A series of paintings reimagining the famous ”From the Depths’ illustration (photogravure) by William Balfour – Ker, in John Ames Mitchell’s 1906 novel, ‘The Silent War’. The illustration depicts a lavish social event in a large ballroom  attended by the well-to-do; the party is disrupted when a fist erupts through the floor, beneath which are the struggling masses of the less fortunate who provide the foundation support on which the wealthy rest.