Unfortunate Collection (#2)

Man colliding painfully with a post at a roller skating rink (colour litho)
5999953 Man colliding painfully with a post at a roller skating rink (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The unfortunate Countess dropped on her knees (colour litho)
973809 The unfortunate Countess dropped on her knees (colour litho) by Ford, Henry Justice (1860-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: The unfortunate Countess dropped on her knees)

The Lord blesses unfortunate Job (chromolitho)
964117 The Lord blesses unfortunate Job (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lord blesses unfortunate Job (Job malheureux benit le Seigneur)

Pedestrian About To Be Hit By a Distracted Driver

Car Hitting a Pedestrian

Folland Fo. 139 Midge G-39-1
Folland Fo.139 Midge G-39-1, taxiing for take-off at Chilbolton, Follands flight test base. First flown at Boscombe Down on 11 August 1954, the Midge was used to demonstrate the feasibility of W.E.W

BABEL / CONSEQUENCES
Consequences of the Tower of Babel An unfortunate dinner party seating arrangement. Date: 1879

The misfortune of being too fat, 1931. Creator: Unknown
The misfortune of being too fat, 1931. La Malchance D Etre Trop Gros. Escaping convicts attempt to pull their portly comrade through the sawn bars of a prison cell window

Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes, 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper
Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes, 1821. Portrait of the beggar Thomas Hudson, an unfortunate. Hudson (died 1767)

Austin GE Cup model of RH Massey at the MCC Exeter Trial, Meerhay, Dorset, 1930. Artist
Austin G.E. Cup model 1938 747 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. YF2745. Event Entry No: 100 Driver: Massey, R.H. Award: Bronze. Place: Meerhay Dorset. M.C.C. Exeter Trial. Date: 26/27.12.30

Down by the Sea - Catch of the Season - Crab biting a toe
Down by the Sea - The Catch of the Season - A pesky Crab bites the toe of a late Victorian / early Edwardian lady having a paddle through the rockpools

Jaime III (1315-1349). Oath of Privileges and Franchises of
Jaime III (1315-1349). King of Majorca (1324-1349), called the Rash or the Unfortunate. Oath of Privileges and Franchises of the island of Mallorca

Maria Anna Schotte
MARIA ANNA SCHOTTE We know nothing about this unfortunate young woman beyond the fact that she died at 23. Despite her Dutch-sounding name, the print is English. Date: 1605 - 1628

Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be blind and wet
Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be a blind beggar singing for your supper/lodging in the rain... Date: circa 1904

The University Boat Race, March 1912 (1935). Both the Oxford and Cambridge boats sank during the race, swamped by rough waters in the Thames

Varsity Sketches - Trapped - Caught by the Master
Varsity Sketches - Trapped - An enterprising student is caught by the Master lighting his cigarette on a street gas lamp! Date: 1907

Samuel Ruther. Crockett
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD CROCKETT Tireless Scottish novelist - The stickit minister, The raiders and many more - with an unfortunate tendency to write in dialect. Date: 1860 - 1914

Gui Toussaint Carron 2
Abbe GUI TOUSSAINT CARRON Breton churchman, moralist, described as L ami des francais malheureux - the friend of unfortunate French people. Date: 1760 - 1821

Gui Toussaint Carron
Abbe GUI TOUSSAINT CARRON French churchman, moralist, described as L ami des francais malheureux - the friend of unfortunate French people. Date: 1760 - 1821

Unfortunate Traveller
When a Swiss balloon tips suddenly, a female passenger falls out : her companion grabs and holds her as long as he can, but in the end... Date: 1913

Ascham and Jane Grey
ROGER ASCHAM Scholar, depicted with his pupil, the unfortunate Lady Jane Grey Date: 1515 - 1568

Seasick Passenger
An unfortunate seasick passenger throws up over the side of the deck. Date: early 1930s

Gaulish home Interior
Interior of a Gaulish home at the time of the Roman wars and occupation : the other head ornamenting the wall is doubtless an unfortunate Roman Date: 1st century BC / AD

Babel / Consequences / Punch
Consequences of the Tower of Babel An unfortunate dinner party seating arrangement. Date: 1879

Patient fishermen, illustration by William Heath Robinson
A party of benevolent philanthropists rewarding the patience of unfortunate fishermen, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Samuel Miller
SAMUEL WOOD - miller who had to operate his mill single- handed on account of how he lost the other one in an unfortunate accident, as depicted. Date: CIRCA 1737

Marguerite Roberval
MARGUERITE ROBERVAL Unfortunate French girl abandoned on an island off Canada coast until rescued 1545 after two years : read full story in source below. Date: CIRCA 1542

The Revd. Masters
THE REV. MASTERS churchman, minister to the unfortunate inmates of Bridewell prison, London. Date: 18th century

bad, bench, bitter, cheerless, dark, depressed, eye and ear, melancholy, old man
Hurt Boy, 1873, hitting; question; old man; eye and ear; bench; sitting; umbrella, interior; sad; bitter; cheerless; depressed; sorrowful; melancholy; troubled; bad; unfortunate; unhappy; dark

accident, bushes, clumsy, country lane, handcart, hapiness, jacket, joy, play, rope
Children with a cart in 1870, cart; country lane; tree; accident; play; joy; hapiness; clumsy; bushes; undergrowth; shrubbery; handcart; rope; jacket; surprise; unfortunate; unlucky;

Source Size = 3792 x 5330
THE WRECK OF THE THREE-MASTED SHIP " BENVENUE" AT SANDGATE: When night came on a bonfire was lighted on the beach by the crowds who were watching the wreck

Jean-Baptiste Delafosse after Carmontelle, French (1721-1775), La malheureuse famille Calas (The Unfortunate Calas Family), c. 1765, engraving on laid paper

The Severe Steward, or Unfortunate Tenant The Rapacious Steward or the Unfortunate Tenant, William Redmore Bigg, 1755-1828, British

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

Priest directed to find a Scotsmans late business partner. Parson (to Mr MacDougal) - " ! want to see Mr Thompson, please." Macdougal

A French Gentleman enquires after the health of an idiot
A smart French Gentleman enquires after the health of an obvious idiot. " Vat as been ze mattare? Zey tell me you af not ad ze good ealths

Drunken Gentleman requesting a clove off a Policeman
Drunken Gentleman in multiple stages of disarray requests a clove from a London Policeman in order to disguise (fat chance!) the evidence that he has been boozing. Date: circa 1890s

Drunk writer refuses tract from a benevolent lady - Irony
Drunk refuses temperance tract from a benevolent lady, unaware that her sizzled target was actually the author of the aforementioned words of wisdom - wonderfully ironic cartoon by Phil May

Old Man with pair of wooden legs advertising corn plasters
Very black humour - An Old Man with a pair of prosthetic false legs advertising corn plasters! Date: 1895

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

Hard Luck Sir - Young lad lets in a goal
" Hard Luck Sir" - Young lad lets in a goal... Date: 1906

Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures - Mr Caudle late to bed
" Pretty Time of night to come to bed Mr Caudle. Ugh! Enough to give any woman her death. I m sure." (Mrs Caudles Lectures) First published in " Punch" in 1845

Tragic parachute accident of Mr Cocking
The tragic parachute accident of Mr R Cocking. The balloon ascended 5000 feet, the parachute was detached, was found to be damaged, and Mr Cocking fell to his death. He was 61 years old. 24 July 1837

Argentinian Farmer
An unfortunate farmer stuggles to harvest his crops with an ox-drawn wooden cart in monsoon conditions, Argentina, South America. Date: 1930s

Weighing a Dutch Witch
A witchcraft trial in Holland - the unfortunate suspect is weighed in a balance, though what that proves isn t clear... What is a witch supposed to weigh ? Date: 17th century

Medieval Fireplace
A medieval group gather around (and warm their hands at) a fireplace. One man has an owl on his arm. A rather unfortunate stork and her young nest in the chimney. Date: 1338-1344

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Ape-ing the Fashion
Ape-ing the Fashion. A fashionable man strolls, casting an unfortunate ape-like shadow. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow

The Fall of the Year
Cartoon, The Fall of the Year. The sort of unfortunate happening that must spoil the efforts of film-makers. A leaf drops between a kissing couple

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