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Gideon Summoned by AngelGideon is summoned by an angel to deliver the Jews : when he asks for a sign of Gods good intentions, the angel miraculously consumes his sacrifice in a blaze of fire
Moses and PharaohHe asks permission from Pharaoh to take the Hebrews into the desert to sacrifice to their God : but Pharaoh refuses the request with mockery
Bernadette, March VisionBernadette, accompanied by a sizeable crowd, asks the apparition who she is, and obtains the reply, I am the Immaculate Conception !
Ants into MyrmidonsWhen Aegina is depopulated by a plague, king Aescus asks Zeus to turn the ants into people; they become mighty warriors, accompanying Achilles to Troy
Hezekiah and IsaiahHezekiah, king of Judah, is fatally ill, but he asks God to give him a further 15 years, so the prophet Isaiah is given the power to cure him
Gideon Gets the SignHe asks God for a sign that he will have heavenly support against the Midianites : an angel shows him a sacrificial lamb which bursts into flame with divine fire
Jack Dempsey / 1920SJACK DEMPSEY, world heavyweight champion between 1919 and 1926, was once described as " 187 pounds of unbridled violence" ; here he asks the cards to tell him his future
1917 / Wilson & CongressAmerican president Woodrow Wilson, asks Congress to declare war on Germany, and receives a favourable response
Pied Piper Asks his FeeThe Pied Piper (so called because of his variegated clothing) asks for his fee for ridding the town of the plague of rats
Muette De Portici 1LA MUETTE DE PORTICI (The dumb girl of Portici) Act 1 scene 5 - Elvira asks if Fenella (the dumb girl) knows Alfonso : indeed she does, for he is her evil seducer !
Edouard Brunnet / 1853The prestidigitator Edouard Brunnet asks is this your card?
Cuchulain Asks for ArmsCuchulain asks the king for arms because a boy who asks for arms on that auspicious day would become the most famous hero of Ireland, but would also have a short life
Thomas / Mignon / Liebig 2Act 1 scene 6 : Mignon asks Wilhelm Meister if he knows the land where the orange tree blossoms ?
Thomas / Hamlet / Liebig 1Act 1 scene 2 : Hamlet asks his companions to leave him alone with the ghost of his father
Loitering Boy / PolicemanA policeman approaches a young man in the street and asks him why he is loitering. He claims he is waiting for " the young gal wot I pays my attention to"
Giant / Pantagruel / CounselPanurge asks Pantagruel if he should marry
Pantagruel / Giant / DrinkPanurge asks Pantagruel if he should marry. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library
Beauty / Beast (Boyle 1)Every night, at the supper- table, the Beast asks Beauty to become his wife, and every night she refuses, until
Policewomen 1940SA woman asks two policewomen for assistance
Pearly King in AustraliaA Pearly King at Ingleburn, Australia, asks a group of Diggers to guess the correct number of buttons on his coster suit
Insurance StampsA comment on Lloyd Georges National Insurance Act : a maidservant asks her mistress if she is supposed to stick the insurance stamps on herself... ?
Eros & Psyche - 5Psyche asks Pan for advice
Menalcas & DamaetasPalaemon asks to judge the song contest between Menalcas and Damaetas
Bear and the TravellersTHE BEAR AND THE TWO FRIENDS One traveller asks his friend, whom he had left to his fate, what the bear had said to him: never travel with a friend who deserts you in danger
Riots in Ghent 1892Police and mounted troops clash with socialist rioters in Ghent. A placard asks for universal suffrage
Pergamos Asks HelpAmbassadors from king Eumenes of Pergamos, in Asia Minor, come to Rome to ask for help against Philip of Macedon
Admiring a Small DogShe asks her friends to admire her cute little dog : they do so without enthusiasm - what might it do to their costumes by Doeuillet and Premet ?
Talk with Peasant WomanIncognito, he asks a peasant woman of Tarare, near Lyon, isn t Napoleon like any other tyrant ? - No, because they chose him, whereas the old kings were forced on them
Peggotty CopperfieldMr Peggotty asks an old woman and her children if they have seen Emily
Twist / Cruikshank / MoreOliver asks for more
Queen Victoria / 1896 CtnQUEEN 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
Merfolk and SubmarinesThe mer-people resent the intrusion of submarines into the domain they share only with the fishes Date: 1907
Oliver Asks for MoreOliver in the workhouse dares to ask for more gruel