Apprehensive Collection

Mr Bumble with Oliver
Stern Mr. Bumble holds the hand of apprehensive young Oliver Twist, as they walk away from the workhouse

Christmas scene by Cecil Aldin
Mischievous children seated at the front of a stagecoach greeting everyone they pass with a snowball with their mother looking anxious at the back

Cartoon, The New Hamlet - Waiting for the Verdict - the Shakespearean actor Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) waits for the reviews of his new production to come in. 1884

A shepherd rests beneath the shade of a hawthorn bush, wondering whether to play his pipes or not : his sheep looks apprehensive, as though fearing he will... Date: 1889

PEARL OF PLAGE 1926
A young lady in a matching hat & one-piece bathing costume in a bold geometric print with plunging v-neck & tassel trim is watched by a host of admirers from a jetty. Date: 1926

The Thermal Spa Baths at Dax, France - a (rather apprehensive!) woman contemplates the approach of the Douche a Vapeaur ready to apply a jet of hot steam water to her person... Date: circa 1920s

Cartoon, The Cow Pock, or, the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation! by James Gillray. Depicting a scene at the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital, St Pancras, London

Poorly puppy by the fire - His First Trouble by G E Studdy
His First Trouble by G E Studdy - A poorly puppy, wrapped up warm by the fire staring across to his medicine on the hearth with apprehension. Date: 1912

Costume Blue Dress 1820S
Young woman in a blue dress with short ornamented puffed sleeves & hemline & a round neckline & a ribbon ceinture with floating ends at the back. 1820s

Tango craze: the handstand step, 1913
The latest additional tango step, imported from the Wild West but performed here on stage in Paris, which combines the high kick of the ballet with the approximation of partnership in the tango.The

Nathaniel Oldham
NATHANIEL OLDHAM antiquary, extravagant collector of curiosities depicted in hunting mode, with inquisitive or apprehensive dog. Date: flourished 1740

Advertisement for Home & Colonial Stores Ltd, 268-270 Edgware Road, London W2, offering Xmas Fare. An apprehensive-looking turkey stands in a snowy village landscape

Princess Elizabeth drives the royal train, Canada, 1951
Princess Elizabeth taking over the controls of the royal train, while on the way to Edmonton, ALberta, with the Duke of Edinburgh acting as Fireman, during the Royal tour of Canada

Outside the Soup Kitchen
The poor and distressed throng the entrance to a soup kitchen : well-to-do passers- by look apprehensive as they are assailed by beggars Date: 1871

The First Bite by Ethel Parkinson
A little Dutch boy and girl sit fishing by some water, when there is a tug on the line -- the boy looks pleased, but the girl seems apprehensive

Boys Club swimming 1930
A group of ten boys from a Boys Club take an afternoon swim in a river, doubtlessly cold. All wear one piece costumes. Two boys on the bank look slightly apprehensive

Apprehensive Sitters
Posed in front of a painted backdrop, a girl and a dog watch the camera apprehensively

Somers with Seal
John, first lord SOMERS statesman, Lord Chancellor, holding the Great Seal with an apprehensive look as though at any moment someone might snatch it out of his grasp

Tango (Photo)
She looks a bit apprehensive as she prepares to dance the tango with her smooth partner

C17 Tavern Drinking
Three roisterers make merry and order another round in a tavern, but one of them looks apprehensive as their hostess produces the bill

Medieval Hawkers
A nobleman watches as his falconer prepares to release the hawk : the ducks look apprehensive but the heron carries on drinking

Sailor Suits and Dog
Two sailor-suited children from Liverpool, posing with their apprehensive dog

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