Bearers Collection (page 2)

A Roman Triumph (Topham)
A Roman emperor and his young son triumphantly parade through Rome in a chariot, with the enthusiastic crowds and bearers of the Roman standard "s P Q R" all around them

Girl Guide Flag bearers at a St Georges Day parade in Eccles. Date: circa 1979

Female bearers and a carrying chair, Japan, 1870s. Date: 1870s

Girl in carrying chair with bearers in grass coats, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Model of a group of offering bearers. Egypt
Model of a group of offering bearers. Wood. Middle Kingdom. 12th Dynasty. 1800 BC. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Japan - Kago Travelling Chair Date: circa 1908

Thanet VAD Motor Transport Group and stretcher bearers outside The Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children (date - journal). Sir Alfred Yarrow opened this home in 1894

Geisha in her sedan chair
Elegant geisha travelling to her client in a sedan chair carried by two bearers. Artist: Raphael Kirchner Date: circa 1901

Funeral of WW1 soldier in presence of George V
Funeral of a First World War soldier in the presence of King George V

A Standard Bearer at the 1937 Coronation
An impression of one of the number of Standard bearers taking part in the colourful Coronation procession up the nave of Westminster Abbey during the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. Date: 1937

King George VI and his canopy bearers, coronation
King George VI and his canopy bearers, who are Knights of the Garter, at his Coronation on 12th May 1937. Date: May 1937

Coronation ceremonial procession 1937
The Coronation procession up Westminster Abbeys blue-carpeted nave for the coronation of King George VI: a colourful pageant as peers

Chinese Funeral Procession, Shanghai, China Date: circa 1950s

Ivory Coast, West Africa - Boa Kouassi King of Agni N denian
Ivory Coast, West Africa - Boa Kouassi (King of Agni N denian). Date: circa 1908

Standard Bearers Knights. Detail. Painting on wood from de decoration of 13th century roof. Unknown origin. Tempera

Bearers of evil tidings

The two standards bearers, the day after battle. Music cover showing wounded soldier seated on ground in battlefield, holding up flag in one hand and a sword in the other. Date c1864. Detail

Dhule, India - A beggar is carried in a two-man litter
A beggar is carried in a one-man litter (with two bearers) at Dhule, India - a city and a Municipal Corporation in Dhule district in northwestern part of Maharashtra State. Date: circa 1910s

Funeral of Commander Gathorne-Hardy
Scene at the funeral of Commander the Hon Ralph Cecil North Gathorne-Hardy RN (1876-1911), a younger son of the late 2nd Earl of Cranbrook. He was buried at Benenden Church, Kent

Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games 1948

Shot Indian tiger carried on elephant, Nepal
An Indian tiger shot by the Maharajah of Nepal, carried on the back of a hunting elephant. This photograph was taken by Johnston & Hoffman of Calcutta

Funeral of a Russian soldier - Mailly-le-Camp, France
Funeral of a Russian World War One soldier at the Russian Church at Mailly-le-Camp, a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. Date: circa 1916

Preparing for the Unveiling of the Victoria Memorial
Officers and banner bearers standing in front of the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace, still covered in scaffolding but due to be unveiled on 16th May 1911 in the presence of King

Our crowned King and Queen on the historic Buckingham Palace
Balcony scene after Coronation of King George VI. Showing, from left to right, four of the Queens train bearers, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother)

US Army Field Hospital and early ambulance - WWI Date: circa 1918

The funeral of the Duke of Wellington, 1852
The funeral of the Duke of Wellington: the entrance of the procession into at St Pauls cathedral, with Generals carrying batons. Date: 1852

Mountain guides and bearers, Montenegro, WW1
Mountain guides and bearers on the eastern front in Montenegro during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

From The Wild Swans by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Postcard by George Ranstead - Apres la Guerre no. 2
Humorous drawing on a postcard by amateur soldier artist, George Ranstead, who drew a series of illustration suggesting what life might be like after the war

The Path to Home by Charles Crombie
Humorous illustration by Charles Crombie entitled, The Path to Home! God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen! Let Nothing You Dismay!

Czech Troops - Bastille Day Parade, Paris, France
Parade of the Czechoslovakian flag in the 4th year of the start of the 1st World War on the 14th July Bastille Day Parade - Allied Parade. Date: 1918

Fairy Lantern Bearers

The Ashanti War (1873-74) The camp at Prah-su, 1874
Native artillery crossing the river at the camp at Prah-su, on the river Prah. Native bearers or carriers bring artillery over the bridge

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - The arrival of stores
The arrival of stores carried by native bearers to a British garrison during the 2nd Ashanti War. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Native carriers crossing mangrov
This shows the difficulties of the native bearers as they tried to cross the mangroves on the river banks of the river Prah

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Sir Wolseley receives news from
Sir Garnet Wolseley surrounded by British and native soliders and bearers receives news from the front in the war against the Ashanti

Japanese palanquin
A Japanese lady is carried in a palanquin supported by two bearers

Four bearers and patient (2 of 6)
Method of carrying a patient, with four bearers. (2 of 6)

Four bearers and patient (1 of 6)
Method of carrying a patient, with four bearers. (1 of 6)

Two bearers and patient (1 of 2)
Method of lifting a patient onto a stretcher, with two bearers. (1 of 2)

Four bearers and patient (5 of 6)
Method of carrying a patient, with four bearers. (5 of 6)

Four bearers and patient (6 of 6)
Method of carrying a patient, with four bearers. (6 of 6)

Four bearers and patient (3 of 6)
Method of carrying a patient, with four bearers. (3 of 6)

Four bearers and patient (4 of 6)
Method of carrying a patient, with four bearers. (4 of 6)

Kago and bearers in Japan

Saracen Army / 10th C
Musicians & standard bearers of a Saracen army

Body of G. Adolphus / 1632
The body of Gustavus Adolphus is brought home to Sweden

Two Palanquins Meet
A European gentleman in a palanquin meets a European lady in a palanquin and they exchange greetings while their bearers - four to each palanquin - stagger on

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