Ugly Collection

And The Cat Said, Can You Purr?, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
And The Cat Said, Can You Purr?, c1930. An illustration from The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Disappointed Bride: Kono Flees Upon Discovering That the Ugly Bridegroom Is Not Whom... 1879
Disappointed Bride: Kono Flees Upon Discovering That the Ugly Bridegroom Is Not Whom She Promised to Marry, 1879. Series: The Kanayomi Newspaper, no. 891

Here is the Pleasure, Sirs, Here is the Pleasure, c1860. Creator: Edouard de Beaumont
Here is the Pleasure, Sirs, Here is the Pleasure, c1860. Beaumont reveals the antagonism among women of different social classes and generations

Grotesque head in profile, c15th century. Creator: Anon
Grotesque head in profile, c15th century

O qu'ils sont laids!, 1836. Creator: Honore Daumier
O qu'ils sont laids!, 1836. Oh how ugly they are

Un échantillon de ce qu'on appèle quelquefois les Beaux de Paris, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un echantillon de ce qu'on appele quelquefois les Beaux de Paris, 19th century. Parisians. A specimen of what one might call the handsome men of Paris

Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The Nightmare, with her whole ninefold …, from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1928
The Nightmare, with her whole ninefold …, from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (1783 - 1859), pub. 1928 (colour lithograph)

Scaramuccia, 1500-1505 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Scaramuccia, 1500-1505 (1954). Found in the collection of Christ Church Library, Oxford. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich, (London, 1954)

The Demons Ashtaroth, Abaddon and Mammon, 1801. Abaddon angel of the bottomless pit, Mammon god of this world and personification of wealth and miserliness and Ashtaroth the demon

The Stomach Dance, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Stomach Dance, 1893. Salome, wearing a peacock feather headdress, performs the dance of the seven veils. A grotesque figure plays a stringed instrument

Toy Cart with Grimacing Potbellied Dwarf (Yaksha), 1st century B. C. Creator: Unknown
Toy Cart with Grimacing Potbellied Dwarf (Yaksha), 1st century B.C

The Rivals, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Rivals, c1780-1825. These two young men, one a dashing young officer, the other a gallant but unattractive adventurer, are displaying their simulated affections to the complacent rich dowager

Drachm (Coin) Depicting a Gorgon, early 5th century BCE. Creator: Unknown
Drachm (Coin) Depicting a Gorgon, early 5th century BCE

Masks, 1938. Creator: Louis Plogsted
Masks, 1938

Door Boss: Bust of a Satyress, c. 1580. Creator: Unknown
Door Boss: Bust of a Satyress, c. 1580

Grotesque Jug, c. 1938. Creator: George Loughridge
Grotesque Jug, c. 1938

Two Grotesque Heads, 1538-73. Creator: Hans Liefrinck
Two Grotesque Heads, 1538-73

Bardolph (Twelve Characters from Shakespeare), May 20, 1775

Long Thomas and Mad-le G-d Going to the Pantheon in Their Natural Masks, May 1, 1773

Introduction, November 30, 1793. November 30, 1793. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Introduction, November 30, 1793

A French Dentist Shewing a Specimen of His Artificial Teeth and False Palates, 1811

A Tit Bit for a Strong Stomach, June 20, 1809. June 20, 1809. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Tit Bit for a Strong Stomach, June 20, 1809

Fancy, July 20, 1801. July 20, 1801. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Fancy, July 20, 1801

Symptoms of Sanctity, February 28, 1800. February 28, 1800. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Symptoms of Sanctity, February 28, 1800

A Master of the Ceremonies Introducing a Partner, November 24, 1795. November 24, 1795
A Master of the Ceremonies Introducing a Partner, November 24, 1795

The Successful Fortune Hunter, or Captain Shelalee Leading Miss Marrowfat to the Temple of Hymen, [1802], reissued 1812

Anne of Austria, (1601-1666), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Anne of Austria, (1601-1666), 1830. Anne of Austria (1601-1666) Spanish princess of the House of Habsburg, queen of France as wife of Louis XIII

Tree of Mine! O tree of mine! Have you seen my naughty little maid?, English Fairy Tales, pub 1922
Tree of Mine! O tree of mine! Have you seen my naughty little maid?, from English Fairy Tales, pub. 1922 (colour lithograph), 1922. Scene from The Two Sisters

Catching an elephant, 1812. Two prostitutes encourage a hugely obese man towards the door of the Royal Bagnio in Bagnio Court, later known as Roman Bath Street

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 delights of Islington, 1772. Artist: Charles Bretherton
The delights of Islington, 1772. Jeremiah Sago, ill-proportioned and vulgar-looking, stands in a cockney garden. In the background is a summer house

Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby, c1910. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby, c1910. From Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. [W. Butcher & Sons, London, c1910]

Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Grotesque Profiles of a Man and Woman Facing, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Grotesque Profiles of a Man and Woman Facing, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

A Grotesque Profile of a Man to the Right, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
A Grotesque Profile of a Man to the Right, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Grotesque Profile of a Man Wearing a Hat to the Right, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Grotesque Profile of a Man Wearing a Hat to the Right, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Grotesque Profile to the Left, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Grotesque Profile to the Left, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Five Grotesque Heads, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Five Grotesque Heads, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

And Every One Said, The New One is the Best, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
And Every One Said, The New One is the Best, c1930. An illustration from The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

He Came to a Wide Moor, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
He Came to a Wide Moor, c1930. An illustration from The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Poor Duckling Was Scorned By All, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Poor Duckling Was Scorned By All, c1930. An illustration from The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Maiolica portrait bust, late 15th century (1958). A print from The Fitzwilliam Museum an Illustrated Survey, Trianon Press, 1958

A French Frigate Towing an English Man-of-War into Port, late 18th-early 19th century, (1929). Illustration from the Apollo Volume X, no 55, (July 1929)

The English Lady at Paris, 1771. Artist: Charles Brandoin
The English Lady at Paris, 1771. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London)

Wait till you ve been anointed, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Wait till you ve been anointed, 1799. Plate 67 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

It is time, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
It is time, 1799. Plate 80 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

They spruce themselves up, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
They spruce themselves up, 1799. Plate 51 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

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