Arrival Collection (page 12)

Royal party arriving for Braemar Games, Scotland
King George V and Queen Mary seen arriving at the pavilion for the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland. circa 1911

British Expeditionary Force arrive in France, 1939
A British column of Army lorries is cheerily greeted by French military motor cyclists as it moves through a French village in the early weeks of World War Two. Date: 1939

British nurses and airmen land in France, 1939
Nurses wearing a Red Cross armlet and a Red Cross ribbon round their hats disembark from a Channel steamer after arriving at an undisclosed location in France in the early weeks of World War II

Arrival of hearse of Duke of Wellington at Chelsea Hospital
Arrival of the hearse and remains of the Duke of Wellington at Chelsea Hospital. The body of the great statesman and soldier had been lying in state at Walmer Castle, his residence

Native Indian gentleman smoking a Goorgoory Pipe
A Native gentleman smoking a Goorgoory, a variant of the Hookah Pipe but with a fixed bamboo stem, in his private apartments, attended by his dancing girls. (Plate 19 of 20) Date: 1813

Arrival of Duke of Wellingtons funeral car at St Paul s
The arrival of the funeral car of the Duke of Wellington at St Pauls Cathedral in London. Date: 18th November 1852

The Wreck of the Titanic - Survivors leave the Carpathia
705 survivors of the Titanic, brought home on board the Titanic have an emotional reunion with friends and relatives in New York. Date: 1912

Arrival of the Wellington statue at Hyde Park Corner
Arrival of the great equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, by Wyatt, at the Wellington or Constitution Arch at Hyde Park Corner

Coronation 1953, driving up the Ascot course on Gold Cup day
The traditional pageantry of the royal arrival at Royal Ascot; the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II driving up the course in an open landau carriage on Gold Cup day, 18 June 1953

Royal Wedding 1963 - royal guests
Page from the Tatler showing the various members of the royal family arriving at Westminster Abbey for the wedding of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy on 24 April 1963

Royal Wedding 1947 - the bride arrives
Page from the Tatler showing scenes of Princess Elizabeth travelling to and arriving at Westminster Abbey for her marriage to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947

France, Lille - The arrival of English Troops - World War One. Date: 1918

Crete - Arrival of S. E. Zaimi, High Commissoner of Crete
Crete - Arrival of S. E. Zaimi, Greek High Commissoner of Crete Date: circa 1910

North Devon Railway
Page from the Illustrated London News 29th July 1854 showing the opening of the North Devon Railway with the arrival of the train at Barnstaple (top image); High Street

Royal Wedding 1934 - the scene in Westminster Abbey
Artists sketch recreating the scene in Westminster Abbey during the wedding of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece with the bride, escorted by her father

The arrival of Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener at Cape Town
Lord Roberts, with Lord Kitchener and the rest of his staff, reached Cape Town on the liner Dunottar Castle on 11th January 1900

Arrival of the royal couple at Antwerp, 1858
The arrival of newly weds Crown Prince Frederick William(1831-1888) and Victoria(Vicky) Princess Royal of Great Britain(1840-1901) at Antwerp, Belgium

Royal Wedding 1934 - Princess Marinas arrival
Prince George, Duke of Kent welcomes his bride-to-be, Princess Marina of Greece to England with a spontaneous kiss in front of the assembled crowd of press and dignitaries at Dover

Wedding of Princess Margaret
A sketch offering an alternative view of the royal wedding of 1960 in which Princess Margaret married Anthony Armstrong Jones (Earl Snowdon)

Tariff Reform - Austen Chamberlain
Cartoon looking at the tariff reform introduced by Joseph and Austen Chamberlain in 1903. This move aimed to broaden the basis of taxation, to introduce a preference

Princess Alexandra of Denmark lands at Gravesend on Saturday 7 March 1863 for her marriage to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

Royal Wedding 1891 - Arrival of Queen Victoria
Arrival of Queen Victoria at St. Georges Chapel for the marriage of her granddaughter, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein to Prince Aribert of Anhalt on 6 July 1891. Date: 1891

A Flutter in the Boudoir by A. K. Macdonald. An elegant late 18th century lady wearing the tiniest of outfits is warned of the imminent arrival of a youthful-looking male suitor

Drunken Husband arrives home
Weather Forecast - " Stormy" (Thunder and Lightning to follow) A drunken husband arrives home to find his wife still up and awiting his return sat at a table with clock

The Sphere Royal Wedding front cover by Matania
A study of Princess Marina of Greece as a royal bride, a tall, white figure of infinite grace - as she appeared when approaching the Chancel steps to take her place beside the Duke of Kent

New Baby card - humorous
Humorous new baby greetings postcard, featuing a screaming little darling, bearing a label featuring the note To the owner - this side up with care - FRAGILE! 1911

The Queen returns from Scotland There is a breezy arrival at Heathrow airport, London, as the Queen and Prince Andrew end their holiday in Balmoral, Scotland. Date: 9th October 1980 1980

Caricature - William Eugene Pussyfoot Johnson
Satirical postcard, railing against the arrival in Great Britain of William Eugene " Pussyfoot" Johnson (18621945), a leading American advocate of prohibition

Landing wagons at Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
German forces landing wagons at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, following the arrival of the 7th Division during the First World War. Date: 7 October 1914

The arrival of the Governor General - Saigon
The arrival of the Governor General at Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in the Steamship Ernest Simons. Everyone (who is anyone) is gathered on the harbour to greet him. Date: circa 1910

Arrival in Britain of escaped French men
Arrival in Britain of 183 French men who had escaped from Germany Date: circa 1945

Edward VII - his body is brought to Windsor Castle - the funeral procession entering the cloisters of Windsor Castle Date: 1910

USAT Logan arriving at Vladivostok, Russian Civil War
The US Army Transport ship Logan arriving in Vladivostok Harbour during the western intervention in the Russian Civil War. Date: circa 1918-1919

British prisoners of war arriving at Hull from Germany, WW1
British prisoners of war arriving at Hull, being repatriated from Germany towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Gabon, Africa - The arrival of a European into the village
Gabon, Africa (at this time one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa) - The arrival of a European into the village

National Amusement - The Bus Kitchen 1918
If the ministry of food carries out its latest scheme, there should be plenty of excitement in getting ones dinner from the travelling food kichens

After You, Madam
Arrival of Father Christmas and a stork, both with Christmas deliveries Date: 1927

The cordon of troops at the Winter Palace on Red Sunday
Troops guarding the Winter Palace before the arrival of Russian workers, marching to hand in a protest to Czar Nicolas II

When national kichens come in bulk! 1918
National Kitchens opened in the First World War to help poor people get hot food. Date: 1918

Refuelling in Basra
British. French and Dutch vehicles being refuelled at Basra, Iraq, following their arrival from at Basra airport. The Royal Air Forces were stationed near the town. Date: 1930s

British cyclists company disembarking, Salonika, WW1
A British cyclists company disembarking at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 2 December 1915

Princess Elizabeth distributes Maundy money, 1952
Queen Elizabeth II being greeted on arrival at Westminster Abbey, when she distributed the Royal Maundy money. In the year of this picture, 1952

Illustration, First Arrivals, showing three children who are the first to arrive at a party, sitting demurely on a sofa. 1885

Two ladies in evening outfits by Paul Poiret and Beer

French colonial troops, Vladivostok, Russia
The arrival of French colonial troops in Vladivostok, Russia, as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. circa 1918

American troops arriving in Europe, WW1
American troops arriving in Europe on board ship during the First World War, all lined up on the quay. circa 1917

Open Cable Car at San Sebastan, Spain
Spain - San Sebastian - The Monte Ulia Funicular Shuttle Arrives at the Station. This open cable car was opened on September 30, 1907 and was designed by Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (1852-1936)

American troops arriving home, Hoboken, USA
American troops arriving home by ship at Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, after the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1919

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