Complaint Collection

Complaint by Workhouse Master at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshir
A formal complaint by Richard Brown, master of the Chipping Norton workhouse, against casual ward inmate Charles King who had refused to perform the work demanded of him. Date: 1904

Kingscott Ltd Advertisement Illustration
An advertisement illustration for Kingscott Ltd, a commercial art company, the image portrays a boy delivering some drawings, accompanied with his complaint! Date: circa 1939

Comic postcard, Woman complains about dress size Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guests complaint Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guest and landlady - Seek and ye shall find Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman complains to hotel manager Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guests complaint Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Difficulty milking a cow Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, gardener complaining Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl and shopkeeper Date: 20th century

The Gorton Party Attacked at Shawomet
The Gorton party attacked at Shawomet; a line of soldiers from Massachusetts fire towards a block-house, at Shawomet, in order to capture and bring Samuel Gorton to court in Boston

WW1 - Comic Postcard - K-Nut in a tuxedo
WW1 - Before conscription into the army was introduced, a certain class of young men existed, for whom everything was " too much bally trouble" or " too much fag." They were

A customer with a complaint
A man complains in a restaurant about his plate being cold

Representation of a trepanation in Ancient Egypt. Painting

The Epicure who detected a Minnow by H. M. Bateman
The Epicure Who Detected a Minnow in the Whitebait by H. M. Batemen. An arrogant diner, irate to discover a minnow amongst his plate of whitebait, demands the ma e d rectifies the situation

Enfermedades de los ojos (Eye diseases). Engraving illustrating major eye diseases: stye, conjunctivitis, squint, pterygium, keratitis. Engraving

Ancient Red Indian man - aged 127! His name is Ga-be-nah-quor-yarc and he was from Minnesota. Date: circa 1911

Hooflands celebrated German tonic water will cure dyspepsia, liver complaint, debility, indigestion, &c. &c. Print showing a drummer in a marching band beating on a drum labeled Hooflands celebrated

Prison reformer John Howard visiting a prison
An engraving of Francis Wheatleys 1787 painting of John Howard Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison. Howard (third from right) (1726-1790)

Cartoon, Making progress. A young woman sitting at the piano tells her friend: My voice is coming on -- I just had a complaint from the tenant on the sixth floor ! Date: 1919

Cartoon, The Martians, WW1
Cartoon, The Martians. During the First World War, the residents of Mars complain to their neighbouring planet about the noise, and ask them to be more considerate. Date: 1918

Fragment of a woody branch of vine attacked by the vegetative part of a fungus or mycelium. Illustration for La Maladie des Vignes (The disease of the vines)

Scientific experiments in the jungle in the early 20th century. Illustration by Lluis Bargall󮠗 atercolour

Surgery using ether as anesthetic administered by inhalation, at Bellevue Hospital in New York, 1870. Method first experienced by William T. G. Morton in 1846. Oil

Disease of the vines. Engraving of 1853
Bunch of grapes partially attacked by the vegetative part of a fungus or mycelium in the first days of July. Illustration for La Maladie des Vignes (The disease of the vines)

Cartoon, Killing a Grouse, WW1
Cartoon, Killing a Grouse. Orderly Officer: The teas alright; whats the complaint? Tommy: It ain t tea, sir - its stoo ! Orderly Officer: And very nice stoo ! By Charles Crombie

Suffragette selling copies of The Suffragette
London Life - A Rotary Postcard photograph showing a suffragette selling copies of The Suffragette paper - October, 1912. The woman in the image is wearing a Holloway brooch

Country Tramp dismayed at only available activity being work
" Poor Man! And can t you find anything to do?" " Nothing but Work, Liddy." Date: 1898

Different approaches to personal slights
" You Engleeshe you do not fight ze duel. Vat d you do ven you air insult?" " Oh, we write to the newspaper." Date: 1895

Light Unshaded! Blackout rebels bribe official
An Upper Class Party is disturbed by an official complaining about the non-blackout of this London address during WWI. The host is furiously apologising

The Bill Met With Strong Opposition
Parliamentary Notes illustrated - The Bill Met With Strong Opposition! Date: circa 1905

A Professor of Languages A Language Student returns to his College, but his grasp of the vernacular of his cabby seems less that First Class as he appears to have underpaid his driver

Robin Hood & Stutely
William Stutely makes his complaint to Robin Hood - and joins his band

Puritan Revolution - complaint about restrictions against drinking and selling meat on the Sabbath

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