Notorious Collection (page 3)

Masdrid Meeting
Resistance to Isabelas heavy- handed rule - to say nothing of her notorious private life - is fomented by political meetings calling the citizens of Madrid to decisive action

Bagne De Brest - 1
LE BAGNE DE BREST Convicts leave the notorious prison in the morning to go to work in the harbour or in naval establishments

1920S / Witchcraft
Masked Germans celebrate Walpurgisnacht on the Brocken mountain, a notorious site of witchcraft sabbats

Johann Tetzel
JOHANN TETZEL German Dominican monk, notorious for trafficking in indulgences whereby gullible persons purchased release from purgatory

Discours Des Sorciers
Title page of the second (enlarged) edition of DISCOURS DES SORCIERS by the notorious southern French witch-hunter Henry BOGUET

Titus Oates / R White
TITUS OATES Anti-Catholic agitator, notorious for his bigotry and intransigence, for which he had eventually to flee the country

Racing Accident 1903
The PARIS - MADRID race this year is notorious for its accidents : this encounter between vehicle and vegetation is just one of many

Animals Failings
Animals and their notorious failings - the parrot talks too much, the pig is always putting his foot in it, the donkey is obstinate, the turkey is ignorant, and so on

Socrates & Xanthippe (2)
SOCRATES with his wife Xanthippe, a notorious shrew

Kings Bench (Microcosm)
Located in St Georges Fields, south of the Thames : a debtors prison notorious for the laxness of its rules - it housed 30 gin shops, as well as facilities for dining

CLIFFORD (1558 - 1605)
GEORGE DE CLIFFORD 3rd Earl of Cumberland. Notorious gambler and owner of a private fleet

Donnybrook Fair
The fair held until 1855 at Donnybrook (a suburb of Dublin) was notorious for its rowdiness, though this couple dancing an impromptu jig seem well-behaved enough

James Hay Carlisle
JAMES HAY, earl of CARLISLE diplomat notorious for his extravagance, entering Paris his horses were shod with silver... with his autograph

Flagellants of Coimbra
The Jesuits of Coimbra, Portugal, notorious for their high life-style, do public penance for their sins, flagellating themselves through the streets. Date: circa 1560

Seven Dials / Slums / 1850
A notorious London slum - the Rookery of St Giles, near Seven Dials, where even the police were at risk

Seven Dials / Slums / 1855
Wild Court, in the Seven Dials district of London, notorious as one of the most dangerous slums in London

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