Exasperation Collection

The Lawyers
A coloured sketch portraying a trio of lawyers, the central figure is busy leafing through some papers, with his colleague looking on, the man at the back has his palm to his face in exasperation

Father with noisy children (colour litho)
3641740 Father with noisy children (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Father with noisy children. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

"There was an Old Man who said, Well! Will nobody answer this bell? ", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386686 " There was an Old Man who said, Well! Will nobody answer this bell? ", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

JUMPING A TOLLGATE
Eccentric English John Mytton (1796-1834) attempts to drive his carriage over a tollgate much to the annoyance of the toll-keeper & doubtless his passenger. Date: 1820s

MYTTONS JUMPS TOLLGATE
Eccentric English John Mytton (1796-1834) attempts to drive his carriage over a tollgate much to the annoyance of the toll-keeper & doubtless his passenger. Date: 1820s

Card and Backgammon. Fight over Cards, 1620-1630, by Theodoo
Theodoor Rombouts (1597-1637). Flemish painter. Cards and Backgammon. Fight over Cards. 1620-1630. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Freckles rolls her eyes as she watches over her litter of 12 yelping puppies
United States: 1947. Freckles rolls her eyes as she watches over her litter of 12 yelping puppies

Tourists being attacked by mosquitos in Camp Victor on Greenland
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Exasperation: The Old Man's Frustration (Frederick Warne & Co., 1875) echoes that of The Lawyers, hands in the air, as they await an answer to their endless debates. Meanwhile, a Father with noisy children (colour litho) may share similar feelings, while trying to jump a tollgate (JUMPING A TOLLGATE, Myttons Jumps Tollgate, Illustration for Le Rire). A game of cards (Card and Backgammon, 1620-1630, by Theodoo) can also lead to exasperation, as Freckles rolls her eyes at her litter of 12 yelping puppies. Even in the serene beauty of Camp Victor on Greenland, tourists are not immune to the annoyances of life, as they are attacked by swarms of mosquitos.