Misfortune Collection

CAPTAIN JAMES LOWRY Sea-captain who had the misfortune to flog one of his seamen to death, whereupon he himself had the misfortune to be hanged. Date: ? - 1752

JEANNE-MARIE ROLAND French revolutionary who, having the misfortune to be the wrong kind of revolutionary, dies by the guillotine Date: 1754 - 1793

Disadvantages of a short cut. "I have kept my dear Amelia waiting a deuced long time
Disadvantages of a short cut. " I have kept my dear Amelia waiting a deuced long time! - but this short cut will soon bring me to her enchanting presence;

Johnnys Pa soaked by an Elephant at the Zoo
Comic Postcard - Johnnys Pa - Johnnys Pa takes the children to the Zoo (and gets a little more than he was bargaining for...!). Date: 1907

The Helen Geranium, Preference; The Garden Wallflower, Fidelity in misfortune. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora

Start of Major Woods Unlucky Flight - Receiving a blessing
Major J C P Wood and Captain C C Wyllie met with misfortune during their preliminary flight from Eastchurch to Limerick, whence they intended to cross the Atlantic from west to east

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Boeing B-29 crash landing on retrun from raid, Saipan, 9 July 1945

Pierrot has good luck and bad
Heurs et Malheurs de Calino-Pierrot (Gluck und Ungluck des guten Michels) -- a Pierrot character experiencing good and bad luck in various situations. (2 of 2) 19th century

Taking advantage of the situation... Street Lad - " Do you want an Errand Boy?" Shopkeeper - " No." Street Lad - " Yus you do, yours as just been runned over." !!

Jonah cast overboard - Jonah 1. circa 1690

Jobs friends - Job 3. circa 1690

Francis and Fallen Girl
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI by divine intercession, he restores life to a young girl who has the misfortune to fall from a high tower. Date: 1182 - 1226

Henry W. J. Byng, Vanity Fair, STUFF
HENRY WILLIAM JOHN BYNG, 4th Earl of Strafford (1831-1899) British peer and courtier. Had the misfortune of being decapitated by a train at Potters Bar

Edward Palmer
EDWARD PALMER Oriental scholar, who had the misfortune to be murdered by murderous Arabs while on an expedition in those parts... Date: 1840 - 1882

Victorian Terrace
Two double bayed Victorian terraced houses, which have both had the misfortune to be pebbledashed, probably in the 1960s or 1970s. Date: late 19th century

Its an Ill Wind. Native Swiss profiting by the misfortunes of an eminent skier using him as a bridge after his skiing accident

Cadmus Becomes Dragon
Cadmus, overwhelmed by misfortune, asks the gods to change him into a dragon, whereupon his wife Harmonia becomes one also

JANE GIBBS impostor who pretends to be a servant or a Quaker afflicted by misfortune, wheedling mony from gullible gentlemen

Three Taoist Principles
THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE TAOIST PANTHEON (SAN KOAN) - T IEN KOAN brings happiness - TI KOAN wipes out your sins - CHOEI KOAN delivers you from misfortune

Myth / Tibet / Lion / Gold
THE STORY OF THE STONE LION The stone lion vomits (green) gold, but if you fail to catch every last piece, you will meet with misfortune

Pyramids (Munster)
A depiction of the Pyramids by an artist who had the misfortune never to have seen them

TET AMULET
TET (or TAT) AMULET An ancient Egyptian protection against misfortune

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