Unfortunate Collection (page 2)

Priest directed to find a Scotsmans late business partner. Parson (to Mr MacDougal) - " ! want to see Mr Thompson, please." Macdougal

A French Gentleman enquires after the health of an idiot
A smart French Gentleman enquires after the health of an obvious idiot. " Vat as been ze mattare? Zey tell me you af not ad ze good ealths

Drunken Gentleman requesting a clove off a Policeman
Drunken Gentleman in multiple stages of disarray requests a clove from a London Policeman in order to disguise (fat chance!) the evidence that he has been boozing. Date: circa 1890s

Drunk writer refuses tract from a benevolent lady - Irony
Drunk refuses temperance tract from a benevolent lady, unaware that her sizzled target was actually the author of the aforementioned words of wisdom - wonderfully ironic cartoon by Phil May

Old Man with pair of wooden legs advertising corn plasters
Very black humour - An Old Man with a pair of prosthetic false legs advertising corn plasters! Date: 1895

Football Terms Illustrated - A Plucky Try - Running for bus
(Rugby) Football Terms. Illustrated. A Plucky Try. A rather portly and ruddy-cheeked Mother and her sailor suit-clad son make a futile attempt to catch their bus after a busy morning at the shops

Hard Luck Sir - Young lad lets in a goal
" Hard Luck Sir" - Young lad lets in a goal... Date: 1906

Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures - Mr Caudle late to bed
" Pretty Time of night to come to bed Mr Caudle. Ugh! Enough to give any woman her death. I m sure." (Mrs Caudles Lectures) First published in " Punch" in 1845

Tragic parachute accident of Mr Cocking
The tragic parachute accident of Mr R Cocking. The balloon ascended 5000 feet, the parachute was detached, was found to be damaged, and Mr Cocking fell to his death. He was 61 years old. 24 July 1837

Argentinian Farmer
An unfortunate farmer stuggles to harvest his crops with an ox-drawn wooden cart in monsoon conditions, Argentina, South America. Date: 1930s

Weighing a Dutch Witch
A witchcraft trial in Holland - the unfortunate suspect is weighed in a balance, though what that proves isn t clear... What is a witch supposed to weigh ? Date: 17th century

Medieval Fireplace
A medieval group gather around (and warm their hands at) a fireplace. One man has an owl on his arm. A rather unfortunate stork and her young nest in the chimney. Date: 1338-1344

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Ape-ing the Fashion
Ape-ing the Fashion. A fashionable man strolls, casting an unfortunate ape-like shadow. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow

The Fall of the Year
Cartoon, The Fall of the Year. The sort of unfortunate happening that must spoil the efforts of film-makers. A leaf drops between a kissing couple

Coup: Casualties
As troops supporting Napoleon clear the streets of Paris, those unfortunate enough to be in the line of fire are carried to the hospitals

Rashful Youth
This unfortunate youth has come out in a rash though his face is spared : we don t know what is afflicting him, and I dare say the doctors don t know either

Victims of Petrification
Unfortunate victims of the petrifying spring at Clermont- Ferrand, France

Grendel & Victims
Grendel, a scaly monster from the marshes, with several unfortunate young Danish victims he has abducted by night from Heorot, the court of King Hrothgar

Suffering Chilblains
An unfortunate man rubs ointment on his chilblained feet, while his wife looks on sympathetically

St George and Dragon
SAINT GEORGE seen here on his white horse, with the unfortunate dragon in a separate panel below

Abelard / Heloise / Tomb
ABELARD AND HELOISE Monument to the unfortunate lovers in Pere La Chaise Cemetery, Paris Date: 1079-1142; 1101-1164

Training St Bernards
At the Hospice du Grand Saint- Bernard, dogs are trained to rescue unfortunate travellers who lose their way in the darkness and snow on the Alpine pass

The Unfortunate Merchant
A merchant receives news that the ship in whose cargo he had invested all his capital is sunk, and with it all his hopes of making his fortune. Ah, the vanity of human wishes!

An Unpopular Orator
An unpopular candidate at election time gets pelted with a variety of vegetables and an unfortunate cat by the hostile crowd

Bailiff in the House
THE MAN IN POSSESSION a bailiff sprawls in the house of an unfortunate family who can t pay their debts

Unfortunate Accident
Unfortunately she has had a little contretemps and as a result the family car needs a little attention

Tennis / Ball out 1919
The unfortunate service

Monster Abducts Victims
A scaly monster abducts several unfortunate young men with intent to devour them. (Grendel the monster from the myth of Beowulf)

Aerial Bombardment
Alas, there are sure to be ill-disposed persons who will exploit flight for their own evil purposes, dropping bombs, for example, onto the unfortunate earthbound folk

Don Quixote 4
The unfortunate Knight of the Rock meeting Don Quixote

Garibaldi Saves Woman
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI at the age of eight saves an unfortunate female from drowning

Exorcism / Young Man
Casting out the demons who have possessed an unfortunate young man

Futuristic hunting accident
A pilot and his aeroplane are mistaken for a bird and are shot down -- an unfortunate mishap during a hunting expedition

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