Ceremony Collection (page 27)

Franco-Russian Alliance - Troop Manoeuvres at Betheny
On September 19th, 1901 manoeuvres (as part of the Franco-Russian alliance) took place on the Betheny Plain (near Reims, France), involving the participation of 120

Vietnam - Hue - Nam-Giao Festival - Traditional Music
Traditional Music being performed on the 2nd Mound at the Nam Giao Festival, Hue, Vietnam - a ceremony held in honour of the earth and sky. Date: circa 1926

Vietnam - Hue - Nam-Giao Festival - Flautists
Parade of Flautists at the Nam Giao Festival, Hue, Vietnam - a ceremony held in honour of the earth and sky. Date: circa 1926

The Coronation Durbar, Delhi - 12th December 1911. The Maharajah of Benares bows before The King Emperor (George V) and Queen Empress (Mary) Date: 1911

Presenting Colours - Worcestershire RGMT, Bermuda
Presenting Colours to the Worcestershire Regiment, Bermuda Date: circa 1910

Belshazzar investing Daniel with a Chain of gold. circa 19th century

Lord and Lady Desborough at the London aerodrome dedicating a Ble

Design for Dress Silk or Print with Japanese figures

Portrait of an Aboriginal man decorated for a funeral ceremo
Drawing 44 from the Watling Collection titled A Moo.bee Ornamented after a Burial with a Club of great / size over the Shoulder by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Book of the Moghul. Ms. 8300. 17th c. Hindu sacred ceremony practised during an eclipse of the Sun and the Moon. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St)

Spanish Haggada. Ceremony inside a Jewish synagogue. Miniature Painting. UNITED KINGDOM. London. The British Library. Proc: SPAIN. Barcelona

Preparation of the mummies for the purification ceremony. 16th c. BC. 17th Dynasty. Wall from a Theban tomb. Egyptian art. Middle Kingdom. Painting. ITALY. Florence. National Museum of Archaeology

Freemasonry Assembly to receive the Masters (18th c.). Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Historical Archive of Madrid

Spain (1977). Catalonia. Ceremony for the transfer of the Presidency of the Generalitat. Ceremony held in May at the Palau de la Generalitat

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825). The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of the Empress Josephine by Pope Pius VII, 2nd December 1804. 1806-1807. Central detail

Book of the Moghul. Ms. 8300. 17th c. Hindu funeral. Funeral ceremony of a husbands death, in which the wife throws herself to a fire. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice

France. 3rd Republic (1901). Flag ceremony in

History of France. 19th c. Sadi Carnot, president of the French Republic, going to a military parade, a typical ceremony of the 14th of July celebrations. 1891

Investiture of Alfonso XII (1857-85) as Grand Master of the Military Orders. Joaquin Siguenza (1825-1902). Oil on canvas

Passover ceremony (Ha-Lahma). Miniature Painting

General Franco
Francisco Franco (first line, fourth left side) and Jos頍 illᮭ Astray (at his right) during the ceremony giving the Legions sabre of honour. Ministry of the War in Madrid, 1927

Book of the Moghul. Ms. 8300. 17th c. Smallpox exorcism ceremony. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Book of the Moghul. Ms. 8300. 17th c. Wedding ceremony. The groom gives the bride a gold necklace. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Wedding of a Young Woman

Charles I Visits Spain
The entry of Prince Charles (later King Charles I) into Madrid to negotiate marriage with the Spanish Infanta Date: 23 March 1623

Japanese Boxer Retires
A ceremony honouring an old Japanese boxer upon his retirement. Date: early 1930s

Paris / Notre Dame 1863
Notre Dame de Paris, inauguration of the archbishops crypt Date: 9 January 1863

Prince Arthur Weds 1879
Prince Arthur, seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria, marries Princess Louise of Prussia; the procession leaving the altar after the ceremony. Date: 13 March 1879

Religious ceremony with rooster. Date 18--

Tea ceremony. Drawing shows three persons during a tea ceremony sitting between two large paper lanterns. Date 18--

A betrothal ceremony. Print shows an interior scene with a man entering on the right outside a room with several women; on the left shows a similarly dressed man addressing a woman behind a screen

Demon with sword in his mouth upsets tea ceremony

The interrupted ceremony. Illustration shows a wedding between Uncle Sam and a woman labeled Canada with President Taft as the clergyman; when he gets to the point in the ceremony where anyone who

Medieval style Coronation
A medieval style illustration showing a Queen being crowned by an archbishop, surrounded by other religious leaders, a stylised impression of the ceremony reproduced in Everybodys Magazine Coronation

The new London bridge, as it appeared on Monday, August 1st, 1831, at the ceremony of opening by their Majesties. Print shows balloon possibly piloted by British balloonist Charles Green ascending

Flourishing fireworks at Ryokoku Bridge Kawabiraki (opening the river ceremony) in the eastern capital. Print shows boats crowding the river in Edo during fireworks display for the opening of

The York Rite
Initiation to the rank of Mark-Mason 1890s

Masonic Funeral
A Venerable Brother places the mystic roll into the coffin of a deceased Brother. O Grand Architect of the Universe, we entrust to you the soul of our beloved brother, cries another Brother

Coronation 1937 - King George VI standing before the assembl
Beginning of the service at the Coronation of King George VI is The Recognition. The King, stands before the Assembly while the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Lang, presents him

Humorous postcard - Workhouse Tramp gets the Order of the B
A humorous postcard showing a tramp in a workhouse being pushed towards a bath by a uniformed attendant. The Order of the Bath refers to a British order of chivalry whose name derives from

Coronation 1953, Birthday Parade June 11th
Photograph showing an overview of the splendid and colourful military ceremonial of the birthday parade on June 11 1953, just nine days after the Queens Coronation

NCH London Presenting Bibles to Canadian Emigrants
A ceremony in the chapel of the London Branch of the National Childrens Homes (NCH) at Bonner Road, Bethnal Green. Children about to emigrate to new lives in Canada are being presented with bibles

Paris International exhibition, 1867
The Japanese women in the Paris International exhibition, 1867. Date: 1867

Prince George naming the new lifeboat, Walton, Essex
Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942), at the naming ceremony of the new lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. The boat was named EMED

Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games 1948

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

Sir Percy Everett piped on board RSS Discovery
Sea Scout Exhibition RSS Discovery Sir Percy Everett, Deputy Chief Scout, being piped on board the RSS Discovery by Sea Scouts. He was visiting an exhibition on board. 1944

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