Depressed Collection (#3)

Melocactus violaceus, vulnerable (depressed melocactus, Melocactus depressus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hookers Botanical

Depressed tongue fig-marigold, Mesembryanthemum depressum. Handcoloured botanical engraving by Weddell from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1816

His Only Friend, 1875 (oil on canvas)
3822288 His Only Friend, 1875 (oil on canvas) by Dollman, John Charles (1851-1934); 60.4x84.4 cm; Calderdale Museums Service, West Yorkshire, UK; eCalderdale Borough Council; English, out of copyright

Evening Consolation, pub. 1785 (hand coloured engraving)
2962527 Evening Consolation, pub. 1785 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info)

Curious red dog, Don t Worry! Smile! (colour litho)
3641811 Curious red dog, Don t Worry! Smile! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Curious red dog, Don t Worry! Smile)

HMS "Temeraire"(engraving)
1049670 HMS " Temeraire" (engraving) by Atkins, William Edward (1842-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: HMS " Temeraire")

Curtis British Entomology Plate 115
Coleoptera: Achenium depressum (Depressed Achenium) [Plant: Narthecium ossifragum (Lancashire Asphodel)] Date: 1824-39

La Refuse, 1879 (oil on panel)
476708 La Refuse, 1879 (oil on panel) by Hernandez, Daniel (1856-1932); 26x18.4 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Peruvian, out of copyright

Faraway Thoughts, (oil on canvas)
659914 Faraway Thoughts, (oil on canvas) by Harris, Edwin (1855-1906); 50.8x41.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Faraway Thoughts. Edwin Harris (1855-1906). Oil on canvas

Lady on a Divan, 1877 (oil on canvas)
650687 Lady on a Divan, 1877 (oil on canvas) by Stewart, Julius Leblanc (1855-1919); 62.5x49.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady on a Divan. Julius Leblanc Stewart (1855-1919)

Walking on the Cliff, 1935 (oil on masonite)
650382 Walking on the Cliff, 1935 (oil on masonite) by Curran, Charles Courtney (1861-1942); 40.7x30.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Walking on the Cliff. Charles Courtney Curran (1861-1942)

Salvation Army accordion player (chromolitho)
2811703 Salvation Army accordion player (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salvation Army accordion player)

Two Arches, Depressed (engraving)
3623703 Two Arches, Depressed (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two Arches, Depressed)

Come along if you need bracing up (colour litho)
3641558 Come along if you need bracing up (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Come along if you need bracing up)

Phedre, c. 1880 (oil on canvas)
3113901 PhAdre, c.1880 (oil on canvas) by Cabanel, Alexandre (1823-89); Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France; Prismatic Pictures; French, out of copyright

Our Teams Lost By... Goals to... From... (colour litho)
NFM315242 Our Teams Lost By...Goals to...From...(colour litho) by English School, (19th century); National Football Museum, Manchester, UK; eNational Football Museum; English, out of copyright

Robinson Crusoe on his island, illustration from The Story of Robinson Crusoe
STC405576 Robinson Crusoe on his island, illustration from The Story of Robinson Crusoe: An adaptation for children following Defoes language, pub. by Griffith Farran Browne & Co

The exclusion of Emile Zola from the Academie Francaise, 1893 (litho)
KDC397379 The exclusion of Emile Zola from the Academie Francaise, 1893 (litho) by Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-98); Private Collection; (add.info)

Street Scene by the Barber Shop; Strassenbild vor dem Friseurladen, 1926 (oil on canvas)
1767980 Street Scene by the Barber Shop; Strassenbild vor dem Friseurladen, 1926 (oil on canvas) by Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig (1880-1938); 120x100.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A Middle Mochica mask of an aged dignitary, c. 100-200
1767136 A Middle Mochica mask of an aged dignitary, c.100-200 by Moche; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Middle Mochica mask of an aged dignitary, ca. A.D)

A Quiet Read, c. 1912 (oil on board)
1197244 A Quiet Read, c. 1912 (oil on board) by O Conor, Roderic (1860-1940); 75x52.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Irish, out of copyright

A Difficult Letter
NOO56892 A Difficult Letter by Aylward, James de Vine (fl.1895-1917); Private Collection; Photo eJohn Noott Galleries, Broadway, Worcestershire, UK; English, out of copyright

Portrait of Pierre Sisley, (oil on canvas)
656643 Portrait of Pierre Sisley, (oil on canvas) by Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919); 27.9x22.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Pierre Sisley. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

Portrait of Philadelphia Hannah, Viscountess Cremorne (oil on canvas)
652125 Portrait of Philadelphia Hannah, Viscountess Cremorne (oil on canvas) by Lawrence, Thomas (1769-1830); 241.3x144.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Philadelphia Hannah)

A Set of Twelve Illustrations to Tristram Shandy, (pen and grey ink and watercolour)
651811 A Set of Twelve Illustrations to Tristram Shandy, (pen and grey ink and watercolour) by Nixon, John (1760-1818); 18.4x9.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Madeleine in the Wood of Love, 1892 (oil on canvas)
987536 Madeleine in the Wood of Love, 1892 (oil on canvas) by Bernard, Emile (1868-1941); 72.4x98.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Madeleine in the Wood of Love; Madeleine au bois d amour)

Conquered but not Subdued, 1899 (oil on canvas)
989780 Conquered but not Subdued, 1899 (oil on canvas) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927); 91.5x61 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Conquered but not Subdued)

Never Sulk (engraving)
2792704 Never Sulk (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Never Sulk. Illustration for Chatterbox (1886). Digitally cleaned image.); © Look and Learn

Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, as Lady Macbeth, 1892 (oil on board)
651185 Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, as Lady Macbeth, 1892 (oil on board) by Lenbach, Franz Seraph von (1836-1904); 88.9x75.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Boyish Pranks, 1885 (oil on canvas)
650884 Boyish Pranks, 1885 (oil on canvas) by Witkowski, Karl (1860-1910); 55.2x68.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Boyish Pranks. Karl Witkowski (1860-1910). Oil on canvas

The exiled Marius amidst the ruins of Carthage, illustration from Plutarch
STC412040 The exiled Marius amidst the ruins of Carthage, illustration from Plutarchs Lives for Boys and Girls, retold by W.H

"There was an Old Man of Vesuvius, who studied the works of Vitruvius", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386627 " There was an Old Man of Vesuvius, who studied the works of Vitruvius", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Marie Antoinette (chromolitho)
971715 Marie Antoinette (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marie Antoinette)

Portrait of Alice Davison, (oil on canvas)
984977 Portrait of Alice Davison, (oil on canvas) by Beaux, Cecilia (1855-1942); 168.8x86.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Alice Davison. Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942). Oil on canvas

HM Turret-Ship "Dreadnought"(engraving)
1059963 HM Turret-Ship " Dreadnought" (engraving) by Atkins, William Edward (1842-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: HM Turret-Ship " Dreadnought")

The Lost Path, (oil on canvas)
659731 The Lost Path, (oil on canvas) by Redgrave, Richard (1804-88); 77.5x101.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lost Path. Richard Redgrave (1804-1888). Oil on canvas. Dated 1852

Mother and Child; Mere et Enfant, 1922 (oil on canvas)
656341 Mother and Child; Mere et Enfant, 1922 (oil on canvas) by Gris, Juan (1887-1927); 92x73 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mother and Child; Mere et Enfant. Juan Gris (1887-1927)

A Lover and His Lass, 1884 (watercolour)
652090 A Lover and His Lass, 1884 (watercolour) by Langley, Walter (1852-1922); 90.1x51.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Lover and His Lass. Walter Langley (1852-1922). Watercolour

Reading in a Study (oil on plywood)
HTL94060 Reading in a Study (oil on plywood) by Louderback, Walt (1887-1941); 76.2x59.7 cm; Private Collection; By courtesy of Julian Hartnoll; American, out of copyright

Melancholic Thoughts, 1907 (oil on canvas)
BAL167474 Melancholic Thoughts, 1907 (oil on canvas) by Joukovski, Stanislav Joulianovitch (1873-1944); 79x125 cm; Art Museum of Yaroslavl, Russia; Russian, out of copyright

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, plate 43 of Los Caprichos, published c
CHT163237 The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, plate 43 of Los Caprichos, published c.1810 (colour engraving) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Napoleon and his Page (engraving)
5223938 Napoleon and his Page (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Napoleon and his Page. Illustration for The Family Friend, 1876.); © Look and Learn

Punch cartoon: Happy Thought (engraving)
6035050 Punch cartoon: Happy Thought (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: Happy Thought)

David and Saul, 1878 (oil on canvas)
5037519 David and Saul, 1878 (oil on canvas) by Josephson, Ernst (1851-1906); 110.5x144 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; (add.info.: And it came to pass)

Irish and American Bar, Rue Royale- poster for The Chap Book
1770130 Irish and American Bar, Rue Royale- poster for The Chap Book, 1895 (colour lithograph) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); 40x60 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Thoughtful Child (oil on canvas)
1769872 Thoughtful Child (oil on canvas) by Irolli, Vicenzo (1860-1945); 52.1x48.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Thoughtful Child; Bimbo pensoso. Vincenzo Irolli (1860-1949). Oil on canvas

The Red Gown, (oil on canvas)
985495 The Red Gown, (oil on canvas) by Chase, William Merritt (1849-1916); 51x40.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Red Gown. William Merritt Chase (1849-1916). Oil on canvas

The Muse of Music (oil on canvas)
827077 The Muse of Music (oil on canvas) by Ehrhardt, Karl Ludwig Adolf (1813-99); 158.1x120 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Muse of Music. Karl Ludwig Adolf Ehrhardt (1813-1899)

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"Exploring the Depths of Melancholy: A Captivating Journey into Depressed Emotions" Step into the haunting world of melancholy with Edvard Munch's "Melancholy, 1894-1895, " where emotions are beautifully captured on canvas like a cat playing a sorrowful tune on a piano. Transport yourself to London in 1872 through Gustave Dore's wood engraving, "Newgate - Exercise Yard, " and feel the weight of despair that hangs heavy in the air. Richard Massingham's portrayal in Michael Laws' film "What A Life. " reminds us that even amidst laughter, depression can lurk beneath the surface, waiting to consume its victims. In an advertisement for Horlicks, find solace in knowing that there are remedies available to alleviate the burden of depression and bring comfort during dark times. The Hon. Eileen Nelson Hood stands as a symbol of strength and resilience against loneliness, reminding us that we can overcome our darkest moments with determination and grace. Witnessing an exhausted footman serves as a stark reminder that even those who serve others tirelessly can succumb to their own internal battles with depression. George Cruikshank's powerful artwork titled "The Bottle" takes us back to 1847 when addiction was prevalent. It serves as a poignant reminder of how easily one can fall prey to despair when seeking refuge within vices. A glimpse at a woman's shoulder reveals vulnerability hidden beneath her facade. It reminds us that appearances can be deceiving; anyone could be silently battling their own demons behind closed doors. Travel back in time to ancient Rome alongside Arria the Elder and Consul Aulus Caecina Paetus. Their tragic tale showcases how deep-rooted sadness transcends time and place, leaving no era untouched by its grip on humanity. Through these diverse glimpses into depressed states, we come face-to-face with raw human emotions.