Bites Collection

Gout Devil Bites 1799
A little devil sinks his teeth into the swollen foot of a gout sufferer

ARISTAEUS & EURYDICE
Aristaeus takes a fancy to Eurydice : fleeing his unwelcome attentions, she treads on a snake which bites her fatally : she dies, and Aristaeus is punished Date:

Comic postcard, Man behind bars. In the Asylum - Politics. Date: 20th century

Comic Postcard - Dog called Buttons
Comic postcard - Why do you call your dog, BUTTONS? Owner - Because its so often attached to TROUSERS circa 1920s

Down by the Sea - Catch of the Season - Crab biting a toe
Down by the Sea - The Catch of the Season - A pesky Crab bites the toe of a late Victorian / early Edwardian lady having a paddle through the rockpools

Crab bites a young boys toe
A rather Brattish looking young child getting his seaside comeuppance, as a crab takes a fancy to his big toe! Date: 1903

Adam and Eve - Garden of Eden - The First Love. Eve takes of bite out of the forbidden fruit, whilst her temptor (the serpent) also tucks in to a shiny fruit. Date: circa 1910s

Alcool De Menthe / 1890S
Advertisement for alcool de menthe de Ricoles: great for cuts and bites

Larola skin care protection
A woman in beach attire holding a bottle of Larola lotion. The lotion is beneficial to the skin, cooling and refreshing, and provides relief to irritation caused by bites and stings of insects. 1930

British Army Issue puttee-winding machine stamped with War Department broad arrow and dated 1918. |The puttee was adopted because of its protection against snake bites in India

Advertisement for Cadburys chocolate -- male model (Jack Todd) posing in an antique shop. 1959

Female Initiation - 2
A candidate is initiated as a Companion : in a bush which represents the Garden of Eden, she strokes the serpent, bites the apple and submits to the reproaches of her guide. Date: 1891

Dog Bites Man
The dog, to gain some private ends, went mad, and bit the man... circa 1887

Countryman and the Snake
THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE SNAKE A charitable man finds a frozen serpent and warms it in front of the fire, but the snake bites him: a wretched creature cannot be raised up

The Lion and the Gnat
THE LION AND THE GNAT A lion was dismissive of a mere gnat, but found himself tormented by the gnats numerous bites

Fable / Dove and Ant
THE DOVE AND THE ANT The ant bites the hunter on the ankle when he is about to shoot the dove, so repaying the doves good deed in rescuing him from the stream

Churchill / Randolph / Fly
British MP Lord Randolph Spencer Churchill as a pesky insect which bites at night, but no-one feels its sting, and which is " all hum"

Vampire Bats / Rengade
A vampire bat bites the neck of a sleeping girl in as hammock

Fable / Fly & Coach
THE FLY AND THE COACH A carriage has difficulty climbing a steep slope; a fly, assuming it is important, bites the horses to spur them on, but is simply annoying

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