Falling down Stock Photos and Images
RM2RGB4EA–There's nae luck about the house! Cartoon and comment about house-building in London in the 1850s. The houses are falling down, propped up by 'miserable crutches', their 'allowance of bricks and mortar so paltry' they are ready to drop. 'Swarming with inhabitants, oppressed by heavy goods, with a miserly landlord, a reckless tenant, and the Corporation undermining me, what can a poor house do?'
RM2M96KNJ–Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack and Jill falling down the hill. Below -- Little Polly Flinders sitting among the cinders.
RM2M3PD65–'Things that Irritate' 'Private Wm. Jones is not half so amused at accidentally falling down the mine crater as he is at hearing two friends murmuring the first verse of 'Don't go down the mine, Daddy'' A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander
RM2M3T46E–Scene at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball at the Royal Albert Hall at midnight with balloons drifting down from the ceiling and revellers in fancy dress costume singing Auld Lang Syne.
RM2M3T143–Page from The Sketch reporting on the birthday party of Belita (Maria Belita Jepson-Turner) at the London Hippodrome, at the time she was starring the show 'Champagne on Ice'. The HIppodrome's old arena area was turned into a rink for the show, and the party took place on the ice, with various celebrities including Frankie Howerd, Lizbeth Webb, Terry Thomas and Bernard Delfont tackling the challenge of skating with various degrees of success.
RM2M96C1X–A composite illustration of two children's stories -- Geppetto making Pinocchio at a table (right), and the Giant falling off the Beanstalk (left), watched by Jack (in the distance) who has just chopped it down.
RM2M3PCTB–Sensible proceeding of falling gent - touching wood, that his hope of alighting on a soft spot may be realised. The ultimate optimist depicted by William Heath Robinson in a cartoon which shows a man about to fall victim of an unfortunate accident. Date: 1919
RM2M3T09A–Scene from the London Hippodrome's Christmas production, The Golden Princess and the Elephant Hunters, with cast members falling over due to a sneeze given by Ma-in-law (Miss Martha). On the left are Leonard and Francois as the king's physicians and on the right, the jester, played by Marceline the Droll, the Hippodrome's clown. Humorous scene from the Christmas show at the London Hippodrome, The Golden Princess and the Elephant Hunters. The terrible effect of a sneeze has the royal physicians, Leonard and Francois, an
RM2RG99WD–The New Compensation Act - Butler 'Here's a go. I'm goin' to break me leg' - a Butler is not unduly concerned at his tumble down the stairs to the wine cellar, as the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1906 allowed working people the right to claim for compensation for personal injury suffered during their employment.
RM2M3P4GH–Battling Bonzo wins in the first round. He tackles a black dog bigger than himself, and takes the credit when the enemy accidentally falls down a manhole. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of 'Bonzo', a small dog with saucer-like eyes and indiscriminate breeding who first appeared in the Sketch in 1922. The 'Bonzo' craze swept the world resulting in postcards, annuals, toys and other merchandise. Credit should read: Estate of George Studdy/Gresham Marketing Ltd./ILN/Mary Evans Date: 18 April 1923
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