despair

A return from an invasion, or, Napoleon at a nonplus / JN., British Ca...

Print shows Napoleon I coming ashore at Calais, France, defeated at every turn, without men and ships, to face the ridicule of fisherwomen, the governor, a French soldier, and an English sailor who says, "Take ... More

Hoch in der Luft umfuhr sie das Schloss dreimal und stiess jedesmal ei...

Illustration for a story showing Melusine with a serpent or dragon-like tail soaring above the castle where she lived with the nobleman Raymond. Illus. from: Volksbücher. 3 / Heransgegeben von G.O. Marbach. Le... More

Drowned in the flood / F. Opper.

Print shows Roswell P. Flower kneeling over the drowned body of a young girl labeled "Presidential Hopes"; in the background, a figure labeled "Maynard" appears to be half-buried and stuck in the mud in the aft... More

Battle of Waterloo: June 18th 1815

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0489.

Battle of Waterloo: June 18th 1815

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0489.

[Man seated in his library, looking at raven above door; and quotation...

Illus. in: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. New York : P.F. Collier & Son, vol. 5, frontispiece. From painting by Arthur E. Becher. Reference copy in LOT 4442.

Pilgrim Elliott's progress / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Howard Elliott, nearly doubled-over under a heavy burden labeled "New Haven Rail Road", walking through the "Slough of Despond" amid an atmosphere labeled "Demoralization"; wedged under the b... More

Helft! ... Soldatenratshilfe ... eile tut not! / LO.

Poster shows a desperate-looking German soldier bundled against the cold, carrying a large pack on his back. Text asks for emergency donations to the Soldiers' Aid Fund to help soldiers returning from the front... More

Learning of German retreat from her district French woman returns to f...

Photograph shows an elderly French woman, full-length portrait, facing left, seated on the stone rubble of what once was her home in the Somme region of France; also shows a large fireplace in the background. ... More

Friend in adversity painted by E. Prentis ; engd. by H.S. Sadd N.Y

Print shows a man, possibly ill or otherwise in despair, seated in a chair before a fireplace in his bedroom, a woman sitting next to him, comforts him with kind words; a teapot steams in the fireplace and dark... More

Hope / N.Y. - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a drowning woman being pulled from turbulent waters by an angel onto a small island on which is a large stone cross; the angel gestures toward the sun shining through dark clouds. D2798 U.S. Copyrig... More

Hagar and Ishmael in the desert / Liska - Keppler.

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as the biblical Hagar in a moment of despair, sitting on the ground next to a wooden figure (Ishmael) wrapped in cloth that looks like Roosevelt, wearing a crown labeled "I... More

Hope / N.Y. - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a drowning woman being pulled from turbulent waters by an angel onto a small island on which is a large stone cross; the angel gestures toward the sun shining through dark clouds. D2798 U.S. Copyrig... More

[Mexican news]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Group of people on porch of the American Hotel reading news of the Mexican War.

The eviction: a scene from life in Ireland / VE [monogram printed in r...

Print shows clusters of tenants with their belongings after being forcibly evicted from their homes on land largely owned by British absentee landlords. With "verses written expressly for this picture, by Mrs. ... More

The warrior's return / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a knight on horseback carrying a lance labeled "Reciprocity" over his shoulder with a sack labeled "Campaign Funds" hanging from it; in the background is a gia... More

An apparatus by means of which suicides can get the better of the "pen...

Illustration shows a man whose offer of marriage has been rejected and is now determined to kill himself as a means of ending his suffering; he is sitting in a chair with two handguns, aimed at his chest, mount... More

America pois'd in the balance of justice

Print shows two despondent women, possibly Britannia and America, reclining on a cliff in the rugged landscape of the new world, behind them, ships sailing toward the horizon pass a burning city, and two gods, ... More

The cave of despair / F. Opper.

Print shows Jay Gould as a giant holding a large club labeled "Monopoly", sitting on rocks, gleefully watching a line of downtrodden people entering a cave labeled "Western Union Telegraph Company - All Hope Ab... More

Puck magazine cover - Spoiling their slide / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler spreading ashes labeled "Censure, Exposure, Desire for Reform, [and] Criticism" on a slide in the snow labeled "Slide of Public Mismanagement" to the dismay of a group of c... More

The eviction: a scene from life in Ireland / VE [monogram printed in r...

Print shows clusters of tenants with their belongings after being forcibly evicted from their homes on land largely owned by British absentee landlords. With "verses written expressly for this picture, by Mrs. ... More

Blundering again! / Gillam., Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

Print shows a group of Democrats on a log raft that is breaking up within sight of land, with two logs labeled "New Jersey [and] New York" coming loose and drifting away; there is a small sail labeled "Democra[... More

Soll dieses Elend weiter gehen? Lebensmöglichkeit nur bei gerechtem Fr...

Poster shows a kneeling woman pleading with an angry man; between them a frightened child clings to his mother. Text: Shall this misery continue? Life's possibilities only happen with a just peace. Exhibited: ... More

Do not despair! Verzage nicht - Public domain American music sheet

The heart's despair - Public domain American music sheet

A song of despair - Public domain American sheet music

A song of despair - Public domain American sheet music

Despair, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music 1870-18...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Despair, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music 1870-18...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Despair, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Seperated [and] Despair - Public domain American music sheet

Despair, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music 1870-18...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Do not despair! Verzage nicht - Public domain American music sheet

The heart's despair - Public domain American music sheet

A song of despair - Public domain American sheet music

Despair, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Hope / N.Y. - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a drowning woman being pulled from turbulent waters by an angel onto a small island on which is a large stone cross; the angel gestures toward the sun shining through dark clouds. D2798 U.S. Copyrig... More

Soll dieses Elend weiter gehen? Lebensmöglichkeit nur bei gerechtem Fr...

Poster shows a kneeling woman pleading with an angry man; between them a frightened child clings to his mother. Text: Shall this misery continue? Life's possibilities only happen with a just peace. Exhibited: ... More

Seperated [and] Despair - Public domain American music sheet

The heart's despair - Public domain American music sheet

Despair, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music 1870-18...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Seperated [and] Despair - Public domain American music sheet

Despair, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

His eminence Cardinal McCloskey, portrait print

Half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Copyright no. 4864J(?). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no.3062.

The heart's despair - Public domain American music sheet

The heart's despair - Public domain American music sheet

[Mexican news]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Group of people on porch of the American Hotel reading news of the Mexican War.

Despair, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

The desponding hero of the Coldstream - a military madrigal, British C...

Print shows dejected members of the Coldstream Guards sitting around a banquet table bemoaning a possible assignment in America. Includes five stanzas of verse. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collectio... More

Seperated [and] Despair - Public domain American music sheet

A song of despair - Public domain American sheet music

The heart's despair - Public domain American music sheet

A song of despair - Public domain music sheet scan

Despair, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Despair, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Do not despair! Verzage nicht - Public domain American music sheet

Seperated [and] Despair - Public domain American music sheet

Despair, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music 1870-18...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)