Mourning Collection (page 3)

Funeral procession in Kashgar, western China
A funeral procession makes its way in the distance in Kashgar, western China. Date: 1932

Funeral of King Edward VII, Westminster
Aerial view of the funeral of King Edward VII -- the procession leaving Westminster Hall in Central London. Date: 20 May 1910

Windsor Castle and Eton Boat House
View of Windsor Castle and the landing stage outside the Eton Boat House. The union flag is at half mast due to the recent death of King Edward VII. Date: May 1910

Troops Soldiers Uniform Uniforms Death Mourning
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Route of Edward VII funeral at Windsor
Part of the route King Edward VII's funeral will take at Windsor. Date: May 1910

Young boy soldier mourning Edward VII
A little boy stands with obverse arms (his rifle pointing to the ground), as the troops will do on the route of King Edward VII's funeral procession

Royal Royalty British Family Father Uniform Ceremony
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Two grandsons of the late Edward VII
The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) and his brother Prince Albert (later George VI) at the time of their grandfather's funeral. Date: May 1910

George V leaving Victoria Station, London
King George V leaving Victoria Station in Central London by horse-drawn coach after meeting some of the foreign heads of state who have come over for King Edward VII's funeral. Date: 1910

Death of Edward VII, Buckingham Palace, London
People outside the railings of Buckingham Palace in Central London, reading the notice announcing the death of King Edward VII. Date: 7 May 1910

Changing of the Guard, St James's Palace, London
Changing of the Guard at St James's Palace, Central London. The colours are tied with black crepe in honour of the recent death of King Edward VII. Date: 1910

Burial of an Old British Chief
The ceremonial burial of the chief of a British tribe, his body carried on a bier, accompanied by Warriors and Druids. Date: circa 4th century AD

The charm of the women in black, as revealed at Ascot
Fashionable race-goers wear black in 1910 in mourning for the death of Edward VII. The figures shown (clockwide from the centre) are Countess of Portarington and Mr

Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife and her daughters
Louise, Princess Royal of Great Britain, Duchess of Fife (1867-1931), third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, pictured with her two daughters, Alexandra

Winston Churchill's funeral, mourners reading messages left
Sir Winston Churchill laid to rest in the churchyard of St Martin's in the Oxfordshire village of Bladon, mourners reading messages left. Date: 30th January 1965

Two British officers of the Scots Guards bearing the Colour at the changing of the guard at Buckingham palace. The two soldiers are seen in black crepe armbands, as ordered by the King

National Mourning 1910
The Boudoir - Dame Fashion's Diary in a commemorative issue to mark the death of Edward VII in 1910, showing appropriate mourning clothes, available from Konski's of Conduit Street, London

Queen Victoria in Family Photograph 1863
Queen Victoria shown with members of her family shortly after the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales, with a mourning bust of her late husband in the centre. (left) Prince Albert

Mourners
A group of mouners. Detail from the Tomb of Sancho Saiz del Carrillo, Tempera on parchment Date: circa 1300

The Deposition. Bassano, Jacopo (Jacopo da Ponte) (1510-1592), Oil on canvas, 154 x 225

FUNERAL OF GENERAL FOY
Napoleonic general Maximilien Sebastien Foy is acknowledged leader of the opposition to Charles X : his death is the occasion for widespread popular mourning. Date: November 1825

LADY AT TOMB
Of joys departed, not to return, how painful the remembrance... - illustration to a poem by Burns. Date: early 19th century

GAME : BOOMAN
All form a circle : the one chosen to be Booman lies down in the middle and pretends to be dead, the others mime mourning, burial and grave decoration. Cheerful ! Date: 1900

Funeral Archduke Rudolf Death Funerals Austria
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WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL
The Horse Guards, who will be marshalling the procession. Top hats tied with black crepe are worn. A tent housing the coffin & funeral car & plumed horses can be seen. 18 November 1852

Tear Bottles 1930s
A young woman creating a tear bottle display, a mourning custom dating from Ancient Rome and Egypt, when mourners would bottle their tears for burial with their loved ones. early 1930s

Funeral Augustine 354 430 Saint Bishop Hippo
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IRISH WAKE
An Irish Wake - relatives and friends gather round the deathbed, grieving or mourning in various degrees, while the pigs and poultry carry on as usual. Date: 1882

THE TOMB OF PHAETON
After his fatal drive, Phaeton's tomb is flanked by his sisters, changed into poplars, while his friend Cygnus, bitterly mourning his death, becomes a swan. Date:

VICTORIAN MOURNING CARD
Victorian mourning card in black, gold and silver to the memory of Sarah B Simpson who died on 4 February 1896, aged 65 years Date: 1896

FUNERAL CLOTHING 1583
Attendants at a funeral in Padova, Italy wear: trunk hose, breeches ('Venetians'), doublets, flat shoes with pointed vamps, ruffs, cloaks, & tall hats such as copotains Date: 1583

Mourning Dress 1888
A windswept, forlorn young widow stands at the ship's railings - the white cliffs of Dover behind her. Fashionable mourning dress is courtesy of Maison Jays, Regent Street. 1888

Illustration, Malbrough is going to war
Illustration, Malbrough s'en va t'en guerre (Marlborough is going to war). Elegant ladies faint when they hear that Monsieur Malbrough is dead and buried as a result of going to war

Mourning dress 1861
The death of Prince Albert prompts full scale national mourning and a surge in the sale of black fabrics. Here are 3 mourning outfits proposed for January 1862. Date: 1861

VENEZUELAN MOURNING
Venezuelan natives weep over the body of a dead cacique (ruler) Date: 1726

MOURNING, MEXICO 1726
Mexicans mourning their dead Date: 1726

MOURNING, GUINEA
Men of Guinea, West Africa, honour their dead Date: 1726

Dr Syntax at the funeral of his wife. Date: 1820

FUNERAL, ANCIENT EGYPT
The body is borne in a boat- like sarcophagus, while retainers accompany the procession bearing treasures which archeologists will be delighted to re-discover

MOURNING FOR MOSES
When Moses dies, he is mourned by the Israelites with loud lamentations, rending of garments and anointing of heads with dust

FRENCH PLEUREUR
A French pleureur (= weeper) who is paid to accompany a funeral looking suitably sad Date: 1855

DEATH/MOURNING/PERU
Popular celebrations of the Day of the Dead at Cuzco - women weep, sing, dance and pour spirits over the remains of their dead Date: 1873

Sir Walter Scott - Abbotsford - Chair
Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) Scottish novelist's empty chair at Abbotsford, after his death Date:

GERMAN WIDOW'S WEEDS
WITWENTRACHT, A German widow in her mourning weeds 16th century

BURIAL IN CATACOMBS
An early Christian burial in the catacombs of Rome Date: 1st century

PALL-BEARERS
Pall-bearers shouldering a coffin. Date: 1867

WIDOW SCRAPS PLANS
A young widow, having found consolation for her loss, scraps her plans for an elaborate tomb for her late husband, the general Date: circa 1830

MOURNING DRESS, C16
The mourning dress of an English countess Date: 16th century

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