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Comic postcard, Mother and daughter at stationComic postcard, Mother giving her daughter advice as she is about to leave on a train Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple leapfrogging on the beach - I m full of fun and fancy free! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, gondola on the lake with ducks Date: 20th century
People on the ice on a comic Christmas cardTwo men skating on thin ice, accompanied by a dog, on a comic Christmas card by Ernest Griset. Date: circa 1890s
Man with champagne bottle on a Christmas cardMan with a humanised champagne bottle on a Christmas and New Year card -- Champagne and Real Pain. Date: circa 1890s
Cadburys Happy Families - Master FlavourCadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Master Flavour the Chefs Son. circa 1950
Woman standing outside a grocers shop, with window display and numerous advertisements. Date: circa 1930s
Magician with two white doves, CornwallMagician in a sparkly red costume and silver top hat with two white doves perched on her hands, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s
Cartoon, German women also Uber Alles, WW1Cartoon, German women are also Uber Alles. Six scenes depicting German women and their influence on everyday life. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Boche idealism, WW1Cartoon, Boche idealism -- a fat German with food and drink on the table and portraits of two German philosophers (Leibniz and Kant) on the wall. Date: 1915
WW2 Valentines Day card, Home GuardWW2 Valentines Day card, Let me be your Home Guard for life, design by Bert Thomas. Date: circa 1942
Cartoon satirising German soldiers, WW1Cartoon satirising German soldiers during the First World War: Goot gracious me! Here kom der 16th Royal Scots. Date: 1914-1915
Satirical political cartoon, The Fall of Icarus, showing a plump, naked Earl Temple (Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos)
Herero man, German South West AfricaA native Herero man in German South West Africa (now Namibia), either before or during the First World War. A rebellion by the Hereros against the German colonists took place between 1904 and 1907
Madame Eugenie Petain, wife of General Petain, seen here during the Second World War, getting out of a car somewhere in Germany. Date: 1944
The Beggars Opera, piano music coverCover design on a book of piano music for The Beggars Opera, by John Gay, first performed in 1728. A plump man of the 18th century is depicted, taking a bow at the theatre footlights
Cartoon of G K Chesterton, writerCartoon of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, writer
Census / 1901 / John BullJohn Bulls tailor measures him for a new suit - a satirical comment on a dramatic rise in population, as demonstrated by the 1901 Census
Comic postcard, woman and policeman in a street -- Could you see me across the road, Mr Policeman? -- Why, bless yer Mum, I could spot you a mile off. Date: circa 1900s
Comic postcard, couple in an art gallery where the Venus de Milo is on display -- If thats how woman ought to look, I fear they made a howling mess of you, my dear. Date: circa 1900s
Father and suitor on a postcard -- Why do you object to my marrying your daughter? -- Because you can t support her in the style shes been accustomed to all her life
Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of the characterAll the following images are pages from the same flyer. This one shows the lay brother, Pelican, who supplies much of the comedy. Glass in hand, he is saying I wanted that badly
Inspiration by H. M. Bateman" Why, thats the very thing" ! A rather large and curvaceous 1920s lady contemplates a fashion magazine featuring the slim and sinuous fashions of the decade. Date: 1929
The Co-Optimists is the title of a stage variety revue which opened in London on 27 June 1921at the Royalty Theatre but quickly transferred to the much larger Palace Theatre
Woman selling greenery in street, Covent Garden, LondonWoman selling greenery on a pavement stall in a street in Covent Garden, London. Date: circa 1960s
How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 1The stout young man breaks tradition by not going to the fancy-dress ball as a baby. Date: 1929
East Lynne from Mrs Henry Woods novel written in 1861. The caption reads Come With Me, My Little Darling, Im Running You In
Owner standing outside jewellers shop, USAOwner standing outside his jewellers shop, North America, taken on 14 October 1909. Date: 1909
Beauty and the Barge, by Jacobs and ParkerBeauty and the Barge, by W W Jacobs and Louis N Parker. First produced at the New Theatre, London, August 1904 (preceded by That Brute Simmons). Date: 1904
Herbert Campbell, music hall singerHerbert Campbell (1846-1904), popular music hall singer and Drury Lane pantomime performer. Date: circa 1900s
Victorian scrap - Ignorant democracyVictorian scrap - Political Types - Ignorant Democracy. late 19th century
Cartoon, John Corlett of the Sporting TimesCartoon, John Corlett (1841-1915), founder, proprietor and editor of The Sporting Times. Never mind how full our music halls may be, there is always room to squeeze a little one in! 1884
Cartoon, A Seasonal Warning, MPs Beware - a commentary on the Votes for Women campaign. 1909
Cartoon, Charles Harris -- He maketh joy among the Supers. He was in charge of supernumeraries or theatre extras, for example children in pantomimes at Drury Lane Theatre. 1884
Charles Kemble as Falstaff in Henry IVCharles Kemble in the role of Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeares King Henry IV. 1827
Girls chatting on the steps of The Cabin, St Ives, CornwallTwo girls chatting on the steps of The Cabin, St Ives, Cornwall -- one of a great series of studies of the town. circa 1946
Robert Morley and Michael North on a trainRobert Morley (1908-1992), British actor, and Michael North (Charles Edward Fletcher Stokes, 1902-1960), BBC producer and light music composer
Caricature of a gluttonous monk. circa 1820
Victorian nurse with babyVictorian nurse Mrs Hugounet holding baby Cedric, standing in the garden. circa 1900
Victorian Scrap -- Cook. late 19th century
Party Invitation - La Coupe Enchantee (a story by La Fontaine). 19th century
The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs ScrapsChad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Scraps the Butchers Wife. circa 1910
The Round Game of Happy Families, Mr ScrapsChad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Mr Scraps the Butcher. circa 1910
The Round Game of Happy Families, Master GrimesChad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Master Grimes the Sweeps Son. circa 1910
Classical singer with piano accompanist. early 20th century
Advertisement for Manns brown ale -- male model holding up a bottle and a glass. 1959
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833 1897), member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of George III, Mother of Queen Mary consort, the wife of King George V
Music cover, Mr Gallagher and Mr Shean One Step. 1922