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Background imagePeace Collection: King James I feasting with Spanish ambassadors

King James I feasting with Spanish ambassadors
King James I of England (and VI of Scotland) feasting with Spanish ambassadors

Background imagePeace Collection: War and Peace

War and Peace
Final scene from the performance of Sergei Prokofievs opera " War and Peace", based on Leo Tolstoys novel. Opera Theatre in Kiroy

Background imagePeace Collection: Jubilee in St Jamess Park, London

Jubilee in St Jamess Park, London
Jubilee event to celebrate peace, held in St Jamess Park, London, showing the Chinese Bridge, Pagoda and refreshment tents with the flags of various nations

Background imagePeace Collection: Relief of Prague by Russians (1 / 6)

Relief of Prague by Russians (1 / 6)
Prague, Czech Republic - relief of the city at the end of World War Two by Russian forces. Here a young Russian female soldier rides into the city. Date: 1945

Background imagePeace Collection: Relief of Prague by Russians (2 / 6)

Relief of Prague by Russians (2 / 6)
Relief of Prague by Russian forces at the end of World War Two. Russian officers march into Wenceslas Square ahead of their tanks, covered in troops and wellwishers. Date: 1945

Background imagePeace Collection: Russian Bear Seeks Peace

Russian Bear Seeks Peace
CARTOON The Russian Bear in search of peace (during the provisional government after the April revolution) Date: April 1917

Background imagePeace Collection: Queen Victorias Memorial - Statue of Peace

Queen Victorias Memorial - Statue of Peace
The statue of peace surmounting the Queen Victoria Memorial Monument sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock and situated in front of Buckingham Palace. The memorial was unveiled in May 1911

Background imagePeace Collection: American Indians. The Modoc War in America. Lake Tule, with

American Indians. The Modoc War in America. Lake Tule, with
The American army fought the Modoc Indians at the Lava Beds, California, after the Modoc had killed General Canby and the Rev Dr Thomas at a conference of Modoc chiefs and US Peace Commissioners

Background imagePeace Collection: The Banner Cross Murder

The Banner Cross Murder
View near Darnall, the scene of the escape and recapture of the prisoner, Charles Peace. Charles Peace was an infamous cat burglar

Background imagePeace Collection: Saving Swiss Souls

Saving Swiss Souls
A brave English Salvationist preaches to the clientele of a Swiss tavern, but any moment now the police will arrive and accuse of her of breaching the peace

Background imagePeace Collection: Poster; Peace

Poster; Peace
MEN AND WOMEN, LET US SAFEGUARD PEACE ! Cosmonaut Gagarin is permitted to utter a politically innocuous statement

Background imagePeace Collection: Trumpet Call Ends Wwi

Trumpet Call Ends Wwi
Zebrowski sounds the trumpet call for the Germans to stop fighting

Background imagePeace Collection: Ww1 Wife with Medal

Ww1 Wife with Medal
In a suburban home in the south of London a war widow observes the two minutes silence by reverent contemplation of her dead husbands medal

Background imagePeace Collection: Battle of Four Courts

Battle of Four Courts
The Battle of the Four Courts. The Four courts occupied by the IRA who were opposed to the Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and Ireland

Background imagePeace Collection: Cartoon of London Treaty

Cartoon of London Treaty
Two minds with but a single thought...NOW ! - a comment on the London agreement, which seemed to promise peace in Ireland - but for how long ?

Background imagePeace Collection: Haig Inspects Sailors

Haig Inspects Sailors
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig inspecting sailors who took part in the raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge

Background imagePeace Collection: Regulus Leaves Carthage

Regulus Leaves Carthage
Roman ambassador Atilius Regulus sails from Carthage with a diplomatic delegation, hoping to negotiate peace with Rome; he promises to return if he fails

Background imagePeace Collection: Sitting on Volcano

Sitting on Volcano
The Allied leaders are so busy looking elsewhere for danger, they don t realise that they are sitting on a volcano (reference to the Versailles peace negotiations)

Background imagePeace Collection: WW1 - Victory - The flags of the victorious nations

WW1 - Victory - The flags of the victorious nations flanking a carved statue of the personification of Victory stood atop the world and holding a victory wreath aloft. Date: circa 1919

Background imagePeace Collection: Elton Road and Peace Memorial, Clevedon, Somerset

Elton Road and Peace Memorial, Clevedon, Somerset Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePeace Collection: The finishing touch: WW1 peace negotiations cartoon

The finishing touch: WW1 peace negotiations cartoon
The hand of the Allies push shy swimmer Germany off the diving board of the 1919 peace discussions after World War One. Date: 1919

Background imagePeace Collection: Sea fight with the Mahrattas (Maratha sailors), who captured the East India Company ship

Sea fight with the Mahrattas (Maratha sailors), who captured the East India Company ship Ranger on 5 (or 8) April 1783, an action which went against the Treaty of Salbai which had ended the First

Background imagePeace Collection: Comic postcard, Grieving woman in cemetery Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Grieving woman in cemetery Date: 20th century

Background imagePeace Collection: Cartoon, Honourable Ratio

Cartoon, Honourable Ratio
Honourable Ratio: or, Naval Conversationsin London. Ratio 5:5:3, between Great Britain, United States of America and Japan. Date: 1934

Background imagePeace Collection: WW1 poster, Vive la France! All for one and one for all

WW1 poster, Vive la France! All for one and one for all! Allied tribute to France, 14 July at 8pm, Mass Meeting on the French National Holiday to show we all stand together till we win Peace by

Background imagePeace Collection: Napoleon Bonaparte meeting Tsar Alexander

Napoleon Bonaparte meeting Tsar Alexander
Napoleon Bonaparte meeting Russian Tsar Alexander on a raft in the middle of the Neman River, for the Treaty of Tilsit, 1807

Background imagePeace Collection: Boer War, group photo, first attempt at peace

Boer War, group photo, first attempt at peace
Boer War, group photo, first attempt (unsuccessful) to arrive at peace, at Middelburg in March 1901. Back row (left to right): Colonel Henderson, Van Velden, Major Watson, H Fraser, Colonel Hamilton

Background imagePeace Collection: Peace Night on the balcony at Buckingham Palace

Peace Night on the balcony at Buckingham Palace
A page from The Illustrated London News showing the balcony of Buckingham Palace on Peace Night (2nd October 1938). Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

Background imagePeace Collection: David Frances Barry photo - Sioux Scout

David Frances Barry photo - Sioux Scout
Sioux Scout wearing full traditional native American clothing, including a feather in his hair and a hairpipe buffalo bone breastplate, He is holding a long calumet ( peace pipe )

Background imagePeace Collection: The Field of the Cloth of Gold - Henry VIII and Francis I

The Field of the Cloth of Gold - Henry VIII and Francis I
The Meeting of King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of Francis at the Field of the Cloth of Gold or Camp du Drap d Or, the name given to a place in Balinghem, between Guines and Ardres

Background imagePeace Collection: 1st Earl Haig at a British Legion Poppy Factory

1st Earl Haig at a British Legion Poppy Factory
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928) - a senior officer of the British Army who commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in WW1 - pictured at the British Legion

Background imagePeace Collection: Bert Bissell MBE - mountain climber and peace campaigner

Bert Bissell MBE - mountain climber and peace campaigner
Bert Bissell MBE, 1902?1998, was a mountain climber and peace campaigner. Mr Bissell led a pilgrimage from the Dudley Bible Class to the summit of Ben Nevis on VJ Day in 1945

Background imagePeace Collection: Silhouette - man and woman watching the sunset - Caernarfon

Silhouette - man and woman watching the sunset - Caernarfon
Silhouette of man and woman watching the sunset from a footbridge in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, north Wales. Although they are slightly separated, they seem to be sharing the beauty of the moment

Background imagePeace Collection: Public forum - H. Duncan Hall, former high official of the L

Public forum - H. Duncan Hall, former high official of the League of Nations, will discuss the essential conditions of any lasting peace. Poster announcing a public forum in Des Moines, Iowa

Background imagePeace Collection: Russian Tzars - Alexander The Peace Maker (Iii) - 1881-1894

Russian Tzars - Alexander The Peace Maker (Iii) - 1881-1894

Background imagePeace Collection: Mid-19th cetury brass signal cannon

Mid-19th cetury brass signal cannon
MILITARIA: a mid-19th century brass signal cannon, with cylindrical barrel on a shaped truckle base, inscribed PEACE 1856 TRUST IN PROVIDENCE AND KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY with two large spoked front

Background imagePeace Collection: Conferences between Luis Mendez de Haro and Cardinal Mazarin

Conferences between Luis Mendez de Haro and Cardinal Mazarin
Modern Age. Conferences on Pheasant Island that took place between August and November 1659. The Spanish nobleman Luis Mendez de Haro and Jules Raymond Mazarin, known as Cardinal Mazarin

Background imagePeace Collection: WW2 Lifeboatmen

WW2 Lifeboatmen
An illustration which portrays a British WW2 lifeboatman, who are heroes in peace and doubly valiant in war. Date: circa 1941

Background imagePeace Collection: Tecton Bomb Shelter Design 7, 600 People

Tecton Bomb Shelter Design 7, 600 People
An architectural design showing a sectional view of a bomb shelter that can contain 7, 600 people, numbers indicate features including the entrance ramps, air-lock and first raid post

Background imagePeace Collection: Music cover, La Marseillaise 1792-1918, WW1

Music cover, La Marseillaise 1792-1918, WW1 - sung by Rouget de Lisle at Strasbourg (writer of the words and music) Date: 1918

Background imagePeace Collection: Signing the Treaty of Paris (Peace of Paris)

Signing the Treaty of Paris (Peace of Paris) between Great Britain, France and Spain, 20 January 1783, part of the set of treaties which ended the American Revolutionary War. Date: 1783

Background imagePeace Collection: Vietnamese Poster - Memory of victory of Dien Bien Phu

Vietnamese Poster - Memory of victory of Dien Bien Phu
Vietnam War - Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Victory and Dien Bien Phu - defeat of the French forces in 1954 remembered as a rallying call for further success

Background imagePeace Collection: Dri-Ped Advertisement Travelling

Dri-Ped Advertisement Travelling
An illustrated advertisement for William Walker & Sons Ltd, promoting Dri-Ped's war & peace time services, Dri-Ped is a high quality brand of leather, used for military clothing

Background imagePeace Collection: War and Peace

War and Peace
An illustration depicting a man in armour, wielding a sword and shield, the embodiment of war, standing beside his opposite, an angelic winged woman, symbolising peace

Background imagePeace Collection: Peace

Peace
This oil painting showcases a trio of hens, coloured black, white and brown, pecking away at the grass. Date: circa 1918

Background imagePeace Collection: Illustration, Speeding on penny-farthings

Illustration, Speeding on penny-farthings
Colour illustration, Speeding'. showing man and woman on penny-farthings. From a page captioned, A pleasure of The Era of Peace: Speeding'. From the coloured lithographs Velocipedes by Ch

Background imagePeace Collection: Illustration, A Day at the Races

Illustration, A Day at the Races
Colour illustration, A Day at the Races showing men and women with carriage and picnic hamper. From the coloured lithographs Les Cocottes Aux Bains De Mer

Background imagePeace Collection: Illustration, Glamour Girls by the Seaside

Illustration, Glamour Girls by the Seaside
Colour illustration, Glamour Girls by the Seaside, showing women sea bathing. From a page captioned, Pleasures of The Era of Peace'



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