Pea Apparatus by William Heath RobinsonAn interesting and elegant apparatus designed to overcome once for all the difficulties of conveying green peas to the mouth
Mixing treated asbestos fibre, Heath Robinson machineEfficient plant for the successful mixing of treated asbestos fibre with cement. A drawing done by William Heath Robinson for Turners Asbestos Cement Co
Anti-Flu MasksA man and a woman wearing anti-flu masks. These masks cover the nose and mouth and are designed to prevent germs spreading. They may work but they look very curious!
Clown on Bicycle PhotoHarry, a guest of the Mayors Fancy Dress Ball poses in his costume, (that of a clown), on a bicycle in his back garden
Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright, novelist and poetSamuel Beckett (1906-1989), Irish avant-garde playwright, novelist and poet. Photographed in the year he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: 1969
MARIE ANTOINETTE TRIALThe queen is sentenced to death. Among many absurd charges, she is accused of corrupting her son with perverse habits. Date: 16 October 1793
If Unhealthy, Be Healthy by William Heath RobinsonIf Unhealthy, Be Healthy: If Healthy, Be Healthier! Keep Fit Exercises: 1. The Bathroom Window Sill Bite - for strengthening the front teeth and developing the muscles of the legs and back
Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line, WW1The Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line. He foolishly endeavoured to obtain information from our sign boards!
FALL / TOY POODLE / 1957ROTHARA WYCHWOOD THE SPARK with a Continental cut, and standing next to an 18 inch, 46 cems, ruler to show its tiny size. Owner: Lockwood Date: 1957
Crinoline ParachuteA Crinoline Parachute. Date: 1802
A Tale of Two Tanks by Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoonA wartime cartoon by William Heath Robinson showing two tanks charging into battle, only to crash head on, fly conjoined into the air and fall to earth, shattered into pieces. Date: 1917
Ass dancing with boy
Heath Robinson and his pea-splitting machinePhotograph of William Heath Robinson (1872 - 1944), pictured with his own model of a pea-splitting machine. A well-loved artist, illustrator and cartoonist
Extravagances of 1834. By Cesar Bacle (1794-1838). LithograpCostumes and Customs. Extravagances of 1834. By Cesar Hipolito Bacle (1794-1838). Isaac Fernandez Blanco Latin American Art Museum. Buenos Aires. Argentina
Stupendous ChignonCHIGNONS: A fashion conscious woman, no doubt employing a prodigious amount of false hair, sports a large chignon. Her horse likewise is completely chignoned! Date: 1866
The New Mortar for Bridging Chasms, Heath Robinson WW1America in the Field - The new mortar for bridging chasms. A line of American soldiers traverse a chasm chained on wheeled chairs to a shell sent flying into the air
Pulling a ridiculous expressionA German man pulls a ridiculous, daft, absurd and frankly rather manic facial expression! Date: circa 1910s
Girl on a swan, Dolly GirlsGirl on a swan, a Dolly Girls story from Playhour
Pixies playing a kind of tennis
A wagon laden with remarkable giant cabbagesGiant Cabbages - freshly picked..... Possibly a bit of creative photography, although you never know....! Date: 1910
French view of an English Gent in LondonSpectacularly stereotypical French view of an English Gent in London, complete with plaid trousers, pith helmet, sinister expression (!) and a background of dark satanic mills!!! Date: 1901
Rail car transporting giant cabbages Date: 1910
Rail car transporting giant Bellflower apples Date: 1910
Carload of Mammoth Navel OrangesA frankly ridicuolous carload of Mammoth American Navel Oranges! Date: 1909
Californian farmer with an immense watermelon Date: circa 1910
Rail car transporting a giant lemon Date: 1910
Rail car transporting a giant pear Date: 1910
Rail car transporting giant tomatoes Date: 1910
Furniture by Holland and SonsTable with inlaid top, decorated with twining snakes, eagle and griffin claws and lily pads. This table featured in the 1851 Great Exhibition
Lear / Nonsense / WhitehavenThere was an Old Man of Whitehaven, who danced a quadrille with a raven; But they said, Its absurd to encourage this bird! So they smashed that Old Man of Whitehaven
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Mytton in StableEnglish eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) sits under a horses rump and holds onto her hind legs. The other horses in the stable appear perturbed - but not the humans
Girls on the WingSome daring, yet foolhardy young ladies pose on the top wing of a bi-plane. The pilot waves his handkerchief and roses fall from the sky
Costume / Girl & Mum 1835Blue silk & black velvet pelisse-mantle with hanging sleeves, lace edged collar & brooch. Girl: pink mantle with imbecile sleeves & large revers, peaked cap with tassel
