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First Remembrance Day 1919On 11th November 1919, the first anniversary of Armistice day, the Britsh nation, in reponse to an invitation by King George V
Eric Liddell celebrating his Olympic win at Edinburgh UniverEric Liddell, the 400m gold medallist at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, crowned and chaired at Edinburgh University where he had studied science
Christmas Eve - about 1460 by Pauline BaynesChristmas Eve, as celebrated in 1460 with children bringing in holly and the Yule Log to be lit on Christmas Day, and other joining in a last minute carol practice
Cover design, Exposition de Locomotion AerienneCover design, official catalogue of the 7th Exposition International de Locomotion Aerienne, Grand Palais, Champs Elysees, Paris, 12-27 November 1921
Marcus Porcius Cato, Roman statesmanMARCUS PORCIUS CATO (234-149 BC), Roman statesman, known as Censorius (the Censor), Sapiens (the Wise), Priscus (the Ancient), or Maior (the Elder)
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London Date: circa 1987
Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France and his familyNapoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France (1769-1821), pictured with his two wives, Empress Josephine (de Beauharnais) (1763-1814) and Empress Marie-Louise (of Austria) (1791-1847)
Titus Lucretius CarusTITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS Roman poet and philosopher
Tarot Card 21 - Le Monde (The World). Date: 20th century
Miss Columbia - Personification of the USAColumbia - a historical and poetic name used for the United States of America and is also the name of its female personification (Miss Columbia)
Cap badge, Royal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersBrass cap badge (the Kings Crown Shield) of REME, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Oval in shape, with a crown at the top, a pair of compasses at the centre
Friedrich Von HayekFRIEDRICH VON HAYEK Austrian economist Margaret Thatcher places a laurel wreath on his head
Napoleon - The Great Victor - made up of personifications of Victory, each holding a laurel wreath. Date: 1910s
Rev Francis Ward Monck and William Oxley, spiritualistsRev Francis Ward Monck (right, c. 1842-?)) and William Oxley (1823-1905), spiritualists. Oxley was a Methodist, Swedenborgian, spiritualist and writer based in Manchester
WW2 Paris Liberation - Eisenhower - Tomb of Unknown SoldierWW2 - Paris Liberation - General Dwight D Eisenhower at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Arch de Triomphe, Paris, France. Date: 1945
Victoria Cross - Lieutenant William Leefe RobinsonVictoria Cross posthumously awarded to John Travers Cornwell (1900-1916) - for his gallantry at the Battle of Jutland. Cornwell was a Boy Seaman First Class on H.M.S Chester
Alaric II - KIng of the Visigoths - SpainAlaric II (484-507) - The Eighth KIng of the Visigoths in Spain. Fought Clovis in the Battle of Vouille (near Poitiers) and was defeated
Apples Label
Machine Gun Corps Memorial, Hyde Park Corner, London, erected in 1925 - topped by a statue of young David by Francis Derwent Wood
George Monck (Wreathed)GEORGE MONCK, duke of Albemarle Captaine Generall of all his Majesties Land forces crowned with a wreath
Victoria / Diamond / GentwomA celebratory cover to mark Victorias Diamond Jubilee
Children Make a WreathThree little girls & their brother sit upon a quilt in the middle of the floor. The eldest girl has abandoned her knitting to make a floral wreath for the youngest. Date: circa 1870
Empedocles of Akragas, Greek philosopherEmpedocles of Akragas (fl. 444-443 BC), Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, doctor, statesman and priest, best known for originating the cosmogonic theory of the four classical elements
The late King George VI lies in State at Westminster Hall. A Guard stands alongside the coffin, his head bowed in respect. Date: 1952
WW1 - Victory - The flags of the victorious nations flanking a carved statue of the personification of Victory stood atop the world and holding a victory wreath aloft. Date: circa 1919
Ceremonial dress of orders of chivalry, 16th centuryCeremonial robes of knights of the Golden Fleece A, Order of the Garter B, Teutonic Knights C, D, and sword and wreath of Georg Hund von Wenkheim E
Roman crowns and wreathsCrowns of the ancients: radial crowns 1, 2, laurel wreaths 3, 4, civic crown 5, Obsidionalis (for generals who delivered a town under siege) 6
The Head of Germania - Dresden, GermanyThe Head of Germania - the National monument on Niederwald Plaza (Square)- created by Johannes Schilling - Dresden, Germany. Date: circa 1909
Calcagno family monument, Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa, Italy, by Adolfo Apolloni, 1904. A bronze masterpiece statue lying on the steps
Gaius Julius Caesar - Roman politician, general and writerGaius Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44 BC). Roman politician, general and writer. In 60 BC he established a triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus. Conquered Gaul
FantaisieThis illustration shows the definitive figure of a young woman wearing a matching red hat and coat, holding out a wreath in appreciation, with one hand resting on her bicycle
In MemoriamAn etching which acts as a tribute to the lives lost during World War 1, elements include a memorial stone, which reads 1914-1915, 1916-1917 indicating those that have died during this period
Illustration for Sagittarius, ErteIllustration for those born under Sagittarius, showing an archer aiming at a laurel wreath, whilst embracing a woman, with pansies, and numbers of the sign
Anonymous portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1815)Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1815). Emperor of France (1804-1815). Anonymous portrait, copy of a painting by Francois Gerard. 19th century. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain
Obelisk of Theodosius. 4th century. Detail of the pedestalObelisk of Roman emperor Theodosius.4th century AD. Detail of the pedestal. Theodosius I offers laurels of victory. Hippodrome of Constantinople. Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 2007
Cover design, Fragments magazine, Cenotaph MonumentCover design, Fragments magazine, The Glorious Dead, Gratitude from 1920, Cenotaph Monument. Date: 1920
Wreaths for fallen Bolsheviks during Revolution, RussiaWreaths for the graves of fallen Bolsheviks during the Revolutionary period in Russia. Two of the men are claimed to be Lenin and Trotsky
Circa 1900 Other Ranks Cap Badge White Metalcirca, 1900, Other, ranks, cap, badge, white, metal, gilding, Die, struck, front, description, stag, lodged, within, circular, closed, oak, wreath, half, scrolls, right, left, whole, upon, Maltese
WW1 - Death and the Aviator - Russian propaganda card, casting the German Aviator as the bringer of death and destruction. Date: circa 1915
Temporary Cenotaph to the Glorious Dead, 1919Painting of the Cenotaph, a temporary structure of timber and plaster in Whitehall, London, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens as a memorial to the fallen of the First World War for the Peace Day
Poppies laid at The CenotaphPoppy wreaths laid at the Cenotaph memorial to the two World Wars on November 11 each year
Shadows in Whitehall, by Bruce BairnsfatherShadows in Whitehall An unusually serious subject for Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, known for his Old Bill cartoons in The Bystander magazine; ghostly soldiers guard the cenotaph in Whitehall, London
Chivalry of the air by G. H. DavisThe chivalry of the air: the courtesy of foe to foe. Showing a British pilot dropping a wreath for a comrade's grave in the German lines during the First World War
Primrose DayLord Beaconsfield's bronze statue, facing St. Margaret's Church, in Parliament Square, London on Primrose Day. On the anniversary of the death of British statesman
Cenotaph, Whitehall, London 1935Cenotaph, Whitehall, erected in 1920, replacing a temporary replica unveiled on Peace Day, July 1919. Date: 1935
Primrose Day 1886Primrose Day in Parliament Square, London. Anniversary of the death of British statesman and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
GRAVE OF T. E. LAWRENCEThe grave of Aircraftsman Shaw, Thomas Edward Shaw, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, at Moreton, Dorset, England. Photo taken before his gravestone was erected. Date: 1888 - 1935
MARC BOLAN'S FUNERALA floral wreath in the form of a white swan in memory of Glam Rock legend Marc Bolan at his funeral in Golders Green, London. (One of T-Rex's hits was Ride a White Swan'). Date: September 1977