Ceremony Collection (page 35)

Napoleon Iii / Prize
The Universal Exhibition of 1867, Paris. Napoleon III at a prize winning ceremony receiving the prize of honour for his workers houses and model farms

Marriage Ceremony, Panama
Marriage ceremony among the natives of Panama - gifts are offered, music and dancing, as the veiled bride is presented to the groom

Guinea Rain Ritual
Rain-making ceremony of the people of Guinea, West Africa - they sacrifice to their divinity before the sacred tree

Kaffirs Purify Child
Kaffir ceremony of purification of a new-born child; in the distance, a child with birth-defects has been left for a wild beast to devour

Kaffir Marriage Ceremony
Marriage ceremony among the Kaffirs of South Africa

Stockholm Olympics 1912
Opening ceremony of the Stockholm Olympics: the British Team

Circumcision, Guinea
Circumcision ceremony of the people of Guinea, West Africa

The Zulu Wars. The restoration of Cetewayo(Cetshwayo)
Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus was reinstalled as King of the Zulus at a ceremony at Intonyanere by Sir Theophilus Shepstone on January 29th 1883

The Zulu war. Zulu ceremony
Zulus in a circle performing the ceremony of Ukuncina, while British soldiers look on

Doseh Ceremony
At the Doseh, or treading ceremony, held on Mohammeds birthday, sufi devotees prostrate themselves while their sheikh rides over them on his horse

Social / New Year 1897
Tsar Alexander III and the Tsarina preside at the Russian court on New Years Day

Magistrature Honoured
Ceremony to honour the institution of the magistrature, Paris

Parsee Marriage, India
A marriage ceremony among the Parsis (Parsees), followers of Zoroaster, in India. A female sitar player provides a musical accompaniment

Retort Courteous or the disloyal address returned without ceremony

Hottentot Marriage
Hottentot marriage ceremony

George V / The Queen 1911
GEORGE V He is crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey

The Prince of Wales opening the Mersey Tunnel, connecting Birkenhead with Liverpool. After the opening ceremony the royal train passed through the Mersey tunnel

Sir Reginald Hanson
SIR REGINALD HANSON Lord Mayor Elect of London in 1886

Japan Shinto Ceremony
Admiral Togo at a Shinto ceremony in honour of those who died during the war with Russia

British at Labuan
Ceremony of hoisting the British flag on the island of Labuan, southwest coast of Borneo

Chinese Eclipse Ceremony
Chinese ceremonies during the eclipse of the sun involving music and reverence

Fete at Bern
The fifth grand centennial fete at Bern - ceremony at the reception pavilion. Date: 1853

Great Exhibition / Cartoon
The Opening of the Great Hive of the World May 1 1851 (or The Industrial Exhibition of All Nations ). Cruikshanks impression of the scale of the Hyde Park opening ceremony

Wurttemberg
Friedrich I, herzog von Wurttemberg, entertains James I of England with great ceremony and lots of nice things to eat and drink

Inca Marriage / Picart
An Inca wedding ceremony, subtitled How the Incas marries those of his own blood

Coronation / Moscow 1896
The coronation of Nicolas II and Alexandra of Russia, which apparently inspired a polka!

Redeeming First-Born
The ceremony of the Redemption of the First-Born - the priest makes a show of taking the baby away, the father offers money to redeem it, watched by midwife, nurse & guests

Greek Sacred Fire
CEREMONY OF THE HOLY FIRE At the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, on the Saturday preceding Easter, Greek Orthodox priests distribute the Holy Fire to eager recipients

Edward VIII Coronation
EDWARD VIII An artists impression of how Edwards coronation ceremony would have looked, had he not abdicated in December 1936

Banyan Baptism, Ceylon
The ceremony of giving a child its name among the Banians

Tibetan Lama Ceremony
Tibetan Lamas worshipping trophies set on high mountains

Racial / Snake Dance 1908
Snake dance of the Hopi people of Arizona, performed with live and poisonous rattlesnakes which are set free after the ceremony, intended to bring rain

Lenin Lays Stone
VLADIMIR LENIN Russian statesman, laying the foundation stone of the Karl Marx statue in Sverdlova Square, Moscow, Russia

Stiebel / Devonshire
Mary, Duchess of Devonshire photographed in ceremonial robes designed by fashion couturier Victor Stiebel

Neolithic Funeral / Renegd
A funeral ceremony of the Neolithic (Stone Age) period

Jewish Circumcision
The circumcision ceremony of well-to-do European Jews

Circumcision of Jews
The circumcision ceremony of well-to-do Portuguese Jews is an important social occasion

Recruitment by Lot
Every Frenchman aged 20+ is liable for military service : recruitment is by lot, at a formal annual public ceremony in each canton

Japanese Tea (Coates)
Four women in traditional dress take tea, following the ceremony of Japanese tradition

Dance, New Guinea
PAPUA NEW GUINEA A ritual dance is part of a tribal ceremony at Delena. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Birmingham Centran Liby
The opening ceremony of the Birmingham Central Free Library

Customs / Marriage (C15)
Contemporary illustration of a wedding ceremony involving French nobility

Egypt / Mummies / Mag Pittor
Mummies of a CAT and a JACKAL, housed in the British Museum, London

Druids gathering the sacred mistletoe. They regarded it as a symbol of fertility, and hung it over doorways for protection against evil

Erik XIV of Sweden marrying Catharina Mansdotter
King Erik XIV of Sweden (son of Gustav Vasa, Gustav I) marrying his commoner mistress, Catharina (Karin) Mansdotter, after which he goes mad and is deposed

Balliol Surrenders Crown
John Balliol surrenders his crown to King Edward of England in a humiliating ceremony at Kincardine Castle, Scotland

Disraeli / Order of Garter
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Queen Victoria invests him with the Order of the Garter at Osborne in 1878

Dance / Pategonia
The annual ceremony of Huekoun-Rouka in Patagonia

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