Political Event Collection (#7)

Seeking news of King Edward, December 3rd, 1936, 1937
Seeking news of King Edward - December 3rd, 1936, 1937. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Newspaper men at No. 10, Dec 1936 (1937). From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

A Reign Ended, 1936 (1937). From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

The Last Phase - Fort Belvedere, night of December 10th, 1936, 1937. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

The Abdication, Fontainebleau, April 6, 1814, (1896). Under the terms of The Treaty of Fontainebleau, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

Covent Garden Market, Westminster, London, 1808. Artist: Augustus Charles Pugin
Covent Garden Market, Westminster, London, 1808. View of electioneering taking place at Covent Garden, with some spectators carrying banners

The high-flying candidate, (ie Little Paul-Goose), mounting from a blanket, 1806. View of the hustings in Covent Garden showing Sir Samuel Hood

Middlesex-election, 1804. A long pull, a strong pull and a pull all together, 1804. Sir Francis Burdett drawn by his supporters in his carriage

A barbers shop, 1784. The interior of a barbers shop during the Westminster election of 1784. A man is seated having his hair combed by a boy from whose pocket shows the label [Wr]ay

The scrutiny, or examination of the filth, 1784. Five men, holding their noses and examining chamber pots, with devils in the background on either side. One man is vomiting

The Westminster mendicant, 1784. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
The Westminster mendicant, 1784. A blind beggar, Sir Cecil Wray, being led by his dog. This satire is a reference to Wrays lack of success in contesting the Westminster constituency at the 1784

Wits last stake... 1784. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Wits last stake... 1784. Scene in a poor district of Westminster (Peter Street). The Duchess of Devonshire is canvassing a cobbler. She is supported on Charles James Foxs knee

The Westminster Watchman, 1784. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
The Westminster Watchman, 1784. Charles James Fox as a watchman. In the background, two sham watchmen, Lord Hood and Sir Cecil Wray

The Westminster Deserter drum d out of the regiment, 1784. Artist
The Westminster Deserter drum d out of the regiment, 1784. Sir Cecil Wray being drummed away from the hustings in Covent Garden. Sam House is in the centre and Charles James Fox is on the right

The Rival Candidates, 1784. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
The Rival Candidates, 1784. The three candidates for the Westminster constituency at the 1784 general election. Charles James Fox in the centre, in the pose of orator

Westminster Races... 1784. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
Westminster Races... 1784. Showing the three candidates for the Westminster constituency in the 1784 general election, Samuel Hood, Charles James Fox and Cecil Wray

City election candidates of 1812. A View of the Starting Post and List of the Horses and their Riders who Started for the City Plate October 5th 1812

Westminster Election, 1780. Three candidates stand under the portico of St Paul s, Covent Garden. Charles James Fox, in the centre, is supported by Britannia

Spectators gather on Portland Place to watch the Womens Sunday procession, London, 21 June 1908. On Sunday 21 June 1908 thousands of people gathered in London to watch six processions organised by

The head of the Womens Sunday Procession to Hyde Park, London, 21 June 1908. Artist
The head of the Womens Sunday Procession to Hyde Park, London, 21 June 1908. On Sunday 21 June 1908 thousands of people gathered in London to watch six processions organised by the suffragettes which

Keir Hardie addressing the first womens suffrage demonstration, London, 19 May 1906
Keir Hardie addressing the first womens suffrage demonstration, Trafalgar Square, London, 19 May 1906. Hardie (1856-1915) was a Scottish trade unionist

Edward VIII leaving Windsor Castle, after his abdication speech, 11 December, 1936. King Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor, (1894-1972)

New York Governor Al Smith accepting the Democratic nomination for the Presidency, 1928
New York Governor Al Smith accepting the Democratic nomination for the Presidency, August 1928. Alfred Emanuel Smith, Jr (1873-1944) giving his acceptance speech in the Assembly chamber at Albany

Republican supporters outside Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, New York, USA, 15 October 1940. A crowd of more than 10, 000 people

Wendell Willkie, American politician, Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, 1940. Wilkie (1892-1940) at a frontier celebration at Cheyenne during the 1940 presidential election campaign

The wedding party at the marriage of the Duchess and Duke of Windsor, France, 3 June 1937
The wedding party at the marriage of the Duchess and Duke of Windsor, Cha teau de Cande, France, 3 June 1937. Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David)

Keir Hardie speaking at a peace rally in Trafalgar Square, 2nd August, 1914. Artist
Keir Hardie speaking at a peace rally in Trafalgar Square, London, 2 August, 1914. James Keir Hardie (1856-1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician

King John signs the Great Charter, Runnymede, Surrey, 1215 (1864). John (1167-1216) became King of England in 1199. The Angevin kings of England, Henry II

The abdication of Napoleon and his departure from Fontainebleau for Elba, 20th April 1814. The defeat at the Battle of Leipzig

Um dieses Banner düfen die Unabhängigen sich scharen. Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889. Creator: Joseph Keppler
Um dieses Banner dufen die Unabhangigen sich scharen. Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889

The marriage of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, 1937
The marriage of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, 3 June 1937

Souvenir Book of King Edward VIII: Told in Pictures, 1937. Edward (1894-1972) ruled from ruled 20 January 1936 until 11 December 1936

Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meeting in Quebec, Canada, 1944
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the USA (right) and Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister, meeting in Quebec in 1944

Lenin haranguing deputies of the 2nd Soviet Congress, Smolny Palace, St Petersburg, 1917. This meeting on 26 October 1917, the day after the storming of the Winter Palace

The Start, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Start, 1886. On the left at the starting line is the Grand Old Man of politics, the Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone

Edward VIII giving his abdication broadcast to the nation and the Empire, 11th December 1936. Edward abdicated in order to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee

Mr. Churchill was returned for Epping, as a Conservative, 1929, (1945). In the General Election of 1929 the Labour Party secured a majority, but Mr

In the General Election he was defeated at Manchester, but was returned for Dundee, 1908, (1945). Sir Winston Churchill standing on a tram as he speaks to the public during the North West Manchester

Edward II. resigning his Crown, c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech
Edward II. resigning his Crown, c1860, (c1860). On 20 January 1327, Henry of Lancaster and the bishops of Winchester and Lincoln informed Edward that if he were to resign as monarch

Reform demonstration in Hyde Park, London, 19th century (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VIII. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Fourth Churchill-Roosevelt Conference, 1943-44. At the Second Quebec Conference in 1944 Winston Churchill drafted and, together with Roosevelt

Pratap Singh (1845-1922), British Indian Army officer and Maharaja, 1914
Pratap Singh (1845-1922) British Indian Army officer and Maharaja of the princely state of Idar (Gujarat), c1914. Pratap Singh (1845-1922), British Indian Army officer

Statue of Jose Maceo in Cuba, c1910
Statue of Jose Maceo in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, c1910. Lt General Jose Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales (1845-1896) was second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence

Storming of the Bastille, Paris, 14th July 1789 (1882-1884). The Bastille was a prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine

King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, State Opening of Parliament, Westminster, c1902-1909

Constabulary guarding a government reporter at a plan of campaign meeting, Ireland, 1887. The Plan of Campaign was a strategy adopted by the Irish National League in support of tenant farmers in

The election riot at Hawick, Scottish Borders, 1837 (c1895). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume VII (c1895)

A mass meeting outside Fort Vigilant, Sacramento, California, 1856 (1937). Artist: Britton & Rey
A mass meeting outside Fort Vigilant, Sacramento, California, 1856 (1937). The meeting was held on 14 June 1856 to endorse the Acts of the Vigilance Committee

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