Fright Collection

Supper at Emmaus, 1648, by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Supper at Emmaus, 1648. Detail. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Dickens / Christmas Carol
Scrooge receives a visit from the ghost of Jacob Marley, his former business partner

The Ghost Train, travel on the thrills and laughter line
The Ghost Train, Do you feel like Nothing on Earth? Then there is an Express reason why you should see The Ghost Train with a real Bogey

His Broadcast Masters Voice by George Studdy
A spoof on the famous His Masters Voice logo featuring a dog listening to a gramophone; Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy

The Head of Medusa, ca. 1618. Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640). Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 118 cm

Studdys Nightmare by George Studdy
Bonzo and Co. get their own back on the artist, after the Christmas pudding. George Studdy, the creator of the comic canine Bonzo

Was She To Blame? by Mrs F G Kimberley
Promotional postcard for Was She To Blame? By Mrs F. G. Kimberley. First produced at the Junction Theatre, Manchester, 12th April 1909 and Woolwich, 7th February 1910

English gentleman held captive by two Papal guards in uniform in a room in Avignon. A prisoner at Avignon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal

The Bunnies - Mrs Wren gives them a fright Date: 1924

A Henpecked Husband. A henpecked man is controlled by and a little frightened of a woman, especially his wife. Date: circa 1909

Fisticuffs
An advertisement illustration showing two smartly dressed men engaged in a fist fight, two women look on in fright. Date: circa 1939

Pierrot And The Banker Part 2
A series of illustrations portraying Pierrot the sad pantomime clown and a banker, Pierrot grabs a safe and puts a black cat inside, upon arrival to the banker

Calavera of the Purring Cat, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

Lady badly burned in an accident with a paraffin lamp. Date: 1871

Puppy abducted by eagle in Valle Brembana, San Gallo, Italy
Puppy abducted by eagle in Valle Brembana, San Gallo, north-east of Milan, Italy. Fortunately the puppy struggled and the eagle had to drop it from a height of 30 metres - the dog had a soft landing

Baby Scouts -- scarecrow
Baby Scouts -- And yet a scarecrows such a curious sight, it makes some baby scouts fall down with fright. Date: 1900

SHAKESPEARE / BOTTOM
Act III, Scene I Bottom translated: O Bottom, thou art changd/What do I see on thee? Date: 1773

Many kittens and a Santa cat on a Christmas card by Louis Wain. Have they behaved well enough to receive their presents? Date: circa 1900s

Card and Backgammon. Fight over Cards, 1620-1630, by Theodoo
Theodoor Rombouts (1597-1637). Flemish painter. Cards and Backgammon. Fight over Cards. 1620-1630. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Cartoon, Hearing cannon fire in Constantinople, WW1
Cartoon, Hearing cannon fire in Constantinople, showing the ladies of the Turkish Harem alarmed by the sound of the guns of Gallipoli - likewise the Sultan himself! Date: 1915

Illustration, Tam O Shanter
Illustration to Tam O Shanter, a poem by Robert Burns. Date: 1866

Stage Fright by Jack Gordge
An actress stands by a theatre curtain, terrified to go on stage, a phobia personified by a menacing shadowy figure behind her. Date: 1927

Inoculation by H M Bateman. This illustration shows a man smuggly and confidently going through a series of injections by different doctors, on different parts of his body

Bonzo in the Hall of Mirrors by George Studdy
This Weeks Studdy - Bonzo Enjoys three-penn orth of himself. Bonzo terrifies himself with a triplicate reflection at a fairground or seaside pier hall of mirrors. 1924

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - running from Mrs Cow. circa 1910s

The Scruple. Moral Tales by Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-17
Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-1799). French writer and historian. Moral Tales. The Scruple. Edition printed in Liege, 1777. Colored engraving. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Africa. European settler instructing the natives by Magic L
Africa. European settler instructing the natives by a projection with the unit called Magic Lantern. Colored engraving from 1879

Father Christmas apparition on a Christmas card
Father Christmas awful apparition on a Christmas card -- he appears to be terrorising three edible birds with strings of sausages and onions. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, During the bombardment, WW1
Cartoon, During the bombardment. A British soldier eats from a hamper during a bombing raid. He tells another soldier, Jim, that when he eats quickly he gets the hiccups -- can he suggest a remedy

Mother goose and goslings in a fright after one of them has been stolen by the fox. Date: circa 1933

White bulldog puppy with stage fright
A white bulldog puppy with stage fright -- he should have gone on and rescued the actress from the villain, but refused to move from the wings. Date: 1905

Hut Life Illustrated, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon showing the soporific atmosphere in a Y.M.C.A hut recreation room somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War, where soldiers can spend their leisure time reading magazines

Ordeal for horses on the Western Front, 1917
British horses in the back area of the battle zone are terrified by the flash of an exploding bomb leading the cussing guard to round them up and resume control. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Get Out and Get Under, WW1
Cartoon, Get Out and Get Under, showing a German dachshund looking worried as a British bulldog approaches with warships, at the start of the First World War. Date: August 1914

Its a long way to Tipperary - A Mouse heads up a ladys leg, who is standing on a chair in obvious terror! Date: circa 1915

Pig entering a restaurant

Enter the Villain by Sala
A fashionably dressed 1920s flapper finds that her new-found confidence is sorely tested by the appearance of a small mouse. Date: 1927

J Hassall. Dickory, dickory, dock
Dickory, dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, down the mouse run, Dickory dickory dock. A frightened little girl stands on a stool at the side of the clock. 20th century

L Wain. Little Miss Muffett
Little Miss Muffet -- a cat version. circa early 20th century

J Hassall. Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet... 20th century

The Order in Council
The daily newspapers scatter in fright as the spectral presence of Prime Minister Asquith, the censorious bogey man emerges above them

Balloon Scares Natives
A Balloonist (Paul) causes African villagers to cower in fright as he sails above their homes

Inflated Crinoline
Kittys cage crinoline is apt to inflate on windy days and carry her off like a balloon striking fear and panic into her, her intended Adolphus and pet dog Fido

Sea Serpent Rears Up
An ugly winged serpent of the sea rears up to confront a startled sailor who lets go the ships wheel in fright

Thoughtforms - 27
27 - SUDDEN FRIGHT

Mother and children frightened by wolves
A mother and her children, returning home through the snow in a sleigh, are frightened by wolves pursuing them

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