Lose Collection

On Pleasure Bent, On Pleasure Broke by Lance Mattinson
Cartoon showing an optimistic chap arriving at a greyhound racing stadium, hopeful about winning some money and then leaving looking crestfallen. Obviously, it wasn t his lucky night

Channel Isles Squid
Fishermen of Jersey, Channel Islands, desperately fight this giant squid, but two of them lose their lives in the battle

Jason & Argonauts
Jason and the Argonauts sail through the Symplegades, a pair of clashing rocks, but they lose their helmsman Tiphys in the process

Captain Scott's team nearly lose sledge through snow bridge
Captain Scott's team nearly lose a sledge through a snow bridge Date: 1910s

Cartoon, The Antichrist, WW1
Cartoon, The Antichrist will lose his crown and will die in solitude and madness (quotation from a prophecy of Brother Johannes), showing Kaiser Wilhelm II running mad with blood on his hands

Cartoon, Close Formation, WW1
Cartoon, Close Formation, commenting on harsh German tactics on the battlefield during the First World War. Before the war, Kaiser Wilhelm defended his use of close formation of troops

WW1/1915/RUSSIAN GAMBLE
The Russians gamble - and lose ! (Death rakes in the fallen..) Date: 1915

Regency physician riding a horse wearing a chin piece
Regency physician riding a horse wearing a protective wooden chin piece. A bewildered family of farm labourers watch him go. Dr. Cassock F.R.S. Inventor of the Noble Puzzle for Tumble Down Horses

Cartoon, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (Disraeli, Gladstone)
Cartoon, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose -- a satirical comment on the rivalry between Disraeli (left) and Gladstone (right) over the electoral reform question

Advert for the Vaco Reducing Cup, which promises to take off flesh just where you want to lose it, by loosening the congestion of fat which then vanishes

Poster, take care! Official Secrets Acts
Poster, take care! you must not lose documents or drawings, see the notice, Official Secrets Acts, it concerns you. circa 1950

SPECIAL THIMBLE
A boon to all bachelors who sew, this simple device, fitted to a thimble, makes it impossible to lose the needle, and saves time, temper and trouble. Date: 1930s

Cartoon, Unpleasant Duties of Club Life. When the new French chef Victor Achille Petroly is summoned to receive a reprimand, the club members lose their appetite for complaining about the food

WEST INDIAN CRICKETER
A young Tobagan cricketer takes a delight in trying to lose the ball by thwacking it away; one day, he hopes to beat England at their own game... Date: circa 1960

AMBULANCE MEN / 1916
The forgotten heroes... Ambulance men risk and lose their lives during World War One Date: 1916

ROSEBERY CARTOON 1895
The Earl of Rosebery falls from power, as his Liberal party lose the 1895 election. Lord Salisbury clears the fence and the Tories win. Date: 1895

BATTLE OF FONTENOY Though initially successful, the British, let down by their Dutch allies, lose the day to the French who proceed to take Tournai Date: 11 May 1745

ABBEVILLE STREET SCENE
The rue du Puit-a-la-Chaine at Abbeville, France, where the uneven pave seem to have caused a coach to lose a wheel outside one of the shops that line the street Date: 1821

Some British Workmen - A Brass Finisher - play on words as this punter has lost ( finished with ) all his brass. Perhaps the consumption of the two bottle of champagne (pictured discarded behind him)

Two frogs fighting over a snail on a Christmas card -- Heads I win, tails you lose. Date: circa 1890s

Tramps on Suffragettes
Two tramps agree that if women don t stop their agitation, they will lose all respect! Date: Apr 10th 1914

Snap Playing Card - man losing a fish. circa 1910s

Soldiers Lose their Way
During manoeuvres in a country district of England, some army officers have lost their way. Date: 1934

Favourite Sayings - Grasp all and lose all
Black and white lantern slide painted scene of mice in a granary making holes in the sacks of corn.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Grasp all and lose all. Lantern slide creations of C

Favourite Sayings - The old man and his donkey
Black and white lantern slide of four men. Two men in foreground are carrying a stick with the painted image of a donkey tied to it. Painted background of foliage and trees

Young soldier and friend seek to be alone
We don t want to lose you, but we think you ought to go. A young soldier and his lady friend at one end of a bench seeking to remove a gentleman reading a newspaper from the other end of the bench

Bonzos dud show by George Studdy
Bonzos dud show. He had been expecting first prize, but loses out to two pedigree dogs, a bull terrier and a bulldog. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits lose their way
Bumps and Bruises -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits lose their way and get bumped and bruised. Date: 1912

Heads or Tails?
Heads I win, tails you lose. Date: 1960s

Claud Baron Paisley
CLAUD HAMILTON, BARON PAISLEY Scottish Catholic conspirator who supported Mary Queen of Scots: though he did not lose his head for this, he went out of his mind - beastly mad. Date: 1543 - 1622

Result of losing a game of Buttons
The Game of Buttons - a philosophical response from victor to loser. Winner (to the ruined one) - " Well, dash it all, old man

Bereavement humour - losing ones wife
Condoling Friend (to recently Bereaved Widower) - " It must be awfully hard to lose ones wife." The Bereaved: " Yes, its almost impossible." !!! Date: circa 1890s

Syphilis Menace to industry : Dont sic lose your pay. Poster showing a man directing a ladle of molten metal as it is being poured. Date between 1936 and 1940

The Spice of the Trotting Turf

A gambling den in Spain
A large group of Spaniards sit round a table. All eyes are on the dealer as he turns the next card, waiting to see if they will win or lose

Samara Refugees
War and revolution mean that many lose their homes and become refugees : a makeshift camp at Samara

ALBUERA 1811
Beresford defeats Soult at ALBUERA, though at the cost of half his army : the French lose even more, including five generals : here, the 57th Fusiliers save the day

Peruvians Honour the Sun
Peruvians feast in honour of the Sun, an occasion on which a number of animals lose their lives

Hair transplant
Entitled, If the War Makes you Lose Your Wool - Try This, this illustration shows an early form of hair transplanting, championed by a Dr. Szekely of Budapest

Dale Abbey Church & Inn
This curious little church at Dale Abbey, Derbyshire, England, was once also a pub, sharing a door with the vestry, until a scandal caused it to lose its license in 1821

Italian Unenthusiasm
The Italian authorities make a big thing out of going to war - but the public soon lose their enthusiasm

Louis-Philippe Named
Louis-Philippe, duc d Orleans, is proclaimed king of the French. Reaching the throne by one revolution, he will lose it by another

Spot of Gardening
This dependable looking chap partakes of a spot of gardening and what better to keep his chest warm than this knitted two-tone waistcoat using basket weave stitch

Battle of Granson
The Burgundians under Charles le Temeraire are soundly thrashed by the Swiss despite having twice as many men : Charles will come back for more and lose again at Morat

Hens Thrown in Sea
During Punic War Two Roman admiral Claudius Pulcher, when the sacred hens used for divination won t drink, has them thrown into sea : his men lose morale, lose the battle

Tokyo Earthquake 1923
The citizens of Tokyo flee in terror as most of their city is destroyed by the Great Kanto earthquake : more than 140, 000 people will lose their lives as a result

Battle of Zenta
Battle of ZENTA : the Austrians under prince Eugene defeat the Turks under Elwas Mohammed : the Turks lose 29000 men, the Austrians only 500

Black, if I should Lose
IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU (Dorothy Black) She thought marriage unnecessary - till she lost him

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