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Background imageAuthority Collection: Santa Captured

Santa Captured
Another Germ-Hun Authority: Father Christmas captured by the Cohorts of Kultur showing German soldiers arresting Santa Claus

Background imageAuthority Collection: Policeman and Children, West India Docks, London, 1936

Policeman and Children, West India Docks, London, 1936
Photograph showing a policeman surrounded by children from the East End of London, prior to their setting off on a day trip to the countryside, at West India Docks, London, 1936

Background imageAuthority Collection: Glove as Symbol - 6

Glove as Symbol - 6
Gloves displayed in a medieval market place were a symbol of the authority of the tax- collector to impose a levy on market transactions

Background imageAuthority Collection: Glove as Symbol - 1

Glove as Symbol - 1
The glove plays a symbolic rule in the coronation of medieval German emperors, as a token of authority

Background imageAuthority Collection: French Take Rome - 5

French Take Rome - 5
The Capitol is illuminated in honour of the glorious restoration of Rome to papal authority after the defeat of the republicans by the French

Background imageAuthority Collection: French Clergy Harassed

French Clergy Harassed
The Constitution Civile du Clerge imposes sweeping changes on the Church, starting with doing away with submission to papal authority

Background imageAuthority Collection: Sir Marcus Samuel

Sir Marcus Samuel
SIR MARCUS SAMUEL Viscount Bearset, petroleum entrepeneur. Lord Mayor of London from 1902-3

Background imageAuthority Collection: NY Bus Terminal Newstand

NY Bus Terminal Newstand
Men and women browse through an array of newspapers and magazines on sale at the Garfield News Company stand at New York port authority bus terminal

Background imageAuthority Collection: Arabi Pasha

Arabi Pasha
AHMED ARABI PASHA AL-MISRI Egyptian nationalist, leader of the insurrection against British authority, 1882

Background imageAuthority Collection: Smoker disobeying no smoking sign

Smoker disobeying no smoking sign
An incorrigible smoker is challenged by a railway official in a railway station waiting room

Background imageAuthority Collection: Sveaborg Rebellion, Suomenlinna, Finland

Sveaborg Rebellion, Suomenlinna, Finland
Scene at the Sveaborg Rebellion, which began on 30 June 1906. It took place at the sea fortress Suomenlinna (Sveaborg in Swedish and Russian) as part of the Russian Revolution

Background imageAuthority Collection: Rebellion of Korah Etc

Rebellion of Korah Etc
Korah, Dathan and Abiram rebel against Mosess authority, but God intervenes and they and their households are swallowed up by the Earth while their followers are consumed by fire

Background imageAuthority Collection: Aarons Rod Flowers

Aarons Rod Flowers
When Aarons magic rod starts to bud, his priestly status is acknowledged by the Israelites and they recognise his authority which earlier they had questioned

Background imageAuthority Collection: Board Meeting

Board Meeting
A boardroom meeting possibly of a firm of shipbuilders. The six members of the board sit around an oval table on top of which sits a ships model in a glass case

Background imageAuthority Collection: The Old Boys

The Old Boys
The old boys, upholders of law and order, send in the police and the army to deal with unwelcome dissidents who preseume to question their authority

Background imageAuthority Collection: Joshua and Moses

Joshua and Moses
He receives power and authority from Moses

Background imageAuthority Collection: Junior Officers Mutiny

Junior Officers Mutiny
Junior officers mutiny at Magdeburg

Background imageAuthority Collection: Luther Condemns Peasants

Luther Condemns Peasants
Martin Luther, at Seeburg, condemns Peasants who think that his rebellion against the Pope authorises them to rebel against secular authority

Background imageAuthority Collection: Luther and Eck

Luther and Eck
At Leipzig, in disputation with Johann Eck, he denies the supreme authority of popes and councils

Background imageAuthority Collection: Roman Licteurs & Fasces

Roman Licteurs & Fasces
Roman lictors carrying fasces - an axe within a bundle of sticks - which are used as symbols of their authority

Background imageAuthority Collection: Lorgues / Porras Rejects

Lorgues / Porras Rejects
Columbus authority is rejected by the brothers Porras

Background imageAuthority Collection: Gordon Rioters Gather

Gordon Rioters Gather
Anti-Catholic and anti- authority Gordon rioters gather at the Spaniards Inn, Hampstead, London

Background imageAuthority Collection: Germain and Clotaire

Germain and Clotaire
SAINT GERMAIN, bishop of Paris, depicted having his vestment kissed by Clotaire I, king of the Franks, thus acknowledging his authority

Background imageAuthority Collection: Epiphanius of Salamis

Epiphanius of Salamis
Saint EPIPHANIUS bishop of Salamis in Cyprus, theologian and authority on devotion to Mary, greatly respected for his learning

Background imageAuthority Collection: Putney Junior Library

Putney Junior Library
An orderly scene at Putney Junior Library, where Story Hour is held every alternative Thursday at 4.45 precisely. Smartly-dressed, well-behaved children frequent the library

Background imageAuthority Collection: Roman Lictor

Roman Lictor
A Roman LICTOR : the fasces - an axe within a bundle of sticks - is the symbol of his authority

Background imageAuthority Collection: Parliament Dissolved

Parliament Dissolved
Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament, instructing one of his soldiers to remove the mace, Parliaments symbol of authority, with the words take away that bauble

Background imageAuthority Collection: Johannesburg Tram Terms

Johannesburg Tram Terms
The Tram Terminus is not as picturesque as the Lounge Bar and Grill Room which neighbours it, but has its own sense of authority

Background imageAuthority Collection: Earl Marshals Court

Earl Marshals Court
COLLEGE OF ARMS OR HERALDS COLLEGE, Queen Victoria Street, London. An interior view showing the Earl Marshals Court which like the building dates from the 1670s. Date: 1850s

Background imageAuthority Collection: A General on horseback

A General on horseback
A GENERAL - He is not only entrusted with the lives of his followers in arms, but with the defence perhaps of a whole country, and with the welfare of the state

Background imageAuthority Collection: Capture of Capri

Capture of Capri
Murat, appointed king of Italy by Napoleon, signifies his authority by taking the isle of Capri, off Naples, from the English. The action has more symbolic than military value. Date: 17 October 1808

Background imageAuthority Collection: Plebeians admitted to consular dignity

Plebeians admitted to consular dignity
The plebeians of Ancient Rome are admitted to consular dignity

Background imageAuthority Collection: Pope Gregory receiving an embassy from Japan

Pope Gregory receiving an embassy from Japan
Pope Gregorius XIII receiving an embassy from Japan



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