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Laughing Collection (page 3)

From royalty to comedians, laughter transcends time and culture

Background imageLaughing Collection: 'I can remember laughing at pictures like this in the last war' (litho)

"I can remember laughing at pictures like this in the last war" (litho)
8630546 "I can remember laughing at pictures like this in the last war" (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Our Countryside, 1938: Home from the Fields (b/w photo)

Our Countryside, 1938: Home from the Fields (b/w photo)
8671516 Our Countryside, 1938: Home from the Fields (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Home from the Fields)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Snow White and Rose Pompon. circa 1910 (engraving)

Snow White and Rose Pompon. circa 1910 (engraving)
6437811 Snow White and Rose Pompon. circa 1910 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Litterature. Tales of fees. Snow White, Red Rose and the Dwarf)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Company drinking around a table. Walk and Oraison. (illustration, circa 1930)

Company drinking around a table. Walk and Oraison. (illustration, circa 1930)
5975716 Company drinking around a table. Walk and Oraison. (illustration, circa 1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Litterature. Company drinking around a table)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Dentist laughing as he uses tongs to hold a hot coal to a man's face to make him jerk back

Dentist laughing as he uses tongs to hold a hot coal to a man's face to make him jerk back
FLO4718344 Dentist laughing as he uses tongs to hold a hot coal to a man's face to make him jerk back and extract a tooth with string

Background imageLaughing Collection: Kick him in the Slats - Ah 23 (colour litho)

Kick him in the Slats - Ah 23 (colour litho)
8675936 Kick him in the Slats - Ah 23 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kick him in the Slats - Ah 23)

Background imageLaughing Collection: The ruling passion (litho)

The ruling passion (litho)
8662994 The ruling passion (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: The ruling passion. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Laughter (coloured engraving)

Laughter (coloured engraving)
8655704 Laughter (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Laughter. Illustration for La Nature et L'Homme)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Three different ways of seeing a joke (b/w photo)

Three different ways of seeing a joke (b/w photo)
8656610 Three different ways of seeing a joke (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Three different ways of seeing a joke)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Never trouble Trouble (b/w photo)

Never trouble Trouble (b/w photo)
8656386 Never trouble Trouble (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Never trouble Trouble, Till Trouble troubles you, Keep on smiling)

Background imageLaughing Collection: A good joke (colour litho)

A good joke (colour litho)
8656794 A good joke (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A good joke. Man laughing. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imageLaughing Collection: Yo-yo craze arrives in Britain, 1932 (b/w photo)

Yo-yo craze arrives in Britain, 1932 (b/w photo)
8626546 Yo-yo craze arrives in Britain, 1932 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Yo-yo craze arrives in Britain, 1932)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Ballad and prayer (Illustration, circa 1930)

Ballad and prayer (Illustration, circa 1930)
5975715 Ballad and prayer (Illustration, circa 1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Litterature. Company drinking around a table)

Background imageLaughing Collection: The hop merchant from Kent (England) and the speaker at Optics

The hop merchant from Kent (England) and the speaker at Optics
MMM5477349 The hop merchant from Kent (England) and the speaker at Optics; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: The hop merchant from Kent (England) and the speaker of optics

Background imageLaughing Collection: Now laugh everybody! (b/w photo)

Now laugh everybody! (b/w photo)
8655856 Now laugh everybody! (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Now laugh everybody!" Laughing baby in a white gown)

Background imageLaughing Collection: How to act in emergencies (engraving)

How to act in emergencies (engraving)
8672776 How to act in emergencies (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: How to act in emergencies)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Our sergeant (colour litho)

Our sergeant (colour litho)
8656549 Our sergeant (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Our sergeant. I never saw such a lot! I've taught you everything I know)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Shoot for Kamella - children's clothes brand

Shoot for Kamella - children's clothes brand
Client: Stonehouse Advertising - shoot for Kamella children's clothes brand - padded short hooded jacket with silk neck bow Date: circa 1967

Background imageLaughing Collection: Men playing cards (colour litho)

Men playing cards (colour litho)
8635374 Men playing cards (colour litho) by Baxter, William Giles (1856-1888); Private Collection; (add.info.: Men playing cards. Illustration from Pears Annual, 1897.); © Look and Learn

Background imageLaughing Collection: Michaelmas Day (colour litho)

Michaelmas Day (colour litho)
8674334 Michaelmas Day (colour litho) by Miles, Helen J.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michaelmas Day)

Background imageLaughing Collection: The world upside down, 19th century (Epinal print))

The world upside down, 19th century (Epinal print))
ELD4836729 The world upside down, 19th century (Epinal print)); Private Collection; (add.info.: The world upside down, an imaginary land: a man wearing woman clothes (transvestite) - Epinal print

Background imageLaughing Collection: A physician in a bad wig laughing as he rests his foot on his patient's chin

A physician in a bad wig laughing as he rests his foot on his patient's chin and tries to pull a tooth with string
FLO4718312 A physician in a bad wig laughing as he rests his foot on his patient's chin and tries to pull a tooth with string

Background imageLaughing Collection: Beauties of Shakespeare: Falstaff (coloured engraving)

Beauties of Shakespeare: Falstaff (coloured engraving)
8646734 Beauties of Shakespeare: Falstaff (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Falstaff)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Russian naval officers making fun of the attack on British fishing boats in the North Sea

Russian naval officers making fun of the attack on British fishing boats in the North Sea, 1904 (litho)
8655529 Russian naval officers making fun of the attack on British fishing boats in the North Sea, 1904 (litho) by Jackson

Background imageLaughing Collection: The race down the hill (engraving)

The race down the hill (engraving)
8635200 The race down the hill (engraving) by Barnes, Robert (1840-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: The race down the hill; children racing each other)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Queen Isabella of Bavaria, (gouache over traces of pencil on whatman board)

Queen Isabella of Bavaria, (gouache over traces of pencil on whatman board)
827464 Queen Isabella of Bavaria, (gouache over traces of pencil on whatman board) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); 33.4x30.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Isabella of Bavaria)

Background imageLaughing Collection: Apparatus for the administation of laughing gas (nitrous oxide) developed in England

Apparatus for the administation of laughing gas (nitrous oxide) developed in England. From La Nature, Paris, 1874
527507 Apparatus for the administation of laughing gas (nitrous oxide) developed in England. From La Nature, Paris, 1874.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageLaughing Collection: Louis Brandeis, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Louis Brandeis, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Louis Brandeis, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageLaughing Collection: Mrs. Marsh entertaining wounded, Warwick Castle, 6 Oct 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. Marsh entertaining wounded, Warwick Castle, 6 Oct 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Marsh entertaining wounded, Warwick Castle, 6 Oct 1915 (date created or published later). Mrs. Agnes Power Marsh, wife of Henry Wheelwright Marsh at Warwick Castle with soldiers wounded in World

Background imageLaughing Collection: Mutluluk

Mutluluk
Eyup Seker

Background imageLaughing Collection: Dog walk (from the series 'Boy meets girl')

Dog walk (from the series "Boy meets girl")
Dieter Matthes

Background imageLaughing Collection: Follow me guys!

Follow me guys!
Bragi Ingibergsson - BRIN

Background imageLaughing Collection: BELGRADE'S LOVE

BELGRADE'S LOVE
Dragan M. Babovic

Background imageLaughing Collection: Takagi Umanosuke and the Ghost of a Woman, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Takagi Umanosuke and the Ghost of a Woman, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Takagi Umanosuke and the Ghost of a Woman, 1866. Series: Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden

Background imageLaughing Collection: Drunkard, 1810-1874. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

Drunkard, 1810-1874. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Drunkard, 1810-1874. Miller often used witty captions or lines of dialogue to reveal more about the characters in his sketches

Background imageLaughing Collection: Portrait of Christiaan Couwenberg, 1630-1647. Creator: Christiaan Couwenberg

Portrait of Christiaan Couwenberg, 1630-1647. Creator: Christiaan Couwenberg
Portrait of Christiaan Couwenberg, 1630-1647. Self-portrait (?)

Background imageLaughing Collection: The Greedy Old Woman with a Box of Demons, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

The Greedy Old Woman with a Box of Demons, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Greedy Old Woman with a Box of Demons, 1865. From One Hundred Ghost Tales from China and Japan

Background imageLaughing Collection: Okame Laughing at the Shadow of a Mushroom, 1882. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Okame Laughing at the Shadow of a Mushroom, 1882. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Okame Laughing at the Shadow of a Mushroom, 1882. From Sketches by Yoshitoshi

Background imageLaughing Collection: Pulling Pine Shoots on the Day of the Rat, 1882. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Pulling Pine Shoots on the Day of the Rat, 1882. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Pulling Pine Shoots on the Day of the Rat, 1882. From Sketches by Yoshitoshi

Background imageLaughing Collection: Laughing Jester, Made 1540s. Creator: Unknown

Laughing Jester, Made 1540s. Creator: Unknown
Laughing Jester, Made 1540s

Background imageLaughing Collection: Inept Dilettante, between circa 1863 and circa 1866. Creator: Kawanabe Kyosai

Inept Dilettante, between circa 1863 and circa 1866. Creator: Kawanabe Kyosai
Inept Dilettante, between circa 1863 and circa 1866

Background imageLaughing Collection: Censer (koro) in the Form of Hotei with His Bag, Late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Unknown

Censer (koro) in the Form of Hotei with His Bag, Late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Censer (koro) in the Form of Hotei with His Bag, Late 18th-early 19th century

Background imageLaughing Collection: The unexpected twins, 1763. Creator: Jacobus Buys

The unexpected twins, 1763. Creator: Jacobus Buys
The unexpected twins, 1763. Scene from "'t Koffyhuis: Kluchtspel", (The Coffeehouse Farce), by Willem van der Hoeven

Background imageLaughing Collection: Décadence du drame en 1866, 1866. Creator: Honore Daumier

Décadence du drame en 1866, 1866. Creator: Honore Daumier
Decadence du drame en 1866, 1866. - En v'la un bon jobard, il croit que toutes ce rengaines la sont arrivees! - Mais tas d'imbeciles...vous ne voyez donc pas que c'est l'auteur

Background imageLaughing Collection: Not maître n'est plus marquis...hi! hi!! hi!!!, 1858. Creator: Honore Daumier

Not maître n'est plus marquis...hi! hi!! hi!!!, 1858. Creator: Honore Daumier
Not maitre n'est plus marquis...hi! hi!! hi!!!, 1858. Our master is no longer a marquis...hee! hee!! hee!!!'. Periodical: Le Charivari, 7 August 1858

Background imageLaughing Collection: Immortal with Toad: Gama Sennin, Mid- to late 19th century. Creator: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu

Immortal with Toad: Gama Sennin, Mid- to late 19th century. Creator: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Immortal with Toad: Gama Sennin, Mid- to late 19th century

Background imageLaughing Collection: Immortal with Toad: Gama Sennin, Mid-19th century. Creator: Anon

Immortal with Toad: Gama Sennin, Mid-19th century. Creator: Anon
Immortal with Toad: Gama Sennin, Mid-19th century

Background imageLaughing Collection: Bust of a Laughing Peasant, 1672. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade

Bust of a Laughing Peasant, 1672. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
Bust of a Laughing Peasant, 1672



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From royalty to comedians, laughter transcends time and culture. HRH Queen Elizabeth II, known for her grace and poise, shows us that even the most regal of individuals can't resist a good laugh. Laurel and Hardy, in their iconic silent film 'Leave Them Laughing, ' brought joy to audiences with their slapstick humor. The Cossacks Reply to the Sultan (Zaporozhtsy), captured by Il ya Repin in 1890, reminds us that laughter has been a universal language throughout history. Even animals join in on the laughter; just listen to the braying of a donkey. Charlie Chaplin, an English film actor and comedian who stole hearts with his timeless performances, proved that laughter knows no boundaries. In Beijing's Tanzhe Temple stands the Laughing Buddha statue, symbolizing happiness and contentment. Frans Hals' masterpiece 'The Laughing Cavalier' immortalizes infectious mirth from centuries ago. Fat Geese. By Lawson Wood captures the whimsy geese bringing smiles to our faces. Playboy bunny girls spreading joy in West Indies during February 1965 remind us that laughter is also about embracing fun and freedom. And finally, H. M Bateman's artwork titled 'A Little Impression' showcases how mischievousness can lead to uncontrollable giggles. Whether it's through art or real-life moments, let's cherish those precious instances when we find ourselves caught up in fits of genuine laughter.