1660 Gallery

Oak Apple Day at Chelsea Hospital

Lord Roberts takes the salute of the Chelsea Pensioners as they march past the statue of Charles II, which is covered with oak branches in honour of Oak Apple Day. Oak Apple Day or Royal Oak Day was celebrated in England on 29 May to commemorate the restoration of the English monarchy in May 1660

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French man in ballet costume, 17th century

French man in ballet costume, 17th century, from a ballet danced by King Louis XIV in Aix in 1660.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F. Laguillermie, from Georges Duplessis's Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris 1867

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Roman suovetaurilia or suovitaurilia sacrifice ceremony

Roman suovetaurilia or suovitaurilia sacrifice ceremony. A woman offers a prayer in front of an altar to Mars, young men in laurel wreaths bring a bull, a ram and a pig for sacrifice. From a bas relief on a marble sarcophagus. Sacrificio detto Suovetaurilia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1843

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