Asks Collection (page 4)

The Philippine Oliver asks for more

What makes Japanese soldiers so strong? asks Russia. We are filled with Yamato Damashii spirit of old Japan says Japan. Please give me some Yamato Damashii says Russia

The government asks you to do your Xmas shopping early - Do it now. Poster showing an allegorical female figure holding a sword and an American flag. Date 1918

Oliver Twist asks for more. Illustration shows a large, bloated man labeled Tariff-made Monopoly holding a small dish labeled Dingley Schedule, asking Uncle Sam

Boarding a Motor Cab
A gentleman asks the London cabbie how much the fare will be, while the two posh Edwardian ladies with him prepare to get in the motor cab with their pooch. Date: early 1900s

Dog Traveller
A backpacking dog asks if there is room at the inn. Date: early 1930s

Prize Sheep Sale
The auctioneer asks for bids during a Prize Sheep Sale at Ipswich Cattle Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Date: 1930s

Fortune Telling Canary
A young woman with a hooked nose, wearing a cloche hat, asks an old gipsy woman if her canary can tell her fortune. Date: early 1930s

Russian peasant boy asks Papa for candy Date: 1912

Children in a Park
Walking with his sister and mama in the Frederiksberg Have, Copenhagen, a sailor- suited boy asks to buy something - we can t see what - from a girl with a plait. Date: 1888

Biscegliese / Sand / 1680
L AVARE The miser Harpagon asks whether one eats to live or lives to eat ? Date: 1668

Faery Saeve
Saeve, one of the Faery people, who asks Fionn to protect her against the Fear Doirche, the Dark Man of the Shi. They fall in love, naturally

Girl Takes Doll to Shop
A young girl takes her doll to a carpentry shop and asks them if they would mend her doll, whose head has fallen off. Date: 1879

Nun at the Window
A young nun looks through her window and contemplates life outside the convent walls : did she make the right choice, she asks herself... Date: early 19th century

Little girl asks for a peep at new baby
A little girl asks her mother for Just One Peep at the new baby. circa 1901

British soldier asks directions - Egypt
A British Tommy asks a rather disgruntled Egyptian Policeman for directions: " Please, mate, where is Nouzha Garden?"

A gentleman asks for a ladys photograph
Illustration for Black Spirits and White by Frances Eleanor Trollope, showing Dr. Flagge requesting Nonvs photograph

Woman & Scarecrow 1920
Far from the dance halls of Paris, this young lady asks a kindly scarecrow for directions

At a Ball
A seated lady is asked to dance by a gentleman, who bows down courteously in front of her

Irish Nationalist Mocked
An Irish nationalist writer mocked as Mr G-O Rilla of the Young Ireland Party exulting over insults to England; Shouldn t he be extinguished at once? asks Punch

Midas and Silenus
For services rendered, he is offered a wish by Silenus : he foolishly asks that anything he may touch shall be turned to gold... in the end he begs Silenus to withdraw his gift

Wolf Turned to Stone
When an angry Nereid sends a wolf to ravage the cattle of Peleus, he asks Thetis for help, and she turns the wolf into a rock

Forward Flower Girl 1819
A rather forward flower girl asks a gentleman in the street " Buy my sweet roses?"

Qui Va La? by Will Owen
A French soldier in the traditional red pantalons of early World War One asks, Who Goes There? as he is disturbed by some rabbits frolicking in the snow

The Wolf & the Mastiff
THE WOLF AND THE MASTIFF A hungry wolf asks a dog how he stays so well-fed; the dog says obedience to his master is enough; the wolf values his freedom over easy meals

The Woods & the Woodman
THE WOODS AND THE WOODCUTTER The woodman asks the forest for wood to mend the handle of his broken axe; he promises to ply his trade elsewhere but reneges when his axe is fixed

England / Great Amwell
The New River at Amwell Spring, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England. The small monument written by Archdeacon Nares in 1818, asks the spring to perpetuate

Russian and Virgin
An unhappy Russian soldier asks an ikon of the Virgin Mary to help a stranger

Girl with Butterfly 1896
A little girl asks a yellow butterfly: " Where did you come from?"

Card Player Asks Advice
Two men play a serious game of cards while several others crowd round watching; one of the players seeks advice on his hand from a bystander

Alexander Meets Diogenes
Alexander the Great meets the famous philosopher Diogenes the Cynic, who is unimpressed by Alexanders fame and merely asks him to stand aside and stop blocking out the sun!

Cadmus Becomes Dragon
Cadmus, overwhelmed by misfortune, asks the gods to change him into a dragon, whereupon his wife Harmonia becomes one also

Battus into a Rock
Hermes asks peasant Battus to watch over cattle hes stolen from Apollo, then to test him, comes in disguise and asks where they are, he tells him, so he turns him into a rock

Daphne and Apollo
Apollo wants Daphne but Daphne doesn t want Apollo; so the virgin princess, who plans to stay that way, asks to be turned into a laurel (bay) tree. Which she is

Trotskys Fathers Curse
Trotskys old father, in the synagogue of Ekaterinoslav, asks the congregation to join him in cursing his son who has brought so many tears and so much blood to Russia

Gentleman Smoking Pipe
A boy asks of a smartly- dressed man sitting in an armchair reading a newspaper and smoking a pipe, What is a gentleman? The reply is, One who smokes Dunhill

Excalibur Requested
King Arthur (with Merlin by his side) asks the Lady of the Lake for Excalibur

Harry & Norah Run Away
Cobbs the gardener puts his hand on his hips as he asks young Master Harry and Miss Norah why they are running away together. To get married, of course!

St Paul & Jailor
The Philippian jailor falls down on his knees before St Paul and Silas and asks what he must do to be saved. (Acts XVI: 16-34)

Ceres & the Satyrs
Mother Ceres (Demeter) asks two satyrs if they have seen her daughter Persephone (Proserpina). But Pluto (Hades) has taken her to the underworld until the Spring

Perfume / Which One? 1905
A scantily dressed young woman asks her friend which perfume he likes best

LA Salle in America 1680
LA SALLE asks permission of Louis XIV, king of France, to explore the Mississippi. Louis says yes

Mr Popple and the Widow
An attractive widow asks Mr Popple to retrieve her hat, but he dare not risk making a fool of himself in attempting to jump the fence

Gideons Second Sign
When he asks God to confirm his first sign with a second, a sheeps fleece is soaked in dew while the ground around remains dry, such is the power of the Almighty !

Gideon Summoned by Angel
Gideon is summoned by an angel to deliver the Jews : when he asks for a sign of Gods good intentions, the angel miraculously consumes his sacrifice in a blaze of fire

Moses and Pharaoh
He asks permission from Pharaoh to take the Hebrews into the desert to sacrifice to their God : but Pharaoh refuses the request with mockery

Bernadette, March Vision
Bernadette, accompanied by a sizeable crowd, asks the apparition who she is, and obtains the reply, I am the Immaculate Conception !

Ants into Myrmidons
When Aegina is depopulated by a plague, king Aescus asks Zeus to turn the ants into people; they become mighty warriors, accompanying Achilles to Troy

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