Bad Collection (page 11)

Farmer and Landlord 1886
Lady Day: The farmer complains to his landlord that hes going through a bad patch and can t pay the rent

Misbehaving husband in a Piccadilly night house
A wife persuades her erring husband to leave a Piccadilly night-house

Twin puppies in geranium bed
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, bury a bone under the geranium bed and generally make a mess

Twin puppies burrow into rabbit hole
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, try to make the rabbit hole bigger so that they can get through it

Twin puppies having a tug of war
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, have a tug of war game with a once clean shirt which they have pulled down from the washing line

Snow Sweepers 1930S
Men sweeping snow from the pavements in central London during a bad winter

Caxton - Bad King
A bad king slain by his servant

Cheerless Street Scene
This cheerless street in north London wouldn t look so bad if the sun was shining - but even then it would hardly qualify as a desirable residential district

League Judges Bad Trader
The Hanseatic League judges rule-breaking traders

Arguing with Waiter
The original caption says: Arguing with the waiter is bad form and embarrassing for your partner. If you ve been overcharged, complain to the manager later

An Unpopular Orator
An unpopular candidate at election time gets pelted with a variety of vegetables and an unfortunate cat by the hostile crowd

Wolf Britannia / Fashoda
Britannia seen as the big bad wolf at the time of the Fashoda Incident, a territory dispute in south Sudan between Kitcheners Anglo-Egyptian army and Marchands French

WELLMANs AMERICA - 2
Newspaperman Walter Wellman designs America to cross the Atlantic, but the project has to be abandoned after 100 miles due to bad weather, the crew are rescued by a steamer

WELLMANs AMERICA - 1
Newspaperman Walter Wellman designs America to cross the Atlantic, but the project has to be abandoned after 100 miles due to bad weather, the crew are rescued by a steamer

Parson at Dawlish, Devon
When lost, a bad priest remarks that the Devil would make a better guide than his clerk. The Devil appears in disguise & directs them to their destruction

City Men at the Races
Jones I say, Brown, things are deuced bad in the city Brown Then I m deuced glad I m at Epsom!"

Grief in Fishing Village
Among the missing Bad news on the fishing fleets return

Paris-London Crash
A British plane carrying passengers from Paris to London runs into bad weather and crashes : only two of the six travellers survive

Rehoboam Takes Bad Avice
Rehoboam, king of Israel, is advised to be moderate, but prefers younger advisers who urge him to act tough. When he vows to chastise his people with scorpions, they rebel

Embarking in the Ark
When the predicted bad weather arrives, Noah and his family embark in the Ark, taking with them a pair of each species of animal

John Hann in his Cell
JOHN HANNA: Sailor, thief & all round bad lad, in revenge swore falsely that his master had murdered the crew of a fishing smack. He was hanged at Kennington Common aged 20

Crossing French Gutter
In bad weather, the gutters of Paris streets aren t easy to cross, so enterprising boys lay planks across them for fashionable ladies to cross, expecting a modest tip

Gambling / Cards / Uk 1867
British gambler suffering a run of bad luck

Cyrus II (The Great)
CYRUS II (THE GREAT) Created an Empire which stretched from the Aegean Sea to the Indus River. Rescued the Jews from Babylon in 539BC

Scene from Shakespeares Taming of the Shrew
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, The Taming of the Shrew (Act IV, Scene i), in which Petruchio insists that the food isn t good enough for poor hungry Kate to eat

Scene from Shakespeares Henry IV Part 1
A scene from Shakespeares history play, Henry IV Part 1, showing Falstaff and Prince Hal chatting

Futuristic birdsnesting
A futuristic scene showing two naughty boys birdsnesting with the help of wings. The mother eagle has spotted them and they are having to fight her off

Mr Harding of London cursed by gipsy Martha
Mr Harding of London is cursed by the gipsy Martha when he refuses to give her money

Smoking the first cigarette
A young boy is encouraged to smoke his first cigarette by two older girls, while a shocked lady intrudes upon the scene

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