Merriment Collection

Jurisprudence by H. M. Bateman is an humorous illustration of a Judge sitting in the courtroom balancing a feather or quill on his nose

Fathers Kilt will soon fit Willie (but not quite yet, hence the universal merriment on the faces of Willies young friends!). Date: circa 1930s

Postcard design artwork - Lots of fun and merriment. A young girl in red beret carrying a large birthday present whilst taking her toy duck for a walk. Date: circa 1937

Stanton Drew Stones
Stanton Drew Stone circle is celebrated in folklore as the members of a wedding party lured by the devil to celebrate on the sabbath and thus becoming petrified!

Xmas Greetings - What Cheer
XMAS Greetings - Hurrah we re here. What ho! What Cheer! Date: 1907

Couple dancing, c. 1600
A couple having a good old knees-up, c.1600 Date: C.1600

Feasting, c. 1600
Feasting, c.1600. A party of people sit at a long table in a room with a roaring log fire and eat and drink their fill. Date: C.1600

Village Gathering - Dutch Treat
A getthering in a Dutch village after the " Horrors of the Spanish War" (part of the Dutch Revolt). Date: circa 1610s

A printers portrait gallery, 1885
Amusing portraits created from type faces, after an American magazine. The man who does not advertise is contrasted with the man who does advertise. 1885

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 6 of 8
and beat the Knave full score

Car credit payments / W H Robinson
Tunes of merriment emanate from the pub, celebrating the payment of the last instalment - which has presumably taken quite some time to pay off

Christmas cracker box design
A jolly design for a box of Christmas crackers featuring three children; two are taking wicked enjoyment in pulling a cracker and frightening an innocent looking little blonde girl

Twelfth Night Entertainment at the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum
Inmates of the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, a pioneering institution for the Victorian age which operated a non-restraint policy

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