Shock Collection (page 7)

Twirling Tempest dancer in red and black gown
Twirling Tempest - a striking brunette dancers with billowing skirt, red stappy high heeled shoes and short cropped red top strikes a pose on a wooden stage. Date: early 1940s

Saucy Sailorette ready for a dip in the sea
A Saucy Sailorette in long white trousers and a (very) tight red top, accentuating her curves. Standing by a groyne on a beach and holding a beach towel as if a little sea dip is in the offing

A pin-up beauty providing a Package of Oomph
A scantily-clad striking ginger-haired beauty providing a Package of Oomph! Date: early 1940s

Statuesque blonde beauty teasingly pulls at her waistband
Teasin to Please! a statuesque blonde beauty teasingly pulls at the waistband string on her ever-so-skimpy undergarment. The flowers on her shoes are of the same colour. Date: early 1940s

Angles and Curves - hourglass beauty in tiny yellow dress
Angles and Curves - an hourglass beauty in a tiny yellow dress, suspenders and stockings, all curves displayed to their best advantage. Date: early 1940s

Una-veil-able - Brunette in tiny sheer pink nightdress
" Una-veil-able" - a saucy pretty brunette in a tiny pink nightdress/lingerie holding an even smaller pink wrap. Date: early 1940s

Billiards Illustrated - A Little Too Fine
A fisherman fly fishing in a Scottish Loch is thwarted in his attempts to land a sprightly salmon by his choice of fishing line, which appears to be far too thin

Uncle Podger playing cricket
Uncle Podger shows the children how to play cricket, with disasterous results! Date: circa 1907

Tennis Humour - Postcard
I can see you do try to keep your end up! Date: circa 1930s

The Conversion of Paul the Apostle / King Saul
The Conversion of Paul the Apostle - told as the conversion of King Saul. circa 19th century

Descent of Montgolfier balloon
The descent of the Montgolfier balloon, landing in countryside to the consternation of local farmers. 1783

Enter the Villain by Sala
A fashionably dressed 1920s flapper finds that her new-found confidence is sorely tested by the appearance of a small mouse. Date: 1927

The Sketch Summer Number front cover 1934
Stylish, graphic front cover of The Sketch Summer Number featuring a swimmer surprised to find a fish on the end of her bathing cap. Date: 1934

Business Notes Illustrated - Receiving an Unexpected Rise A Gentleman is accidently lifted aloft by a warehouse crane outside a warehouse. Date: circa 1909

A Flimsy Excuse
A red-haired young thing wearing the skimpiest of red lingerie is shocked at the arrival of an unexpected visitor. Her dignity is little preserved by the thinest of see through drapes

Tennis Illustrated - Comic Postcard - A Weak Return A Policeman aids a totally sozzled young gentleman to return to his abode into the rather shocked care of the housemaid. Date: circa 1903

The Curate who saw red by H. M. Bateman
Humorous illustration by the comic master of social satire, H. M. Bateman showing an irate curate kicking the local vicar and upsetting his cup of tea, much to the shock of polite onlookers

People coming out to see what is happening
Mrs Bobbity and her neighbours coming out to see what is happening -- the van driver gets hold of Dobbin. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow sitting on the ivy growing on the garden wall. He looks down to find that the crust is no longer there. Date: 1937

False-set-o
A women singing on stage hits the high note and her dentures come flying out. 1930

Shock Proof Car Clock
A shock proof car clock (with luminous figures), which adheres to the dashboard by means of its rubber casing. Only 7 shillings and 9 pence from Harrods of London. Date: 1930s

Revelations on Honeymoon
Revelations - 1st Chapter A hilarious postcard showing a couple on their honeymoon, revealing to each other (for seemingly yht efirst time!) their physical shortcomings

Removal man running after the horse and van
One of the removal men (the van driver) running after the horse and van, surprised that steady old Dobbin would run off like that. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow shocked to find the nest empty
Jack Sparrow returns to the nest, and is shocked to find it empty. Date: 1937

Lady in Harem pants draws amazed reactions
A rotund lady draws breath (it appears she has been wound in to a VERY tight corset!) as she ascends some steep stares, but also draws gasps of astonishment from three gentleman

Hopeless Plumber - Flooded House
" What is home without a Plumber." He leaves the water tap runnning... A family wakes up in the morning to discover that the rather hopeless plumber

Lord Kitchener, headlines announcing his death
Newspaper headlines on a large poster, announcing the death by drowning of Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916). He died when HMS Hampshire, on which he was travelling

Boy on beach with Sea Mine
" Look what I ve found Mummie!" A small boy discovers a mine on the beach whilst making a sandcastle. His Mother is fainting in shock at this explosive discovery. Date: 1940s

Italy / 775 / Pavia Siege
The siege of Pavia seen from the ramparts Date: 775

Dangerous fashions in the street
The dangers of impractical fashions in the street. The reintroduction of the trained skirt, even for walking dresses, proves inconvenient and possibly fatal! Date: 1871

Double page spread in a diary for 10-15 December
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 10-15 December. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

DFP car speeding through the desert
A car manufactured by DFP -- Doriot, Flandrin & Parant -- is driven through the desert by four French tourists, causing shock and surprise to people and camels

Shell Shock by George Ranstead
An original pen & ink drawing illustrating a play on words. A young man with shell shock looks away in terror at a cracked hard boiled egg

Shock troop training WWI
German shock troops training at Sedan during World War I

Childrens entertainment
A large group of children sitting on the floor, watching some kind of entertainment. Some are smiling, others looking up in shock or wonder, or just concentrating hard

Terrified by modern female fashion
The Harem Skar em!! Not in those trousers! A lady in the latest fashion, based on the costume of the Turkish Harem - causes men to flee from her path in surprise

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (2 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Men and young boys fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (4 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Young men, boys and women of all ages fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (1 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Men and young boys fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (3 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Men and young boys fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Shock absorbers in action
An artistic photograph of a train suspension system in action, absorbing the shock of the wheel on a rail when in motion. A photograph used in an advertisement for Rocksil rock wool - used

A party in France
A smartly-dressed gentleman looks surprised and rather terrified at something that is out of view; a number of guests stare at him disapprovingly, unimpressed that he is making a scene

An Astronomical Note
A Second Eclipse of the Sun. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Electric Shock Machine, on Derby Day, 1860
Engraving, originally entitled Two Shocks a Penny, showing an electric shock machine which was part of the entertainments at Epsom Racecourse, on Derby Day 1860

Captured frogs bid for Freedom
A young schoolboy in his full school uniform get a nasty surprise when the frog he has captured makes a daring bid for freedom, leaping out and away as soon as the airhole-added lid has been lifted

Receiving the Check
Entitled " We Have Met With A Slight Check in one Quarter" a man displays shock on receiving the bill after dinner with a rather glamorous companion

The King and Queen at the Windsor festivities
George III (1738-1820)and Queen Charlotte observing the roasting of an ox at Windsor, part of celebrations to mark the kings Diamond Jubilee in 1810

Trench Nightmare Cartoon
A self-portrait caricature by Walter Henry Clark, describing a nightmare he suffered whilst in the trenches during WW1

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