Fist Collection (page 2)

Edward G. Hemmerde, Vanity Fair, Spy
EDWARD GEORGE HEMMERDE (1871-1948) English rower, barrister, playwright and politician. Liberal Party Member of Parliament for East Denbighshire

Poster, Lend Your Strong Right Arm to your Country, Enlist Now. circa 1915

Peter Samson, the Strongman, 1898
Photograph of Peter Samson, the strongman of P.T. Barnums travelling circus in 1898, who could reportedly smash stones with his bare fist

Kpd Poster / Women
Working Women - fight with us a German Communist party (KPD) poster calling for female members

Scene from Shakespeares Measure for Measure. circa early 19th century

The Babes in the Wood and the Wicked Robbers, London
The Babes in the Wood and the Wicked Robbers, Crystal Palace Theatre, London, December 1904 -- Mr Humphrey E Brammalls Fourth Grand Pantomime

Victorian scrap - Working mans rights
Victorian scrap - Political Types - Working Mans Rights. late 19th century

Cartoon, F N Charrington, temperance worker
Cartoon, Frederick Nicholas Charrington (1850-1936), English social reformer and evangelical Christian who devoted himself to temperance work. He was a member of the Charrington Brewery family

The Socialist -- a working class political agitator in action. circa 1885

Menno Van Coehorn - 2
Baron MENNO VAN COEHORN (or Coehoorn) Dutch military commander and engineer, depicted heroically with mailed fist resting on cannons mouth... Date: 1634 - 1704

The Toss Up
Hand coloured. Illustration of two men standing in a dingy, candle-lit room with wooden ceiling. One is holding out a fist as if arguing, and has a pipe

Favourite Sayings - The Cats foot
Black and white lantern slide of a woman shaking her fist at a man holding a jug. Painted background shows a pub which the man may be about to enter.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection

Man sitting on a stool
Man in a smart suit, sitting on a stool. Date: 20th century

Boy standing in garden with rugby ball, Eltham, London
A boy standing in a garden wearing sports kit, with a rugby ball under his arm, at Eltham, south-east London. Date: 1933

Roadside First Aid
A voluntary nurse gives roadside fist aid to a female motorist at the scene of an accident. Date: early 1930s

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

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

The Bill Met With Strong Opposition
Parliamentary Notes illustrated - The Bill Met With Strong Opposition! Date: circa 1905

Dutch wartime poster, Moscow recommends. Showing a large, angry man (Russia) banging his fist on a red map of Europe, with a soldier (Germany) standing behind him

Lloyd George giving a speech from a car
David Lloyd George (1863-1945), British Prime Minister, giving a speech from an open-topped car, with an army officer standing behind him. Date: circa 1914-1918

Edwardian girl sitting on a table
An Edwardian girl sits on a table. She is wearing a voluminous white dress

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)

Memorial to Russian Navy, Sevastopol, Ukraine
View of the Soviet Memorial to the Russian Navy of World War Two, in Sevastopol, Ukraine, with marines on parade. Sevastopol is where Russias Black Sea Fleet is based

Male head study by Raymond Sheppard
Study of mans head - viewed full face. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Pencil studies of a rabbit and grasping fist by Raymond Sheppard

The Restraining Hand
Constantine I, King of the Hellenes wonders whether to join the Triple Entente, or to remain neutral. The mailed fist of the German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II, tries to influence his decision

Emigration. The land of Promise. Emigrants Catching their Fi
Moving illustration showing in close up the expressions on the faces of young emigrants as their ship enters the St Lawrence River and the passengers catch their fist sight of Canadian land

Fist Full of Pounds
A dashing man clutches a fistful of pound notes

Rj Seddon / Vfair 1902
RICHARD JOHN SEDDON known as KING DICK New Zealand politician born in England

Bullying Husband / Watson
Bewhiskered ogre of a husband threatens his small and meek looking wife with his fist!

Mrs Tape, Tailors Wife
Mrs Tape the Tailors Wife, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

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