Conflicting Collection

Man in the Iron Mask, playing the cello in prison
There are conflicting theories as to who this man was. One is that he was Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli (Matthioli or Marchioly, 1640-1703), an Italian diplomat, arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669

Housewives Conference, 1947
Page from The Sphere, 20 September 1947 reporting on the Housewives League Meeting at Central Hall

The Radziwill Palace, Berlin, 1878
Engraving of the Radziwill Palace, Berlin; the place used for the Berlin Congress of 1878. Here, British, Russian and Turkish leaders met to discuss their conflicting interests in the Turkish region

The Prince of Orange is given conflicting advice how to play his game of dice with the king of Spain. Date: circa 1639

Elections in Brussels
Voters, you are being conned ! - a placard expresses conflicting views in the 1857 elections as to whether Belgium should be a monarchy or a republic

Sonderbund Riots 2
Conflicting views on matters religious and social lead to the Sonderbund riots in Geneva

Russia and Turkey both seek to dominate Eastern Europe - their conflicting ambitions will lead to war in the Crimea, with French and British intervention

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