Ceremony Collection (page 6)

King George V, lying-in-state at Sandringham
The late King George V lying-in-state in the little grey-stoned church of St. Mary Magdalene at Sandringham, guarded by gamekeepers and foresters of the Royal estate

The funeral of the Unknown Warrior 1920
The Unknown Soldier being laid to rest in Westminster Abbey, London, on 11 November 1920. King George V stands forward while sprinkling french soil from a silver shell onto the coffin of

The Funeral of the Unknown Warrior
King George V in procession for the Unknown Warrior, the body of Britain's soldier that was brought back to London from a grave in Flanders, where he died during World War One

Coronation service of King Peter of Serbia in St. Michael's Cathedral in Belgrade. Date: 21st September 1904

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Inauguration of the Caldetes summer camp, ceremony presided by the Mexican ambassador Alberto Tejada (30th May 1938). SPAIN. Madrid

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Military mass in the nationalist area (1936)

Soviet Russian cosmonauts Tereshkova and Bykovsky
The Soviet Russian cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (b 1937) and Lieutenant Colonel Valery Bykovsky (b 1934). They had each undertaken a space mission in June 1963, Bykovsky in the Vostok 5

Royal Royalty British Berkshire Crowd Horses
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Royal Royalty British Family Father Uniform Ceremony
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Changing of the Guard, St James's Palace, London
Changing of the Guard at St James's Palace, Central London. The colours are tied with black crepe in honour of the recent death of King Edward VII. Date: 1910

Burial of an Old British Chief
The ceremonial burial of the chief of a British tribe, his body carried on a bier, accompanied by Warriors and Druids. Date: circa 4th century AD

Ceremony in a Megalithic burial mound
A reconstruction drawing by Alan Sorrell designed to give an impression of the ceremonies associated with the holiest part of a Megalithic burial mound - the right-hand recess of the cruciform

Opening of the Crystal Palace, at Sydenham
Queen Victoria opening Crystal Palace, at Sydenham. Date: 10th June 1854

Ceremony in which the proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India. Date: 1877

Hoisting the Union Jack Flag on the Victoria Tower
When the Sovereign is in Houses of Parliament building the Royal Standard is flown, on Victoria Tower. Photograph showing two men hoisting the Union Jack flag. Date: 1906

The Opening of Parliament, Edward VII passing along the Royal Gallery to the House of Lords. Date: 14th February 1901

Shakespeare Commemoration, Planting Oak on Primrose Hill
Samuel Phelps planting the young oak tree at the foot of Primrose Hill, London, to honour the English poet, William Shakespeare. Date: 23rd April 1864

Samuel Phelps planting the young oak tree at the foot of Primrose Hill, London, to honour the English poet, William Shakespeare. Date: 23rd April 1864

King Edward's First Opening of Parliament 1901
King Edward VII hand in hand with Queen consort Alexandra, passage from the Robing-Room to the Lords. Date: 14th February 1901

Royal wedding ceremony Louise and Alexander 1889
Royal wedding ceremony of Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of the then-Prince and Princess of Wales, to Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife at he Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace

KAFFIR CREMATION
Cremation ceremony of the Hottentots and Kaffirs, southern Africa. Date: 1836

LINCOLN'S FUNERAL 1865
One of the many funeral services conducted for the late U.S. President Abraham Lincoln during a 12 day journey across America. Date: 1865

PAPUA NEW GUINEA A tribe meets to discuss the death of their sacred bird, the blue Bird of Paradise Date: 1930s

CROWN JEWELS OF ENGLAND Eagle Ampulla and Spoon used in the anointing ceremony Date: 1937

His first state visit to the City of London after his Coronation: the Ceremony of the Sword with the Lord Mayor Date: 1865 - 1936

VICTORIA/BURIAL/FROGMORE
Queen Victoria is buried at Frogmore, Windsor Date: February 1901

Queen Victoria lying in state, 1901
Queen Victoria's body lies in state at the Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor. Date: 1901

BURIAL AT SEA
Committing a body to the deep on a passenger steamer Date: 1879

FUNERAL, ANCIENT EGYPT
The body is borne in a boat- like sarcophagus, while retainers accompany the procession bearing treasures which archeologists will be delighted to re-discover

PREHISTORIC CAVE BURIAL2
A prehistoric cave burial, in a cave at Aurignac, southern France : a ritual ceremony is performed at the entrance to the cave Date: BC

BURIAL IN CATACOMBS
An early Christian burial in the catacombs of Rome Date: 1st century

Manning Requiem Mass Death Funerals 1892 Funeral
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EGYPT/ARCHAEOLOGY/MUMMIE
Mummies discovered by Denon, an orientalist attached to Napoleon's Egyptian expedition Date: circa 1799

THE BLACKWALL TUNNEL. The opening ceremony, showing the arrival of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Date: 22nd May 1897

Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, marries Roxana
Alexander the Great, King Alexander III of Macedon, weds Roxana, daughter of Oxyartes, a Bactrian chief whom he had defeated but now made an ally, 327 BC

Detail of the RWF Christmas Truce Plaque, Frelinghien
The plaque is on the memorial plinth unveiled by the daughter of Frank Richards in 2008. There are also plaques to the German 6th Jaeger Battalion and the 133rd Saxon Infantry Regiment

Coronation of Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London
Coronation Day in Westminster Abbey, London, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Date: 1953

Dancers in a temple courtyard, Cambodia, c. 1920s
Dancers in a temple courtyard, Cambodia, c.1920s

Fire walker in trance Natal south Africa c. 1920
Fire walker Natal South Africa c.1920 - man in a trance with 500 pins being inserted in his skin

Holy artifacts in the Kau Ravi of Kamari, Papua New Guinea
View of holy artifacts in the Kau Ravi of Kamari, Papua New Guinea by Frank Hurley c.1922

Ceremonial meal, India, c. 1900
Ceremonial meal, India, c.1900

c. 1890s / 1900 Hong kong dockside military ceremony
c.1890 s/1900 Hong kong dockside military ceremony

Buddhist priests, northern India, c. 1880 s
Buddhist priests, northern India, c.1880 s

Procession / ceremony, with musicians, India, c. 1880 s
Procession/ceremony, with musicians, India, c.1880 s

Doseh Ceremony, Cairo, Egypt c. 1880
The Khedive would ride his horse over the bodies of the prostrate faithful; this can be seen happening lower right. The ceremony was banned in the late 1880 s

Military ceremony at Hong Kong, c. 1890 s. / 1900
19th century vintage photograph: military ceremony at Hong Kong, c.1890 s./1900, presumably to welcome an imperial official or guest, such as a new Governor

The Royal Wedding at Westminster Abbey - Princess Margaret and Mr Anthony Armstrong-Jones kneel before The Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher - May 6, 1960 Date: 1960

Taking the veil at the church of the convent of the most Holy Trinity at Bermondsey, which opened for the reception of the sisterhood of the Order of our blessed Lady of Mercy in November 1839

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