Punch Up Collection

The Crystal Palace and its Refreshments; Gentlemen Visitors over-refreshed, 1854. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Crystal Palace and its Refreshments; Gentlemen Visitors over-refreshed, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Miseries of London, 1807. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Miseries of London, 1807. A crowd assembled to watch two women fighting in the street. In the foreground a barrow of fruit has been knocked over, and a dog steals a chicken from the pavement

Fracas Royal Extraordinaire, 1820. Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
Fracas Royal Extraordinaire, 1820. The Duke of York punching King George IV in the face, watched by Queen Caroline, Alderman Matthew Wood and others. With satirical verses beneath

The Battle of Cornhill, 1769. Interior of room in the Kings Arms Inn, Cornhill, during a meeting to sign an address to King George III; Mr Reynolds has knocked down Mr Dingley

The addressers, 1769. Interior of a room in the Kings Arms Inn, Cornhill, and the disturbance which occurred on March 8, 1769 during a meeting of London merchants to sign an address to King George

The Frenchmen in Billinsgate, 1754. A street scene; a Frenchman, his fists doubled, recoils from a fishwife who is in a fighting attitude; another fishwife, seated, holds a lobster to his buttocks

He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden, 1735. Artist
He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden, 1735. Scene in Covent Garden, London, showing a fight in progress between the watchmen, rakes and other drunken characters

He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden, 1735. Scene in Covent Garden, London, showing a fight in progress between the watchmen, rakes and other drunken characters

Gown and town row, Oxford, 15th November 1845. A fight between locals and university students

Fight between French and Japanese soldiers during the Russo-Japanese War, China, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st July 1904

Armed criminals fighting with the police, Place de la Bastille, Paris, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th August 1904

An Eventful Baptism, 1901. A violent brawl breaks out between guests in a restaurant. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 8th September 1901

Brawl between British army regiments, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 3rd October 1901

Fight between gendarmes and civilians in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Fight between gendarmes and civilians in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th July 1895

Brawl between English and German sailors at Millwall Docks, London, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Brawl between English and German sailors at Millwall Docks, London, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 2nd January 1892

Dispute over who was the first to reach the North Pole, 1909. American naval officer and explorer Robert E Peary (1856-1920)

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