Versus Collection (page 2)

Circus tamer with fierce tiger
Looking death in the eyes - for fun! Clyde Beatty, famous wild animal trainer, with a ferocious looking tiger. Date: 1933

Suffragette Chess Set
A painted figural chess set, entitled Topical Chessmen (Suffragettes v The Law). It comprises King and Queen, bishops as judges, rooks as burning buildings, prison cells

Suffragette Card Game PANKO
Suffragette card game entitled Panko The Great Card Game Suffragists V Anti-Suffragists. The cards were illustrated by E.T Reed, a cartoonist for Punch Magazine

George Hoy challenge
George Hoys challenge to the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to race his donkey against their trains, 1856 Date: 1856

Government care versus government neglect. Illustration shows a man labeled Warden, armed with Warrants, carrying measuring devices and a sheet of paper that states Fish, Game

Be2 Versus Taube 1914
The pilots of an allied BE2 aircraft use handguns to attack a German Taube

Cricket, Kent v Sussex at Hastings, August 1904
Cricket match, Kent v Sussex at Hastings, 29-31 August 1904, with C B Fry and Vine at the wickets. 1904

Town and Gown battle interrupted by police
A stand-off in Oxford between town locals and university students is interrupted by the police who attempt to calm everyone down. 1866

Gown and Town row at Oxford, 1845, where a punch up between students and a group of non-university locals is taking place in the street. 1845

Knees versus knuckles - handshake
Should hands be clasped in prayer or clenched in aggression? A visual rumination on how hands can express peace, anger and reconciliation or friendship. Date: 19th century

Cartoon, Radio versus Television, by Rich. circa 1930s

Shakes Versus Shav by George Bernard Shaw
Promotional postcard for Shakes v Shaw, a ten-minute puppet play by George Bernard Shaw. First produced at the Lyttleton Hall, Malvern, 9th August 1949 and Riverside Theatre, Festival Gardens

A tug of war - the Allies versus the Central Powers
No. 14/50. Dernier effort. A tug of war - the Allies versus the Central Powers. Leon

Aeroplanes v. Zeppelins by G. H. Davis
The struggle for aerial supremacy: aeroplanes versus Zeppelins. Left: outmanoeuvring a Zeppelin at sea. Right: an extraordinary optical delusion -- chasing a sunlit cornfield which looks like a

Battleship v. destroyer by G. H. Davis
Battleship versus destroyer: an important question explained. Should a destroyer attack a battleship from astern or ahead

Naval manoeuvres of 1913 by G. H. Davis
The naval manoeuvres of 1913. Torpedo versus gun -- the vulnerability of the battleship and the destroyer. Date: 1913

RAF and Army cooperate against enemy by G. H. Davis
Rocket typhoons versus German tanks: how the RAF and the Army cooperate in smashing enemy armour during the Second World War

Fighter bombers v. dive bombers by G. H. Davis
Fighter bombers versus dive bombers during the Second World War: operational methods defined. The dive bomber is vulnerable to fighter attack -- the fighter bomber is a more versatile weapon

Motor torpedo boats v. E-boats by G. H. Davis
British motor torpedo boats versus German E-boats: British and German mosquito (miniature) craft which wage incessant warfare during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Aerial gunpower in 1940 by G. H. Davis
The aerial gunpower of Britain, France and Germany: the armament of the bombers and fighters now in action. Machine gun versus canon

The vogue of squash rackets: a game for both sexes
A page from the Illustrated London News in 1922, describing the new vogue for squash. Miss Joyce Cave(lady squash champion of 1921) and Miss S

Battleship v. submarine by G. H. Davis
Battleship versus submarine: Sir Percy Scotts views on the position of the capital ship illustrated in a series of special Sphere diagrams. Top: the fleet bottled up in a harbour by submarines

Italy v. Turkey, rival navies compared, by G. H. Davis
Italy versus Turkey, the rival navies compared. Showing the Italian navy (top), whose chief fighting strength was four powerful armoured cruisers, and the Turkish navy (bottom)

Bomber v. warship and merchantman by G. H. Davis
Bomber versus warship and merchantman: difficulties confronting any German attempt at aerial blockade during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Toffs versus Roughs
A fight breaks out on the streets of a city between top-hatted gentlemen who throw determined punches at the lower-classes

Commercial might versus divine right

Justice versus prejudice

Scotland versus England, 1883
An international football match at Sheffield, 1883. Scotland defeated England with three goals to two. 1883

Luxuries versus lifeboats. Illustration shows an ocean liner sinking amid icebergs with many passengers jumping into the sea for lack of enough lifeboats

Wales versus Australia at Wembley, 1930
Vigorous defending by the Australian side during the first rugby league match to be played at Wembley Stadium in January 1930. Date: 1930

Abdiel Versus Satan
ABDIEL leads those angels which have remained faithful to God against the rebel angels led by Satan

Herakles Versus Hydra
He slays the Hydra of Lerna, one of his Twelve Labours

Dwarf Versus Genius
Born a genius - the world ignores you : born a dwarf - the world applauds and rewards you ! Date: 1847

Englands test match victory: meeting the King
The King present at the second England versus Australia test match. King George V with the Australian team, shaking hands with Bradman, the famous Australian batsman

The Inter-varsity boat-race: The Crews at Practice
The Oxford rowing team practising for the 1897 Oxford versus Cambridge Boat Race

Crowd / Bourdin Funeral
Crowd versus police at the funeral of Martial Bourdin, anarchist, who died trying to blow up the Greenwich Observatory

Herakles Versus Achelous
Herakles and the river-god Achelous, both enamoured of Dejanira, fight : though Achelous changes shape to dragon and bull, Herakles is the ultimate victor

Cavalry Versus Tanks
Poland : German tanks invading Poland are confronted by gloriously heroic but sadly ineffectual cavalry

Bismarck Versus the Pope
Bismarck versus the pope : Germany will support Alfonso only if he tolerates protestants : the pope insists that the pro-Catholic status quo be maintained. Date: April 1875

Gideon Versus Midianites
Gideon, 5th judge of Israel, equips his army with lamps covered with pitchers, to frighten their Midianite opponents

Magic Versus Sanctity
A magical contest between Simon Magus, representing magic, and the saints Peter and Paul : the saints won, of course, so Simon converted to Christianity

Sport / American Football
HARVARD versus YALE

Railway Versus Road
A horse-drawn carriers wagon: railway versus road

Man versus robot in Revolt of the Robots
REVOLT OF THE ROBOTS (Arthur R Tofte) Man finds himself challenged by the machines he himself created

Colombian Civil War
The Insurgents versus the Regulars in the Colombian Civil War

Rugby / England-Scotland
England versus Scotland at Kennington Oval, London : the last scrimmage : England win by two goals to one (under the old system of scoring)

Rugby / England V. Ireland
England versus Ireland at Richmond Date: 1898

Satire on Russian View
A satirical view of the Russian Imperial (and rather superior) outlook on Europe - the republics of Europe versus the Desert of Russia

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