Pledge Collection

Archbishop Manning on Clerkenwell Green, London, 1872
Engraving showing Archbishop Manning administering the pledge, before a large audience on Clerkenwell Green, London, 1872

The sacred trireme arrives at Tyre
Arrival at Tyre of the Athenian ambassadors in the sacred trireme, Paralos. They travelled to pledge anew the loyalty of Athens to Alexander the Great. 331BC

Covenanting women: signing the anti-Home-rule pledge
Women take part in the demonstration by signing the anti-Home-rule declaration at Belfast. 1912

Rev Theobald Mathew administering Temperance Pledge
The Very Reverend Theobald Mathew administering the Temperance Pledge. 19th century

Music cover, A Thing He Had Never Done Before, written and composed by C W Murphy, sung by George Robey. 1911

OCONNELL DRINK PLEDGE
Irish nationalist leader Daniel OConnell takes the pledge of temperance from Rev. Theobald Mathew. Date: circa 1830

REV. MATHEW GIVES PLEDGE
The Very Reverend Theobald Mathew administers the temperance pledge to churchgoers. Date: circa 1840

FALL / GRIFFON / 1962
CHAMPION CAVERSHAM TINTO OF TALBOT HEATH Owned by de Pledge. Date: 1962

CRUIKSHANK / THE GIN SHOP
The drunkard having signed the pledge goes with his family to church. plate 10 of 12 Date: 1868

WW1 poster, Americas food pledge
Poster, Americas food pledge, 20 million tons, save food. US Food Administration. circa 1918

Sign The Pledge - Tim being persuaded to stop drinking. Part of Box 79 Boswell Collection. Timothy Crab. Date: circa 1900

WW2 poster, Rush Aid To Russia! We have pledged your faith, the faith of the men and women of Britain. You must do the deed... Stalin must be sustained

Victorian scrap - comical Salvation Army drinker. 19th century

WWI Poster, The Prime Ministers Advice
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Prime MInisters Advice to the Young Unmarried Men and Pledge to Married Men. Date: 1915

Suffragette W. S. P. U Membership Card
Suffragette W.S.P.U Membership Card. Womens Social & Political Union membership card showing Objects & Methods with membership pledge. Date: circa 1907

Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 9
This is the paper, the poor drunkard signed, Which was brought by the pastor, so noble and kind, Who pitied the woman, with wobegone face, And her husband, the drunkard

Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 12
This is the cottage, the home of delight, Whence prayer, like an incense, ascends day and night, Where joy and contentment sit smiling so bright - Whence came this glad home where such comforts unite

Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 11
This is the text which the good pastor chose, And the light on the soul of the drunkard arose, As he sat in the church, to which one Sabbath-day, Along with his wife he had taken his way

Theobald Mathew
THEOBALD MATHEW Irish churchman and temperance promoter, persuading people to take the pledge. with his autograph Date: 1790 - 1856

WWI Poster, The Prime Ministers Pledge
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Prime Ministers Pledge. Do not force your Country to force you to fight, but come of your own free will. Date: 1916

Help them - keep your war savings pledge. Poster showing soldiers firing machine guns, with stream of War Savings Stamps forming the cartridge. Date 1917

Hylda Baker (1905-1986) English comedy actress, best known for playing Nellie Pledge in Nearest and Dearest

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