Frighten Collection (page 6)

Blowing up the Pic Nic s; or, Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets... 1802
Blowing up the Pic Nic s; or, Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets. Vide Tottenham Street Pantomime, 1802. Richard Sheridan leading the forces of the professionals against the amateurs of the Pic

The Combat, scene from the English Civil War, c1849-c1866

Mackerel seller, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby
Mackerel seller, 1760. A mackerel seller with a large basket, crying her wares, or possibly shouting at the person in the doorway. Her dog barks at a cat who has raised its fur

Exeter Change, 1817. Artist: Henry Meyer
Exeter Change, 1817. Shows tigers in a cage, probably in crosss menagerie, which was housed in Exeter Change, Westminster, London. A boy is holding up a small child at the cage

Brougham and the Civic Giants, 1848. Lord Brougham and Vaux, with fists doubled, threatens Gog and Magog, who express alarm. The subject refers to a verbal attack by Lord Brougham and Vaux on the city

Miseries of human life, Smithfield Market, London, c1800
Miseries of human life, London, c1800; a citizen in Smithfield Market finds himself between two enraged bulls, while alarmed drovers shout

Monster soup commonly called Thames water... 1828. Artist: Thomas McLean
Monster soup commonly called Thames water, being a correct representation of that precious stuff doled out to us!!!, 1828; showing an ugly woman holding a spy glass which touches the circumference of

The great general frightened by Don-Key, 1830. Artist: Henry Heath
The great general frightened by Don-Key, 1830; shows the Duke of Wellington running in alarm, from a donkey in mayoral cloak (Sir John Key)

Mansion House Monitor, 1809. Cits guzzling at a Mansion House dinner are terrified by the appearance of the ghost of Henry Fitzailwin, first Lord Mayor of London

Wittingtons Ghost, 1807. The ghost of Dick Whittington appearing at Mansion House in search of his cat

A sudden surprize to the City Militia... 1774. Artist: John Nixon
A sudden surprize to the City Militia... 1774. The gateway of the Honourable Artillery Company headquarters. Children climbing

John Gilpin in Edmonton, London, 1785
Johnny Gilpin of Cheapside, going farther than he intended, a droll story read by Mr Henderson at Freemasons Hal(l), 1785; showing John Gilpin galloping past The Bell Inn, Edmonton

Nothung! Nothung! Conquering sword!, 1924. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Nothung! Nothung! Conquering sword!, 1924. Frontispiece from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. Siegfried, because he has no fear, can fix the broken sword, Nothung, left to him by his mother

The dragon sank towards him, opening its terrible jaws, 1910. A scene from the legend of Cuchulain, Champion of Ireland. A print from Hero Myths and Legends of the British Race by MI Ebbutt, 1910

Edward III of England vows that he will make peace, 1360 (1864). After rejecting offers for peace during the Hundred Years War a great thunderstorm frightened the King (1312-1377)

Sir Walter Raleigh smoking a pipe, (c1900). Artist: Trelleek
Sir Walter Raleigh smoking a pipe, (c1900). Raleigh (1554-1618) was an English adventurer, explorer and writer, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in 1585

Carry Nation, the Kansas Saloon Smasher, c1900s. Carry Nation (1848-1911) was an American temperance campaigner renowned for vandalising saloons with a hatchet

Dianas Rest on the hunt, c. 1640. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

The goddess Diana receiving the kill. Private Collection

Oh! I Am So Frightened! I Panted, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Oh! I Am So Frightened! I Panted, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Copper Beeches by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Her Face Blanched With Terror, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Her Face Blanched With Terror, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

The Evil Conscience of Tarquin, 1852. Artist: John Leech
The Evil Conscience of Tarquin, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Oh, Terrified Was Poor Tommelise!, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Oh, Terrified Was Poor Tommelise!, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Frightened Elephants Rushed Back Crashing Through The Forest, 1895, (1902). Artist: Stanley Llewellyn Wood
The Frightened Elephants Rushed Back Crashing Through The Forest, 1895, (1902). The Anglo-Nepalese War or Gurkha War (1814-16), fought between the Kingdom of Nepal and the East India Company

The huge green fragment of ice pitched and creaked, 1929. A scene from Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin. Stowes anti-slavery novel was first published in 1852

The Men Who Were Afraid Of Frightening The Bear. c1893-1896, (1897). Artist: A Bloch
The Men Who Were Afraid Of Frightening The Bear. 1893-1896, (1897). Off Steals Blessing on Tip-Toe, From Farthest North, Vol. 1 by Fridtjof Nansen. [Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897]

A Rider on a Rearing Horse, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
A Rider on a Rearing Horse, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Little Red Riding Hood, 1903. From A Peep into Fairyland, by E. F. & C. Manning. [Frederick Warne & Co. London, New York, 1903]

Sir Walter Raleighs Pipe Put Out, c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong Seccombe
Sir Walter Raleighs Pipe Put Out, c1884. Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618) was an English adventurer, explorer and writer, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in 1585

The Introduction of Artillery, c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong Seccombe
The Introduction of Artillery, c1884. From Comic Sketches from English History for Children of Various Ages with Descriptive Rhymes by Lieut.-Colonel T. S. Secombe. [W. H. Allen & Co. London, c1884]

Comic Sketches from English History front cover, c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong Seccombe
Comic Sketches from English History front cover, c1884. From Comic Sketches from English History for Children of Various Ages with Descriptive Rhymes by Lieut.-Colonel T. S. Secombe. [W. H

Verginius left his beautiful young daughter Verginia in the care of her nurse, c1912, (1912)
Verginius left his beautiful young daughter Verginia in the care of her nurse, c1912 (1912). In 452 the senate of Rome appointed a commission to write down a code of law

The Alarm, La Gouvernante Fidele, 1723. Artist: Jean Francois de Troy
The Alarm, La Gouvernante Fidee, 1723. Painting held at the Victoria And Albert Museum, London. From The Connoisseur Volume 106. [Otto Limited, London, 1940]

Vicissitudes of the road in 1787, the highwayman, Lord Barrymore stopped, 1890. Richard Barry, 7th Earl Barrymore (1769-1793) was a notorious gambler, sportsman, rake and womaniser

A Ghost: L Apparition, 1798, (1905). Artist: Jacques Bonnefoy
A Ghost: L Apparition, 1798. After Richard Westall (1765-1836). From The Connoisseur Vol XL [Otto Limited, London, 1905.]

Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1836. Artist: James Mahoney
Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1871. Oliver Twist causes a sensation in the childrens ward of the workhouse by asking for a second helping of porridge

Rats! Rats!! Rats!!!. Artist: American Stereoscopic Company
Rats! Rats!! Rats!!!. Stereoscopic Card Details

The Ghost Story. At this awful moment the Lady we are writing of beheld something white glide through the desolate apartment when all of a sudden a tremensous crash &c &c

The burning of Norfolk, Virginia, 1776 (c1880). The town of Norfolk was destroyed by fires after an eight hour bombardment by British warships on New Years Day 1776

An Incident in the White Terror, 1815, 1895. General Count Gilly in hiding in a peasants house in the neighbourhood of Anduze in the South of France

Dark, Dark are the Pinetrees, 1901. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1901

The fracas at the Ship Tavern, 17th century (c1880). Artist: Whymper
The fracas at the Ship Tavern, 17th century (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume I, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Jackie Cooper (b1922), American actor, 20th century. Cooper is an American Academy Award-nominated actor, Emmy Award-winning TV director and TV producer and executive

Miiguel I of Portugal (1802-1860) attacking his sister, c1895. Miguel I was the second son of King John VI of Portugal and Charlotte of Spain

Expelling the civil residents of Louvain, Brussels, 1914. German soldiers driving out Belgian civilians during the First World War. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Tunisian boy in the Sahara Desert, 1936. Artist: Ewing Galloway
Tunisian boy in the Sahara Desert, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

The Chinese people sold for slaves by the Tartars, after their conquest by Zinguis-Khan, (1847). Artist: B Clayton
The Chinese people sold for slaves by the Tartars, after their conquest by Zinguis-Khan, (1847). Scene during the early 13th century when the Mongol leader Genghis Khan (1155-1227)

The Flight from Lucknow, 1858, (c1920). Artist: Abraham Solomon
The Flight from Lucknow, 1858, (c1920). The siege of Lucknow was one of the major engagements of the uprising against British rule in India which began in 1857

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