The Agony of Unmet Expectations is an autobiographical analog collage by North Carolina artist Natalie Schorr.

© Natalie Schorr, 2026

Collage of drawing, wood engravings, hand colored engravings, graphite, watercolor, ink on Twinrocker handmade paper
Framed: 13” x 17”

Sources for select collage elements:

Goldsmith’s History of the Earth and Animated Nature Volume 1
Oliver Goldsmith, 1866
Engravings and hand colored engravings

The Art-Journal
George Virtue, 1849
Engravings

Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly
Various editions from 1878-1892
Wood engravings

Other books with engravings of similar vintage