Rule Collection (page 5)

French in Spain
Following insurrection against despotic rule in Spain, the French invade, hoping to restore Bourbon rule. They capture Trocadero, near Cadiz. Date: 31 August 1823

Belgium - Centenary of Quatre Glorieuses in 1930
Photographic Montage postcard centering on The Congress Column in Brussels, Belgium. The card commemoration the centenary of the Quatre Glorieuses - the 4 days of revolution which overthrew

An unflattering Irish type who wanted Home Rule for Ireland. Date: circa 1890s

Russia - Glazier Date: 1902

Rule Britannia - Britannia Rules the Waves - WW2 era propaganda greetings card Date: circa 1943

Boxwood slide-rule belonging to Bryan Donkin Jr

George Stephenson?s measuring rule

Rule marking and measuring machine

Saint Ignacius of Loyola (kneeling) presenting the rule of the Company of Jesus to the Pope Paul III to approve it (7th September 1540). Oil on wood. ITALY. Rome

Portrait of the boyar Feodor Veriguin. Russian school. Painting. RUSSIA. Saint Petersburg. State Russian Museum

United Kingdom (1886). Prime Minister William

Oresme, Nicholas (1325-1382). Politics. 1340-1350
" Oresme, Nicholas (1325-1382). Politics. 1340-1350. Illustration of " Polithics" by Aristotle. The three currupt types of government: Tiranny (upper section)

Map of the postal system of Spain (18th c. )
Map of the postal system of Spain (18th c.). Dedicated to the Cond頯 f Floridablanca. SPAIN. Madrid. Post and Telegraph Museum

MONLEON Y TORRES, Rafael (1835-1900). Combat
" MONLEON Y TORRES, Rafael (1835-1900). Combat between the Spanish " Catalan" against the British Mary. 1888

Apparition in Spain, 1704
During the War of the Spanish Succession, a combat between two warriors is seen in the skies, the victor proclaiming I will rule, the loser I have ruled. Very ominous... Date: 1704

An illustration of how the game of Roulette is played

Shall the people rule. W. J. Bryan
Shall the people rule. W.J. Bryan

Father Knickerbockers next job - He got rid of Tammany Rule, and now, if he gets rid of Hayseed Rule, he will be ready for Home Rule

Silistra - Bulgaria
Silistra - a port city of northeastern Bulgaria, lying on the southern bank of the lower Danube at the countrys border with Romania

The Restoration of the Constitution
A patriotic postcard celebrating the Constitution of July 1908. Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) oversaw a period of decline in the power and extent of the Empire

Tbilisi / Tiflis
This ancient town has been successively under Persian, Byzantine, Arab, Mongol, Turkish and Soviet rule before its present incarnation in independent Georgia. Date: 1850

FLICA YACHT
The Flica International Rule 12 Metre Class Racing Yacht, built by Camper & Nicolson in 1929, designed by Sir Richard Fairey. Here flying her flags at the end of her 1933 win

LA Salle Writing
JEAN-BAPTISTE DE LA SALLE French churchman, educator and benefactor, founder of the Freres Chretiens, dedicates himself and his rule to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Date: 1651 - 1719

Tower of Saint Rule
The Tower of St. Rule (or St. Regulus) and the ruins of St. Andrews Cathedral, Fifeshire, Scotland. Date: founded 1160

Gladstone - the return of the vanquished
The return of the vanquished! Cartoon of William Gladstone on the front cover of Funny Folks, after the defeat of his Irish Home Rule bill. Date: 1886

Revolution of Theriso - The insurgents at Malaxa
In 1898, the Great Powers declared Crete as an independent Cretan State, under the rule of the Sultan. Yet, the administration of commander Prince George irritated the Cretans

Portrait bust of T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
Portrait bust of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish

Satire on Irish Home Rule - Husband punched by wife (who in Green symbolises one side of the Irish struggle). The Irish Home Rule Movement came to an end at the outset of World War One

Prince Wilhelm (William) of Wied and family
Prince William of Wied (1876 - 1945), Prince of Albania, with his wife, Princess Sophie of Schonburg Waldenburg and his children, Princess Marie Eleonore and Prince Carl Victor

View of Rome
An imaginary view of Rome in a marginal drawing. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Hercules strikes Cacus, and view of Rome
Page of text with marginal drawings. At the top in the left margin is a picture of Rome. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Macedonia - Bitola (Monastir)
Sultan Hamid Street - Macedonia - Bitola (Monastir) - when under Ottoman rule (as evidenced by the two visible mosques). Date: 1905

Nationalists in India during Second World War
Nationalists in India take advantage of Britains involvement in the Second World War to rebel against British rule. Date: 1942

Map / Africa / Algeria C1850
Algeria under French rule, divided into three provinces of Oran, Algiers and Constantine Date: circa 1850

The Irish parliamentary party
The Irish Parliamentary party (also called the Irish Party or Home Rule Party) was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell

Greece, Crete - Cretan Gendarmerie
Prince George (inset portrait) served as high commissioner of Crete during its transition towards independence from Ottoman rule and union with Greece

Some of the Great Powers Troops in Crete
Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands. A Greek force arrived to annex the island in 1897 and the Great Powers acted

Memorial to the Battle of Plassey, West Bengal, India
Memorial obelisk to the Battle of Plassey (23 June 1757), West Bengal, India. The battle established British rule in India for the next 90 years. It took place at Palashi, West Bengal

George Vs Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
General view of the coronation of King George V at the Durbar in Delhi, India

Customs official tests imported wine
A customs official tests wine from an imported barrel of wine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Visit of German Kaiser to Turkey
The Visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II to Turkey for an official state meeting with Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918). They are visiting the German School at Constantinople

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey and Crete
In this cartoon postcard, John Bull, and personifications of France, Austria, Germany, Italy and Russia watch on, as Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) wields a knife in a dispute over Crete

Turkey - Visit of ther Kaiser Wilhelm II
The visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II (with his wife Augusta Viktoria) to meet with the Turkish Sultan, Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918)

Maharaja of Gwalior / Stamp
MADHO RAO SCINDIA (1875 - 1925), was the 5th Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior. He acceded to the throne in 1886 and ruled to his death in 1925

The Irish Loyalist Demonstration at the Royal Albert Hall, 1
Engraving showing a view, from the gallery, of the Irish Loyalist Demonstration at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1893. The audience/demonstraters shown were protesting against any possibility of

Customs Official checks the volume of wine in a barrel
A customs Official checks the level of wine in an imported barrel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Clovis II Proclaimed
Clovis II, son of Dagobert I, is only five years old when he is proclaimed king of Neustria, but he will rule until 657

Crete Revolt
Encampment of insurgents : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful

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