Bad News Collection

Foxhounds invading a Victorian house
A member of the local fox hunt has followed the foxhounds into a smart house - thankfully, without his horse - where the behaviour of the hounds is causing considerable uproar

The death of Cleopatra
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, on her death bed. Cleopatra VII Philopator was a pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt. She came from a Macedonian Greek family and is known for her beauty and her dramatic death

Disapproving man discovering another proposing to a lady
A profoundly disapproving man objecting to the intentions of a military officer who is down on one knee proposing to a shocked-looking lady. The gardener in the background looks maliciously amused

Outraged
It is difficult to know who is the more outraged here - the gentleman with the beard, the servant, or the group of people at this social gathering

April - Kate Greenaway, 1884
From the Kate Greenaway Almanack for 1884, an illustration for the month of April. The Almanack for 1884 by Kate Greenaway was published by George Routledge & Sons of London and New York

Old man falling into a hedge
An old man - probably a gardener - falling backwards into a hedge. From Lob Lie-By-The-Fire, or The Luck of Lingborougha by Juliana Horatia Ewing (184101885)

Two Victorian gentlemen fighting in a park, to the horror of a female onlooker and amusement of her companion. The horse leaning against a tree just looks bored

Charles Dickens Hard Times Heavens mercy, woman
Vintage engraving from Charles Dickens Hard Times. Heavens mercy, woman ! he cried, falling farther off from the figure. Hast thou come back again ?

Worrying woman talking on phone, (B&W), portrait

Portrait of woman talking on phone

Shocked woman using phone, (B&W), close-up

Unexpected supper-time arrival
Just what you need when you are sitting down to supper - an unexpected visitor who looks as though he might champion self-indulgence

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