Struggle Collection (page 3)

Floods in St Petersburg, Russia, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 13th December 1903

Kidnapping of a young woman in Paris, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 21st December 1902

Fight on a barge, 1902. Two French gendarmes and three men fighting on board a boat. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th January 1895

Arrest of the Cafe Terminus bomber, Paris, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Arrest of the Cafe Terminus bomber, Paris, 1894. Police apprehending Emile Henry, an anarchist who expoded a bomb at the Cafe Terminus near the Gare St Lazare on 12th February 1894

Spleen and Ideal, 1907. Artist: Carlos Schwabe
Spleen and Ideal, 1907

The 2nd Battle of the Aisne, 16th April, 1917, (1919). Artist: Andre Helle
The 2nd Battle of the Aisne, 16th April, 1917, (1919). A book of the principal events of the war period. A print from Le livre des heures heroiques et douloureuses

Scene of the Deluge, 1675. Artist: Athanasius Kircher
Scene of the Deluge, 1675. A print from Arca Noe, Amsterdam, 1675. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Theseus and the Centaur, 1804-1819. Artist: Antonio Canova
Theseus and the Centaur, 1804-1819. Theseus raises his club to strike down on the centaur. From the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Man Struggling with a Goat, c1816-1875. Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Man Struggling with a Goat, c1816-1875

To rise and to fall, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
To rise and to fall, 1799. Plate 56 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression

Battle of Castillon, 1453 (19th century). Artist: Charles Philippe Auguste Lariviere
Battle of Castillon, 1453 (19th century). A battle in the Hundred Years War in which the French and Breton army defeated the English under John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

The fight against the Papacy and the Empire, 16th century. From the National Library of France, Paris

Hercules and Diomede, c mid 16th century (?). Artist: Vicenzo di Raffaello de Rossi
Hercules and Diomede, c mid 16th century (?). From the Room of the 500, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy

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

The Three Ages of Man, allegory, late 16th century. Artist: Jacob de Backer
The Three Ages of Man, allegory, late 16th century. From the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Perseus fights with the centaur, from the Kunsthistorichesmuseums collection in Vienna

Granite sculpture from Vigeland Gardens in Oslo, 19th century
Granite sculpture from Vigeland Gardens in Oslo, sculped by Gustav Vigeland, 19th century

Detail of the relief from the Altar of Zeus in Pergamon, From the Pergamon Museums collection in Berlin. It shows a scene from the Gigantomachy

Attack in the office of the Prefecture of the Seine, Paris, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Attack in the office of the Prefecture of the Seine, Paris, 1892. On 13 January 1892 a mentally ill man stabbed several members of staff at the offices of the Seine Prefecture after demanding a sum

Salisbury Sisyphus, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
Salisbury Sisyphus, 1887. Lord Salisbury, the Conservative Prime Minister, pushes the boulder of Irish Difficulty up a steep slope

The Old Umbrella!!!, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Old Umbrella!!!, 1886. This cartoon shows the former Prime Minister, William Gladstone. The Liberal Party had recently lost the General Election to the Conservatives, and their leader

The Beast of Burden, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Beast of Burden, 1884. John Bull is depicted trying to persuade the camel representing Egypt and laden with political issues, to move, whilst France offers to take over the task

Hold On!, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
Hold On!, 1882. John Bull and a sailor struggle to manage a recalcitrant Egyptian crocodile. Lord Granville, the Liberal Foreign Secretary

A Sop to Cerberus, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Sop to Cerberus, 1872. This cartoon shows Louis Adolphe Thiers, the first president of the Third Republic, and Leon Gambetta, the deputy for Marseilles

Prosperous John, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Prosperous John, 1872. John Bull is the representative of the British people and the people are being raided of their earnings through income tax. He also represents the national purse

National (Black) Guards, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain
National (Black) Guards, 1871. The figure of Paris cries Murder! Thieves! Help!! Paris is assaulted by armed freedom fighters. The wreck of the city can be seen all around her

Tanmeijiro Genshogo Fighting Under Water, 1856, 2nd month

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