Feast Collection (#2)

Historical views of China. View of the Great Wall of China 25, street scene in a Chinese town with shopkeepers and customers 26, and workers gathering leaves from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis 27

Officials in the Public Ministry of Finance, Istanbul
Officials and accountants in the Public Ministry of Finance, Istanbul. The finance ministry is divided into 25 sections within the building. Ministerro Pubblico delle Finanze

Etruscans in garlands lying on couches at a feast. Servants bring food and wine, while musicians play lyre, panpipes and flute

Figures of the dead from Etruscan furereal urns. A man lies on his side in a white tunic and toga, crowned with a garland. From the lid of an urn found near Chiasi in 1721

Scene from Petroniuss Satyricon. Trimalchio comes to have dinner after a bath, led by a servant. Another servant takes off his shoes, while an old man plays the tibia or aulos

Childrens altar at the Fete Dieu (Feast of Corpus Christi, celebrated annually in May or June)

Villagers dancing around the bonfire for the feast of St. John the Baptist, midsummer. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette

Painted scene of a feast day from the new fullonica (fullers shop), Regio VI, Insula XIV, 21. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhns Les Plus

Dance festival of the Camacan people, Bahia, Brazil. Men in foliage headdress, women and children dance in a circle around a fire

Wedding feast in an Egyptian harem, 1820, with bride and groom surrounded by female dancers and musicians. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after a painting by Giovanni Bigatti

The Emperor of China in a spring ritual called
The Emperor of China with plough and oxen in a spring ritual called the Feast of Agriculture. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Christmas festivities in an Elizabethan hall. Date: 16th century

French cook engaged for a special Elizabethan feast
French cook engaged to devise his own contributions to a special feast at a rich mans house in Elizabethan times. Date: 16th century

Rich mans kichen staff at work
A rich mans kichen staff at work, depicting the hospitality and charity of old times, when food was given away to poor people. 16th century

Dutch rustic scene with music and celebration

Jews celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles
The Feast of Tabernacles also known as Sukkot is a Jewish holiday that is celebrated over the course of a week, five days after Yom Kippur

Feast of the Tabernacles (Sukkot)
This engraving depicts Sukkot also known as the Feast of Tabernacles which is a Jewish holiday celebrated over one week that comes five days after Yom Kippur (day of atonement)

Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
This engraving depicts Sukkot also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, a Jewish holiday celebrated over one week that comes five days after Yom Kippur (day of atonement)

Purim ceremony 1712
Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, who had planned to kill all Jews. Purim involves exchanging gifts of food and drink

Great Dinner tent at Highbury Barn 1842
The great dinner tent at Highbury Barn for the licenced Victuallers Grand Annual Festival. 1842

Footman at a feast, the Imperial Court, Berlin, Germany
Footman at a feast at the Imperial Court, Berlin, Germany. circa 1898

Queen of Leetakoo and a Woman of Leetakoo
Queen of Leetakoo and Dress of a Woman of Leetakoo at the Circumcision Feast, from Litakun, Litakoo, or Lattakoo, now Dithakong, South Africa. 1834

A gigantic feast: banquet for French mayors
A gigantic feast: the banquet to the French provincial mayors. The centenary of the proclamation of the French Republic celebrated by a banquet given by President Loubet to the Mayors of France

FEAST OF TRIBUTES
DAHOMEY Victims are slaughtered to please the gods at the Feast of Tributes Date: 1890

Medieval people feasting
A FEAST in April Date: 9th Century

Lena (1899). Sardanas dancing with the cobla in a village s
Carles Bosch de la Trinxeria (1831-1897). Spanish writer and naturalist. Lena (1899). Sardanas dancing with the cobla in a village square. Engraving of the Chapter VI

Crown of the feast 1868
The boiled plum-pudding, crammed with raisins, figs and orange-peel, set a alight with blazing brandy. Date: 1868

GARDES DU CORPS FEAST
Officers of the Gardes du Corps - the royal bodyguard - stage a feast where they toast the king, damn the revolution and trample the tricouleur. The people are not amused. Date: 1 October 1789

GAME / JUMBLE WORDS 1930S
A delightful game for young and old, taxing the brain by asking you to guess Come down smiling to BARK FEAST and other anagrammatic enigmas Date: 1930s

BUSY ROMAN BANQUET
A busy scene at a Roman banquet Date: ancient

NEOLITHIC FEAST / FIGUIER
A neolithic (Stone Age) feast Date: circa 3000 BC

SOCIAL / GERMANY / ARISTOS
Aristocratic scene showing a feast and other activities Date: 14th century

Maecenas at a banquet with Nasidienus
Maecenas and friends in the dining room of Nasidienus in Ancient Rome Date: circa 20 BC

General Burgoyne addresses the Indians at their War Feast in Canada Date: 1777

India. British colonial era. Banquet at the palace of Rais in Mynere. Engraving by Hildibrand. Colored. The Illustrated World, 1882

Cover design, Floras Feast, a Masque of Flowers, with text and illustrations by Walter Crane. Date: 1895

French Theatre -- Sottie du Prince des Sotz
Sottie du Prince des Sotz (Foolery from the Prince of Fools), by Pierre Gringore (Gringoire). Showing a musician in a red and grey fools costume, standing on one leg and playing the mandolin

People at the well, Cana, Galilee, Northern Israel
People collecting water at the well in Cana, Galilee, Northern Israel. According to biblical legend, it was in Cana that Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding feast -- his first miracle

Feast of the Kadosh Knights
The seventh toast at the feast of the Kadosh Knights involves raising both their glasses and theirs daggers to the flamming punch. Date: 1890s

Robin and flowers on a fabric Feast Day card
Robin with trellis and flowers on a fabric Feast Day card. Date: circa 1890s

Chefs and buffet at Island Hotel, Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Three chefs standing behind a lavish buffet table at the Island Hotel, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. Date: circa 1980s

Peasant Kermis, c. 1665, by David Teniers the Younger (1610
David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690). Flemish painter. Peasant Kermis, c.1665. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Jesus entry into Jerusalem. Mosaic. Palace of the Normans
Byzantine Art. Italy. Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Mosaic. Palace of the Normans or Royal Palace. Palatine Chapel. 12th century. Palermo. Sicily

The Pilgrimage of San Isidro by Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish romantic painter. The Pilgrimage to San Isidro. 1821-1823. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

The feast of the Ommegang by Denis van Alsloot
Denis van Alsloot (1570-1626). Flemish baroque painter. The Feast of the Ommegang. 1616. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Christmas Feasting in reign of Henry VIII
A Christmas banquet in the 16th century during the reign of King Henry VIII. The servers carry huge napkins over their shoulders and are marshalled in by the deputy steward

Christmas Feasting in reign of Henry VI
The arrival of the peacock in a baronial hall in the days of Henry VI, with the customary procession ushering in the feasts centrepiece

Alexander the Great: the marriage of Europe and Asia
Alexander the Great celebrates the symbolic union of Europe with Asia with a five day wedding feast, in which he and 92 of his generals wed Persian noblewomen

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