Intense emotional state that sometimes results in combative and destructive actions

A frontal outline and a profile of faces expressing anger. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

Four faces expressing (clockwise from top left): hatred or jealousy, anger, acute pain and desire. Etching by A-J. de Fehrt after C. Le Brun.

The face of a man in a state of anger. Engraving by J. Tinney, ca. 1730/1740, after C. Le Brun.

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

Six vignettes on a design for a fan illustrating how to lead a moral and happy life. Stipple engraving, 1797.

Six faces expressing the human passions: (clockwise from top left) scorn, laughter, acute pain, desire, anger, sadness. Coloured etching, c. 1800, after C. Le Brun.

Two women read aloud and talk to each other, while a sick man listens in suffering silence. Line engraving.

An outline of a face expressing acute pain (left); a face showing anger. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

A black and white target circle with a pink centre and the message in French: "Homosexuals: 20,000 live in anger" representing an advertisement for a gay pride event organised by ACT UP on Saturday 22 June, 1996. Colour lithograph.

Hundred Years' War: surgeons and craftsmen of surgical instruments being forced to go with the English army as part of the 1415 invasion of France. Gouache painting by A. Forestier, 1913.

Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a broken segmental pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1783, after T. Stothard after C. Cibber, 1680.

A woman plays music to a stag; God condemns Adam and Eve to exile; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.

1 drawing : watercolour with indian ink, with silver

Domestic violence: a man beating his wife with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

2 prints : etching ; platemark (L): 9.8 x 5.9 cm

Tardieu, Auguste Ambroise (1818-1879): documents relating to ?tude Medico-legale sur la Folie.

Domestic violence: a wife beating her husband with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

Bhairava riding a dog with worshipper. Gouache drawing.

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Anger

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Domestic violence: a man beating his wife with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

An outline of a face expressing acute pain (left); a face showing anger. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

Tardieu, Auguste Ambroise (1818-1879): documents relating to ?tude Medico-legale sur la Folie.

Domestic violence: a wife beating her husband with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

Bhairava riding a dog with worshipper. Gouache drawing.

Anger

Images from the collections

Images referencing Anger

Works from the collections

Domestic violence: a man beating his wife with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

An outline of a face expressing acute pain (left); a face showing anger. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

Tardieu, Auguste Ambroise (1818-1879): documents relating to ?tude Medico-legale sur la Folie.

Domestic violence: a wife beating her husband with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

Bhairava riding a dog with worshipper. Gouache drawing.

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