Widow Collection (#2)

A widow, 1850
3478264 A widow, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a widow grieving for her loss, whilst her children look on. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A man at the grave of his wife, 1850
3478250 A man at the grave of his wife, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a man at the grave of his long-dead wife. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Mourning custom of a Northern tribe of central Australia, c.1913 (b/w photo)
3033729 Mourning custom of a Northern tribe of central Australia, c.1913 (b/w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Widows of a recently deceased man would cut off their hair)

Mr. and Mrs. Quilp (colour litho)
3101925 Mr. and Mrs. Quilp (colour litho) by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr. and Mrs. Quilp)

Elisabeth Woodville (Wydville, Wydeville or Widvile, 1437-1492), with her sons
FLO4607647 Elisabeth Woodville (Wydville, Wydeville or Widvile, 1437-1492), with her sons, begged Edward IV (1442-1483) to restore her lands - Lady Elizabeth Grey with her two young sons Thomas

La Paimpolaise, french song, c.1900 (engraving)
5675102 La Paimpolaise, french song, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Fishermans woman mourning his husband dead at the sea in Paimpol, Bretagne, France)

An endogenous figure courting a fat elderly widow, 1860 (engraving)
5616343 An endogenous figure courting a fat elderly widow, 1860 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Representation of the Byzantine Impress Eudocia Makrembolitissa (Macrembolitissa) (1021-1096)
ELD4884252 Representation of the Byzantine Impress Eudocia Makrembolitissa (Macrembolitissa) (1021-1096) widow of Emperor Constantine X with his new wife Roman IV Diogene (1030-1072)

Marie Francoise de Bourbon, Duchesse d'Orleans, wife of Philippe II the Regent
FLO4572024 Marie Francoise de Bourbon, Duchesse d'Orleans, wife of Philippe II the Regent, with Louise-Francoise le Bouthillier de Chavigny, widow of Philippe de Clerembault

One Parent Family, 1850
3478134 One Parent Family, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration titled One Parent Family depicting a widow worn out by grief and poverty, being comforted by her little boy)

A mother comforting her daughter, 1850
3478225 A mother comforting her daughter, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a mother comforting her daughter. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A maid comforting the young widow, 1850
3478224 A maid comforting the young widow, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a maid comforting the young widow. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A widow on her way to play violin at a concert to earn money to support her family, 1893
3478838 A widow on her way to play violin at a concert to earn money to support her family, 1893; (add.info.: Illustration: The Breadwinner)

A Hindu widow committing Sati, jumping into the flames to join the remains of her husband
5242583 A Hindu widow committing Sati, jumping into the flames to join the remains of her husband, from a 19th century engraving

Batz-sur-Mer, Loire-Atlantique (44), Pays de la Loire, France, Portrait of a woman in the studio wearing the costume of
LUX4731514 Batz-sur-Mer, Loire-Atlantique (44), Pays de la Loire, France, Portrait of a woman in the studio wearing the costume of widows and mourning of the village of Batz-sur-Mer

A widower grieving at the deathbed of his wife, 1850
3478322 A widower grieving at the deathbed of his wife, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a widower grieving at the deathbed of his wife)

A young widower, 1850
3478263 A young widower, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a young widower, who us unable to come to terms with his loss. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A widow leaving church on Sunday morning, 1850
3478259 A widow leaving church on Sunday morning, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a widow leaving church on Sunday morning)

A widow mourning at a graveside, 1850
3478251 A widow mourning at a graveside, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a widow mourning at a graveside. Illustrated by George John Pinwell (1842-1875)

An elderly widower, wearing a morning band, waiting at a station, escorted by his daughter, 1850
3478169 An elderly widower, wearing a morning band, waiting at a station, escorted by his daughter, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting an elderly widower, wearing a morning band)

An elderly widower sitting with his daughter, 1850
3478168 An elderly widower sitting with his daughter, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting an elderly widower sitting with his daughter. Illustrated by Herbert Bone (1853-1931)

An officer's widow in mourning dress presents her son to the Commander in Chief for admission to a military school
FLO4669258 An officer's widow in mourning dress presents her son to the Commander in Chief for admission to a military school at Horse Guards. Steel engraving by T

Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-59: Desperate defence of the fort at Futtegurgh where 150 British
530550 Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-59: Desperate defence of the fort at Futtegurgh where 150 British, of whom only one quarter could bear arms, were under siege

Mourning widow, 1850
3478320 Mourning widow, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting mourning widow at the deathbed of her husband. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Breadwinner, 1850
3478135 The Breadwinner, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration titled The Breadwinner depicting a young widow on her way to a concert to earn money to support her family)

A lonely mother with her little boy, 1850
3478183 A lonely mother with her little boy, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a lonely mother with her little boy asleep on her lap. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

n elderly widower, wearing a morning band, waiting at a station, escorted by his daughter, 1850
3478170 n elderly widower, wearing a morning band, waiting at a station, escorted by his daughter, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting an elderly widower, wearing a mourning band)

A mourning woman receiving a visitor, 1850
3478261 A mourning woman receiving a visitor, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a mourning woman receiving a visitor. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Shakespeare, Richard III Act IV Sc. IV, c.1858 (engraving)
537786 Shakespeare, Richard III Act IV Sc. IV, c.1858 (engraving); (add.info.: Shakespeare, Richard III Act IV Sc. IV. Elizabeth Woodville and the Duchess of York, Widow and mother of Edward IV)

"The Reverse of Fortune", by Mademoiselle Amanda Fougère...the Paris Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1864
"The Reverse of Fortune", by Mademoiselle Amanda Fougere...the Paris Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1864. Engraving of a painting

Black Widow
Martina Nemcekova EP

Portrait of a Woman in a Leopard Cloak, c1545. Creator: Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen
Portrait of a Woman in a Leopard Cloak, c1545. The luxuriousness of this gentlewoman's stole or mantel of European lynx is set off against a variation of a simple linen beguin headdress

Portrait of Ginevra Aldrovandi Hercolani, c1595. Creator: Lavinia Fontana
Portrait of Ginevra Aldrovandi Hercolani, c1595. Ginevra Aldrovandi's husband, the Bolognese senator Ercole Hercolani, died in 1593

The Widow Fuku Giving Birth on the Way to Court for Arraignment for Theft, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Widow Fuku Giving Birth on the Way to Court for Arraignment for Theft, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 527

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Femme de Qualité en Habit de Vefue, 1678. Creator: Jean de Dieu
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Femme de Qualite en Habit de Vefue, 1678

Mon défunt me donne des numéros.. 1833 Creator: Honore Daumier
Mon defunt me donne des numeros.. 1833. Mon defunt me donne des numeros, je gagne un quaterne, je recois une aubade, je roule sur l'or'

Widow with four children and a coffin, 1782. Creator: Aert Schouman
Widow with four children and a coffin, 1782. Weeping woman with small children. On the curtain is a poem in memory of the death of the poet Wielheesen

The Breton Martyrdom, c1900-1950. Artist: Elisabeth Sonrel
The Breton Martyrdom, 1874-1953

Queen Emma, princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont, widow of King Willem III, 1918. Creator: Jan Veth
Queen Emma, princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont, widow of King Willem III, 1918

Mrs A.J. Schmidt-Keiser...with her brother J.N. Keiser and her ten-year-old son, 1858. Creator: Jacob Spoel
Mrs A.J. Schmidt-Keiser, widow of the painter Willem Hendrik Schmidt (1809-49), tutor of Jacob Spoel, with her brother J.N. Keiser and her ten-year-old son, 1858

Silhouette of Hammond Family, 1842. Creator: Auguste Amant Constant Fidele Edouart
Silhouette of Hammond Family, 1842

"Grief" - painted by Schlessenger, 1857. Creator: Schlessenger. "Grief" - painted by Schlessenger
"Grief" - painted by Schlessenger, 1857. There's good in tears, or they had not been sent By Him who is all good

L'hiver au pays du charbon; L'Iiustration du 11 janvier 1919, 1919. Creator: Lucien Jonas
L'hiver au pays du charbon; L'Iiustration du 11 janvier 1919, 1919. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

La part de la douleur; au soir du "jour de Gloire": le pelerinage pieux des peres... 1919. Creator: J Simont
La part de la douleur; au soir du "jour de Gloire": le pelerinage pieux des peres et des meres, des veuves et des orphelins apportant des fleurs sur les degres du cenotaphe eleve a la

Portrait of Sara de Haan, Widow of the Amsterdam Underwriter Cornelis Hartsen, 1820-1832. Creator: Jan Willem Pieneman
Portrait of Sara de Haan, Widow of the Amsterdam Underwriter Cornelis Hartsen, 1820-1832

Portrait of a Woman, c.1650. Creator: Jan van Bijlert
Portrait of a Woman, c.1650

Jeanette Antoinette Pietermaat (1818-1870), wife of Pieter Mijer, 1876. Creator: Jan Hendrik Neuman
Jeanette Antoinette Pietermaat (1818-1870), wife of Pieter Mijer, (Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies), 1876

The widow, 1850-1906. Creator: Alfred Stevens
The widow, 1850-1906

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"Widow: A Tapestry of Strength, Resilience, and Legacy" In the annals of history, the word "widow" resonates with tales of remarkable women who defied expectations and forged their own destinies. From Mary, Queen of Scots, whose widowhood became a symbol of defiance against political turmoil, to St. Augustine's mother St. Monica, whose unwavering faith guided her son towards greatness in 4th-century Africa. The image shifts to an oil painting from 1855 depicting a female figure donning a hobble skirt - an emblematic representation of widows' fashion during that era. The Tatler front cover showcases Mrs La Touche Congreve cradling her baby daughter; a poignant reminder that even in times of loss, love endures. Madeleine Force Astor emerges next as she navigated life as the second wife and widow of John Jacob Astor IV during the early 20th century. Her story intertwines with Lily Elsie's enchanting presence on stage – both women embodying strength amidst adversity. Queen Victoria graces our narrative too; her widowhood immortalized through Rev's pen and pencil drawings capturing London Pictures. And let us not forget Franz Lehar's haunting melodies echoing through time – his composition serving as solace for many grieving souls. Yet it is Dorothea Lange's iconic photograph "Migrant Mother" that encapsulates the indomitable spirit within every widow - resilience etched upon faces weathered by hardship during America's Great Depression. Returning to history’s embrace once more, we witness Elizabeth Woodville meeting King Edward IV for the first time – their union transcending societal norms while shaping England’s future. Finally, we find ourselves standing on Chancery Lane Underground Station platform alongside countless widows throughout generations who have faced life head-on despite unimaginable loss – each step forward becoming part of their legacy.