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Nightmare Collection

Background imageNightmare Collection: Goblin Market by Pauline Baynes

Goblin Market by Pauline Baynes
Illustration by Pauline Baynes depicting a scene from Goblin Market, the poem by Christina Rossetti, where a terrifying crowd of assorted goblins plying a girl with ripe fruit in return for a lock of

Background imageNightmare Collection: The Income Tax Official in Hades by H. M. Bateman

The Income Tax Official in Hades by H. M. Bateman
A tax man from the Inland Revenue suffering his worst nightmare - locked in a cage suspended over a pile of cheques and money he cannot reach. Cartoon by H. M

Background imageNightmare Collection: Studdys Nightmare by George Studdy

Studdys Nightmare by George Studdy
Bonzo and Co. get their own back on the artist, after the Christmas pudding. George Studdy, the creator of the comic canine Bonzo

Background imageNightmare Collection: The Witchs Frolic by Alfred Bestall

The Witchs Frolic by Alfred Bestall
The witchs frolic, taking place on Hallowe en, the date when Saman, Lord of Death, called together the spirits of all the wicked dead who in the last twelve months had been condemned to inhabit

Background imageNightmare Collection: Bad Dream Of A Customs Officer

Bad Dream Of A Customs Officer
A colourful illustration which shows a nightmare of a customs officer, where prohibited items are smuggled across the border including alcohol, oil and tobacco. Date: circa 1901

Background imageNightmare Collection: Cartoon, John Redmond, Irish Home Rule

Cartoon, John Redmond, Irish Home Rule
Political cartoon, John Redmond, Irish politician, Home Rule and After, by Louis Wain Date: 1914

Background imageNightmare Collection: Flights into the Future - creatures of the air jungle

Flights into the Future - creatures of the air jungle
An unfortunate pilot is thrown out of his plane by creatures fllying around the air jungle, the product of the imagination of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who wrote of strange monsters

Background imageNightmare Collection: WILHELM II

WILHELM II German Emperor has a vision of Death and asks himself: "Will it be my turn next?" 1916

Background imageNightmare Collection: Comic postcard, I dreamt I was married

Comic postcard, I dreamt I was married
Comic postcard, Man has nightmare - I dreamt I was married!! Date: 20th century

Background imageNightmare Collection: Cartoon, The Censors Dream after a course of pantomimes

Cartoon, The Censors Dream after a course of pantomimes. 1870

Background imageNightmare Collection: Comic design, Disturbed by the Night Mare

Comic design, Disturbed by the Night Mare. 1831

Background imageNightmare Collection: WW1 - launch of 95 USA Transport Ships - 1918

WW1 - launch of 95 USA Transport Ships - 1918
A Bad Dream for Von Tirpitz translates into reality (Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz - German Grand Admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office) - In a single day

Background imageNightmare Collection: Dinner Party with Thirteen People

Dinner Party with Thirteen People
THIRTEEN AT TABLE - the hostesss ultimate nightmare ! Date: 1925

Background imageNightmare Collection: Cartoon, The Kaisers dream, WW1

Cartoon, The Kaisers dream, WW1
Cartoon, The Kaisers dream (or nightmare) after losing at Verdun -- a ginger-haired angel holding a rabbit. Date: 1916

Background imageNightmare Collection: Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion

Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion, or, Forcible Reasons for negotiating a Regicide Peace, Vide, The Authority of Edmund Burke, by James Gillray

Background imageNightmare Collection: Suffragette Ghost Horrible Nightmare

Suffragette Ghost Horrible Nightmare. Man wakes up to find a ghost in shroud, holding a gun to his head, and brandishing a VFW placard. Caption reads, A Horrible Nightmare Date: circa 1907

Background imageNightmare Collection: When Women Vote Washing day

When Women Vote Washing day. Mans worst nightmare - the housework is his domain, pictured washing his own shirts whilst holding the screaming baby. His duties are spelled out on a chart on the wall

Background imageNightmare Collection: A Medieval nightmare

A Medieval nightmare
This hand coloured woodcut showing a human headed bird grappling a man is from Jacobus Meydenbacks Hortus Sanitatis, (1491)

Background imageNightmare Collection: Stage Fright by Jack Gordge

Stage Fright by Jack Gordge
An actress stands by a theatre curtain, terrified to go on stage, a phobia personified by a menacing shadowy figure behind her. Date: 1927

Background imageNightmare Collection: A Nightmare

A Nightmare
Ho(a)rse laughter - a study in a horses facial expressions and a bit of a nightmare. Date: 1930s

Background imageNightmare Collection: GERMANIAs NIGHTMARE

GERMANIAs NIGHTMARE
Germanias nightmare. Date: 1915

Background imageNightmare Collection: Father Christmas apparition on a Christmas card

Father Christmas apparition on a Christmas card
Father Christmas awful apparition on a Christmas card -- he appears to be terrorising three edible birds with strings of sausages and onions. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageNightmare Collection: His Dual Obsession by Bairnsfather

His Dual Obsession by Bairnsfather
His Dual Obsession Owing to the frequent recurrence of this dream, Herr Fritz von Lagerschifter has decided to take his friends advice

Background imageNightmare Collection: Joseph Chamberlain dream of Paul Kruger feeding him medicine

Joseph Chamberlain dream of Paul Kruger feeding him medicine
The Story of Cruel Joseph (cont.) - Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) dreams of being doctored (fed medicine) by a smiling South African Transvaal Republic leader Paul Kruger (1825-1905). Date: 1899

Background imageNightmare Collection: FUSELI, Johann Heinrich (1741-1825). The Nightmare

FUSELI, Johann Heinrich (1741-1825). The Nightmare. 1790 - 1791. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. GERMANY. Frankfurt. Goethe House and National Goethe Museum

Background imageNightmare Collection: Kiplings terrible nightmare

Kiplings terrible nightmare. Illustration shows Rudyard Kipling sitting up in his bed, pulling the covers up for protection

Background imageNightmare Collection: The trust promoters nightmare

The trust promoters nightmare. Illustration shows a man, possibly Robert A. Ammon, waking up from a nightmare that shows a criminal labeled Miller and 520 per cent breaking stones in a prison

Background imageNightmare Collection: Horrible nightmare of a worthy old gentleman

Horrible nightmare of a worthy old gentleman. Illustration showing GF Hoar having a troubled sleep due to writing on his bedroom wall, as stated at the Ohio Republicans convention in Columbus, Ohio

Background imageNightmare Collection: A Russian woman is having a nightmare showing disasterous de

A Russian woman is having a nightmare showing disasterous defeats of the Russian army and navy on all fronts in the war against Japan; she is being attended to by a doctor who is taking her pulse

Background imageNightmare Collection: A Christmas nightmare

A Christmas nightmare. Illustration shows two children surrounded by broken toys. The toys are pointing fingers at the children

Background imageNightmare Collection: A charm against Fairies by M. Reed

A charm against Fairies by M. Reed
A rather alarming illustration (at least to any new parents) depicting a baby being spirited away by fairies who leave a wizened changeling of their race in its place while its mother sleeps

Background imageNightmare Collection: Little Red Riding Hood by Felix de Gray

Little Red Riding Hood by Felix de Gray
Little Red Riding Hood visits her Grandma only to find that her facial hair problem has got somewhat ou of control. Date: 1934

Background imageNightmare Collection: I dreamt I slept at Madame Tussaud s

I dreamt I slept at Madame Tussaud s
I dreamt I slept at Madame Tussauds ! A satirical depiction. Date: 1847

Background imageNightmare Collection: Forty Warm Winks

Forty Warm Winks
Bonzo, the canine cartoon character created by George Studdy and hugely popular during the 1920s, is pictured getting closer and closer to the fire and on drowsing off

Background imageNightmare Collection: British Ballad, The Eve of St. John

British Ballad, The Eve of St. John
THE EVE OF SAINT JOHN. British ballad written by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Background imageNightmare Collection: Trench Nightmare Cartoon

Trench Nightmare Cartoon
A self-portrait caricature by Walter Henry Clark, describing a nightmare he suffered whilst in the trenches during WW1

Background imageNightmare Collection: Ww1 Cartoon / Usa Joins

Ww1 Cartoon / Usa Joins
The Germans starry nightmare as the USA enters the war

Background imageNightmare Collection: Mania / Rail Nightmare

Mania / Rail Nightmare
The Government - well, Lord Brougham, at any rate - are haunted by the nightmare of railway speculation

Background imageNightmare Collection: Mona Lisa Nightmare

Mona Lisa Nightmare
M. Homelle, director of Frances Musees Nationaux, suffers nightmares when the Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre !

Background imageNightmare Collection: Reporting / Helle, 1908

Reporting / Helle, 1908
Comment on the total lack of privacy for public figures (the Presidential nightmare in France)


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