Patronising Collection

Cartoon, The Bishop of London and The Ballet, showing Frederick Temple, Bishop of London, and the ballerina Martha Wooldridge, who had recently been performing at the Alhambra

Trying to sell British soldiers swagger sticks
Very good, very nice sticks -- two Egyptian street traders try to sell British soldiers sticks or riding crops, while an elderly Jewish trader holds up a flag of the Allies

Scots soldier pursued by shoeshine boys
Shine, sir -- half piastre. A Scottish soldier with outsized boots polished like mirrors, being pursued by four Egyptian shoeshine boys! Date: 1916

WW1 - WaCS (Air Force Auxiliaries) - No. 2 RFC Cadet Wing
WW1 - A slightly patronisingly-captioned set of images of WaCS (Air Force Auxiliaries) of No.2 Royal Flying Corp (RFC) Cadet Wing. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Be Prepared! WW1
Cartoon, Be Prepared! Showing a member of the Womens Emergency Corps in a shop, asking the assistant for a gross of safety pins in the early days of the First World War. Date: September 1914

Tattooed Gentleman
After patronising an Indian tattoo artist, this British soldier is highly decorated Date: circa 1900

Caricature of Edward, Prince of Wales and Squire Bancroft
Caricature of Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), English actor-manager. Bancroft speaks condescendingly to the Prince

Peepshow at Brighton
Patronising the penny peepshows on Brighton Pier : the middle one is that traditional favourite, What the Butler saw without which no pier is complete

Office Dispute
Trouble at the office? Is the Manager (in the checked jacket and pencil behind the ear) patronising a male colleague and invading his personal space by touching his shoulder?

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