Phil Collection (#2)

Gone fishing with cheese as bait - humorous scene
" What sort of bait are you using, Billie?" " A bit of cheese rind." " What are you trying t catch - Mice?" !!! Date: 1895

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." !!

In Marble Halls - Jobbing actors chatting in a theatre bar
" In Marble Halls" - Jobbing actors standing in a theatre bar discussing their fortune, both successful and not

A Sydney Larrikin. Larrikinism is the name given to the Australian folk tradition of irreverence, mockery of authority and disregard for rigid norms of propriety

Irascible old man leaning forward to rise from his chair
A study of an irascible old man leaning forward to rise from his chair. He may have had a little too much to drink. Date: 1894

Street Vendor selling Nuts to Gentleman with a Simian Visage
Street Vendor cheekily offering the sale of some nuts to a diminutive Gentleman with a distinctive Simian visage!! Date: 1899

The study of an Old Man in the Vale of Years by Phil May - with associated quotation from Sonnet 73, one of William Shakespeares most famous sonnets, focusing upon the theme of old age. Date: 1898

Cockney Argument between a fat man and a thin man
Fat Party (after a War of words) - " If you come our court to-morrer and bring a bit o fat with yer, I ll bloomin well eat yer." !! Date: 1895

An old Cockney Woman - East London Date: circa 1890s

Platform of Queens Road Underground Station
Central Line Series. A slightly shifty-looking young man with boater and newspaper keeps a watchful eye on a very glamorous lady strolling along the platform at Queens Road. Date: 1904

Platform of Marble Arch Underground Station
Central Line series. A very pretty girl seated on a bench on the platform of Marble Arch Underground Station is admired from both sides

Platform of Museum Underground Station
Central Line series. A variety of passengers awaiting their train on the platform at Museum - two prim and proper Bloomsbury Spinsters

Ian Botham, cricketer, at end of charity walk
Ian Botham, cricketer, relaxing after completing a walk from John o Groats to Lands End in November 1985, which raised 750, 000 for charity

Music cover, Lonesome Little Doll, a novelty for piano by Phil Boutelje. 1929

Henry Irving as Mephistopheles in Faust by W G Wills, adapted from Goethes play. circa 1885

Phil. Fabre D eglantine
PHILLIPE FABRE D EGLANTINE French actor-manager who ill-advisedly exchanged the stage for the political arena, where his extreme views led him to the guillotine. Date: 1750 - 1794

Annie Besant / Phil May
ANNIE BESANT English theosophist and Indian political leader, with Madame Blavatsky and an apparition of Mahatmaism above her Date: 1847 - 1933

Platform of Bank Underground Station
Central Line series. A variety of passengers awaiting their train on the platform at Bank - two cheeky children, a battleaxe Grandmother-figure, a glamorous lady in red and white ensemble

Label design, Eisemanns Fairy Cream, Phil Eisemann, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. An exquisite and elegant preparation for relieving chapping, chafing, sunburn, tan, roughness, redness, inflammation

Label design, Acme Hair Vigor, Phil Eisemann, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. An excellent preparation for dandruff and falling hair. Date: early 20th century

Label design, Standard Bay Rum, Phil Eisemann, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: early 20th century

Ian Botham, cricketer, signing book
Ian Botham, cricketer, signing the Lands End to John o Groats Association book after completing his charity walk which raised 750, 000 in November 1985

Phil May by J. J. Shannon
Philip William May (1864-1903), celebrated British cartoonist. Date: 1902

Phil. Chas. Schmerling
PHILIP CHARLES SCHMERLING Belgian paleontologist, depicted descending into the caverne d Engis in 1832. Date: 1791 - 1836

Phil. Siebenpfeiffer
PHILIP JACOB SIEBENPFEIFFER German political writer Date: 1789 - 1845

Chr. Phil. Oberkampf - 4
CHRISTOPHE-PHILIPPE OBERKAMPF German-born manufacturer who introduced important technology into the French cotton industry. Date: 1738 - 1815

Chr. Phil. Oberkampf - 3
CHRISTOPHE-PHILIPPE OBERKAMPF German-born manufacturer who introduced important technology into the French cotton industry. Date: 1738 - 1815

Phil. Ludwig Melem
PHILIP LUDWIG MELEM Distinguished person, showing considerable ability in his chosen field while, with becoming modesty, avoiding self-advertisement. Date: 1596 - ?

Phil May by Himself
PHILIP WILLIAM MAY artist best known for his sketches of street life, street arabs, street traders and the like. Date: 1864 - 1903

Phil May Photo
PHILIP WILLIAM MAY artist best known for his sketches of street life, street arabs, street traders and the like. Date: 1864 - 1903

Phil. Chr. Konigsmark
PHILIP CHRISTOPH KONIGSMARK Swedish soldier, lover of Sophia Dorothea (wife of George I) - a scene from a play Count Konigsmark based on the scandalous story. Date: 1665 - 1694

William Hamilton, Phil
WILLIAM HAMILTON Scottish philosopher with his autograph Date: 1788 - 1856

The Circus Clown anounces the End of the Book. Date: 1895

Phil May as the Joker riding off on a mule into the sunset
Phil May as the Joker / Court Jester riding off on a mule into the sunset Date: circa 1900

Church Minister caught in a rather worse-for-wear state " Eh, Meenester, what ud the Congregation think if I wos to tell tem I saw you in this condeeshun?" " Mon" (hic)

Minister questions Scotsmans non-attendance at Church Minister - " Hoo is t, Sandy, I never see you at the Kirk, the noo

Priest directed to find a Scotsmans late business partner. Parson (to Mr MacDougal) - " ! want to see Mr Thompson, please." Macdougal

Father O Flynn unconvinced by drunks claim to sober
Father O Flynn - " Pat, you re dhrunk again." Pat - " Oi m not, Yer Riverence." Father O Flynn - " Yis ye are, Pat; an if ye were not, you wouldn t deny it." !!

Scotsman shocked by expensive of the Worlds Fair in Chicago
The Chicago Exhibition McPherson - " Four Dollars for a bed! The extravangance. I canna sleep for thinking o t." Date: 1893

Body confidence of a diminutive ruffian
" Shure, if oi was as big a ye-self oid woipe the flure wid yez, little as oi am!" Date: 1900

An unflattering Irish type who wanted Home Rule for Ireland. Date: circa 1890s

Suicide - the last thng he did
" So Poor Old Mike committed suicide." " Yes." " That was the LAST thing I thought he d do." " Which it were, Sorr." Date: 1894

Irish Mick would have loved his Elegant Funeral
" Shure, poor Mick had an illigant funeral; it would have been a proud day for him if he d lived to see it." !!! Date: 1892

Priest concerned about Pats level of Whiskey consumption
Priest - " And how many whiskeys do you drink in an hour, Pat?" Pat - " Sometoimes Wan; sometoimes Two; but never less than three, Your Riverance." Date: 1893

The honesty of an Elderly Irish Woman - Mortality
Mrs Murphy - " Shure its goin to be a moighty hard winter, Father dear; there ll be a moighty lot av us owld Folks Nipped in the BUd, oi m thinking." Date: circa 1890s

Sammy Loates
Samuel (" Sammy" or " Sam" ) Loates (1865 - 1932) - A British thoroughbred racehorse jockey from the famed Loates Family - his nickname at the time was Sammilotes

A rather unpopular sporting character - late Victorian era - known a Poison Date: 1896

Joe Thompson - Bookmaker - late 19th century
Portrait by Phil May of Joseph (Joe) Thompson (18381909) The Leviathan - an Australian (although born in England) bookmaker and well-known figure in the racing (and other sports)

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