Political Act Collection

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge, 1920. Artist: Lazar Markovich Lissitzky
Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge, 1920

R. W. Seton-Watson, 1947. Creator: Unknown
R. W. Seton-Watson, 1947. Portrait of British political activist and historian Robert William Seton-Watson (1879-1951), who played an active role in encouraging the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian

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

Rebecca Riots, South Wales, 1840s, (1900). Farmers against economic and agrarian depression following the end of the Napoleonic Wars

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, 1914, (1926)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, 1914. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), heir to the Austrian throne

To the Count Palatine, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
To the Count Palatine, 1799. To the Count Palatine, or Count of the Palate, plate 33 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression

Demonstration in Copenhagen Fields, London 21 April 1834. Artist: W Summers
Demonstration in Copenhagen Fields, London 21 April 1834. This was a protest against the deportation of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the Dorset agricultural workers deported to Australia for association

King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede, Surrey, 15 June 1215 (c1860). John (1167?-1216) became King of England in 1199

Rebecca Riots in Wales, 1843. Men and boys, many dressed as women, attacking a turnpike gate in protest at charges at tollgates on public roads. Another of their main targets was union workhouses

Inauguration of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, Montgomery, Alabama, 1861. After announcing the secession of Mississippi from the Union (the second state to do so after South Carolina)

Leander Starr Jameson taken prisoner after the failure of the Jameson Raid, South Africa, 1896. The aim of the Jameson Raid was to initiate rebellion in Johannesburg by British settlers or

The coffins of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Archduchess Sophie lying in state, 1914. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), heir to the Austrian throne

Arrest of Gavrilo Princip, assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 1914. Princip, a Serbian nationalist murdered the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), heir to the Austrian throne, at Sarajevo

The assassination of Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia, Marseilles, France, 9 October 1934. Alexander I (1888-1934) ruled as King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1921-1929

Leander Starr Jameson, Scottish-born South African politician, c1900. A friend of Cecil Rhodes, Jameson (1853-1917) was the leader of the Jameson Raid on 29 December 1895 to 2 January 1896

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