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Mona Lisa Says GoodbyeThe Mona Lisa says goodbye when the painting is stolen from the Louvre, Paris
Modern Iconoclasts at work - EgyptModern iconoclasts at work on the monuments of ancient Egypt
WW1 - Damage to the Henry Vasnier Gallery, ReimsWW1 - on September 4, 1914, a German shell fell on the Museum of Fine Arts in Reims and more precisely in the room dedicated to the Henry Vasnier Gallery (Galerie Henri Vasnier)
Historical views of Hindoostan (India)
English tourist in a bird basket in a gannet huntEnglish tourist riding in a bird basket in a gannet or guga hunt on the isle of St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Doctor Factobends recantation in the bird basket, St. Kildd
Encouraged by Paul, the magicians of Ephesus burn their books, an act of vandalism for which it is difficult to forgive them
Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men - an act of vandalism for which it is difficult to forgive them
The French, after their successful campaign in Italy, loot Venice, removing art treasures from the cathedral of San Marco Date: 1797
British Tourist VandalsModern Christians in the palace of the ancient Moorish kings, Alhambra - English tourists in Granada indulge in a little vandalism... Date: circa 1870
Wrecked Scottish Express at Creamlington - General StrikeWrecked Scottish Express at Creamlington, Northumberland - Deliberate derailment attributed to strikers during the General Strike. Date: 1926
Damage done to the Rokeby Venus by suffragetteThe actual damage done to the Rokeby Venus by the suffragette with a chopper
Mona Lisa Back with BabyThe Mona Lisa is back after her temporary absence... with a baby!
Incidents including train-wrecking: General Strike 1926Several scenes in England including: Liverpool Street Station crowds of commuters trying to get to work
Cartoon, Mrs Weldon painting a bust of GounodCartoon, The gentle Mrs Weldon, putting black paint on a portrait bust of the French composer, Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Venice Looted by FrenchThe French pillage Venice, carrying away the famous horses of San Marco Date: 1797
Railway strike 1911: AftermathSeveral scenes in Liverpool where rioters have vandalised public property. Date: August 1911
Railway strike 1911: Tramcar damage by strikers at GlasgowOne of thousands of tramcars damaged by strikers at Glasgow. Date: August 1911
Railway strike 1911: Affecting holiday crowdsStrikes causing massive disruptions for holiday makers leaving and entering London
Graffiti Vandalism at PisaConservation experts applying mud packs to draw out spray painted graffiti on the porous Carrara marble walls of Pisa Duomo
Cartoon, German soldier with mask of Culture, WW1Cartoon, German soldier with a mask of Culture (Kultur) during the First World War. Date: 1914
The Sack of Aerschot, 1914An illustration of the alleged stabling of horses by German troops in the church at Aerschot, Belgium, during the German occupation of the town, early in the First World War. Date: 1914
FAVRETTO, Giacomo (1849-1887). Vandalism. Oil on canvas
Paris Riot Church RaidThe church of Saint-Joseph in Paris is sacked by anarchist rioters: alters were smashed, pictures trampled under foot & a bonfire made of the chairs. Date: 1899
Derelict StationThe platform of a derelict Victorian railway station near Romsey in Hampshire, England. Date: 1970s
Carrie Nation, the Saloon SmasherCarrie Nation (1846-1911)
German Looted Art FoundA story in the 1919 ILN featuring paintings taken by the Germans from the University of Colmar in Alsace during WWI
Magic Books BurntEncouraged by Paul, the magicians of Ephesus burn their books, an act of vandalism for which it is difficult to forgive them
Vandalising MilletA mentally disturbed man slashes Millets The Angelus in the Louvre, Paris
Cemetery Looting 1917Desperate for metal to make shells, the Germans loot Belgian cemeteries, taking anything that can be melted down for arms
Tourist Vandalism SpainModern Christians in the palace of the ancient Moorish kings, Alhambra - English tourists in Granada indulge in a little vandalism
Mona Lisa NightmareM. Homelle, director of Frances Musees Nationaux, suffers nightmares when the Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre !
Paris Art ThievesParis art thieves make off with treasures from a private collection
Communards desecrating a statue of the Virgin MaryIn a Paris church, shameless communards desecrate a statue of the Virgin Mary