Petition Collection

Uk / Chartism / Punch, 1848
Cartoon of a hoax petition which included the signatures of Queen Victoria, seventeen (!) Dukes of Wellington and others!

The league for the rights of women
French women in a car in the streets of Paris, demonstrating for their right to vote. They were members of the league for the rights of women'. Date: 1925

Women and children, mining
Women and children of the mining districts. Children would gather coal. A Typical Pit-brow Woman; She was one of the 6, 221 females employed above ground

Coal Supplies in England which were gradually used up because of the coal strike. The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom

Coal crisis in Portsmouth
Navy coping with the coal crisis in Cribb Portsmouth. The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main goal was securing a minimum wage

Stela of User. Egypt
Stela of User. Decorated with hieroglyphic inscriptions on the petition of offerings to the Ka of User. Central scene depicts the deceased with his dog and sitting at the table of offerings

Children campaigning for more nursery places, 7 July 1979. With them is the Labour MP, Neil Kinnock. As indicated on their badges, some of the children were also campaigning in 1968

People's March for Jobs 1981 Petition
At 10 Downing Street, thousands of petition forms are handed in to Ian Gow, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's parliamentary private secretary, by Eric Varley, Labour MP for Chesterfield

Chartist petition procession
A print of the chartists procession of 1842 taking the great national petition of 3, 317, 702 signatures to the House of Commons

Michael Meacher, British Labour politician
Michael Hugh Meacher (b 1939), British Labour politician, served as Minister of State for the Environment 1997-2003. Seen here campaigning with others against the closure of the Peter Pan Ward in

Comic postcard, Drunkard signing petition to shut the pubs at ten. Date: 20th century

Presentation of the Great Admiral to the Sultan. The flotilla of barges greets the king with an artillery salute. Prezentazione al Sultano del Grande Ammiraglio

Two suffragettes signing a petition for womens suffrage to be presented to the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, following the conclusion of a Womens March from Edinburgh to London Date: 1912

LOUIS XIII PETITIONED
Paris merchants petition Louis XIII during his reign Date: 1628

Suffragette Chained to Railings Petition. Suffragette chained to railings outside home of Mr Asquith, carries a Votes for Women petition

MATCHMAKERS DEMO / 1871
THE MATCHMAKERS PROCESSION This demonstration in London against working conditions led to reforms, but also to charges of police brutality

Song, The Maids Petition
Sheet music for a song entitled The Maids Petition. 18th century

Suffragette Demonstration Buckingham Palace
A line of police stand guard at Wellington Gate when suffragettes attempted to petition the King at Buckingham Palace Date: May 29th 1914

Women Knocked Senseless Suffragette Demonstration
Many women were subjected to extreme police violence as they tried to petition the King at Buckingham Palace on 21st May 1914. Date: May 29th 1914

Shakespeare / Hector(T&c)
Act V, Scene III Cassandra & Andromache plead with Hector not to fight: A: " Consort with me in loud & dear petition, " Date: 1795

King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede
English Barons persuade King John to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede on 15th June 1215 - illustration from a booklet History and the Mustard Pot for Colmans Mustard. Date: 1215

Cartoon, Patriotic Petitions on the Convention, by James Gillray. Four scenes: The Cockney Petition, The Westminster Petition, The Chelmsford Petition, and The Middlesex Petition

Cartoon, End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation, by James Gillray. Showing a scene outside Heaven, with St Peter at the gate of Popish Supremacy and a crowd of Catholic priests and clergy

British Orphan Asylum Admission Petition
A printed petition on behalf of orphan John Russell seeking support for his admission to the British Orphan Asylum Admission at Clapham Rise, south-west London

David colour petition. Date: circa late 19th century

China - Hong Kong shweing peak and peak railway
Lantern slide of Hong Kong shweing peak and peak railway. In 1881 Alexander Findlay Smith first put the project of a Peak Railway into shape

W. S. P. U Handbill Deputation Right of Petition
W.S.P.U Handbill Deputation Right of Petition. W.S.P.U Votes for Women handbill announcing a Deputation to the House of Commons, June 29th 1909, referring to The Bill of Rights

Suffrage N. U. W. S.s Cambridge
Suffrage N.U.W.S.S Cambridge. Members of the Cambridge branch of the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies at their weekly stall in the local marketplace

Suffragette Societies Rally to the Cause. Depicts women from various suffrage organisations protesting in front of Asquith

Suffragette Male Suffragist Bravo. A man carrying a large votes for women petition is praised for his support for the cause. Entitled, Male Suffragist

Suffragettes at Buckingham Palace, London
Suffragettes, led by Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, attempting to present a petition to King George V at Buckingham Palace, London. Numerous arrests were made

Religious Reform
Catholicism is associated with the hated Spanish rule : nobles of Brabant petition for religious freedom for all, Calvinists and Catholics alike. Date: 6 April 1566

Third Earl of Roden
ROBERT JOCELYN, third earl of RODEN - Irish peer, depicted pointing to the Petition of Protestants of Ireland. with his autograph Date: 1788 - 1870

Home Office Petition
Home Office Criminal Petitions, 1839-1854 Date: 1839-1854

Before and After the Election
Before the election, the Candidate is begging the voter on his knees for his vote. Following the election, it is the voter who is on his knees, petitioning his (now) Member of Parliament

Conscription Act of 1917
Some 5000 women appeared outside New York City Hall on 16th June 1917 to present an anti-registration petition to the mayor. Two women rioters are arrested for fighting with police

Kew Petition
Agitation for the earlier opening of Kew Gardens - demonstration at Cumberland Gate

Citzens of Ghent
An interview between the citizens of Ghent and the Earl of Flanders

Fable / Frogs & Stork
FROGS PETITION JUPITER FOR A KING: the frogs think they should be ruled, so Jupiter sends a log; some complain, so Jupiter sends a stork which eats them all up

PETITION MONGERS in full cry to St Stephens!! Beware of wolves in sheeps cloathing

Brave Swiss Miss
During the Schwabenkrieg (war with Swabia) a little Swiss miss, bearer of a petition to emperor Maximilian, answers back bravely at badgering courtiers

Animal Rebellion - 1
The tiger presents a petition to the lion, King of Beasts, but it is refused

Moujik Arrested
A moujik (peasant) is arrested when he seeks to present a petition to the tsar in the streets of St Petersburg - on suspicion of being a terrorist

Hungarians & Franz Josef
Hungarian magnates present a petition to Franz Josef

Wwi / Occupied Lille
In occupied Lille, the French citizens refuse to sign a German peace petition

Fable / King Stork & Frogs
FROGS PETITION JUPITER FOR A KING: King Stork, sent to the frogs who complained they had no proper ruler, eats them all up

Curry&rice / Petition
The magistrate hearing a petition from villagers

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