Nationalism Collection

French poster from General de Gaulle, WW2
A French poster with a message to all French people from General Charles de Gaulle, based in London during the Second World War. France has lost one battle, but France has not lost the war

The Easter Rising - Dublin, Ireland
The Easter Rising also known as the Easter (or Irish ) Rebellion and referred to erroneously in some contemporary British reports as the Sinn Fein Rebellion - an armed insurrection staged in Ireland

Politics / Nationalism
Britannia guards our coasts, protecting a typical English family

Poster advertising Austro-Hungarian War Bonds, with flags of the various countries. early 20th century

Yugoslavia - Sokol Rally in Belgrade
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Mahatma Gandhi spinning at his wheel
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, spinning at his wheel (Charakha) in 1931, demonstrating his strong work ethic

Assassination of Sir Curzon Wyllie
The assassination of Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (1848-1909), an official of the British Indian government, at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London

Countess Potocka
Engraving after a portrait of Countess Potocka by Angelica Kauffman reproduced in The Illustrated London News. CLAUDINE POTOCKA (nee Dzalynska) Polish patriot

French Flag 1908
An old soldier in German- occupied Strasbourg is permitted to display the French flag

Czech Republic - 10th All Sokol Rally in Prague 1938
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Gabriele d Annunzio in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia)
Gabriele d Annunzio (1863-1938) in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia), at the time of its occupation (under his leadership) by Italian nationalists

Soviet propaganda poster from World War Two
Soviet propaganda poster, TASS Window no. 469. An heroic young female partisan resists the invading Germans. A patriotic poem by Vasyl Lebedev-Kumach appears below the image

Aryan Types
A typical Aryan couple looking very strong and healthy, the man resting his hands on the womans shoulders

Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague 1920s
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague 1929
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Czech Republic - 6th All 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)

Czech Republic - 8th All Sokol Rally in Prague
8th All Sokol Rally in Prague. A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic)

Czech Republic - 9th All Sokol Rally in Prague 1932
9th All Sokol Rally in Prague 1932. A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic)

Onward Christian Soldier
ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS Christian values and military aggression are combined !

Cartoon, Jeremiah O Donovan Rossa, Irish Fenian
Cartoon, Jeremiah O Donovan Rossa (1831-1915), Irish Fenian leader - The terrible monster who was frightened by a woman! He was a pioneer in the use of explosives for political persuasion

Charles Parnell, 1880
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL(1846 - 1891) Irish Nationalist politician pictured in 1880. Date: 1880

SPAIN. Guernica. Spain (1909). Basque and Catalan nationalism. Meeting between the members of the Solidaritat Catalana and the Lliga Regionalista with the Liga Foral of Gipuzkoa under the oak of

Music cover with Scottish harpist
An unidentified music cover depicting a female Scottish harpist wearing a tartan shawl and medieval costume. The emblem at the top contains the Latin words, Nemo Me Impune Lacessit

WALLACE (1270? - 1305)
SIR WILLIAM WALLACE Scottish patriot and leader of revolt, on trial before Edward I at Westminster Hall Date: 1305

Cartoon, Parnell with Gladstone and Salisbury
Cartoon, Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Nationalist, with Gladstone and Salisbury as puppets, and Randolph Churchill looking over the top of a wall - Does Mr Parnell hope that in the next parliament

THREE FINE GERMAN MALES
And yet we have conquered ! Three fine Germans symbolise the Master Race at the 15th commemoration of the Munchen beer-hall putsch Date: 9 November 1938

American patriotic postcard, commemorating the civil war. Honour the Brave! 1861- 1865 Date: 1908

Aryan Types / Woman / Postcd
Deutscher Blutadel in aller Welt - German noble-blood throughout the world : the ideal German woman is blonde, blue-eyed, simply dressed without jewellery or cosmetics

Residence and Field Marshals Hall, Munich, Germany
Residence (Palais Preysing, left) and Field Marshals Hall (loggia, right) in the Odeonsplatz, Munich, Germany. The loggia was a symbol of the honours of the Bavarian Army. Date: 1885

Scene from O'Casey, The Plough and the Stars
Three actors in the pub scene from Sean O'Casey's play, The Plough and the Stars (first performed 1926). From left to right, Carmel McSharry (b circa 1930) as Mrs Gogan

The Izjer Tower seen through the Pax Gate, Dixmuide
Listed as an International Peace Centre, the Tower is a symbol of Flemish Nationalism which came to a head during the First World War. The Towers history goes back to the 18th Century

A young girl in a fabulously patriotic fancy dress costume as Britannia. Date: 1910s

Cartoon, Don t You Smell Fire? (Mr and Mrs Bull)
Cartoon, Don t You Smell Fire? Mrs Britannia Bull tells her husband John that he should investigate a nasty smell of something smouldering -- smoke can be seen on the right

Cartoon, John Bull Guards his Pudding -- expressing a combination of patriotism and Christmas-themed tradition, John Bull stands with his bulldog and rifle

Examination of underground railway tunnel after explosion
Examination by government officials of the underground railway tunnel between Charing Cross and Westminster after the explosion of a bomb in the tunnel on 30 October 1883. Date: October 1883

Train from Charing Cross to Westminster after explosion
Conducting the first train from Charing Cross to Westminster after the explosion of a bomb in the tunnel on 30 October 1883. Date: 1883

Cartoon, Mr Parnell, like Oliver Twist, asks for more. Lord Salisbury plays the part of the Beadle, dishing out thin soup. A comment on Conservative resistance to Irish Home Rule. 1886

Roger David Casement, diplomat and Irish nationalist
Roger David Casement (1864-1916), diplomat, humanitarian activist, poet, Irish nationalist and leader of the Easter Rising of April 1916

Crowd outside the Law Courts, London - Casement Trial
Crowd outside The Royal Courts of Justice (the Law Courts), The Strand, London, May 1916, for the trial for treason of Sir Roger David Casement (1864-1916), diplomat, humanitarian activist, poet

Patriotic poster, Buying British - has put me in a job
Thanks! Buying British - has put me in a job. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis, reinforced by a speech by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII)

Daniel O Connell (1775 - 1847), Irish nationalist leader. 1842

Lloyd George speaking at the Welsh National Eisteddfod
Prime Minister, David Lloyd George making a speech at the Welsh National Eisteddfod at Birkenhead in 1917. Date: 1917

Bombed shop, London Road, Manchester
Bombed shop in London Road, Manchester, May 1939, believed to be caused by an IRA bomb. 1939

Political poster, Vote for Hambro, design by Winnie Burnand. Showing the Liberal Prime Minister Campbell Bannerman trying to keep the lid on Irish Nationalism

WORKING MAN THREATENED
Indiscriminate immigration threatens the livelihood of the American working man Date: 1892

BRETON NATIONALISTS
Members of the Breton Independence Movement in Britanny, northern France, the last Celtic stronghold in the country, said to have the support of Irish and German extremists. Date: 1930s

WALLACE (1270? - 1305)
SIR WILLIAM WALLACE Scottish patriot and leader of revolt, on trial before Edward I. Date: 1270? - 1305

Isa Boletini (1864-1916) statue. Albania
Isa Boletini (1864-1916). Albanian patriot, military leader and strategist. Statue. Shkodra. Albania

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