Appeal Gallery

The scabs appeal to Justice

The scab's appeal to Justice. Illustration shows on the left an angry mob of strikers with clubs, guns, and bricks pursuing a man labeled Independent Labor who has fallen near his wife and child in front of the statue of Justice. Justice is bound with red tape labeled Politics, her scales and fasces lie on the ground next to her feet. Date 1902 October 1. The scab's appeal to Justice. Illustration shows on the left an angry mob of strikers with clubs, guns, and bricks pursuing a man labeled Independent Labor who has fallen near his wife and child in front of the statue of Justice. Justice is bound with red tape labeled Politics, her scales and fasces lie on the ground next to her feet. Date 1902 October 1

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Caricature of Richard Claude Belt, English sculptor

Caricature of Richard Claude Belt (1851-1920), English sculptor -- Law Court Pantomime. Mr Policeman Lewis to Mr Motley Belt. A libel case between Belt and a former employer, Charles Lawes, ran for six months in 1882, over the disputed credit for a sculpture. Belt won the case and was awarded damages of 5000, but Lawes launched an appeal and the damages were reduced to 500. However, the Court of Appeal overturned this in 1884, and reinstated the amount to 5000. Lawes then filed for bankruptcy to avoid payment. The policeman here is Sir George Henry Lewis (1833-1911), lawyer for Charles Lawes, so annoyed at losing the case that he pursued and ruined Belt.
1883

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Union Jack Club fundraising advertisement, WW1

Advertisement in The Sphere, asking for donations towards an extension to the Union Jack Club of Waterloo Road, London during the First World War. The Union Jack Club was founded in 1907 as a place for servicemen of all nationalities to stay while in London. The appeal mentions that though the club had 355 bedrooms, it accommodated 800 men every night. Illustration shows the smoke-room of the club with soldiers and sailors pictured relaxing and playing board games among the haze of pipe and cigarette smoke. Date: 1916

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