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Silhouette, Sending Coals to NewcastleSending Coals to Newcastle -- silhouette showing a mining landscape and three men carrying sacks of coal up a slope
Silhouette, As Mad As A Hatter (or March Hare)As Mad As A Hatter (or March Hare) -- silhouette based on illustrations to Alice in Wonderland, showing the Mad Hatter and March Hare sitting at the tea table
Silhouette, Hope Springs Eternal in the Human BreastHope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast -- silhouette showing a shipwrecked man standing on a raft, waving to a ship on the horizon
Silhouette, Enough to Make a Saint SwearEnough to Make a Saint Swear -- silhouette showing a monk annoyed to see that a cat has knocked over a jug of milk and is lapping it all up
Silhouette, To Have a Finger in the PieTo Have a Finger in the Pie -- silhouette of a man in a tall hat (probably a chef) tasting a pie
Comic postcard, Two women chat about men Date: 20th century
VERSAILLES DRAGON POOLBASSIN DU DRAGON The mythological figures are doubtless added to give artistic effect to the picture rather than being a literal representation of the scene Date: 1688
HOUSE OF CARDSA literal view of the House of Cards (Parliament and Government). This scene includes Randolph Churchill, Lord Salisbury and Joseph Chamberlain. Date: 1889
Lunatic Asylum humour - Upside down wheelbarrowVisitor to Dottieville Lunatic Asylum which is undergoing structural improvements (to harmless lunatic who is extremely busy wheeling a barrow upside down)
Silhouette, A Drowning Man Catches at a StrawA Drowning Man Catches at a Straw -- silhouette showing a man in water, reaching up to a tree branch
Zodiac / Libra (Maxims)a literal view showing a book keeper balancing the books! Date: 1887
Spain. Philip Vs reign. Nueva Planta Decrees (1716). SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library
Comic caricature in a lunatic asylum by Phil MayDottieville Lunatic Asylum Visitor to the Asylum - " Is that Clock Right?" The Dotty One - " O course it ain, or it wouldn t be here." Date: 1900
Silhouette, To Lay Up for a Rainy DayTo Lay Up for a Rainy Day -- silhouette showing a squirrel putting nuts aside for survival during the winter
Silhouette, An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor AwayAn Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away -- silhouette showing two schoolchildren, a girl and a boy, walking along eating an apple each
Silhouette, One Sows and Another ReapsOne Sows and Another Reaps -- silhouette showing a farm worker sowing seeds in a field, with horses pulling a plough in the background
Silhouette, The Fat is in the FireThe Fat is in the Fire -- silhouette of a conflagration
Silhouette, Its an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any GoodIts an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any Good -- silhouette showing three people struggling along a street on a wet and windy day
Silhouette, Early to Bed, Early to RiseEarly to Bed, Early to Rise -- silhouette showing a little boy standing in front of his bed, stretching and yawning
Silhouette, The Last Drop Makes the Cup Overflow
Silhouette, Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow
Silhouette, To Hit the Nail on the HeadTo Hit the Nail on the Head -- silhouette showing three children watching their father hammer a nail into the wall
Twelve proverbial silhouettes given a literal depiction: the fat is in the fire, to have a finger in the pie, sending coals to Newcastle, one sows and another reaps
Silhouette, Straws Show Which Way the Wind BlowsStraws Show Which Way the Wind Blows -- silhouette showing a farm labourer loading straw onto a cart on a windy day
Silhouette, A Rolling Stone Gathers No MossA Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss -- silhouette showing three stones rolling down a cliff face by the sea
Silhouette, To Fight Like Kilkenny CatsTo Fight Like Kilkenny Cats -- silhouette showing two cats circling each other aggressively, with pawprints visible all around them
Dunderpate tries to put his best leg foremost, as advised by the pedlar, but finds it difficult. Date: 1938
Dunderpate and Susan with the squireDunderpate and Susan speak to the squire, who looks down at the offered pair of shoes. They remind him that he offered them a silver crown in return. Date: 1938
Dunderpate offers the squire his shoes, watched by his friend Susan. Date: 1938
Satire on Religious ArtA satire on the literal nature of religious art, with St Anthony preaching to the fishes lampooned
UK EVENT / TOON / 1889A literal view of the House of Cards (Parliament and Government). This scene includes Lord Salisbury and Joseph Chamberlain