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RMG3D4P7–Cartoon, satire on the British government, with politicians and others depicted as different types of birds. 1890
RMG7E1MF–Undated view of Las Vegas. British government ministers are facing a potential backbench rebellion, over the Government's plans for a new generation of 'super-casinos'. Labour backbenchers concerned about fuelling an increase in the incidence of problem gambling were set to vote against the Gambling Bill at the conclusion of its second reading debate in the Commons.
RME0M6BG–Oct. 10, 1953 - British Government Acts in British Guiana, The Governor, Sir Alfred Savage Broadcasts. The colonial Office announced today that the Government have decided to suspend the Constitution of British Guiana. The decision had been taken to prevent Communist subversion of the Government in the Colony and dangerous crisis. The Communist Clique in power had shown that they are prepared to go to any length including violence, to turn British Guiana into a Communist State. . the statement said. The Portofolios of Parliamentary Ministers have been removed, including that of Dr
RM2A5YTYF–South Sea annuities share certificate London, 1784. The South Sea Company purchased British government debt in return for trading rights with Spain's South American colonies. Speculation in company shares led to ruin for many shareholders when the Company collapsed in 1720. The Company was restructured following the crisis and was still issuing shares into the 1800s.
RMFFC9CP–LONDON: DOWNING STREET. /nView of British government office buildings on Downing Street, London, England. Wood engraving, English, 1846.
RMMR4RHP–Political cartoon commenting on the British government authorising the Rothschilds to buy out the Khedive's share holding in the Suez Canal for £4, 080,000 in November 1875. Benjamin Disraeli is pictured handing over a bag of gold to the Khedive while the British Lion holds the key to India (Suez Canal) in it's paws. Illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914) an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated 19th century
RMWPDFFK–Indian Rope Trick of British Government Viceroy Linlithgow to Mahatma Gandhi, India, Asia, 1941
RMFD7CN4–Chamberlain and the British government prior to departure from the Heston Aerodrome to Munich, 1938
RFJT0HW7–Cabinet Office - The entry to the British Government Cabinet Office in Whitehall, central London.
RMDDF4XB–KHONDS EDUCATED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. Khonds, or Kandhs are an aboriginal tribe of India, inhabiting the tributary states
RMF344A7–CONTROLLING EAST INDIA COMPANYThe Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. On December 16, 1773, after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor.
RM2F758JF–A 1940s advert for immunisation against diptheria – it appeared in British magazine in 1947. It was issued by the post-war British government and emphasises that the disease can result in death in infants. Diphtheria is a serious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Symptoms often come on fairly gradually, beginning with a sore throat and fever. Inflammation of the nerves may result in paralysis and death. Diphtheria vaccine is effective for prevention and is recommended during childhood – vintage nineteen-forties graphics.
RMG3D4P5–Cartoon, satire on the British government and its current issues. Politicians depicted include Gladstone and Salisbury, respective Liberal and Conservative leaders. 1890
RM2D32MH2–Picture from the British Government dossier of evidence against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein showing Al-Hussein missiles. * The report states that according to intelligence, Iraq has retained up to 20 al-Hussein missiles in breach of UN Security Council Resolution 687. These missiles were either hidden from the UN as complete systems, or re-assembled using illegally retained engines and other components.The report say that the governmnet judges that the engineering expertise available would allow these missiles to be maintained effectively, although the fact that at least some require
RME0M6BE–Oct. 10, 1953 - British Government Acts in British Guiana, The Governor, Sir Alfred Savage Broadcasts. The colonial Office announced today that the Government have decided to suspend the Constitution of British Guiana. The decision had been taken to prevent Communist subversion of the Government in the Colony and dangerous crisis. The Communist Clique in power had shown that they are prepared to go to any length including violence, to turn British Guiana into a Communist State. . the statement said. The Portofolios of Parliamentary Ministers have been removed, including that of Dr
RM2A601EW–Thakombau, a famous King of Fiji. He ruled over the greater part of the Fiji Islands from 1852 to 1883. The islands reached their greatest prosperity under him and he voluntarily ceded his country to the British Government in the year 1871.
RM2CWBD65–Signing of financial accord between Britain and the Free French, Algiers, 8 February 1944. Duff Cooper, British Government liasion to the Free French, signs the document. Rene Massigli, the Free French Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, stands behind him. The photographer is unknown.
RMAETMDG–Stamp Act stamps issued by the British government before the American Revolution. Hand-colored woodcut
RFMXN1BD–' Emperor ' Yacht. Gift of the British Government to the Emperor of Japan 1857. The Illustrated London News
RFJT0HW9–Cabinet Office - The entry to the British Government Cabinet Office in Whitehall, central London.
RMRY9DJ5–Khonds Educated by the British Government. Khonds, or Kandhs Are an Aboriginal Tribe of India, Inhabiting the Tributary States of Orissa and Srikakulam, in the Visakhapatnam Districts of Andhra Pradesh
RMGGH58K–The Newport Rising was the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in Great Britain, and one of the largest civil massacres committed by the British government in the 19th century. On 4 November 1839, almost 10,000 Chartist sympathisers, including many coal-miners to liberate fellow Chartists who were reported to have been taken prisoner in the Westgate Hotel in Newport, Monmouth. About 22 of the unarmed demonstrators were killed when troops opened fire on them. The leaders of the rebellion were sentenced to a traitor's death, later commuted to transportation for life.
RMG630HA–The front cover of the report published by the British Government with evidence on Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction programme. *Hours after releasing the report, Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to make a statement to the House of Commons, attempting to persuade MPs of the need for urgent action against Iraq. He said the 50-page document, shown yesterday to the rest of the Cabinet, proved the threat from Iraq was growing. 07/07/03 : The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee publishes its eagerly awaited report on Iraq. At stake are the integrity of the Government and
RME0M6BF–Oct. 10, 1953 - British Government Acts in British Guiana, The Governor, Sir Alfred Savage Broadcasts. The colonial Office announced today that the Government have decided to suspend the Constitution of British Guiana. The decision had been taken to prevent Communist subversion of the Government in the Colony and dangerous crisis. The Communist Clique in power had shown that they are prepared to go to any length including violence, to turn British Guiana into a Communist State. . the statement said. The Portofolios of Parliamentary Ministers have been removed, including that of Dr
RMC7FW8T–british government collusion republican wall mural painting andersonstown west belfast northern ireland
RMD95RWM–British prison system. Guard counting in prisoners after their day's work. The men are all in prison uniform printed with the broad arrow or phaeon, the device marking all British government property. The warder is wearing a sword. Wormwood Scrubs Prison, London, England. Engraving from 'The Graphic' (London, 2 November 1889).
RMA8FEND–Tax stamp for the American colonies issued by the British government under the Stamp Act 1765. Hand-colored woodcut
RFK1YYRK–Cabinet Office Whitehall London - sign at the entrance to the British Government Cabinet Office in Whitehall, central London.
RM2HGDBKW–Portrait of Tantia Tope. Tatya Tope (1814-1859) was a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, executed by the British Government at Shivpuri on 18 April 1859, India, Asia. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Trip to Punjab and Kashmir by Guillaume Lejean, Le Tour du Monde 1870
RMW57AHM–British government, medal awarded to Willem Broeks for charity, in honor of Victoria, queen of Great Britain, Silver medal on decorated, elongated pendant. Obverse: woman's bust inside the inside. Reverse: inscription under crown within oak wreath and inscription, lace lettering, Victoria (Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India), Willem Broeks, Leonard Charles Wyon, London, 1859, silver (metal), engraving, d 4.5 cm × d 3.2 cm × w 20.73
RM2JCAT72–Around two hundreds protestors marching in London to tell the British government to stop arms sales to Turkey & stop being complicit in Erdogan's war. Defend Kurdistan from Turkey’s new invasion, On 17 April, Turkey launched a new, deadly invasion of Southern Kurdistan. assembly at the BBC march to Downing street, London, UK. - 11 June 2022.
RMCWAW9D–Native round-up by the British government in South Africa, 1930. Courtesy: CSU Archives / Everett Collection
RM2A5G8GD–Hand carving up a map of the Southwestern United States - World War I cartoon shows a hand in a gauntlet (decorated with the imperial German eagle) carving up a map of the Southwestern United States. Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas are labeled 'For Mexico.' California is labeled 'For Japan(?)' The rest of the country is labeled 'For Myself.' In the spring of 1917, the British government intercepted and turned over to the United States a message from German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman to the Government of Mexico, urging Mexico to join with Japan and declare war on the United States. Zimme
RMFG21TH–COLONIAL TAX STAMP. /nTax stamp issued by British government for use on papers in the American colonies.
RMG3AXX4–SIR PHILIP FRANCIS British government official. Reputed author of 'Letters of Junius', a series of letters attacking public figures. Date: 1740 - 1818
RMG6HA47–Demonstrators against the British government outside the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth.
RMKP4KF7–WW2 Vintage UK propaganda poster 1940's British government alert during World War 2 “1000 Bomber Raid-DONT WASTE COAL”
RMTA2GB0–The British government evacuates British families from Prague. The families are flown out with an airplane of the Imperial Airways named 'Heracles'. According to the Munich Agreement in October 1938, Czechoslovakia had to cede the Sudeten German territories to the German Reich.
RM2B01808–Ethiopia: A view of the fortress at Magdala, 1868. The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition carried out by armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire. Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, also known as 'Theodore', imprisoned several missionaries and two representatives of the British government. The punitive expedition launched by the British in response required the transportation of a sizable military force hundreds of miles across mountainous terrain lacking any road system.
RMD95WJN–In the Crimea'. John Sutherland (1808-1891) British physician and sanitary reformer, left, and Robert Rawlinson (1810-1898) British civil engineer and sanitarian, in the Crimean in 1855, members of the commission sent by the British government to improve sanitation in military hospital and camps. Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856. Engraving from 'The Strand Magazine' (London, 1893).
RM2BRREN6–L to r: Alister Jack, Alok Sharma, Therese Coffiey, Theresa Villiers, British government cabinet ministers walk along Downing Street, London
RF2E5AWX4–Cabinet Office Whitehall London - brass sign at the entrance to the British Government Cabinet Office in Whitehall, central London.
RM2C92K8K–Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. 28 July, 2020. View of new Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh. Several UK Government departments are to move into the new offices and the Prime Minister has proposed that Cabinet meetings are held here in future. Iain Masterton/Alamy Live News
RM2JCAW5A–Around two hundreds protestors marching in London to tell the British government to stop arms sales to Turkey & stop being complicit in Erdogan's war. Defend Kurdistan from Turkey’s new invasion, On 17 April, Turkey launched a new, deadly invasion of Southern Kurdistan. assembly at the BBC march to Downing street, London, UK. - 11 June 2022.
RF2J6TKF0–LONDON-May 2022: Home Office or Home Department- British government department. Head quarters building on Marsham Street in Westminster.
RMTWH1TW–Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British Politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1868-68, 1874-80, Seated Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Johnson, Johnson, Wilson & Company, New York, 1873
RMBBY1XH–David Miliband British Government Foreign Secretary pictured in the audience at Hay Festival 2009
RMFF6PG3–TAX STAMP, 1765-66. /nA tax stamp issued by the British government for use in the American colonies in 1765-66.
RMG3AXX3–SIR PHILIP FRANCIS British government official - one of a commission of four councillors of the Governor General of India (1774-81) Date: 1740 - 1818
RMG44E1E–Troublesome picture for the British Government with Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams (left foreground) in the forefront of the Irish stalemate walking past a mural of cattle in North Belfast.
RM2B95DKM–Vintage WW2 British RAF Propaganda War Effort Poster 'Back Them Up !' featuring Supermarine Spitfires in The Battle of Britain printed for HMSO by Fosh & Cross War poster - entitled 'Back Them Up!' - produced by the British Government during the Second World War. Posters such as these were used to promote and maintain morale among the civilian population, especially in times of crisis such as during the Battle of Britain and the Nazi Germany Blitz. 1940's
RME0PWNN–Mar. 03, 1957 - Mobs March On British Embassy In Tokyo To Protest Against The ''H'' Bomb Tests. Hundreds of Tokyo students and other protesters marched on the British Embassy in Tokyo recently with banners and placards to voice their indignation that Japan had been snubbed by the British Government after their appeal that the forthcoming ''H'' bomb tests should be abandoned because it may harm the Japanese people and spoil the fishing areas on which the people rely for food. Many police were on duty, but their were no major clashes
RM2B01806–Ethiopia: British Naval ships at Annelsey Bay, Ethiopia, December 1867. The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition carried out by armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire. Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, also known as 'Theodore', imprisoned several missionaries and two representatives of the British government. The punitive expedition launched by the British in response required the transportation of a sizable military force hundreds of miles across mountainous terrain lacking any road system.
RMMR6E03–This panel was a British Gift to the League of Nations; large carving sits at the entrance to the main hall of the Palais des Nations, Geneva; built 1929–38. It was given to the League of Nations by the British Government.
RMMFNNKX–Public Health Act, 1848: The Home Secretary, Lord Morpeth, casting pearls (the provisons of the Act) before swine (the City of London Aldermen). Cartoon from 'Punch', London, 1848.
RM2BRREN2–L to r: Alister Jack, Alok Sharma, Therese Coffiey, Theresa Villiers, British government cabinet ministers walk along Downing Street, London
RMCBEACK–hm revenue and customs and hm treasury british government official building whitehall london england united kingdom uk
RM2C92K94–Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. 28 July, 2020. View of new Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh. Several UK Government departments are to move into the new offices and the Prime Minister has proposed that Cabinet meetings are held here in future. Iain Masterton/Alamy Live News
RM2H0N6WH–Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Eastern Question. The British government, on hearing that the Russian army corps commanded by Generals Skobelev and Gurko were nearing Constantinople and Gallipoli respectively, ordered Vice Admiral Hornby, commander of the British Mediterranean squadron, anchored in the Bay of Besika, move through the Dardanelles Strait with his ships. Entry of the British squadron into the Dardanelles Strait, February 13, 1878. First section of the Royal Navy squadron in the waters of the strait. From left to right: Swiftsure, Hotspur, Agincourt, Ruby, Rupert, Temeraire and Sul
RM2JCAW9Y–Around two hundreds protestors marching in London to tell the British government to stop arms sales to Turkey & stop being complicit in Erdogan's war. Defend Kurdistan from Turkey’s new invasion, On 17 April, Turkey launched a new, deadly invasion of Southern Kurdistan. assembly at the BBC march to Downing street, London, UK. - 11 June 2022.
RF2J6TKDN–LONDON-May 2022: Home Office or Home Department- British government department. Head quarters building on Marsham Street in Westminster.
RMTWH1TT–Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British Politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1868-68, 1874-80, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Johnson, Johnson, Wilson & Company, New York, 1873
RMBBY20Y–David Miliband British Government Foreign Secretary pictured in the audience at Hay Festival 2009
RMFFB0AC–TAX STAMP, 1765-66. /nA tax stamp issued by the British government for use in the American colonies in 1765-66.
RMG3B0W8–In a British government trial to compare the merits of screw and paddle wheel, the warsloop 'Rattler' proves more powerful than the paddle- steamer 'Alecto'. Date: 1843
RMG5G6E7–General view of the headquarters of Railtrack near Euston Station in London. The British Government was taking moves to place Railtrack into administration. * .... The developments follows a decision by Transport Secretary Stephen Byers to refuse a request from the beleaguered firm for additional funds. The Government revealed it had been in talks with Railtrack about its funding position.
RM2D25PT1–Supporters of a woman parliamentary candidate chant slogans during a campaign tour in Nairobi December 22, 2007. An unprecedented number of women are running for Kenya's December 27 election, when Kenyans cast their votes for a new president and parliament. During the campaign period since September, at least 51 women have reported 255 attacks to the Gender Rapid Response Unit (GRRU), funded by the British government and set up to respond to and deal with attacks on women. Hundreds of women have received threats through short text messages and phone calls, while others have been beaten, and ha
RME0PX11–Mar. 21, 1957 - 21-3-57 Mobs march on the British Embassy in Tokyo to protest against the H Bomb tests. Hundreds of Tokyo students and other protesters marched on the British Embassy in Tokyo with banners and placards to voice their indignation that Japan had been snubbed by the British Government after their appeal that the forthcoming H bomb tests should be abandoned because it may harm the Japanese people and spoil the fishing areas on which the people rely for food. Many people were on duty, but there were no major clashes
