Insulting Collection

Is it yours? (colour litho)
8656795 Is it yours? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Is it yours?" Child's dummy with a yellow bow)

Children and their mothers involved in a fight at the police station. Lithography, 19th century
5943078 Children and their mothers involved in a fight at the police station. Lithography, 19th century; (add.info.: Drawing (caricature)

The crane. This ugly bird has a resemblance to you (colour litho)
8656820 The crane. This ugly bird has a resemblance to you (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The crane. This ugly bird has a resemblance to you)

Woman poking her tongue out (coloured photo)
8635556 Woman poking her tongue out (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman poking her tongue out)

Insults for Christ during his trial, Illustration from the Dore Bible, 1866
3665434 Insults for Christ during his trial, Illustration from the Dore Bible, 1866 by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: Insults for Christ during his trial, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866)

Le Docteur cherchant querelle à Ratapoil, 1851. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Docteur cherchant querelle a Ratapoil, 1851. The Doctor quarreling with Ratapoil. Daumier's character Ratapoil (Ratskin) was one of Louis-Napoleon's agents-provocateurs

'"Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor", By S. Baring Gould, M. A.; " Thou art too free with your kisses, too lavish in thy love, to please me", 1890. From "The Graphic

Different human facial expressions. (print)
7419955 Different human facial expressions. (print) by Boilly, Louis Leopold (1761-1845) (after); (add.info.: The Grimaces. Different human facial expressions: surprise, sadness, anger etc)

Glasgow Rangers footballer Paul Gascoigne making a one finger gesture while sticking out his tongue during the match against Hearts in the Scottish cup final at Hampden Park

Glasgow Rangers footballer Paul Gascoigne making a one finger gesture while sticking out his tongue during the match against Hearts in the Scottish cup final at Hampden Park

Ulrich Von Hutten, 1516, (1936). Creator: Unknown
Ulrich Von Hutten, 1516, (1936). Ulrich von Hutten at Viterbo in the battle with five Frenchmen, who mocked Maximilian. German scholar, poet and satirist Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523)

Hungary - A Road hog makes insulting gesture to donkey rider
Comic Postcard - Road Rage - Hungary - A Road hog makes an insulting gesture to a donkey rider who seemingly did not get out of the way fast enough! Date: circa 1917

The Foul-Mouthed Fool, 1660-86 (brush and Indian ink on paper)
7308443 The Foul-Mouthed Fool, 1660-86 (brush and Indian ink on paper) by Stettler, Wilhelm (1643-1708); 11.5x10.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

A goose insults a pet mandrill in a walled garden. 1811 (etching)
7235874 A goose insults a pet mandrill in a walled garden. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A goose insults a pet mandrill chained to a block in a walled garden)

"There was a Young Person of Smyrna, whose Grandmother threatened to burn her", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386632 " There was a Young Person of Smyrna, whose Grandmother threatened to burn her", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Shrimp Sauce to a Lobster (engraving)
7164358 Shrimp Sauce to a Lobster (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shrimp Sauce to a Lobster)

Episodes from the story of King Charles VII of France and Joan of Arc (chromolitho)
7185105 Episodes from the story of King Charles VII of France and Joan of Arc (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Misogyny: scene at a post office (chromolitho)
5996040 Misogyny: scene at a post office (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Misogyny: scene at a post office)

The Insults offered to Prisoners, an episode in 1211 during the Albigensian
694818 The Insults offered to Prisoners, an episode in 1211 during the Albigensian Crusade (engraving) by Maignan, Albert Pierre Rene(1845-1908) (after); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Comic postcard, Two men chatting in a pub Date: 20th century

D Artagnan will not have his horse laughed at, scene from The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas (colour litho)
5997325 D Artagnan will not have his horse laughed at, scene from The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas (colour litho) by Ford

The Best Thing Beau Brummell Ever Said (engraving)
3099370 The Best Thing Beau Brummell Ever Said (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Best Thing Beau Brummell Ever Said)

I ve travell d almost England through and seen some funny creatures, but never met two persons yet with such eccentric
3639087 I ve travell d almost England through and seen some funny creatures, but never met two persons yet with such eccentric features (chromolitho) by English School

Alexander and Diogenes, illustration from Plutarch
STC412034 Alexander and Diogenes, illustration from Plutarchs Lives for Boys and Girls, retold by W.H. Weston, London c.1910 (colour litho) by Rainey

The banquet of Philip (litho)
STC416128 The banquet of Philip (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 BC), known as Alexander the Great

Woman in amusing pose (b / w photo)
3642924 Woman in amusing pose (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman in amusing pose. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Les proverbes menteurs (colour litho)
3097816 Les proverbes menteurs (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les proverbes menteurs)

Dog watching two boys arguing about the faults of their fathers (colour litho)
5996045 Dog watching two boys arguing about the faults of their fathers (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Vinegar Valentine card (colour litho)
3639340 Vinegar Valentine card (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vinegar Valentine card.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection

The election campaign. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2796397 The election campaign. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by Dufour, Emilien Leon Jean (fl.c.1911); Private Collection; (add.info.: The election campaign)

Calvin insulted by the Libertines on the Rhone Bridge, illustration from
621426 Calvin insulted by the Libertines on the Rhone Bridge, illustration from The History of Protestantism by James Aitken Wylie (1808-1890), pub

ARCHIE ARMSTRONG / JESTER
ARCHIBALD ARMSTRONG (ARCHIE) Scottish court jester to James I and Charles I. Enjoyed royal favour and political influence until dismissed in 1637 for insulting Archbishop Laud. Date: - 1672

The Voltaire Incident, 1883-1907, (c1930). Creator: William Quiller Orchardson
The Voltaire Incident, 1883-1907, (c1930). Scene based on a real incident: the French satirist Voltaire (1694-1778) has been beaten by the servants of the Duc de Rohan after Voltaire outsmarted him

The Last Banquet of Alboin, (c570AD), 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Last Banquet of Alboin, (c570AD), 1890. Alboin (530s- 572) king of the Lombards from c560-572, during a feast in Verona, ordered his wife Rosamund to drink from a cup

Posthumius in the Theatre at Tarentum, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Posthumius in the Theatre at Tarentum, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History Vol. II - Rome", by Edmund Ollier

The officer and the barbers boy, 18th century (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume II, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, also known as Cossacks of Saporog Are Drafting a Manifesto, oil on canvas (1891) by Ilya Repin

Grimaces Facial Expressions Expression Human
The Grimaces. Different human facial expressions: surprise, sadness, anger etc. After a work by Louis Boilly

Customer inn fooled man drinking glass bar Children laugh
Customer in inn is being fooled, The man is drinking a glass at the bar of an inn. Children laugh at him outside because of a drawing of a drunk figure pinned on his back, inn, coffee house

Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882. English Naturalist Here Portrayed As An Ape In A Cartoon In The Hornet Magazine Of 22 March 1871

Engraving From The Dore Bible Illustrating Matthew Xxvii 29 And 30 The Crown Of Thorns By Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French Artist And Illustrator

Music cover, The Piccolomini Waltz, from Verdis opera La Traviata, as performed at Almacks and the Court Balls. Marietta Piccolomini (1834-1899)

Allegorical picture of Excesses said to have been committed by the Huguenots, from Military
KW478269 Allegorical picture of Excesses said to have been committed by the Huguenots, from Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix

All Dorothy did was to say, Hello Charlie, you look awful
KW272902 All Dorothy did was to say, " Hello Charlie, you look awful."... illustration from But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes by Anita Loos, published in 1928 (litho) by Barton

Boy offends the Mayor of Strasbourg by stealing the stick from his clerk, 1671 France, print maker: Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

James, Bishop of Nische, taunted by three girls, Caspar Luyken, Christoph Weigel, 1704

Satire on hygiene, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1574 - 1637

Countryfolk Insult
" Ow much for the Moke (Donkey) Billie? " I didn t know as yer Muvver could afford to keep two of yer!" Date: 1899

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In the realm of history and art, insulting gestures have transcended time, leaving their mark on various cultures. In 1516, Ulrich Von Hutten penned his thoughts on insults, forever immortalizing them in words. Fast forward to 1936, where an unknown creator captured a moment in Hungary when a road hog directed an insulting gesture towards a donkey rider. Even Glasgow Rangers footballer Paul Gascoigne couldn't resist the temptation as he made a one-fingered gesture while sticking out his tongue. Artistic expressions also found their way into insults throughout history. The Foul-Mouthed Fool depicted in brush and Indian ink between 1660-86 showcased the power of insult through visual storytelling. An etching from 1811 portrayed a goose boldly insulting a pet mandrill within the confines of a walled garden. Insults were not limited to individuals but extended even to prisoners as depicted in various engravings and gravures throughout different periods. Misogyny reared its ugly head with scenes at post offices and episodes during the Albigensian Crusade in 1211. Even children's literature didn't shy away from insults; A Book of Nonsense published around 1875 included "There was a Young Person of Smyrna, whose Grandmother threatened to burn her" - showcasing that insults can be found even within innocent tales. From shrimp sauce taunting lobsters to chromolithos illustrating episodes from King Charles VII's reign or Joan of Arc's story, insults have left an indelible mark on our cultural heritage. They serve as reminders that human nature sometimes succumbs to base instincts like mockery and derision. While these instances may seem trivial or offensive today, they offer glimpses into our collective past – reminding us how far we've come in terms of tolerance and respect for others' dignity.