Riots Collection

The Salvation Army Riots at Worthing, Sussex
These images show the Skeleton Army, opponents of the Salvation Army organised by those interested in Sunday drinking, rioting against one of the Salvation Armys religious Sunday processions

Riot at Mold in Flintshire
A huge mob, assembled at the railway station at Mold in Flintshire, Scotland to protest against the imprisonment of miners, employees of the Leeswood Coal Company

Detachment of The Black Watch in Dundee, Scotland
Threatening encounters between rioters and the police in Dundee, Scotland, brought a large detachment of The Black Watch to the city

Rebecca Riots / 1843
REBECCA RIOTS during which toll gates were attacked in South Wales. Many of the male rioters dressed as women & called themselves Rebecca & her daughters

Porteous Riots 1736
The Porteous riots, Edinburgh

Covent Garden, 1810
This is the new theatre, built after the disastrous fire of 1808; designed by Robert Smirke, it was the scene of riots when audiences complained of price increases

Fighting in the Marrowbone area of Belfast
Fighting in the so-called Marrowbone district of Belfast - an encounter between Sinn Feiners on the left, in Glenpark Street, and loyalist Orangemen in Louisa Street

Belfast riots, August 1920
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast that began on the night of the 23rd August, and continued for a week

Belfast riots, July 1920
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast from 20th to 23rd July 1920. 18 people were killed, and 200 wounded during the disturbances

London Fire Brigade, second Brixton Riots
On 28 September 1985 the second Brixton riot erupted. After the arrest of a man following a shooting incident, a largely black crowd protested at Brixton Police station in Lambeth, South London

Edward Knowles, who threw a jug of water over Moss Side inquiry chairman Mr Benet Hyter QC, today, 26th August 1981. Edward Knowles of Whitehaven ranted about his right to speak about alleged bribe

Ruins of Red House, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Ruins of the Red House, a government building in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. It was set on fire during the Water Riots in March 1903. circa 1903

The Collieries Strikes and Riots (engraving)
1627405 The Collieries Strikes and Riots (engraving) by Prior, Melton (1845-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Collieries Strikes and Riots)

Wrecked goods train, Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales

An Election Entertainment, 1755 (oil on canvas)
SJS22527 An Election Entertainment, 1755 (oil on canvas) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); 101.5x127 cm; Courtesy of the Trustees of Sir John Soanes Museum

Riots in Paris (engraving)
1618204 Riots in Paris (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Riots in Paris. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 23 June 1849)

Mansion House, London 1771
Exterior of Mansion House. Date: 1771

1855 / Belgravia Riot
Windows are broken in Belgravia during one of a series of riots in the Hyde Park area during the summer of 1855

Study for The Revolt of Cairo, 1810 (pen and brown ink, with framing lines in brown ink)
XOS5883981 Study for The Revolt of Cairo, 1810 (pen and brown ink, with framing lines in brown ink) by Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, Anne Louis (1767-1824); 28.1x43 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Tsar Nicholas II receiving a delegation of workers after riots in St Petersburg, 1905 (litho)
8655541 Tsar Nicholas II receiving a delegation of workers after riots in St Petersburg, 1905 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Alcander blinds Lycurgus (litho)
8660835 Alcander blinds Lycurgus (litho) by Weatherstone, A.C. (fl.1888-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alcander blinds Lycurgus)

Riots in Lisbon during the reign of King Afonso VI of Portugal, 17th Century (colour litho)
8672924 Riots in Lisbon during the reign of King Afonso VI of Portugal, 17th Century (colour litho) by Gameiro, Alfredo Roque (1864-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

Troops put down riots in Belgium, 1899
3480900 Troops put down riots in Belgium, 1899; (add.info.: Troops put down riots in Belgium, 1899.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A scene from the Birmingham Riots
3478451 A scene from the Birmingham Riots; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a scene from the Birmingham Riots of 1791. The mob burning the Meeting House and Joseph Priestley's home at Fairhill)

The Riots in Berlin, Storming an Arsenal (litho)
8670503 The Riots in Berlin, Storming an Arsenal (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Riots in Berlin, Storming an Arsenal)

A demonstration in Dublin, 1899
3480851 A demonstration in Dublin, 1899; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a demonstration in Dublin in 1899, against Joseph Chamberlain (1836 - 1914)

A riot in St Petersburg, Russia, 1850
3331093 A riot in St Petersburg, Russia, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a riot in St Petersburg, Russia. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, London, 1780 (engraving)
534361 Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, London, 1780 (engraving); (add.info.: Mob setting fire to Kings Bench Prison 7 June 1780)

Retreat, Ribbon, Rider, Ring-dove, Riot, River, Rivets, Robber, Robin, Rocket, Roebuck, Roller (engraving)
8650070 Retreat, Ribbon, Rider, Ring-dove, Riot, River, Rivets, Robber, Robin, Rocket, Roebuck, Roller (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Retreat)

Cavalry charging a crowd the streets of St Petersburg, First Russian Revolution, 1905 (litho)
8673132 Cavalry charging a crowd the streets of St Petersburg, First Russian Revolution, 1905 (litho) by Sheldon, Charles Mills (1866-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Rioting in Belfast, Ireland in 1886
3083186 Rioting in Belfast, Ireland in 1886.; Private Collection; (add.info.: From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900).

A mob in Kent, England burning a hayrick on a farm during The Swing Riots of 1830
3062211 A mob in Kent, England burning a hayrick on a farm during The Swing Riots of 1830.; Private Collection; (add.info.: From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c)

A riotous mob of Spencian Philanthropists during The Spa Fields Riots, Islington, London, England in 1816
3062199 A riotous mob of Spencian Philanthropists during The Spa Fields Riots, Islington, London, England in 1816.; Private Collection; (add.info)

Cavalry charge protesters during riots in Paris on May Day, 1906
3481053 Cavalry charge protesters during riots in Paris on May Day, 1906; (add.info.: Cavalry charge protesters during riots in Paris on May Day)

Dolly Varden (Barnaby Rudge) (colour litho)
3666916 Dolly Varden (Barnaby Rudge) (colour litho) by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colour lithograph from unknown source).

Riots in London, 1780 (engraving)
8636811 Riots in London, 1780 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Riots in London, 1780)

Illustration for Un Bon Petit Diable (engraving)
8657129 Illustration for Un Bon Petit Diable (engraving) by Castelli, Horace (1825-89) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bristol Riots, 1831, a response to the rejection by the House of Lords of the second Reform Bill
527843 Bristol Riots, 1831, a response to the rejection by the House of Lords of the second Reform Bill. Sir Charles Wetherell, Recorder of Bristol and an opponent of Reform

Chartist riots in Birmingham, 15 July 1839. Illustration from Camden Pelham The Chronicles of Crime , London, 1886
527848 Chartist riots in Birmingham, 15 July 1839. Illustration from Camden Pelham The Chronicles of Crime , London, 1886. Etching

Les Emeutes de juillet 1917 a Petrograd; Un episode de la Guerre de Rues, le 17 juillet, 1917. Creator: Viktor Bulla
Les Emeutes de juillet 1917 a Petrograd; Un episode de la Guerre de Rues, le 17 juillet, 1917. Russian Revolution: the Petrograd Riots of July 1917; an episode of the Street Wars, 17 July

The Firing and Sacking of the Synagogue, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Firing and Sacking of the Synagogue, 1857. Scene from "Master Walter, the Physician. A Tale of Old London": "They have fired the Synagogue"...[Muriel] said quietly

Membres de la société de secours du Dix-Décembre... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Membres de la societe de secours du Dix-Decembre... 19th century. Members of the Relief Society of December Tenth

Grand Manifestation in Honour of the Successes of the Allies in the Crimea, given at South Park, San Creator: Unknown
Grand Manifestation in Honour of the Successes of the Allies in the Crimea, given at South Park, San Francisco, 1856. Crimean War....a spacious pavilion had been prepared for the banquet

Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917

Lamartine refusant le drapeau rouge devant l'Hôtel de Ville, c.1848. Creator: Felix Henri Emmanuel Philippoteaux
Lamartine refusant le drapeau rouge devant l'Hotel de Ville, c.1848. Lamartine rejecting the red flag in front of the Hotel de Ville. Revolution of 1848, Paris

Les vainqueurs de la Bastille devant l'Hôtel de Ville, le 14 juillet 1789, between 1830 and 1838
Les vainqueurs de la Bastille devant l'Hotel de Ville, le 14 juillet 1789, (between 1830 and 1838). The conquerors of the Bastille at the Hotel de Ville in Paris, 14 July 1789

The Chinese Outrages - The Riots in the Foreign Concessions at Ichang on the Upper Yangtze, 1891 Creator: Unknown
'The Chinese Outrages - The Riots in the Foreign Concessions at Ichang on the Upper Yangtze River; The Roman Catholic Mission, 1891. From "The Graphic

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"Unraveling the Threads of History: A Glimpse into Notorious Riots" The Salvation Army Riots at Worthing, Sussex: Unleashing Chaos or Challenging Norms? Riot at Mold in Flintshire: Echoes of Rebellion and Social Discontent. Detachment of The Black Watch in Dundee, Scotland: When Order Collides with Fury. Rebecca Riots / 1843: Peasants' Uprising against Injustice and Oppression. Porteous Riots 1736: A Violent Outburst Shaking Edinburgh's Foundations. Covent Garden, 1810: Turmoil amidst Elegance - An Unexpected Clash of Classes. Edward Knowles and the Moss Side Inquiry Chairman: Water as a Symbolic Weapon in Protest. Belfast riots, August 1920: Flames Ignite Sectarian Tensions in Troubled Times. July 1920: A City Divided by Strife and Political Unrest. London Fire Brigade during the Second Brixton Riots - Heroes Amidst Urban Inferno Fighting in the Marrowbone area of Belfast - Battleground for Identity and Belonging Riots in Paris (engraving).