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Background imageDespair Collection: Monumental Arch, Palmyra, Syria

Monumental Arch, Palmyra, Syria
Sunset at the Unesco World heritage Site. Before the Syrian conflict started in 2011, more than 150, 000 tourists visited the city of Palmyra every year

Background imageDespair Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - sails made

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - sails made
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, It ceased; yet still the sails made on, a pleasant noise till noon

Background imageDespair Collection: William Hogarth Gin Lane

William Hogarth Gin Lane
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths Beer Street and Gin Lane. They depict the evils of the consumption of gin as a contrast to the merits of drinking beer

Background imageDespair Collection: Palmyra, Syria

Palmyra, Syria
The Colonnade street in Palmyra, Syria

Background imageDespair Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Water Snakes

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Water Snakes
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water snakes

Background imageDespair Collection: Attila in the battle on the fields Catalaunian

Attila in the battle on the fields Catalaunian
illustration of Attila in the battle on the fields Catalaunian

Background imageDespair Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - and still it neared

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - and still it neared
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist ! and still it neared and neared

Background imageDespair Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - My soul in agony

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - My soul in agony
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony

Background imageDespair Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - I saw that curse

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - I saw that curse
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, and yet I could not die

Background imageDespair Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - rain poured down

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - rain poured down
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, And the rain poured down from one black cloud

Background imageDespair Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - They groaned

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - They groaned
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, nor spake, not moved their eyes

Background imageDespair Collection: La Fontaines Fables - Death and the Unhappy Man

La Fontaines Fables - Death and the Unhappy Man
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. Death and the Unhappy Man

Background imageDespair Collection: La Fontaines Fables - The Woodman and Mercury

La Fontaines Fables - The Woodman and Mercury
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. The Woodman and Mercury

Background imageDespair Collection: La Fontaines Fables - Jupiter and the Farmer

La Fontaines Fables - Jupiter and the Farmer
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. Jupiter and the Farmer

Background imageDespair Collection: Murrain of beasts

Murrain of beasts
Vintage engraving by Gustave DorA from 1870 showing a scene from the Old Testament Murrain of beasts

Background imageDespair Collection: The enchantment of Don Quixote

The enchantment of Don Quixote
" The enchantment of Don Quixote. Engraving from 1870. Engraving by Gustave Dore, Photo by D Walker."

Background imageDespair Collection: David mourns

David mourns
[url=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=11047139][img]http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5809/5232617.2/0_702d2_40b270_orig[/img][/url] Engraving by Gustave Dore

Background imageDespair Collection: Lovers in the moonlit forest

Lovers in the moonlit forest
" The lovers in the moonlit forest, a scene from Atala. Engraving from 1870. Engraving by Gustave Dore, Photo by D Walker."

Background imageDespair Collection: David Mourning the Death of Absalom

David Mourning the Death of Absalom
Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a sdcene from the Old Testament by Gustave Dore showing David Mourning the Death of Absalom his son who was killed after leading a rebellion against his father

Background imageDespair Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner Nor any drop to drink

Rime of the Ancient Mariner Nor any drop to drink
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink

Background imageDespair Collection: God saves Jerusalem from the plague

God saves Jerusalem from the plague
[url=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=11047139][img]http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5809/5232617.2/0_702d2_40b270_orig[/img][/url] God prevents further deaths in

Background imageDespair Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The moving Moon went up the sky. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the longest major poem by the English poet

Background imageDespair Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - upon the rotting sea

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - upon the rotting sea
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, I looked upon the rotting sea, and draw my eyes away

Background imageDespair Collection: Scenic painting of the last judgment

Scenic painting of the last judgment
[url=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=11047139][img]http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5809/5232617.2/0_702d2_40b270_orig[/img][/url] Engraving by Gustave Dore

Background imageDespair Collection: Infinite wrath and infinite despair 1885

Infinite wrath and infinite despair 1885
Engraving by Gustave Dore. From Miltons Paradise Lost by Robert Vaughan, D.D. Chicago and New York 1885

Background imageDespair Collection: The Despairing One

The Despairing One
Vintage engraving by Albrech Durer, showing Der Verzweifelnde (the despairing), 1519

Background imageDespair Collection: Melencolia Municipality

Melencolia Municipality
Vintage engraving by Albrech Durer, showing Melencolia, 1514Vintage engraving by Albrech Durer, showing Saint Eustace, c.1501

Background imageDespair Collection: The Melancholia

The Melancholia
Vintage engraving by Albrecht Durer c.1524 of the Melancholia. Melancholia was described as a distinct disease with particular mental and physical symptoms in the fifth and fourth centuries BC

Background imageDespair Collection: Don Quixote - Hero on Old Horse

Don Quixote - Hero on Old Horse
Don Quixote. Pen and ink style illustration of Don Quixote on the old nag, Rocinante

Background imageDespair Collection: Death of a Spouse

Death of a Spouse
This vintage image depicts a distraught husband beside his wife on her deathbed

Background imageDespair Collection: Close-Up Woman Lying In Bed With Pained Expression Holding Hand To Forehead Indoor

Close-Up Woman Lying In Bed With Pained Expression Holding Hand To Forehead Indoor
UNITED STATES - Circa 1970s: Close-Up Woman Lying In Bed With Pained Expression Holding Hand To Forehead Indoor

Background imageDespair Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner Other was a softer voice

Rime of the Ancient Mariner Other was a softer voice
Vintage engraving of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Coleridge. The other was a softer voice. Herbert Cole, 1900

Background imageDespair Collection: Rime of the Ancient Mariner - What Evil Looks

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - What Evil Looks
Vintage engraving of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Coleridge. Ah, well a day! what evil looks. Herbert Cole, 1900

Background imageDespair Collection: Old rusty bike leaning up against wall outside

Old rusty bike leaning up against wall outside
Old rusty bike leaning up against wall of building outside

Background imageDespair Collection: Desperate young man wearing a suit holding his hands to his face, worried

Desperate young man wearing a suit holding his hands to his face, worried

Background imageDespair Collection: Fighting The Pounds

Fighting The Pounds
26th November 1955: Principal Boy actress Lynette Ray working out under the supervision of Mickey Wood at his Tough Guy Agency in Marylebone, London

Background imageDespair Collection: Illustration, person stranded on deserted island with single palm tree

Illustration, person stranded on deserted island with single palm tree

Background imageDespair Collection: Illustration of Herman Watzinger almost drowning in rough sea near Kon-Tiki raft

Illustration of Herman Watzinger almost drowning in rough sea near Kon-Tiki raft

Background imageDespair Collection: Young, desperate man wearing a shirt and a tie holding his hands over his ears

Young, desperate man wearing a shirt and a tie holding his hands over his ears, has 100-euro notes stuffed into his mouth

Background imageDespair Collection: Young man wearing a suit holding his hand on his forehead, worried

Young man wearing a suit holding his hand on his forehead, worried

Background imageDespair Collection: Pigeon standing on a statue in Jardin des Tuileries, Paris (France)

Pigeon standing on a statue in Jardin des Tuileries, Paris (France)
Cain, 1896, statue by Henri Vidal (ca 1895-1955), Tuileries Garden, Paris (France)

Background imageDespair Collection: The Crawlers

The Crawlers
A beggar paid to look after a baby sitting at the side of a street, circa 1877. From Street Life in London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub. 1877 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDespair Collection: Tartarus

Tartarus
The three most famous inhabitants of Tartarus, the ancient Greek equivalent of Hell, circa 1500 BC. From left to right, Sisyphus endlessly shoulders his rock, Ixion is bound to a wheel for eternity

Background imageDespair Collection: Vision Of Hell

Vision Of Hell
An engraving depicting Hell and its wretched inhabitants, circa 1650. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageDespair Collection: Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz Destitute Man

Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz Destitute Man
Vintage engraving from Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz. Looks that he had long forgotten were fixed upon him once more; voices long since hushed in death sounded in his ears like the music of village

Background imageDespair Collection: Xenophon, retreating in Persia, reaches the Black Sea

Xenophon, retreating in Persia, reaches the Black Sea
Illustration of a Xenophon, retreating in Persia, reaches the Black Sea

Background imageDespair Collection: Ship Wreak

Ship Wreak
Vintage engraving from 1898 showing people shooting rocket toward Ship Wreak

Background imageDespair Collection: Begging Venetians by luigi mion

Begging Venetians by luigi mion
Antique illustration of a Begging Venetians by luigi mion



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