Defiance Collection

The Last Man, Hans Bohrdt - Propaganda - German navy officer
In 1915 Hans Bohrdt created his most famous illustration which is called " The Last Man". The image shows a German navy officer holding up a German flag as his ship sinks because he would

First English Civil War: Siege of Lathom House, 1644
Royalist stronghold Lathom House in Lancashire defies Parlimentarian pressure and raises the royal standard. The ensuing siege lasted three months, but was eventually lifted

Trades union membership certificate
A trades union membership certificate for the United Operative Plumbers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, with Defence and Defiance as their motto

Reprisal! by H M Bateman - humorous illustration of what can happen if a woman decides to wear trousers. In this scene the reprisal for the wife wearing trousers is that her husband has taken to

WWI - The Lion Roused - British Propaganda postcard full of strength, defiance and patriotism. The confidence evident in 1914... Date: 1914

Caricature of the English dramatist James Albery -- Defiance. circa 1870s

Reckless defiance. Illustration shows a diminutive soldier labeled France standing next to a large Russian bear gesturing with a sword toward John Bull standing opposite while a battle rages in

Jonathan Thatcher riding cow to Stockport Market
Jonathan Thatcher rode his cow to Stockport Market on 27 November 1784 in defiance of Pitts Horse Tax. 1784

Burrell Tractor number 3458, Defiance, reg. AB 8795, at Wycombe on 26 May 1974. Date: 1974

Teachers distributing milk to children, Woolwich, London
Teachers distributing milk to children at a school in Woolwich, south east London, around the time free school milk was discontinued. The school was distributing milk in defiance of the change

Children drinking milk in a playground, Woolwich, London
Children at a school in Woolwich, south east London, drinking milk in a playground around the time free school milk was discontinued. The school was distributing milk in defiance of the change

Squatters protest, Battersea, South London
Squatters protest, 78 Abercrombie Street, Battersea, South London, 8 December 1977. Squatters were resisting eviction by the Labour-run Wandsworth Council. Date: 1977

COMMUNE / ON THE BARRICADE
A defiant woman Communard holds aloft the red flag as she stands on a barricade erected to defend Paris from government troops Date: 1871

Presbyterian Worshippers
Scottish Presbyterians worship in defiance of conventicle acts. Date: circa 1664

Illegal Printing Press - Revolution of 1905 - Russia
The Revolution of 1905 in Russia - Illegal Printing Press in operation - The lookout issues a warning that the Tsarist Police are approaching

NORMANS IN IRELAND 1169
The Norman, Fitz-Stephen, sent by Strongbow to pacify Ireland burns his boats off the coast of Wexford as a sign that he has no intention of retreating Date: 1169

Game to the Last - pirate on a ship
A pirate, sword in hand, stands on the deck of a sinking ship, prepared to fight to the bitter end. Date: 1928

WW1 - United We Stand, Divided we fall. Patriotic postcard from the start of the First World War, showing a united stance by a sailor, a Scottish Highlander and a Life Guard Date: circa 1914

French Propaganda postcard - WWI
A French propaganda card from the end of the First World War, depicting a defiant Marianne, ordering Kaiser Wilhelm II ( The Cruel )

Lucifereans Defy Christ
Lucifereans (worshippers of the fallen angel Lucifer) transfix the Christian host (the body of Jesus) with a dagger, as a gesture of defiance Date: circa 15th century

Cartoon, War and Peace, WW1
Cartoon: You forced your war on us, we shall force our peace on you! An allegorical female figure with a sword (France) confronts the German invaders

John Hampden
JOHN HAMPDEN politician whose defiance of Charles I regarding a forced loan he was unwilling to pay led to the English Civil War Date: 1594 - 1643

John Hampden Statue
JOHN HAMPDEN politician whose defiance of Charles I regarding a forced loan he was unwilling to pay led to the English Civil War Date: 1594 - 1643

Cavalry / Apache Defiance
An apache defiance Date: 1890

Indian nationalists riot at Calcutta, defying the authorities. Date: 1929

A Nation in Arms
Promotional postcard for A Nation in Arms. The scroll under Britannia and her trumpet reads, Defence Not Defiance. This is a propaganda play in favour of more territorial soldiers

Three British bulldogs on a greetings card
Three British bulldogs standing on a Union Flag on a greetings card -- Defenders of the Empire. Date: early 20th century

Chyrsanthemums: Golden Drop, La Sapajon, white and pink La Ruche, and purple Versailles Defiance.. Drawn and zincographed by C. T

Suffragettes in Black Maria. A group of suffragettes arrested at a demonstration are carted off in a police van. Acts of defiance continue as a policeman is pushed

British Peace Poster, WW1
Labour Fights Wars and then Pays for them -- Disarm! Chromolithograph poster, by Grafton Art Limited, Peace Poster No 2. Date: 1918

Cartoon, Poincare and Kaiser, WW1
Cartoon, showing President Raymond Poincare of France on his way to Bordeaux (where the French government relocated in the early days of the First World War)

I m not afraid of the Germans - Boy & Patriotic Bulldogs WW1
WW1 - I m not afraid of the Germans - Boy sat between two Patriotic Bulldogs. Date: circa 1916

Smug Cockney woman who has nabbed her rivals Gent
Jilted! A smug Cockney woman who has nabbed her rivals Gent, throws her a very satisfied glance! Date: circa 1890s

Blitz in London -- bombed sub-station, South London, WW2
Blitz in London -- a South London sub fire station was obliterated by enemy bombing. Showing firefighters in defiant mood, declaring themselves NOT BEATEN

Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Krakow Annexed
In defiance of a treaty guaranteeing independence, Austria annexes Krakow : there are protests from England and other countries

Colossal impudence: Protection against English gas-bombs
German illustration showing a German Red-Cross worker wearing protection against English gas-bombs. The image is accompanied by indignant ILN editorial

Masonic Banners
During the Paris Commune, Masonic banners are raised by the Communards at Porte Maillot, as a gesture of defiance against the Church

Defiance at Lyon - 3
When the revolutionary army capture Lyon, which has defied the Paris government, Collot d Herbois carries out a massive destruction of property in the city

Two Incroyables, 1795
Two incroyables (unbeliev- ables) - the male equivalent of the merveilleuses whose extreme fashions were a defiance of old aristocratic forms of elitist dress

Caesar Invades / Cig Card
Caesars first invasion attempt : the Britons await the Romans with defiance

Shakespeare / Othello / Iago
Act IV, Scene I Room in the castle: Othello & Iago discuss Desdemonas adultery

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