Waiting Collection (#24)

Savoyarde, c1715. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Savoyarde, c1715. Drawing of a woman from the Savoy region. From the British Museum, London

Thomas Edison experimenting with electric lamps on his wedding day, 1871 (1883). Edison (right) is preoccupied with his work as his bride and other guests wait in the adjoining room

Evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk, 27 May - 3 June 1940. Troops wading out to find a place on rescue vessels, World War 2

British retreat from Dunkirk, World War 2, 1940. British troops forming into winding queues waiting to board small boats which ferried them to larger vessels for transport back to UK

Doctor Johnson in the ante-room of Lord Chesterfield, waiting for an audience, 1748. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet

The Wolf that Never Sleeps, 1899-1900. Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) at Mafeking, ever watchful, living up to his Matebele name Mpeesi ( The Wolf That Never Sleeps )

Harold H Hilton, golfer, c1900

The Waits, 1885. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Waits, 1885. The shadowy figures drinking a toast are Lord Salisbury (right) and Lord Randolph Churchill. Outside are the Liberals Joseph Chamberlain, William Forster

Suspense, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain
Suspense, 1871. Britannia waits anxiously outside the door of the Prince of Waless sick chamber. Since Prince Alberts death some ten years earlier

Doom d!, 1871. Artist: John Tenniel
Doom d!, 1871. The House of Lords plans an ambush of the Army Regulation Bill which, sword under its arm, marches unsuspectingly towards sudden death

The Doctors Bill, 1869. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
The Doctors Bill, 1869. This cartoon harks back to the days when a fee was charged simply for consulting ones doctor. The Stout Cook complains that she had to wait for two hours in the doctors

Waiting for the Verdict, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
Waiting for the Verdict, 1865. Lord Derby (left) and Disraeli represent the Conservatives who awaited the verdict of the country following the 1865 General Election

The Parliamentary Python, 1862. The python at the Zoological Gardens in London had at this time laid some 100 eggs. Although she was incubating them

The Political Situation, 1860. This cartoon shows all the various gamekeepers employed on the estates of the Members of Parliament in 1860. Even as late as 23rd August, Parliament was still sitting

The Last Act of the Italian Drama, 1861. The final act of the ongoing problems surrounding the unification of Italy. King Victor Emmanuel II on the left and Napoleon on the right

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