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Background imageHorrors Collection: The Zulu war. Scene of the Battle of Isandula (Isandhlwana)

The Zulu war. Scene of the Battle of Isandula (Isandhlwana)
After the Battle of Isadhlwana. A description by Lieutenant Crealock reads, Day waned and the night hung over the hill, when we reached the last ridge, beyond which lay what had been our camp

Background imageHorrors Collection: Remember Belgium Poster

Remember Belgium Poster
A WWI recruitment poster stirring memories of the horrors of the German invasion of Belgium to encourage young men to enlist in the armed forces

Background imageHorrors Collection: Horrors, my wife! by Webster Murray

Horrors, my wife! by Webster Murray
Wife tracks her husband down, under the sea in a diving suit having an affair with attractive mermaid. Date: 1928

Background imageHorrors Collection: Injured Ww1 Soldier

Injured Ww1 Soldier
A British soldier and his wife (or girlfriend) pose for the photographer, with the young mans lost leg stark evidence of the horrors of the conflict and the injuries suffered

Background imageHorrors Collection: The Horrors of Home

The Horrors of Home
A Captain, home on leave during World War I returns to his tranquil countryside village to discover it is now a hub of industry complete with belching chimneys, manufacturing armaments for the war

Background imageHorrors Collection: Prison ship Success Australia, c. 1890

Prison ship Success Australia, c. 1890
Image show offcers quarters on board. The ship was converted into a floating museum and used to display the horrors of the penal era. She was destroyed by fire in 1946

Background imageHorrors Collection: Bill posters 1887

Bill posters 1887
Cartoon in Punch, entitled How we advertise now, of a busy street scene with the whole wall covered with bill posters of horror scenes, from 1887. Date: 1887

Background imageHorrors Collection: Grotesque caricature, The Lock-Out's a monster. Captioned, The Evil Genius Of Industrial Strife

Grotesque caricature, The Lock-Out's a monster. Captioned, The Evil Genius Of Industrial Strife, with description, The "lock-out" is presented to us incarnate, as a monster

Background imageHorrors Collection: Pleasures of Pasta

Pleasures of Pasta
THE HORRORS OF FOREIGN FOOD Water I do declare - with worms in it. (soup with vermicelli) Date: 1830

Background imageHorrors Collection: LENFER

LENFER A condemned soul writhes in agony as a demon carries him to eternal torment and serpents give him a foretaste of the horrors to come

Background imageHorrors Collection: Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion

Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion, or, Forcible Reasons for negotiating a Regicide Peace, Vide, The Authority of Edmund Burke, by James Gillray

Background imageHorrors Collection: Chamber of Horrors waxworks damaged by water, 1925

Chamber of Horrors waxworks damaged by water, 1925
Wax models of Dr Crippen and other criminals from the Chamber of Horrors being covered with tarpaulins by salvage men after suffering water damage after fire ravaged the Madame Tussauds waxworks

Background imageHorrors Collection: Hadjin, Turkey - now known as Feke

Hadjin, Turkey - now known as Feke
Hadjin, Turkey. Now known as Feke - scene of the Turko-Armenian Horrors. Near Adana

Background imageHorrors Collection: Diana Vaughan Affair

Diana Vaughan Affair
Diana Vaughan, American ex- satanist, reveals the horrors of Freemasonry to the edification of the Catholic Church, but oh gosh ! she is simply Leo Taxils typist

Background imageHorrors Collection: 5 Years Without Paris

5 Years Without Paris
Oh, the horrors of war ! Imagine - five years without Paris fashions ! (German womans comments after World War One) Date: 1919

Background imageHorrors Collection: Cartoon, Political Dreamings

Cartoon, Political Dreamings, Visions of Peace! Perspective Horrors! by James Gillray. Showing William Windham, British War Minister, asleep and dreaming in bed, surrounded by visions

Background imageHorrors Collection: WWI Poster, Germany over All

WWI Poster, Germany over All
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Germanys Battle Cry is " Germany over All". Britain is fighting not only for the Freedom of Europe but to defend your mothers

Background imageHorrors Collection: Visions de Guerre - French troops in the trenches

Visions de Guerre - French troops in the trenches
From the French series Visions de Guerre - French troops in the trenches. Felix Valloton (1865-1925). In The 1890 S, Valloton Initiated The Modern Movement In The Use Of Woodcut

Background imageHorrors Collection: Combat between French and German soldiers

Combat between French and German soldiers
From the French series Visions de Guerre - HERR PROFESSOR - Halt !. Halt !. This is not the Haig Convention. A cartoon showing a mortal combat between a French and German soldier

Background imageHorrors Collection: Visions de Guerre - Marechal Joffre

Visions de Guerre - Marechal Joffre
From the French series Visions de Guerre - Marechal Joffre. Felix Valloton (1865-1925). In The 1890 S, Valloton Initiated The Modern Movement In The Use Of Woodcut

Background imageHorrors Collection: Visions de Guerre - Lord Kitchener

Visions de Guerre - Lord Kitchener
From the French series Visions de Guerre - Lord Kitchener. Felix Valloton (1865-1925). In The 1890 S, Valloton Initiated The Modern Movement In The Use Of Woodcut

Background imageHorrors Collection: Old Mrs Snooksons Husband view on his drinking ailment

Old Mrs Snooksons Husband view on his drinking ailment
" Well, hows your Husband, Mrs Snookson?" " O! Es very bad, poor ear Es such a martyr to Delerium Tremins." !!

Background imageHorrors Collection: A suggestion to the Buffalo Exposition; - Let us have a cham

A suggestion to the Buffalo Exposition; - Let us have a cham

Background imageHorrors Collection: Rices Surprise Party in the great musical extravaganza, Hor

Rices Surprise Party in the great musical extravaganza, Horrors. Date c1879

Background imageHorrors Collection: Young boy having a haircut

Young boy having a haircut
A young boy having a haircut. He looks up in mock horror as the scissors begin to cut across his nice blond fringe

Background imageHorrors Collection: The Horrors of Peace

The Horrors of Peace
Three soldiers home on leave during World War I, with wounds discover to their surprise that, compared to a hair-raising motor car ride with their lady companion driver

Background imageHorrors Collection: High Jump Cartoon

High Jump Cartoon
1st Event - International Sports 1914- HIGH JUMP. Mr Fritz (Germany) beats all previous records - a biting cartoon highlighting the horrors & dangers of the front

Background imageHorrors Collection: MAROONED ON ANDROMEDA

MAROONED ON ANDROMEDA
MAROONED IN ANDROMEDA (Clark Ashton-Smith) The animal-eating flora of Andromeda are beautiful to look at but not much fun on closer acquaintance

Background imageHorrors Collection: Small boy having a haircut

Small boy having a haircut
A boy squeals as a pair of scissors is applied to his fringe - the horrors of a home haircut!

Background imageHorrors Collection: Lelius Socinus

Lelius Socinus
LELIUS SOCINUS (Sozzini) Italian theologian who - horrors ! - opposed the concept of the Trinity, shocking some but supported by others

Background imageHorrors Collection: Food / Unconventional

Food / Unconventional
THE HORRORS OF FOREIGN FOOD " Water I do declare - with worms in it." (soup with vermicelli)

Background imageHorrors Collection: Escaping, Guyana

Escaping, Guyana
Four prisoners succeed in escaping from their prison in Guyane, but only one of them survives the horrors of the jungle


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