Difficulty Collection

Pilgrims Progress 7
Christian climbs the hill Difficulty

Caterham Asylum, Surrey
Aerial view of the Asylum for Imbeciles opened in 1870 at Caterham in Surrey. The Asylum, with its twin at Leavesden, was established by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to provide care for Londons

A Woman of No Importance
A rather dark humoured illustration by Phil May, entitled A Woman of No Importance, a skit on the title of the play by Oscar Wilde of 1893

The difficulty. Illustration shows two Irish women talking in a kitchen over a cup of tea; in the background, an old man is sitting in a rocking chair, reading the newspaper. Date 1902 December 17

Leslie Henson Golfing
Comedian Leslie Henson (1891-1957) posing on the golf course. At the time he was appearing in the farce It's A Boy! at the Strand Theatre. Date: 1931

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 1A undergoing an engine change
Royal Air Force - A Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1A of No.3 Squadron undergoing an engine change in the field, under the cover of an inflatable hide, during Exercise Heath Fir in Germany

RASPUTIN DEATHPLACE
The Yusopov palace, Saint Petersburg, where RASPUTIN was done to death (with some difficulty) by a group of unpatriotic Russian nobles. Date: 1916

HELPING LADY FROM CAR
Ladies frequently encounter difficulty in emerging gracefully from an automobile, so it's nice to have a gentleman on hand to assist one Date: 1927

LITTLE GEORGIE
How the Dead watch over the Living in America - when Little Georgie is in difficulty, he is protected by the spirit of his dead mother - Date: 1887

Comic postcard, Man reluctant to milk a cow Date: 20th century

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

A little difficulty. A family in a carriage get into trouble when they find the treacherous-looking coastal road is closed

Cover design, The Angel of Peace has difficulty snuffing out the German candle of militarism with allied peace terms. Date: 1919

Cutting through the Vendome Column; Paris Commune 1871
A group of Communards cutting through the base of the column in the Place Vendome, Paris, 1871. The Communards decided to remove the column, a symbol of imperial splendour

Census - Cruikshank
Taking the Census. The head of an oversized, extended family has difficulty remembering the names of his kin and servants let alone how many there are! Date: 1851

Seaside holidays
I found apartments without the slightest difficulty. A humorous Edwardian double entendre. Date: 1903

A portly lady is laced into her corset by her maid Date: 1921

Anti-German cartoon, Germans at Verdun, WW1
An anti-German cartoon by a Belgian cartoonist showing the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and his son, Crown Prince Wilhelm, having difficulties on the battlefield at Verdun, north eastern France

Transporting supplies to Handeni, East Africa, WW1
British troops having difficulty transporting medical supplies to Handeni, East Africa (now in Tanzania), during WW1. 1916

Leap Year - Running the Gauntlet! Date: 1904

Cartoon, Trying to stop a taxi. A man tries to attract the attention of a cabbie in a Paris street. He comments that it was hard enough trying to stop the Boche for four years

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, inspector counting hounds
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- an excise officer counting hounds in the days when dog licences were required. Not surprisingly, he is having difficulty counting sixty couples who keep moving around

Enquirers at the British Consulate, Paris at outbreak of WW1
Enquirers at the British Consulate, Paris at the outbreak of WW1 Date: 1914

Sphere cover - artillery negotiating shell craters, Matania
British artillery in difficulty among shell craters in August 1918. Shell craters were created by explosions, could easily subside and filled with water in wet weather

Grooming a mule, WW1
Three soldiers struggling to groom an unruly mule in his stall with one of them grumbling, " Nah tehn, Undred Legs!" Date: 1916

Halting a mule, WW1
A soldier has difficult trying to bring an unruly mule to a halt at an Army Remount Depot, as a mule has no " mouth" in the same way a horse responds to a bridle). Date: 1916

Trying to shoe a mule, WW1
Men at an Army Remount Department attempt, with difficulty, an unmanageable mule during the First World War. Date: 1916

Liner Narrung in a gale by G. H. Davis
The Christmas gale: beaten back by the sea. How the P&O liner Narrung was forced back by huge waves off Ushant, Brittany. Showing the vessels position before she met the huge waves

Deck flying by G. H. Davis
Deck flying: problems met by pilots of the Fleet Air Arm. The arts of flying from and landing on naval aircraft carriers: difficulties created by rolling and pitching ships, by bumpy air

Getting quickly on deck from cabins by G. H. Davis
The difficulty of getting quickly on deck from cabins: the maze inside a modern liner. A suggested illuminated sign, and a photograph of the newly designed Gaskin Hart lifeboat at the West India

British midget submarine attack by G. H. Davis
One of the Second World Wars most daring exploits: the British midget submarine (XE3) attack which gained VCs for Lieutenant Ian Fraser RNR and Leading Seaman James Magennis

Andreas Zeillner
ANDREAS WILHELM ZEILLNER German military commander whose motto was rien sans peine (nothing is obtained without difficulty) Date: CIRCA 1649

Van Dyck at work
Antony van Dyck (1599 - 1641) Flemish artist depicted painting - under difficulty ! - the children of Charles I

The Merican Difficulty (1862). Nicol, Erskine 1825 - 1904. Date: 1862

WW1 - Advertisenent for French Byrrh Tonic Wine - Artillery moved to the front through difficult muddy conditions. Date: 1915

The effects of WW1 on French Food Prices - AFTER (2 / 2)
The Household Accounts The effects of the First World War on French Food Prices - in 1918 (2/2) Date: circa 1918

Mistaken translation of saying difficult English surnames Overheard on an Atlantic Liner Colonel Moses R. Hankey - " Theres one thing I kaant understand about your English way of spelling names

The Miseries of a Bachelor. Unmarried man trying to do his own sewing and darning Date: ca. 1865

River Humour - The Amateur Punter circa 1909

Driving on the right hand side / W H Robinson
A difficulty which confronts the British motorist abroad is driving on the right hand side of the road. To master this takes a little practice with mirrors

Skirting The Difficulty
I won t marry a man who can t look me straight in the eye Then wear them longer! Woman upset at the affect that her exposed legs are having. Date: 1925

Mountain farm in County Mayo, Ireland
Sketch from Ireland showing the harrowing difficulty of cultivating on a mountain farm in County Mayo. A peasant man and woman use a horse in their attempts to plough the rocky slopes

The Civil War in America. Army of the Potomac crossing the
Unsuccessful attempt of the Army of the Potomac to cross the Rappahannock on the 20th January 1863. The Unionists are seen here crossing the Rappahannock river with difficulty in blizzard conditions

Pilgrims Progress 27
Christianas and the pilgrims climb the hill Difficulty

Guatemala San Jose
Travellers landing with difficulty

Sporting Women 1919
A man has difficulty choosing between the traditional riding girl and the modern motoring girl

Dressing with Difficulty
Dressing is done with difficulty in a confined cabin on board a P&O liner bound for India, in a rolling sea in the Bay of Biscay

Louvre, 18th Century
Perspective view of the Academie Royale of painting and sculpture in the Louvre - even with the ladder provided, visitors would have difficulty inspecting the highest items

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