Insult Collection

Comic postcard, Two men chatting in a pub Date: 20th century

Love, pride and revenge in a photography studio
A dramatic scene unfolds within a photographic studio. As a noble woman sits to have her portrait captured she is met with a young man of lower class declaring his love towards her

Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, also known as Cossacks of Saporog Are Drafting a Manifesto, oil on canvas (1891) by Ilya Repin

A Great Time for Ireland
A GREAT TIME FOR IRELAND " Mr G-O Rilla, the Young Ireland Party, exulting over the insult to the British flag. Shouldn t he be extinguished at once?"

Jesus insulted. Engraving. Colored
New Testament. Gospel of Matthew. Chapter XXVII. Jesus insulted. Gustave Dores drawing. Engraving by Pannemaker. Colored

Caricature of G A Sala, English journalist
Caricature of George Augustus Henry Sala (1828-1895), English journalist -- What it may come to. A grocer asks him if he might supply something quotable about his brand of tea

WWI Poster, The Kaisers Insult, Enlist Now
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Kaisers Insult, Enlist Now. Quoting from the Kaisers threatening words of 19 August 1914. Date: 1915

Music cover, The Piccolomini Waltz, from Verdis opera La Traviata, as performed at Almacks and the Court Balls. Marietta Piccolomini (1834-1899)

Pierre Bonaparte Photo
Prince PIERRE BONAPARTE nephew of Napoleon I, who murdered journalist Victor Noir who had dared to insult the Bonaparte dynasty... photographed in 1868. Date: 1815 - 1881

Countryfolk Insult
" Ow much for the Moke (Donkey) Billie? " I didn t know as yer Muvver could afford to keep two of yer!" Date: 1899

Horse Trainer standing up for his principles
Owner - " I heard as how you ve been fighting with Bob Smith?" " Yus. He said my sister was cross-eyed." " But you haven t got a sister?" " I know that

Different approaches to personal slights
" You Engleeshe you do not fight ze duel. Vat d you do ven you air insult?" " Oh, we write to the newspaper." Date: 1895

The Spanish insult to the British flag at Nootka Sound

Cartoon - Two lads having a joke about their Fathers
Two young lads trade insults, each one trying to belittle each others Father. " Your Father couldn t pass the Doctor!" " Garn, yours can t pass a pub." Date: circa 1915

Flying out another girl for the Harem
Hand-drawn anti-Turkish French propaganda card depicting a semi-naked woman being sent as a volunteer to the Sultans Harem via a Turkish kite! circa 1910s

THE INSULT
A gentleman deliberately insults another : among gentlemen, this is of course the prelude to a duel

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