Irritation Collection

On the Omnibus by John Leech Date: 19th century

The Respirator for colds, cough, sore throat, etc
The Respirator for all affections attended with irritation in the air passages, as colds, cough, sore throat, asthma, consumption, etc. 1858

Advertisement for Geraudels Pastilles. 1893

People at the zoo on a Christmas card -- irritating the lions. Date: circa 1890s

Card and Backgammon. Fight over Cards, 1620-1630, by Theodoo
Theodoor Rombouts (1597-1637). Flemish painter. Cards and Backgammon. Fight over Cards. 1620-1630. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Cartoon, William Gladstone asleep, with insect MPs hovering over his face -- How the Grand Old Man manages to take forty winks with a lot of pestiferous flies buzzing about him is a wonder! 1884

Cartoon, Lord Cairns annoyed by his sons debts
Cartoon, Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1819-1885) -- Keep away from him, Garmoyle, while he is like this! He appears to be annoyed about a few bills which his son, Arthur William Cairns

Cartoon, Women and cigarette smoke. A young woman wafts away billowing clouds of cigarette smoke from another woman who is smoking

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Cock-O-Lorum. Showing a proud cockerel conducting a roll call of all his hens, and finding the independently-minded Hetty missing. Date: 1921

Label design, Eisemanns Fairy Cream, Phil Eisemann, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. An exquisite and elegant preparation for relieving chapping, chafing, sunburn, tan, roughness, redness, inflammation

British Expeditionary Force in Boulogne
Some of the British Expeditionary Force with their horses on the quay at Boulogne outside the main town station, their landing point in France

Pig entering a restaurant

Old lady and five geese
An old lady goes for a walk, and is irritated by the cackling of five geese. first published 1879

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