Opposition Collection (page 3)

Coronation Commissions First Meeting: Mr Attlee
Mr Attlee, at the time, leader of the opposition and a member of the Coronation Committee. 1952

Henry Thoreau with signature
1817-1862. American author, poet, naturalist, philosopher, abolitionist, tax resister, development critic, historian, surveyor and leading transcendentalist

Admiral Fisher and Admiral Beresford, British Navy
Admiral Fisher (left) and Admiral Beresford (right), of the British Navy. There was a lengthy dispute between them, as Fisher wished to reform

Thomas More / Ryall
SIR THOMAS MORE English statesman and author, well known for his opposition to Henry VIII and for his book Utopia (1516) Date: 1478 - 1535

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

The General Strike - Labour politicians
Labour leaders during the General Strike: (left to right), Arthur Henderson, Ramsay MacDonald (leader of the opposition) and Mr J. H. Thomas

Dr Guy Dain Speaks / 1948
Dr H.Guy Dain, chairman of the British Medical Association, speaks at a special meeting in opposition to the terms of the proposed national health service

Between two stools the Bottom goes to the Ground
George Tierney falls between two stools, a tattered Whig Stool and a smart Tory Stool. Amused and standing either side are Fox and Addington

J. Ramsay Macdonald
False-coloured photograph of J. Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937), Labours first opposition leader in 1923

Kit Cat Club
A gathering of the Kit-Kat Club, a London political and literary society which was the centre of opposition during Queen Annes Tory ministry (1710-14)

Divertions of Purley, or Opposition attending their private affairs

Germans in Ukraine
The German advance into the Ukraine overwhelms the Soviet opposition - and so it will till they reach Stalingrad

Fighting for a Bridge
As the Germans advance into Russia, the Red Army resists them every step of the way : the Germans take this bridge, but only after dealing with fierce opposition

Custom House / Dublin
A prospect of the Custom House and Essex Bridge in Dublin. This new Custom House met with opposition from merchants who felt moving downriver would lessen their properties value

Two Stagecoaches Race
THE OPPOSITION COACHES Two rival stage coaches speed along a country lane in what appears to be a race against each other

Fighting on Ice
Scandinavian cavalry charge across the ice, trumpet blowing, after the artillery bombardment has weakened the opposition from the town

Rehoboam King of Judah
The son of Solomon assumes the kingdom of Judah, but opposition mounts when he takes the advice of young hawklike counsellors instead of the wiser advice of elders

John Pym / De Gucht
JOHN PYM English M.P. who played an active role in Parliamentary opposition to King Charles I

John Pym / Finden / Cooper
JOHN PYM English Member of Parliament, an important figure in the opposition to King Charles I

Boer War; Modder River
BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER British cavalry try to force a crossing of the river in the face of heavy opposition from the Boers on the other bank

Lord Morpeth / Health Bill
SANATORY MEASURES. LORD MORPETH THROWING PEARLS BEFORE - ALDERMEN Morpeths bills, to be passed as the Public Health Act 1848, initially encounter opposition

Rugby Try Scored 1897
Despite being tackled by three opposition players, an attacking player stretches to touch the ball down, scoring a try

Battle of Arcola
Napoleon seizes the French flag from Augerau and leads his men across the bridge of Arcola in the face of fierce opposition from the Austrians

Reactionary Bishops
Reactionary bishops meet to discuss their course of action in the light of growing popular opposition to the Bourbon monarchy

Death of General Foy
Napoleonic general Maximilien Sebastien Foy is acknowledged leader of the opposition to Charles X : his death is the occasion for widespread popular mourning

Bristol Riot / 1831 / Brett
Following the Bristol riots, in opposition to the Lords rejection of the Reform Bill, prisoners are escorted by torchlight to Bristol jail

Theatre / Plays / Hugo
The first night of HERNANI at the Comedie Francaise - the romantic drama arouses opposition among supporters of conventional theatre

Rattlesnake attacked by birds
A rattlesnake meets with opposition when it goes birds nesting

Patrick Henry speaking against the Stamp Act
Patrick Henry, in the Virginia House of Burgesses, introduces radical resolutions opposing the Stamp Act, warning King George III that he could go the way of Caesar and Charles I

Temperance meeting in cathedral town
A temperance meeting in a cathedral town meets opposition. Attended by Wilfred Lawson, George Trevelyan & Dr Temple

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