoon: Here and There, or, Emigration a Remedy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Here and There, or, Emigration a Remedy)

Food shortages in Germany: women rioting at a sale of potatoes in Berlin, World War I, 1915 (colour litho)
6000296 Food shortages in Germany: women rioting at a sale of potatoes in Berlin, World War I, 1915 (colour litho) by Bombled

Needle Money, illustration from Punch Magazine
LIS384761 Needle Money, illustration from Punch Magazine, December 1849 (engraving) (for pair see 384762) by English School, (19th century); Museum of London, UK; eLiss Fine Art; English

Street Kids, 1906 (oil on canvas)
NUL374153 Street Kids, 1906 (oil on canvas) by Bellows, George Wesley (1882-1925); 81.5x106.7 cm; Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Farel and his companions journeying across the Alps, illustration from
621432 Farel and his companions journeying across the Alps, illustration from The History of Protestantism by James Aitken Wylie (1808-1890), pub

Saint Charles carrying the Holy Nail in Procession during the Plague (oil on canvas)
703349 Saint Charles carrying the Holy Nail in Procession during the Plague (oil on canvas) by Cortona, Pietro da (Berrettini) (1596-1669); San Carlo ai Catinari, Rome

The Sower of Parables (etching)
1069279 The Sower of Parables (etching) by Rops, Felicien (1833-98); Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Le Semeur de Paraboles); Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Mrs. Alfred L

The Great Abuse (engraving)
972698 The Great Abuse (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Great Abuse. Cartoon showing a woman of the people burdened with a nun)

An Unfortunate Family (colour litho)
971855 An Unfortunate Family (colour litho) by Tassaert, Octave (1800-74); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Unfortunate Family. After a painting in the Musee de Luxembourg)

Ian Verecki and Griedt Scuiers (etching & engraving)
874522 Ian Verecki and Griedt Scuiers (etching & engraving) by Dutch School, (17th century); 13.34 x8.89 cm; San Diego Museum of Art, USA; eSan Diego Museum of Art; Donor unknown; Dutch

Reading to the Convalescent, c. 1827 (oil on canvas)
877131 Reading to the Convalescent, c.1827 (oil on canvas) by Franquelin, Jean Augustin (1798-1839); 61.3x50.4 cm; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; French

A String of Blind Beggars, Cabul, 1843 (colour litho)
468710 A String of Blind Beggars, Cabul, 1843 (colour litho) by Atkinson, James (1780-1852) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Edward St. Germain and his sister Delia, Phoenix, Rhode Island, April 1909
466550 Edward St. Germain and his sister Delia, Phoenix, Rhode Island, April 1909, 1909 (gelatin silver print) by Hine, Lewis Wickes (1874-1940); 11.7 x 16.8 cm; Corcoran Collection

David Copperfield, c. 1920s (pen & ink with w / c on paper)
465558 David Copperfield, c.1920s (pen & ink with w/c on paper) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); 28.5x22.5 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info)

Jo, c. 1920s (pen & ink with w / c on paper)
465520 Jo, c.1920s (pen & ink with w/c on paper) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); 28.5x22.5 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info)

Caleb Plummer - The Cricket on the Hearth, c. 1920s (pen & ink with w / c on paper)
465473 Caleb Plummer - The Cricket on the Hearth, c.1920s (pen & ink with w/c on paper) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); 28.5x22.5 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info)

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"Endurance in the Face of Hardship: Stories from History and Beyond" Survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade, 1890: A testament to bravery and resilience amidst the chaos of war. First settlers of Hartford, Connecticut, 1636: Pioneers who braved unknown lands to build a new life, their determination shaping a city's destiny. EVNT2A-00053: Uncovering untold stories of individuals overcoming adversity with unwavering strength and perseverance. The Devils Acre - Westminster, 1872: Gustave Doré's haunting depiction reminds us that even within darkness, hope can emerge as a guiding light. Mormons caught in a prairie blizzard en route to Utah: Battling nature's fury while clinging onto faith and unity on an arduous journey towards freedom. Rock climber attempts bouldering, with a volcano in background at Conguillio National Park: Pushing physical limits against formidable odds while embracing the awe-inspiring beauty surrounding them. Slums within a kilometer of the Taj Mahal: Amidst opulence lies stark inequality; these images serve as reminders that hardship persists despite grandeur. Marshall Ney during the retreat from Russia (1812), 1894: Witnessing one man's struggle against insurmountable odds serves as an enduring symbol for resilience in times of defeat. Puritans founding New Haven, Connecticut: Building communities rooted in faith and fortitude when faced with harsh conditions and uncertainty. The Siege of Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad, 1891 by Vasily Vereshchagin : An artist captures human endurance amidst conflict – reminding us that courage can flourish even amid destruction. The Silver Age, 1527 by Lucas Cranach the Elder .