Passive Resistance Perhaps Just A Drop artist L Thackeray Tuck postcard series

Passive Resistance Perhaps Just A Drop artist L Thackeray Tuck postcard series

Perhaps just a drop... a bracer to strengthen me during this bone cracking rail journey from hell. Yet again temptation presents itself, here in the guise of the jovial country squire, offering just a snort to the pious preacher. Passive resistance, hard to muster, gives way to a tipple or two to shorten the journey. 

From artist L Thackeray's Passive Resistance series for Raphael Tuck & Sons, circa 1904. More details here.

Passive Resistance Priest Chances A Sly Glance at Young Woman Passerby artist L Thackeray Tuck postcard series

Passive Resistance Priest Chances A Sly Glance at Young Woman Passerby artist L Thackeray Tuck postcard series

The spirit is strong but the flesh is weak. A priest chances a sly glance at the ankles of the young lady passing by.  Life throws all sorts of temptation in one's way and sometimes only a passive resistance marks the line between prim and improper.

Another in the series Passive Resistance by artist L Thackeray for the publisher, Tuck & Sons. The full set may be seen at TuckDB.