Comical Collection (page 9)

Etruscan terracotta figure of a comic actor, 2nd century BC
Etruscan terracotta figure of a comic actor from Vulci, Italy, from the British Museums collection, 2nd century BC

Les Grandes Journees de la Revolution Francaise, Revolution of 1789, France. Colour Lithograph. Private collection

Les Journee Fatales du Premier Empire, Revolution of 1789, France. Colour Lithograph. Private collection

Greek terracotta vessel of a comic actor, 2nd century BC
Greek terracotta vessel of a comic actor, wearing a mask impersonating a runaway slave sitting on an altar, from a Greek city in south Italy. From the British Museums collection, 2nd century BC

What a Pity the Race of Centaurs has become Extinct!, 1866 Artist: George du Maurier
What a Pity the Race of Centaurs has become Extinct!, 1866. An illustration of how the world would look like if centaurs still existed

Hair-Dressing by Electricity, 1866. At the top a man is having a bowl cut in order to achieve the medieval look. A scruffy, hairy artist is depicted in the top left corner

General Adoption of the Rolling Skate, 1866. Artist: George du Maurier
General Adoption of the Rolling Skate, 1866. Men, women and children are all on roller skates, going about their usual business. In the top picture even the policeman is on skates

Boxing, from Worlds Dudes series (N31) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

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