Inconvenience Collection

English tourists watch fishermen opening pearl oysters
English tourists watch Scottish fishermen opening pearl oysters on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Doctor Prosody fishing for pearls in the Isle of Sky

The problem with Capote bonnets: two womens deep-brimmed bonnets collide as they greet each other, while fashionable men watch

WIG FALLS OFF OUT RIDING
The inconvenience of wearing a wig out riding. Date: circa 1810

Cartoon, A March to the Bank, by James Gillray. Showing William Pitt leading a line of soldiers along The Strand, Fleet Street and Cheapside to the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street

Late Comers at the Christmas Shows by Charles Robinson
A group of late theatre goers cause chaos as they make their way to their seats at the theatre. Date: 1928

Inconvenient Costume / C18
THE INCONVENIENCE OF DRESS A lady ably demonstrates that the constraints of fashion can lead to constraints on the ability to eat ones supper

Crinoline Prevents Kiss
Adolphus is foiled in his attempts to obtain a kiss from his beloved. The new fashion is proving a barrier to matrimony and intimacy between the sexes

Crinoline Trips Adolphus
Adolphus becomes ensnared in the hoops of Kittys crinoline forcing him to keep his distance. The beau of another crinoline wearer is forced to sit on the arm of a bench

Perils of Crinolines No4
A young lady in a cage crinoline is confronted with the folly of the new fashion as she is prevented from negotiating a staggered stile on a country walk

Perils of Crinolines No3
The High Style (Stile): a woman is thankful that no one is looking as she struggles over a country stile in a cage crinoline, thereby exposing her legs

Pros & Cons of Sickbed
The pleasure of lying in bed all day while convalescing is somewhat outweighed by inconvenience of dropping crumbs in the bed. Two little girls ruminate

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