Asks Collection

Granpop asks: Wheres George by Lawson Wood
Humorous bathtime scene by Lawson Wood showing his orange utan character, Granpop, searching unsuccessfully for George, a little monkey who is hiding under the tin bath. Date: 1934

Playing Table Tennis - Edwardian - Etiquette
I am not sure whether it is my turn. (to write the postcard or to serve!!) A smart Gentleman makes a courteous enquiry to his glamorous young female table tennis companion. Date: circa 1904

Hector & Andromache
Hector and Andromache with their baby son, Astyanax (Scamandrios), held by a nursemaid. Hector asks the gods to make his son braver and stronger than himself

Dandies / Beau Brummel
BEAU BRUMMELL In Londons Bond Street Brummell, after being ignored by the Prince Regent (George IV) asks Lord Moira, Whos your fat friend ?

Gladstone / Disraeli 1874
The Managers Room Mr Punch as theatre manager asks his dramatists Gladstone and Disraeli what their plans are for the season. Date: 3 January 1874

Margaret of Anjou asks a robber for mercy
During the Wars of the Roses, Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482), the wife of King Henry VI asks a robber for mercy for her and for her son Pince Edward. circa 1460

I m going to be a prison warder Emily.. I m going to be a prison warder Emily. What are you going to be when yer grows up? asks the boy of a girl. Me - why a Miss Gawthorpe if mother lets me

Champagne from a Shoe
A gentleman asks a lady to remove her shoe, so that he may drink champagne from it; they say it tastes better that way

Asking Directions
A gentleman asks a hiker for directions

Pro-German Alsacienne
ALSACE - A pretty Alsacienne and her German boyfriend smile at a wretched French soldier who asks the way to Bordeaux. Germans claimed that Alsace wanted to be part of Germany

Myth / Japan / Ghost Story
A Japanese ghost story : The ghost of Yoichi appears to his friend Ichibei and asks for revenge on his misbehaving wife and her new husband

RMS Lusitania - Archibald correspondence
RMS Lusitania - archive of correspondence relating to the sinking of the Lusitania. The letters date from 18 May 1915 and relate to a painting by Rubens, The Holy Family

GOLDMARK/SABA LIEBIG 4
Act 3 scene 4 : the queen of Sheba, though concealing her love for Assad, asks Solomon to release him from prison, but he refuses saying that Assad must be punished. Date: first performed 1875

MEISTERSINGER LIEBIG 1
First act : Walther asks Eva for a word - a single word ! Date: first performed 1868

WILHELM II German Emperor has a vision of Death and asks himself: "Will it be my turn next?" 1916

BLACKBIRD'S BURIAL
Omaha chief Blackbird asks to be buried, with his favourite war-horse, on top of a bluff overlooking the Missouri river Date: circa 1860

LENIN IN HEAVEN
Vladimir Lenin (1870 - 1924), Lenin dies and meets Marx among the clouds, who asks whether his version of Communism was truly Marxist ?

Cartoon, A Pretty Penny in the Slot -- Baldwin asks John Bull for national investment in mines. Following the mine-owners reduction of their workers wages

Robert Bruce
Robert I (1274 - 1329), King of Scotland With Sir James Douglas - Bruce asks him to bury his heart in the Holy Land

Comic postcard, Man asks large man for autograph Date: 20th century

Mediumship - a spirit perplexed 1853
A spirit perplexed. A woman visiting a medium requests she asks the spirit of her deceased husband Augustus where he put the receipt for a repaid claim. Date: 1853

Homeless man asks for donation from PDSA collector
A homeless man asks PDSA collector for donation, Central London. Date: circa 1950s

Cartoon, Mr Parnell, like Oliver Twist, asks for more. Lord Salisbury plays the part of the Beadle, dishing out thin soup. A comment on Conservative resistance to Irish Home Rule. 1886

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus and woman
Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus and the woman at the well

SIEGE OF PARIS A Parisienne dresses up in a fancy uniform and takes up arms against the Prussians - she is perhaps another Jeanne d Arc ? asks the caption Date: 1871

PHAETON AND PHOEBUS
Phaeton, son of Phoebus Apollo (the Sun) asks his father if he may borrow the family chariot. Apollo says yes - with disastrous consequences, nearly destroying the world !

POLICEWOMEN 1940S
A woman asks two policewomen for directions, probably somewhere in central London. Date: 1940s

LOVES LABOUR LOST
Act IV, Scene II Jaquenetta asks Holofernes to translate a letter for her; Costard, Dull & Sir Natheniel look on Date: 1793

JAPANESE GHOST STORY
A Japanese ghost story : The ghost of Yoichi appears to his friend Ichibei and asks for revenge on his misbehaving wife and her new husband Date: 1908

RACIAL / BLACKBIRD BURIAL
Omaha chief Blackbird asks to be buried, with his favourite war-horse, on top of a bluff overlooking the Missouri river Date: circa 1860

Cartoon, music of Richard Wagner -- young Mr Softly has something important to say, so Miss Ethel asks Lucy to play some Wagner, which ought to prevent her from overhearing! Date: 1895

QUEEN VICTORIA / 1896 CTN
QUEEN VICTORIA Cartoon showing Edward (POW) and Queen Victoria (he asks if she would like to have a rest from sitting on the throne). Date: 1819 - 1901

Young Hindu Ascetic asking for Alms - India
Young Hindu Ascetic asking for Alms - Bombay, India. Date: circa 1900s

Oliver Twist asks for more - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist asks for more - from Oliver Tiwst by Charles Dickens. Date: circa 1910s

Moliere / L etourdi
L ETOURDI Lelie asks who the purse belongs to ? Date: 1653

WW1 - What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?
Child: " And is the War really over, Daddy? Father: " Practically, My Boy." Child: " Then may I ask you a question about it which I couldn t ask till it WAS over

WWI Poster, What Will Your Answer Be
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, What will your answer be when your boy asks you, Father, what did you do to help when Britain fought for freedom in 1915? Enlist Now. Date: 1915

When Women Vote A Proposal. When Women Vote, they will propose to the men. Lady down on one knee asks, Percy Darling, will you marry me? Man replies coyly, Really, you had better ask Mamma Miss

The Modern Shirley. Mr. Sympson (John Bull) asks, Are you a young lady? as he addresses a woman holding a flag emblazoned Political Power wearing a votes for women sash

Traffic Policeman at Heyls Corner, Hamilton, Bermuda. Date: circa 1963

NEHEMIAH
Nehemiah, cupbearer to the king of Babylon, asks to be allowed to go to Jerusalem so that he can rebuild the walls there. The king says yes

A young boy asks Penny for the guy around Bonfire Night Date: Cicra 1980

Leap Year - Running the Gauntlet! Date: 1904

Francis and Innocent III
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI asks Innocent III for permission to found an order of friars, the Franciscans. Date: 1182 - 1226

SHOPPING PARTY GAME
Each girl represents an item of male apparel, eg. socks in an imaginary shop. The man, blindfolded, asks for socks and the socks girl kisses him and he guesses who she is! Date: 1930s

Oak Panelled Staircase
Would you care to join me for a nightcap?, a smart gentleman in a suit asks the young couple ascending an oak panelled staircase. Date: 1930s

Northanger Abbey / Austen
Catherine Morland asks Mr. Thorpe to stop the carriage. Date: First published: 1818

Perplexed Newsagent / 1922
A gentleman asks his horrified newsagent to decide each day which newspaper will be most suitable for him. (A result of rival offers by London newspapers). Date: 1922

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