Radical Collection (#12)

The Crimean Tartar Saloon, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of the Crimean Tartar Saloon on Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880

The Imperial Saloon, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of the Imperial Saloon on Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880

The Czars Bedroom, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of Czar Alexander IIs bedroom on his steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880. Extremely lavishly fitted out, this yacht was given a radical design

SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880. This yacht was given a radical design, supposedly based on the shape of a turbot

Oastler speech in Huddersfield 1844
Radical politician Richard Oastler (1789-1861) addresses the populace of Huddersfield on Shrove Tuesday 1841 following his release from prison

Wilkes as Alderman
JOHN WILKES alderman and radical statesman in his aldermans robes

John Bright / Sepia Photo
JOHN BRIGHT radical statesman

Red Flag / Brandenburg
The Red Flag is flown at the Brandenburg Gate by German Communists who hoped that the dissolution of Imperial Germany might be turned into a more radical revolution

The Mint in 1812
The new building of the Royal Mint on Tower Hill. Sentries guard it from attack - for we are at war with France, and the Irish are making trouble as are radical politicians

Wilkes Riots 1768
Scene in the streets of London during the Wilkes and liberty rioting, when enthusiastic Londoners demonstrate their support for the rejected radical MP

Adam Mickiewicz
ADAM MICKIEWICZ Polish poet and radical

Plastic Surgery / New Head
EXTREME PLASTIC SURGERY - satire on unrealistic expectations for surgery: young woman patient exchanges ugly head for pretty one

Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, Scottish writer
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852 - 1936), Scottish writer, traveller, radical politician and nationalist

Mr Popple Jumps Gate
Mr Popple jumps a five barred gate on his horse Radical. Not so impressive, though, as the gate was lying flat on the ground!

People rappeling up the Anhumas Abyss, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Andre Seale / SpecialistStock

Sharks Tooth Peak and Raspberry Hut, Matukituki Valley, Mount Aspiring National Park, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Matukituki Valley, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

1819 / Peterloo / Hunt
Radical Henry Orator Hunt, begins his speech to the crowd gathered at St Peters Fields Manchester. He is interrupted by the fatal yeomanry charge, arrested and imprisoned

Cunninghame-Graham / Evans
ROBERT BONTINE CUNNINGHAME-GRAHAM Scottish writer, traveller, radical politician and nationalist

Karl Marx / Graphic 1883
KARL MARX German radical political thinker

Clovis Hugues / Nadar Phot
CLOVIS HUGUES French writer and radical politician

Jules Favre (Lafosse)
JULES FAVRE French radical statesman

Cunninghame-Graham / Spy
ROBERT BONTINE CUNNINGHAME-GRAHAM Scottish writer, traveller, radical politician and nationalist

Cartoon / Stavisky Affair
The Stavisky Affair: the swindles of Serge Alexandre Stavisky, who had important connections in 1930s France, succeeded in bringing down the Radical Socialist government

John Bright / Anon Photo
JOHN BRIGHT radical statesman, in 1876

JOHN BURNS, 1910
JOHN ELLIOT BURNS radical statesman

Richard Cobden (Pound)
RICHARD COBDEN radical statesman

Henry Vincent / Whitlock
HENRY VINCENT Radical politician

Clemenceau Caricature
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU French radical statesman, caricatured as a ruthless destroyer of ministers

Jaures Caricature
JEAN-JOSEPH-MARIE-AUGUSTE JAURES French radical statesman, caricatured as a firebrand

A French Radical
A typical French radical

Clemence-Louise Michel
CLEMENCE-LOUISE MICHEL French radical politician of anarchist views

Nikolai Dobrolyubov
NIKOLAI DOBROLYUBOV Russian critic and journalist of radical views

Nikolai Chernyshevsky
NIKOLAI CHERNYSHEVSKY Russian radical activist, exiled in Siberia for 24 years, wrote the classic revolutionary text What is to be done ?

Henry Hetherington
HENRY Chartist & radical publisher

Thomas Paine / John Kay
THOMAS PAINE Radical writer, born in England, emigrated to America in 1774 where he urged declaration of independence

Thomas Paine
THOMAS PAINE Radical political writer and freethinker

Cobden Honoured
RICHARD COBDEN Radical statesman, honoured at a soiree at Rochdale, Manchester

Cobden from a Photo
RICHARD COBDEN Radical statesman Date: 1804-1865

Alejandro Lerroux
ALEJANDRO LERROUX Leader of the Spanish Radical Party, who headed four governments during the period of centre-right rule (1933 - 1935) in the Second Republic

JOHN PYM radical statesman, a leading figure in the political affairs surrounding the onset of the English Civil War with his autograph

Student Agitators 1848
Students in Vienna form part of the revolt with radical liberals and workers calling for constitutional reform. One of the many European revolutions of the year 1848

Patrick Henry speaking against the Stamp Act
Patrick Henry, in the Virginia House of Burgesses, introduces radical resolutions opposing the Stamp Act, warning King George III that he could go the way of Caesar and Charles I

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