Harsh Collection

Hampstead Heath 1939
Two women walking together up Sandy Lane, an avenue of huge trees leading to Spaniards Lane, Hampstead Heath, north London, England, during winter snow. Date: January 1939

Weatherbeaten Trees
Trees at Doonfoot, near Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, showing the shape formed by the prevailing winds. Date: 1950s

Sunlight Soap - cut-out advertising trade card. A Young man gazes (somewhat glazed over) at a vast tract of text advertising Sunlight Soap which states (by dint of the headings)

WW2, Digging For Victory
An illustration of a young boy helping with the Digging For Victory campaign set up by the British Ministry of Agriculture to encourage civilians to grow their own food during times of harsh

Pears Soap Advertisement On The Land
An illustrated advertisement for Pears Soap, featuring an image from the Womanhood in War Time, series, portraying a lady holding the handles of a wheelbarrow

A Black Country canal family
A typical canal boating family photographed near Tipton in the Black Country. The photograph illustrates the harsh conditions endured by the families who lived and worked on the boats Date: 1916

Cartoon, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, by James Gillray. Depicting Napoleon (ironically in the role of John Bunyan's pilgrim, Christian) having to confront an array of problems

Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats, or, the new Litter of hungry Grunters Sucking John Bull's Old Sow to death, by James Gillray

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

Last Voyage Explorer Adventurer Discovery North
last, voyage, explorer, adventurer, discovery, north, west, passage, america, arctic, ice, icebergs, fateful, fate, certain, death, open, boat, cast, aderift, abandoned, young, son, crew, henry

Cartoon, Close Formation, WW1
Cartoon, Close Formation, commenting on harsh German tactics on the battlefield during the First World War. Before the war, Kaiser Wilhelm defended his use of close formation of troops

RED ORIENTAL PARASOL
A young lady shades her complexion from the harsh rays of the sun encountered at the seaside with a large, bright red japanese parasol & a broad brimmed straw hat. Date: 1915

Child labour working in the fields
Farming under the gang system - work contracted out to entrepreneurs who worked their labour force often under harsh conditions. Date: 1867

Snow, Regents Park, London
Snow-covered Regents Park, London, during a harsh winter. Date: circa 1962

Frozen fountain, Trafalgar Square, London
A frozen fountain in Trafalgar Square, London, during a harsh winter. Date: circa 1963

SIEGE OF PARIS A French soldier makes the most of the harsh winter by carving snow into a patriotic sculpture Date: 1870

PARIS BRAZIERS
To alleviate the sufferings of the poor during the harsh winter, the Paris authorities place braziers in the streets Date: 1902

Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals
Contemporary society. Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals, or, a Peep at the Green Room, Vide Pic-Nic Orgies, by James Gillray

French satire on Boer War - Gracious Queen on the Warpath
The Theatre of War - The Gracious Queen on the Warpath - French satire on the Second Boer War as Queen Victoria is shown in the guise of a Native American Indian Warrior

Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters, c. 1608, by Hendrick Aver
Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634). Dutch painter. Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters, c. 1608. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands

Cartoon, The Cow Pock, or, the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation! by James Gillray. Depicting a scene at the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital, St Pancras, London

Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion, or, Forcible Reasons for negotiating a Regicide Peace, Vide, The Authority of Edmund Burke, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Anti-Saccharites, or John Bull and his Family leaving off the use of Sugar, by James Gillray. Showing John Bull and his wife (actually King George III and Queen Charlotte)

WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers advance in snow
WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers shovel through the winter snow to aid the passage of an advancing artillery regiment

Signallers with the King?s African Rifles
Photograph: Signallers with the King?s African Rifles taking down a message, 1943. Captioned: Signaller taking down a messge

Caricature of Henry Hawkins, English judge
Caricature of Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton (1817-1907), English judge in the High Court of Justice between 1876 and 1898, and gained a reputation as a hanging judge. 1880

George Earl of Albemarle
GEORGE KEPPEL, 3rd earl of ALBEMARLE A career soldier, liberal in his views but harsh in his military dealings. Date: 1724 - 1772

Wiltshire Sunbonnet
A practical sunbonnet worn by a Wiltshire countrywoman has a flap which extends over the neck & shoulders to protect them from the harsh sun. Date: 1907

Cartoon, The Great Balloon, by James Gillray. A satirical comment on the subject of Lord Grenvilles installation as Chancellor of Oxford University

Cartoon, True Reform of Parliament, ie Patriots lighting a Revolutionary Bonfire in New Palace Yard, by James Gillray. Showing Sir Francis Burdett at the centre

Cartoon, Delicious Dreams! Castles in the Air! Glorious Prospects! Vide An Afternoon Nap after the Fatigues of an Official Dinner, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Broad Bottom Drones storming the Hive, Wasps, Hornets & Bumble Bees joining in the Attack, by James Gillray. Showing leading politicians (both those in power and those in opposition)

Cartoon, Patriotic Petitions on the Convention, by James Gillray. Four scenes: The Cockney Petition, The Westminster Petition, The Chelmsford Petition, and The Middlesex Petition

Cartoon, British Tars, towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billys old Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Connoisseurs examining a collection of George Morland s, by James Gillray. A satire on the popularity of Morlands paintings, focusing on fat pigs, foolish donkeys and greedy dealers

Cartoon, The Pigs Possessed, or, the Broad-bottomd Litter running headlong into the Sea of Perdition, by James Gillray. Showing John Bull (doubling as Farmer George)

Cartoon, Westminster Conscripts under the Training Act, by James Gillray. Showing Napoleon training a group of British politicians, including Charles James Fox

Cartoon, Political Mathematicians, Shaking the Broad bottomd Hemispheres, by James Gillray. To that last Hope of the Country, the New Opposition

Cartoon, Pacific Overtures, or, a Flight from St Clouds over the Water to Charley, a new Dramatic Piece now Rehearsing, by James Gillray

Cartoon, A Great Stream from a Petty Fountain, or, John Bull swamped in the Flood of new Taxes; Cormorants fishing in the Stream, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Tiddy Doll the great French Gingerbread Baker, drawing out a new Batch of Kings, his Man, Hopping Talley [Talleyrand], mixing up the Dough, by James Gillray

Cartoon, End of the Irish Farce of Catholic Emancipation, by James Gillray. Showing a scene outside Heaven, with St Peter at the gate of Popish Supremacy and a crowd of Catholic priests and clergy

Cartoon, The Reconciliation, by James Gillray, with a quotation from the parable of the Prodigal Son. Showing a reconciliation between King George III and his son, the Prince of Wales

Cartoon, Middlesex Election, 1804, a Long Pull, a Strong Pull, and a Pull All together, by James Gillray. Showing Sir Francis Burdett in a carriage labelled Peace & Plenty

Cartoon, L Assemblee Nationale, or grand Cooperative Meeting at St Annes Hill, respectfully dedicated to the admirers of a Broad-Bottomd Administration, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Confederated Coalition, or, The Giants storming Heaven, with the Gods alarmed for their everlasting abodes, by James Gillray. Depicting government ministers Hawkesbury, Addington and St

Cartoon, The State Waggoner and John Bull, or, the Waggon too much for the Donkeys! together with a distant view of the New Coalition among Johnnys Old Horses, by James Gillray

Cartoon, The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver. Scene: Gulliver manoeuvring with his little Boat in the Cistern. By James Gillray. A satire on King George III and Napoleon Bonaparte. Date: 1804

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