Difficult Gallery

Difficult is a word that describes something that is hard to do or understand and can refer to a physical task, such as running a marathon, or an intellectual challenge

The Broad and Narrow way to Heaven or Hell - Religious concepts
THE BROAD AND NARROW WAY the good take the narrow road to Heaven while the wicked take the broad way to Hell

The Sketch Ideal Home No. VI. Sports Without Broad Acres by
The difficult problem of how to enjoy games and field sports when you live in a block of flats has triumphantly solved. The sixth in the series of Ideal Home designs by W. Heath Robinson

Home Front - The Royal Navy, The Difficult we can do at once The impossible may take longer Date: 1943

Love Locked Out, 1889, (1912). Artist: Anna Lea Merritt
Love Locked Out, 1889, (1912). Painting held at the Tate, London. From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

Autocar Poster -- Targa Florio race, Sicily
Autocar Poster -- Italian champion Felice Nazzaro driving the Fiat car in which he won the Targa Florio race in Sicily. His average speed for the race was around 33 mph on gruelling mountain roads

Shoeburyness Fisherman Hailing a Whitstable Hoy, aka The Pilot Boat, and The Red Cap, c1809 Artist: JMW Turner
Shoeburyness Fisherman Hailing a Whitstable Hoy, aka The Pilot Boat, and The Red Cap, c1809. Painting on display at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Walter Hagen at Muirfield 1929
American golfer Walter Hagen plays a left handed shot from a difficult position on the ninth hole at Muirfield, Scotland, his ball too close to a stone wall to hit in his usual right handed manner

Diana of the Uplands, 1903-1904, (c1915). Artist: Charles Wellington Furse
Diana of the Uplands, 1903-1904, (c1915). The painting is held by the Tate Gallery, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Traffic congestion, Covent Garden, London WC2
Traffic congestion in the Covent Garden area, London WC2, showing a view along Henrietta Street from the corner of Bedford Street during the morning of 26 March 1959

Maze, artwork
Maze, computer artwork

Boy with Slate Kept In
A little boy has to stay in to work out a sum on his slate

Map of Yugoslavia by G. H. Davis
Map of Yugoslavia, Britains latest ally in the Second World War: her defensive mountains and valleys. Mountainous Yugoslavia, her valleys and airfields. Date: 1941

Nerval Photo
GERARD DE NERVAL French poet, eccentric if not actually mad, whose difficult life ended in suicide; photographed in the last year of his life. Date: 1808 - 1855

Maze, computer artwork

Ascent Mont Blanc - 3
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC One of the most difficult parts of the climb - the snow turns to ice and the climbers must cut foot-holes in order to retain a footing

Captain Spurrier cut down by Romford, 1865. Artists: John Leech, Hablot Knight Browne
Captain Spurrier cut down by Romford, 1865. From Mr. Facey Romfords Hounds, written by Robert Smith Surtees, illustrated by John Leech and H.K. Phiz Browne. [Bradbury, Evans & Co. London, 1865]

A caver in Kingsdale master cave, Yorkshire Dales, UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Buckskin Gulch Canyon Page Arizona
Kanab, Utah and Page, Arizona in United States

Nakajima C6N-Saiun Myrt -capable of reaching nearly 380mph, this carrier-going reconnaisssance type was difficult to catch

WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers advance in snow
WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers shovel through the winter snow to aid the passage of an advancing artillery regiment

USA, Minnesota, Sandstone, Black Bear Cub Stuck in a Tree

Unloading cement sacks
Mostafijur Rahman Nasim

English Army on the march to Magdala, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Abyssinian War (a rescue mission for the recovery of hostages). British forces took three months to advance across mountainous terrain

Postcard, Little boy getting out of bed in the morning Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy doing multiplication Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man reluctant to milk a cow Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Difficulty milking a cow Date: 20th century

With the distressed hop pickers in Kent - a series of drawings by ILN Special Artist Mr H. C. Seppings Wright showing the poor conditions for hop pickers in Kent during bad wet weather

The difficult choice
Fashionable woman choosing a new outfit in a salon. The difficult choice. Le choix difficile. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Girl in white coat and boy in sailor suit
Girl in white coat trimmed with check, and boy in sailor suit trimmed with fox fur, with pet dog. Manteau de ratine blanche, garniture ecossaise jaune et blance, marin blanc et noir

Flemish Soldiers Memorial Crypt, Zonnbeke
The crypt is in the local cemetery. There was considersable acrimony between the French speaking population and those who spoke Flemish

Houdini & Daily MIrror Challenge
Houdinis great lock-picking feat at the London Hippodrome. Harry Houdini shown on stage at the London Hippodrome, having specially made cuffs locked to his wrists in the presence of representatives

Happy faces
Keep smiling. A note of optimism during a difficult period in our history. Date: circa 1932

Cartoon, Its All So Simple! by Ghilchick. In the old days undressing was quite a business, but with the time-saving one-piece affair of today its all very much simpler. Date: 1933

Difficult choice
Iryna Kuznetsova (Iridi)

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 70
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 70, on approach to trap the wire aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendards ranged on deck after flying
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendards ranged on deck after flying, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 25
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 25 after trapping the wire, landing on board Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusader 39 awaiting launch
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader 39 awaiting launch at the catapult, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusader 3 waiting for launch
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader 3, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 and 33 awaiting launch
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 and 33 awaiting launch at the catapult, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 66
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 66 about to trap the wire, landing on board Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 launches from catapult
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 launches from the catapult, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusader 3 launches from the catapult
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusaders 3, launches from the catapult, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise. (Note: Foch and Clemenceau were two almost identical ships)

The Island of aircraft carrier Foch or Clemenceau
Marine Nationale - The Island of aircraft carrier Foch or Clemenceau, (two almost identical ships, to which the French Navy did not apply distinctive markings, making identification very difficult)

Forward elevator of aircraft carrier Foch or Clemenceau
Marine Nationale - The forward elevator of aircraft carrier Foch or Clemenceau, in use as a volley ball court, whilst lowered, to prevent losing balls overboard

LTV F-8FN Crusader cockpit close-up
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader cockpit close-up, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Breguet Br.1050 Alize 65
Aeronavale - Breguet Br.1050 Alize 65, securely chained down, whilst parked on board Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

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Difficult is a word that describes something that is hard to do or understand and can refer to a physical task, such as running a marathon, or an intellectual challenge, such as solving an algebra problem. Difficult tasks require extra effort and dedication in order to be completed successfully. Difficulties can also arise when dealing with people or situations that are unpredictable and out of our control. In these cases, it is important to remain patient and flexible in order to find the best solution for the situation at hand. Ultimately, difficult tasks are often rewarding because they help us grow and develop skills that we would not have otherwise acquired.