Unpopular Collection

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie - Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play - Georgie Porgie ran away

Leon Trotsky / Simplicissi
LEON TROTSKY or LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN Russian Communist leader, clearly out of favour by 1928, having been expelled from the Party the year before Date: 1879 - 1940

North Berwick Witches
The witches of North Berwick make cattle sick, set fire to churches and generally make themselves unpopular

America - The Stamp Act - Burning the Stamps
American Colonists burn papers bearing the Stamps required under The Stamp Act of March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists

Rifle, Bolt Action, Lee Enfield, . 303 In No 5 Mk I
Lee Enfield. 303 in No 5 Mk I bolt action rifle, 1944 (c); known as the Jungle Carbine; fitted with flash eliminator, sling swivels and a rubber cushion on the buttplate

Political demonstration against Margaret Thatcher
A political demonstration against Margaret Thatcher, with photographs of her on display bearing the words Not Wanted, and another one saying Stop Thatcher Now

MARIGNY HANGED - 1
When Philippe IV dies his unpopular minister, Enguerrand de Marigny, is accused (unjustly) of various crimes including corruption, and hanged at Montfaucon. Date: 30 April 1315

MARIGNY HANGED - 2
When Philippe IV dies his unpopular minister, Enguerrand de Marigny, is accused (unjustly) of various crimes including corruption, and hanged at Montfaucon. Date: 30 April 1315

America - The Stamp Act - Celebrating the repeal of the Act of March 22, 1765 in May 1766 with The Liberty-Pole Festival. The Liberty Pole was known to be a symbol of dissent against Great Britain

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Ode of V. George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) Viceroy of India - Arrogant, inflexible and was socially famous for his pronouncement that " Ladies do not move"

Cartoon, An Exit Speech (Gladstone)
Cartoon, An Exit Speech -- Gladstone is isolated and unpopular in his arguments over the Irish Question. Date: 1886

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

Youthful Parisian Music Hall Revue Company pose in costume for their satirical number lampooning Emile Pataud, the deeply unpopuar (at the time) Secretary to the French Union of Electricians

Rural Guard on horseback, Cuba. Date: circa 1904

Cardinal Wolsey Arrested for High Treason, having lost favour with King Henry VIII. circa 1530

Henry the Eighth - title page - Archbishop Cranmer. 1862

Joseph Francois Foullon
JOSEPH FRANCOIS FOULLON Unpopular statesman who fled after the Bastilles fall, but despite Lafayettes attempt to save him he was hanged from a streetlamp by the Paris mob. Date: 1717 - 1789

French royal family are brought back from Varennes
During the French Revolution, the French royal family are brought back to Paris from Varennes, after their unsuccessful attempt to escape the country. Date: 22 June 1791

Manuel Narvaez
MANUEL RAMON MARIA NARVAEZ duque de Valencia - Spanish soldier and statesman, virtual dictator of Spain in 1844, hugely unpopular thanks to his ruthless style of government. Date: 1800 - 1868

ABD AL AZIZ / MOROCCO / 1903
ABD AL AZIZ or ABD AL AZIZ IV Sultan of Morocco (1894-1908): modern ideas and friendliness to other nations made him unpopular in his own country

West End riots: ducking an unpopular speaker, 1886
Ducking an unpopular speaker at an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square. The people were stirred to violence following incendiary speeches

Gladstone as Butler
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE As a butler, he hopes he has given satisfaction : but Britannia is not wholly satisfied, and Gladstones government is unpopular. Date: 1809 - 1898

Sir (George) Anderson Critchett - Eye Surgeon
MOZAFFAR OD-DIN SHAH Shah of Iran (1896-1907), an unpopular and incompetent ruler Date: 1852 - 1907

Robot chorus girls in New York
When a New York impresario replaces his chorus girls with electrically powered robots, his ingenuity is not well received by the audience. Date: 1928

Airco DH 9 prototype two-seater bomber
Airco DH9 prototype two-seater bomber, unpopular for its poorly-performing engine. It first flew in August 1917, with deliveries starting in January 1918. Date: circa 1917-1918

German brass band receive no applause, WW1
German street musicians in England surprised to receive no applause and no donations after performing. Date: 1914

Cartoon, The Bounder of Europe, WW1
Cartoon, The Bounder of Europe, showing an unhappy German in a cafe, surrounded by disapproving representatives of other nations during the First World War

Chinese Mining Boy, South Africa
A Chinese Mining Boy, South Africa. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand

Chinese Mining Boys - South Africa
Three Chinese Mining Boys. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand

Chinese Musicians - one playing an Erhu - South Africa
Chinese Musicians - one pictured playing an Erhu - in South Africa. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand

Police in Chinese Compound, South Africa - contracted miners
Police in a Chinese Compound, South Africa. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand

A rather unpopular sporting character - late Victorian era - known a Poison Date: 1896

Third Republic
Gambetta proclaims the Third Republic at the palais du Corps Legislatif, Paris : it is unpopular with pretty well everyone, but ensures a measure of stability. Date: 4 September 1870

Queen prima-donna at home, 1874
Three girls plead with their musical Mamma to stop playing the piano. Date: 1874

Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia
A satirical French cartoon on the subject of Tsar Nicholas II (Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov), the last Emperor of Russia. Date: circa 1904

Dublin - Nelson Pillar and Upper O Connell Street. This large granite pillar was destroyed by a bomb in 1966

Portrait of Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), fourth child and second son of Queen Victoria. Married the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia

Queen Victoria greeting the Duke of Edinburgh and the Grand
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh together with his new wife, the Duchess of Edinburgh (formerly the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia)

Concini Assassinated
Concino Concini, marechal d Ancre, an unscrupulous and unpopular statesman, is arrested near the Louvre, Paris, hanged and his body burnt

QUEEN ADELAIDE INN
The Queen Adelaide inn sign, Worcester Park, Surrey, England. Queen Adelaide was the queen of King William IV, who became unpopular after meddling with politics

French Take Rome - 6
The French may have re-taken Rome for the pope, but they are very unpopular in the city - a French visitor is set upon by patriotic citizens and their no less patriotic dog

Aristides Ostracised
Aristides the Just, victor of the Battle of Marathon, is approached in the Agora by an illiterate citizen, asking him to carve his name on a shell. Aristides is then ostracised

Mozaffar Od-Din Shah Ira
MOZAFFAR OD-DIN SHAH Shah of Iran (1896-1907), an unpopular and incompetent ruler

Alexis Nord Attacked
Attacked by an angry mobd, unpopular president Alexis Nord is saved by the French minister

An Unpopular Orator
An unpopular candidate at election time gets pelted with a variety of vegetables and an unfortunate cat by the hostile crowd

Events / Spain
The unpopular minister Godoy is arrested by Fernando VII, and sent into exile in France

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