Visiting Collection (#19)

Young Princess Elizabeth at Bekonscot
A 10-year-old Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) at Bekonscot in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire - the oldest original model village in the world - April, 1936. Date: 1936

Georges Clemenceau with Generals Mordacq and Humbert
Georges Clemenceau, French Prime Minister, visiting General Mordacq and General Humbert of the French Army towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Louisa Twining 1869 Dawsons
A portrait of Louisa Twining from 1868. She became a campaigner for improvement in conditions for workhouse inmates and founded the Workhouse Visiting Society. Date: 1869

Ludwig III of Bavaria visiting troops, Comines, France
Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845-1921) visiting troops at Comines, Northern France, during the First World War. He was the last King of Bavaria (ruling 1913-1918). Date: 1915

General Petain visiting the Marne, France, during WW1
General Philippe Petain (1856-1951), French army officer, seen here (centre) on a visit to the Marne, northern France, during the First World War. circa 1914-1918

George V on board battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth
King George V in naval uniform arriving on board the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth during the First World War. He was on a visit with Queen Mary to inspect the Fleet. Date: circa 1917

President Poincare visiting recaptured Peronne, France
President Raymond Poincare (1860-1934) visiting the recaptured town of Peronne, Somme, northern France, during the First World War

The Queen visits the Police Headquarters at Hutton, Preston
It is claimed that this visit was the first time that the reigning monarch has visited a provincial police headquarters. The Queen is speaking to Seargeant C

George V visiting munitions factory in Hull
King George V in army uniform, visiting a munitions factory in Hull during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Presidents of Portugal and France, western front, WW1
The President of Portugal, Bernardino Machado (1851-1944) (right), accompanied by the President of France, Raymond Poincare (1860-1934)

The Duke and Duchess of York in Uganda
The Kabaka of Buganda with his wives, who attended him with vessels of beer and food during the omwoleko (review) of Bugandan warriors. Date: 1925

George V and Queen Mary visiting a hospital
King George V and Queen Mary with others, visiting a hospital during the First World War. Nurses stand in line on the left. circa 1916-1918

William Hughes, Australian PM, visiting workshops, France
William Morris Hughes (1864-1952), Australian Prime Minister, visiting workshops in France during the First World War. Date: 1916

Queen Mary visiting a Red Cross hospital at Netley
Queen Mary visiting the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, near Southampton, expanded and used by the Red Cross during the First World War. With her were King George V and Princess Mary

Empress of Germany inspecting hospital train, Berlin
Empress of Germany, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1848-1921), wife of Kaiser Wilhelm II, seen here inspecting a hospital train in Berlin during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1918

George V and Queen Mary visiting a Red Cross hospital
King George V and Queen Mary with others, visiting the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, near Southampton, expanded and used by the Red Cross during the First World War

Ahmed Jemal Pasha inspecting troops, WW1
Ahmed Jemal (Djemal, Cemal) Pasha (1872-1922), Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Ottoman Army, seen here inspecting troops during the First World War. circa 1915

Red Riding Hood by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

British Navy men visiting the pyramids
1500 bluejackets and other men of the British Navy visiting the Great Pyramids at Giza, Egypt when the fleet was in Egyptian waters

Kaiser Wilhelm II and general staff, WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, with members of of his general staff during an inspection of troops at the front, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

The Kabaka of Buganda with his consort
King Daubi Chwa, the Kabaka of Buganda with his consort, Queen Irene and his ministers at Mengo.During the Duke and Duchess of Yorks visit to Uganda

Scout visit to Theodore Roosevelts Grave
An annual ceremonial visit of the American Boy Scouts to Theodore Roosevelts grave at Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Long Island, New York. 1934

Walton Institution Visiting pass reverse
The reverse side of a visiting pass for the West Derby Union workhouse at Walton, Liverpool. Visitors are warned that taking alcohol into the workhouse is forbidden and can result in prosecution

Walton Institution Visiting pass
A visiting pass for the West Derby Union workhouse at Walton, Liverpool. Visitors are warned that taking alcohol into the workhouse is forbidden and can result in prosecution. Date: 1919

Friends visiting prisoners at Coldbath Fields Prison, Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Danish royal visitors leaving Victoria Station on their way to Buckingham Palace -- state procession with a carriage containing Queen Ingrid of Denmark, Queen Elizabeth

Danish royal visitors arriving at Buckingham Palace -- state procession with King Frederik IX of Denmark and King George VI in the leading carriage with the Dukes of Gloucester and Edinburgh

Queen Victorias visit to Ireland, 1900
Colour supplement to the Sketch, commemorating Queen Victorias visit to Ireland in 1900. The monarchs face is shown on a shamrock on a union jack flag, with an Irish girl curtseying

When I went to Fairyland, visiting the Queen, I rode upon a peacock, blue and gold and green (The Visit). 1922

Queen Elizabeth II views her own portrait
Queen Elizabeth II visiting an exhibition at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters at 195 Piccadilly where she saw portraits of herself. Date: 1952

Macedonia - Visiting the Cemetery Date: circa 1913

Kaiser Wilhelm II in Constantinople (1 / 2)
The German Kaiser Wilhelm II visiting Constantinople, Turkey in 1917, during World War One. He is paying his respects by leaving flowers at a grave of Wilhelm Leopold Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz

Racial / China / Conference
Chinese professors visiting London for a conference Date: circa 1950s

West End Visits East
The West End visits the East End of London - a party of slummers are welcomed by some, but the barefoot children are scared and the sick creature in bed sees them as monsters. Date: circa 1890

Visiting Grandparents
The younger generations arrive to visit grandmama and grandpapa Date: 1856

Lincoln at Antietam / Phot
President Abraham Lincoln visiting the Camps at Antietam. On his (r) is Allan Pinkerton, the organiser of the army secret service, and (l) is Gen. John A McClernand Date: 3 October 1862

Christmas Eve Visiting

Jesus Seen by Lasalle
While Jean-Baptiste La Salle is visiting the poor, he is rewarded with a vision of Jesus : subsequently he will be further rewarded by being declared a saint Date: circa 1665

Royal visit to Victoria Patriotic Asylum, Wandsworth Common
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visit the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum at Wandsworth Common, Surrey (now in south west London), on 24 July 1907

William Caxton in his workshop
Great nobles visited Caxtons workshop. William Caxton (c.1422-1492), English merchant and printer, the first to introduce the printing press to England and the first English seller of printed books

HRH Princess Anne, Princess Royal in Cornwall
HRH Princess Anne, Princess Royal making an official visit to Cornwall

Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 October
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Mrs Thatcher visiting the Metropolitan Police
Mrs Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, visiting the Metropolitan Police

Mrs Thatcher in a Metropolitan Police car
Mrs Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, posing in a Metropolitan Police car

Sangers Circus visiting Haverfordwest, South Wales
Street scene, showing Sangers Circus visiting Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. There are two elaborate horse-drawn carriages, with riders dressed in fancy costumes

Sangers Circus USA stall, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Scene at Sangers Circus during its visit to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, showing a USA-themed stall in a field

Prison visit, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
An inmate at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, receives a visitor. The meeting takes place through a metal grille and is observed by a prison officer

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