Unlucky Collection

Little Miss Muffit by Lesley Butler - golf humour 1930
A nervous female golfer watched by other golfers, some encouraging, some obviously impatient. Date: 1930

Leslie Henson Golfing
Comedian Leslie Henson (1891-1957) posing on the golf course. At the time he was appearing in the farce It's A Boy! at the Strand Theatre. Date: 1931

The Unlucky Death of Pepe Hillo
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The Unlucky Death of Pepe Hillo (Jose Delgado) in the Ring at Madrid

Disadvantages of a short cut. "I have kept my dear Amelia waiting a deuced long time
Disadvantages of a short cut. " I have kept my dear Amelia waiting a deuced long time! - but this short cut will soon bring me to her enchanting presence;

Comic postcard, Engaged couple chatting Date: 20th century

Comc postcard, Little boys playing cards
Comic postcard, Little boys playing cards Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Black cat annoyed by kittens Date: circa 1918

Hill glory bower, Clerodendrum infortunatum (Unlucky clerodendron, Clerodendron infortunatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G

Pierrot has good luck and bad
Heurs et Malheurs de Calino-Pierrot (Gluck und Ungluck des guten Michels) -- a Pierrot character experiencing good and bad luck in various situations. (2 of 2) 19th century

Dinner Party with Thirteen People
THIRTEEN AT TABLE - the hostesss ultimate nightmare ! Date: 1925

In Marble Halls - Jobbing actors chatting in a theatre bar
" In Marble Halls" - Jobbing actors standing in a theatre bar discussing their fortune, both successful and not

Woman Painting on Ladder WW1. Lady painting up a ladder with creepy old man saying, Who said it was unlucky to walk under a ladder? Date: circa 1917

Mary Augusta May Yohe - American musical theatre actress
Mary Augusta " May" Yohe (18661938) - American musical theatre actress. In 1894, she married Lord Francis Hope and possessed the Hope Diamond. Date: circa 1910s

Blind Beggar on a London Street, with a sign explaining his situation around his neck and a small scrawny pet dog at his side

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

LCC-LFB Vauxhall fire station, Lambeth SE1
Vauxhall fire station was built by the London County Council in the last year of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, before the name was changed to the London Fire Brigade

Unhappy Family
The unhappy family. 1833

Hundu Festival
The Thaipusan Festival in Singapore where self- mutilation plays a key role. Here the Kavardie-bearer moves through the crowd out of the temple grounds. Date: February 1964

Carnival games
A group of young boys and men throw balls, aiming them at the heads of the poor men who have the unlucky job of acting as the targets

Lear / Nonsense / Ems
There was an Old Person of Ems, who casually fell in the Thames; And when he was found they said he was drowned, that unlucky Old Person of Ems

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