Comedy Collection (page 27)

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Why Worry! Cares of the time are danced away by this young couple, frolicing in the garden without a care in the world. Date: circa 1942

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Here is the News! Three women gossip over a mid-morning cup of tea. Lets hope secrets of national importance are not being flagrantly shared! Date: circa 1942

Annoying teenager booted out of the front door for his own good after one minor indiscretion too many....!! Date: 1909

Comic Postcard - Slops removed and served
Comic Postcard - A Housemaid removes and empties the slops from a bedroom chamber pot (potty), whilst at the same time a (hopefully different type of)

Comic Postcard - Woman bemoans lack of male interest
Comic Postcard - Woman bemoans and mourns the loss of 500 men in a (fictional) disaster, not that it appears she is (unfortunately) a magnet for male interest! Date: circa 1910

Ragged British Family Carol Singing - Christmas - this card bears the title: " I still work for the same firm - Wife and four kids" !! Date: circa 1910s

The Circus Clown anounces the End of the Book. Date: 1895

The Two Macs - a theatrical comedy act of the London Variety theatres of the late Victorian age. Date: circa 1895

Wit of a toothless old soak when faced with Sally Army pair
The witty reposte of a toothless old soak when faced with a pair of Salvation Army women: Salvation Sal (to village toper) - " If thou doesn t mend thy ways, Ben Bosker

Football Terms Illustrated - A Plucky Try - Running for bus
(Rugby) Football Terms. Illustrated. A Plucky Try. A rather portly and ruddy-cheeked Mother and her sailor suit-clad son make a futile attempt to catch their bus after a busy morning at the shops

Great Expectations - Waiting to see An Ideal Husband
Satirical card entitled Great Expectations. A group of women waiting to see a performance of An Ideal Husband (an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde) at the Haymarket Theatre, London. Date: 1895

Comic Postcard - Advantageous vantage point
Comic Postcard - An advantageous vantage point! A workman adjusting a gas main keeps a score of the choice of underwear of the ladies passing above his vantage point pavement manhole cover)

Comic Postcard - Romance at Piccadilly Circus " I meant t ge on the tube at Piccadilly last night, but I Got Off there instead!

WWI - What a Pleasure to be a Soldier! Two cheeky (and rather rotund) Geman privates mimic their commanding officer and his hands-on-hips pose - with considerable comic effect!

Young Gent - 12 Months before marriage - care and fancy free! Date: 1905

Amorous Gent makes his move
A suave gent takes advantage of his position and makes his move on his lady love, although his boldness doesn t seem guaranteed to bring success with the coy target of his affections

A girl in need of rescue - Comic Postcard
A humorous American seaside postcard with the caption: " Just a Mere Maid looking for a LIfe Guard!" An attractive girl in a revealing red swimsuit calls for help

Statue of the Coquelin Brothers - Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Statue of the Coquelin Brothers (French Comics) at (their birthplace)Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Benoit-Constant Coquelin (18411909)

TERENCE, Publius Terentius Afer (190-154 BC). Cover of an edition of his comedies printed in Paris

The Divine Comedy. s. XIV. Dante and Beatrice
The Divine Comedy. s.XIV. Dante and Beatrice in the sun with the theologians. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Florence. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Laurentian Library)

The Divine Comedy. s. XIV. Dante, Virgil and Cato
The Divine Comedy. s.XIV. Dante, Virgil and Cato. Boat with an angel and six souls. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Plautus (254-184 BC). Latin comedy poet. Comedies
" Plautus (254-184 BC). Latin comedy poet. " Comedies". Edition of 1518. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)."

ITALY. Venice. Musei Civici Veneziani - Casa

MORATIN, Nicol᳠Fernᮤez de (1737-1780). Spanish
" MORATIN, Nicol᳠ Fernᮤ ez de (1737-1780). Spanish writer. Title page of theatre comedy " La Petimetra", 1762. SPAIN. Barcelona

VEGA CARPIO, F鬩x Lope de (1562-1635). La gallarda
" VEGA CARPIO, F鬩 x Lope de (1562-1635). La gallarda toledana", comedy by Lope de Vega included in the compilation " Parte catorze de las comedias de Lope de Vega"

The Divine Comedy. s. XIV. The Purgatory. Dante
The Divine Comedy. s.XIV. The Purgatory. Dante and Virgil before the lustful who walk through the flames. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St)

VEGA CARPIO, F鬩x Lope de (1562-1635). El vaquero
" VEGA CARPIO, F鬩 x Lope de (1562-1635). " El vaquero de Morana", comedy by Lope de Vega edited in Barcelona by Sebastiᮠ de Comellas (1617). Beginning of the first act

Los locos por el cielo, comedy by Lope de Vega edited in Barcelona by Sebastiᮠ de Comellas (1617). Beginning of the first act. SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library

Fragment of Greek glass with a representation of a comedy mask. Greek art. Ceramics. ITALY. Adria. National Museum of Archaeology

PRESCOTT DAVIES, Norman (1862-1915). The Dollar Princess. Illustration of the musical comedy The Dollar Princess

The Divine Comedy. Dante
BALZAC, Honor de (1799-1850). French realist novelist. Portrait of Honor Balzac with a monks habit. Engraving

RACINE, Jean (1639-1699). French dramatist poet. Illustration of the comedy Les Plaideurs (The Litigants), work

Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, Called
VEGA CARPIO, F lix Lope de (1562-1635). El esclavo de Roma, comedy by Lope de Vega edited in Barcelona by Sebasti

AESCHYLUS (525-455 BC). GREEK

Vega Carpio, F lix Lope
VEGA CARPIO, F lix Lope de (1562-1635). La prisin sin culpa, comedy by Lope de Vega edited in Barcelona by Sebasti

Pugachova, Alla (1949). Russian
VEGA CARPIO, F lix Lope de (1562-1635). Los locos por el cielo, comedy by Lope de Vega edited in Barcelona by Sebasti

RUSSELL, LILLIAN (1861-1922). AMERICAN
VEGA CARPIO, F lix Lope de (1562-1635). La prisin sin culpa, comedy by Lope de Vega edited in Barcelona by Sebasti

BENAVENTE, JACINTO (1866-1954). SPANISH
VEGA CARPIO, F lix Lope de (1562-1635). El despertar a quien duerme, comedy by Lope de Vega edited in Barcelona

Plautus (254-184 BC). Latin comedy poet. Illustration of the work Amphitryo, in an edition of Plautus Comedies

CALDERON DE LA BARCA, Pedro (1600-1681). Spanish dramatist of the Golden Age. The Lady Fairy, comedy of Calderon

Statuettes from Tanagra depicting Greek comic actors. Sculpture on rock. Proc: GREECE. Tanagra

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