Disagreement Collection

FOX ( 1624 - 1690 )
GEORGE FOX - Founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers) - wearing his hat in church to show disagreement with the preacher

Peary and Cook dispute over the North Pole
Robert Peary and Frederick Cook dispute over who reached the North Pole first -- but the real question is whether either of them got there at all

Musical Terms Up To Date - Running Down the Scales An altercation between a market barrow boy and a irate smart lady shopper regarding the setting (and accuracy)

Comic postcard, Tall woman and short man Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple at an underwear counter - real silk undies Date: 20th century

Cartoon, Louis Engel and Alexander Henderson
Cartoon, Mr Louis Engel (musician and music critic) and Mr Alexander Henderson (theatre owner and director) - I ll have my bond! (A reference to Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.) 1885

Cartoon, Bad Business! Irish Home Rule
Political cartoon, Bad Business! A satirical comment on William Ewart Gladstone and Irish Home Rule, with William Harcourt (R) depicted as an elderly woman Date: 1891

Cartoon, Sin, Death, and the Devil, Vide Milton, by James Gillray. A parody of a scene from John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost, showing Prime Minister William Pitt (left) as Death

Cartoon, Steering Under Difficulties (Disraeli, Gladstone)
Cartoon, Steering Under Difficulties -- a satirical comment on Disraelis reaction to Gladstones Irish Church Suspensory Bill

Cartoon, Amusement Combined with Instruction (Reform)
Cartoon, Amusement Combined with Instruction -- a satirical comment on parliamentary disagreements between Gladstone and Disraeli over the latters Reform Bill. 1867

Cartoon, Lodger Franchise v Dual Voting! (Disraeli)
Cartoon, Lodger Franchise v Dual Voting! A satirical comment on the arguments surrounding the extension of the franchise in Disraelis Reform Bill

Roebuck Mug House Riot, London
A Roebuck Mug House Riot, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London, between Jacobites and Hanoverians. 1716

Cartoon, If it comes to that, who are you! (And collaborators, too, once!) Edward Solomon (left) and Henry Pottinger Stephens (right) collaborated on many theatrical projects

The British Valhalla -- Archbishop Thomas Becket
The British Valhalla -- Bishop of Exeter at Northampton, supplicating Archbishop Thomas Becket to submit to King Henry II, and the reconciliation at Montmirail in France

USA - Montana Cowboys have a little disagreement over cards. The Actors are playing it straight with Poker faces, although the cowboy on the draw is looking a little bit flush-ed

Caricature, Lillie Langtry and Henrietta Hodson
Caricature, Lillie Langtry (1853-1929) and Henrietta Hodson (1841-1910) -- The best of friends must part. Hodson (referred to here as Mrs Labouchere because of her relationship with Henry Labouchere)

Women Duelling 19C
Women duelling with swords

Victoria Woodhull in a dramatic court case
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927), an American womens rights activist, involved in family row which leads to a dramatic court case

The Angry Painters by H. M. Bateman
Two painters get into a fight and decorate a clients house in a rather radical fashion. Date: 1929

Married life by Gillray
Matrimonial Harmonics by Gillray (Marriage : After) Date: C19

Men arguing outside a theatre, c. 1800
Two men having an argument or disagreement in the street outside a theatre, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Thessaloniki, Greece - Domestic Dispute in Vardar District
Thessaloniki, Greece - A Domestic Dispute in the Vardar District. A woman appears to be being shoved somewhat unceremonially back into her house! Date: circa 1910s

Cupid Baffled - cannot believe love is not blossoming here
Cupid Baffled - he cannot believe love is not blossoming here... Date: 1907

Married for Love
Amusing American postcard entitled Married for Love, showing a rowing couple, illustrating anything but a partnership with love at the cornerstone! Date: circa 1910s

A domestic difference
A housewife prepares to throw a piece of dough at her husband, who is clearly in the dog house. Date: 1885

Men fighting for power
Two men fight for power, wrestling for the crown which has been taken from the Kings head. Date: 1553

Controversy at the featherweight boxing, 1948 London Olympic
Basilio Alves of Uruguay is borne towards the judges rostrum by the Uruguayan manager. There was uproar at the Empire Pool after his defeat on points at the hands of the American Eddie Johnson

Admiral Fisher and Admiral Beresford, British Navy
Admiral Fisher (left) and Admiral Beresford (right), of the British Navy. There was a lengthy dispute between them, as Fisher wished to reform

Independence - 1
Following a disagreement with the king of Sweden, Norwegian ministers resign, and this leads to a declaration of independence : the ministers form a provisional government

When Ignorance is Bliss Cartoon, 1928
Cartoon showing a disagreement between a French taxi-driver and an English passenger, 1928. The original caption was When Ignorance is Bliss - Sorry, I don t understand a word of French

Husband / Wife / Disgruntled
A thin husband and rather well-built wife having a disagreement at bedtime

Social / Femme 8 of 10
A young French couple have their first disagreement

Social / Femme 9 of 10
A young French couple make it up after a disagreement

Sonderbund Riots Geneva
Disagreement on religious and social issues leads to the Sonderbund riots in Geneva

Lucerne Street Fight
Disagreement on religious and social issues leads to an attack on Lucerne by the Free Corps, and civil war breaks out here and elsewhere

Husband & Wife
A young couple sitting at the table with their backs to one another following a tiff

Shakers of Kentucky, USA, having a disagreement
The normally peaceable Shakers of Kentucky, USA, suffer a difference of opinion

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