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When the Soldier is Away, by Barry Pain, WW1Front cover design by Harry Furniss (1854-1925) for a First World War book entitled When the Soldier is Away, by Barry Pain
Out of Doors -- horse with stone in hoofOut of Doors -- a horse (Bob) has a stone in his hoof. Date: 19th century
Italian advertisement for Calming Fort Effective In headaches, tooth pain, colds, flu, and periodic rheumatism Pharmaceutical laboratory
Advert for Allcocks Plasters for aches and pains WWIAllcocks Plasters for pain relief, backache, rheumatism, lumbago and any local pain. 1916
Tsesarevich Nikolai of RussiaEngraving from a photograph of Nikolai, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843-1865), eldest son and heir of Tsar Alexander II. The Tsesarevich was a gifted young man trained in a liberal tradition by
A variety of pistols, including Colts Deringer pistolMasterful Reinecke. Silhouette of a wailing fox (or a wolf), in pain from a sore (and bandaged) foot, howling his angst to a goose, which he has swatted out of a tree and an observant perched owl
The Wailing BearSilhouette of a wailing bear, in pain from a sore (and bandaged) foot, howling his angst to the moon (and a perched owl). Date: circa 1910s
Have a Pain-free Year - Danish New Years CardHave a Pain-free Year - Humorous Danish New Years Card showing a Gent atop an early aeroplane approaching his victim with tooth-removal pliers. Date: 1905
Lost tooth causes sleeping difficulties for KittyKitty - " Aunty, I can t sleep at night since I lost my front toof for the draught blowing down my throat." Date: circa 1890s
A little girl loses her beau to a prettier modelThe Jilt. A little girl loses her beau to a prettier model. She is dreadful upset and even her dolly is sharing her pain and loss! Even her puppy seems to be off! Date: circa 1890s
Caricature of Barry Eric Odell Pain - English journalistCaricature by Phil May of Barry Eric Odell Pain (18641928) - English journalist, poet and writer. Date: 1893
Girl looks longingly at her unobtainable hearts desireA girl looks longingly and very sadly at her unobtainable hearts desire, sadly buried in a prickly thistle. Date: 1906
Boy prays not to get stomach acheBoy kneels by his bedside and prays not to get stomach ache from the three appealing green apples he is about to consume before hitting the sack. Date: circa 1908
Sainte-Adresse, France - Le Pain de SucreSainte-Adresse, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region, France - Le Pain de Sucre (The Sugar-loaf Memorial)
VILADOMAT i MANALT, Antoni (1678-1755). Altarpiece in the Chapel of Sorrows.The Burial of Jesus. 1722-1737. SPAIN. Matar asilica of Saint Mary
Ne pas gaspiller le pain est notre devoir. Loaf of bread on a table. Date 1916
Army news, missing
Pains great war spectacle, Mexican War, Siege of Vera Cruz. Date c1890
Crocodile TearsA crocodile with toothache cries tears of pain. Drawing on a postcard by George Ranstead an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps
Women on the barricade, Paris 1848Women on the barricade near the Porte St Denis, during the Paris unrest of June 1848. A banner reads " Du pain ou la mort" - " Bread or Death"
Lynx caught in trapA lynx is caught by the leg in a steel jaw trap
Christmas decorations / Ally SloperWhilst decorating his dining room with holly, Ally Sloper slips and falls through the chair he has been standing on - a painful experience
Madame Giradelli, The Celebrated Fire-Proof FemalUndated illustration of Madame Giradelli, " The Celebrated Fire-Proof Female", with one hand in the brazier and foot on a slab of red-hot iron. HPG/8/2/1 (xxv)"
Izmir (Smyrna) - Carpet porterA carpet porter from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey
Olivier Pain / GillOlivier Pain (1845-1885) journalist working as a war correspondent for Le Temps and Le Figaro as well as writing for many other popular French newspapers
Toothache by Raymond Sheppard - an abstract depiction of a drill boring into teeth and the fiery pain it causes
Burns / Lament for JamesLAMENT FOR JAMES, EARL OF GLENCAIRN Beneath a craigy steep a Bard, Laden with years and meikle pain, In loud lament bewail d his lord
Lear / Nonsense / SpainThere was an Old Person of Spain, who hated all trouble and pain; So he sat on a chair, with his feet in the air, that umbrageous Old Person of Spain
Prince Leopolds engagementPrince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) and his future wife, Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont in 1881. The fourth son and eight child of Queen Victoria
The Passing CloudFour men talking to a woman in the sea at the seaside, flirt while a crab nips their legs and the sun goes behind a cloud
Aissaouas MutilationMoslem fanatics at Kairouan, a holy city of Tunisia, seem to feel no pain as they inflict fearful mutilations on their own bodies
Advertisement for HomoceaHomocea, a pain for tooth ache
Jesus Carrying CrossA statue of Jesus Christ carrying the cross inside the cathedral at Victoria (Rabat) on Gozo, Maltese archipelago
Rheumatic SufferingAdvertisement for Urodonal rheumatism treatment showing a man in excruciating pain as his joints are attacked by three little dwarves or gnomes
Sympathy for French priest with toothacheAn elderly woman in a frilly pink crinoline shows sympathy for a young French priest who is suffering from the toothache
Fakir hanging over a fire, IndiaA fakir in India hangs over a fire for three hours without manifesting any signs of pain
Jack and Jill take a tumble on the hillJack and Jill take a tumble on their way down the hill -- the water is spilt and Jack injures his head
Healing / France / 1905Breton healer ( rebouteux ), seen curing a dislocated arm, though the patient appears to be in a lot of pain
John the EvangelistSAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST In the background he is being boiled alive in a cauldron of boiling oil by the emperors orders, yet he feels no pain and survives !
STRIKE / JUDGE (1906)Perceptive comment on the effect of most strike action - the public get it in the neck
Nuns Dressing a WoundA saintly nun pours soothing ointment / oil onto the bandages of the bed-ridden man who swoons with the pain. Another nun brings in some hot coffee or is it more unctions?
Buddhist AnaesthesiaBUDDHIST NOVICE PRIESTS at Setchuan, China, have burning incense placed on their shaven heads; it leaves deep scars but their training enables them to disregard the pain
Flemish tooth-drawer with patient and audienceA Flemish tooth-drawer has an audience gathered round him while he operates on a patient
French travelling dentist in a town squareA French travelling dentist in a town square, standing at the back of a colourful yellow wagon with a female patient at his side
Sri Lankan HellHell according to the people of Sri Lanka, who name it Calla Sootraya