Threatening Collection

Panjdeh incident - Russian encounter with Afghan forces at Pul-i-Khishty (Brick Bridge). The incident of 1885 was a diplomatic crisis between the British Empire

Cape Wrath headland and lighthouse from seaward - Scotland
Cape Wrath headland and lighthouse from seaward. North western tip of Scotland. The picture was taken from the 27ft sailing boat Jalcyon during her 3000 mile cruise around the entire coast of

Georgian cartoon, Equality - Stand and Deliver! - scruffy thief threatens well dressed scarecrow Date: circa 1820s

Votes for women
An aggressive bear in threatening pose, sporting a green & mauve bow tie and mauve bag. Artists: M Knight & A E Kennedy Date: circa 1915

Dramatic light on the Cook range of mountains, New Zealand
Dramatic light on the Cook range of mountains on South Island, New Zealand Date: 1993

Holborn Head Lighthouse, Scrabster, Caithness, Scotland, on a stormy day. Date: 2001

Wooden jetty, Arran, Scotland
Silhouette of a man walking towards the sea along a wooden jetty near Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran, Scotland.. Dark storm clouds above. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

USA - Montana Cowboys have a little disagreement over cards. The Actors are playing it straight with Poker faces, although the cowboy on the draw is looking a little bit flush-ed

WW1 era Comic Postcard - Little girl threatens her boy... " If I ever catch you at it" ! Date: circa 1916

Tarantula spider in threatening pose (Trochosa singoriensis). South Tuva, Russia

Russian deserters forced back, WW1
Two demoralised Russian soldiers, on the point of deserting, are forced back by a loyal soldier on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1917

Uncle Sam and the Kaiser 1915
Satirical cartoon showing the United States of America feebly remonstrating with Kaiser Wilhelm II, threatening him ineffectively about Germanys U-boat policy

Cockney Argument between a fat man and a thin man
Fat Party (after a War of words) - " If you come our court to-morrer and bring a bit o fat with yer, I ll bloomin well eat yer." !! Date: 1895

Office Boy burns his bridges and threatens to give notice
Office Boy burns his bridges (disobeying every commandment on his behaviour in sight) and threatens to give notice to his (rather surprised) Boss! Date: 1907

Christmas Greetings Postcard - two children and presents on a very windy day, threatening to carry them (and their umbrella) away! circa 1910s

Snowy Owl - juvenile (a fledgling) - threatens a visitor by opening & clicking its beak - adults are watching from a distance. (Nyctea scandiaca). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

WWI Poster, The Kaisers Insult, Enlist Now
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Kaisers Insult, Enlist Now. Quoting from the Kaisers threatening words of 19 August 1914. Date: 1915

Rough-legged Buzzard - young at the nest threatening a visitor - very close to leaving the nest. (Buteo lagopus). nest in low rocks in tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Group of men with policeman, Vienna, Austria
A threatening-looking group of men, watched closely by a policeman, Vienna, Austria. Date: 1920s

Patriotic British postcard, bayonet practice, WW1
First World War patriotic postcard, showing an imaginary German soldier standing behind the dummy used for bayonet practice

Body confidence of a diminutive ruffian
" Shure, if oi was as big a ye-self oid woipe the flure wid yez, little as oi am!" Date: 1900

On Closer Inspection - Kaiser and King George
The Kaiser: " Why, I always thought your Lion was showing his teeth; I see, now, its been intended for a genial smile

Bandits in Italy
A group of Italian bandits accost an unsuspecting traveller, threatening him with their rifles and stealing anything of value. 19th Century

Brothers rob a train at Rocky Cut
Brothers rob a train on the Missouri Pacific Railway at Rocky Cut. 19th Century

Bandits attack an express train in America Date: c. 1870

Puss in Boots talks to reapers mowing a meadow, persuading them to tell the King that the meadow belongs to his Master. Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697

WW1 Propaganda
A sinister, if rather coy, note from German soldiers to British soldiers during World War One." Dear Tommy, You are quite welcome to what we are leaving

A Member of H. M. Stanleys expedition threatening a baggage
Engraving showing a member of Sir Henry Morton Stanleys expedition to find Dr. David Livingstone threatening a baggage porter, Central Africa, 1871

Dramatic Mountain Rescue
A dramatic mountain rescue

Figure in the Mist
A hunched figure walking away into the mist in a public park or garden, along a path bordered by high hedge trees. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Belfast Riots 1886
Riots in Belfast - the " Island" men in North Street

Little Miss Muffet (Evb)
Most versions have a BIG spider but this has only a little one - yet even so, it is sufficiently threatening to alarm Miss Muffet

Europe Confronts Bear
BEAR OR BUG-BEAR? Thou com st in such questionable shape! - Hamlet Europa confronts the Russian Bear

HALLEYs COMET 1546-7
Halleys comet is widely seen as a threatening sign from Heaven

Torquatus visits the tribune Pomponius
Titus Manlius Torquatus, armed with a knife, forces the tribune Marcus Pomponius to retract accusations made against his father Lucius, who was making unpopular preparations for war

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