Demonstration Collection (page 7)

Bloody Sunday, London, 1887 (1906). Artist: WB Waller
Bloody Sunday, London, 1887 (1906). The Life Guards holding Trafalgar Square. Police and troops attacked demonstrators protesting against unemployment and British government policy in Ireland

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]

Route of the protest march to free the Tolpuddle Martyrs, (1834), 1934
The route that the protest march to free the Tolpuddle Martyrs took. A vast demonstration took place on 21st April 1834 with up to 100, 000 people taking part

Some operations of the Life Saving Corps, Jamestown Exposition, Virginia, USA, 1907. Artist: Keystone View Company
Some operations of the Life Saving Corps, Jamestown Exposition, Virginia, USA, 1907. The exposition was staged to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the establishment of Jamestown

A veterinary demonstration, 1st Life Guards, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
A veterinary demonstration, 1st Life Guards, 1896. Farrier Wallace of the 1st Life Guards, showing the skull of a horse, in the presence of an officer of the same regiment

The Massacre of Peterloo, or Britons Strike Home, 1819 (1904). Artist: George Cruikshank
The Massacre of Peterloo, or Britons Strike Home, 1819 (1904). On 16th August 1819, soldiers of the 15th Hussars charging an unarmed crowd gathered on St Peters Field in Manchester to hear speeches

Demonstration of the Paris Freemasons, France, 1870 (late 19th century). 10, 000 members of the masonic lodges of Paris preparing to march to the Hotel de Ville

A Reform Act demonstration, Birmingham, West Midlands, c1832 (c1895)

An anti-war meeting, Hyde Park, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Great demonstration at the Reformers Tree in Hyde Park, London, mid 19th century. The tree was burnt down during the reform league riots in 1866

Foucaults pendulum in the Pantheon, Paris, (1851), 1900
Foucaults pendulum in the Pantheon, Paris, 1851 (1900). Foucaults pendulum, named after the French physicist Leon Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth

Chartist Agitation, the Police Force on Bonners Fields, 1848, (1900). Policemen smoking clay pipes and drinking beer during political unrest in London

Demonstration of sailors, 19th century, (1900). British sailors demonstrating in favour of the navigation laws. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900)

Electrical Experiment, 1777. Artist: Amedee van Loo
Electrical Experiment, 1777. Found in the collection of the State Museum Arkhangelskoye Estate, Moscow

Pneumatic Experiment, 1777. Artist: Amedee van Loo
Pneumatic Experiment, 1777. Found in the collection of the State Museum Arkhangelskoye Estate, Moscow

February 27th, 1917, 1917. Artist: Boris Mikhajlovich Kustodiev
February 27th, 1917, 1917. Scene depicting the Russian February Revolution, which overthrew the regime of Tsar Nicholas II. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Crowds on Znamenskaya Square, Petrograd, Russia, February Revolution, 1917. The February Revolution led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the collapse of imperial Russia

Striking Putilov workers on the first day of the February Revolution, St Petersburg, Russia, 1917. The Putilov Plant was a large machine-building factory in St Petersburg

The Torch, 1918

Soviet political poster, 1934

The Demonstration of 17th October, 1905, c1900-1930. Artist: Il ya Repin
The Demonstration of 17th October, 1905, c1900-1930

Serious fighting by the Liberal Movement in Russia, St Petersburg, 1904
Troops attacking members of the Liberal Movement in Russia, St Petersburg, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 25th December 1904

Cavalry Charge during the Demonstration for the 1st May in Paris, 1906. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 13th May 1906

The Finish pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

The Serbian pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

The Martinique pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

The Chinese pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

The French India pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Paddle steamer Pyroscaphe, 1783, (1900). Artist: Pierre Mejanel
Paddle steamer Pyroscaphe, 1783, (1900). Marquis de Jouffroy d Abbans (1751-1832) is claimed by the French as the first inventor of the steamboat

The Austrian pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Rebellion of the Alsaciens-Lorrains conscripts, 1896. Artist: F Meaulle
Rebellion of the Alsaciens-Lorrains conscripts, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1st November 1896

Demonstrations by students in Vienna (1848), 1900
Demonstrations by students in Vienna, (1848), 1900. On the South Station in Vienna, Haspinger is blessing the Tyrolean students on their way to national defence

Reproducing Speech, 1878. Artist: C A Keetels
Reproducing Speech, 1878. Demonstration of the Edison phonograph in New York. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven, published by Harper & Brothers, (New York)

Electricity demonstration, London, 1766, (c1900). Jesse Ramsden demonstrating his electrostatic machine. French advertising card for Liebig Meat Extract

World War 2: Liberation of Paris, 1944. French civilians celebrating the Liberation and holding banners saying Vive la Republique and Vive de Gaulle

Liberty, Revolution of July 27-29th, 1830, Paris

Nicolas Lemery, French pharmacist and chemist, 1874
Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715), 1874. Lemery (1645-1715) gave popular demonstrations in his lecture room. In 1675 he published his Cours de chymie which ran to 13 editions in his lifetime

Torricellis demonstration of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a column of liquid, 1643 (1873)
Evangelista Torricellis demonstration of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a column of liquid, 1643 (1873). Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist and mathematician

Demonstration or Cause & Effect, 1817

Von Guerickes demonstration of the power of air pressure, 1672. A platform was suspended from the bottom of an evacuated sphere made up of two copper hemispheres

Von Guerickes demonstration of the strength of a vacuum, 1654 (1672). The man on the right is using an air pump to create the vacuum

Experiment designed to show that air has weight, 1672. From Experimenta Nova ut vocantur Magdeburgica De Vacuo Spatio (New Magdeburg Experiments About the Vacuum by Otto von Guericke)

Harvey demonstrating circulation of the blood to the College of Physicians, c1628 (1870). William Harvey (1578-1657), English physician, published his famous De motu cordis

Galileo demonstrating his telescope, Venice, 1609 (1870). In this artists reconstruction Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer, mathematician and physicist

Luigi Galvani, 18th century Italian physiologist, 1880
Luigi Galvani, 18th century Italian physiologist, [1880]. Galvani (1737-1798) discovered animal electricity (voltaic or galvanic electricity)

Claude Chappe demonstrating his optical telegraph (semaphore) system in 1793 (c1870). Chappes (1763-1805) system was in use in France and French colonies until about 1850

Spectrum analysis, 1873. A magic lantern being used to project slides during a lecture on spectrum analysis at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London

Anatomy demonstration, 1493. Title page of Anathomia by Mondino de Luzzi (Mundinus). Finished in 1316, Anathomia was first published in Padua in 1478

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