Ceremony Collection (page 20)

United States. Washington. A public reception day by Preside
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908). President of the United States. Washington. A public reception day by President Cleveland in the East Room of the White House

Walls start demolition. Ceremony Riga City, November 15, 1857. Artist Julius Gottfried Siegmund (19th century). Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Llibre Verd (Green Book). Book of Privileges of the City of Barcelona. Miniature. Copy iluminated by Arnau Penna in 1380. Oath of allegiance to the king. Municipal Archives of History. Barcelona

Giovanni da Ponte (1385-1437). The Mystic Marriage of Saint
Gothic Art. Italy. Giovanni da Ponte (1385-1437). Italian painter active in Florence. The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1421. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Lekythos. Red figures. Greece
Lekythos of red figures. Narrow-necked vessel used for storing oils or perfumes for religious ceremonies. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Relief depicting a scene from the Kings Heb Sed. Palace of
Relief depicting a scene from the Kings Heb Sed. Monumental gateway from the Palace of Apries, Memphis, Egypt. Limestone. Late Period, Saite. 26th Dynasty. C. 589-570 BC

Charles I of Spain and V of Germany (1500-1558). Abdication
Charles I of Spain and V of Germany (1500-1558). King of Spain (1517-1556) and Emperor of Germany (1519-1556). First Spanish monarch of the House of Austria

Alfonso VII (1105-1157), called the Emperor. King of Galicia in 1111 and King of Le??n and Castile in 1126. In 1135 held another investiture in a grand ceremony with his proclamation as Emperor of

Banquet. Engraving. 20th century
Banquet offered to guests at an opening ceremony. Engraving. Early 20th century. Colored engraving

Henry III of France
HENRY III of France (1551-1589). King of France (1574-1589). Elected King of Poland (1573), left this country to succeed Charles IX. Colored engraving by Ch. Gilbert

Egyptian Art. Cornice Block with relief showing the Baptism of Pharaoh Roman Period. 41- 68 A.D. Sandstone. 1st Cataract, Philae, Temple of Harendotes. Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York

Cinerary urn with reliefs depicting Heracles (Hercules) beginning in the Eleusinian Mysteries. Detail. White marble. From the columbarium near Porta Maggiore

Children of Ramses II carrying flowers. Relief. Luxor temple
EGYPTIAN ART. Relief of the religious procession of the great bulls, to commemorate the opening of the great pylon of Luxor built by Ramses II

Charles I (1863-1908). King of Portugal (1889-1908). Proclam
Charles I (1863-1908). King of Portugal (1889-1908). Son of Louis I and Maria Pia de Savoie. Proclamation of Charles I as king of Portugal on December 28, 1889. Engraving of 1890. Coloured

Priest performing a ritual of incense before an offering tab
Relief depicting a priest performing a ritual of incense before an offering table. New Kingdom. Temple of Luxor. Egypt

Delivery of gifts to a king. Detail of a miniature of the Bi
Delivery of gifts to a king. 11th century. Detail of a miniature of the Bible of St. Peter of Roda illustrated possibly before the year 1050 on the desktop of the monastery of Ripoll

Bull being led to sacrifice. Relief. Luxor temple. Egypt
EGYPTIAN ART. EGYPT. Relief of the religious procession of the great bulls, to commemorate the opening of the great pylon of Luxor built by Ramses II. Bull being led to sacrifice

Priest wearing offerings in a tray. Relief. Luxor temple. Eg
EGYPTIAN ART. EGYPT. Relief of the religious procession of the great bulls, to commemorate the opening of the great pylon of Luxor built by Ramses II. Priest wearing offerings in a tray

Priest wearing offerings in a tray and bull being led to sac
EGYPTIAN ART. EGYPT. Relief of the religious procession of the great bulls, to commemorate the opening of the great pylon of Luxor built by Ramses II

A Prince with an ostrich feather as an offering. Relief. Lux
EGYPTIAN ART. EGYPT. Relief of the religious procession of the great bulls, to commemorate the opening of the great pylon of Luxor built by Ramses II. A Prince with an ostrich feather as an offering

Children of Ramses II carrying flowers and ostrich feathers
EGYPTIAN ART. EGYPT. Relief of the religious procession of the great bulls, to commemorate the opening of the great pylon of Luxor built by Ramses II

Japanese woman performing the tea ceremony - Japan Date: circa 1920s

Inauguration of Marats Bust, Paris, France
Inauguration of Marats Bust, Place de la Reunion (now Place du Carrousel) Paris, towards the end of the French Revolution

Caricature, Lord Salisbury and W E Gladstone, rival political leaders -- Lord Salisbury eats the leek (representing a parliamentary amendment). 1881

Coronation of Queen Victoria, Westminster Abbey, London
Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey, London, on 28 June 1838. 1838

Woman police officer on horseback, London
Woman police officer (Ruth Lindley) on horseback in Central London in front of a band of marching guardsmen. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Two Japanese women drinking tea
Two geisha women kneeling on the floor, while drinking Japanese tea. Date: circa 1902

Royal ceremonials in the open: at Buckingham Palace, 1918
Royal ceremonials in the open: at Buckingham Palace. An open-air investiture by the king - one of a series at Buckingham Palace, the scene in the quadrangle during the ceremony (top)

Funeral dance
Funeral celebration dance, tribe of Latooka, Africa. When several persons have died successively, the funeral dance go on for several months together. Date: 1868

SPILT MILK
An embarrassed cow looks the other way as a milkmaid throws a bucket of milk over a steel girder, perhaps a mock opening ceremony in the USA? Still, no use crying over spilt milk... Date: 1930s

BLACK ROD / 1873
Sir Augustus William Clifford, Black Rod, the officer responsible for Parliamentary ceremony, with a key role during the state opening of Parliament. Date: 1873

Racial / Brazil / Bororos
Brazilian Bororo Indians at a funeral ceremony Date: 1894

The marriage of King Harold II
The marriage of Saxon King Harold II with Aldyth (Ealdgyth), widow of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and sister to Edwin and Morcar. Date: 1066

King Arrives at Lisbon
A ceremony at the Place du Commerce in Lisbon for the King of Portugal. Date: 1862

London Bridge Open 1831
King William IV and Queen Adelaide at the opening ceremony of John Rennies new London Bridge. The bridge was later dismantled & rebuilt in Lake Havasu City, Arizona in 1971. Date: 1 August 1831

Native Canadians Separat
The Ceremony of a DIVORCE, as practised by the natives of CANADA, in North America over a symbolic fire : it seems that she keeps the girls, he the boys Date: circa 1730

Marriage, Amsterdam - 2
A bourgeois protestant wedding in Amsterdam : the church ceremony Date: circa 1730

Blessing Fishing Boats
Before the fishing fleet leaves Paimpoul, Bretagne, for the Iceland fisheries, the boats are blessed in an elaborate ceremony including a spectacular procession Date: 1895

Leopold Weds Helen 1882
LEOPOLD DUKE OF ALBANY Queen Victoria kisses her fourth son Leopolds bride, Helen of Waldeck- Pyrmont, after the wedding ceremony. Date: 27 April 1882

Victoria / Leandre / 1898
QUEEN VICTORIA A satirical view of her visit to France in 1898, with her son Edward: President Faure greets her at Nice Date: 1819 - 1901

Quixote - Masquerade
The masquerade of the duke and duchess - he sees Dulcinea, enchanted by magic Date: First published: 1605-15

House of Lords, 1842
HOUSE OF LORDS Queen Victoria brings the Parliamentary session to a close in the ceremony of prorogation. Date: August 1842

George V coronation, 1911
George V (1865 - 1936) British is George and Marys coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 22 June 1911. Date: 22 June 1911

Lord Kitchener welcomed by the Egyptian Fellah
Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener(1850-1916): how the Egyptian Fellah(peasant labourers) honoured Lord Kitchener

Kitchener lays foundation stone, near Luxor, Egypt
Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener(1850-1916), laying the foundation stone of an Agricultural College near Luxor

Transport / Tunnels
THE BLACKWALL TUNNEL. The opening ceremony, showing the Royal procession passing out of the Tunnel. Date: 22ND May 1897

Roman Marriage Ceremony
A man and woman are joined in holy matrimony

The Sire of Longueval knighting Roland
Roland knighted by the Sire of Longueval Date: 8th Century

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