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Two men demonstrating jiu-jitsu, wearing formal attire. Photographic postcard, ca. 191-.

A storm of thunder and lightning, rain, wind and floods threaten an ancient town on the sea-coast; representing conflict. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

The Italian social fabric symbolised by a chain of social types, with all relations of dependence ultimately relating back to the devil. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, 1691.

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

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The ragged trousered philanthropists / Robert Tressell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Miles.

1 print : etching ; platemark 29.5 x 43.8 cm

Presumably an episode in one of the Contes of Jean de La Fontaine. The "paysan" is presumably the "mangeur d'ail" (garlic-eater, meaning a poor man)

1 print : engraving ; platemark 13.8 x 9.8 cm

A man kneeling before a lord in supplication is about to be beaten by lackeys of the lord. Engraving, ca. 1755.

Ju-jitsu exponents, though they are wearing standard street clothing and not sports kit. They are dressed as a 'toff' and a 'rough', in front of the photographer's painted backdrop showing steps up to a terrace overlooking a garden (the estate of the 'toff')

James Gardiner Collection: romantic fantasy and comic postcards, and photographs on gender and masculinity.

James Gardiner Collection: Romantic fantasy and comic postcards, and photographs on gender and masculinity.

Ju-jitsu exponents, though they are wearing standard street clothing and not sports kit. They are dressed as a 'toff' and a 'rough', in front of the photographer's painted backdrop showing steps up to a terrace overlooking a garden (the estate of the 'toff')

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Social conflict

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The ragged trousered philanthropists / Robert Tressell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Miles.

The Italian social fabric symbolised by a chain of social types, with all relations of dependence ultimately relating back to the devil. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, 1691.

A man kneeling before a lord in supplication is about to be beaten by lackeys of the lord. Engraving, ca. 1755.

Two men demonstrating jiu-jitsu, wearing formal attire. Photographic postcard, ca. 191-.

Two men demonstrating jiu-jitsu, wearing formal attire. Photographic postcard, ca. 191-.

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Social conflict

Images

Catalogue

The ragged trousered philanthropists / Robert Tressell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Miles.

The Italian social fabric symbolised by a chain of social types, with all relations of dependence ultimately relating back to the devil. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, 1691.

A man kneeling before a lord in supplication is about to be beaten by lackeys of the lord. Engraving, ca. 1755.

Two men demonstrating jiu-jitsu, wearing formal attire. Photographic postcard, ca. 191-.

Two men demonstrating jiu-jitsu, wearing formal attire. Photographic postcard, ca. 191-.

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