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Background imageReceive Collection: Initiation Ceremony for the Sublime Knight

Initiation Ceremony for the Sublime Knight
Down on one knee between three impaled heads, the recipient receives the sash of the Sublime Knight Elect. 1890s

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Two little girls receive a card. circa early 20th century

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Drowning Girl

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Reception Room
A reception room ready to receive guests. Date: 1911

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The Royal Visit to Jamaica
The Queen holds her first investiture outside Britain: the Chief Justice of Jamaica, Sir Kenneth O Connor, Kneeling to receive the accolade on 27th November 1953

Background imageReceive Collection: Silver Jubilee - 1935 - Address at Houses of Parliament

Silver Jubilee - 1935 - Address at Houses of Parliament
Silver Jubilee - King George V and Queen Mary receive the loyal addresses from the Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall - May 9th 1935

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Royal visit to Egypt on HMS Medina
The HMS Medina at Port Said, Egypt, with King George V and Queen Mary on board, ready to receive the Khedive. The royal couple had already visited India and Nepal in 1911 for the Coronation Durbar

Background imageReceive Collection: The Society of Friends Soup Kitchen, Ball Street, Mancheste

The Society of Friends Soup Kitchen, Ball Street, Mancheste
This illustration in three panel shows the preparation of the soup, the mass of people waiting to receive some and the distribution of the soup

Background imageReceive Collection: Brown Bears at London Zoo, 1873

Brown Bears at London Zoo, 1873
Engraving showing the brown bears of the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo) climbing a stake in their pen to receive food on a stick, 1873

Background imageReceive Collection: Children entering King Edwards Mission, Whitechapel, 1890

Children entering King Edwards Mission, Whitechapel, 1890
Engraving showing a large group of poor children rushing into the King Edwards Mission, Whitechapel, to receive a free dinner, 1890

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Revolutionaries arrested by the government receive food from their families

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Helping the Homeless
Homeless children of Petrograd receive free dinners at a canteen

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Pay Day on Naval Ship
Pay day on the Royal Sovereign - each man in turn doffs his cap to receive whats owing to him

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Duchesse D angouleme
La duchesse d Angouleme, eldest daughter of Louis XVI, refuses to receive a delegation from the court.`.`-

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Macaulay in his Library
Thomas Babington Macaulay historian, depicted in his library, looking up from the Times to receive a book proffered by his manservant

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Wealthy Canine Family
Two smartly dressed ladies receive the new year wishes of a well dressed bulldog and his children

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Soviet Troops Mail
Soviet soldiers receive mail and newspapers at the front

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Butterworth Dole
ENGLAND: BUTTERWORTH DOLE & WIDOWs SIXPENCE, St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London. On Good Friday widows over 60 receive a sixpence & Hot X bun

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Xmas in Sweden
Lighting the candles on the tree before the children are let in to receive their presents

Background imageReceive Collection: Sayers Gets the Belt

Sayers Gets the Belt
Tom " Little Wonder" Sayers and John " Benicia Boy" Heenan both receive belts after their epic 37 round contest ended in a draw

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The Duplicate Tables
Having broken the first edition in anger, Moses obtains from God a second set of the Law, which the people this time receive with respect

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Drury Lane Panto. School
Children working in the pantomimes at Drury Lane Theatre, receive lessons at the theatres school

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Britannia Not Welcome
Britannia does not receive a warm welcome in Egypt

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Board School Ironing 19C
Board school girls receive a domestic education that will prepare them for housewifery. Here they are given a lesson in ironing

Background imageReceive Collection: Parsifal - Liebig 2

Parsifal - Liebig 2
Act one : Amfortas and his knights receive Parsifal

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German Dogs of War
German dog handlers receive their orders from an officer mounted on a horse

Background imageReceive Collection: Alcock & Brown - 4

Alcock & Brown - 4
Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown receive their prize of 10, 000 pounds from Winston Churchill, for their successful first crossing of the Atlantic by air

Background imageReceive Collection: New Year Presents, C16

New Year Presents, C16
16th CENTURY FRANCE Charles IX and his mother Catherine de Medicis receive new year presents from supporters during the divisive religious wars

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Daily Issue of Grog
Royal Naval ratings form an orderly queue to receive their daily allowance of GROG - a mixture of rum and water

Background imageReceive Collection: Jack and Jill / Crane

Jack and Jill / Crane
Here are Jack and Jill, depicted just a moment before the disastrous fall in which both of them tumble, requiring them to receive first aid of vinegar and brown paper

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Wellington Praised
The duke of Wellington stands at the bar of the House of Commons to receive the congratulations of the Speaker on his victory at Vimiero, Peninsula campaign

Background imageReceive Collection: Lady on Phone 1919

Lady on Phone 1919
Lady uses a candlestick telephone to receive congratulations on her husbands knighthood which she thinks will raise their status with the servants

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Pyne - Prison Ships
PRISON SHIPS Hulks moored in the Thames off the Tower of London, fitted up to receive impressed seamen for the the Royal Navy

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Pyne - Roundabout
THE ROUNDABOUT - Here is the merry-go-round, miserable straggling boys who receive a few half pence running within the bars

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Changing Seasons
As the Earth circles the sun, different parts of it receive the suns heat, which is why we sunbathe in summer and shiver in winter

Background imageReceive Collection: Strikers / France 1901

Strikers / France 1901
A large group of strikers crowd into a room to receive their strike pay



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