Disorder Collection

The second fight between Harry Paulson and Tom Paddock, 1851 (late 19th or early 20th century). Artist: Pugnis
The second fight between Harry Paulson and Tom Paddock, 1851 (late 19th or early 20th century). An illustration from Famous Fights

Scene in the Birmingham No Popery riots, 1868 (1906). Rioting broke out after a lecture by the anti-Catholic campaigner William Murphy. From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI

Illustration for F. Bretzner's Life of a Disorderly Person, part 3, 1788. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for F. Bretzner's Life of a Disorderly Person, part 3, 1788

Scene from the Wedding of Messalina and Gaius Sillius, c.1645-c.1650. Creator: Nikolaus Knüpfer
Scene from the Wedding of Messalina and Gaius Sillius, c.1645-c.1650. Other Title(s): Messalina and Silius before the Return of Claudius ?Brothel Scene, possibly an Episode from a Story

Sketch for the prefect's cabinet at the Hotel de Ville in Paris: Invasion of the Hotel de... 1889
Sketch for the prefect's cabinet at the Hotel de Ville in Paris: Invasion of the Hotel de Ville by the battalions of Belleville, 1889

Nuhlimahla-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nuhlimahla-Qagyuhl, c1914. Person wearing ceremonial mask of the Nuhlimahla during the during the Winter Dance ceremony. These characters impersonated fools

Amulet of the God Seth, Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties 21-25 (about 1069-664 BCE)

Amulet of the God Seth, Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19-20 (about 1295-1069 BCE)

Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate II, April 1745. Creator: Bernard Baron
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate II, April 1745. After William Hogarth

Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate II, April 1, 1745. Creator: Bernard Baron
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate II, April 1, 1745. After William Hogarth

Charles The First In The Guard Room, 1649, (mid 19th century). Creator: J Rogers
Charles The First In The Guard Room, 1649, (mid 19th century). King Charles I is insulted by the soldiers of Oliver Cromwell, 27 January 1649

Field Lane Ragged School, Smithfield, City of London, 1850. Artist: George Cruikshank
Field Lane Ragged School, Smithfield, City of London, 1850. Interior view of the Field Lane Ragged School showing adults attempting to teach a group of disorderly children

Sons of Friendship-Scene Chandois Street, London, 1870. Depicts members of a club (possibly The Brilliants ) fighting around a table on which are overturned glasses, a broken punch-bowl

Locomotion, London, c1820. Artist: George Cruikshank
Locomotion, London, c1820. In the centre a man wearing steam driven boots has ground to a halt, as the fire has gone out, below a servant attempts to start a blaze with a pair of belows

The Picadilly nuisance, London, 1818; a disorderly mass of pedestrians, including a fruit seller in the foreground, fills the pavement outside the White Horse coaching terminus

Wife being sold at Smithfield Market, London, c1820. A rowdy scene at Smithfield cattle market with the wife for sale tied by a rope around her waist to a rail in the centre

Field Lane Ragged School, London, 1853. Interior view of the Field Lane Ragged School, showing a room full of adults and children with two children fighting in the foreground

Daniel Defoe in the Pillory, Temple Bar, London, c1840?. Artist: JC Armytage
View of Daniel Defoe in the pillory at Temple Bar, London, c1840?, surrounded by a crowd

Rioters and petroleuses firing public buildings in Paris during the Paris Commune, 1871 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VII

Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, London, 6-7 June 1780. A mob setting fire to Newgate Prison and freeing prisoners. Lord George Gordon, a retired navy lieutenant

Charles I. in the Guard-Room, 1886. Artist: Herbert K Bourne
Charles I. in the Guard-Room, 1886. Insulted by the Soldiers of Cromwell. January 27th, 1649. Charles I 1600-1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland

The conquerors of the Bastille, 1789 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. IV, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

The Gordon Riots, London, 1780 (1905). The most destructive riots in Londons history, the Gordon Riots began as an anti-Catholic protest against the Papists Act of 1778 led by Lord George Gordon

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

The legation deliver, Boxer Rebellion, China, 1900. Artist: Eugene Damblans
The legation deliver, Boxer Rebellion, China, 1900. Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901, against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics

The Bristol Riots of 1831, (1893). Artist: R Dawson
The Bristol Riots of 1831, (1893). The Bristol Riots of 1831, 1893. Large-scale riots broke out in Bristol in 1831 sparked by the House of Lords rejection of the Reform Bill

Theatre, late 16th / early 17th century. Artist: Jacques Bellange
Theatre, Bellange, Private Collection

Riot by railroad workers at Martinsburg on the Baltimore-Ohio Railroad, USA, 1877
Riot by Baltimore-Ohio Railroad workers at Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA, 1877. The riot occurred after workers went on strike because the company cut their wages

Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, London, 7 June 1780. A mob setting fire to Kings Bench Prison. Lord George Gordon, a retired navy lieutenant, was strongly opposed to proposals for Catholic emancipation

The pillage of Saint Joseph, Paris, 1899. Artist: Henri Meyer
The pillage of Saint Joseph, Paris, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd September 1899

Revolte of the blind men in a hospice, France, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd May 1904

Serious disorders and rioting in Milan, Italy, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
Serious disorders and rioting in Milan, Italy, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29nd May 1898

Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, 16 August 1819. On 16th August 1819, soldiers of the 15th Hussars charging an unarmed crowd gathered on St Peters Field in Manchester to hear speeches supporting

Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England, 16 August 1819. On 16th August 1819, soldiers of the 15th Hussars charging an unarmed crowd gathered on St Peters Field in Manchester to hear speeches

Boxer Rising in China, 1900
Boxer Rising in China. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, June 1900

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