Mishap Collection

Airco DH. 9a E959
Fleet Air Arm Airco DH.9a E959 after a landing mishap Date: circa 1925

Mutoscope postcard - Laden girl in a spot of bother
Help Wanted !! Humorous Mutoscope postcard featuring an attractive young lady in a spot of bother as her pet dog dashes off in the wrong direction (the lead causing a skirt mishap)

A stretched out tale of the new pair of braces
A poor man, initially very pleased with his splendid new braces, struggles to make them fit and eventually lands on his bottom with the unruly braces still undone

Man sitting down on a startled cat in his chair and being scolded by an old woman. Miseries Domestic. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

A group of writers dining at the house of a rich citizen
A group of writers drinking punch and dining at the house of a rich citizen. Fabricious Description of the Poets. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Regency cobbler mending shoes in a crowded room
Regency cobbler mending shoes in a room full of women and children. Buxom wife using bellows on the fire in the hearth. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children, and maids. Miseries of Human Life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

MISHAP WITH A GUN
A gentleman drops his gun as he climbs a gate, spattering both himself and his companion with shot Date: 1836

de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter N4914 (msn 48) of Wien Air Alaska, at Fairbanks, Alaska, awaiting repair after a mishap

Parnall Panther N7535
Fleet Air Arm Parnall Panther N7535 after a landing mishap. Date: circa 1925

Fairey Flycatcher amphibian N9937
Fleet air Arm Fairey Flycatcher amphibian N9937 of Eagle Flight, being recovered after a mishap near Hong Kong Date: circa 1925

A Skiing mishap in Switzerland - a tumble down the slopes Date: 1912

Preparatory sketch by Tom Browne - Pain - screaming boy
Preparatory pencil sketch by the extremely popular English strip cartoonist, painter and illustrator of the late Victorian and Edwardian period

Derailing of the Flying Scotsman
The accident took place near Chevington Junction, between Morpeth and Alnmouth. The tender and the six bogey-carriages left the rails and tore up the permanent way

Edward VII at Kempton Park races
At Kempton Park, King Edward VII watches his horse Ambush II before the Stewards Steeplechase. Sadly the horse comes fourth after a mishap at the water jump

Mishap on the Ice
First Aid A mishap on the ice, as a young boy out walking his dog falls through into the icy water below Date: 1920s

Lorry in motoring accident
A lorry (Lewins Lorries for Loads) which has fallen off a low bridge onto a grassy area. People stand around looking fairly helpless. Date: 1926

Billiards Illustrated - Trying for the pocket - A youthful pickpocket has a rummage through an elderly gentlemans trouser pocket whist he browses some titles on a bookstall. Date: circa 1903

Billiards Illustrated - A Little Too Fine
A fisherman fly fishing in a Scottish Loch is thwarted in his attempts to land a sprightly salmon by his choice of fishing line, which appears to be far too thin

Uncle Podger playing cricket
Uncle Podger shows the children how to play cricket, with disasterous results! Date: circa 1907

A Sly Dig by William Heath Robinson
Humorous illustration showing the unfortunate sequence of events due to the energetic trench digging by a little boy on a beach, or, as the captions reads

Big Game hunter sending his last postcard
A big game hunter who has (what rotten luck!) become a lunchtime snack for his intended victim (a very jolly lion) sends his last address which is: In Red Lion, Timbuktu !!!!!!! Date: 1906

Devon / Countisbury Hill
Countisbury Hill, Lynmouth, Devon - starting innocently enough the road ends in a steep 1 in 4 gradient - the cause of many a motoring mishap

Mishap with an Umbrella
An unthinking young lady in a long horizontal bonnet, while keeping her head down, accidentally stabs a unsuspecting man with the point of her umbrella. OUCH!

Hunting Mishap
Mishap on the ice during a winters morning shoot

Gustave Zede Submarine
The Gustave Zede is one of the worlds first successful submarines, performing 2500+ dives without mishap : she is the first submarine to be equipped with a periscope

Quadrille Accidents 2
Accidents in Quadrille Dancing Mishaps to avoid on the dance floor: a man with two left feet trips dragging the woman opposite down with him to the amusement of a rival female

Quadrille Accidents
Accidents in Quadrille Dancing Mishaps to avoid on the dance floor while doing a back-to- back or dos a dos. A lady & gentleman bump backsides to the amusement of the band

Moving House by Air
Household removals will be faster and easier by air, though one must expect the occasional mishap

Futuristic hunting accident
A pilot and his aeroplane are mistaken for a bird and are shot down -- an unfortunate mishap during a hunting expedition

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