Oblivious Collection

The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before The Royal Toast - Bateman
The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before The Royal Toast - H M Bateman. This illustration shows an arrogant man who has defied etiquette by lighting his cigar before the correct course of dinner

Carthusian Monks
Carthusian monks of the tranquil monastery of La Valsainte, Switzerland, drinking from the village well, oblivious of World War Two. Date: early 1940s

The Love Thermometer
Picture postcards were used as one of the early expressions of the Surrealist movement. This couple seem oblivious of each other and the thermometer above their heads

Cartoon, EDITOR SEEKING DIRT
Cartoon, a penny press editor rakes for sensational claptrap in the muddy stream of twaddle and mock morality, oblivious of the angel who bids him search for Truth. Date: 1867

Are we uprooted? No! by G. L Stampa
Are we uprooted? No! Despite the fact that a three storey house has had a huge explosion near by and shrapnel has pierced through their home

Twos Company - Threes Trouble! A pretty girl is creating certain jealous thoughts between her TWO male companions. She seems happy just to have the choice on each arm! Date: circa 1910s

Where Ignorance is Bliss by H M Bateman, this illustration shows a man warming his behind in front of the fire while he smokes his pipe. But he is unaware of the flames leaping up his back

A Suffragist Orator. A suffragette on a soap box is heckled by a crowd of men in flat caps and bowler hats. Go home and mind the baby, The old man wants you home and Does mother know you re out

Expansionist tendencies
Germany(a roaring Kasier Wilhem II), Britain(Edward VII) and the Balkans grapple for control of territory. Russia(Tsar Nicolas II)smokes nonchalantly

Business as usual - despite air raids, 1915
Business as usual - despite air raids: an amourous couple carry on regardless during an air raid. Date: 1915

Attrition - or the Driver Who Was Tired by H. M. Bateman
Humorous, sequential cartoon by H. M. Bateman, showing an army driver oblivious to the shell fire that gradually entirely obliterates the truck he is driving on the Western Front. Date: 1918

Bonzo comes home with the milk! by George Studdy
Bonzo comes home with the milk! He lies contentedly asleep on the doorstep in the snow, with a party streamer in his mouth

A Christmas Story, by C. Rebel Stanton
A colour illustration showing a young couple flirting oblivious to the the animated story teller who is entertaining the rest of the group. Date: 29th November 1929

A Professor of Languages A Language Student returns to his College, but his grasp of the vernacular of his cabby seems less that First Class as he appears to have underpaid his driver

Really serious news
Three women are upset by a article in the newspaper reading, " owing to the scarcity of leather ladies high boots will not be worn this year"

EDITOR SEEKING DIRT
A penny press editor rakes for sensational claptrap in the muddy stream of twaddle and mock morality oblivious of the angel who bids him search for Truth Date: 1867

Spring-Cleaning in Full Swing VI
A man uses a door handle as a shaving mirror while women are spring cleaning carpets around him. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary

How the Trains get Delayed
A courting couple are oblivious to the delay they are causing on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Please note

Spring-Cleaning in Full Swing
Women spring clean the house around a man who is eating breakfast. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Take a camera with you by H. M. Bateman
Humorous illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a rather distressed man clinging for his life to a seaside cliff while his blase companion takes his photograph

Smoking Club
At the smoking club, men gather to smoke and drink oblivious of health hazards : the waitress holds the hand of one, receives a note from another

Anarchists Plot / 1892
Reckoning without their host Anarchists plot, oblivious to a listening policeman

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