Restriction Collection

Cartoon, The Popular Guy (Lloyd George): I see no reason why government treason should ever be forgot! Date: 1919

Casablanca, Morocco - Le Boulevard de Lorraine. Date: circa 1920s

Cartoon of Harry Wall, theatrical agent, plotting to find a way around the new Copyright (Musical Compositions) Act -- Over the Garden Wall. 1882

The Prince of Wales with the Duke of Clarence
Cartoon of the future King Edward VII (1840-1910), pictured with his eldest son Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864-1892), otherwise known as Eddie

Cartoon, Things not to do in wartime, WW1
Cartoon, Things not to do in wartime. A man says that if planes fly over his house again tonight, he won t be looking out of the window. Why, did you get bombed? No, I got a stiff neck. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Press censorship in wartime, WW1
Cartoon, Press censorship in wartime. A writer welcomes the white spaces in his article, saying that if there were no spaces, nobody would want to read it. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Monday and Tuesday, WW1
Cartoon, Monday and Tuesday. A sign says No Fishing, but a man sits with his rod and line, determined to catch and eat fish, just to annoy the authorities

Third Council of Toledo, (589) chaired by Reccared I (d. 601
Third Council of Toledo (589), chaired by Reccared I (d. 601), Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia (586-601). Nineteenth-century colored engraving. Spain

Cartoon of three actors relaxing on Ash Wednesday, a day when theatres were closed for religious reasons. These gentlemen would not be sorry if Ash Wednesday came once a month

Cartoon, Unfettered Journalism! Showing a man tied to a chair by Turkish Bonds. A comment on the serious issue of Turkish debt. 1880

Cartoon, Scene outside a cafe, WW1
Cartoon, Scene outside a cafe. With new restrictions on the serving of alcohol, two soldiers are turned away, and a waiter challenges two little boys sitting at a table. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Disappointed greed, WW1
Cartoon, Disappointed greed, a comment on new alcohol restrictions. The waiter tells a lady that the anisette is too high in alcohol content for him to serve to her. Date: 1916

The Armageddon reservists leaving London, WW1, Matania
" The Armageddon Reservists Leaving London" This picture by Fortunino Matania shows German reservists leaving London from Victoria station

Restrictions are not finished! 1919
French cook holds up a small morsel of food on a plater, while the lady of the house is looking in a recipe book. Date: 1919

Licensing Bill cartoon 1908
A cartoon referring to the 1908 Licensing Bill which sought to reduce the number of licensed premises selling alcohol. There was much criticism of the bill which was seen as an infringement of civil

Drink Restriction Satire
The lamentable complaints....concerning the restraint set forth against drinking, potting and piping on the Sabbath day

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