Alarmed Collection

A Common Pheasant alarmed
A Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) flies up in alarm. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Trams causing havoc on a Belfast street
Horses, carts, wagons and pedestrians in an almighty crash involving two trams in Donegal Place in Belfast. The card caption reads: " Our Trammelled Streets" Date: 1905

"There was an old man with a beard, who said, It is just as I feared
LLM386602 " There was an old man with a beard, who said, It is just as I feared! ", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Terrible accident - Lady ablaze - Figure 1
Figure 1 of 2. Terrible accident - Lady ablaze, her dress has caught fire and she is engulfed by the inferno. This illustration shows that if one is upright

Mutoscope postcard - Laden girl in a spot of bother
Help Wanted !! Humorous Mutoscope postcard featuring an attractive young lady in a spot of bother as her pet dog dashes off in the wrong direction (the lead causing a skirt mishap)

Landlady discovers the lodger in the bath
The Lodger was in the bath. A landlady receives a nasty surprise as she comes across the lodger taking a bath

Seaside Weather Forecasts - Strong smelling Fish
Seaside Weather Forecasts - Very Fresh - Strong Wind Blowing Some rather strong-smelling Fish causes a group of beachgoers to be blown-away by the asault of the pungent aroma encountered!

Siberian Stonechat / Asian Stonechat - adult female
Sketch 18, Newfoundland Volume. From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

The Doggy Bag by Bert Wilson
Colour illustration by Bert Wilson showing a 1920s flapper girl powdering her nose. Her compact has come from a small bag in the shape of her dog, which appears to have alarmed her pet cat

Camels and Iron Horse
NORTH AFRICA : flesh-and-blood camels are alarmed by the iron horse

Town & Country Mouse
LE RAT DE VILLE ET LE RAT DES CHAMPS (the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse) - The country mouse alarmed by the sounds of the town house

Post-Impressionist Expressions: Sketches of the 1910-11 'Manet and the Post-Impressionists Exhibition' at
ILN195636 Post-Impressionist Expressions: Sketches of the 1910-11 'Manet and the Post-Impressionists Exhibition' at the Grafton Galleries

Broad-Street, Philadelphia, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: C.R
Broad-Street, Philadelphia, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876....view of Broad-street, at the crossing of the Pennsylvania and Reading line of railroad

Figurine of a Theater Mask (?), Roman Period (30 BCE-395 CE). Creator: Unknown
Figurine of a Theater Mask (?), Roman Period (30 BCE-395 CE)

Battling Elephants (image 1 of 6), c1700. Creator: Unknown
Battling Elephants (image 1 of 6), c1700

Galleries des Modes bbb 291, 1775-1780. Creator: Nicolas Dupin
Galleries des Modes bbb 291, 1775-1780

Carriage accident on a bridge around 1835, between 1830 and 1840. Creator: Unknown
Carriage accident on a bridge around 1835, between 1830 and 1840

Le Départ précipité, c1790. Creator: Louis Leopold Boilly
Le Depart precipite, c1790

A Raised Alarm in the Redoubt of the Fortress, 19th century. Creator: Nikolay Nikolaevich Karazin
A Raised Alarm in the Redoubt of the Fortress, 19th century. One of 21 watercolors (out of an original 27) from an album relating to the history of the Siberian Cossacks held by the Rare Books

WW2 - Comic Postcard, Home Front - Intruder Raid - A little girl (with ginger pigtails) is alarmed at the sight of a small brown mouse and has leaped up onto the piano stool. Date: 1944

Le Ciel - Paris Cabaret Nightclub - The Confession
Two performers acting out The Confession at Le Ciel - Montmartre, Paris Cabaret Nightclub. The Cabaret du Ciel (Cabaret of Heaven) was an early version of modern theme restaurants

John Gilpin is found by the postboy from the Bell Inn, 1878, (c1918). Creator: Randolph Caldecott
John Gilpin is found by the postboy from the Bell Inn, 1878, (c1918). The youth tries to grab hold of Gilpins horses bridle, and frightens it even more

John Gilpin gallops through a village, 1878, (c1918). Creator: Randolph Caldecott
John Gilpin gallops through a village, 1878, (c1918). John Gilpin, with wine bottles attached to his belt, clings on as his horse tears down the road chased by dogs and scattering geese

Greylag goose (Anser anser) taking flight from lake. Southern Norway. March

Adelicia of Louvain and the Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, alarmed at the approach of Henry's nephew, Stephen of Blois (later King Stephen). Date: 12th century

STORY OF THE FISHERMAN
I am only going to grant you one favour, and that is to choose the manner of your death ! - the fisherman is alarmed by the djinn he has released from the jar

STUDENTS & SPIRIT
Two scholars, dabbling in the occult as scholars will, invoke a spirit of the dead - and are alarmed when their invocation is successful ! Date: circa 1850

A group of thieves had raided horses in the Romanian village of Izmall (colour litho)
2778084 A group of thieves had raided horses in the Romanian village of Izmall (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

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Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Lembeh Straits. A Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish flashes brilliant colors when alarmed. Date: 11/02/2005

The Rout at Eroor, c1891. Creator: James Grant
The Rout at Eroor, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

The Frog-Prince, 1880 (watercolour heightened with white on paper)
989982 The Frog-Prince, 1880 (watercolour heightened with white on paper) by Brewtnall, Edward Frederick (1846-1902); 78.8x48.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Frog-Prince)

Self portrait, 1891 (oil on panel)
3524168 Self portrait, 1891 (oil on panel) by Hodler, Ferdinand (1853-1918); 28.8x22.8 cm; Musee d Art et d Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland; Universal History Archive/UIG; Swiss, out of copyright

"There was an Old Man in a casement, who held up his hands in amazement", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386639 " There was an Old Man in a casement, who held up his hands in amazement", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Alarmed chimp at London Zoo
An alarmed chimp is paraded in front of visitors at London Zoo. Date: circa 1950s

The Battle of Cascina, or The Bathers, after Michelangelo, 1542 (oil on panel)
HLK18057 The Battle of Cascina, or The Bathers, after Michelangelo, 1542 (oil on panel) by Sangallo, Aristotile da (1481-1551)

Otahitiano, illustration from The Voyages of Captain Cook (w / c on paper)
CH426404 Otahitiano, illustration from The Voyages of Captain Cook (w/c on paper) by Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856); Private Collection; (add.info)

Little girl inadvertently creating an embarrassing situation when telling her father what she learned at school
5999986 Little girl inadvertently creating an embarrassing situation when telling her father what she learned at school (colour litho) by English School

Punch cartoon: A woman from the countryside having her first experience of a ride in a Hansom Cab in London (engraving)
6034784 Punch cartoon: A woman from the countryside having her first experience of a ride in a Hansom Cab in London (engraving) by English School

Cook from The Little Pipe. 1928

"There was an Old Person of Mold, who shrank from sensations of cold", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386694 " There was an Old Person of Mold, who shrank from sensations of cold", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

The Triumphant Britons, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1780 (hand-coloured etching)
NCO193154 The Triumphant Britons, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1780 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

Gofa alarmed (litho)
2813429 Gofa alarmed (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gofa alarmed. Illustration for Days Before History (Harrap, 1908).); © Look and Learn

A band of workmen who were sawing down a toadstool rushed away leaving their tools behind
3481710 A band of workmen who were sawing down a toadstool rushed away leaving their tools behind them, from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J M Barrie (1860 - 1937), pub

Woman telephoning for a fire engine (colour litho)
3094447 Woman telephoning for a fire engine (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman telephoning for a fire engine)

Les Nymphes de Trianon at Versailles, France
Les Nymphes de Trianon (The Trianon Nymphs) -- alarmed at the arrival of the diplomats for the Versailles Treaty talks. 1919

A set of sixteen tiles arranged in pairs to form eight illustrations of the
1217584 A set of sixteen tiles arranged in pairs to form eight illustrations of the Briar Rose tale, 1862 - 1865 (ceramic) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); 131.6x40.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum

Human Weaknesses, no. 1, 1840 (litho)
1067820 Human Weaknesses, no. 1, 1840 (litho) by Daumier, Honore (1808-79); 17.1x23.5 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: (Infirmites Humaines no. 1)); gift of Mrs. Robert A

Britomart Unarming, c. 1855 (oil on canvas)
658269 Britomart Unarming, c.1855 (oil on canvas) by Pickersgill, Frederick Richard (1820-1900); 127x106.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Britomart Unarming)

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"Alarmed: A Tale of Chaos, Surprises, and Unforeseen Events" A Common Pheasant alarmed as the trams caused havoc on a Belfast street. "There was an old man with a beard, who said, It is just as I feared. " - An alarming quote from A Book of Nonsense. Terrible accident - Lady ablaze - Figure 1 captures the shocking aftermath. Mutoscope postcard reveals a laden girl in a spot of bother; an alarming situation indeed. The landlady discovers the lodger in the bath - an unexpected and somewhat alarming encounter. Seaside Weather Forecasts warn of strong-smelling fish; brace yourselves for an unusual aroma. Siberian Stonechat / Asian Stonechat adult female raises alarm bells with its unique appearance. The Golliwoggs Bicycle Club finds themselves surrounded by cannibals – talk about an alarming adventure. The Doggy Bag by Bert Wilson presents surprising situations that may leave you feeling alarmed yet entertained. Camels and Iron Horse collide in this captivating image, leaving spectators both amazed and alarmed at the clash of worlds. Town & Country Mouse find themselves in contrasting environments – their reactions are nothing short of alarmed. In this collection of images and quotes, we explore various scenarios that evoke feelings of surprise, chaos, and alarm among individuals or creatures involved. From startled pheasants to disastrous accidents to unexpected encounters, these glimpses into different moments remind us how life can be filled with unpredictable events that keep us on our toes.