Contempt Collection

Exposed to the worlds contempt. Illustration shows a larger-than-life Spirit of Civilization pointing with contempt to a man on a pedestal labeled Russia; standing around the pedestal are John Bull

Newsagents window, North London
Newsagents window proclaims Time magazine still on sale after claims of gross contempt against it by Stephen Wards defence. (Profumo Affair). Date: 1963

STAGE GESTURE / CONTEMPT
CONTEMPT Date: 1807

JESUIT TRADE, JAPAN
In Japan, the Jesuits engage in trade, at great profit to themselves though incurring blame at home and contempt in Japan (where merchants are considered ignoble) Date: circa 1600

Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, also known as Cossacks of Saporog Are Drafting a Manifesto, oil on canvas (1891) by Ilya Repin

HJ Sargents Comedy Company (organization no. 4) in Dion Boucicaults farcical comedy, Contempt of court. Date c1879

Naughty Pupil - Germany
A German teacher expresses his contempt for a lackluster pupil with the comment " That is a good-for-nothing!"

Jesuits Profit in Japan
In Japan, the Jesuits engage in trade, at great profit to themselves though incurring blame at home and contempt in Japan (where merchants are considered ignoble) Date: circa 1600

Brighton / Kings Rd 1899
Cyclists of all ages and sexes pedal along Kings Road, Brighton, including an errand boy with his tricycle... the horse-riders look away with contempt

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