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Nursery Rhyme - Three Little PigsThe Tale of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Mr Popple Drunk 1898After a convivial hunt breakfast at Hopham Hall, Mr Popple is found drunk and disorderly in charge of a horse
Tarot Card Fool 17CTAROT LE FOU (The Fool)
Cartoon, The Dropped Pilot, WW1Cartoon, The Dropped Pilot, twenty-four years after Tenniel
Crabbing Their Style by William Heath RobinsonCartoon, Crabbing their style. Toeing for crabs at and seaside resort during the holiday months. Men crab fishing using feet as bait
J Mercer. 3 wise men of GothamThree wise men of Gotham went to sea in a bowl, if the bowl had been stronger, my song would have been longer. 20th century
Art Deco Programme cover designed by Tom Purvis, The London Palladium, November 1938 These Foolish Things. Date: circa 1936
Sir Harry Dimsdale, foolish muffin seller, 1807Sir Harry Dimsdale, foolish muffin seller, 1758-1811. Elected Mayor of Garratt following the death of Sir Jeffrey Dunstan in 1797
Comic postcard, Young woman liked vicar's sermon Date: 20th century
My Word! We caught THIS wandering here. Two young women mock a rather daft-looking young man, possibly trying to use his facial dexterity to gain their attention/affection?! Date: 1910
Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor, as MalvolioHerbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor and theatre manager, as Malvolio in Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night. Date: 1907
Cartoon, A Parcel of Old ------ Frightened at a... BillCartoon, A Parcel of Old ------ Frightened at a Nasty! Great! Ugly! Jew Bill
Cartoon, A candidate for the new acting academy - The Church is no longer the only Profession open to the Fool of the Family. 1880s
Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line, WW1The Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line
Take My Tip The one way to follow horses with successTake My Tip.. Theres only one way of following horses with any success... AND THIS IS IT! circa 1930s
Comic Postcard - Don t get pinched for following the fashions
Cartoon, The Real Cap of Liberty. British Lion: What can THAT cap promise, that my CROWN doesnt perform? Eh, Stoopid? Date: December 1871
The Patsy, comedy, Theatre Royal, PlymouthSave your laughs for The Patsy, a three-act comedy by Barry Conners at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. circa 1930s
How to kiss your Rich Aunt ! A rather foolish and foppish young man (with an eye on the prize!) greets his Elderly (and very rich) Auntie with extreme enthusiasm. Date: 1908
French Theatre -- Sottie du Prince des SotzSottie du Prince des Sotz (Foolery from the Prince of Fools), by Pierre Gringore (Gringoire). Showing a musician in a red and grey fools costume, standing on one leg and playing the mandolin
German poster, What England Wants, WW1German propaganda poster, What England Wants, depicting a blindfolded man approaching the edge of a cliff with a heavy sack on his back at the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1914
Couple exchange a love note behind the back of a cuckoldCuckold Love - A man and a married woman exchange a love note behind the back of a fool (the womans husband, signified by the horns of a fool)
Cannibalism - Humorous postcard - Fiji - Doctor to be eatenCannibalism - Humorous postcard - Fiji - Western Doctor, investigating the Culinary Habits of the Cannibal Islands is himself about to become the entrea.. Date: circa 1910s
Sisowath, King of Cambodia shaking the trunk of FallieresSatirical postcard showing Sisowath (1840-1927), King of Cambodia shaking the trunk of French President Armand Fallieres (18411931) who is in the form of a benevolent Sacred Elephant
Suffragettes Geese to Parliament. Four white geese in a line head for parliament
Cartoon satirising German soldiers, WW1Cartoon satirising German soldiers during the First World War: Goot gracious me! Here kom der 16th Royal Scots. Date: 1914-1915
Jester on Donkey 1867Jester looking very foolish on a donkey
The Folly of Riches - Luke 12. circa 1688
Twelfth Night - title page - Malvolio cross-gartered before Olivia. 1862
Harry Monkhouse, Harry Parker and John le Hay in Maid MarionActors Harry Monkhouse, Harry Parker and John le Hay acting the fool in a scene from Maid Marion, which was staged at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London in 1891. Date: 1891
Posada, Illustration, The Adventures of Don ChepitoIllustration, The Adventures of Don Chepito -- Don Chepito addressing people in the street from a cart. Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, Good sense, WW1Cartoon, Good sense. An extravagant wife explains to her soldier husband why she had to buy such expensive clothes, and travel home by taxi. Date: 1916
Book cover design, A Gay Dog, by Cecil AldinBook cover design, A Gay Dog, The Story of a Foolish Year, by Cecil Aldin, showing a white bulldog looking down at some discarded female garments. Date: 1905
Cartoon, Connoisseurs examining a collection of George Morland s, by James Gillray. A satire on the popularity of Morlands paintings, focusing on fat pigs, foolish donkeys and greedy dealers
French Theatre -- Les Sobres SotzLes Sobres Sotz (The Sober Fools), a farce, showing a fool, Le Badin, in yellow and green motley. Date: 16th century
French Theatre -- Science et AneryeScience et Anerye (Science and Stupidity), a morality play
Foolish guillemot, Colymbus troile, Uria troile.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821
Cartoon, Brilliant second thoughts, WW1Cartoon, Brilliant second thoughts. Emperor Franz Josef of Austria comments: I m beginning to think that Bulow only went to see the Italians to get them to declare war on me. Date: 1915
Consulting the Oracle. Male and female anti-suffragists consult the oracle on how to rid themselves of the child who personifies the womens suffrage movement
Crown prince puppet toy, WW1A British girl pictured with a puppet which depicts Crown Prince Wilhelm, eldest son of the Kaiser (known by the nickname of Little Willie in Britain) as a rather foolish clown. Date: 1915
Cartoon, Polish view of German reservists, WW1Cartoon depicting a satirical Polish view of the German reservist army (or Landsturm) with makeshift weapons including pitchforks during the First World War. Date: September 1914
Cartoon, Men from The Moon, WW1Cartoon, Men from The Moon, commenting on three neutral powers in the early weeks of the First World War (Holland, America and Italy), and how they are regarded by the German government
Nursery Rhymes -- Little Bo Peep, Simple SimonNursery Rhymes. Little Bo Peep with her sheep (above). Simple Simon fishing in a bucket (below). Date: early 20th century
General D altonSatire on general d Alton, who suppresses ruthlessly those Flemish citizens who are foolish enough to sympathise with the French Revolution. Date: circa 1790
Flying Terms Defined - Flier Education
WW1 - Soldier gives away all souvenir buttons from uniformWW1 - A slightly daft-looking young Soldier has to resort to a large safety pin, as he has given away all the souvenir buttons from his uniform to family and female admirers... Date: circa 1915
Football Terms Illustrated - Well Collared!
A rather feeble suitor with a rather loud suitHe: " Oh! Smile upon my suit." She: " I do, I do. I can t help it." Date: 1895
Turkish Archytype smoking a pipe conected to a stoveCaricature Turkish Archytype smoking a pipe connected to a stove Date: circa late 1920s
Foolish fashion. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon depicting the latest in womens fashions, such as a pagoda-style dress and furs to match the shaved poodle
Weather Reports - Glass Falling - Storms Expected! A careless waiter with poor tray technique allows a glass of liquor to fall down the front of a smart gentlemans waistcoat
Dunderpate and his schoolmaster. The teacher says hes never known such a lazy, stupid fellow, and believes he hasn t enough sense to go in when it rains. Date: 1938
JL. Simple SimonSimple Simon fishing in a bucket... late 19th century
D Carleton-Smythe. Simple SimonSimple Simon met a pieman going to the fair... 20th century
The Struldbrugs / GulliverGULLIVER IN LUGGNAGG The Struldbrugs live for ever, and are exceedingly unhappy about it, becoming foolish, opinionative, peevish, unloving and unloved... Date: First published: 1726
Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Foolish Tommy PigeonFoolish Tommy Pigeon. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow and Substance, 1860
Mr Popple throws his hat at the fox, much to the Master of Fox Hounds disgust
Myth / Tibet / MusulmanFOOLISH YOUNG MUSSUMLAN The foolish young Mussulman is pursued by his own shadow, although he tries desparately to escape!
Myth / Tibet / Tiger / JackalTHE JACKAL AND THE TIGER The tiger and the monkey approach the jackals den, but the jackal frightens away the foolish tiger
Canute Reproves CourtierCanute demonstrates that the flattery of his courtiers is foolish, by showing them that he cannot turn back the sea as they had suggested
Tortoise & Two DucksTHE TORTOISE & TWO DUCKS A tortoise wishing to travel is flown by grasping a stick in its mouth, supported by two ducks; the foolish tortoise speaks and plummets to earth
Mad Jack of Margate: a local character who added to the colour of Margate making your seaside holiday complete. Daft hat aside, we don t know what form his madness took