Annoyance Collection

Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclist causing havoc aid his fellow road-users, knocking over a man and his dog. An old take on a current issue! Date: 1904

Did not you say could sing at sight? - Yes, sir, but not at FIRST sight
" Did not you say could sing at sight?" - " Yes, sir, but not at FIRST sight!", (1907). The German composer Handel works on his " Messiah" in 1741

A Journey into the Herzegovina: Sleeping under Difficulties...1876. Creator: Unknown
A Journey into the Herzegovina: Sleeping under Difficulties, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. The Sketches of our Special Artists

Tu m'embêtes, mon épouse!...v'là une heure... 1843. Creator: Honore Daumier
Tu m'embetes, mon epouse!...v'la une heure... 1843. Tu m'embetes, mon epouse!...v'la une heure que tu me dis qu'il neige; je le vois fichtre bien

Vous mon ami! comment vous savez... 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Vous mon ami! comment vous savez... 1842. Vous; mon ami! comment vous savez que je suis veuf; apres vingt ans de travaux for...non de menage; vous voyez que je commence a me refaire et vous me

L'assemblée d'Actionnaires, 1836. Creator: Honore Daumier
L'assemblee d'Actionnaires, 1836. - Messieurs, le journal franchement monarchique, que j'ai eu l'honneur de fonder avec vos capitaux et de diriger avec ma probite et mes lumieres

Une Baronne débaronnée, 1858. Creator: Honore Daumier
Une Baronne debaronnee, 1858. - Comment!...vos titres ne sont pas en regle...moi qui ne vous avais epouse que pour etre baronne...je demande le divorce!...'. A disbaroned Baroness

Entre la guerre et la paix, 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier
Entre la guerre et la paix, 1855. Between war and peace. From periodical: Le Charivari, 29 December 1855

Un locataire qui doit trois termes, 1847. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un locataire qui doit trois termes, 1847. A tenant who is behind with his rent. (Landlord looks annoyed as embarassed tenant raises hat). From Locataires et proprietaires, no. 20

Le Terrible Régisseur, 1864. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Terrible Regisseur, 1864. The scary stage manager. - Comment vous me dites que vous avez manque la repetition au jour d'hui parceque vous avez pose des sangsues a votre mere?

Un locataire qui a eu un oubli le 1er janvier, 1847. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un locataire qui a eu un oubli le 1er janvier, 1847. A tenant who forgot something on January 1st. [Landlady brushing dust towards tenant who has neglected to pay his rent

La Princesse. Voyons, être féroce, finis-en... 1857. Creator: Honore Daumier
La Princesse. Voyons, etre feroce, finis-en... 1857. La Princesse - Voyons, etre feroce, finis-en donc vite avec ton monologue...tu me fais rester morte pendant une heure...et tu sais qu'on

Le Chapeau qu'on rapporte de Paris, 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Chapeau qu'on rapporte de Paris, 1844. The hat brought back from Paris. T'as beau dire que ce chapeau-la fera beaucoup d'effet a Landerneau!...quatre vingt cinq francs

Tiens, ce n'est rien que des peintures!... 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier
Tiens, ce n'est rien que des peintures!... 1855. Pun on the French word toile which can mean canvas or cloth. - Tiens, ce n'est rien que des peintures

Mon cher ami, je viens sans cérémonie.. 1838. Creator: Honore Daumier
Mon cher ami, je viens sans ceremonie.. 1838. Mon cher ami, je viens sans ceremonie vous demander a diner'. (My dear friend, I have come without ceremony to ask you for dinner)

Tiens Dorothée...voilà ou m'a conduit... 1846. Creator: Honore Daumier
Tiens Dorothee...voila ou m'a conduit... 1846. - Tiens Dorothee...voila ou m'a conduit la passion pour les bouquets de Fer-giss-mein...nicht...v'la ce que c'est que de se monter la

Allons bon!...la v'là qui...verse du cirage dans mon chocolat!... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Allons bon!...la v'la qui...verse du cirage dans mon chocolat!... 1844. Allons bon!...la v'la qui au lieu de lait, verse du cirage dans mon chocolat!...satane roman va!...'

Ma bonne amie, puis-je entrer!... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ma bonne amie, puis-je entrer!... 1844. Ma bonne amie, puis-je entrer!...as-tu fini de collaborer avec monsieur?'. Husband to wife: Darling, can I come in

Monsieur, pardon si je vous gêne un peu... 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Monsieur, pardon si je vous gene un peu... 1844. - Monsieur, pardon si je vous gene un peu...mais vous comprenez qu'ecrivant en ce moment un roman nouveau

Enfer et damnation!...Sifflée...Siflée!!...Siiiiflée!, 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Enfer et damnation!...Sifflee...Siflee!!...Siiiiflee!, 1844. Hell and damnation!... hissed!... hissed!... Hissssed!...(The bluestocking is livid because an audience has just hissed during a)

Laissez-moi donc tranquille, Bah! Bah! est-ce qu'on meurt jamais de faim... 1838. Creator: Honore Daumier
Laissez-moi donc tranquille, Bah!...Bah!...est-ce qu'on meurt jamais de faim... 1838. Oh leave me alone, Bah!...Bah!...are we dying of hunger?'. From Croquis d'expressions, plate 15

V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais... 1833. Creator: Honore Daumier
V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais... 1833. V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais - tu nous embetes avec to coco, nous n'en voulons plus'. Woman: Get your hot cocoa!'

The Poultryman, 1827. Creator: Ignace Brice
The Poultryman, 1827

Finissez donc...je n'aime pas qu'on dise des bêtises... 1838. Creator: Honore Daumier
Finissez donc...je n'aime pas qu'on dise des betises... 1838. Oh do stop...I can't stand listening to nonsense...From Croquis d'expressions

Tout ce qu'on voudra, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Tout ce qu'on voudra, 19th century. Whatever you want - A visit to the Salon

J'aimerais autant voir un ouragan... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
J'aimerais autant voir un ouragan... 19th century. I would love to see a hurricane

Manière polie de mettre... a la porte... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Maniere polie de mettre... a la porte... 19th century. Scene d'ateliers - polite way to kick out.. at the door

Oursikoff!..trouvez-vous cela ressemblant?, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Oursikoff!..trouvez-vous cela ressemblant?, 19th century. Satire on the Crimean War. [Russian emperor]: Oursikoff! do you think this is a good likeness

Vois comme ils m'avaient abimé... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Vois comme ils m'avaient abime... 19th century. Landlords and tenants. Property owner: Look how they've ruined my walls with [the smoke from] their fireplaces - tenants shouldn't be

Un citoyen exaspéré par les buffleteries, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un citoyen exaspere par les buffleteries, 19th century. A citizen exasperated by harnesses. To think that we managed to get rid of Louis-Philippe [king of France]

Un bain contrarié, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un bain contrarie, 19th century. Bathers. An unsatisfactoy swim

Fureur de Monsieur Cobden... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Fureur de Monsieur Cobden... 19th century....en apprenant la nouvelle de la conclusion de la paix... Rage of Mr [Richard?] Cobden on hearing of the end of the peace

Les crétins!... On leur peint un tableau religieux... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Les cretins!... On leur peint un tableau religieux... 19th century. Croquis pris au salon...'. Idiots! One paints them a religious picture and they laugh....they don't even believe in art

In a Roman Osteria, 1866. Creator: Carl Bloch
In a Roman Osteria, 1866

Reproduction of illustrations showing women and flower seeds, between 1915 and 1925. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Reproduction of illustrations showing women and flower seeds, between 1915 and 1925. Photograph of illustrations in "Fruit recorder and cottage gardener", Vol. 7, No. 2 (Feb. 1, 1875), p

The Graphic, Front Cover March 27th.1886, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover March 27th. 1886, 1886. A tragedy in a bell tent in Bechuanaland. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

'Unwelcome Visitors - Crows at a Tennis Party in India, 1891. Creator: R Barnes
'Unwelcome Visitors - Crows at a Tennis Party in India, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Beauty of Ibarakiya Pulling at a Man's Umbrella - a Parody of the Legend of Watanabe no... c. 1759
Beauty of Ibarakiya Pulling at a Man's Umbrella - a Parody of the Legend of Watanabe no Tsuna and the Ibaraki Demon, c. 1759

King Alfred of Wessex burns the cakes
One popular legend from the life of Alfred the Great (849-899 AD), originating from 12th century chronicles, tells how after fleeing to the Somerset Levels

Comic Postcard - The Fathers Revenge on daughters Man
Comic Postcard - " Loves Reward" - The Fathers Revenge on her daughters new man, who is getting a hearty spanking for some indiscretion which has made his girl cry

Writing utensil box, Japanese, early 19th century. From the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Un coup de feu!, 1839. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un coup de feu!, 1839. Man having heat treatment on his hair. Series: Types Parisiens, plate 35; Periodical: Le Charivari, 27 October 1839

Ah! Très bien j'en suis sûr!.. 1841. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ah! Tres bien j'en suis sur!.. 1841. Ah! tres bien j'en suis sur! malheureuse, v'la une heure que je te guette...Ah! j'en suis sur

Depuis que Virginie a obtenu le septième accessit.. 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Depuis que Virginie a obtenu le septieme accessit.. 1844. Depuis que Virginie a obtenu la septieme accessit de poesie a l'Academie francaise il faut que ce soit moi...moi capitaine de la garde

Monsieur veut-il des crêpes?.. 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier
Monsieur veut-il des crepes?.. 1855. Monsieur veut-il des crepes?...- Ca doit etre un ancient croque-mort!'. Waiter: Would Monsieur like pancakes

Un petit jeu de société, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un petit jeu de societe, 1842. A little board game. Series: Actualites; Periodical: La Caricature, 6 March 1842

Zenjibo, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)", c. 1843/47

Jealousy, the Rival, 1803. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Jealousy, the Rival, 1803. Does not this drawing with its foreground arrangement of profoundly expressive figures become something greater than the subject might suggerst

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"Annoyance: A Collection of Exasperating Moments" Did you not say you could sing at sight? - Yes, sir, but not at FIRST sight. Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclist causing chaos. King Alfred of Wessex burns the cakes, a frustrating mishap in history. Comic Postcard - The Father's Revenge on daughter's Man, a humorous tale of annoyance. Japanese writing utensil box from the early 19th century, an exquisite object that may have caused frustration when misplaced. Card and Backgammon: Fight over Cards by Theodoo (1620-1630), illustrating the aggravation that can arise during competitive games. Lion shaking off flies in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya – even majestic creatures face bothersome annoyances. Zenjibo from "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers, " c. 1843/47 by Ando Hiroshige – depicting a character facing exasperating circumstances within a story. Jealousy: The Rival (1803) by Thomas Rowlandson portrays the vexation brought about by envy and rivalry. The "Please, mother, will you tell me a story?" peril – when children incessantly ask for bedtime stories without end. Love of arriving late at theatrical productions illustrated from Pont – an irritating habit to fellow theatergoers eagerly waiting for the show to begin. Misfits (colour litho): An artistic representation highlighting how being different can lead to feelings or exclusion.