Gloomy Collection (#5)

First World War 1918, 1918 (oil on canvas)
656948 First World War 1918, 1918 (oil on canvas) by Hughes-Stanton, Herbert (1870-1937); 147.5x198 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: First World War 1918. Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton (1870-1937)

After-Dinner Coffee (recto), c. 1889 (graphite on paper)
3700708 After-Dinner Coffee (recto), c.1889 (graphite on paper) by Cassatt, Mary Stevenson (1844-1926); 20x14 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Bequest of Muriel Butkin; American, out of copyright

Page 29 Ice Islands, 1768-75 (w / c)
5670293 Page 29 Ice Islands, 1768-75 (w/c) by Hodges, William (1744-97); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Original Sketches, Drawings)

Page 28 Ice islands with the Resolution and Adventure, 1768-75 (w / c)
5670292 Page 28 Ice islands with the Resolution and Adventure, 1768-75 (w/c) by Hodges, William (1744-97); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Original Sketches, Drawings)

Absinth, 1902 (pastel on paper)
5614468 Absinth, 1902 (pastel on paper) by Mucha, Alphonse Marie (1860-1939); 47.5x63 cm; Narodni Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic; (add.info)

Melencolia I, 1514 (engraving)
5863235 Melencolia I, 1514 (engraving) by DAorer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); 23.8x18.6 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

The ancient dark forest (engraving)
977792 The ancient dark forest (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The ancient dark forest)

The Bull s-Eye, from London, a Pilgrimage
STC377529 The Bull s-Eye, from London, a Pilgrimage, written by William Blanchard Jerrold (1826-84) & engraved by Adolphe Francois Pannemaker (b.1822) pub

Statue in a Park, 1931 (oil on canvas)
2829408 Statue in a Park, 1931 (oil on canvas) by Gertler, Mark (1891-1939); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums, Galleries & Archives; Given by the Contemporary Art Society

Comic postcard, Gloomy businessman - Ups and Downs Date: 20th century

Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea, London
Distant view of Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea, London. Date: circa 1930s

Trafalgar Squre by night, London. Date: circa 1909

Imaginary Landscape, after 1600 (oil on copper)
488028 Imaginary Landscape, after 1600 (oil on copper) by Brueghel, Jan (1568-1625) (follower of); 17.6x25.9 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Windermere (w / c on paper)
WRD274286 Windermere (w/c on paper) by Smith, John Warwick (1749-1831); 34.8x51 cm; Wordsworth Trust; eThe Wordsworth Trust; English, out of copyright

Mal tiempo pasas (gouache)
BRM347390 Mal tiempo pasas (gouache) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); Private Collection; (add.info.: possible translation include You are experiencing bad weather or You are going)

Neptune, 1610 (pen & ink heightened with gouache on paper)
AMO110732 Neptune, 1610 (pen & ink heightened with gouache on paper) by Gheyn, Jacques II de (1565-1629); 23.1x27.9 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; Dutch

Twilight in the Woodlands, 1850 (oil on paper laid down on canvas)
FIT63131 Twilight in the Woodlands, 1850 (oil on paper laid down on canvas) by Martin, John (1789-1854); 38.1x76.3 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; eFitzwilliam Museum; English

Melenconia I, 1514 (Burin engraving)
5890642 Melenconia I, 1514 (Burin engraving) by DAorer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); 24x18.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Path to Louveciennes; Un Chemin a Louveciennes, 1876 (oil on canvas)
1765148 The Path to Louveciennes; Un Chemin a Louveciennes, 1876 (oil on canvas) by Sisley, Alfred (1839-99); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Path to Louveciennes; Un Chemin a Louveciennes)

Along the Shore, 1870 (oil on canvas)
985366 Along the Shore, 1870 (oil on canvas) by Richards, William Trost (1833-1905); 36.5x67 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Along the Shore. William Trost Richards (1833-1905). Oil on canvas

The Absinthe Drinkers (Les Declasses), 1881 (oil on canvas)
1073548 The Absinthe Drinkers (Les Declasses), 1881 (oil on canvas) by Raffaelli, Jean Francois (1850-1924); 108x108 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

Individual Houses (Houses with Mountains), 1915 (oil on canvas)
2646950 Individual Houses (Houses with Mountains), 1915 (oil on canvas) by Schiele, Egon (1890-1918); 109.8x139.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A Blustery Winter Day, (oil on panel)
658212 A Blustery Winter Day, (oil on panel) by Brancaccio, Carlo (1861-1920); 26.7x38.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Blustery Winter Day. Carlo Brancaccio (1861-1920). Oil on panel

Golgotha (It is Finished), (oil on canvas)
658177 Golgotha (It is Finished), (oil on canvas) by Gerome, Jean Leon (1824-1904); 81.3x146 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Golgotha (It is Finished). Jean Leon Gerome (1824-1904)

Midocean, (oil on canvas)
650642 Midocean, (oil on canvas) by Harrison, Lowell Birge (1854-1929); 61.3x76.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Midocean. Lovell Birge Harrison (1854-1929). Oil on canvas

Page 32a View, possibly of Dusky Bay, New Zealand, 1768-75 (w / c)
5670296 Page 32a View, possibly of Dusky Bay, New Zealand, 1768-75 (w/c) by Hodges, William (1744-97); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Original Sketches, Drawings)

Page 27a Ice Island, 1768-75 (w / c)
5670291 Page 27a Ice Island, 1768-75 (w/c) by Hodges, William (1744-97); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Original Sketches, Drawings)

Monterey, 1890s (oil on panel)
3949571 Monterey, 1890s (oil on panel) by Dewing, Thomas Wilmer (1851-1938); 50.8x40 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Winter Landscape (oil on panel)
XKH149012 Winter Landscape (oil on panel) by Ruisdael, Jacob Isaaksz. or Isaacksz. van (1628/9-82); 27x32 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; Dutch, out of copyright

Dismal Jemmy, from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 1923 (colour litho)
KDC465749 Dismal Jemmy, from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 1923 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

Isaac is a tall, lean, gloomy personage (colour litho)
3633877 Isaac is a tall, lean, gloomy personage (colour litho) by Brock, Charles Edmund (1870-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Isaac is a tall, lean, gloomy personage)

Interior of a coal mine, Newcastle upon Tyne. circa 1850

Castle Garden, New York City, 1859 (oil on canvas)
1079433 Castle Garden, New York City, 1859 (oil on canvas) by Cropsey, Jasper Francis (1823-1900); 38.4x61.6 cm; Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Byrons Early Love by E M Ward. 19th century

Officers by trenches, meeting at dusk, WW1
Officers by trenches, meeting at dusk, First World War. 1914-1918

Green nude, 1916 (oil on canvas)
712294 Green nude, 1916 (oil on canvas) by Vallotton, Felix Edouard (1865-1925); 100x81 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Swiss, out of copyright

The Bondhus Glacier in Sunnhordland, 1878 (oil on canvas)
659688 The Bondhus Glacier in Sunnhordland, 1878 (oil on canvas) by Bodom, Erik (1829-79); 108.5x157.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bondhus Glacier in Sunnhordland. Erik Bodom (1829-1879)

The Rehearsal in the Choir Loft (oil on canvas)
CH440556 The Rehearsal in the Choir Loft (oil on canvas) by Lerolle, Henri (1848-1929); 101.6x152.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

The Salon Carre of the Villa Trianon, c. 1910 (oil on canvas)
CH465387 The Salon Carre of the Villa Trianon, c.1910 (oil on canvas) by Gay, Walter (1856-1937); 46x56 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; American, out of copyright

A Windmill by a
3892983 A Windmill by a by Goyen, Jan Josephsz van (1596-1656); National Gallery, London, UK; (add.info.: A Windmill by a River - 1642); Photo © Derek Bayes. All rights reserved 2022

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

Landscape from the Dniepr River, c. 1878-89 (oil on canvas)
AGR252113 Landscape from the Dniepr River, c.1878-89 (oil on canvas) by Rodakowski, Henryk Hipolit (1823-94); 29x34 cm; Private Collection; Agra Art, Warsaw, Poland; Polish, out of copyright

Old Hungerford Bridge, 1861 (etching on paper)
FSG324661 Old Hungerford Bridge, 1861 (etching on paper) by Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903); 13.8x21.4 cm; Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA; Freer Gallery of Art

Portrait of a noblewoman, c. 1550 (oil on panel)
488116 Portrait of a noblewoman, c.1550 (oil on panel) by English School, (16th century); 76.5x57.6 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Square in Ypres, Dusk, c. 1898 (oil on canvas)
CH376391 Square in Ypres, Dusk, c.1898 (oil on canvas) by Le Sidaner, Henri Eugene Augustin (1862-1939); 57.4x72.9 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

Seated Fisherman (oil on board)
1213145 Seated Fisherman (oil on board) by English School; 30.4x45.2 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; eTyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright

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In a world of gloomy landscapes and somber moments, Pierrot and Columbine put on their painted smiles, desperately seeking to bring light into the darkness. The River Clyde stands as a symbol of the shipbuilding industry in Glasgow, Scotland, its once bustling docks now echoing with silence and memories of a bygone era in May 1951. The Gold Mining Ghost Town of Bodie tells tales of lost dreams and abandoned hopes, where empty streets whisper stories of forgotten riches. Nocturne: Grey and Silver - Chelsea Embankment, Winter captures the melancholic beauty that winter brings to London's riverside, evoking feelings of solitude amidst the city's hustle. An astronaut surveys his situation after being marooned on a barren planet – an isolated figure against an endless expanse. In Winterbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, an athlete leaps over hurdles with determination despite the cold surroundings; his perseverance shining through even in gloominess. Thames Embankment by night reveals a mysterious aura as it stretches towards Westminster Bridge – shadows dancing along dimly lit paths. Urkiola Natural Park's cross stands tall against grey skies in Biscay province within Basque Country; a beacon amidst nature's moody palette. As sunrise paints Mount Kibo's summit in vibrant hues atop Kilimanjaro National Park’s glacier at dawn breaks through the gloominess like hope piercing despair. Trafalgar Square loses its usual vibrancy under foggy London nights but still holds an eerie charm that captivates passersby. Fractal graphics create abstract patterns that mirror life’s complexities even when obscured by darkness. Reynisdrangar rock formation emerges dramatically from black sand beaches near Vik i Myrdal in Suourland Iceland; nature showcasing its raw power beneath brooding clouds. In this collection of images capturing moments both real and imagined across various corners of our world lies the beauty of gloominess.