Thwarted Collection

Thomas Creech
THOMAS CREECH : classical scholar, noted for his translations of Lucretius &c. Sadly, a growing melancholia - and a thwarted amour - drove him to take his own life. Date: 1659 - 1700

Mistletoe thwarted by crinoline, 1857
A young man curses the invention of crinoline skirts, preventing him from accessing the object of his affections, waiting coyly beneath the mistletoe. 1857

Flying Terms Defined - Flier Education. A jolly cartoon dog demonstrates some flight terminology: Power Diving (attempt to grab a bone thwarted)

Billiards Illustrated - Spot Barred
A relaxing Vicar, just about to don his tripey bathing suit and take a dip at a likelt spot, is thwarted by a zealous landowner

Crime / Theft / Shop / 1923
Smash & grab thief thwarted by a passer-by at Marseille

Workers Strike 1920
A commuter train leaves Berlin during the transport workers strike. It was the striking in the city which thwarted the Kapp Putsch

Girl & Guard Dog
A small girl is thwarted in her attempt to walk a garden path by a small dog, causing her to drop some of the apples she is carrying in her basket

Otto II Escapes
Emperor Otto II escapes from hostile Greeks by swimming to his ship, after being disastrously thwarted in his attempt to assert his claim to southern Italy

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