Frightened Collection (page 2)

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

Illustration, Little Miss Muffet. (2 of 2) circa 1890s

The Dirt-Track Rider who appeared in Rotten Row. A motorcyclist causing noisy havoc amonst the genteel riders on Rotten Row in Hyde Park, London. 1929

The Invisible Foe by Walter Hackett. First produced at the Savoy Theatre, 23rd August 1917. The photo shows the stars, H. B. Irving and Fay Compton. Date: 1917

Comic Hamlet scene on a New Year card -- Hamlet thinks he has seen his fathers ghost on the battlements of Elsinore, but it is only the water pump covered with ice. Date: circa 1890s

Little boy with jack in the box on a Christmas card
Little boy frightened by a jack in the box on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Round figures, WW1
Cartoon, Round figures. A French gendarme officiously challenges a civilian man about his age. The document says 47, but he is sure the man looks nearer 50. Date: 1916

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot runs away from a bulldog
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot runs away from Scrunch, the butchers bulldog, though they do make friends later. " I had to run for my life." Date: 1895

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

Illustration, Rapunzel -- When he got over the wall he was terrified to see the Witch before him. Date: 1909

A Mere Matter of Form by Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
Distressing mistake of the cook recently released from a munition factory. A familys cook absent-mindedly shapes the pudding for that day into a shell, much to the shock and panic of her employers

Re-enactment at Royal Tournament, Olympia, London
A re-enactment of the Invasion of Britain by the Romans, at the Royal Tournament, Olympia, London. Date: 1921

German troops running from a British gas attack, WW1
German troops near Fleurbaix, pictured running from a British gas attack. The attack was seen as justified by the British press because the Germans had used gas first

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

The Man Who Won the V. C. by Thomas Henry
An officer who has won the Victoria Cross is presented with a situation that finds him a little short of courage - a roomful of young women, eager to meet him. Date: 1915

Long Jock by William Heath Robinson
Canny Kiltie Camouflage. A mischievous pair of Highland soldiers terrify a German soldier into imagining he really will have to tackle some great Scots

Bonzo sees ghosts by George Studdy
Tap! Tap! Tap! Bonzo sees ghosts. Seen here being chased by ghostly dogs. Date: 1924

Bonzo in search of his forefathers by George Studdy
Bonzo finds a trace of his ancestral courage in an old tapestry -- he notices his ancestor running away from a wild boar, while bigger and braver dogs confront it. Date: 1924

Bonzo Discovers the Bonzosaurus Egg by George Studdy
Bonzo Discovers the Bonzosaurus Egg -- clearly an ancestor from prehistoric times! Date: 1924

Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits meet a dog
Hullo, There! -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits meet a dog lurking behind a large vegetable. Date: 1912

Rufus the cat with Blossom the cow
Touch and Go -- Rufus the cat is frightened by Blossom the cow in the cowshed. Date: 1912

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

Nursery Rhymes -- man fishing, boy on road
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a man fishing. Below -- a little boy walking along a road in the dusk. Date: early 20th century

Pinocchio -- with the green fisherman
Pinocchio -- The green fisherman plunged him five or six times in the flour. Date: 1911

Italian recruitment poster, WW1
Italian recruitment poster during the First World War. A woman being led away with her baby by three enemy soldiers cries out to her brothers to save her by joining up. Date: 1914-1918

Nursery Rhymes -- Babes in the Wood. Date: early 20th century

Listening to the guns of deliverance in invaded France 1916
Stricken populations of invaded France, hiding behind bushes and a fallen wall, a frightened family listening to the guns and whirr of the aeroplanes, coming nearer every day. 1916

E Arnot Robertson
EILEEN ARNOT ROBERTSON writer and film critic, author of Four frightened people and Ordinary families. Date: 1903 - 1961

WW2 - Home Front - Two boys playing on a see saw
WW2 - Home Front, November 1940 - Two boys playing on a see saw - happy and content and not afraid of the war raging around them

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

Children watching a spider weave its web
A girl and boy watch in wonder as a large spider weaves its web between branches. c. 1910

Chinese soldier frightened by scarecrow or straw figure of a Japanese soldier. Date 1895

Frightened. Illustration shows a tiny dog labeled Cuban Reciprocity barking at a man who has climbed a fence out of fear, his hat labeled Sugar Trust has fallen to the ground. Date 1902 May 7

Chinese man frightened by two toy figures of Japanese soldiers and a turtle hanging by strings. Date 1895

Russian soldiers frightened by toy figures of Japanese soldiers hanging by strings. Date 1904 or 1905

Collecting cards depicting a story about a Chinese governor of Bac-Ninh, who, while relaxing on a hill with his rabbits, is frightened by an approaching balloon carrying sailors

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

Koko the dog frightens a kitten into a tree
Koko the dog remembers how he once frightened a kitten and made it escape up into a tree. Date: 1937

Little boys first traumatic experience of the sea
A little boys first (rather traumatic) experience of taking a dip in the sea, despite soothing and encouraging words from Mama. Date: circa 1910s

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

Humorous postcard - LOVE
LOVE When a man is in love he says: " Darling, Nothing shall part us! For your sake I will even face DEATH!" - and then his WIFE somes round the corner! Date: 1913

Boatman rowing concerned passengers
The Boatie Rows. A (completely unconcerned) boatman rowing his load of seasick, concerned and startled passengers through some choppy waters! Date: 1903

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