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Sympathetic Collection

Background imageSympathetic Collection: The Gleaners, Blockley, Gloucestershire

The Gleaners, Blockley, Gloucestershire
A family group collecting left over corn at Blockley. The title might be a reflection of the painting by Jean-Francois Millet noted for depicting peasant workers in a sympathetic way Date: 1905

Background imageSympathetic Collection: British Navy to sell the effects of the who has died at sea

British Navy to sell the effects of the who has died at sea
When a sailor dies at sea: A sympathetic auction of his effects, for the benefit of his widow. 1914

Background imageSympathetic Collection: A position held by Carlist Requetes of the Nationalist army during the Spanish Civil War

A position held by Carlist Requetes of the Nationalist army during the Spanish Civil War. One of the men can be seen firing a light automatic machine gun through a hole in the parapet

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Bridge Blown up in Bilbao; Spanish Civil War 1937

Bridge Blown up in Bilbao; Spanish Civil War 1937
One of the bridges of Bilbao, blown up by retreating Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War. In the background, one can see part of the dockside of the city

Background imageSympathetic Collection: FRENCH HANG BOLSHEVIKS

FRENCH HANG BOLSHEVIKS
Like other occupying forces the French treat the Bolsheviks with ruthless severity : two workers sympathetic to the Bolsheviks are hanged at Odessa. Date: 1918

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Women Communards; Paris Commune 1871

Women Communards; Paris Commune 1871
A group of female Communards, Paris. An unusually sympathetic portrait, full of fervour and feeling for their plight, each woman is drawn as an individual. Date: 1871

Background imageSympathetic Collection: St Dunstans-in-the-East

St Dunstans-in-the-East
Severely damaged in the Fire of London in 1666, it was patched up between 1668 and 1671. A steeple was added around 1700 to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren

Background imageSympathetic Collection: WW1 Munitions Worker

WW1 Munitions Worker
Mary the Maid of Munitions, in bonnet and overalls with munitions factory scene behind her. An attractive and sympathetic image. Date: circa 1916

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Jean Vigneron

Jean Vigneron
JEAN VIGNERON French grammarian, having his bust decorated by a bevy of sympathetic females and their young cherubs... Date: 1642 - 1708

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Midinettes Strike, Paris

Midinettes Strike, Paris
The midinettes who work for the Paris couturiers go on strike for better pay, singing the International in the streets, to the applause of sympathetic passers-by Date: September 1910

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Music cover, Bubbles at the Comedy Theatre

Music cover, Bubbles at the Comedy Theatre, Your Sympathetic Smile, words by Eric Blore, music by Philip Braham. 1917

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, the mongrel dog show

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, the mongrel dog show
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- the mongrel dog show at Porlock Weir, Somerset, showing an entry for the dog with the most sympathetic eyes. Date: 1927

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Sympathetic nervous system in the thoracic

Sympathetic nervous system in the thoracic, lumbar and sacral plexus.. Handcolored steel engraving from Dr. Joseph Nicolas Masses Pocket Anatomy of the Human Body, Paris, 1864

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Sympathetic nervous system in the cardiac plexus

Sympathetic nervous system in the cardiac plexus.. Handcolored steel engraving from Dr. Joseph Nicolas Masses Pocket Anatomy of the Human Body, Paris, 1864

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Smallpox inoculation cartoon

Smallpox inoculation cartoon
Jack of Both Sides; Sympathetic, but doubtful, and by no means Bright Animals protest against the 1874 Act of Parliament which made inoculation against smallpox compulsory

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Lost tooth causes sleeping difficulties for Kitty

Lost tooth causes sleeping difficulties for Kitty
Kitty - " Aunty, I can t sleep at night since I lost my front toof for the draught blowing down my throat." Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Getting their dead pet dog stuffed

Getting their dead pet dog stuffed
Conversation overhead by sympathetic Old Lady " I ear your Billys dead, when are you goin tr bury im?" " We aint goin to bury im, we re goin ter ave im stuffed." Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSympathetic Collection: A scene in Downing Street during the Abdication crisis

A scene in Downing Street during the Abdication crisis
A cyclist sympathetic to the dilemma of King Edward VIII in December 1936, talks to a policeman in Downing Street, London

Background imageSympathetic Collection: A Madame Yevonde portrait of Mrs Winston Churchill

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Mrs Winston Churchill
Graciousness, enterprise, dignity, staunchness, a sympathetic outlook and an acute sense of humour are all characteristics of Mrs (Clementine) Churchill

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Rochefort Arrested

Rochefort Arrested
The offices of a newspaper sympathetic to Henri Rochefort are occupied by government troops

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Coup: Representatives

Coup: Representatives
Representatives who oppose Napoleons coup are arrested by troops sympathetic to his cause and incarcerated in the caserne (barracks) at the quai d Orsay, Paris

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Photographer Arrested

Photographer Arrested
The Bolsheviks are still seen as a danger to the state : at Petrograd a photographer sympathetic to the Bolsheviks is arrested

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Terrorist V Zassulich

Terrorist V Zassulich
Vera Zasulich (1849-1919), a leading nihilist, shoots and wounds police chief Trepov in retaliation for his brutality : she is tried but acquitted by a sympathetic court

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Terrorist V Zasulich

Terrorist V Zasulich
Vera Zasulich (1849-1919), a leading nihilist, shoots and wounds police chief Trepov in retaliation for his brutality : she is tried but acquitted by a sympathetic court

Background imageSympathetic Collection: French Casualty

French Casualty
A casualty of the French Italian expedition is consoled by a quartet of sympathetic signorinas

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Sympathy for French priest with toothache

Sympathy for French priest with toothache
An elderly woman in a frilly pink crinoline shows sympathy for a young French priest who is suffering from the toothache

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Berlioz Faust Liebig 6

Berlioz Faust Liebig 6
While her seducer goes down to Hell, Marguerite, judged blameless though pregnant, is taken up to Heaven by sympathetic angels

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Luther Tormented

Luther Tormented
MARTIN LUTHER, senseless with his doubts and self-torments, is tended by his sympathetic brethren

Background imageSympathetic Collection: Fighters Refreshedts

Fighters Refreshedts
Street figters are refreshed by sympathetic residents

Background imageSympathetic Collection: With Italian Priests

With Italian Priests
During his victorious Italian campaign, 1796-1797, he is sympathetic to Italian priests who had feared the worst from a foreign invasion


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