Manifesto Collection

Grand National Waterjump
Horses and riders leap over the water jump on the Grand National course at Aintree in 1897. The winner, Manifesto is seen in the lead

Demonstrations in St Petersburg
Crowds gather in St. Petersburg demonstrating against the October Manifesto. Date: 1905

Jcp Bonaparte / Punch 1883
JOSEPH-CHARLES-PAUL BONAPARTE Prince Napoleon, nicknamed Plon-Plon, made fun of by France for his manifesto

Hogarth / Dog Trump
WILLIAM HOGARTH This is the famous manifesto portrait, showing the Line of Beauty on his palette, the works of Shakespeare, Milton and Swift Date: 1697 - 1764

TENRE, Henry Charles (1864-1926). Launching of a Montgolfier in 1809. Illustration from a 19th century manifesto. Engraving

General de Gaulles first manifesto to Frenchmen. Being mounted up on a wall by a French Sailor and French Soldier. Date: circa 1945

Sergei Witte, Russian politician
Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (1849-1915), Russian politician who served under the last two emperors. He wrote the October Manifesto (1905), a precursor to Russias first constitution

Political speech in Hampstead, 1940s
A candidate from the Hampstead Conservative Unionist Association makes a speech outdoors from a pedestal to an attentive audience of exactly two. 1940s

Bulgaria claiming independence - manifesto
The Manifesto of 22nd September 1908 in which Prince Alexander of Bulgaria declare himself King; independent of the Turks. Date: 1908

Karl Marx / Manifesto / C19
MANIFEST DER KOMMUNISTISCHEN PARTEI (the Communist Manifesto) Proletarier aller Lander vereinigt euch (Workers of the World, unite !) Date: First published: 1848

Harold Wilson housing campaign
Harold Wilson, as leader of the Opposition in September 1963 pictured opening the five thousandth flat to be built in the borough of St. Pancras since 1945

Grand National Course
Bird s-eye view of the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree in Liverpool, featuring photographs of recent winners from turn of the century

Napoleon Opposed
Not everyone is thrilled by the popularity of Napoleon : a gardien de la paix tears down his manifesto when it is posted on a Paris wall

Muleteer and Manifesto
Everyone in Madrid is caught up in the uprising : a muleteer reads a political manifesto as he rides

Tsar Promises Reform
In his October Manifesto Tsar Nicholas promises wider powers for the Duma, broader franchise, civil liberties - in the streets of Saint Petersburg, crowds discuss

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