mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
Lord Kitchener black bordered Mourning CardKitchener's portait is surrounded by the names of the campaigns in which he served. He was drowned when HMS Hampshire sank on 5 June 1916. WW1 Date: 1916
Victorian mourning card, In Loving Remembrance, in gothic style text with flowers, a bird, and thick black edging. Date: circa 1880s
French mourning card, Sincere Sympathie, with embossed design and two black tassels. Date: circa 1880s
Victorian mourning card, In Memoriam, in gothic style text. Date: circa 1880s
Victorian mourning card, In Loving Memory, with a lily flower on water. Date: circa 1880s
Business card, T Rhys, undertaker, near Swansea, WalesBusiness card of T Rhys, builder, undertaker and complete funeral furnisher, of Ynystawe, Clydach, near Swansea, Wales, with an engraving of a horse-drawn hearse. Date: circa 1880s
Funeral procession, Naples, Italy. Date: late 19th century
Body of the late King George of Greece to Athens 1913The body of the late King George of Greece was conveyed with all state from Salonica, where he was assassinated in the hour of his countrys victory, to the capital city of Athens
Isis in mourning for Osiris. EgyptPainted wooden figurine of Isis in mourning for Osiris. 305-330 BC. Ptolemaic Period. Origin unknown. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Queen Victoria - standing portraitA standing photographic portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901), taken in 1887 Date: 1887
Winston Churchills funeral, coffin bearers carrying ChurchiWatched by the mourning Churchill s, the massive oak coffin is carried with agonising care from St Paul s. Date: 6th February 1965
Advert for Jays of London Mourning clothesA pensive woman sits beneath a tree, modelling mourning attire from Jays of London. Her work basket is perched on a rustic table, and illustrated magazines lie discarded at her feet. Date: 1888
Advertisement for Rowlands Macassar Oil, 1892An advertisement for Jays of London mourning warehouse, and for Rowlands Macassar Oil, as featured in the Illustrated London News 1892
Procession of the Taziya, IndiaThe Procession of the Taziya. Chup Tazia is the name in India and Pakistan given to an annual religious procession held by Twelver Shia Muslims to commemorate the martyrdom of the Prophets grandson
Edward VIIs death, Westminster HallKing Edward VIIs lying in state at Westminster Hall, London May 16th - 19th 1910
Death of Edward VIIThe Last Token. Widowed Queen Alexandra placing a single rose in the hands of her husband King Edward VII after his death on 6th May 1910
Death of King Edward VIIPage from The Sphere memorial number published at the time of the death of King Edward VII, showing the King on his death bed in the top photograph, and below
Elizabeth Pope in the Character of Zara in The Mourning Bride by Congreve. 1791
Grieving Husband plays his violin to his dead wifeYour Favourite Song - A grieving Husband plays his violin to his dead wife whilst their daughter reads her picture book, oblivious to the moderately bizarre tableau a couple of feet to her right
The funeral of Prince Louis Napoleon, 1897The funeral of the late Prince Imperial Louis Napoleon(1856-1879) - Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice placing a wreath and a cross on the coffin at Camden House. Date: June 1897
Queen Victoria in old age. 1897
King Edward VII - Memorial PostcardKing Edward VII (1841-1910) - Memorial Postcard, May 1910. Eaborate decorative border in purple and silver. Sent on 19th May - 13 days after the Kings death and the day before his funeral. Date: 1910
Terracotta figure of young woman. Tomb in Canosa, Apulia. 30Terracotta figure of young woman with her hands raise in a gesture of mourning. Found in a chamber tomb in Canosa in Apulia with rich gifts, and several similar figures. 300-250 BC. Italy
Etruscan. Art. Reconstruction of the Tomb of the Leopards inEtruscan Art. Reconstruction of the Tomb of the Leopards in Tarquinia, C. 460 B.C. Walls and ceiling are copies (made in 1898) of the original wall paintings
Regency of Maria Cristina of Habsburg-Lorraine (1885-1902)History of Spain. Nineteenth century. Regency of Maria Cristina of Habsburg-Lorraine (1885-1902). The queen regent (1885-1902) out of Congress
Returning from a funeral. Colored engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1877
Mourning card, King George VMourning card, In Loving Memory of His Majesty King George V who passed peacefully away January 20th 1936. R.I.P. Date: 1936
Advert for Godwin & Son, jewellery 1892A seletion of bracelets, brooches, earrings, in black with fine pearls, onyx and diamonds, designed for the mourning for the death of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence & Avondale
Watering Hanging BasketA lady waters a hanging basket in her greenhouse. Date: 1895
Lydia SterneLaurence Sternes daughter Lydia, depicted mourning her father whose bust she has crowned with a laurel wreath Date: mid 18th-century
Disraeli / FuneralBENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Funeral service at Hughenden Church Date: 1804 - 1881
Mourning card, 1924Souvenir card issued by Chappells, undertakers, after a funeral in south-east London Date: 1924
Mother and Child 1809Fashionable mourning dress. The womans gown is decorated with vandyking at the neckline & edge of the sleeves. The childs dress has a square neckline with lace tucker. Date: 1809
Oresteia / ElectraTHE ORESTEIA TRILOGY Electra mourning with her companions
Advert for Peter Robinson mourning dress 1887Peter Robinson mourning warehouse, in Regent Street, London. Black materials by the yard and new makes of BLACK SILKS are marvellously cheap and strongly recommened for good wear. 1887
Woman in a black dress on a New Year card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
King George V and others at first Armistice anniversaryKing George V and other royal mourners taking part in the first Armistice anniversary (first Remembrance Day), 11 November 1919. Date: 1919
Death of King Edward VII - mourning dressDue to the death of King Edward VII in 1910 this pictures shows an advertisement for a mourning dress. Date: 1910
Comparison of AscotPhotographs showing a royal Ascot and the Black Ascot in 1910- due to the recent death of Edward VII, racegoers at Ascot dress in black. Date: 1910
Eugenie - last Empress of FranceEugenia Maria de Montijo de Guzman (1826-1920), Wife of Napoleon III and last Empress of France (reigned 1853-1871). Here in mourning for her son (Napol鯮, Prince Imperial). Date: 1890
Funeral of Governor General Lee Stack, CairoFuneral cortege of Governor General and Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack (1868-1924), passing through Opera Square, Cairo, in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 22 November 1924
King Louis XVI in grey-white half-mourning clothes.. Handcolored lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885
Costume of Coutances Woman in mourning habitCostume of Coutances. Woman in mourning habit.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885