Pleading Collection

Can t We Come Too? by Cecil Aldin
Can t We Come Too? Woggles Series LVI. A spaniel and a Sealyham terrier cast pleading looks at their owner as a pile of luggage indicates to them they are being abandoned for a time. Date: 1932

Roger Casement 1916
Sir Roger Casement tries unsuccessfully to recruit Irish prisoners in Germany to form an Irish Brigade to fight the English

Lawyer / Mlle Miropolski
WOMAN DEFENDS WOMAN: THE LEGAL FEMINIST Lady Lawyer, Mlle. Miropolsky pleading the case of a client in the Paris Law Courts. Date: 1908

St Teresa of Avila with angel of justice
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Carmelite nun and visionary, pleads for mercy with the angel of justice

Assizes Court, France
A barrister in full flow at an Assizes Court

Man falling off a broken chair at a dinner party causing a servant to spill a soup tureen over him. Other guests shocked, servants amused. More Miseries

Margaret of Anjou asks a robber for mercy
During the Wars of the Roses, Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482), the wife of King Henry VI asks a robber for mercy for her and for her son Pince Edward. circa 1460

At The Commissioner
An illustration which shows two men pleading their case to a central seated commissioner, one of whom is drenched. Date: circa 1901

Pierrot And The Banker Part 1
A series of illustrations portraying Pierrot the sad pantomime clown and a banker, in each scene, Pierrot tries to impress the banker carrying the bags of wealth via means of playing music

L'Heure Du Berger
An illustration of a glamorous lady, standing tall amongst a bustling crowd of figures who are pleading and clutching at her arms and skirts. Date: circa 1901

Matilda I pleading with Empress Matilda
Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne, Queen of King Stephen, pleading with her cousin, the Empress Matilda, for her husband's release. Date: 1140s

AMERICAN WAR LOAN POSTER
This American poster exhorts citizens to Buy more liberty bonds with the heartrending slogan Must children die and mothers plead in vain? Date: circa 1917

PLEADING WOMAN/LOST CAT
A woman pleads with a butcher to tell her where her pet cat might have got to; several dead cats are concealed behind him Animal pets stealing stolen Date: 1870

SHAHZADAGHS/CAPTURE/1857
The capture and death of the Shahzadaghs. Date: 1857

Native Youth of India pleading for Christian Instruction Date: 1848

London Orphan Asylum Lobby Card
A card pleading the case of Elizabeth Rose Shepherd which was distributed to those eligible to vote at an election of entrants to the London Orphan Asylum, Clapton. Date: 1857

Queen Philippa pleads for the burghers of Calais
Queen Philippa pleading for the lives of the burghers of Calais. 1347

Katharine of Aragon pleads to stay with Henry VIII (1491-1547) in their Palace. She had come before the cardinal sent from Rome, Cardinal Wolsey and the King. 1533

The Lion and the Mouse: Sweet Mercy is Nobilitys True Badge, oil on canvas by Rebecca Solomon, monogrammed, 1865, in a gilt frame with ridged edges, thought to be original. Date: 1865

Tetouan - Street Beggar
" One can admire the stubborn insistence of the Maghreb" - a pleading Tetouan street beggar holding out his bowl and asking for alms. Date: 1930s

Fairy Tears
A fairy sheds tears while pleading with the North wind to allow her to return home. The tears grow into snowdrop flowers

Shakespeare - King Henry VI, Part III - Lady Grey (later Queen Elizabeth) to King Edward IV: Right gracious lord, I cannot brook delay. circa 1830

King John - title page - Arthur pleads with Hubert not to kill him. 1862

Registering Fellaheen for military service, Luxor. Date: circa 1886

Aelia and Mysis - Music Sheet Cover by Camille Schubert. A french illustration with a drawn picture of pleading women. Date: circa 19th century

Second to None by Walter Howard
Promotional postcard for Second To None by Walter Howard. First produced at the Junction Theatre, Manchester, 1st April and West London Theatre, l9th August 1907

Lady pleading with gentleman, c. 1800
A lady pleading with a gentleman, perhaps asking forgiveness for some misdemeanour or other, c. 1800. Date: C.1800

Pleading for Brother
Marian Reyder pleads with the Spaniards for clemency : presumably he is accused of conspiracy, but we don t know any more than the picture tells. Date: circa 1580

Yichang, China - Chinese Beggar
Chinese Beggar on the street at Yichang, a prefecture-level city located in western Hubei province, Peoples Republic of China. Date: 1920

Blind Beggar on a London Street, with a sign explaining his situation around his neck and a small scrawny pet dog at his side

A recuperating wounded WW1 soldier gets his comeuppance - initial delights at the idea of a massage from nurse on the Monday turns into stark realisation tat this might not be quite so pleasurable

Little girl asking permission to start eating Date: circa 1911

Cissie Milford as Skittles - At The Worlds Mercy
Cissie Milford as Skittles " At The Worlds Mercy." Date: circa 1911

Great Fire - Thessaloniki - Bakery Beseiged in aftermath
A Bakery besieged by the hungry and homeless at Salonica, Greece, in the aftermath of the Great Fire that raged between 18th-19th August 1917

Man at bar wanting clove to disguise evidence of his boozing
Drunken gentleman leaning against a bar, requesting the barmaid for a clove to disguise the olfactory evidence of his boozing

Tramp asks a horrified lady for a hairpin to clean his pipe
A Tramp asks a horrified smart lady, seated on a park bench for a hairpin to clean his pipe! Weary Willy seating himself beside nervous Miss Jones) - Will yer lend me a nairpin, Lidy

Irony - fat Londoner begs for money for his starving family
A rather fat Londoner begs for " a copper" for his " starving wife and family at ome" fom a smart gent (Phil May himself - clearly seeing the ludicrous side of the request!)

A Slippery Customer by W. S. Hutton 1927
Young woman being very indecisive on what shoes to buy, while the shop assistant is on her hands and knees exhausted. Date: 1927

Russo-Turkish War - King Carol I of Romania
King Carol I of Romania - he personally led Romanian troops during the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78 (as depicted here) and assumed command of the Russo/Romanian army during the siege of Plevna

Hippocrates / Artaxerxes
HIPPOCRATES. Greek medical, refusing Artaxerxess gifts Date: 460 - 357BC

British Ballad, Sir Cauline, Knight
SIR CAULINE (Sir Cawline) British ballad telling the story of Sir Cawline who is in love with the kings daughter and has to do some great deed to be worthy of her

British Ballad, Fause Foodrage
FAUSE FOODRAGE. British ballad telling the story of the rebellious Fause Footrage

The play, Numa Roumestan by Daudet
Numa Roumestan goes down on one knee, begging forgiveness from his wife

Landlord Evicts Tennant
PAY-RENTAL RELATIONS (A Landlord of Limited responsibilities) Landlord - " Didn t think it safe? Well as long as my rent was, that was no business of mine"

Mercury & the Woodcutter
MERCURY & THE WOODCUTTER A woodman who has lost his axe begs Jupiter to send it back; Mercury brings axes of gold & silver, but the honest woodman claims only his own

Coriolanus & Women
Coriolanus, the Roman hero who fell from grace by leading his enemies against Rome, is begged by his mother, wife and the women of Rome, to withdraw his Volscian army, which he does

Gounod / Trombinoscope
CHARLES GOUNOD French musician and composer: a satirical portrait

Capture of King of Delhi
The King of Delhi seized by M. Hodson of Hodsons Horse

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