Glum Collection (page 2)

R Willstatter / Nobel 1915
RICHARD WILLSTATTER German chemist Date: 1872 - 1942

Edward Matthew Ward
EDWARD MATTHEW WARD English artist Date: 1816 - 1879

Chas Kingsley / Stereoscop
CHARLES KINGSLEY English writer and clergyman Date: 1819 - 1875

Eta Hoffmann / Henzel
ETW HOFFMANN also known as ETA HOFFMANN (he took the name Amadeus when composing) German Romantic writer and composer Date: 1776 - 1822

Charles Kingsley
CHARLES KINGSLEY Writer and clergyman Date: 1819 - 1875

Christopher Isherwood
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD English novelist Date: 1904 - 1986

Lodovico Ariosto / Cook
LODOVICO ARIOSTO Italian writer, famous for his epic poem Orlando Furioso Date: 1474 - 1533

Mother and child standing on the beach - France Date: 1920s

Men standing at a bar in Eccles, Manchester, with pints of beer on the counter. Date: circa 1980

The Man Who Had A Tale To Tell. Southbank, Teesside 1970s 1970s

Meal on the beach, Hawaii, USA
Meal on the beach for 19 people, including Europeans, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1925

Pueblo Indian boy, New Mexico, USA
Pueblo Indian boy, Na-Na-Tse, New Mexico, USA. Date: circa 1925

Large group photo, Montecatini Spa, Italy
Large group photo of men and women at Montecatini Thermal Baths and Spa, Tuscany, Italy, on 17 August 1919. Date: 1919

Two boys with toy car in a field
Two boys with a toy car in a field. Date: circa 1920s

Little girl looking glum
A little girl looking glum. Date: circa 1960s

Cartoon, Victory singing, WW1
Cartoon, Victory singing, with happy soldiers walking along a road. A pessimistic civilian man watches them, and comments: Its unbelievable

Victorian family group with tennis racquet
A rather serious-looking Victorian family group of a couple with two children and a tennis racquet. Date: circa 1880s

Bonzos dud show by George Studdy
Bonzos dud show. He had been expecting first prize, but loses out to two pedigree dogs, a bull terrier and a bulldog. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

The Bonzolines have a couple by George Studdy
The Bonzolines get a little squiffy on whisky, and spill some of the decanters contents. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Larrabee, actor, in Salary Jane
An actor named Larrabee in a film called Salary(?) Jane. Date: 20th century

The Glums - a rather dour-faced German Extended Family
An extended German family in traditional costume - it would appear that the Photographers hand slipped on the shutter-release button a few seconds before he asked his subjects to smile

Embossed silver portrait of a Woman - Christmas Postcard
A very unusual Christmas postcard featuring the embossed silver portrait of a young woman, bearing an expression far removed from what one would usually term Christmas Cheer !! Date: 1905

Ragged Street singers - looking decidedly worse for wear
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting a pair of ragged street singers singing about fair and stormy weather - the perfect illustrative template for their undoubtedly

Teddy bears looking for accomodation

Schoolchildren in class, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Schoolchildren photographed during a lesson at a school in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Some of them are looking rather bored. circa 1946

Metropolitan Police officer fitted with his uniform
A newly recruited Metropolitan Police officer who has just been fitted with his uniform and helmet at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London

Fed Up Dog by George Ranstead
Cartoon drawing of an extremely glum looking dog by George Ranstead, an amateur soldier artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps

Young Vietnamese woman
A rather seriously-looking young woman from the Annam region of Vietnam. Date: 1903

Sulky Girl C1900
A little girl leans against a wall and sulks - perhaps she has no-one to play with... Date: circa 1900

Absinthe drinkers in a Paris cafe
Absinthe drinkers (Verlaine and his companions) in a Paris cafe. Date: 1907

Two Victorian sisters and their brother in studio setting
Two Victorian sisters and their young brother pose in the photographers studio. They are all looking rather glum, or bored

Mother and three children, Mid Wales
A mother and her three children looking rather glum, Mid Wales

Navy wedding group, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A large group photo of a Navy wedding in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales, during the First World War. Nobody seems very happy about it!

Teenager being told off
An older woman knits in her sitting room, whilst delivering a stern reprimand to a sullen faced teenage girl (her daughter) who sits alongside her looking downcast and moderately fed up

The suffrage debate: two extreme portraits
The anti-suffragette as seen by the suffragette, and the suffragette as seen by the anti-suffragette: a coy and slightly demonic looking young woman in evening wear simpers at the viewer

Musical lovers in a boat
Being stranded in a boat on the river, this poor woman can find no escape from her lovers musical offering so she sits back resigned to an afternoon of violin playing

Children of King Alfonso XIII of Spain
Three of the six children of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and his wife, Queen Ena. They are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907-1938), the Infanta Beatriz (1909-2002) and Infante Jaime (1908-1975)

Toddlers in a line
A scene showing a snaking line of small children, all holding on to one another and looking rather glum

Sir Edward Grey / Leaning
Sir Edward Grey Viscount of Fallodon Statesman

Two Young Girls - Photo
Two rather sullen young girls in their finest frocks pose for a photograph

Joke Over by John Gordon
A glum looking jester sits in a prison cell attached to a ball and chain

Female Type / Morning Aft
Attractive young woman resting in a chair after a rather lively time the night before

Victor Hugo / Furniss
VICTOR HUGO French novelist

Boy and dogs
Little boy tries to take two dogs for a walk, but has great difficulty controlling them

Max Reger / Liz 1907
MAX REGER German composer

Leopold Godowsky / Postcd
LEOPOLD GODOWSKY American piano virtuoso and composer, born in Lithuania

Emile De Girardin / Trombi
EMILE DE GIRARDIN French journalist

Charles I / Jacquand
CHARLES I (CHARLES D ANJOU) Italian King of Naples and Count of Anjou, brother of Louis IX of France, ruler of Sicily

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