Feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation

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A prisoner is sitting on straw in a cave with his feet chained to the wall, there are a few provisions on a small shelf in the rock. Etching by R. Blyth after J.H. Mortimer.

A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

One of two scenes from the Naya-nayika set of lovers' quarrels. Chromolithograph.

A couple in animal skins (Adam and Eve?) journeying with three children after the expulsion. Coloured stipple engraving.

The maze of trees, emotional cancer journey, artwork

A drunken man fights with his family, all ruined through his drinking habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

Death looms above a group of people inflicted with various physical and mental diseases - a lazar house. Stipple engraving by M. Haughton, 1813, after H. Fuseli.

Two faces: one expressing extreme despair (left), the other anger mixed with rage (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

A man lying dead on the ground with a broken bottle; a woman sits crying at his side. Lithograph by C. Schacher, c. 1845, after J. Faed.

A drunken man returns home to his despairing wife and children. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.

Head of a man with hair raised, expressing despair. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Loss, emotional cancer journey, artwork

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A drunken man is arrested for killing his wife. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

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Despair

Images from the collections

Images about Despair

Works from the collections

A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Loss, emotional cancer journey, artwork

Head of a man with hair raised, expressing despair. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

A drunken man is arrested for killing his wife. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

Despair

Images from the collections

Images about Despair

Works from the collections

A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Loss, emotional cancer journey, artwork

Head of a man with hair raised, expressing despair. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

A drunken man is arrested for killing his wife. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

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