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General Lord Methuen with Colonel Douglas, Chief of Staff, directing the Battle of Magersfontein, during the Second Boer War. 1900
Opening of the war session of Parliament: Boer CrisisThe opening of the war session of Parliament on the 17th October 1899, as the Second Boer War commences. Mr Balfour exclaimed, " We have with use the conscience of the Empire". Date: 1899
Major General French and President Krugers cousin discussing the Boer Crisis on board the union liner " Norman". Date: 1899
The Transvaal (Boer) CrisisA Field Cornets messenger hands over commandos to Boer farmers to be ready for war Date: 1899
Illustration, The dangers of dining out -- some kind of crisis has occurred. 19th century
Lifeboat to the Rescue -- a shipwreck, with lifeboat crew and distressed people. 1890
Cartoon, French coal supply, WW1Cartoon, French coal supply. A coal merchant and an old woman discuss the crisis. The board outside his shop shows the high price of coal, when its actually available. Date: 1917
Greek sailing ship loaded with refugees during Chanak CrisisGreek sailing ship loaded with refugees during the Chanak Crisis (Chanak Affair, Chanak Incident) - a war scare in September 1922 between Britain and Republic of Turkey
The Hand of Justice on the Egyptian MurderersSeries of photographs on the Denshawi incident, whihc is described as: A tragic occurrrence where the British officers who sought to vary the monotony of a march by indulging in pigeon-shooting were
Spain. Madrid. Patriotic Protest In the Seville street aboutSpain. Reign of Alphonse XII. Conflict of the Caroline Islands, by the German contesting on the spanish sovereignty in the islands. Patriotic Protest in the Seville Street, Madrid
Spain. 19th century. Pawnshop. Pawn jewelry. Madrid. ColoredSpain. 19th century. Pawnshop and Savings Bank, an institution created with a social and religious assistance to the most needy. Pawn jewelry. Madrid
Maximinus Thrax (c. 173-238). Roman Emperor. Bust. Marble. CMaximinus Thrax (c. 173-238), also known as Maximinus I. Roman Emperor from 235 to 238. Bust. Marble. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark
Meeting of workers unemployed in Trafalgar Square. London. United Kingdom. Engraving by Rico in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1886
Cartoon, Unfettered Journalism! Showing a man tied to a chair by Turkish Bonds. A comment on the serious issue of Turkish debt. 1880
Three Frenchwomen in fashionable outfits, WW1Three Frenchwomen in fashionable outfits. High Empire waists, short full skirts and high hairstyles. Gingham dress: plain sailor collar
Social / Russian BarterThe economic crisis forces people to resort to barter Date: 1919
Wall Street panic 1890Panic on Wall Street in New York, America in 1890 Date: 1890
Frontispiece, Legends of the Commandments of the Church. Date: published 1860
The industrial crisis in Lyon: unemployed French workers. Date: 1884
Cartoon, Concerning sugar, WW1Cartoon, Concerning sugar. Two French women discuss how little sugar they are using during the sugar crisis, but it still sounds like quite a lot! Date: 1916
Cartoon, The paper crisis, WW1Cartoon, The paper crisis. A French officer on horseback asks a civilian why he has no papers (identity documents). The civilian replies that the newspapers are short of paper too! Date: 1916
Cartoon, The sugar crisis, WW1Cartoon, The sugar crisis. A diabetic man wonders why all the dogs are following him. A comment on a new wartime rule not to give sugar to dogs. Date: 1916
The Parrot, by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon, 1918" THE PARROT" In the first half of the cartoon a young politician is shown standing up in the Commons during WWI claiming that the country has reached the extreme crisis of the war
WW1 recruitment poster, The Crisis, an Appeal to Free Men. Date: circa 1916
WW1 recruitment poster, The Crisis (Welsh version)WW1 recruitment poster, The Crisis, Answer to the Call NOW! (Welsh version) Date: circa 1916
WW2 - Students digging trenches - Munich crisis Date: 1938
WW2 - Munich crisis - students digging trench at Lansdowne Date: 1936
WW2 - Munich crisis - barrage balloons Date: 1936
Speech of Louis XVI to the Assembly of Notables at Versailles on February 22, 1787. Assembly proposed by Charles Alexandre de Calonne to approve a new land tax that also affect the nobles and clergy
SISMONDI, Jean Charles L鯮ard de (1773 - 1842)SISMONDI, Jean Charles L鯮 ard de (1773 - 1842). Swiss writer, economist and historian. Oil
London finance district at the start of World War IFinanciers took a very grave view of the European situation in July 1914, and the dislocation of normal conditions was felt at once in the banking
The Bank of England at the beginning of World War IThe prospect of a shortage of gold owing to the threatened rupture of financial relations with the Continent resulted in a highly unusual spectacle at the Bank of England in London
A Bill to end Bill by H. H. HarrisCartoon outlining the British manpower crisis of 1918 but which casts Prime Minister Lloyd George in a positive light showing a muscular forearm while the Kaiser quivers in the background. Date: 1918
Present situation in MexicoThe present situation in Mexico: the US naval ports of embarkation. An aerial view, showing Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans
US blockade of MexicoThe United States blockades Mexico: the naval demonstration in the Gulf. The Mexican situation seen from above the port of Vera Cruz
Throgmorton Street 1914An excited crowd of stockbrokers gather in Throgmorton Street in the City of London. Financial panic was anticipated as outbreak of war seemed inevitable. 27 July 1914
Mrs Ernest A. SimpsonMrs Ernest A. (Wallis) Simpson. She had recently obtained a divorce, and her name was increasingly being connected with King Edward VIII
Lord Haldane and Sir Edward GreyLord Haldane (Lord Chancellor, formerly Secretary of State for War) and Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Minister) on their way to a Cabinet meeting during the crisis leading up to the First World War
Troops protecting Britains gunpowder factories 1914The War crisis at home: precautionary measures at our military stores. Police protection at the gunpowder factories at Waltham Abbey and Woolwich London. 1914
London crowd cheer AsquithOn Bank Holiday Monday, 3 August, a crowd in Londons Whitehall cheer as Prime Minister Herbert Asquiths car passes through them
London crowd near ParliamentOn Bank Holiday Monday, 3 August, a crowd gathers near the Houses of Parliament during the growing international crisis, eager to find out the latest news
London crowd in Downing StreetOn Bank Holiday Monday, 3rd August 1914, a crowd gathers in Downing Street, official residence of the Prime Minister, to watch the comings
London crowd in WhitehallOn Bank Holiday Monday, a large crowd gathers in Londons Whitehall, eager to find out the latest developments in the international crisis on the day Germany invaded Belgium and France
Russian Old BelieversSofya, Peters half-sister and regent during his youth, hears religious disputes between the Old Believers (raskolniki) and their opponents. She deals firmly with the crisis. Date: 1682
HMS Montrose at Canakkale - troops in transitHMS Montrose at Canakkale (Chanak), Turkey - troops in transit - 30th September 1922. The Chanak Crisis, also called Chanak Affair in September 1922 was the threatened attack by Turkish troops
Railway crisis, go by air Phone Avro Sandwich board manRailway crisis, go by air. Phone Avro. Sandwich board man
Paris. Rue Quinquempoix, 1720. Scene of panic outside a financial institution during the speculative crisis, 1719-1720. Engraving by Antoine Humblot. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris
Spain (1930). Newspaper La Nacion (29th January" Spain (1930). Newspaper " La Nacion" (29th January 1930). Cover with the news of the formation of the government presided by general D᭡ so Bereguer. SPAIN. Madrid