Swearing Collection

WW2 - Home Front - Woman in her Gas Mask. Date: circa 1941

Reception of Jacques de Molay. 1840s; Reception of Jacques de Molay. 1840s. Work by GRANET, Fran篩s Marius (1775-1849); GRANET, Fran篩s Marius (1775-1849). Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Avignon

The New Word in Golf by H. M. Bateman
H. M. Bateman at his explosive best with this cartoon of an irate elderly golfer who fills the air with Anglo-Saxon expletives in frustration at his golf game

General George Washington swearing in as President at the old city hall of New York. Lithography of 1789. Litography

Silhouette, Enough to Make a Saint Swear
Enough to Make a Saint Swear -- silhouette showing a monk annoyed to see that a cat has knocked over a jug of milk and is lapping it all up

A Very Cross Word Puzzle by William Heath Robinson
As a golfer manages to hit a passer by forcefully on the head with a ball, the illustrator invites the reader to fill in the crossword puzzle: " Across: A Forceful Exclamation!"

Commodore Hawser Trunnion in Peregrine Pickle, 1758
Commodore Hawser Trunnion, an old one-eyed seaman, jumping up cursing at a tavern table. A scene from Tobias Smollett's picaresque novel The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

The Irish Chiefs and Kings kneel before King Henry II (1133-1189) at Dublin, Ireland

Spain (1820-1823). Civil war. Fan decorated with an illustration of Ferndinand VII swearing loyalty to the Cadiz Constitution. SPAIN. Barcelona. Textile and Clothing Museum

POLISH INSURRECTION 1794
KOSCIUSKO'S OATH An incident of the Polish Insurrection: Kosciusko vows to drive the Russians, Prussians and Austrians out of Poland or die trying. Date: 1794

Comic postcard, Deaf man misunderstands Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman at the Tower of London Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman with fruit seller Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boy swearing in front of girl Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Vicar at the Tower of London Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man, boy and starfish on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man swearing in front of parrot Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, men gossiping about young woman Date: 20th century

Harold swears fealty to Duke William
Allegedly after being shipwrecked on the French coast in 1064 (a date highly disputed amongst historians), The Bayeux Tapestry, and other Norman sources

Austrian officer - Anschluss
Swearing in ceremony of Austrian officers at the Theresianum in Vienna.The ceremony took place in the presence of the Chancellor and members of government

SWEARING A CHILD
Young pregnant woman swearing on the Bible to declare the rightful father of the child Date: 18th century

Theres Millions In It! Tivoli Theatre, Hull
Theres Millions In It! a musical farcical comedy at the Tivoli Theatre, Hull -- Polly swears! 1923

Duke of York taking oath to be faithful to Henry VI
Richard, Duke of York, forced to take an oath of allegiance at St Pauls Cathedral to be faithful to Henry VI. 1452

French satirical cartoon - criticism of Second Boer War (1899-1902)

Cover page of pamphlet, A Night in a Workhouse
The cover page of A Night in a Workhouse -- an undercover expose of conditions in the casual ward of the Lambeth workhouse in London

King Edward I brandishing the javelin
King Edward I (1239-1307), brandishing the javelin, and swearing he will hang the man who threw it -- possibly a mythological rather than true event. late 13th century

Jacob requiring an oath from his son Joseph to bury him in Canaan - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 47.31. 1787

Caricature of Howard Paul, American writer and performer
Caricature of George Henry Howard Paul (1830-1905), American writer, playwright, comic actor and theatre manager, active in the UK

Woman police officer taking oath in court, London
Woman police officer taking the oath from the witness box in a magistrates court, London. She is wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Swearing in a new American citizen, New York

Swearing an Oath of Fealty to a young Lord
Oath of Fealty to a young Lord

Paying homage to an Assyrian ruler

Lord Mayor taking the oath in court, 1890, by Sydney P. Hall
The Lord Mayor taking the oath in the court of the Lord Chief Justice. Date: 1890

King Juan Carlos I inauguration
SPAIN. Madrid. Royal Palace. Spain. Democratic transition. King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia wave from the balcony of the Royal Palace after the swearing in Parliament as head of state

The Cortes Generales proclaimed Juan Carlos King of Spain. 22/11/1975

JUAN CARLOS I of Spain (1938). King of Spain from 1975. The Cortes Generales proclaimed Juan Carlos King of Spain. 22/11/1975

JOVER Y CASANOVA, Francisco (1836-1890). The Queen RegentMaria Christina of Austria oath of the Constitution of 1876 accompanied by the Princesses Mercedes and Teresa

Plate inscribed When the ell is it goin to be strawberry with a cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware

Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire, WW1
Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire with a cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware

Gentleman crashes on his bicycle and utters a loud... " Mark of exclamation!" Date: circa 1940s

Spain (1820-1823). Liberal Triennium. The troops of the garrison of Madrid swearing the Constitution (20th March 1820). Silk screen printing

Spain. Transition to Democracy. Government of the UCD (1981). Calvo Soltelo swearing before the kings

Spain (1820-1823). Liberal Triennium. Constituci󮠅
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CASTELARO PEREA, Jos頨1801-1873). Isabella II
CASTELARO PEREA, Jos頨 1801-1873). Isabella II swearing the Constitution. 1844. Act celebrated at the Senate in which Isabel II swears the Constitution of 1837 being on age. Detail

SPAIN. Sevilla. Spain Square. Spain (s. XV)

Spain. First swearing in allegiance to the flag of the Legion. Lieutenant Colonel Mill n Astray and

Isabella II swearing the Constitution
Event held at the Senate where Isabella II of Spain swears the Constitution of 1837 on reaching the age of majority. Date: 1844

Taking the oath. Date c1889 July 17. Taking the oath. Date c1889 July 17

Swearing in of army recruits at Potsdam, 1913
Kaiser Wilhelm II arriving at Potsdam for the annual swearing in of new army recruits

Czech politicians, Old Town Square, Prague
Czech politicians taking the ceremonial oath of the Czechoslovak forces, in Old Town Square, Prague. From left to right they are: Udrzal, Scheiner, Klofac, Habrman. 8 November 1918

British Army recruits taking the oath, WW1
Four young British Army recruits taking the oath, probably towards the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Swearing In Indian Recruits to the British Army, 1878
Engraving showing the swearing in of an Indian recruit to the British Army, on a parade ground in the sub-continent, 1878

Oath of the Barons 1214
The oath of the English Barons to restore the liberties of the land, taken at the council called by Archbishop Stephen Langton at the abbey at Bury-St-Edmunds

Last Doge of Venice
Lodovico Manin, the 120th and last doge of Venice, collapses after swearing allegiance to Austria, a consequence of Napoleons conquest of northern Italy

Barons Oath at Bury
The barons swear to achieve their liberties, at Bury St. Edmunds

Hannibal / Childs Oath
Hannibal as a child, swearing life-long hostility to Rome at his father Hasdrubals bidding

Hereward & King William
HEREWARD THE WAKE Hereward kneels before William the Conqueror and held his hands, swearing fealty to him

Hannibal vows to fight Rome to the bitter end
SECOND PUNIC WAR : Hannibal vows to fight Rome to the bitter end

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