Bitterness Collection (#8)

Amoureux (Lovers). Peinture de Simon Vouet (1590-1649). Huile sur toile, 82 x 100 cm, 1617-1618
FIA5343833 Amoureux (Lovers). Peinture de Simon Vouet (1590-1649). Huile sur toile, 82 x 100 cm, 1617-1618. Art francais, art baroque. Musee des Beaux Arts Pouchkine, Moscou

Trade unionist with a black eye caused by a brick (colour litho)
5996007 Trade unionist with a black eye caused by a brick (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade unionist with a black eye caused by a brick)

Manon and her brother (colour litho)
3629688 Manon and her brother (colour litho) by Leloir, Maurice (1853-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Manon and her brother. Manon et sa frere)

The Duke of Welligton caught up in a riot (engraving)
3647649 The Duke of Welligton caught up in a riot (engraving) by Lix, Frederic Theodore (1830-97) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Duke of Welligton caught up in a riot)

King Alfred and the burned cakes (engraving)
3647220 King Alfred and the burned cakes (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Alfred and the burned cakes)

I saw such a lovely hat today, Dear (colour litho)
3641840 I saw such a lovely hat today, Dear (colour litho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: I saw such a lovely hat today, Dear)

Do you ever feel like this (colour litho)
3642943 Do you ever feel like this (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Do you ever feel like this? Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

You re a brute!! Caudle (coloured engraving)
5234302 You re a brute!! Caudle (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: You re a brute!! Caudle)

Women attacking captured gendarmes being escorted by National Guards, Paris Commune, 1871 (engraving)
6001345 Women attacking captured gendarmes being escorted by National Guards, Paris Commune, 1871 (engraving) by European School

Attempt by a mob to free a prisoner being escorted under guard, Paris Commune, 1871 (engraving)
6001300 Attempt by a mob to free a prisoner being escorted under guard, Paris Commune, 1871 (engraving) by European School

Mutiny on board the ship of Christopher Columbus during his first voyage to the New World, 1492 (litho)
6014306 Mutiny on board the ship of Christopher Columbus during his first voyage to the New World, 1492 (litho) by Amato, G.S

Angry reaction of a wounded soldier in hospital to a visit from Empress Augusta Victoria, World War I, 1915 (litho)
6000330 Angry reaction of a wounded soldier in hospital to a visit from Empress Augusta Victoria, World War I, 1915 (litho) by Bombled

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

Domineering mother-in-law instructing a young couple on how to run their household (colour litho)
5999948 Domineering mother-in-law instructing a young couple on how to run their household (colour litho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info)

Italian cartoon on the adulterous wife, 17th Century (litho)
5208510 Italian cartoon on the adulterous wife, 17th Century (litho) by Italian School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Italian cartoon on the adulterous wife, 17th Century)

The oath (chromolitho)
1093232 The oath (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The oath. Scene from the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Liebig educational card.); © Look and Learn

Lese Majeste - Tableau II (colour litho)
964637 Lese Majeste - Tableau II (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lese Majeste - Tableau II. From Truth, 25 December 1897.); © Look and Learn

The demonstration in Hyde Park (engraving)
607407 The demonstration in Hyde Park (engraving) by Leech, John (1817-64); Private Collection; (add.info.: The demonstration in Hyde Park; from The Illustrated London News)

"Slummers"(engraving)
664390 " Slummers" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Slummers." Illustration from The Life)

That you Flossie, Darling! (chromolitho)
2805180 That you Flossie, Darling! (chromolitho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: That you Flossie, Darling! Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Against the ostracism of the Vercelli socialist administrators to the crucifix in schools (Colour Litho)
2808961 Against the ostracism of the Vercelli socialist administrators to the crucifix in schools (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

A scandalous session of the French Chamber of Deputies (colour litho)
2779512 A scandalous session of the French Chamber of Deputies (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A scandalous session of the French Chamber of Deputies)

A Country That Turns Against The Tantries Of A Parish Priest (colour Litho)
2798708 A Country That Turns Against The Tantries Of A Parish Priest (colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

The crime of a bull (Colour Litho)
2777886 The crime of a bull (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The crime of a bull)

Launched into the air, overwhelmed and fatally trampled by an angry elephant (colour litho)
2778504 Launched into the air, overwhelmed and fatally trampled by an angry elephant (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Launched into the air)

Riots in Paris (colour litho)
2819081 Riots in Paris (colour litho) by Tofani, Oswaldo (1849-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Riots in Paris. Looting of the Church of Saint-Joseph. Pillage de l eglise Saint-Joseph)

A scuffle during a strike by grocers clerks (colour litho)
2818980 A scuffle during a strike by grocers clerks (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A scuffle during a strike by grocers clerks)

The royal princesses preaching holy war in Madagascar (colour litho)
2818588 The royal princesses preaching holy war in Madagascar (colour litho) by Tofani, Oswaldo (1849-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Scuffles at the inauguration of a statue of the philosopher Ernest Renan at Treguier, Brittany (colour litho)
2795763 Scuffles at the inauguration of a statue of the philosopher Ernest Renan at Treguier, Brittany (colour litho) by French School

Arrest of a counterfeiter in Puteaux, France (colour litho)
2795638 Arrest of a counterfeiter in Puteaux, France (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arrest of a counterfeiter in Puteaux, France)

A woman jilting a policeman for a soldier (colour litho)
3093788 A woman jilting a policeman for a soldier (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A woman jilting a policeman for a soldier)

Steamer from Anger arriving in Chateau-Gontier, Mayenne, France (colour photo)
3095210 Steamer from Anger arriving in Chateau-Gontier, Mayenne, France (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Two Christmas Eves, by Mason Jackson (engraving)
1595928 Two Christmas Eves, by Mason Jackson (engraving) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two Christmas Eves, by Mason Jackson)

Passions from Physiognomy, 1829 (engraving)
5893741 Passions from Physiognomy, 1829 (engraving) by Smellie, William (1697-1763); (add.info.: Passions from Johann Caspar Lavaters Physiognomy)

The skeleton of Death takes away the drunken Sot in a wheelbarrow, while other drunks make merry in front of The Goat
FLO4690512 The skeleton of Death takes away the drunken Sot in a wheelbarrow, while other drunks make merry in front of The Goat pub

Invasion of the Orchard (colour litho)
6003448 Invasion of the Orchard (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Invasion of the Orchard. Illustration for Chatterbox (1901)

A dispute between neighbours (coloured engraving)
5998868 A dispute between neighbours (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A dispute between neighbours)

Postcard encouraging British men to enlist in the services after the German naval bombardment of Scarborough
6030603 Postcard encouraging British men to enlist in the services after the German naval bombardment of Scarborough, Yorkshire, World War I, 1914 (colour litho) by English School

Groom ariving late for his wedding (chromolitho)
5996060 Groom ariving late for his wedding (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Groom ariving late for his wedding)

D Artagnan will not have his horse laughed at, scene from The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas (colour litho)
5997325 D Artagnan will not have his horse laughed at, scene from The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas (colour litho) by Ford

Two Angry Men Fight One Another (engraving)
5234115 Two Angry Men Fight One Another (engraving) by Collier, John (Tim Bobbin) (1708-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two Angry Men Fight One Another)

Victor Emanuel and Cavour learn of the Villafranca Armistice, 12 July 1859
LLM459762 Victor Emanuel and Cavour learn of the Villafranca Armistice, 12 July 1859 by Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Deluge (coloured engraving)
726544 The Deluge (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Deluge. One of a series of forty prints included in Pictorial Bible)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau with the old women (gravure)
3620941 Jean-Jacques Rousseau with the old women (gravure) by Leloir, Maurice (1853-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jean-Jacques Rousseau with the old women)

The broken comb (gravure)
3620929 The broken comb (gravure) by Leloir, Maurice (1853-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: The broken comb. Le peigne casse)

The first performance of Lohengrin (colour litho)
2818226 The first performance of Lohengrin (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The first performance of Lohengrin)

Passion and Patience (engraving)
2800222 Passion and Patience (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Passion and Patience)

St Andrew in Marmadonia (colour litho)
2801159 St Andrew in Marmadonia (colour litho) by Robinson, Charles (1870-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Andrew in Marmadonia)

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"Bitterness: The Unyielding Grip of Resentment" An Angry Man With Finger Pointing (engraving): In the depths of bitterness, anger becomes a weapon, pointing blame and fueling resentment. Illustration for The Taming Of The Shrew (chromolitho): Shakespeare's tale reminds us how they are poison relationships, turning love into a battleground. Jesus Christ driving the money-changers out of the Temple (engraving): Even divine wrath was unleashed against those who exploited others, showcasing the bitter consequences of greed and corruption. The fury of a swan (Colour Litho): Like an enraged swan defending its territory, bitterness consumes our hearts with relentless fury, leaving little room for peace or forgiveness. Interior of a barn with two peasants fighting, 1658 (oil on panel): Bitterness breeds conflict among even the humblest souls, as depicted in this painting where animosity tears apart unity and harmony. Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Akita Jonosuke Yoshikage in a "Shibaraku" Role, c. 1791 (colour woodblock print: aiban): This theatrical portrayal captures the intensity that bitterness brings to one's character - consuming their very essence until vengeance takes center stage. Lady Macbeth, Act 5 scene One: "Why then 'tis time to do't. " painted after H. Fuseli: Shakespeare's iconic character Lady Macbeth embodies bitter ambition that drives her to commit unspeakable acts in pursuit of power. Moses breaks the tablets of law from Dore Bible: When confronted by human folly and betrayal, even revered figures like Moses succumb to bitter disappointment and shatter what is sacred. Heliodorus attempting to take treasure from Temple at Jerusalem attacked by terrible horse and his rider while angels attack his bodyguard.