League Collection (page 10)

Henri De Guise Murdered
Henri III invites Henri duc de Guise, leader of the Catholic League, to his chateau at Blois : after they take mass together, the king has Guise murdered

Poland Gdansk Danzig
(aka Danzig) view of the harbour in the 16th century, when it was one of the principal ports of the Hanseatic League

Ligue Catholique
Allegorical depiction of the Catholic League - showing the serpent-headed League dividing its loyalty to the king and elsewhere

Death of Philoedemon
Philopoemon, general of the Achaean League, is captured by the Messenians : knowing he would prefer death to dishonour, they offer him poison, which he drinks

Jos Chamberlain / Sourire
A perfidious John Bull in league with Jack the Ripper - this is the true nature of England. Satire on Cecil Rhodes and Chamberlain at the time of the Entente Cordiale

Herbert Chapman and the F. A. Cup, 1930
Photograph showing Herbert Chapman, Arsenal Football Club Manager between 1925 and 1934, standing beside the Football Association Cup Trophy

The League of Rats
THE LEAGUE OF RATS The council held by the rats

Lubeck as Trade Centre
Lubeck, strategically located on the Baltic coast, becomes a leading trading centre of the Hanseatic League, doing extensive business with Scandinavia

French at Ravenna
The French, claiming Naples, defeat the Holy League of Spanish and Papal forces at Ravenna

Clothing Poster
Poster for the Personal Service League requesting that unwanted clothes be donated to be distributed to those who need them

League of Nations / 1938
A session of the League of Nations in Geneva

Grisons League
Swiss leaders swear to uphold the League of the Grisons

Irish Woman Spinning
Scene inside a cottage in the west of Ireland, showing an Irish girl spinning while a pipe-smoking older woman watches a pot on the fire

Battle of Legnano 1176
Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I, known as Barbarossa, is defeated by the Lombard League at Legnano

Anti-Corn Law / Drury Lane
A meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League in Drury Lane Theatre, London

First Battle Copenhagen
FIRST BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN British under Admirals Hyde, Parker & Nelson defeated the Danish fleet causing the dissolution of the League of Northern Powers

Varsity Style USA 1917
American Varsity style: S-B three-piece suits (narrow fit) with patch pockets, suit with a belted coat & bellows pockets, plus four suits in window pane checks with spats

Bloody Sunday riot in Trafalgar Square
On 13th November 1887 a demonstration organised by the Social Democratic Federation and the Irish National League in Trafalgar Square in London turned into a riot after police

League of Nations / 1929
The 10th meeting of the League of Nations at Geneva. Briand makes his pacifist speech

1841 / Anti-Corn Law Meet
A meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League, in Newalls Buildings, Manchester

Karl Liebknecht / Postcard
KARL LIEBKNECHT German left-wing statesman who opposed WWI, in 1918 formed the Spartacus League which became the German Communist Party; he was assassinated Date: 1871 - 1919

Ethiopia Gives Blood
The Geneva Conference thanks Ethiopia (The Abyssinia) for its donation of Blood. Ethiopia was invaded by facist Italy in 1935. The League of Nations imposed on ineffectual

14 Points Overtaken / 1920
US President Wilsons 14 points, & particularly the League of Nations, are overtaken by events

Land League Demo 1881
Land League demonstration at Limerick is broken up by the police

Hanseatic Ships
Armed vessels of the German Hanseatic League trading fleet

Fairclough / St Helens Rug
Leslie Fairclough, Rugby League Stand-Off for St Helens

Oliver / Batley Rugby
E Oliver, Rugby League player for Batley and England

Aratus of Sicyon
ARATUS OF SICYON Greek statesman, leader of the Achaean League

Fleet at Copenhagen
The Hanseatic trading fleet at Copenhagen

Hanseatic Vessel
A Hanseatic League vessel

League Judges Bad Trader
The Hanseatic League judges rule-breaking traders

Hanseatic London Depot
The Hanseatic Leagues depot in London

Gladstone Vs Land League
THE IRISH DEVIL-FISH " The Creature is formidable but there is a way of resisting it..(it) is vulnerable through the head"

U. s. Ball at the Savoy
Ball of the United States Navy League, at the Savoy Hotel, London - though why it is held in London, I can t imagine !

Artists Procession
An unidentified suffrage procession. The women carry artists palettes & brushes to represent female artists (possibly the Artists Franchise League)

Reform Riot, Hyde Park
The Reform League meeting in Hyde Park, London, dissolves into rioting as the crowd pull down railings on Park Lane; the police struggle to maintain control

Reform League Riot / 1866
Rioting during the Reform League demonstration in Hyde Park, London: the mob pull down the railings while the police struggle to maintain order

Captain Boycott thanks labourers for help with harvesting his potato crop, a harvest which had been boycotted by his tennants due to the evictions

Ladies Land League
Dispersing a Ladies Land League meeting. The league was formed in 1881 by Anna Parnell and favoured reduced rents and resistance to the evictions

Hanseatic League / Antwerp
The Leagues headquarters at Antwerp

Henri III Assassinated
Henri III, at odds not only with the Protestants but also with the Catholic League, is assassinated by a fanatical monk, Jacques Clement, at the instigation of the League

Giant Orge Falls Asleep
The Giant Ogre falls asleep, Hop o Thumb, pulls off the Seven League Boots whilst his Brothers run away

The Giant Ogre Asleep
Hop O My Thumb succeeds in pulling off one of the giant ogres Seven League Boots while he is sleeping

Duc De Guise Murdered
Henri III, angered by the Catholic League and suspecting the duc de Guise of plotting against him invites him to his palace of Blois and has him murdered

Land League Meeting
Police surprise a clandestine meeting of the outlawed Land League, which advocates non- payment of rent and other forms of resistance to the authorities

Farm Destroyed
When tenant-farmer M Cormack pays his rent contrary to Land League instructions, his home is burnt down by moonlighters (terrorists)

Trader Boycotted
A shopkeeper of county Mayo, who has paid his rent despite Land League instructions to refuse, is boycotted by his customers

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