Politics Collection (page 20)

Head of Statue of Liberty In France
View of the head of the Statue of Liberty, designed by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, on display on the Champ de Mars, Paris, France, 1878. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ready For Action
1870: Gun battery directed over Paris at Fort D Audervilliers during the Franco-Prussian war. (Photo by Alphonse Liebert/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dying Empire
1870: French troops marching to the Place de la Concorde in the last days of the Empire. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Desperate Defence
March 1814: Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) (1769 - 1821) commanding his troops in the defence of Paris after his withdrawal from Russia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Garden Execution
1871: Taking place in a back garden, the execution by firing squad of Generals Thomas (without hat) and Lecomte which started the Paris Commune

Prussians In Paris
6th January 1871: Prussian military police group at the Palace of Versailles during the Franco-Prussian war. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Military Tower
circa 1930: A tower commemorating the military exploits of French colonisation, with names of generals and principal battles engraved on the four white pillars, at the Exhibition International

Lamartine (1790-1869), French poet, steel engraving, published in 1868
Alphonse Marie Louis Prat de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), French poet, writer and politician. Steel engraving, published in 1868

Election In Front Of State House, PA, 1815
Illustration depicting an election in front of the State House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1815. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Illustration of Republican National Convention, Chicago, IL, 1884
Illustration of delegates celebrating the nomination of James G. Blaine as presidential candidate during the Republican National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, June 1884

US Flag Above Independence Hall, PA, 1861
Illustration depicting the raising of the American flag above Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from the cover of Harpers Weekly, March 9, 1861. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Thomas Jefferson
American statesman Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), the 3rd President of the United States of America. Jefferson was also responsible of the writing of the Declaration of Independence

Irish Emigration
A cartoon satirising the policies which caused large numbers of people to emigrate from Ireland. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Anti-Corn Law
A cartoon showing the floor of Covent garden being scrubbed clean of the words Anti-Corn Law whilst a top-hatted man and his assistants purify the air

The City of Mainz
Mainz, one of the Rhenish towns that joined the League of the Rhine in 1254, a political and economic union which stretched from Lubeck to Zurich

National Assembly
The Frankfurt Parliament (German National Assembly) gathered between 1848 and 1849 during the period of widespread revolution at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt. Original Artwork: Engraving by Verleger

Press Repression
Gendarmes arrive to seize printing presses in an attempt to limit freedom of expression during the July Revolution which deposed Charles X

Classroom Chaos
A view of French education before the Guizot reforms of 1833 - a classroom rife with indiscipline and disorder. Original Artwork

Battle Of Alma
20th September 1854: The Highland Regiment attack the Russian defences at the Battle of the Alma, a major engagement of the Crimean War

Parliament House
circa 1890: Parliament House in Melbourne, Australia. Original Artwork: Engraving by H Miller (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Navarino
20th October 1827: The Battle of Navarino during the Greek War of Independence, where the Turkish and Egyptian forces were defeated by the combined fleets of Great Britain, France and Russia

President Lincoln
1860: American statesman Abraham Lincoln, (1809 - 1865), the 16th President of the United States of America. Original Artwork: Engraved by D J Pound from a photograph by Brady of New York

Parliamentary Female
circa 1855: A cartoon by Leech entitled The Parliamentary Female. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Under Siege
1st December 1811: Cannon and bowman lay siege to the town walls. Original Artwork: Aquatint - pub. 1812 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

George Washington
circa 1800: George Washington ( 1732 - 1799 ), the 1st President of the United States of America. Original Artwork: Painting by American artist Rembrandt Peale ( 1778 - 1860)

Battle Charge
18th June 1815: Curassiers charging the Highlanders at the Battle of Waterloo, Belgium, during the Napoleonic Wars. Original Artwork: Painting by Francois Fleming. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Manassas Battle
21st July 1861: A violent exchange between the Yankees and Confederates at the First Battle of Manassas (the First Battle of Bull Run) during the American Civil War

Malakand Pass
After the Chitral campaign, British and Indian military engineers build a road over the Malakand Pass connecting Peshawar with the Swat Valley in the North-West Province of India. Drawn by J

Aeschines
circa 1850: A bust of ancient Athenian orator and statesman Aeschines (389 - 314 BC). The inscription reads Aeschines Atrometou Athenaios, Aeschines of Athens, son of Atrometos

Early Trade Unionist
A trade unionist speaking to a crowd in a caricature critical of the early labour movement in Britain, 1834. The caption reads: Yes, gentlemen, these is my principles, no K--g, no L--ds, no parsons

Antique illustration of Louis XV

High angle view of the naval ship George Washington returning to New York City at
1918: High angle view of the naval ship George Washington returning to New York City at the conclusion of World War I. Other ships surround it as it sails into New York Harbor

Civil Defence Poster
4th October 1952: A poster encouraging recruitment to the Civil Defence volunteers, against the background of bomb devastation around St. Pauls Cathedral in the City of London

Houses Of Parliament
30th May 1954: The Houses of Parliament on the north bank of the River Thames in London. The two visible towers are the Middle Tower (91m/300ft) and the Victoria Tower (102m/336ft)

Dusk Invasion
American soldiers arriving in the Port of Inchon, Korea. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5086 - Inchon - pub. 1950 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images)

Members of the British army driving through Aden. Original Publication: Picture Post - 9105 - RAF And Cameron Highlanders In Aden - unpub. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images)

Marching To Front
September 1950: British infantrymen marching to the front-line in Taegu during the Korean War. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5086 - Korean War Series - We Follow The Road to Hell - pub

Ava In Flight
1926: The new Ava bomber descending after its public maiden flight at the Royal Airforce display and pageant at Hendon Aerodrome, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

British Army Baby
A crowd of people at Aldershot watching the British Armys new airship Baby being demonstrated. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Akron Airship
1933: The worlds largest airship the Akron, used by the US Navy, flying over Philadelphia. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

British Fleet
July 1914: An airship, the Gamma, is seen flying over the Royal Yacht as George V reviews the Fleet at Spithead. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Airship Echelon
March 1944: An echelon of airships from the US Naval Airforce glide across the sky over California. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Airship Factory
circa 1914: An airship shed at Dusseldorf. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Wish For Peace
circa 1862: Two soldiers break a wishbone after a Thanksgiving dinner during the Civil War, both of them hoping for peace. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Marching Suffragettes
February 1913: American suffragette marchers en route from New Jersey to Washington DC at the time of Woodrow Wilsons inauguration. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hurst Park
9th June 1913: The grandstand at Hurst Park, Surrey, after it was burnt down as a protest by suffragettes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Votes For Women; A suffragette tea shop at 17, Tothill Street in Westminster
13th January 1913: A suffragette tea shop at 17, Tothill Street in Westminster. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Police Cordon
21st May 1914: The police protect Buckingham Palace after the suffragettes attack. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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