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Clandestine Collection

Background imageClandestine Collection: Secret Societies (nineteenth century). Initiation ceremony o

Secret Societies (nineteenth century). Initiation ceremony of a new member. Colored engraving

Background imageClandestine Collection: Short Stirling C. V OO-XAS

Short Stirling C. V OO-XAS
Short Stirling C.V OO-XAS 9msn SH1514), of Airtech Ltd, Thame, at Blackbushe airport. XAS was intended to be sold to Air Transport Co. SA. Of Melsbroek in Belgium, but was not delivered

Background imageClandestine Collection: Clandestine wedding or Fleet Marriage, London

Clandestine wedding or Fleet Marriage, London
Clandestine wedding or Fleet Marriage by St Pauls Church, Covent Garden, London. 18th century

Background imageClandestine Collection: St Paul Escapes Damascus

St Paul Escapes Damascus
St Pauls escape from Damascus

Background imageClandestine Collection: Hy Fred Duke Cumberland

Hy Fred Duke Cumberland
The clandestine marriage of HENRY FREDERICK, duke of CUMBERLAND and brother of George III, with Ann, widow of Andrew Horton, in Mayfair, London. George disapproved

Background imageClandestine Collection: Corporal Violet

Corporal Violet
NAPOLEON I: Profiles of Maria Louisa, Napoleon & their child can be seen in this posy of violets. The flower being the symbol his adherents used to recognize each other by

Background imageClandestine Collection: Cockney ladies discuss their romantic life

Cockney ladies discuss their romantic life
Two Cockney ladies discuss their romantic life - cartoon by Phil May. There appears to have been a muddle up between the word clandestine and the word incandescent

Background imageClandestine Collection: Fleet Marriages

Fleet Marriages
A minister takes money from a couple in the Liberty of the Fleet (the area around the Fleet Prison) - a notorious venue for clandestine marriages

Background imageClandestine Collection: Clandestine Meeting

Clandestine Meeting
A clandestine meeting of republican reformers : this year its only talk, but next year it will be revolution

Background imageClandestine Collection: Vendee : Catholics

Vendee : Catholics
The Vendee struggle is as much religious as political : the Catholic clergy are harassed by the government and forced to hold clandestine masses in the countryside

Background imageClandestine Collection: Field Preacher, Yorkshire

Field Preacher, Yorkshire
A FIELD MEETING IN YORKSHIRE when only the Church of England is tolerated, protestant sectarians hold a clandestine meeting in Yorkshire

Background imageClandestine Collection: Field Meeting, England

Field Meeting, England
A FIELD MEETING - at a time when only the Church of England is tolerated, an informer spies on sectarians holding a clandestine meeting and summons the authorities

Background imageClandestine Collection: A Fleet Wedding

A Fleet Wedding
A FLEET WEDDING- By St Paul s, Covent Garden, London, a sailor weds his landladys daughter, thanks to a Fleet parson who for a fee will conduct a clandestine wedding

Background imageClandestine Collection: Land League Meeting

Land League Meeting
Police surprise a clandestine meeting of the outlawed Land League, which advocates non- payment of rent and other forms of resistance to the authorities

Background imageClandestine Collection: Republicanism

Republicanism
Republican sentiments thrive in secret : a clandestine meeting of the Societe des Droits de l Homme (society for the rights of man)

Background imageClandestine Collection: Revolutionary Printing

Revolutionary Printing
Revolutionaries compel printers to print their clandestine publication


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