Politics Collection (page 69)

Back Bencher Takes Snuff
Charles Nicolas Warton, MP for Bridport, taking snuff

German Enthusiasm
While the ladies knit socks for those in the trenches, a hero from the front recounts his glorious exploits

Sewing Class, Africa
Benevolent colonialism - Mrs Shaws sewing class at Rabai, East Africa

British in Egypt / 1893
UN PROTECTEUR The French are cynical about Britains intentions in their occupation of Egypt - because the British beat them to it, no doubt

French Colonialism
Benevolent colonialism - in Madagascar, the French instruct the natives in horticultural techniques

British Victories
British victories at Inkerman [1854], Sebastopol [1855] and Tel-el-Kebir (Sudan) [1882]

Educating Ethiopians
Young Ethiopians, their country having been conquered by the Italians, learn where their conquerors come from

French in Mali
The French tricouleur is raised in Tombouctou, Mali : the action is widely criticised, even in France, as reckless provocation

Britannia (Thurston)
Britannia receives Neptuness trident, symbolising Britains sovereignty of the the sea

1881 COMMONS / 3 M. P. S
Members of Parliament: Sir Stafford Northcote Lord John Manners Sir Richard Cross

House of Commons C. 1810
The House of Commons in the first decade of the 19th century

Commons Division / 1881
Taking a Division in the House. The Tellers at the table as the members wait for the result of the vote

House of Commons / 1832
The House of Commons in session, two years before it was destroyed by fire

Sir Robert Walpole / H O C
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE 1st Earl of Orford English statesman - Whig MP in the House of Commons

Gladstone Fells a Tree
Gladstone was renowned for his fondness for felling trees : psychiatrists would no doubt get to the roots of this and and show why it drove him to branch out into politics

House of Lords, Exterior
HOUSE OF LORDS, EXTERIOR the Kings entrance to the House of Lords from Poets Corner

House of Lords / 1869
The House is addressed by William Magee (1821-1891), Bishop of Peterborough

Britannia / Corbould
Britannia/Corbould

BRITANNIA / IN JUDY MAG
BRITANNIA/IN JUDY MAG

Britannia / Music Sheet
Britannia and lion

John Bull V Uncle Sam
John Bull " licked again" by Uncle Sam

English Help Cannibals
The French accuse the English of giving the African cannibals children to eat

Bismarck / Rohling / Page 8
Bismarck is expelled from Jena University for his politics

Red Flood Let Loose 1931
The Red Flood let loose Workers are swept through an open lock

Election Meet / Rough Time
An election meeting - the audience giving the speaker a rough time

Hogarth Election / 2Of4(C)
THE ELECTION Canvassing for votes plate 2 of 4

Richard II overseeing an Appeal of Treason
King Richard II overseeing an Appeal of Treason. This process was used three times during Richards reign, the first one being in November 1387, when the Duke of Gloucester

Charles Stewart Parnell re-elected
Charles Stewart Parnell is re-elected as leader of the Irish Party, in Committee Room 15 at the House of Commons, Central London

Cartoon of Winston Churchill, British statesman
A cartoon depiction of Winston Churchill, British statesman and historian

Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary to Queen Elizabeth I
Sir Francis Walsingham, English statesman, Principal Secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, popularly referred to as her Spymaster

Scipio Africanus retires from Rome
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, though a military hero in Rome, has political enemies and is accused of misconduct in public affairs

Britannia in photographers studio
A woman poses as Britannia in a photographers studio

Legal expenses of an election
A cartoon satirising The Ordinary Legal Expenses of an Election

Sir Titus Salt, manufacturer, MP and philanthropist
Sir Titus Salt, 1st Baronet, manufacturer, MP and philanthropist. He founded a new town, Saltaire, in 1853 in the Bradford area of Yorkshire, and built houses there for his workforce

European leaders at the Berlin Congress
The German chancellor Bismarck presides over a diplomatic conference of European leaders in Berlin to discuss the question of the Congo

Sir Robert Peel, the Younger, British statesman
Sir Robert Peel, the Younger (2nd Baronet), British Conservative statesman and Prime Minister

James Macpherson, Scottish writer and politician
James Macpherson, Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the " translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems (their authenticity has been disputed)

Politics / Class
The four classes - the priest, the soldier, the peasant and the magistrate

Communards desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary
In a Paris church, shameless communards desecrate a statue of the Virgin Mary

Camillo Cavour, Italian statesman
Camillo Cavour (1810-1861), Italian statesman

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