Laughter Collection (page 7)

President Reagan at Mission Control, Houston, 1981. Creator: NASA
President Reagan at Mission Control, Houston, 1981. President Ronald Reagan gets a laugh from NASA officials in Mission Control when he jokingly asks Space Shuttle crew members astronauts Joe Engle

Truman and Webb at NASA Headquarters, 1961. Creator: NASA
Truman and Webb at NASA Headquarters, 1961. On November 3, 1961 former President Harry S. Truman visited newly opened the NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C

Convent Scene in Venice (oil on canvas)
6201950 Convent Scene in Venice (oil on canvas) by Bls, Eugen von (1843-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eugene de Bls, also known as Eugene von Bls or Eugenio Bls); Austrian, out of copyright

Preparing Food for the Warbler... 1798. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
" Preparing Food for the Warbler, " from the album Mens Stamping Dance (Otoko doka, uguisu no esa suri), 1798

Democrite (460-370 BC). and the Abderitans. (Letter from Hippocrates
DUV4214593 Democrite (460-370 BC). and the Abderitans. (Letter from Hippocrates) - Fables by La Fontaine, 19th century (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47)

La Joie de Vivre (pen, watercolour and bodycolour on card)
1764983 La Joie de Vivre (pen, watercolour and bodycolour on card) by Scoppetta, Pietro (1863-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Joie de Vivre. Pietro Scoppetta (1863-1920)

A jester with a cat (oil on canvas)
2632080 A jester with a cat (oil on canvas) by Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) (studio of); 84.5x72.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Flemish, out of copyright

A Good Joke, (oil on canvas)
651054 A Good Joke, (oil on canvas) by Moeller, Louis Charles (1855-1930); 46.3x61.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Good Joke. Louis Charles Moeller (1855-1930). Oil on canvas

Teatime Tales, (oil on canvas)
989854 Teatime Tales, (oil on canvas) by Soulacroix, Joseph Frederick Charles (1825-79); 99x75.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Teatime Tales. Joseph Frederic Charles Soulacroix (1825-1879)

The Cheerful Democritus, 1746 (oil on canvas)
990346 The Cheerful Democritus, 1746 (oil on canvas) by Coypel, Antoine (1661-1722); 92.4x73.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cheerful Democritus. Charles Antoine Coypel (1694-1752)

Flirtation, 1885 (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper)
659716 Flirtation, 1885 (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper) by Zorn, Anders Leonard (1860-1920); 59.7x40.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Flirtation. Anders Leonard Zorn (1860-1920)

The Five Senses, (oil on panel)
659404 The Five Senses, (oil on panel) by Lievens, Jan the Elder (1607-74); 78.2x124.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Five Senses. Jan Lievens the Elder (1607-1774). Oil on panel

Happy Moments; Momenti Felici, (oil on canvas)
658391 Happy Moments; Momenti Felici, (oil on canvas) by Massani, Pompeo (1850-1920); 50.1x64.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Happy Moments; Momenti Felici. Pompeo Massani (1850-1920)

The Shared Joke, (oil on board)
651309 The Shared Joke, (oil on board) by Stahl, Friedrich (1863-1940); 22x17.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Shared Joke. Friedrich Stahl (1863-1940). Oil on board

A Carnival Scene (with Medicine lampooned) in Bogota, Colombia, c. 1822-28 (watercolour)
828299 A Carnival Scene (with Medicine lampooned) in Bogota, Colombia, c.1822-28 (watercolour) by Desire Roulin, Francois (1796-1874); 19.8x27 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Afternoon Concert - Out of Tune, (oil on canvas)
827201 The Afternoon Concert - Out of Tune, (oil on canvas) by Reggianini, Vittorio (1858-1938); 68x91.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Afternoon Concert - Out of Tune)

Salon de 1861, Peinture, Deux augures ne peuvent se regarder sans rire (engraving)
3645159 Salon de 1861, Peinture, Deux augures ne peuvent se regarder sans rire (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salon de 1861, Peinture)

Smiling child (coloured photo)
3643391 Smiling child (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Smiling child. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Caricature of a Man with Bushy Hair, c. 1495 (pen and brown ink)
5242266 Caricature of a Man with Bushy Hair, c.1495 (pen and brown ink) by Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519); 6.6x5.4 cm; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA; Italian, out of copyright

Atheist laughing at Christian and Hopeful from The Pilgrim
5615832 Atheist laughing at Christian and Hopeful from The Pilgrims Progress From This World, To That Which Is To Come by John Bunyan (1628-1688) illustration by Thomas Dalziel (1823-1906)

The slope of Kikukawa (Kikugawa no Saka) (colour woodblock print)
5043618 The slope of Kikukawa (Kikugawa no Saka) (colour woodblock print) by Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Rembrandt Laughing (engraving)
1047417 Rembrandt Laughing (engraving) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rembrandt Laughing)

A well-dressed couple pictured laughing (colour litho)
959983 A well-dressed couple pictured laughing (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Don Quixote... began to turn the pin (engraving)
979032 Don Quixote... began to turn the pin (engraving) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Don Quixote... began to turn the pin)

Outward Bound to Australia on an Orient Liner, A Cock-Fighting Match (engraving)
1062364 Outward Bound to Australia on an Orient Liner, A Cock-Fighting Match (engraving) by Barnes, Robert (1840-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: Outward Bound to Australia on an Orient Liner)

Down topples she, illustration from Midsummer Nights Dream
STC418738..Down topples she, illustration from Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare, 1908 (litho) by Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939) (after)

"There was an old Derry Down Derry, who loved to see little folks merry", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386601 " There was an old Derry Down Derry, who loved to see little folks merry", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Toboggining, Christmas Card (chromolitho)
731170 Toboggining, Christmas Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Toboggining, Christmas Card.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection

When the Germans have fun (colour litho)
2809116 When the Germans have fun (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: When the Germans have fun)

They made a thousand grimaces (engraving)
2781473 They made a thousand grimaces (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: They made a thousand grimaces)

Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2786269 Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by Capy, Marcel Amable O.L. (d.c.1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Le Rire, 17 March 1906.); © Look and Learn

How the doctor served me (b / w photo)
3093626 How the doctor served me (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How the doctor served me)

Man sitting down on a startled cat in his chair and being scolded by an old woman. Miseries Domestic. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Regency cobbler mending shoes in a crowded room
Regency cobbler mending shoes in a room full of women and children. Buxom wife using bellows on the fire in the hearth. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Man pinned to a door by the horns of an enraged ox
Man pinned up to a door round the neck by the horns of an enraged over-driven ox. More Miseries. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Regency man with a cudgel riding a horse prone to tumbling. In the background, a woman falls off a horse with panniers. The Tumbler, or its Affinities

English huntsman fording a river with fox hounds, 19th century. Facey Romford urging his horse up the opposite river bank. Captain Spurrier cut down by Romford

Centre Forward (colour litho)
NFM315243 Centre Forward (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); National Football Museum, Manchester, UK; eNational Football Museum; English, out of copyright

Johnnys Pa soaked by an Elephant at the Zoo
Comic Postcard - Johnnys Pa - Johnnys Pa takes the children to the Zoo (and gets a little more than he was bargaining for...!). Date: 1907

Gloriously joyous photograph showing three women on the beach. While two younger women in their swimming costumes giggle as they pose in front of a beach hut

A performance of Shakespeares Hamlet (engraving)
5228776 A performance of Shakespeares Hamlet (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A performance of Shakespeares Hamlet)

Children at Play, (oil on canvas)
827082 Children at Play, (oil on canvas) by Malmstrom, August (1829-1901); 57.1x87.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Children at Play. August Malmstrom (1829-1901). Oil on canvas

Saint Nicholas, (oil on panel)
823290 Saint Nicholas, (oil on panel) by Weir, Robert Walter (1803-89); 75x62 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Saint Nicholas. Robert Walter Weir (1803-89). Oil on panel

Im Freien, 1852 (pencil and watercolour heightened with white)
658579 Im Freien, 1852 (pencil and watercolour heightened with white) by Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von (1815-1905); 26x33 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Im Freien)

Selfishness (litho)
5997094 Selfishness (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Selfishness. Illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado Biblioteca de Las Familias)

Laughing Boy. c. 1625 (oil on panel)
5672035 Laughing Boy. c.1625 (oil on panel) by Hals, Frans (1582/3-1666); height: 30.45 cm; Mauritshuis, The Hague, The Netherlands; (add.info)

Self Portrait, c. 1668-9 (oil on canvas)
PHD475 Self Portrait, c.1668-9 (oil on canvas) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 82.5x65 cm; Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany; Dutch, out of copyright

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Laughter is a universal language that transcends time and culture and has the power to bring people together, create joy, and release tension. From historical paintings like "The Cossacks Reply to the Sultan" by Il ya Repin, which depicts a group of merry men sharing laughter amidst their struggles, to the serene smile of the Laughing Buddha at Tanzhe Temple in Beijing, it has been celebrated throughout history. Even in entertainment, laughter plays a vital role. The Ghost Train takes us on an exhilarating journey filled with thrills and laughter. Meanwhile, Frans Hals immortalizes mirth in his iconic painting "The Laughing Cavalier, " capturing the infectious spirit of joy from centuries ago. In more contemporary times, artists like H. M. Bateman continue to capture humorous moments with their artistry. A Little Impression by Bateman showcases how even small gestures can evoke uncontrollable bursts of laughter. Animals too have their way of bringing smiles to our faces. The Feathered Bonzo from Studdy Dogs Portfolio reminds us that pets can be our constant source of amusement and companionship. Sometimes it's not just images but real-life comedians who make us laugh till our sides ache. Ken Dodd's Diddy Man Dicky Mint brings hilarity wherever they go - as seen during their performance at Whitley Bay Playhouse. And let's not forget about those who find humor in unexpected places; such as The Petomane depicted in Paris qui rit or even sea horses frolicking beneath the waves - reminding us that laughter knows no boundaries. Finally, we have Gran pops Shadow Show by Lawson Wood showcasing how shadows themselves can become characters that tickle our funny bone. In this vast world filled with diverse forms of expression and sources for amusement, one thing remains constant: Laughter is timeless and connects us all through its magical ability to uplift spirits and spread happiness across generations.