Rude Collection (page 2)

France. Paris. Triumphal Arch. Depart of 1792. La Marseillaise personified on the Arc de Triomphe. by Francois Rude. The sculptural group celebrates the cause of the French First Republic during

I Could Have Sweared I Saw a Torpedo, WW1 postcard
Humorous First World War postcard showing a small boy in the bath wondering where that torpedo has gone. Date: 1916

Cheeky Beauty Contest - Bottoms
A Beauty Contest A beautiful pair of buttocks often bring tenderness. A line up of Parisienne beauties, offering a cheeky angle on life in the French capital. Date: circa 1908

Olaf V / Norway / Rude
OLAF V King of Norway (1957-91), son of Haakon VII and Maud

How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 4
The debutante treats a double blue with indifference. Date: 1929

Cartoon, Edward, Prince of Wales, Randolph Churchill
Cartoon, Edward, Prince of Wales, and Randolph Churchill, who says: I don t mind shaking hands with you, but I must draw the line at some of your pals. 1884

Leap Year - Running the Gauntlet! Date: 1904

Two Isle of Wight Farmers assess a tricky situation
Why the Natives are called Isle of Wight Calves. " Well, what shall us do Bill? Is pose there baint nothin else but to Cut his ed off." Date: 1907

Two boys playing on a Balham street, SW London, both sticking out their tongues at someone. Date: circa 1961

Four children playing on a Balham street, SW London. One boy seems to be blowing a raspberry at a girl wearing Girl Guides uniform. Date: circa 1961

Suffragette Flying Machine Asquith no. 10. Suffragettes give Mr. Asquith a rude awakening as their flying machine reaches the upper floor of number 10. Downing Street

Dignity & Impudence by H. M. Bateman
An arrogant looking taxi cab driver, enjoys a rest and a cigar, ignoring the signal of a potential customer across the street - a humorous comment on the attitude of London taxi drivers during

Master Quack the duckling meets two owls
An Afternoon Call -- Master Quack the duckling wakes up two owls, who find him rude and attack him. 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

That 16-inch sensation - Bairnsfather postcard
" That 16-inch sensation" - Bairnsfather postcard. Bairnsfather was badly wounded by a shell burst in April 1915 and during his weeks of convalescence suffered recurring nightmares

Gentleman crashes on his bicycle and utters a loud... " Mark of exclamation!" Date: circa 1940s

Railway Porter rather rude to sizeable female passenger
Stout Party - " And can t I get to X - without walking?" Railway Porter - " Well, theres the coal Train, Mum." Stout Party - " How much will it cost me

Comic Postcard - Advantageous vantage point
Comic Postcard - An advantageous vantage point! A workman adjusting a gas main keeps a score of the choice of underwear of the ladies passing above his vantage point pavement manhole cover)

Teacher gets funny response from young boy
A Teacher gets funny response to a question asked to a forthright young flame-haired chap. " Yes, Bobby, C stands for Cat; now what does D stand for

Arrested for wearing a corset advertising placard
" Why pick on me, officer? Its my guv nors idea!" A policeman is not sympathetic to the protestations of the beardy gentleman employed to parade in front of a Drapers shop wearing a corset

RUDE, Fran篩s (1784-1855). The Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 or The Marseillaise. 1833-1836. FRANCE. Paris. Arc de Triomphe

Satirical cartoon, An Aerial Excursion, showing a thin Englishman and a plump Frenchwoman in a balloon, while the crowd on the ground makes rude comments in speech bubbles. 1802

Satirical cartoon, Rural Sports, Balloon Hunting

British Legion Childrens Christmas Party, Walton, Essex

Grotesque puppeteer
A rather grotesque and gigantic puppeteer performs a lewd puppet show for an equally lewd looking audience of considerably smaller people. Date: 1919

Humorous Postcard - Underwear Department
A couple are directed to the Sports Department " Straight through the Ladies Underwear". This comment causes much delight to the Gentleman

Listening to the Banned by Kippa
Humorous illustration by Kippa featuring a group seated ready for after dinner evening entertainment, only to be shocked by a young woman reading aloud from a scandalous novel

Music at home - boring recital by child
Listeners stifle their yawns as a serious-looking child performs a dull or lengthy piece on the piano. Date: 1843

Flying out another girl for the Harem
Hand-drawn anti-Turkish French propaganda card depicting a semi-naked woman being sent as a volunteer to the Sultans Harem via a Turkish kite! circa 1910s

Humourous photographer card
A very silly postcard depicting a photographers subject suffering a rather revealing fate, falling backward over some sticks

Girl on a spacehopper 3 of 4
A care-free girl bounces along on her spacehopper, quite clearly having lots of fun. (Picture 3 of 4)

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