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Background imageDefied Collection: Hogarth Actresses Barn

Hogarth Actresses Barn
Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn Using a loophole in the law that defied actors to act outside London without a licence

Background imageDefied Collection: The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before The Royal Toast - Bateman

The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before The Royal Toast - Bateman
The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before The Royal Toast - H M Bateman. This illustration shows an arrogant man who has defied etiquette by lighting his cigar before the correct course of dinner

Background imageDefied Collection: King Victor Emmanuel III

King Victor Emmanuel III
Photographic portrait of Victor Emanuel III, King of Italy (1869-1947). A constitutional monarch, he defied parliamentary majorities in bringing Italy into World War I on the side of the Allies

Background imageDefied Collection: Jean Genet / Stanimirovitc

Jean Genet / Stanimirovitc
JEAN GENET French writer who defied bourgeois morality; he began writing in prison

Background imageDefied Collection: John Gower, Confessio Amantis (Fragments)

John Gower, Confessio Amantis (Fragments)
Four leaves (2 bifolia) from an illuminated manuscript copy of Gower's Confessio Amantis, parchment

Background imageDefied Collection: Laughing Gas by Heath Robinson

Laughing Gas by Heath Robinson
Heath Robinson depicts the organised spread of laughing gas into the British trench. Of course, the question now is, are the British laughing because of the Germans, or just at them? Date: 1915

Background imageDefied Collection: Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, The Mad Mullah

Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, The Mad Mullah
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somali religious and nationalist leader, nicknamed The Mad Mullah by the British

Background imageDefied Collection: Jean Cavalier

Jean Cavalier
JEAN CAVALIER French Camisard leader of Protestant resistance, successfully defied the government. Eventually governor of Jersey. Date: 1681 - 1740

Background imageDefied Collection: Loyson (Col)

Loyson (Col)
LOYSON (PERE HYACINTHE) Controversial French churchman who defied his church by marrying... Date: 1827 - 1912

Background imageDefied Collection: Loyson Caricatured

Loyson Caricatured
LOYSON (PERE HYACINTHE) Controversial French churchman who defied his church by marrying... Date: 1827 - 1912

Background imageDefied Collection: Defiance at Lyon - 3

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

Background imageDefied Collection: Dairos of French Africa2

Dairos of French Africa2
Dairos (native cavalry of the French Armee d Afrique) carry out police duties in Algeria; here they are rounding up prisoners who have defied the French occupation


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