Debate Collection (page 2)

Debate in the Assemblee
A debate in the Assemblee Nationale before Napoleons coup d etat establishes him as First Consul. Date: 1799

Archeopteryx / Reconstruc
In 1861, the discovery of the first intact specimen of this earliest and most prmitive known bird set off a firestorm of debate re. evolution & the role of transitional fossils Date: late 19th century

Robert Young Hayne
ROBERT YOUNG HAYNE American lawyer, famous for a brilliant debate with Daniel Webster concerning states rights : governor of South Carolina. Date: 1791 - 1839

Sir William Vernon Harcourt - His political journey
The Story of the Protestant Who Wouldn t. Sir William Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904) - Chancellor of the Exchequer (1892-1895)

Womens Rights - Satire Reversal of Traditional Roles
A suited and booted Suffragette heads out to her Club, holding a Paper on the Duties of a Wife and a Debate on Emancipation, whilst her tired husband is left rocking the baby... Date: circa 1910s

Free Trade Debate - Lord Rosebery
Cartoon comment accompanied by a quote from a speech by Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (British Liberal Stesman and Prime Minister)

Fiscal Inquiry - Free Trade versus Protectionism
Illustration of the political and social argument between Free Trade and Protectionism, which rumbled along in Britain throughout the first decade of the 20th century

A Debate In The House Of Commons, 1887
Illustration showing a scene in the House of Commons in 1887. William Gladstone can be seen making a speech on the right of the picture. Date: 1887

The Coles County Court House in Charleston, Ills. in which Lincoln often practiced law and before which he made a short speech in the evening after his fourth joint debate with Douglas, Sept

Lincoln Douglas debate Du Page County Centennial, August 27th, West Chicago. Poster for a reenactment of the Lincoln-Douglas debate to be held at the DuPage County Centennial

Leaflet, A Defence of the Army Pay Corps
Opening page of a printed leaflet entitled: Non-Combatants in Khaki: A Defence of the Army Pay Corps. circa 1919

Princess Elizabeth travelling to Parliament
Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) glimpsed inside a royal car transporting her to the Houses of Parliament for a Commons debate on foreign affairs

The Girl of the Period
A comment on a media debate over the dress & manners of The Girl of the Period sparked by a censorious article in the Saturday Review. Date: April 1868

Winston Churchill defends the government at the Oxford Union
Mr. Winston Churchill as under-secretary of State for the colonies, replying to F.E Smith(M.P for Walton) during a debate at the Oxford Union on March 1st 1907

Lloyd George in full oratorical blast
David Lloyd-George, (1863 - 1945), 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Welsh Liberal statesman, caricatured by the humorous artist, Will Owen as the power behind the " Labour throne"

The Inside of a School - or the first meeting - after the -
A satire on the return of Fox to Parliament, for a debate on the peace overtures from France, having left in 1797. He is in the centre of the classroom wearing a fools cap labelled Truant

Cooks Expedition at the North Pole, 1908
Photograph taken by Dr. Frederick A. Cook showing his igloo and Inuit companions, Ah-welsh and Etukishook, at the North Pole, 21st April 1908

W. E. Gladstone addressing the House of Commons, 1886
Engraving showing William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), the English Liberal statesman (centre left), addressing the House of Commons during a debate on Irish Home Rule, 8th April 1886

The Cook Polar Expedition at the North Pole, 1908
Photograph taken by Dr. Frederick A. Cook showing his igloo and Inuit companions, Ah-welsh and Etukishook, at the North Pole, 21st April 1908

House of Lords / 1860
A debate on the Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords

Late Debate / Commons
At two o clock A.M. a late debate continues in the House

Montezuma & Council
Montezuma and his council debate Aztec policy towards the invasion of Mexico by Cortes and the Conquistadors

Gambling Satire 1853
A pack of cards meet to debate the threatened closure of betting shops; a contemporary satire by Cruikshank

Persian Parliament
A debate of the Persian parliament, convoked by the Shah as a democratic gesture. The deputies are seated, spectators stand round them and may speak if invited

House of Lords 1809
A debate in the House of Lords, previous to the destruction of the old Palace of Westminster in the fire of 1834

Her Majestys Ministry
HER MAJESTYs MINISTRY - I take it thats Gladstone standing on the right - prefer Huntley & Palmers biscuits while they debate the affairs of State

Religious Debate 1529
Two protestant churchmen, Luther and Zwingli, engage in a religious debate

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