Offending Collection

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)

Queens Westminster Rifles Assault at Arms (engraving)
1616597 Queens Westminster Rifles Assault at Arms (engraving) by Bryan, Alfred Gish (1852-99); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queens Westminster Rifles Assault at Arms)

A bad joke (chromolitho)
2817185 A bad joke (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A bad joke. Educational card, late 19th or early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

German soldiers refusing to allow wreaths with French tricolour ribbons to be placed on the tombs of soldiers killed in
2779649 German soldiers refusing to allow wreaths with French tricolour ribbons to be placed on the tombs of soldiers killed in the Franco-Prussian War (colour litho) by French School

WW1 - German Propaganda - Taming the Allied animals
WW1 - German Propaganda - A German soldier Tames the Allied animals. Date: circa 1910s

Unrecognised Heroism by H M Bateman, is an illustration of " The couple who go to a wedding without sending a present"

LAND AT ONCE
An aeroplane (probably a Fairchild) of the U.S. air police carries the words LAND AT ONCE with which it will fly alongside an offending or endangered aircraft Date: 1928

Italy Canossa
The fortress of Canossa, famous as the site where Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich IV stood for three days in the snow, as penance for offending pope Gregorius VII

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Mr. Pickwick's Chromolitho mischief: Offending a group of women with his unintended wit, while Beau Brummell's engraving delivers the best zinger, "An elegant man should not be seen eating." The Queens Westminster Rifles Assault at Arms engraving showcases military might, but a chromolitho of a bad joke brings laughter. German soldiers in color lithos refused French tricolor ribbons, igniting tensions before WWI. Propaganda posters like "LAND AT ONCE" and Emile De Girardin's satirical illustrations fueled the fire. Italy's Canossa, an event of unrecognized heroism by H.M. Bateman, reminds us that history is filled with both the serious and the absurd.