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  • "Despair" from le Brun, Heads. Representing the various passions of the soul..., circa 1760
  • Above, a hand; below, a kneeling figure in despair. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1958.
  • Above, a hand; below, a kneeling figure in despair. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1958.
  • A woman raising her hands to her face in despair. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • A woman raising her hands to her face in despair. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • A woman in despair, covering her face with her hands. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1976.
  • A woman in despair, covering her face with her hands. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1976.
  • Saltires, diagonals and uprights, and the head of a person in despair. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1977.
  • A face expressing hatred and jealousy (left) and a face expressing despair (right). Engravings after C. Le Brun.
  • A woman in despair standing by a weeping willow under a stormy sky. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • A woman in despair standing by a weeping willow under a stormy sky. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • A woman in despair raising her hands above her head with clenched fingers. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1962.
  • A couple in despair surrounded by their numerous screaming babies: family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.
  • A woman in despair raising her hands above her head with clenched fingers. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1962.
  • Head of a man with hair raised, expressing despair. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • Two women comforting a boy while a monk sits beside in despair. Wood engraving after Jessie MacGregor, 1872.
  • King Richard III, sleeping in the night before the battle of Bosworth Field, is arraigned by seven ghosts, who tell him to "Despair and die". Engraving by E. Kirkall, 1709, after F. Boitard.
  • A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • Laurence Woodford, a model, seen from the side, kneeling before a draped pedestal, as if in despair. Photographic postcard, 19--.
  • A man holds his head in despair as the croupier claims all his chips in the gambling game. Wood engraving.
  • Laurence Woodford, a model, seen from the side, kneeling before a draped pedestal, as if in despair. Photographic postcard, 19--.
  • A man holds his head in despair as the croupier claims all his chips in the gambling game. Wood engraving.
  • A pair of arms thrown up in despair at the thought that there is no God. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1975.
  • A pair of arms thrown up in despair at the thought that there is no God. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1975.
  • Syphilis and gonorrhoea: graphs showing their increased incidence in Bavaria, and a woman in despair. Colour lithograph by H. Ehlers, 1946.
  • A face expressing hatred or jealousy (left); a face with hair on end expressing despair. Engraving, c. 1760, 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.
  • An American man in despair at the thought of infecting his wife and child with a sexually transmitted disease. Colour lithograph, ca. 1944.
  • A man with crutches sits in despair in front of a blueprint for a penny-farthing wheelchair. Colour lithograph after O. Kacher, 19--.
  • A man with crutches sits in despair in front of a blueprint for a penny-farthing wheelchair. Colour lithograph after O. Kacher, 19--.