Afraid Collection

Bill Sykes (Barnard)
Bill Sykes sits at a table with a bottle of booze while his dog Bullseye cowers against the wall, afraid of being hit

Poster, Don t be afraid of Soap and Water. Showing a little boy welcoming a humanised jug and a bar of soap. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century

Behind the Flying Saucers, book cover
BEHIND THE FLYING SAUCERS, a book by Frank Scully, and the first to claim that a flying saucer had crashed in the American desert

Scene from Shakespeares Twelfth Night
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, Twelfth Night, in which Sir Toby Belch encourages the reluctant duellists, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the page Cesario (Viola disguised)

Richard III and the sons of Edward IV
Richard III, as Duke of Gloucester, orders the sons of the late King Edward IV be parted from their mother, Elizabeth Woodville. 1480s

Senghenydd Universal Colliery Disaster, Wales, 1913
Keeping their painful vigil: waiting for news by the burning pit. Photographs from The Illustrated London News, at the time of the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan

Two schoolboys in a wood
Illustration showing two schoolboys in a wood, finding a notice on a tree: Beware of the Wolves

Cartoon, They have ears! WW1
Cartoon, They have ears! Three fashionable French women are afraid that two Dachshunds might be German spies. Date: 1916

Wagner / Ring / Dragon
Loge pretends to be afraid of Alberich in the guise of a dragon

Dog Frightens Baby
Towser tries to make Baby laugh, but only manages to make him cry

2 Women Whisper in Cafe
Women in Paris cafe; afraid to make themselves conspicious, propose to look as if they are waiting for someone

The Avalanche
This 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

Speaking With Ponce
This sketch shows a gentlemen adjusting the buttons of his friend's jacket, while saying I confess this to you, Ponce: I was almost afraid that my wife would deceive me. Date: circa 1901

Only A Penny, Don't be afraid to hit! - fairground scene
Only A Penny, Don't be afraid to hit! - strength test at fairground Date: 1879

Calavera of the Purring Cat, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

Advertisement, Dr Williams pink pills for pale people. Afraid to face traffic. Nerves in a terrible state and anaemia made her as pale as death

Illustration, White-Ear discovers a dead fox in the coach house. Date: 1912

Cartoon, The New Ally, WW1
Cartoon, The New Ally -- General Winter arrives to take charge of Operations during the First World War. Date: 1914

Spanish Civil War child refugees arrive at Southampton, 1937
Children from Bilbao waiting to land from the Spanish Compania transaltantic liner Habana at Southampton docks-child refugees evacuated to England during the Spanish Civil War, 1937

African orphan behind weapons
A Mozambiquan orphan boy stands behind a rack of g-3 machine pistols belonging to Portuguese colonial soldiers who murdered his parents in the midst of the Portuguese Colonial War (19611974)

Cats as humans being told scary stories of ghosts on Christmas Eve by their teacher. Date: 1895

NAPOLEON I/BOMPLED/FEAR
Napoleon I tells his mounted troops not to be afraid of death

Original Artwork - Woman in red dress surprised by mouse
Original Artwork - A woman in a wide-skirted red dress surprised by a little black mouse. The candle casts a large and ominous black shadow on the wall behind her. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Conversation in the blackout, WW2 Date: 1940s

Comic postcard, Large woman diving into the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, An Englishmans Home Date: 1909

Comic postcard, Two children at the seaside in a boat Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Rickshaw ride - My word if you slip on the gravel! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple in the blackout, WW2. Aren t you afraid to sit here and hold my hand in the blackout? - No - I should be afraid to leave go of it!! Date: 1940s

Comic postcard, Man paddling in the sea. I can t swim, but I m not afraid - I ve got a floating kidney! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, two British soldiers, private and sergeant major, WW1 Date: circa 1918

Woman in a large toile skirt, looking afraid of a spider. Jupe de grosse toile. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Gerda Wegener from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames

Cartoon, Very Kind of Him! (John Bright)
Cartoon, Very Kind of Him! The radical Liberal MP John Bright reassures a member of the House of Lords: Don t be alarmed - I won t hurt you

Little Miss Muffet by Agnes Richardson

Mabel Lucie Attwell - Whos Afraid Date: 1939

Comic design, Disturbed by the Night Mare. 1831

Baby Scouts -- scarecrow
Baby Scouts -- And yet a scarecrows such a curious sight, it makes some baby scouts fall down with fright. Date: 1900

2 WOMEN WHISPER IN CAFE
Women in Paris cafe; afraid to make themselves conspicious, propose to look as if they are waiting for someone. Date: 1903

BOYS HEADS TO BED
A young boy goes to bed with a candle. Date: 1905

Cartoon, How to Treat the Female Chartists -- cockroaches, rats and mice should see off the most ferocious crowd of females. Date: 1848

Cartoon, The Hands with Right on their Side, WW1
Cartoon, The Hands with Right on their Side. Two large hands representing the Allied forces tower over the four small leaders of the Central Powers cowering in the middle

Many kittens and a Santa cat on a Christmas card by Louis Wain. Have they behaved well enough to receive their presents? Date: circa 1900s

Alexander the Great quelling the mutiny at Opis, 324 BC
Alexander the Great quelling a mutiny amongst his soldiers, who have rebelled following his announcement that the army is now to be disbanded

The Bells, by Leopold Lewis, starring Henry Irving
The Bells, by Leopold Lewis, first produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, November 1871. Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was identified with the role of Mathias in this play more than with any other

Cartoon, Hearing cannon fire in Constantinople, WW1
Cartoon, Hearing cannon fire in Constantinople, showing the ladies of the Turkish Harem alarmed by the sound of the guns of Gallipoli - likewise the Sultan himself! Date: 1915

German soldiers fleeing from a firing tank, WW1
Frightened German soldiers fleeing from a firing tank during the First World War. Date: 1916

Suffragette Scared by Mouse. Suffragette stands on stool, shrieking with panic as a mouse runs towards her. In the series, This is the House that man built Caption reads

Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and Russian Bear, WW1
First World War cartoon on a postcard, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany on the branch of a tree, looking worried as a Russian Bear starts climbing up towards him

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