Hole Collection (page 13)

Miser who Lost Fortune
THE MISER WHO LOST HIS FORTUNE: A miser finds that the gold he had buried in a hole in the ground has been taken

Teeing Off 1865
Three golfers tee off at the first hole, accompanied by their caddies

Golf / Putting 1970S
A golfer prepares to putt

Friendly Policeman
A friendly London Bobby, standing around a hole in the road with a group of children and Working Class men in flat caps

An Innocent Abroad
Humorous illustration by Bruce Bairnsfather showing a young soldier sheltering in his funk hole in a trench while an " Ole Bill" type character observes his misery

Costume / Navvy
A London navvy wearing a white smock, peaked cap & stout boots, smokes his pipe as he digs a ditch. A lantern alerts passersby to mind the hole

Black Arrow
The evil Sir Isenbart de Belame and his lords, seated around their table at Wrangby, are startled by the Black Arrow which Robin and his men fired through the spy hole

Myttons Upturns Gig
English eccentric Jack (John) Mytton (1796-1834) deliberately capsizes a gig by driving it into a rabbit hole in order to scare a nervous passenger

Twin puppies burrow into rabbit hole
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, try to make the rabbit hole bigger so that they can get through it

Twin puppies follow rabbit into burrow
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, bravely follow the rabbit and enter a dark burrow

Cabinet Maker 1827
Cabinet maker in the act of making a looking-glass frame; he is putting some glue on one of the side pieces to fix it to the hole prepared for it

Trench Life 1916
A Square Meal in a Square Hole! : British troops take comfort in a meal amid the discomfort of trench life and the trials of warfare

Ww1 Cartoon / So Obvious
SO OBVIOUS " Who made that ole?" " Mice"

Whos out Front ?
Whos out front ? - two dancers look through the peep- hole to see whether their admirers are in the audience

Game / Stella / Fossette
La Fossette aux Noyaux: a game in which small stones (possibly plumstones) are thrown, in an attempt to get them into a small hole in the ground

FRENCH BARREL GAME
Le Tonneau (barrel) players aim to get their pieces through the hole(s)

Golf at St Andrews 1889
Beautifully attired ladies enjoy a game at St Andrews, Scotland; a lady putts out on the fourteenth hole (note the double green that is shared with the fourth hole)

Pocket Sun Dial
The POCKET SUN-DIAL - a precursor of the pocket watch - let the suns light pass through a small hole to reach a dial marked on the inside rim

Indian Clepsydra
An ancient clepsydra from Southern India : the bowl has a small hole in it, and gradually fills, at which point the watching boy strikes a gong

Boys Ferreting C19
Two boys set a ferret down a rabbit hole

Surrey Theatre 1840S
Idlers, promenading couples, a lady & lap dog, a dog chasing a boy, & a porter with a heavy load loiter on the street - 3 drunks with pint pots stumble out of the Coal Hole pub

Poppy in Button Hole
A remembrance poppy on the lapel of a tweed jacket

Water Clock Egypt
Egyptian water clock : the passage of time was measured by water gradually emptying from the bowl through a hole

Kibitka Interior
Inside a KIBITKA - the tent of the Kalmuk nomads; note the closeable hole above the fire, and the samovar Date: early 19th century

Ww1 / 1915 / Rising Sun Hot
When Japan enters the war, John Bull finds the Rising Sun a little too hot for him !

Judas Betrays / Hole
Jesus is betrayed by Judas with a kiss

Wet day in Piccadilly, Central London
A wet day in Piccadilly, Central London, with pedestrians and a hansom cab

Marcus Curtius sacrifices himself for Rome
When a fissure appears in the Forum in Rome, the oracle demands a sacrifice. A young horseman, Marcus Curtius, volunteers and rides into it, nobly giving his life for the city he loves

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