Opinion Collection (page 2)

RMS Titanic - nail scissors recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - silver mounted steel nail scissors with rusted steel blades

Germany. Congress of Gotha, 1875, where was founded the German Socialist Party (SPD). Reminder sheet with portrait of Marx and Lassalle at the centre

One Hundred War Cartoons from LONDON OPINION
Book entitled One Hundred War Cartoons from LONDON OPINION by Bert Thomas and Wilton Williams, in collaboration with Lincoln Springfield. Published by London Opinion Ltd

Vortex Gaudier-Brzeska (Written from the Trenches)
The vorticist sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska s(1891-1915) contribution to the second issue of Blast, written from the trenches of France during World War I

French Politicians. circa 1820

Victorian scrap - Radical press
Victorian scrap - Political Types - Liberty of the Press, Freedom of Speech - Radical Press. late 19th century

Strangling of the Beer Bill by Lord Brougham
Newspaper article, Strangling (with a misprint!) of the Beer Bill by Lord Brougham and other peers in the House of Lords. The writer claims that many families will be ruined as a result

Demonstration in Chesham Place, Belgravia, London, with a struggle between protesters and police. Date: late 1960s

Small Girl on a Rock
A small girl sits on a rock clutching some seaweed which, in her opinion, does feel silky-satiny. Date: early 20th century

Britain / Cartoon / 1859
Britannia - The Unprotected Female!! Mr Punchs opinion of the invasion agitation is admirably expressed here. Date: 1859

Aberdeen Snowballed
George Hamilton Gordon, fourth earl of ABERDEEN Statesman - but not, it seems, a very popular one; as prime minister during the Crimea War he was much criticised Date: 1784 - 1860

Cartoon, The Interview, WW1
Cartoon, The Interview. A professor on another planet gives a journalist his views on life on Earth. On the subject of the First World War, the journalist asks: Who will be the winner, people or fire

Cartoon, The opinion of Saturn, WW1
Cartoon, The opinion of Saturn. The Saturnians contemplate Earth from their rings, and find the sight of war discouraging. Date: 1918

Public Opinion by R C Carton
Promotional flyer for Public Opinion by R. C. Carton. First produced at Wyndhams Theatre, 10th October 1905. For Hutchinsons touring production to the Spa Theatre, Scarborough, 6th August 1906

Cartoon, W H Smith news stall
Cartoon, showing a man at a W H Smith news stall on a railway station platform. 1910

Gramophone Comic Card, England. Captioned Heres my Opinion of Things in General. Date: 1920s

Cartoon, Victory singing, WW1
Cartoon, Victory singing, with happy soldiers walking along a road. A pessimistic civilian man watches them, and comments: Its unbelievable

Cartoon, At Biarritz, WW1
Cartoon, At Biarritz. A man who is optimistic about the war chats in the sea with a fellow-bather. Date: 1915

Anti-Germanism during WW1
Examples of Anti-German action during the first years of the First World War; property being looted, Germans not being served in certain premises

WW1 cartoon - Family Knitting
Great-Grandmama (ferociously to the family circle). " When I think of all the trouble that that Kaiser has brought into Europe, I could box his ears

Munitions scandal, cartoon, WW1
Cartoon from London Opinion reproduced in The Tatler in their Pictorial Politics, column, showing a British officer, representing the Army, talking to a shopkeeper, representing John Bull

Sketch cover - The Arm Chair critic, WW1
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring an illustration of an arm-chair critic, one of the satirised stereotypes of the First World War - a club man type who who likes to read the papers

Cartoon, The Two Extremes of Public Opinion, WW1
Cartoon, The Two Extremes of Public Opinion, Optimism and Pessimism, during the First World War. On the left is a smiling, patriotic man reading the financial news

Man protesting against playing of football during WW1
Frederick Nicholas Charrington (a member of the brewing family) protesting against the playing of football during the First World War

Battleship v. submarine by G. H. Davis
Battleship versus submarine: Sir Percy Scotts views on the position of the capital ship illustrated in a series of special Sphere diagrams. Top: the fleet bottled up in a harbour by submarines

French views of German ambitions, WW1
A fold-out item expressing French views of German ambitions during the First World War. At the centre, the French cockerel crows, proclaiming the dawn of liberty

A recuperating wounded WW1 soldier gets his comeuppance - initial delights at the idea of a massage from nurse on the Monday turns into stark realisation tat this might not be quite so pleasurable

Gentleman storming out of a meeting with the Taxman
Gentleman storming out of a meeting with a (rather odious and bureaucratic-looking Taxman - " And Thats That!" Date: circa 1940s

The Mayor of Middle Wallop not appreciating Shakespeare
The sublime ignorance of the Mayor of Middle Wallop. The Mayor of Middle Wallop (who is interested in the decoration of the new theatre in M.W.) - " Oos that Gentleman you re painting

John Bull disagreeing with Joseph Chamberlains Policies
Mr Bull: " What have you gor there Joe?" Joe: " Protection." Mr Bull: " Put it away or you ll hurt yourself." John Bull alarmed by Joseph Chamberlains dangerous policy

Public opinion

Street music: The organ grinding nuisance, 1864
A difference of opinion: an old lady and a child encourage an organ grinder to play in the street, despite the pleas of a maid on behalf of a suffering invalid. Date: 1864

Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) putting forth his opinion in a robust manner while James Boswell listens. Dr Johnsons friend Oliver Goldsmith said, " There is no arguing with Johnson

London Opinion 1935
A jolly looking woman wearing a party dress and paper hat opens the top of an old wireless set, ready to play some tunes perhaps

Viewing Paintings at the Royal Academy, London, 1887
Engraving showing two Victorian ladies showing their paintings to a Royal Academician at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1887. This image was originally entitled Seeking the opinion of an expert

London Opinion 1932
A glamorous blonde woman with a Marcel wave hair style applies lipstick before going to a party in a multi-coloured dress which shows off her legs

London Opinion 1936
Illustration showing a bemused motorist driving his car past a SLOW sign and a rather seductive looking hiker busy powdering her nose

Papal Rule Reduced
Public opinion favours a reduction of papal rule in Italy

Georg Agricola Bauer
GEORG AGRICOLA BAUER Considered the father of mineralogy, basing writings on observation and enquiry rather than received opinion

London match workers protesting against tax
When London match workers protest against a proposed tax on matches, police break up the demonstration with unnecessary violence

George Duke Buckingham
GEORGE VILLIERS, duke of BUCKINGHAM - statesman stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, was everything by starts, and nothing long. with his autograph

Longstrom Swimmer
Swedish swimmer Carl Fredrik Longstrom wears swimming trunks rather than a full- bodied bathing suit, which would shock public opinion in less open-minded countries

Shakers of Kentucky, USA, having a disagreement
The normally peaceable Shakers of Kentucky, USA, suffer a difference of opinion

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