Incompetence Collection

Le Charivari, obligé de refaire prochainement une nouvelle vue... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Charivari, oblige de refaire prochainement une nouvelle vue... 19th century....de l'emplacement ou s'elevait temple de la Paix'. New siting required for the Temple of Peace

A King Fisher on the Banks of the Thames, 1827. Creator: Monogrammist JVS
A King Fisher on the Banks of the Thames, 1827

Benjamin Haydon, 1816, (1943). Creator: George Henry Harlow
Benjamin Haydon, 1816, (1943). Portrait of British painter and author Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846) whose " Autobiography" proved more enduring than his painting

Shooting scene, 1813. Creator: Unknown
Cambridge, 1813. Incompetent hunter with gun pursuing a bird, as lead shot spills out of his pocket. Cows scatter in the distance. [W D Jones, Repository of Arts, Market Hill, Cambridge, 1813]

Cockney-sportsmen re-charging, 1800. Artist: James Gillray
Cockney-sportsmen re-charging, 1800. A young cit standing legs astride negligently using a ramrod. His companion is leaning against a fence gnawing chicken voraciously

Sunday Morning, c1825. Artist: George Hunt
Sunday Morning, c1825. Scene inside barbers shop; a hop boy receives a haircut (left); a large man being brutally shaved bellows with rage (centre)

The fourteenth of September or, City sportsmen, 1798. Seven scenes lampooning the antics of city men in the country when shooting

Marconi Shares Scandal, 1913. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
Marconi Shares Scandal, 1913. In 1911 the British government decided to award a contract to the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company to erect state-owned radio stations across the British Empire

A satirical look at the chances of the average police constables ability to catch a cold, 1886
A satirical look at the chances of the average police constables ability to catch a cold. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 30, 1886

An Unbeliever, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
An Unbeliever, 1886. A policeman is reluctant to accept that the man he is trying to rouse has died on the streets of London. From Punch, or the London Charivari, January 9, 1886

Blind-Mans Buff, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
Blind-Mans Buff, 1888. The policeman faces insurmountable odds in his attempts to catch the many villains operating on the streets of Britains towns and cities

Low(e) art and whitewash, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Low(e) art and whitewash, 1873. Mr Robert Lowe slaps whitewash onto the sturdy figure of a policeman. The British police had been under fire in recent years following various scandals both in London

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