EditorialOtstupaia pered Krasnoi Armiei belogvardeitsy zhgut khleb [Retreating before the Red Army, the White Guards burn grain] Coloured lithograph. Depicts starving peasants pleading with White Army soldiers who are setting fire to grain supplies. A priest...
Editorial'Tak bol'she ne budet' (It will be like this no more). A wealthy capitalist, priest, general and civil servant, are depicted sitting on sacks of money and food, while downtrodden workers are starving and working, and being forced to fight against their...
EditorialThe dog in the manger. The Fables of ?sop and others. Translated into hum. W. Kent & Co.: London, 1857. A dog dressed as a butler. A bull stands at a door holding a sign which states 'I am starving'. Image taken from The Fables of ?sop and others. T...
EditorialOstanovite etot potol golodnykh: vashei tovarishcheskoi pomosh'iu [Stop this stream of starving people: with your comradely help] . [A Collection of posters issued by the Soviet government.]. Москва (Moscow), [1918-21]. published by Moskva: Gos...
EditorialThe monkeys have resolved to die by starving themselves to death on the shores of the southern ocean rather than return to face their king’s wrath. They are seen by the wingless vulture Sa?pāti, brother of the vulture king Ja?āyu, who had died ...
Editorial'The present and the future'. John Bull "I'll do my best to help you over the Christmas - you must then look to my friend yonder". The Lancashire Cotton Famine was brought about by the interruption of baled cotton imports caused by the American Civil W...
EditorialBroadsheet relating to the ballad of Mr Grasshopper (a corrupt middleman) who exploits starving workers; he is being carried aloft by peasants.
EditorialTwo Brothers Zhang Xiao and Zhang Li, Edo period (1615?1868), mid-19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink on thin paper, H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm), Prints, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797?1861), This extremely rare ...
EditorialFrench happiness English misery, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, engraving 1793, on the left, four ragged and starving sansculottes fighting over a frog, a cat has dropped dead at their feet, and scenes of death in the background; on the right, a scene...
EditorialFrench happiness English misery, Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, engraving 1793, on the left, four ragged and starving sansculottes fighting over a frog, a cat has dropped dead at their feet, and scenes of death in the background; on the right, a scene...
EditorialTwo starving Egyptians. Relief from the access ramp of the pyramid of Ounas, last king of the 5th Dynasty (2420 BCE) from Saqqara, Egypt. Pyramid Era, Old Kingdom. Limestone,38 x 20 x 1,4cm E 17381.