Policy Collection

Congress of Vienna (1814-1815). Engraving
Congress of Vienna. Conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Metternich (1814-1815). Colored Engraving

Cartoon, Hot Pies! (Disraeli and Foreign Affairs)
Cartoon, Hot Pies! Disraeli (Conservative Prime Minister), Salisbury (Foreign Secretary) and two others sit on low stools like schoolboys

Insurance Policy 1807 -1
Part of an insurance policy Date: 1807

Gandhi Defies British
Seated on the Indian Elephant, whose tusks are blunted by the policy of non violence, Gandhi defies the violence of the British Lion

Ypres Battlefield Markers and signs
Over the 40 years that we have been writing about these battlefields, there has been many attempts to signpost the places of interest

Cartoon, A Dip in the Free Trade Sea -- satirical comment on the Conservative governments announcement that they did not intend to return to the policy of Protectionism

Italian Propaganda postcard - Invasion of Albania by Italian Tank Regiment (this card is celebrating the brave tank drivers) 7-12 April 1939

Cartoon, Out in the Cold, Gladstone and Harcourt
Political cartoon, Out in the Cold, Gladstone and Harcourt Date: 1891

The Foreigner
A sketch of a woman standing beside a stout man, was accompanied with a caption translated from French, You're hiding something from me, Zephyrin! Alas

Turkey. Constantinople. Dinner for a European ambassador
Turkey. Constantinople (Today Istanbul). Dinner for a European ambassador at the Grand Vizier's court, in the imperial Council chamber, around year 1788

Topkapi Palace. Audience of a European ambassador, 1788
Turkey. Constantinople (Today Istanbul). Topkapi Palace. Audience Chamber. Audience of a European ambassador, 1788. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

Eagle Star British Dominions Insurance Advert
An advertisement illustration for the Eagle Star & British Dominions Insurance Company Ltd, showing a fine tudor house, with a large scroll placed over it, bearing the words

British Dominions General Insurance Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for the British Dominions General Insurance Co. Ltd, promoting the All-in household insurance policy

Sir Milner and the YMCA
Sir Alfred Milner is seeing talking to the YMCA (Young men's Christian association) about the great future of South Africa

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744-1811). Spanish neoclassical statesman, author and philosopher. Portrait. Illustration by J. Cebrian. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

Jose del Campillo y Cossio (1693-1743). Spanish statesman. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Asturias and Leon, 1867

Women protest at El Vino serving policy
Some of the group of fifty women who demanded a drink at El Vino's wine bar in Fleet Street, London, thus protesting against the bar's policy of only serving men at the bar

Immigrants Awaiting Outside Court-Room, Blackwall Pier 1906
The Immigration Act of 1906 was the first legal mechanism for enforcing a policy of selective categories of prohibited immigrants

John Pilger, Australian journalist and documentary maker
John Richard Pilger (b 1939), Australian journalist, writer and documentary film maker, based in London. Date: circa 1980s

Political demonstration against Margaret Thatcher
A political demonstration against Margaret Thatcher, with photographs of her on display bearing the words Not Wanted, and another one saying Stop Thatcher Now

Henry Kissinger, American politician and diplomat
Henry Alfred Kissinger (b 1923), German-born American political scientist, diplomat, 56th US Secretary of State 1973-1977. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for his role in US foreign policy

Clement Attlee and General Jose Miaja give the Socialist Sal
Photograph showing Clement Attlee (left), General Jose Miaja (centre with glasses) and Giner de Los Rios giving the Socialist clenched-fist salute from balcony of a government building in Madrid

Clement Attlee and General Jose Miaja, Madrid, 1937
Photograph showing Clement Attlee (right) and General Jose Miaja in conversation, Madrid, 1937. Clement Attlee, then leader of the Labour Party in Great Britain

London First Sewage System Fleet Streets Street
london, first, sewage, system, fleet, streets, street, sew, 1845, cholera, epidemics, great, stink, miasmas, combined, create, death, rate, higher, forcing, reformers, face, urban, planning, policy

Cartoon, Bravo, Chelmsford! (Battle of Ulundi)
Cartoon, Bravo, Chelmsford! A satirical comment on the Battle of Ulundi (4 July 1879), during the Anglo-Zulu War, won by Lord Chelmsfords forces against those of Cetewayo

Cartoon, A Blaze of Triumph! (Disraeli and Turkey)
Cartoon, A Blaze of Triumph! Disraeli is the hero of the day, having made a deal over Cyprus with Turkey at the Anglo-Turkish Convention, thereby ensuring peace rather than war

Cartoon, On The Dizzy Brink (Disraeli and Britannia)
Cartoon, On The Dizzy Brink -- Benjamin Disraeli leads a very reluctant Britannia to the brink of war, by sending British ships to Constantinople, risking conflict with Russian forces. Date: 1878

Cartoon, Who Will Rouse Him? The British Lion, representing the British constituencies, seems apathetic towards political reform, in particular the proposed extension of the franchise to working men

Cartoon, A Very Greasy Pole (John Bright)
Cartoon, A Very Greasy Pole -- satirical comment on John Brights efforts in promoting Reform, in particular an extension of the franchise to working men, the year after he became MP for Birmingham

Cartoon, Dressing for a Masquerade, Mr Disraeli as a Great Protectionist Leader. Disraeli had tried to help farmers by supporting the relief of agricultural distress in Parliament

Cartoon, Agriculture -- The Real Unprotected Female -- a satirical comment on the Free Trade policy, which was benefiting the country, but in which the agricultural districts had not yet taken part

Cartoon, Queen Victoria and her Ministers - (left to right) Lord John Russell, Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Brougham, Lord Melbourne, Duchess of Kent (mother), Queen Victoria, Earl of Durham

Cartoon, Queen Victoria and Sir Robert Peel
Cartoon, The Letter of Introduction, 1841 -- Queen Victoria and her newly elected Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel (Conservative). Date: 1841

Cartoon, John Bull and William Gladstone - Now, William, if you don t get on a little faster, I shall have to put somebody else on the job

Cartoon, Political Anglers - Tory politicians Lord Salisbury and Randolph Churchill discuss where they obtained their bait (ie political policies)

Patriotic poster, Buy British and make your job secure
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- The safe policy for you, Buy British and make your job secure. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Signing of the Peace Pact in Paris, August 1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact, or Pact of Paris, officially named the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy. 1928

The riots in Belfast
The police charging the mob in the brickfields, demonstrating against the First Home Rule Bill, introduced by the British Prime Minister, William Gladstone. Date: 1886

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
1914

The General Election - Intelligent Voters
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Intelligent Voters. A mild satire as a bunch of working class rural yokels of Mudford take great interest in the finest small print of a prospective

Dassault Communaute F-WJDN
the Dassault MD.415 Communaute (F-WJDN) was a 1950s French twin-engined light turboprop transport aircraft, first flown on 10 May 1959

Sir Anthony Eden (right) shakes hands with French Premier Guy Alcide Mollet (1905-1975) - on 30th October 1956 outside number 10 Downing Street after discussions regarding Israels invasion of Egypt

Russell Rea - Promotional Political postcard (reverse)
Promotional Political election postcard for Russell Rea (18461916) - an English ship-owner from Liverpool and Liberal Party politician

British Dominon - Investment Life Assurance Policy Advert. A man crosses a difficult chasm (in life) thanks to a Policy from British Dominion

Uncle Sam and the Kaiser 1915
Satirical cartoon showing the United States of America feebly remonstrating with Kaiser Wilhelm II, threatening him ineffectively about Germanys U-boat policy

Poster / Ruhr Crisis / 1923
No - You Cannot Force Me! A poster supporting the policy of passive resistance among workers during the French occupation of the Ruhr

China / Cartoons / 1898
THE ARTFUL DOWAGER Empress-Dowager Xi Taihou (to the son of Heaven ) " Reform, Indeed! I ll Reform You! Go and stand in the corner till I tell you to come out!"

Roman Art. Togatus. Restored as Augustus. Emperor (27 B. C
Roman Art. Togatus. Restored as Augustus. First Roman Emperor (27 B.C. -14 A.D.). Sculpture. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

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