Comical Collection (page 5)

Napoleon And His Grenadiers
A comical illustration which shows Napoleon Bonaparte tugging the ear of one of his grenadier guardsmen. Date: circa 1901

La Coupe Au Roi De Thule
A comical illustration showing a scene in which a king sits in a barber's chair holding his sceptre in one hand, the hairdresser is styling what little hair he has left

Comical Sketch
A comical sketch depicting a scene of two men in conversation, with a view of a city behind them, one of which is saying how his daughter was born with a crushed strawberry upon her buttock

Soldier Artist
A comical side profile portrait illustration of a soldier who is sat, doing a portrait drawing of a man's head upon a shovel. Date: circa 1917

Lady Nightcap at Breakfast, comical Georgian scene, black servant serving his employer. Date: 1772

Village Sports, Howzat Umpire, Comical Cats by Louis Wain
Village Sports, Howzat Umpire, Comical Cats playing Cricket by Louis Wain Date: 1904

Suffragette political cartoon, Louis Wain
Suffragette political cartoon, Comical Cats, by Louis Wain. Date: 1914

Cartoon, upper class Nuts and Nuttesses, Louis Wain
Cartoon of upper class Nuts and Nuttesses as comical cats, by Louis Wain. Date: 1914

Cartoon, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty
Political cartoon, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty - Look what I have done! - with ships and aircraft in the background, by Louis Wain Date: 1914

Cartoon, The Break-Up of the English Parliament
Political Cartoon, The Break-Up of the English Parliament, by Louis Wain Date: 1914

Cartoon, Liberal Prime Minister Asquith
Political cartoon, Liberal Prime Minister Asquith, I can't get all this washed in time - cat washerwoman attempting to cope with Parliamentary Bills in the form of laundry

Cartoon, Lloyd George and the Land Bill
Political cartoon, Lloyd George and the Land Bill, by Louis Wain Date: 1914

Cartoon, John Redmond, Irish Home Rule
Political cartoon, John Redmond, Irish politician, Home Rule and After, by Louis Wain Date: 1914

Advert, Dr Barnardo's Homes, Help Urgently Needed - comical cats, by Louis Wain Date: 1914

Humorului, Romania, Unesco World Heritage Site Monastery Church Adormirea Maicii Domnului at Humor Monastery
5, abbey, abbeys, adormirea maicii domnului, architectural photograph, architectural view, attraction, attractions, balkan, balkan peninsula, belief, believer, believers, building, buildings

Frescoes on the exterior wall, Humorului, Romania, Unesco World Heritage Site Monastery Church of Adormirea Maicii
4 people, 5, abbey, abbeys, adormirea maicii domnului, architectural photograph, architectural view, arts, attraction, attractions, balkan, balkan peninsula, belief, believer, believers, buddhist

The Carnival in Duesseldorf, various scenes, Germany, 1899, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, 5 people, assorted, black, black-and-white, black-white, carnival, comic, comical, contemporary, costumed, costumes, depiction, depictions, different, differing, digital

Evening entertainment in an inn in the Krkonose Mountains with dancing and music, Silesia, Germany, Poland, 1899
1900s, 19th-century, activities, activity, alpine landscape, bar, bunch of, businesses, close, close up, comic, comical, confident, content, contented, contentment, countryside, crowd

The Carnival in Nice, France, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork
1900s, 19th-century, 3 people, art work, arts, artwork, artworks, black, black-and-white, black-white, carnival, comic, comical, costumed, costumes, departement alpes-maritimes, depiction

Carnival friends, on their way to a carnival event by sleigh, 1881, Germany, Historic
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, achievements, action, actions, active, activities, activity, athletic, carnival, carnival event, carnival friends, comic, comical, contests, costumed, costumes

Recruits Amusement at the First Guard, Prussia, Germany, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, activities, activity, amusement, amusements, atmospheric, black, black-and-white, black-white, comic, comical, confident, content, contented, contentment, depiction, depictions

Carnival on the Riva degli Schiavoni in Venice, Italy, c. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of an original
archive, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, bunch of, carnival, carnival in venice, carnival mask, carnival masks, cities, close, close up, comic, comical, commemorating

Juvenile Iguana lounging in red bromeliad, Florida Date: 31-12-1999

Poster advertising a gymastics contest in Lyon, 1894 (colour litho)
PER360359 Poster advertising a gymastics contest in Lyon, 1894 (colour litho) by Gray, Henri (Boulanger) (1858-1924); Private Collection

Force majeure. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1902 (colour litho)
3100622 Force majeure. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1902 (colour litho) by Avelot, Henri (1873-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Force majeure)

Sensations and thrills (colour litho)
3642934 Sensations and thrills (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sensations and thrills. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The long lingering riverside kiss (colour litho)
3642910 The long lingering riverside kiss (colour litho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: The long lingering riverside kiss)

You must conceal nothing from me (colour litho)
3642830 You must conceal nothing from me (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: You must conceal nothing from me)

I am having a fine holiday (colour litho)
3642826 I am having a fine holiday (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: I am having a fine holiday. Postcard, early 20th century)

Behind the Times (colour litho)
3642794 Behind the Times (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Behind the Times. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

I know what you want but you ain t going to get it (colour litho)
3641714 I know what you want but you ain t going to get it (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: I know what you want but you ain t going to get it)

Learning to focus and making the exposure (coloured photo)
3642786 Learning to focus and making the exposure (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Learning to focus and making the exposure)

I am very bored (colour litho)
3641737 I am very bored (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: I am very bored. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Have you any nuts? Yes, miss. They re under the bananas (colour litho)
3641688 Have you any nuts? Yes, miss. They re under the bananas (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Have you any nuts? Yes, miss)

In haste (colour litho)
3641630 In haste (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In haste. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Cat irritating a dog chained to its kennel (colour litho)
3641605 Cat irritating a dog chained to its kennel (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cat irritating a dog chained to its kennel)

The new garotte suit (engraving)
5998290 The new garotte suit (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The new garotte suit. Illustration for Fun magazine, 1863.); © Look and Learn

Warning to those getting married that children and associated expenses are likely to follow (colour litho)
5999916 Warning to those getting married that children and associated expenses are likely to follow (colour litho) by English School

Man being hung upside down out of a window by his coat-tails (colour litho)
5999967 Man being hung upside down out of a window by his coat-tails (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Couple after a drunken argument (colour litho)
5999900 Couple after a drunken argument (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Couple after a drunken argument)

Boss and secretary (colour litho)
3641677 Boss and secretary (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boss and secretary. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Do you want a bed warmer, Sir? (colour litho)
3641623 Do you want a bed warmer, Sir? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Do you want a bed warmer, Sir)

The scenery here is most beautiful (colour litho)
3642846 The scenery here is most beautiful (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The scenery here is most beautiful)

Altho I m on my knees dear I d rather be on yours dear (colour litho)
3642836 Altho I m on my knees dear I d rather be on yours dear (colour litho) by Anderson, Martin " Cynicus" (1854-1932); Private Collection; (add.info)

I was only teasing you (colour litho)
3642816 I was only teasing you (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: I was only teasing you. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The mixture (colour litho)
3642792 The mixture (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The mixture. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

In Love, Promised, Married, Separated, Divorced and Both Pleased (colour litho)
3641750 In Love, Promised, Married, Separated, Divorced and Both Pleased (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In Love, Promised, Married, Separated)

The Pilgrim Fathers (colour litho)
3641745 The Pilgrim Fathers (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pilgrim Fathers. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

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