Shocking Collection

Advert / Schiaparelli 1938
Schiaparelli " Shocking" - perfume, powder and lipstick

Poster for Arnold Louise Millers Primitive London (1965)

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1883-84, (oil on canvas)
1127610 Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1883-84, (oil on canvas) by Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925); 207x110 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Breaking bad news
MODEL RELEASED. Breaking bad news. General practitioner breaking bad news to an elderly patient

Princesse De Lamballe
MARIE THERESE LOUISE DE SAVOIE princesse LAMBALLE, friend of Marie Antoinette and one of the most shocking victims of the Revolution not long after this portrait was made

Bridge-Playing Girl 1907
A young woman in a red dress suffering from a shocking evening at bridge

Cartoon commenting on the grotesque effect of a pitch helmet, sun goggles and puttees, 19th century
5308698 Cartoon commenting on the grotesque effect of a pitch helmet, sun goggles and puttees, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on the grotesque effect of a pitch helmet)

The Agitation Against Ritualism: Mr. Kensit's Violent Protest in a West End Church, c1900
The Agitation Against Ritualism: Mr. Kensit's Violent Protest in a West End Church, c1898, (c1900)....Mr. John Kensit

Death of the "Lion Queen", in Wombwell's Menagerie, at Chatham, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Death of the "Lion Queen", in Wombwell's Menagerie, at Chatham [in Kent], 1850. It was the business of the deceased [17-year-old Ellen Blight] to go into the dens

Finger nails of a high class Chinese person
3790091 Finger nails of a high class Chinese person; (add.info.: Finger nails of a high class Chinese person, four curling nails of extreme length)

Grave in a shell hole, Western Front, WW1
A soldier's grave in a shell hole on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Reading a Letter (pastel on paper)
GLS2964 Reading a Letter (pastel on paper) by Degas, Edgar (1834-1917); 63x45 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland; (add.info)

The Phantom Ship The Marlborough discovered near Cape Horn, from Le Petit Journal, 19th October 1913 (colour litho)
CHT182658 The Phantom Ship The Marlborough discovered near Cape Horn, from Le Petit Journal, 19th October 1913 (colour litho) by French School

Rioting women breaking into a fashionable restaurant in Berlin, World War I, 1916 (colour litho)
6000374 Rioting women breaking into a fashionable restaurant in Berlin, World War I, 1916 (colour litho) by Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for La Vie De Londres by Mars (litho)
3096878 Illustration for La Vie De Londres by Mars (litho) by Bonvoisin, Maurice Charles Mathieu (Mars) (1849-1912); Private Collection; (add.info)

Assassination attempt against President Felix Faure of France during Bastille Day celebrations at Longchamp, Paris
6000532 Assassination attempt against President Felix Faure of France during Bastille Day celebrations at Longchamp, Paris, 1896 (engraving) by French School

Sciarra Colonna et Guillaume de Nogaret a Anagni. Sciarra Colonna and Guillaume de Nogaret confronting Pope Boniface
6029302 Sciarra Colonna et Guillaume de Nogaret a Anagni. Sciarra Colonna and Guillaume de Nogaret confronting Pope Boniface VIII at Anagni, Italy, 1303 (engraving) by Maignan

An irascible Englishman (colour litho)
2807777 An irascible Englishman (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An irascible Englishman)

Assassination attempt on French politician Pierre Baudin (engraving)
2783444 Assassination attempt on French politician Pierre Baudin (engraving) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fatal accident on the River Seine (colour litho)
2782175 Fatal accident on the River Seine (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fatal accident on the River Seine. Mortel Accident En Seine)

A shooting on a tram (colour litho)
2782411 A shooting on a tram (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A shooting on a tram. Un Drame Sur Un Tramway)

All The Girls Are Loverly Loverly (colour litho)
2815991 All The Girls Are Loverly Loverly (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: All The Girls Are Loverly Loverly)

A lion tamer devoured by a lioness (colour litho)
2818180 A lion tamer devoured by a lioness (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A lion tamer devoured by a lioness)

Shooting on Rue Drouot, Paris (litho)
2818828 Shooting on Rue Drouot, Paris (litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shooting on Rue Drouot, Paris)

Knife attack on a priest, France, 1897 (colour litho)
971955 Knife attack on a priest, France, 1897 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Knife attack on a priest, France, 1897)

Interior, 1912 (oil on canvas)
651138 Interior, 1912 (oil on canvas) by Benson, Frank Weston (1862-1951); 76.5x64.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Interior. Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951). Oil on canvas

An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768 (oil on canvas)
BAL5872 An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768 (oil on canvas) by Wright of Derby, Joseph (1734-97); 182.9x243.9 cm; National Gallery, London, UK; English, out of copyright

A grey marble figure of a pug (grey marble)
1766778 A grey marble figure of a pug (grey marble) by Lami, Stanislas (1858-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: A grey marble figure of a pug. Stanislas Lami (1858-1944)

Blue head; Kopf In Blau, 1918 (oil on board)
656647 Blue head; Kopf In Blau, 1918 (oil on board) by Jawlensky, Alexej von (1864-1941); 36x28 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Blue head; Kopf In Blau. Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941)

Not Here (colour litho)
5230178 Not Here (colour litho) by Underwood, Clarence F. (1871-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: Not Here. Illustration from Girls of Today (Frederick A Stokes Company, New York)

Angry reaction of a wounded soldier in hospital to a visit from Empress Augusta Victoria, World War I, 1915 (litho)
6000330 Angry reaction of a wounded soldier in hospital to a visit from Empress Augusta Victoria, World War I, 1915 (litho) by Bombled

Sketches on the River Amazon in 1872, Part I (engraving)
1052744 Sketches on the River Amazon in 1872, Part I (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches on the River Amazon in 1872, Part I)

Thumb-Nail Sketches round the Isle of Wight (engraving)
1055033 Thumb-Nail Sketches round the Isle of Wight (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thumb-Nail Sketches round the Isle of Wight)

Farm Life in Canada, I (engraving)
1045429 Farm Life in Canada, I (engraving) by Boot, William Henry James (1848-1918) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Farm Life in Canada, I)

Sarah Brown Posing as Cleopatra for the Bal des Quat z arts, 1893 (b / w photo)
495416 Sarah Brown Posing as Cleopatra for the Bal des Quat z arts, 1893 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The discovery of six children abandoned by their parents (colour litho)
2779224 The discovery of six children abandoned by their parents (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Comic postcard, Ladies Only toilet - Put me among the girls! Date: early 20th century

Woman and her confessor (colour photo)
3094467 Woman and her confessor (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman and her confessor. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Girl with two exclamation marks (b / w photo)
3091207 Girl with two exclamation marks (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl with two exclamation marks)

English gentleman on an old nag rejected by a man on a bay horse. Mr. Jack Bunting rejected. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Robert Smith Surtees Plain or

Rabbit, (coloured pencil on paper)
985008 Rabbit, (coloured pencil on paper) by Wood, Grant (1891-1942); 15.8x17.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Rabbit. Grant Wood (1892-1942). Coloured pencil on paper

The Tragedies; La Tragedie, 1915 (sheet iron)
653089 The Tragedies; La Tragedie, 1915 (sheet iron) by Gargallo, Pablo (1881-1934); height: 35 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tragedies; La Tragedie. Pablo Gargallo (1881-1934). Sheet iron

Neighbourly Refreshment (colour litho)
5207821 Neighbourly Refreshment (colour litho) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Neighbourly Refreshment)

Woman providing shocking evidence in court (chromolitho)
5996131 Woman providing shocking evidence in court (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman providing shocking evidence in court)

The Golden Remedy or Electrical Panacea, 1818 (coloured etching)
CHT203382 The Golden Remedy or Electrical Panacea, 1818 (coloured etching) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

A doctor struck by a bout of insanity while operating on a sick patient in Russia (colour litho)
2779752 A doctor struck by a bout of insanity while operating on a sick patient in Russia (colour litho) by French School

Mr Gladstone at Hawarden, playing a Game of Backgammon with his Son, the Reverend Stephen Gladstone (litho)
1039466 Mr Gladstone at Hawarden, playing a Game of Backgammon with his Son, the Reverend Stephen Gladstone (litho) by Hall

Postcard booklet, workers cutting sugar cane, USA
Postcard booklet, workers cutting, shocking and stocking in the sugar cane fields, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937

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"Unveiling the Shocking: A Journey through Time and Art" Step into a world where art transcends boundaries, leaving us in awe with its shocking revelations. From the iconic Schiaparelli 1938 Advert to Arnold Louise Miller's Primitive London poster of 1965, prepare to be captivated by the unexpected. Intrigue surrounds Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), an oil on canvas masterpiece from 1883-84 that challenges societal norms with its provocative allure. Meanwhile, Gin Lane's engraving from 1751 takes us back to a time when society was confronted with the harsh realities of addiction and poverty. Breaking bad news is never easy, yet it remains an essential part of life. As we delve deeper into history, we encounter Princesse De Lamballe and her tragic fate during tumultuous times. The Bridge-Playing Girl of 1907 reminds us that even in innocence, there can be hidden depths waiting to be explored. The horrors of war are laid bare in Grave in a shell hole, Western Front - a haunting reminder of the sacrifices made during World War I. On a lighter note, Reading a Letter transports us to moments filled with anticipation and emotion as we unravel personal narratives captured delicately on pastel paper. CHRISTOF VON GALEN emerges as both controversial figure and symbol of resistance against injustice. His unwavering determination inspires generations to challenge societal norms fearlessly. And let's not forget London Life magazine's mother-child fashion spread from 1966 - showcasing how fashion has always pushed boundaries while celebrating maternal love. Prepare yourself for an artistic journey like no other; these shocking masterpieces will leave you questioning conventions and embracing new perspectives. Open your mind as you explore this captivating collection that defies expectations at every turn.