Unrest Gallery

Luddites smash weaving machinery

Luddites smash weaving machinery in a Nottingham textile factory. The Luddites were a movement of radical group of English textile workers and weavers in the early 19th century who destroyed weaving machinery as a form of protest. The group was protesting the use of machinery in a "fraudulent and deceitful manner" to get around standard labour practices. The group feared time spent learning the skills of their craft would go to waste as machines would replace their role in the industry. in more recent times, the term Neo-Luddism has emerged to describe opposition to many forms of technology. Date: circa 1812

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Assassination of Deputy Jean Bertrand Feraud in the National Convention (engraving)

820459 Assassination of Deputy Jean Bertrand Feraud in the National Convention (engraving) by Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean (1747-1819) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assassination of Deputy Jean Bertrand Feraud in the National Convention. Drawn by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux, engraved by Berthault. Published in Historical paintings of the French Revolution: or analysis of major events that took place in France since the first assembly of notables held in Versailles in 1787, engraved by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux, Volume One; published in Paris, France, 1817.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

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The great manifestations of joy that took place in Constantinople for the victory over the Greeks gave rise to unrest (Colour Litho)

2809140 The great manifestations of joy that took place in Constantinople for the victory over the Greeks gave rise to unrest (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The great manifestations of joy that took place in Constantinople for the victory over the Greeks gave rise to unrest. Groups of demonstrators of the Turkish mob, despite the closure of the Galata bridge, ordered by the authorities, broke into the neighborhood of Pera, breaking and beating the shop windows and shop signs belonging to foreigners. Illustration for Courier Sunday, 24-31 September 1922.); © Look and Learn

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