Ceremonial Collection (page 5)

A riverbank decorated with Long Live the Queen - Coronation
A riverbank decorated with Long Live the Queen to celebrate the Coronation of Elizabeth II - possibly in Bedford. Date: 1953

Cover design, The Whitehall Review, January 1911, Horse Guard on Duty. 1911

Dinner to celebrate opening of Lancaster-Carlisle Railway
The railway contractors dinner at the Crown and Mitre Inn, Carlisle, to celebrate the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in autumn/winter 1846

Underground railway construction, Lord Mayor of London 1881
Underground railway construction, the Lord Mayor of London commencing works for the extension of the Inner Circle railway. Date: 1881

Trooping of the Colour, 1919
Page from The Sphere reporting on the Trooping of the Colour ceremony, which took place on 3 June 1919, on King George Vs birthday. 1919

Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty, British naval officer
Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty (1871-1936), British naval officer, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, British naval officer
Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859-1935), British naval officer, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Commodore R Y Tyrwhitt, British naval officer
Commodore Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt (1870-1951), later Admiral of the Fleet, First World War. circa 1913-1914

General Edmund Allenby, British army officer
General Edmund Allenby (1861-1936), British army officer, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Sir John French, British army officer
Sir John French (1852-1925), British army officer, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

General Sir Douglas Haig, British army officer
General Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928), British army officer, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Lord Herbert Kitchener, British army officer
Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), British army officer, appointed Secretary of State for War at the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Doge and Dogaressa of Venice, and state barge, 16th century
Doge and Dogaressa of Venice, and the state barge or bucentaur, 16th century. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century

Court women of Burma in ceremonial dress. Servant bowing, chief counsellor or woongees wife with fan, privy counsellor or attawoons wife, and counsellor or woondocs wife with fan

Chinese monk in ceremonial robes making offerings at an altar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Costumes of the inhabitants of Santiago, Chile. Men in ceremonial poncho and hat, and a hunter in loincloth with spear. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrrarios

Mace bearer or massier, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France)

Empress Josephine, ceremonial robes, 1763-1814. White satin dress with short sleeves with a velvet manteau de cour. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes

Emperor Napoleon Ist, in ceremonial robes, 1804. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France)

Emperor Napoleon Ist, in ceremonial coronation robes, 1804. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France)

Louis, 3rd Duke of Aumont, Marquis de Villequier, 1667-1723. In ceremonial robes for the coronation of King Louis XV. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres portfolios

Louis-Hector, Duc de Villars, in ceremonial robes for the coronation of Louis XIV. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres gallery portfolios from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka

King Charles IX of France in ceremonial robes. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres gallery (portfolio IX 7 bis)

Sergent d armes or serjeant-at-arms with ceremonial mace, 15th century. Handcoloured lithograph after a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Roger de Gaignieres portfolio VI 149 from Le

Knights of the Order of the Golden Shield, 1369
Knights of the Order of the Golden Shield, chevaliers de l ordre de l ecu d or, founded by Louis II duc de Bourbon in 1369. The ceremonial robes have gold shields on the chest

Knight of the Order of Our Lady of the Thistle, chevalier de l Ordre de Notre-Dame du Chardon, created in 1370 by Louis II duc de Bourbon

The changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, London circa 1990s

Army volunteers on manoeuvres, Salisbury Plain
Army volunteers on manoeuvres in full dress uniform on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, August 1900. 1900

Officers of Italian Light and Field Artillery, WW1
Officers of the Italian Light and Field Artillery in semi-full dress uniform during the First World War, 24 April 1915. 1915

Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-1998) British-born conductor & composer. Mixed race daughter of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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State Coach in Royal Pageant, Reopening of Parliament
State Coach, containing the King and Queen, in the Royal Pageant from Buckingham Palace to Westminster for the reopening of Parliament, London. Date: 1922

Changing of the Guard, Whitehall, London, a daily ceremony, with Life Guards on horseback in their scarlet uniforms. Date: 1922

Judges processing from Westminster Abbey, London
Judges processing from the Poets Corner doorway of Westminster Abbey to the House of Lords, London, at the end of the Long Vacation, after attending a special service. Date: 1922

Swearing-in ceremony of a Lord Chief Justice, London. He is sworn in by the Lord High Chancellor, with a row of High Court judges behind, and Kings Counsel below. Date: 1922

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, Ceremonial. 1901

Footman at a feast, the Imperial Court, Berlin, Germany
Footman at a feast at the Imperial Court, Berlin, Germany. circa 1898

David Frances Barry photo - Son of his Star
Son of His Star seated outdoors in full traditional dess including moccasins and earrings. He wears a ceremonial Otter-fur turban and is holding a long calumet (peace pipe)

David Frances Barry photo - Brave Bear
Brave Bear (Mato Ohitika), also known as Wapepe (Stickers), the son of Wahacankaduta(Scarlet Shield), leader of the Spirit Lake band of Cut Head (Pabaksa)Yanktonai (Ihanktonwanna) tribe of the Sioux

Sir John Voce Moore leading Joseph Chamberlain
A Couple of Js. Serjeant-at-Arms Sir John Voce Moore (18261904), English businessman and Lord Mayor of London (1898) leading Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) into the House of Commons. Date: 1900

Lord Mayors coach

Queen Victoria laying foundation stone, Royal Albert Hall
Queen Victoria laying the red Aberdeen granite foundation stone. Over 7, 000 people gathered under a huge temporary marquee, erected for the occasion, to see Date: 20th May 1867

Teddy enjoying a draught of ginger-beer, the 2nd Battalion Kings Rifles pet, arrived in Shorncliffe from India. Given a new home at an expense of seventeen pounds

London horseguards on horseback in ceremonial uniform. Date: circa 1960s

Encouraged by Paul, the magicians of Ephesus burn their books, an act of vandalism for which it is difficult to forgive them

A knight of the garter. Date: 1820

Guards march through the City of London - Mansion House circa 1910s

The Coronation Coach Walking Grooms - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - June 2, 1953. Date: 1953

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