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Barrel GirlBottoms up! A little girl accidentally reveals the fact that her knickers match her dress as she leans over a water butt!
Putting on Ice SkatesThree young women, sitting down to put on their ice skates at Wimbledon Common, London. One girl is accidentally showing off her bloomers!
Titanic / Southampton 1912A bad omen: as the Titanic leaves Southampton, the steamer New York accidentally breaks its moorings. Captain Smith stops Titanics engines and a collision is avoided
Sorcerers ApprenticeThe Sorcerers Apprentice accidentally lets the dragon out of the bottle where the Sorcerer has managed to incarcerate it !
The AvalancheThis illustration shows a worker accidentally allowing a tumble of rocks fall down upon a gentleman walking below, was accompanied with a caption Don't be afraid, sir
FIRE IN CHAMBER, ROMEFire accidentally breaks out in the Chamber of Deputies, Rome. Date: 1883
MISHAP WITH A GUNA gentleman drops his gun as he climbs a gate, spattering both himself and his companion with shot Date: 1836
Fairy Ring / GreenawayA girl in a woodland clearing stands with her back against a great tree with her apron over her head. She has accidentally broken a fairy ring to the displeasure of a fairy
Veritas Mantles 1929Advertisement for Veritas Mantles...for strength and brilliancy. A clumsy man (possibly a lamp lighter) accidentally breaks the glass of a street lamp with his ladder as he passes...Not broken
Accident Passenger SavedWhen a sightseer is accidentally carried aloft by a balloon at Middleton, USA, acrobat Miss Daisy saves her by her hairs breadth... Date: September 1906
George AbbotGEORGE ABBOT archbishop of Canterbury who accidentally shot a keeper while hunting (he was pardoned by Henry VIII and doubtless forgiven by God) Date: 1562 - 1633
Burnt Alive 1392At the court of Charles VI some men are accidentally burnt alive - one jumps into a tub of water, another is rescued by a lady who smothers the flames with her dress Date: 29 January 1392
The Still Alarm by Joseph ArthurInside page of a promotional flyer for The Still Alarm by Joseph Arthur. (fourteenth Street Theatre, New York, 30th July 1887). First produced in England Princesss Theatre, 2nd August 1888
Henry Fawcett (1833 1884) British economist, politician & Cambridge professor, accidentally blinded. Husband of Millicent Garrett Fawcatt
But, Please, I was told to mark him by FougasseHumorous colour illustration by Kenneth Cyril Bird (pseudonym: Fougasse), showing an overly large rugby player being admonished by the referee for (accidentally) hurting another player
TIRESIAS, Theban soothsayer, blinded because he accidentally saw Athena bathing, but given powers of prophecy as compensation
Twin puppies fall overTwin puppies, Snip and Snap, manage to trip each other up accidentally, and fail to capture the escaped rabbit
Ghost of O Sumi, JapanThe ghost of Japanese girl O Sumi, accidentally drowned in Idamachi pond, haunts the place where she died
Time Smoking a PictureFather Time stares glumly into a dark painting as his scythe accidentally rips the canvas: a satire on the contemporary admiration for artworks darkened by time