Puzzled Collection

The Old Curiosity Shop, schoolroom
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841. The puzzled dunce

Charles Darwin studying a worm
A satire on Charles Darwin -- after charting the Descent of Man he goes even lower and studies worms

Cartoon, The Political Chameleon -- satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis ability to change his partys allegiance from Protectionism to Free Trade in anticipation of an approaching General

When the Worm Turns - H. M. Bateman rugby cartoon
The Ball Complains. A tearful rugby ball has had enough of being grappled and kicked by a bunch of burly rugby players. 1928

Enfield 8000 Electric Car at a petrol station
An Enfield 8000 Electric Car at a petrol station, where a woman holds out an electric plug to the puzzled pump attendant

Shopping
Two children pause during a shopping trip to survey their list and the contents of their basket. Has something been forgotten? Date: c. 1930

3 JOVIAL HUNTSMEN 2
The three huntsmen encounter a millstone and are much puzzled by its appearance and whence it came

Mr Tingle puzzled farmer
An elderly farmer removes his cloth cap and scratches his head in bewilderment as he looks at the camera at a sheep sale in Abergavenny Market, Wales, UK. His name was Mr Tingle Date: circa 1970

Flat Earth Puzzle
The Puzzled Cleric - torn between his faith and science - how can he reconcile what God (via the Bible) tells him and what the scientists tell him about the Earth ? Date: 1895

Dalluka Dance, Sudan
Two Sudanese women perform the DALLUKA dance, while someone shoos away the puzzled dog

RAF cadet arrived at Heaton Park
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet during World War Two looking puzzled as he arrives at RAF Heaton Park, Manchester, for air crew training

The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Plane
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Plane the Carpenters Wife. circa 1910

Cover design, Cecil Aldin, Joyeux Amis, Passepartout
Cover design, Cecil Aldin, Joyeux Amis, Les Aventures de Passepartout, with text by Magdeleine du Genestoux. Date: 1925

Forager the puppy waiting for more food
Waiting for Something to Turn Up -- Forager the puppy, having been kicked out of the pantry by the cook, waits for more food. Date: 1912

Jeek the puppy meets a pig
Jeek the mongrel puppy meets a pig in a field and tries to strike up a conversation, but the pig is rude to him. Date: 1940

Business card design, young woman with hat
Business card design, depicting a puzzled young woman who has just taken a small red cloche hat out of a large yellow hat box. Date: 20th century

Little girl at the farm

The puzzled chicks

Welsh train station, 1933
The famous Welsh village tongue twister

Boy doing Homework
A schoolboy ponders over his maths homework. Date: 1960s

Mary Lawson as a dunce
An amusing study of Mary Lawson posed as a most alluring little dunce

Darth Vader in Cornwall
Darth Vader turns up in Cornwall and chats with a group of puzzled looking boys. Perhaps his spaceship took a wrong turning and he is having to ask the way

Left Luggage
Oh, Mr Porter, what shall we do? Mummys off to Birmingham And left us in Crewe Bundled in a barrow, Crying out our eyes Oh Mr Porter, what do you advise?

A Lie by John Hassall
A puzzled and perplexed golfer is confounded by the lie of his ball at an awkward angle upon a rock on the green

Papal Audience 1898
Pope Leo XIII gives audience to a lady, while a cardinal sits nearby looking rather bored, and another religious person scratches his chin in a puzzled kind of way

Chesterton / Anon Photo
GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON English journalist and writer

Springbok (Bewick)
Moschus moschiferus Bewick was puzzled as to what species this creature is, but it is now recognised as a kind of deer. It is famed for the perfume it produces

Musk-Deer (Bewick)
Moschus moschiferus Bewick was puzzled as to what species this creature is, but it is now recognised as a kind of deer. It is famed for the perfume it produces

Black Bear (Bewick)
Bewick is puzzled by this creature, drawn from life, which he supposes to be a bear: it was brought back from Bengal, and appears to be a gentle, good-natured animal

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