Surprise Collection (page 8)

Mr Jorrockss Bath, 1845. Mr Jorrocks, having retired early very drunk, goes sleepwalking during a violent dream and falls in Lord Bambers swimming pool from where he is rescued by other house guests

The Dead Drummer, 1840. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Dead Drummer, 1840. A legend of Salisbury Plain. From The Ingoldsby Legends by Thomas Ingoldsby (Richard Barham). (London, 1840)

Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1871. Artist: George Cruikshank
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

Angel bringing a letter from God to Christiana, c1850. Angel named Secret bringing a letter from the Merciful One to Christiana, inviting her and her children to join Christian in his, Gods presence

Attack on the British encampment at Tweefontein, South Africa, Boer War, 1901 (1902)
Attack on the British encampment at Tweefontein, South Africa, Boer War, 1901(1902). Boer forces under General de Wet surprised an encampment of British soldiers at Tweefontein on 25 December 1901

The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy, c1760. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy, c1760. From the National Gallery, London

The assassination of Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia, Marseilles, France, 9 October 1934. Alexander I (1888-1934) ruled as King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1921-1929

Wax models of Peary and Cook, polar explorers, at Madame Tussauds, London, 1909
Wax models of Peary and Cook, polar explorers, at Madame Tussaud s, London, 1909. American explorer Robert E Peary claimed he had reached the North Pole in 1909 at his third attempt

Assassination of William McKinley, 25th president of the USA, 1901
Assassination of William McKinley, 25th President of the USA, 1901. On 6th September 1901, McKinley (1843-1901) President of the USA from 1896, was shot by Leon Czolgosz (1873-1901), an anarchist

Hamlet seeing his fathers ghost on the battlements of Elsinore Castle. Artist: Robert Dudley
Hamlet seeing his fathers ghost on the battlements of Elsinore Castle. From the Shakespeare play, Hamlet, Act l, Sc. IV. Chromolithograph illustration by Robert Dudley (fl.1858-93)

Persecution of Waldenses by Roman church, c1476 (19th century)
Persecution of Waldenses (Valdenses: Vaudois: Valdesi) by Roman church, c1476 (19th century). The Castellani family of Val Lucerna surprised by Fr

Japanese torpedo boats making surprise attack, Russo-Japanese War, 1904
Opening of hostilities. Japanese torpedo boats making surprise attack on Port Arthur, 8 February 1904, Russo-Japanese War 1904-5. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 21 February 1904

Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of Turkey from 1861, 1869. Artist: James Tissot
Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of Turkey from 1861, 1869. At first liberal and westernising, Abd-ul-Aziz (1830-1876) became autocratic

Newton and the Apple, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
Newton and the Apple, 1887. The perils of being a politician and thus a servant to public opinion. Such opinion can change in line with the latest controversial case to hit the headlines

Mrs. Frummages Birthday Dinner-Party, 1866. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Mrs. Frummages Birthday Dinner-Party, 1866. The mistress of the house catches a servant helping himself to wine. It was often recognised that servants would help themselves to the masters wine

Last Eglinton Tournament. - The Earl doing Battle for his Lady. 1858
Last Eglinton Tournament. - The Earl doing Battle for his Lady, 1858. Lord Eglinton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, is the knight in shining armour

Grand Burns Festival. - Brown Entertains his Friend wi a Haggis!, 1859. Artist: John Leech
Grand Burns Festival. - Brown Entertains his Friend wi a Haggis!, 1859. On 25th January 1859, the centenary of the birth of Robert Burns was celebrated with a Grand Burns Festival at Crystal Palace

Joey Calderazzo, 2013. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Joey Calderazzo accompanying Gregory Porter, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2013

As the new Actaeon, I surprised Diana, not in her bath but with a dealer in the bathroom. from the Little Miseries of Human Life, 1843

The Hunt from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

Equestrian Statue of Constantine the Great, 1690-1740. Creator: Francesco Faraone Aquila
Equestrian Statue of Constantine the Great, 1690-1740

San Bendetto resuscita un fanciullo, 18th century. Creator: Pierre Subleyras
San Bendetto resuscita un fanciullo, 18th century

Frontispiece to Tobias Smolletts Roderick Random, 1748. Creator: Charles Grignion
Frontispiece to Tobias Smolletts Roderick Random, 1748

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