Speech Collection (page 6)

Speaking at Enfield Munitions Works, 1917, 1945. Creator: Unknown
Speaking at Enfield Munitions Works, 1917, 1945. British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) visits an armaments factory as Minister of Munitions during the First World War

Broadcasting to the Empire and America, c1945. Creator: Unknown
Broadcasting to the Empire and America, c1945. British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945

Bonaparte Addressing a Jacobin Club in Corsica, c1789, (1896). Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) making a speech at a meeting of the Society of the Jacobins, Friends of Freedom and Equality

Rampons Soldiers Taking The Oath Never To Surrender, 1796, (1896). Rampon, with 1500 soldiers, was charged with the defense of a redoubt at Montenotte, which was attacked by an Austrian corps

Carlos Bousono (Boal, 1923 -), Spanish poet during his speech of entrance at the Royal Academy of Language

Venustiano Carranza (1859-1920), Mexican politician talking to the people from the National Palace in 1914, photo of Ilustracion Espanola y Americana

Frontispiece of De la Methode by Descartes

Interior of Christs Hospital School, Newgate Street, City of London, 1822. Artist
Interior of Christs Hospital School, Newgate Street, City of London, 1822. Scene showing the annual orations on St Matthews Day

Political candour - ie Coalition resolutions of June 14th 1805... 1805. Charles James Fox makes a speech in the House of Commons. William Pitt the Younger sits alone on the Treasury bench

Upright Billy, alias Orator Humbug, 1788. William Pitt is standing on a platform. On the left is a deputation from the City Committee which is led by Bishop Pretyman

The Hustings. Vox populi, We ll have a mug! a mug! a mug!, 1796. Artist
The Hustings. Vox populi, We ll have a mug! a mug! a mug!, 1796. Charles James Fox on the hustings at Covent Garden speaking to the mob saying

St Pauls Cross and old St Pauls Cathedral, City of London, 1621 (1650). View with figures gathered around listening to a speaker

Interior of the Guildhall, City of London, 1855. View during the address of the Lord Mayor, Francis Graham Moon, to the Emperor Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie of France

Illuminated address from the Corporation of London to Louis Philippe of France, 1844

Political candour - i. e. Coalition resolutions of June 14th 1805
Political candour - i.e. Coalition resolutions of June 14th 1805.... Fox makes a speech in the House of Commons. Pitt sits alone on the Treasury Bench

City Imperial Volunteers, 1902. Artist: John Henry Frederick Bacon
The City Imperial Volunteers, 1902. They are assembled in Guildhall on their return from South Africa, October 29, 1900. The Volunteers were recieved by Sir Alfred Newton, Lord Mayor, Aldermen

Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie at Guildhall, London, 1855. Artist: Edmund Morin
Visit of Napoleon Bonaparte III and Empress Eugenie to Guildhall, London, 1855. The emperor is making address to an audience in the hall, with the empress seated beside him

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

American aviator Charles Lindbergh addressing a crowd at the Washington Monument, USA, c1927
American aviator Charles Lindbergh addressing a crowd at the Washington Monument, Washington DC, USA, c1927. Lindbergh (1902-1974)

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

Father Charles E Coughlin, Canadian-born Catholic priest, late 1930s
Father Charles Coughlin, Canadian-born Catholic priest, late 1930s. Father Charles Edward Coughlin (1891-1979) was a Roman Catholic priest at Royal Oak

Dorothy Thompson, American journalist, c1930s(?). Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961) was the first American journalist to be expelled from Nazi Germany (in 1934)

Frank Billings Kellogg, former US Ambassador to Great Britain, making a speech, 1928
Frank Billings Kellogg, US Secretary of State, making a speech, 1928. Frank Billings Kellogg (1856-1937) was US Ambassador to Great Britain from 1923-1925

Franklin D Roosevelt at the Democratic Party Convention, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1933. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the United States

Lord Balfour speaking at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1927. Artist
Lord Balfour speaking at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1927. Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) was a British Conservative politician

Dr Macaura, fundraising for minesweepers, World War I, May 1918. Macaura, addressing a crowd from one of the lifeboats salvaged after the sinking of the liner Lusitania in May 1915

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

The After-dinner Speech, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
The After-dinner Speech, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

President Wilson in Congress recommending the US enter the war against Germany, 1917
President Wilson in Congress recommending the US enter the war against Germany, Washington DC, USA, 1917. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) served as President of the United States from 1913-1921

Eugene Victor Debs, American Union leader, addressing a crowd, 20th century. Artist
Eugene Victor Debs, American Union leader, addressing a crowd, 20th century. Debs (1855-1926) was instrumental in the founding of one of the first trade unions in the United States

Chancellor Adolf Hitler making a speech before the Reichstag, Berlin, 17th May 1933. Hitler setting out his foreign policy programme

Adolf Hitler reads the Enabling Law in the Garrison Church at Potsdam, 21st March 1933. The Enabling Act gave the German Chancellor (Hitler)

Nazis listening to an address by Bruno Doehring, Bad Harzburg, Germany, 11th October 1931. Doehring (1879-1961) was Court Chaplain in Berlin during World War I

Henry inspecting his Troops before the Battle of Agincourt, c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech
Henry inspecting his Troops before the Battle of Agincourt, c1860, (c1860). Henry V (1386-1422) inspecting his troops before the Battle of Agincourt

George Washington trying to tell a lie, c1900. Artist: Edward Tennyson Reed
George Washington trying to tell a lie, c1900. From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme. [The Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1900-01]

Hannibal makes the usual Speech previous to killing himself, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Hannibal makes the usual Speech previous to killing himself, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

She Understood the Speech of Birds, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Understood the Speech of Birds, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau, French revolutionary leader 19th century (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

Richard assumes the command of the rebels, 1381 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Richard assumes the command of the rebels, 1864. King Richard II of England, (1367-1400) assumes the command of the rebels, after the death of their leader Wat Tyler in 1381

Disraelis first speech in the House of Commons, 19th century (c1905). Benjamin Disraeli, British Conservative statesman, was first elected to Parliament in 1837

King George V broadcasting to the empire on Christmas Day, Sandringham, 1935. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury

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

On 27th January, Mr. Churchill addressed an audience in Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 1913, (1945). Winston Churchill speaking at the Manchester, Lesser Free Trade Hall, 1913

Speech of the Marquis del Vasto, c1540, (c1934). Artist: Titian
Speech of the Marquis del Vasto, c1540, (c1934). Alfonso d Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, (1502-1546) was a noble Neapolitan, who participated in the Battle of Pavia and the conquest of Tunisia in 1535

The following morning Cicero made another speech against Catiline, c1912 (1912). Artist: Ernest Dudley Heath
The following morning Cicero made another speech against Catiline, c1912 (1912). Marcus Tullius Cicero discovered a second plot by Lucius Sergius Catiline to murder the Consuls

Ketts Rebellion, Norfolk, 1549 (1793). Kett the Tanner haranguing the insurgents under the Oak of Reformation at Mousehold hill near Norwich

Sir William Harcourt in a fulminating moment, 1890s (1906). Liberal politician William Vernon Harcourt served as Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons from 1896 until 1898

Arthur Balfour speaking in the House of Commons, 1890s (1906). Balfour led the Conservative Party in the Commons from 1891, becoming Prime Minister in 1902. From Cassells History of England, Vol

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