Startled Collection

Scrooge Sees Marley Face
Scrooge is startled to see Marleys face on his door, instead of the knocker

Trams causing havoc on a Belfast street
Horses, carts, wagons and pedestrians in an almighty crash involving two trams in Donegal Place in Belfast. The card caption reads: " Our Trammelled Streets" Date: 1905

Good Morning Sergeant Major
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Good Morning Sergeant Major, words and music by Art Noel and Don Pelosi. The image portrays a startled military man

The Shadow Of Richelieu
An illustration of a very small man holding a figurine of a lady with an elegant posture, towards a tall man who is looking down, over his shoulder as if startled. Date: circa 1901

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whos making the Brave New World
The Caption verse is Whos making the Brave New World - lets see - Whos making the Brave New World? You-and-Me! This is a reference to Aldous Huxleys dystopian novel Brave New World - a world that you

Man sitting down on a startled cat in his chair and being scolded by an old woman. Miseries Domestic. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Man suffering from gout greeted painfully by a sailor
Man suffering from painful gout in his limbs greeted by a muscular sailor with a strong handshake and a stamp on the foot. Miseries Personal

How do yo do? - a frog greets a rather startled bird
How do yo do? - a frog greets a rather startled colourful small bird on the branch of a fuschia. Date: 1932

Cook from The Little Pipe. 1928

Samoset Visits Pilgrims at Plymouth
Samoset, an Abenaki Sagamore, or lesser chief, who had learned English from fisherman and sailors off Maine, walked into Plymouth colony and startled the pilgrim colonists by speaking English

White-Tailed Deer Date: 1948

South Africa - Durban - Bathing Enclosure on Ocean Beach - fantastic surround featuring a startled seagull and a rather fearsome shark!! Date: circa 1910s

MALE TYPE / MAN & GLOBE MALE TYPE / MAN & GLOBE
A rather startled looking man poses in the photographers studio with a globe. Date: circa 1860

Branding horses at the Army Remount Depot, WW1
A horse strongly objecting to being branded at an Army Remount Depot during the First World War. Date: 1915

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon His Missus Voice
Shows Nipper the HMV dog, startled by the cry Votes for Women bellowing from the gramophone. Date: 1911

Notes on Etiquette - Greeted with a Kiss. Nothing more readily conduces to a pleasant visit than a kindly, hearty greeting. Date: 1908

The Frog Suitor
Woman is courted by a frog - but can she be sure he is really a prince in disguise ? (Theres a pun on the French word pretendant which means both suitor and impostor) Date: 1919

Sir Philip Francis
SIR PHILIP FRANCIS British government official. Reputed author of Letters of Junius, a series of letters attacking public figures. Date: 1740 - 1818

The Dirt-Track Rider who appeared in Rotten Row. A motorcyclist causing noisy havoc amonst the genteel riders on Rotten Row in Hyde Park, London. 1929

An adult Pig-tailed Macaque observes the area from a tree, before the pack would descend on the ground (Macaca nemestrina)

Suffragette Jill in the Box Asquith. A suffragette pops out of a box waving a Votes for Women flag at the startled figure of H.H Asquith, the Prime Minister. Date: circa 1913

Boy drying his face on a towel
A boy looks up rather guiltily, having been caught drying his face and hands on a towel when they are not properly clean. The water in the sink is filthy. Date: 1953

Plantol Soap
Humorous advertisement for Plantol Soap, manufactured by Lever Brothers Limited of Port Sunlight, England, showing a rather startled customer who has been over-zealously lathered with shaving soap by

Corded Poodle (Postcard)
A slightly startled-looking Corded Poodle Date: 1906

Startled Otter
Utterly Otterly - study of a startled otter! Date: 1950s

Pierre Simplin, the strangler
Pierre Simplon enters his victims room through the window; she is startled and afraid, as well she might be

Feu Follet (Richard)
The abbe Richard, in a French churchyard, is startled by a huge flame-like feu follet which reaches 3-4 metres in height, probably caused by a decomposing corpse Date: 2 July 1750

Feu Follet by Path
A French peasant woman returning home with her child is startled when feux follets appear beside their path Date: 1869

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

Life / April showers bring May flowers 1924
A gentleman in top hat offers a startled looking young lady a bouquet of flowers and a parasol for shelter

Hanways Umbrella / Iln
Jonas Hanway pioneers the first umbrella in London

Boy with Cockatoo 20C
A little boy is startled by a white cockatoo

JOE, THE FAT BOY
Mr. Tupman and the Spinster Aunt are startled by the appearance of Joe, the Fat Boy at the side of the garden seat

Black Arrow
The evil Sir Isenbart de Belame and his lords, seated around their table at Wrangby, are startled by the Black Arrow which Robin and his men fired through the spy hole

Kitty Admires Herself
Kitty admires her new figure in a mirror too narrow for her dimensions. Fido the dog is startled while Adolphus shields his despair with a handkerchief

Water Babies Kissing
Tom & the water baby hug & kiss, whilst a startled fish looks on

The Black Mousquetaire
THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE The Mousquetaire is startled by the apparent appearence of the deceased Therese

Henry and Herne
WINDSOR CASTLE Henry VIII is startled by Herne the Hunter while out riding

Sea Serpent Rears Up
An ugly winged serpent of the sea rears up to confront a startled sailor who lets go the ships wheel in fright

Futuristic snowmobile at the South Pole
A futuristic snowmobile at the South Pole -- two penguins seem a little startled

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