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Peary and Cook dispute over the North PoleRobert Peary and Frederick Cook dispute over who reached the North Pole first -- but the real question is whether either of them got there at all
Essex & Queen QuarrelThe Earl of Essex lays his hand on his sword having been struck by Queen Elizabeth
The Jury Disagreecirca 1910s
Musical Terms Up To Date - Running Down the Scales An altercation between a market barrow boy and a irate smart lady shopper regarding the setting (and accuracy)
Horse-Trams Versus BusesOLD STYLE VERSUS NEW Brown: Which would you rather ride by? Jones: Oh! the trams of course, no cruelty to the horses, but I am an opposer
Comic postcard, Tall woman and short man Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple at an underwear counter - real silk undies Date: 20th century
Cartoon, Louis Engel and Alexander HendersonCartoon, Mr Louis Engel (musician and music critic) and Mr Alexander Henderson (theatre owner and director) - I ll have my bond! (A reference to Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.) 1885
Joust between Duke of Norfolk and Duke of HerefordA joust between Thomas Mowbray, the Duke of Norfolk and Henry Bolingbroke, the Duke of Hereford at Gosford Green in Coventry on 16th September 1398 to settle an argument is disrupted by King Richard
Everything As UsualA wartime children's short story illustration of an argument between a young man and woman, her aggressive tone causes him to stand uncomfortably. Date: circa 1940s
Cartoon, Bad Business! Irish Home RulePolitical cartoon, Bad Business! A satirical comment on William Ewart Gladstone and Irish Home Rule, with William Harcourt (R) depicted as an elderly woman Date: 1891
America. An artist in the Far West. Been looking for youTwo cowboys in fringed jackets having an argument, one then shoots the other dead. This subject, shoot first, ask questions later, appeared many times in British magazines in the nineteenth century
Clement Attlee and General Jose Miaja give the Socialist SalPhotograph showing Clement Attlee (left), General Jose Miaja (centre with glasses) and Giner de Los Rios giving the Socialist clenched-fist salute from balcony of a government building in Madrid
Clement Attlee and General Jose Miaja, Madrid, 1937Photograph showing Clement Attlee (right) and General Jose Miaja in conversation, Madrid, 1937. Clement Attlee, then leader of the Labour Party in Great Britain
Comic postcard, Husband, wife and lodger Date: 20th century
A horse-bus clashes with a horse-cab in 1853. Bussy: "Why don t you move on thereA horse-bus clashes with a horse-cab in 1853. Bussy: " Why don t you move on there?" Cabby: " Why didn t you tell us you were a coming? We wouldn t a bin ere at all!" Date: 1853
Comic postcard, Hotel guests complaint Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Scotsman and taxi driver Date: 20th century
Young English gentleman gambling at Newmarket racetrackYoung English gentleman placing a bet at a betting post at Newmarket racetrack. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combes The Dance of Life
Costume of a German bishop, early 13th century, from Worms Cathedral. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt
The handsome Joconde discovers his wife in bed with the valet. Joconde, from Orlando Furiosa. Lithograph handcoloured in pochoir (stencil)
Cartoon, Amusement Combined with Instruction (Reform)Cartoon, Amusement Combined with Instruction -- a satirical comment on parliamentary disagreements between Gladstone and Disraeli over the latters Reform Bill. 1867
Cartoon, Lodger Franchise v Dual Voting! (Disraeli)Cartoon, Lodger Franchise v Dual Voting! A satirical comment on the arguments surrounding the extension of the franchise in Disraelis Reform Bill
Cartoon, If it comes to that, who are you! (And collaborators, too, once!) Edward Solomon (left) and Henry Pottinger Stephens (right) collaborated on many theatrical projects
London Coffee HouseSocialising in a London coffee house Date: circa 1700
TOILET / HAIR / WIGSLarge coiffures Date: 1778
USA - Montana Cowboys have a little disagreement over cards. The Actors are playing it straight with Poker faces, although the cowboy on the draw is looking a little bit flush-ed
Husband and Wife in Tense SceneDate: c.1880
Le Martyre de St. Sebastien. Ballet costumesBallet Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien, music by Claude Debussy and argument by Gabrielle d Annunzio. Costumes designed by Leon Bakst
Miseries of London by Rowlandson
Cockney Argument between a fat man and a thin manFat Party (after a War of words) - " If you come our court to-morrer and bring a bit o fat with yer, I ll bloomin well eat yer." !! Date: 1895
Town and Gown battle interrupted by policeA stand-off in Oxford between town locals and university students is interrupted by the police who attempt to calm everyone down. 1866
Victorian scrap - Facts in ArgumentVictorian scrap - Political Types - Facts in Argument. late 19th century
Man Beaten up by a SuffragetteMan in tattered suit, bandaged and bloodied with an arm and knee in a sling, rues the day he had an argument with a suffragette. Note the perpetrators umbrella stuck in his arm. Date: circa 1913
Judgement of Solomon. Engraving, 16th century
The Frenzy of Orlando by Ludovico Ariosto. First Chant. EngrLudovico Ariosto (1474-1533). Italian poet. The Frenzy of Orlando. First Chant. Engraving depicting all the characters of the poem, by Girolamo Porro. Printed in Venice, 1583
The Frenzy of Orlando by Ludovico AriostoLudovico Ariosto (1474-1533). Italian poet. The Frenzy of Orlando. Argument and allegory of the Third Chant. Venice, 1598
You Are An Imposter Sir - warring SantasCrowds outside a department store, look on bemused as one Father Christmas rips off the beard of another declaring, You are an imposter, sir! Date: 1951
Thomas Chubb, TheologianTHOMAS CHUBB English theologian of deist views (ie rejecting revealed religion but accepting existence of God via reasoned argument) Date: 1679 - 1747
Doctors Disagree / 18ThcA gathering of doctors, disagreeing over their diagnoses Date: 18th century
Married life by GillrayMatrimonial Harmonics by Gillray (Marriage : After) Date: C19
Gentleman and lady in a room, c. 1810A gentleman and lady in a room, c.1810. The gentleman looks like he is about to leave the room, the lady as though shes just arisen to prevent his exit. Date: C.1810
Men arguing outside a theatre, c. 1800Two men having an argument or disagreement in the street outside a theatre, c. 1800 Date: C.1800
Speakers CornerEvangelist at Speakers Corner, Marble Arch, 1987 Date: 1987
Those Frontiers by William Heath Robinson, post WW1A little disagreement as to the exact line. Two men bicker over a line of territory, have a scrap and then see that while they have been fighting
WWI Poster, The Prime Ministers AdviceWWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Prime MInisters Advice to the Young Unmarried Men and Pledge to Married Men. Date: 1915
WWI Poster, Enlist TodayWWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Justify the faith of your fathers, and earn the gratitude of your children. Enlist Today! Date: 1915
A scene from the play Denise by Alexandre DumasA dramatic scene from the theatre production, showing a man trying to strangle his victim. Date: 1885