Irritated Collection

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

Mauvais Coucheur, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Mauvais Coucheur, 1852-1866

Irritable: The Wife of a Fireman in the Kaei Period (1848-1853), 1888. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Irritable: The Wife of a Fireman in the Kaei Period (1848-1853), 1888. From Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners

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

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

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

Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2786367 Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by Pourriol, Charles (1873-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Le Rire, 20 October 1906.); © Look and Learn

The Lion and the Fly, 1732 (oil on canvas)
3937499 The Lion and the Fly, 1732 (oil on canvas) by Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (1686-1755); 189x253 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; French, out of copyright

The "Please, mother, will you tell me a story?"peril
STC398798 The " Please, mother, will you tell me a story?" peril, illustration from Pont: An Account of the Life and Work of the great Punch artist (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40)

Comic postcard, dissatisfied customer in shop Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two men sharing a narrow bed Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Black cat annoyed by kittens Date: circa 1918

"There was an Old Man in a tree, who was terribly bored by a bee", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386617 " There was an Old Man in a tree, who was terribly bored by a bee", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Dog and Swans (oil on canvas)
897336 Dog and Swans (oil on canvas) by Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (1686-1755); 25.6x19.2 cm; Musee d Art et d Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland; French, out of copyright

Love of arriving late at theatrical productions, illustration from Pont
STC398787 Love of arriving late at theatrical productions, illustration from Pont: An Account of the Life and Work of the great Punch artist (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40)

"There was an Old Man of Dundee, who frequented the top of a tree", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386685 " There was an Old Man of Dundee, who frequented the top of a tree", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Drawbacks of celebrity: a cricketer pestered by autograph hunters (chromolitho)
5217375 Drawbacks of celebrity: a cricketer pestered by autograph hunters (chromolitho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Drawbacks of celebrity)

Dignity and impudence: a king looking at a fly that has landed on his nose (colour litho)
5996150 Dignity and impudence: a king looking at a fly that has landed on his nose (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dignity and impudence)

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

The Lion and the Mosquito (chromolitho)
2817119 The Lion and the Mosquito (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lion and the Mosquito)

A Great Actor (not Liston) in the Popular Farce of Twould Puzzle a Conjurer (coloured etching)
2775113 A Great Actor (not Liston) in the Popular Farce of Twould Puzzle a Conjurer (coloured etching) by Seymour, Robert (1798-1836) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Punch cartoon: More Official Censorship of Pantomime (engraving)
6034816 Punch cartoon: More Official Censorship of Pantomime (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: More Official Censorship of Pantomime)

Woman stood up at a planned rendezvous (colour litho)
6031100 Woman stood up at a planned rendezvous (colour litho) by Hermann-Paul, Rene George (1874-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman stood up at a planned rendezvous)

Is marriage a failure? Husband holding two screaming babies while his irritated wife tries to relax
5996083 Is marriage a failure? Husband holding two screaming babies while his irritated wife tries to relax and read a book by the fireside (chromolitho) by English School

Daddies, comedy by John L Hobble, Cromer
Daddies, a comedy by John L Hobble, at the Town Hall Theatre, Cromer, previously at the Haymarket Theatre, London. 1921

Desperate young man wearing a suit holding his hands to his face, worried

People at the zoo on a Christmas card -- irritating the lions. Date: circa 1890s

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

Young man wearing a suit holding his hand on his forehead, worried

Cartoon, Lord Cairns annoyed by his sons debts
Cartoon, Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1819-1885) -- Keep away from him, Garmoyle, while he is like this! He appears to be annoyed about a few bills which his son, Arthur William Cairns

Caricature of G A Sala, English journalist
Caricature of George Augustus Henry Sala (1828-1895), English journalist -- What it may come to. A grocer asks him if he might supply something quotable about his brand of tea

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Cock-O-Lorum. Showing a proud cockerel conducting a roll call of all his hens, and finding the independently-minded Hetty missing. Date: 1921

Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire, WW1
Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire with a cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware

Master Quack the duckling thrown into the air
Wide Awake -- Joey the tortoise, annoyed by Master Quack the ducklings orders, rears up and throws him off his back. Date: 1912

Cartoon, When I am tired of business worries
Cartoon showing a man with his fishing line caught up on a plant -- When I am tired of business worries I usually go fishing. Date: 1914

Desperate young man wearing a suit covering his face with his hand, screaming

Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara, rear view of Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), sitting with its head turned around to face camera

Woman with itchy arm F008 / 3009
MODEL RELEASED. Woman with itchy arm

Sciatica, MRI scan
Sciatica. Coloured magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a sagittal section through the lumbar (lower back) spine of a 35-year-old patient

Medieval bores and boars: after the feast
Three men at the end of a medieval feast: an abbot bores his neighbour, while his other guest tries not to fall asleep. A monk carries away a boars head on a platter out of the hall. Date: Medieval

Silhouette, To Fight Like Kilkenny Cats
To Fight Like Kilkenny Cats -- silhouette showing two cats circling each other aggressively, with pawprints visible all around them

Overeating leads to disturbed sleep at Christmas
" A good deal my own fault!" " I took too much dinner!" (Mrs Caudles Lectures) First published in " Punch" in 1845

Old lady and five geese
An old lady goes for a walk, and is irritated by the cackling of five geese. first published 1879

Drummer of Tidworth
THE DRUMMER OF TIDWORTH Apparition of drummer who irritated the people of Ludgarshall, Wiltshire, with his nocturnal drumming Date: 1661

Itchy skin
MODEL RELEASED. Girl suffering from itchy skin as a result of an allergic reaction. She is eight years old

Applying eye drops, artwork
Applying eye drops. Artwork showing how to apply eye drops to an itchy eye

WW1 / 1916 / J BULL U-BOATS
John Bull assailed by U-boats on all sides

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"Irritated: A Journey through Time and Emotions" In the depths of an early 19th-century Japanese writing utensil box, frustration brewed silently. Theodoo's masterpiece "Card and Backgammon" captures the intense fight over cards, where irritation fills the air. Even at the zoo on a Christmas card, people couldn't escape moments of irritation amidst all the holiday cheer. Le Rire's vibrant illustration reveals a world where even laughter can't mask underlying irritations. "The Lion and the Fly, " depicted in oil on canvas from 1732, showcases how even kings can be irritated by tiny nuisances. As children eagerly ask for stories with wide eyes, there lies a perilous moment when their mothers become irritated by endless requests. Step into a shop in the 20th century through a comic postcard to witness an irate customer dissatisfied with service. Two men sharing a narrow bed on another comic postcard from the same era find themselves increasingly irritated as sleep eludes them both. Circa 1918 brings us to another comical scene where adorable kittens annoy an already vexed black cat in yet another postcard gem. Frederick Warne and Co. 's colorful litho takes us back to London circa 1875, showcasing an old man bored beyond belief by one persistent bee. The timeless artwork "Dog and Swans" painted on canvas portrays swans gracefully gliding while irritatingly teasing their canine companion. Illustration from Pont humorously depicts our love for arriving late at theatrical productions causing annoyance among fellow audience members. In this captivating journey through various artworks and illustrations spanning centuries, we explore different facets of irritation that have transcended time itself.