Mob Collection

The Salvation Army Riots at Worthing, Sussex
These images show the Skeleton Army, opponents of the Salvation Army organised by those interested in Sunday drinking, rioting against one of the Salvation Armys religious Sunday processions

Riot at Mold in Flintshire
A huge mob, assembled at the railway station at Mold in Flintshire, Scotland to protest against the imprisonment of miners, employees of the Leeswood Coal Company

The Great Fight for the Championship

Attacking the Bastille
PRISE DE LA BASTILLE The Paris mob attacks the Bastille prison

Belfast riots, August 1920
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast that began on the night of the 23rd August, and continued for a week

Belfast riots, July 1920
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast from 20th to 23rd July 1920. 18 people were killed, and 200 wounded during the disturbances

Constable in Trouble
A constable, confronted by a mob of roughs in the East End of London, blows his whistle for reinforcements

Storming the Bastille
The mob charging the prison in Paris, France

Gentle, loving, good, wearing the rose of womanhood
" Gentle, loving, good, wearing the rose of womanhood" by Emily Mitchell Stride. Date: 1883

Riots in Jamaica, 1938
Riots in Jamaica in 1938 over a pay dispute. Photograph shows a suspected blackleg, accused of intended strike-breaking in the docks, being man-handled by other workers. Date: 1938

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

General Election, Soldier's POV
A General Election, as seen from the point of view of a soldier. We see firstly as it might have been - soldiers being pelted with projectiles by an angry crowd

Riots at the French Elections, Paris
Rioters attacking the Paris office of the Gaulois during the French elections. The election, held on the 14th and 18th of October 1885

Madrid Mob burns Arms of German Legation
A Spanish mob burns the arms of the German Legation in the Puerta del Sol, Madrid. This was in response to the Carolines Crisis (/Question)

Madrid Mob Tears Down German Flag
A Spanish mob tears down the flag at the German Legation, Madrid. This was in response to the Carolines Crisis (/Question)

Rioting in the West End of London 1886
Looting shops in Piccadilly, London. A meeting of the unemployed was held in Trafalgar Square, which divided itself into two groups, the Fair Trade League and the Revolutionary Social Democrats

Inflammatory posters during the Boxer Rebellion
Inflammatory posters are put up on the walls during the Boxer Rebellion to incite the populace - Death to the foreigners !

Theatre at Ephesus where the mob cheered for Diana
Theatre at Ephesus, Greece, where the mob cheered for Diana

General Haynau and the Draymen, by Thomas Ramsay
Promotional music sheet for General Haynau and the Draymen by Thomas Ramsay. Haynau, an Austrian general, was a hate figure because of his role in the brutal suppression of the 1848 Hungarian

Cries of Paris - matches and tinder seller

America - Rebel Crowd at Springfield with the black flag
Rebel Crowd at Springfield with the black flag. Date: 1774

German men and women, including a Field Postmaster in uniform and a royal postilion from the Hesse area. Date: 1793

The riots in Belfast
The police charging the mob in the brickfields, demonstrating against the First Home Rule Bill, introduced by the British Prime Minister, William Gladstone. Date: 1886

Miss Laura Linder - The Theatre Magazine
Miss Laura Linder, actress - The Theatre Magazine, November 1885. 1885

COUNT FERSEN MURDERED
HANS AXEL, Count von FERSEN, friend of Marie Antoinette, returns to Sweden where after the 1809 revolution he is accused of reactionary intrigue and murdered by a mob. Date: 1755 - 1810

RACE RIOTS / SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco race riots: attacks on Asian shopkeepers Date: 1908

The maids at St Peter?s Hospital
A large group of maids in mob caps and two orderlies with matron at centre. Reverse reads The maids at St Peters Hospital Date: 1922-26

Fasci Siciliani, 1894
Two years of unrest and protest by the Fasci Siciliani culminate in violence : government offices are ransacked by the mob. Date: January 1894

HOUSEMAID WITH BROOM
A French housemaid in a mob cap and long skirts rests a moment from her sweeping with one hand on her hip Date: circa 1835

MUSLIN GOWN 1795
A young woman wears a white muslin, ankle length gown, muslin jacket, a fichu or neckerchief, a mob cap with pink ribbon, white stockings & black heeled shoes. Date: 1795

Trade - Mending a Chair
A man mends a chair for two women customers Date: 1795

Provocative Swimwear
An angry Paris mob attack swimwear models wearing the latest revealing fashions. Date: 1932

STONING A YOUTH / DANTE
A mob of souls in Purgatorio stone one of their number Date: first published 1307-21?

GARDES FRANCAISES FREED
Those Gardes Francaises who refuse to fire on the crowd are arrested and imprisoned in the Abbaye St Germain: they are rescued by a mob of ten thousand Date: 30 June 1789

Railway strike in Scotland 1891
The strikers attack Motherwell Station, Glasgow. Date: January 1891

Cherry Ripe by John Millais
Cherry Ripe by John Milliais, as it appeared in The Graphic Christmas issue of 1880. The original painting depicted Miss Edith Ramage, a relation of William Luson Thomas, founder of The Graphic

Alexander the Great quelling the mutiny at Opis, 324 BC
Alexander the Great quelling a mutiny amongst his soldiers, who have rebelled following his announcement that the army is now to be disbanded

Nursery Rhymes -- Little Miss Muffet, she sat on a tuffet. Date: circa 1920s

Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Barker Limousine
Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (1919) Barker Limousine, for Maharajah Holkar of India, current owner M Spedding of Torquay. Seen here with a woman in historical servant costume. Date: circa 1970s

Old Maid card game - Old Maid and her parrot. circa 1950s

Joseph Francois Foullon
JOSEPH FRANCOIS FOULLON Unpopular statesman who fled after the Bastilles fall, but despite Lafayettes attempt to save him he was hanged from a streetlamp by the Paris mob. Date: 1717 - 1789

Assassination of the Princess of Lamballe
Having made the mistake of being initiated into the Lodge, she belatedly attempted to retire from Free-Masonry after having learnt about its revolutionary projects only to be assassinated by the mob

Wedding Dress 1905
A lady in a wedding dress with train and mob cap headwear with veil; and a woman in a green dress with buttoned sleeves

Victorian scrap - Maid
Victorian scrap - Types of People - Maid. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - Mob politics
Victorian scrap - Political Types - Mob Politics. late 19th century

Jack Cade attacking London by night. 1450

West End riots: mob in St James street, 1886
A mob in St James Street, opposite the new university club. Following at an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square

West End riots: ducking an unpopular speaker, 1886
Ducking an unpopular speaker at an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square. The people were stirred to violence following incendiary speeches

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