Burns Gallery

Women Communards of Montmartre; Paris Commune, 1871

Women of Montmartre pledging to fight the government troops to the death, with the slogan The Commune or Death, as Paris burns in the background, 1871. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war, Parisian socialists refused to surrender Paris to the rightwing French government, which led to bitter fighting on the streets of the city and large-scale executions of Communards

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Rights of Women

Rights of Women. A Mother and baby stand outside the offices of the local Government board. John Burns wont allow her entry to the vaccination clinic because Mothers don't count as Parents'. Signed M.L (Mary Lowndes) Date: circa 1908

© The March of the Women Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

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The Christian King by Wilson Barrett

The Christian King by Wilson Barrett (18 February 1846 22 September 1904). First produced at the Princes Theatre in Bristol on 6th November 1902 and the Adelphi Theatre in London on 18th December 1902. King Alfred is in an unlikely red cloak. Wilson Barett was both a playwright and actor and starred as King Alfred (or, Alfred of Engle-Land) in this production. The caption reads The Burning of the Cakes (Act IV scene 1). The image is reproduced in an undated David Allen poster catalogue, no. 373. Date: 1902

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library