Convention Collection (page 9)

Benjamin Harrison nominated for president in Chicago, 1888
Republican Convention nominating Benjamin Harrison in the Auditorium, Chicago, 1888. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ratification resolution by the Constitutional Convention, 1787
Resolution to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1787. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Signatures of leaders of the Constitutional Convention, 1787
Signatures of leading members of Constitutional Convention, 1787. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

James A. Gafield nominated for president, 1880
Nomination of James Garfield at the Republican Convention, Chicago, 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

German gas masks
A British impression of the type of respiratory equipment used by German soldiers during gas attacks upon Allied troops. The Germans first used poisonous gas at Ypres on April 22nd 1915

Goddess of Reason - 2
The Convention ordains that the cathedral of Notre Dame be transformed into a Temple de la Raison, where the Goddess of Reason is represented by a young Parisienne

Comedian Simon Amstall addressing the crowds at the I Count Climate Change rally in Trafalgar Square
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Whiff of Grapeshot
LE 13 VENDEMIAIRE, L AN IV He orders the guns to fire on the royalist rebels in the streets of Paris, thereby saving the National Convention and the republic

Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823) French revolutionary: member of National Convention: organiser of victory in the French Revolutionary Wars

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Elephant walking in convention room

President Emile Francois Loubet and King Victor Emmanuel III
French President Emile Francois Loubet (1838-1929) and the King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869-1947) (one of the shortest monarchs in history - only 5ft 0" tall)

Ladies Bathing Place and Beach, Portstewart - an elevated view of the beach with changing boxes and the promenade and buildings behind. There is a large crowd on the beach at a convention

Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). Politician of the French
Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). French lawyer and politician. Figure of the French Revolution. Member of Lacobin Club. Engraving. Portrait. Colored

Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793). Radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution. Jacobin. Portrait by Joseph Boze, 1793. Carnavalet Museum. Paris. France

George Brinton McClellan (1826 A?o?A? 1885). Militar (Amer
George Brinton McClellan (1826 A?o?A? 1885). Major general during the American Civil War and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1864, who later served as Governor of New Jersey. Engraving. Colored

Laurent Lecointre (1742-1805). Portrait. Colored engraving
Laurent Lecointre (1742-1805). French politician. Engraving, 19th century. Colored

Otto I (1815-1867). King of Greece (1832-62), second son of Ludwig I of Bavaria. Engraving

Edmond Dubois
EDMOND LOUIS ALEXIS DUBOIS DE CRANCE French revolutionary statesman, president of the Convention in 1793, later minister for war. Date: 1747 - 1814

tapping Telephone Line
French soldiers tapping telephone wires and listening into conversations at Geneva Junction to hear how disarmament proposals will affect them. Date: early 1920s

Giuseppe Cerutti
GIUSEPPE ANTONIO GIACHIMO CERUTTI Italian-born statesman in France, author of la feuille villageoise, deputy to the National Convention. Date: 1738 - 1792

France / Rev / Convention
A member of the French National Assembly known as the Convention. Date: circa 1793

Group of young people at a rock and roll convention in Cornwall, wearing 1950s style costume. Date: 1985

Election parade, Rochester, New York State, USA
Election parade in Rochester, New York State, USA, probably around the time of the New York State election, September 1910. circa 1910

Cartoon, Patriotic Petitions on the Convention, by James Gillray. Four scenes: The Cockney Petition, The Westminster Petition, The Chelmsford Petition, and The Middlesex Petition

Auditorium, Houston, Texas, USA
Auditorium in Houston, Texas, USA, where the Democratic National Convention took place in 1928. Date: 1928

Suffrage meeting, Convention Hall, Washington DC, USA
Suffrage meeting at the Convention Hall, Washington DC, USA, 19 May 1910. Date: 1910

Combat between French and German soldiers
From the French series Visions de Guerre - HERR PROFESSOR - Halt !. Halt !. This is not the Haig Convention. A cartoon showing a mortal combat between a French and German soldier

People at a rock and roll convention, in 1950s style costume. 1985

German Breaches of the Hague Convention by Heath Robinson
X - Reducing the British Army by anti-fatting a tributary of the Marne. British soldiers undergo severe weight loss after drinking from the River Marne

Breaches of the Hague Convention by Heath Robinson, WW1
VII - Tatchoing the British to their Entanglement. Another dastardly idea from the enemy as the Germans fire bombs filled with Tatcho, a famous hair restoring preparation of the time, which

Onion-whittling by Heath Robinson
More underhand ideas from the Germans to defeat their British foe imagined by William Heath Robinson cartoon. The Germans utilise biological weapons; row of onions

The Reconnoitring Mortar by Heath Robinson
This Heath Robinson cartoon show a new German innovation; soldiers with binoculars being launched into the sky. Several little nuances give it away as a Heath Robinson immediately, the mad premise

The Tatcho Bomb by Heath Robinson
In this Heath Robinson cartoon, the Germans fill large balls with Tatcho, a popular hair growth product, and hit the British lines with catapults. Chaos ensues, in the British forces. Date: 1915

Repelling a Flu Assault by Heath Robinson
Here, in this cartoon by Heath Robinson, we have the British countering the German biological weaponry, an army of flu germs. Date: 1915

Fall of Robespierre
Robespierre is condemned by the Convention : he will be guillotined immediately. Date: 28 July 1794

Long Beach Center
Long Beach Convention Center, California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

Charles Sinclair
CHARLES SINCLAIR Scottish sympathiser with the French Revolution, delegate to the British Convention. Date: circa 1794

Head Jean Feraud 1759-1795 Deputy Convention
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Caricature Georges-Auguste Couthon Aristide 1756-1794
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USA, Colorado, Denver, Colorado Convention Center, exterior

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, 1952. Attendees at the 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Thomas J. O Halloran, July 1952

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Attendees at the 1932 Democratic Convention in Chicago, Illinois. From left to right: Alice Grayson, Leslie Foster Nast, Edith Wilson, Mrs. Brokaw, Eleanor McAdoo, and Mrs

BARBARA JORDAN (1936-1996). American lawyer and politician. Jordan giving the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in New York City, 12 July 1976

SHRINER CONVENTION, 1923. Cars waiting for masonic leaders Esten A. Fletcher and Frank C. Jones at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. during the Shrine convention in 1923

JOHN LLEWELLYN LEWIS (1880-1969). American labor leader. Lewis giving a speech denouncing wage and price reductions at the 35th Biennial Convention of the United Mine Workers in Washington, D.C. 1938

ALFRED E. SMITH, 1928. A rally for Alfred E. Smith on the floor of Madison Square Garden in New York, during the Democratic National Convention, 1928

WOMENs RIGHTS CARTOON. Ye May Session of Ye Womans Rights Convention. American cartoon satire, 1859

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Meeting of the Delegates to the Peace Congress at Rome, Italy

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