Dispute Collection

German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens - WW1
A huge German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens on 8th August 1918 became a source of some Allied controversy

Met Police officers during Grunwick dispute
Two Metropolitan Police officers relax on deckchairs in The Mall, Central London, waiting for a political demonstration over the Grunwick dispute to begin

Royal Engineers unloading ships at Surrey Docks, London, 194
Drawing showing Royal Engineers and men of the Pioneer Corps, under Government orders, busily unloading ships in Surrey Docks, London, August 1945

The Great Docks Strike of 1912 - Scene at Grays, Essex
The Great Docks (Docker s) Strike of 1912 - Scene at a Demonstration at Grays, Essex

Labour Union Poster - Great London Dock Strike
Labour Union Poster Commemorating the Great London Dock Strike of 1889

Ulsters Oath - The Bulldog will not submit to Home Rule
Remember Castledawson (a UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) stronghold in County Derry

Copper Miners Strike - Calumet, Michigan, USA. Industrial action by Copper Miners of the Western Federation of Miners

Ottoman Empire Cartoon
Abdul Hamid II of Turkey is helpless as parts of the Ottoman Empire are whipped from beneath his feet by Bulgaria and Austria

Lord Howard de Walden in libel suit
Lord Howard de Walden (Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, 4th Baron Seaford, 1880-1946) in the witness box

Bolsover Miners
Miners from the Bolsover branch of the National Union of Mineworkers, Derbyshire, collect money for the strike fund Date: May 1984

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

Sir Samuel Evans at Prize Court, London, WW1
Sir Samuel Evans, in September 1914, presiding over the first Prize Court held at the London Law Courts since 1856. 1914

Izmir, Turkey - Camel Train passes Mosque
A camel train passes a Mosque, following the Great Fire

Horse-Trams Versus Buses
OLD STYLE VERSUS NEW Brown: Which would you rather ride by? Jones: Oh! the trams of course, no cruelty to the horses, but I am an opposer

Daniel Boone Grave
DANIEL BOONE The grave of Daniel Boone at Frankfort, though there is dispute as to whether or not it contains the correct remains

Pope Boniface VIII (ca. 1235-1303) ordered James
Boniface VIII (ca. 1235-1303). Pope of the Catholic Church (1294-1303). Born Benedetto Gaetani

The Bordeaux Challenge, 1283. Peter III of Aragon
The Bordeaux Challenge. On December 1282 Charles of Anjou (1227-1285) challenged Peter III of Aragon (1240-1285) to a duel

Fight between the Horatii and the Curiatii. Engraving. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1854

Charles, Prince of Viana (1421-1461). Infante of Aragon and Navarre, Prince of Viana and Gerona, duke of Gandia and Montblanc. He was also called Charles IV of Navarre (1441-1461)

Soho Gambling Club, London 1909
Dispute during a game of Faro in the back-room of in a bar in Soho, London

Riots at Salter Hebble, Halifax
Disturbances at Salter Hebble in Halifax, part of the 1842 general strike, also known as the Plug Plot Riots, The riots started among the miners in Staffordshire, England

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

Court of Pie-poudre
A special court that sat in times of public markets or fairs in England in medieval times

The Escape of Grotius, aka Hugo de Groot, Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, poet and playwright

Plan of the Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683
Holy Roman Empire. Plan of the Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683. It took place at Kahlenberg Mountain, near Vienna, ather the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire during two months

Simon Arnao Date with Juan Caina, Mayor of Cambre and others on the restitution of properties owned by Maria Pita, 1586. From the Archive of the Kingdom of Galicia. Maria Pita House Museum

Martin de Cavalar with Maria Pita on the ordinary writ concerning the place of Ledono (Lendoiro), 1616

Defeat and death of General Braddock, North America
Defeat and death of General Edward Braddock in North America during the French and Indian War. 1755

Employment protest, Liverpool
Employment protest in Liverpool, 17 March 1979. Those taking part include Dunlop workers, Tate & Lyle workers, and members of the National Union of Seamen. Date: 1979

British Leyland workers protesting, London
British Leyland workers protesting during a strike, and taking part in a demonstration in London which included a march to the House of Commons

Official picket line outside Vauxhall Motors, Dunstable
Official picket line with placards outside Vauxhall Motors, Dunstable. Date: circa 1970s

Building workers dispute, Lambeth, South London, 19 July 1977. Date: 1977

LSO musicians supporting BBC musicians, London
London Symphony Orchestra musicians supporting BBC musicians outside Broadcasting House, London, 27 June 1980

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GEC workers campaigning, GEC Headquarters, London
GEC workers campaigning outside the GEC Headquarters in London during a lockout from the Keith Blackman works at Tottenham, 18 March 1970. Date: 1970

NALGO union members campaigning with placards
NALGO (National and Local Government Officers Association) union members, gas office and fitting staff, campaigning with placards outside the headquarters of the North Thames gas board, 14 July 1981

APEX union members campaigning with placards
APEX (Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff) union members campaigning with placards to demand equal pay for women. Date: circa 1970s

Babcock and Wilcox workers, Renfrew plant, Scotland
Babcock and Wilcox workers at the Renfrew plant, Scotland, during a mass meeting as part of an employment dispute. Date: circa 1970

Members of NUTGW campaigning
Members of NUTGW (National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers)

Lady Trumpington and Nigel Wright discuss Sunday trading
The Conservative peer Lady Trumpington (Jean Alys Barker, Baroness Trumpington, b.1922) and Nigel Wright, the Dickie Dirts clothing retailer, discuss the issue of Sunday trading, 4 February 1982

Members of DATA campaigning, Tothill Street, London
Members of DATA (Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians Association) from Rolls Royce, Coventry, campaigning in Tothill Street, London, 21 August 1970

Members of British Equity campaigning with banner
Members of British Equity campaigning with a banner outside the Spanish Embassy in London, 4 August 1978

Arthur Scargill and miners leaders
Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, and other miners leaders, including Vice-President Mick McGahey (at the back right)

Miners strike demonstration
A demonstration in Wales, in support of the striking coal miners, including members of the Cynon Valley Communist Party, and the National Union of Public Employees (N.U.P.E.) Date: 28 April 1984

Yorkshire miners protest
A group of Yorkshire mineworkers protest against pit closures, the import of foreign oil, and levels of pay. Date: February 1966

Order of Good Templars - Deaf Dancers
A card featuring the deaf finger alphabet and Scottish dancers from Glasgows Langside School for the Deaf

General Strike - Scene at The Bank - City of London - view down Lombard Street. The Strike lasted 9 days between 4th - 12th May, 1926. Date: 1926

General Strike - Policeman riding with volunteer bus drivers. The barbed wire on the bonnet is to stop protestors damaging the engine. The strike lasted 9 days between 4th and 12th May, 1926

The handsome Joconde discovers his wife in bed with the valet. Joconde, from Orlando Furiosa

Miners and Masters: Coal-dispute Protagonists - representatives from both sides, both capital and labour

Coal Commission sit in Kings Robing Room - House of Lords
The Coal Commission sitting in the Kings Robing Room of the House of Lords, thrashing out the question of miners wages and hours. The Chairman, Mr Justice Sankey, is at the head of the curved table

Gorton in Court in Massachusetts
Samuel Gorton stands in front of the judge in a courtroom in Massachusetts, hand raised as he looks to the judge

The Battle of Tonelero 1852
Battle between the Argentine Confederation army and the Brazilian Imperial Navy, commanded by Admiral Grenfell in the flagship steamer " Affonzo"

Dr Syntax disputing his bill with the landlady
Dr Syntax disputes the landladys bill while the hotel servants watch to see who will win (our money is on the landlady !). Date: 1815

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Two knights dispute whether the Immaculate Conception is true or not, and decide it with a joust : needless to say, the believer is the winner... Date: 16th century

The Fight at the Cock Inn, 1777, by Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. The Fight at the Cock Inn, 1777. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Fishing for Souls, 1614, by Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (c
Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (c. 1589-1662). Dutch painter. Fishing for Souls, 1614. Detail. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Senegal - Thies Rebellion, Dieye & Fall complain about food
The circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the Thies rebellion remain obscure. An article at the time said that the rebellion began after the sentencing to 15 days in jail of Diery Fall

The Merchant of Venice - title page - Shylock and the disguised Portia in court. 1862

Mesopotamia. Terracotta vase. Probably from Umma. Iraq. Early Dynastic Period. 2330 BC. Document referring to a conflict between the city-states of Umma and Lagash in ancient Sumer

Orestes and Pylades Disputing at the Altar, 1614, by Pieter
Pieter Lastman (c.1583-1633). Dutch painter. Orestes and Pylades Disputing at the Altar, 1614. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Card and Backgammon. Fight over Cards, 1620-1630, by Theodoo
Theodoor Rombouts (1597-1637). Flemish painter. Cards and Backgammon. Fight over Cards. 1620-1630. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Cockney Argument between a fat man and a thin man
Fat Party (after a War of words) - " If you come our court to-morrer and bring a bit o fat with yer, I ll bloomin well eat yer." !! Date: 1895

The Leonardo da Vinci Dispute - Joseph Duveen
Page from the Illustrated London News reporting on the slander of title court case between art dealer and expert

Police at a Tonypandy colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales
Numerous policemen (nicknamed Devonshires) on duty at a colliery engine house in the Tonypandy area of Glamorgan, South Wales, during the riots of 1910

Achilles & Agamemnon
The dispute between ACHILLES and AGAMEMNON is refereed by Athena

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

March of Unemployed Men and Women - Demo in Hyde Park
The National Hunger March of September October 1932 was the largest of a series of hunger marches in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s

Strike by Belgian Glassmakers and Cutters - Manage
A strike by Belgian Glassmakers and Engravers / Cutters from the Glassworks at Manage, Hainaut

Judgement of Solomon. Engraving, 16th century

Marines on the march to the disputed districts, Isle of Skye. Date: 1884

Marines Landing at Uig, Isle of Skye during the Crofters land league agitation. Date: 1884

Miners demonstrating, Eastbourne, Sussex
Miners demonstrating at Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: 1960s

Affray between Peasants and Soldiers by Pieter Brueghel the
Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1636). Flemish painter. Affray between Peasants and Soldiers. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Book of accounts
Accounts between merchants. Trial of Antoni Pla. Book. 1499. Diocesan Archive of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Mining / South Bulli
SOUTH BULLI Members of the Australian Royal Commission into the coal mining dispute ready to go down the mine at South Bulli, New South Wales. Date: 1930s

Religious Satire / 1653
Satire on the religious dispute - anti-Catholic. Date: 1653

illustration alluding to the conflicts for the colonial division of Africa between the European powers from the 1880s to the beginning of the First World War

Toffs versus Roughs
A fight breaks out on the streets of a city between top-hatted gentlemen who throw determined punches at the lower-classes

Men fighting on the streets of London
Randulph defending himself against Philip Frewin and his myrmidons. Date: C18th

Israel Gergesa
There is unresolved dispute as to this site, supposedly the scene of Jesuss miracle of the Gadarene swine : other suggested names are Gadara, Kursa, Djerash &c. Date: circa 1835

Richard Oliver
RICHARD OLIVER Statesman, born in Antigua; alderman of London, MP, involved in dispute between the citizens of London and the government, sent to the Tower. Date: 1734 - 1784

Aaron Ogden
aRON OGDEN American lawyer and shipowner, involved in the famous Gibbons-Ogden dispute; governor of New Jersey. Date: 1756 - 1839

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

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