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G A Redford new censor and Examiner of Plays'. Studio portrait, in formal jacket and tie. G A Redford was formal Examiner of Plays, responsible for censorship for the Lord Chamberlain
Illustration by Norman Morrow, of Aino Ackte as Salome, with empty platter. Captioned, Salome without the Baptist's Head'
BURNING HERETICS BOOKSWhen church reformers Martin Bucer and Phagius are put to death, their heretical books are burnt along with their bodies. Date: 1551
Cartoon, Dora Discomfited -- when peace returns after the end of World War One, we are once again free to write what we like without fear of the censors black pencil. Date: 1919
STAMPING THE PRESSDelivering the ILN to Somerset House to receive the official stamp : though not direct censorship, this is seen as a tax on knowledge, an infringe- ment of freedom of the press. Date: 1842
Cartoon, The Censor at Work, WW1Cartoon, The Censor at Work as he is seen by the Press, with a quotation from The Taming of the Shrew: Heres snip, and nip, and cut, and slish, and slash, Like to a censer in a barbers shop
Le Mot Juste: WWI cartoon by H. M. Bateman" Le Mot Juste: A careful and economical person. Much given to niceness of expression. Trying to decide upon which adjective to risk his brown." This cartoon satirises how the British press
Censorship in the book Ratione Conscribendi Epistle by ErasmErasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536). Dutch humanist. Ratione Conscribendi Epistles. Page with censorship and registration by the censor of the Inquisition, 1747. Basel edition, 1522. Episcopal Library
Postal censorship during World War IPhotograph showing condemned goods taken from the mail and stored to await the decision of the Prize Court. Date: 1917
Postal censorship during World War 1Photograph taken in the Censors Museum which shows attempts which used to be made to smuggle food into Germany through the newspaper post
The campaign against Evil CommunicationsPage showing a series of photographs depicting the elaborate work of the postal censorship during WW1 in Britain: the laboratory where suspicius matter is chemically examined
The postal censorship: sorting mails and examining lettersPage showing a series of photographs which depict aspects of the postal censorship during WW1 in Britain. The first two photographs show preliminary distribution of mail bags
The postal censorship: deciphering languagesPage showing a series of photos depicting some medals intercepted from Germany, as well as letters marked as photographs which contained rubber and leather instead
Burning Books 1923Burning immoral books Date: 1923
Communications / PressCensorship of Press in France Date: 1818
The Right Hon F E Smith, War Censor in Chief, WW1The Right Hon F E Smith MP, appointed War Censor in Chief, President of the newly formed Government Press Bureau, on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914
A Fragments Fortune by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoonAutobiographical cartoon (perhaps?) by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing how his experiences at the front inspired his cartoons, but how they were often vetoed by the censor back at home. Date: 1919
A Censored Incident by H. M. BatemanA cartoon by H. M. Bateman in their issue devoted to lampooning censorship during the Great War. Mr. Hilaire Belloc explaining how the war should be conducted
No Joke! by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather post- WW1 cartoonThe Censor has been most kind to me throughout the war. I have made the above drawing simply out of gratitude. I have also omitted the joke, thus ensuring complete approval
As the Artist Might have Drawn it by H. L. OakleySilhouettes by Captain H. L. Oakley, showing two opposing views of the Great War - as the artist might have drawn it, and how the censor would certainly prefer it
Sir Stanley Buckmaster, Solicitor-General, WW1Stanley Owen Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster (1861-1934), British lawyer and Liberal politician, seen here at the time he served as Solicitor-General under Asquith (1913-1915)
Cartoon, Our Society Portraiture, Mrs Grundy. Showing just the face, hat and folded hands of a docile-looking Mrs Grundy, the proverbial Mary Whitehouse figure of the early 20th century
Wartime news satire, WW1A page which at first glance appears to be full of wartime news, but which on more detailed examination turns out to be a satire on press censorship during the First World War
F E Smith MP in uniform, WW1Frederick Edwin Smith (1872-1930), Conservative MP and lawyer, formerly Chief of the wartime Press Bureau, now in uniform
Lord Kitchener leaving the War OfficeLord Kitchener (1850-1916), in his first public appearance as Secretary for War, leaving the War Office to attend his first cabinet meeting
The Joy Ride Lady - a theatre poster banned on the TubeA poster, designed by William Barribal, for the show, The Joy Ride Lady at the New Theatre, St. Martins Lane. Though passed by the Bill Posters Censorship Committee
Spain (1923). Primo de Riveras Coup d Etat" Spain (1923). Primo de Riveras Coup d Etat. Newspaper " El Liberal" (15th September 1923). Cover with the news of the formation of the Primo de Riveras new government
Chief Censor, C. V. Usborne, 1939Vice-Admiral C. V. Usborne who was in charge of the government department censoring press activities in Britain during World War II
Censorship during World War II, 1939Squadron-Leader Elsdon on the left, censoring photographs at Senate House, London University during the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939
Listening to the Banned by KippaHumorous illustration by Kippa featuring a group seated ready for after dinner evening entertainment, only to be shocked by a young woman reading aloud from a scandalous novel
Double page spread in a diary for 15-20 MarchA double page spread in a young persons diary for 15-20 March. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
The Order in CouncilThe daily newspapers scatter in fright as the spectral presence of Prime Minister Asquith, the censorious bogey man emerges above them
A Study in CreationThe editor and staff of a daily newspaper use a range of devices to search a censored telegram for news during World War One, a satirical comment on censorship during the period
Censorship SatirisedSatire on censorship of the French press under the reactionary Charles X
Cabinet NoirThe correspondence of persons suspected of republican sympathies is subject to censorship by the secret Cabinet Noir
Magic Books BurntEncouraged by Paul, the magicians of Ephesus burn their books, an act of vandalism for which it is difficult to forgive them
News from the War 2Due to press censorship, residents of St Petersburg learn how the war with Japan is progressing from notices posted on walls
Censored Writer 1866A French Republican writer whose work has been censored during the regime of Napoleon III receives the commiseration of his Muse Date: 1866
China / 100Bc / Wu-Ti & BookEmperor Wu-Ti comments to an assembly on books about Buddhism
BOOK BURNING / 10. 5. 1933Disruptive books from private and public libraries were burned in front of the University of Berlin. This incident provoked a wave of disgust throughout the world
Press Freed 1793The people of Paris celebrate the freedom of the Press
Burning Bible TranslatThe church establishment burns translations of the Bible into english, which would make the scriptures accessible to all and thus diminish the power of the clergy
Burning a Book 1643The public hangman burns The Booke of Sportes upon the Lords Day at St Pauls Cross, and this is repeated at the Royal Exchange : London is inclined to Puritanism now
English Bibles BurntBIBLE BURNING During Marys reign, english translations of the Bible are burnt at Saint Pauls Cross, London, to prevent ordinary people reading it
French CensorLE CENSEUR
The Radios LiesThe Radios lies are enough to make the Heavens weep !
Journalists ProtestJournalists meet to protest the stricter censorship imposed by Charles Xs government
