Frightened Collection

The Ghost Story by Alfred Bestall
A family sit in the dark by a blazing fire, rigid with fear while listening to a ghost story told by an aged relative. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to them, the sceptre of a medieval knight

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

Jack London / Call of Wild
Bucks encounter with a frightened wolf

Man and ghost
Man being followed by a hooded ghost. The figure with outstretched hands pointed at me and said: " Granby Manners, you will die in this room!" Date: 1890s

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

The Thunderstorm by Edmund Blampied
A woman cowers under her bed covers as a thunderstorm is in progress outside. Date: 1914

Mouse on Train 1947
At Bologna a woman is frightened by a mouse in a railway carriage and falls out. Luckily, she isn t seriously hurt

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

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been? I ve been up to London to look at the queen. Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you there? I frightened a little mouse under the chair Date: circa 1912

A suffragette in Holloway Prison
A nervous looking and well-dressed suffragette sits on a stool at Holloway Prison after being arrested during a demonstration

Dogs Chase Pheasant
Two spaniels chase a frightened pheasant through the undergrowth

Stalking Horse
A wildfowler, knowing that birds are less frightened of horses than of humans, conceals himself behind a wooden horse

WW2 - Comic Postcard, Home Front - Intruder Raid - A little girl (with ginger pigtails) is alarmed at the sight of a small brown mouse and has leaped up onto the piano stool. Date: 1944

The Chocolate Soldiers, Chumpie Meets A Nurse
A wartime children's story book illustration which shows Chumpie the trumpeter, a chocolate soldier, speaking with a frightened Red Cross nurse. Date: circa 1940s

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

Art thou warm, Maiden, by Arthur Rackham Date: 1916

Illustration of monkeys, pointed by an umbrella, Cecil Aldin
Illustration of two frightened monkeys, pointed at with an umbrella, by Cecil Aldin. Captioned by the artist, Envy, Hatred, Malice and All Uncharitable, A Sketch from Life'

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

Cartoon, The New Ally, WW1
Cartoon, The New Ally -- General Winter arrives to take charge of Operations during the First World War. Date: 1914

Original Artwork - Woman in red dress surprised by mouse
Original Artwork - A woman in a wide-skirted red dress surprised by a little black mouse. The candle casts a large and ominous black shadow on the wall behind her. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, An Englishmans Home Date: 1909

Stolen Children
A pencil sketch of frightened children hiding from a wicked goblin racing off with a sackful of already stolen children. Artist: Helen Jacobs Date: circa 1920

Cartoon, Very Kind of Him! (John Bright)
Cartoon, Very Kind of Him! The radical Liberal MP John Bright reassures a member of the House of Lords: Don t be alarmed - I won t hurt you

Cartoon, A Parcel of Old ------ Frightened at a... Bill
Cartoon, A Parcel of Old ------ Frightened at a Nasty! Great! Ugly! Jew Bill. A satirical comment on the House of Lords rejection of the Jewish Disabilities Bill

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

Little Miss Muffet by Agnes Richardson

BOY PLAYS IN MASK C1870
A boy in a grotesque mask frightens his little sister Date: circa 1870

DOG STOPS HORSE
When a bakers horse bolts in a Glasgow street, a retriever dog leaps at the reins and did all in its power to stop the frightened runaway Date: 1875

Hogarth Times Night
4. Night A street leading to Charing Cross, with a statue of Charles I at the far end; a frightened horse has caused a coach to overturn. Date: 1738

Cartoon, The Hands with Right on their Side, WW1
Cartoon, The Hands with Right on their Side. Two large hands representing the Allied forces tower over the four small leaders of the Central Powers cowering in the middle

In the Next Room by Eleanor Robson and Harriet Ford. First produced in England St. Martins Theatre, 6th June 1924. The mysterious deaths are brought about offstage - in the next room as far as

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

Fantastic Adventures - The Liquid Man
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1941, featuring the story The Liquid Man by Bernard C. Gilford. Weird looking man with green skin is going to drink a steaming liquid out of a test tube

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

German soldiers fleeing from a firing tank, WW1
Frightened German soldiers fleeing from a firing tank during the First World War. Date: 1916

Balloon descent at Gonesse, France
The first trial hydrogen balloon which ascended from the Champ de Mars, and descended in the village of Gonesse, north east of Paris

Belgium by George Ranstead
Drawing on a postcard showing a small child looking cold and frightened, meant to represent Belgium which had fallen to German forces in the first few weeks of the First World War

At the Ogres Dwelling
Hop O My Thumb and his brothers arrive at the dwelling of the ogre in the forest; the ogres wife shines a lantern on them

Shelter for the Night by Leonard Potts
A couple rather regret knocking on the door of a house to find shelter. 1930

More Types From Harley Street by H M Bateman. Skin - The Microscopic. The one with the magnifying glass and the test tubes. Brain - The Genius. He knows all about the mind. Nerve - The Intense

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

Arab family. Colored engraving

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