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The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c. 1550, by Pieter Bruegh
Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c.1525-1569). Flemish painter. The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c.1550. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Caricatured Hamlet on a music sheet
A caricatured Hamlet, probably based on Sir Henry Irving, on a music sheet entitled Hamlet Ye Dane, A Ghost Story, with music by J B Lawreen

Two women chatting in a kitchen, one thin and one fat. One says: I just seen young George the worse for drink again. The other replies: I ain t surprised. You may depend e in aled it from is father

Man riding out of town on a Bank Holiday
A man rides his skinny white horse out of a smoky town on a Bank Holiday

Comic postcard, Large woman in red swimsuit on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Putting on weight at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump woman and thin man in a rowing boat Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Obese man drinking in pub. Yes, and his wifes a skinny little woman - flat as a pancake! Date: 20th century

Old Age / Enema 1908
A decrepit old man lies on a bed: he is about to be given an enema

Giuseppe de Begnis, Italian operatic bass singer
Giuseppe de Begnis (1793-1849), Italian operatic bass singer Date: early 19th century

Uriah Heep, law clerk in David Copperfield
Uriah Heep, law clerk in the novel David Copperfield (1849-1850) by Charles Dickens. Date: 1884

James McNeill Whistler, American artist
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American artist, caricature by Charles Lyall Date: 1889

Alice, Where Art Thou, Christmas card
Alice, Where Art Thou, comic interpretation of a popular song on a Christmas card, with a frog finding his lost love, who is now an angel frog with wings up in the clouds. (3 of 3) Date: circa 1890s

Comic postcard, Cockerel and hens, egg production, WW2 Date: 1940s

Comic postcard, Woman in blue bikini at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Neighbours chatting in garden Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman complains about husband Date: 20th century

Calendar design - Humpty Dumpty
Design for a Calendar - Humpty Dumpty, having fallen from the wall - safe however as he had been hard-boiled. Date: 1933

Comic postcard, Chamber music on the radio Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman worried about her husband Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Putting on weight at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Bitter and port in a pub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guest on the phone Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guest on the phone Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman swimming in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man sitting alone on the beach, looking sad Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Father Christmas and Old Maid Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Scotsman Sandy Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunken batsman who saw three balls Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, A fast one from the demon bowler Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Bunny faces the fast bowler Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, People sleeping on the stairs at Weston-Super-Mare. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, People in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, ambitious explorer Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Middle-aged spinster and doctor Date: 20th century

Cartoon, The Belle of the Season (Russell and Reform)
Cartoon, The Belle of the Season -- a satirical comment on Lord John Russells promise that reform measures will be taken in the next parliamentary session

Volunteer soldier with rifle on a comic greetings card with verse. Date: circa 1850s

Skinny soldier on a comic greetings card with verse. Date: circa 1850s

Cartoon, Tailors make a Man. circa 1833

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, The Man Who Was. 1901

Jumbles by Lewis Baumer - Butterfly Collector chasing Fairy with net. 1897

Dragonet Date: 1806

Daisy Bell, in Flewso the Flier, a pantomime
Daisy Bell, in Flewso the Flier, the Summerdown revuesical panto, at the Pier Theatre, Eastbourne. 1917

A boney white horse pulls an entire family in a cart, India
A boney white horse pulls an entire family in a cart beneath the walls of the Red Fort in Delhi, India Date: 1984

Ragged boatman, Sri Lanka
Barefoot, ragged, skinny boatman wearing big floppy cap sits on a beached fishing boat on the beach at Galle, Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Old Mr Winter with a baby on a Christmas card
Old Mr Winter with a baby on a Christmas and New Year card, surrounded by robins and bells -- his comfort and joy. (3 of 3) Date: circa 1880s

Old Mr Winter in the snow on a Christmas card
Old Mr Winter with his shopping in the snow on a Christmas card. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1880s

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