Christina Gallery

National Male Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France

The huge National Male Pilgrimage to Lourdes - 18th-22nd April 1899. Worshippers in the Place De La Basilique. The organisers of this great pilgrimage hoped and wished to see 30, 000 men before the Grotto at Lourdes, but the result was far beyond expectation. During these days of pilgrimage the Railway Companies collected 66, 000 tickets from men alone at the Lourdes Railway Station. Unlike the National Pilgrimage which visited Lourdes every August, (during the Octave of the Assumption) this gathering was not composed of sick people and their friends coming to look for the cure of bodily suffering and restoration to health. This was a gathering of men in their full health and vigourassembled at Lourdes to honour the Immaculate Virgin, who has "shown herself so mindful of France, and who has striven so patiently to keep the faith in that great country". Date: 1899

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece, ca.1500-1510. Master of the Sa

Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece (1475-1510). German painter. St Bartholomew Altarpiece, ca.1500-1510. Oak. From left to right: St John the Evangelist and St Margaret. St Agnes, St Bartholomew and St Cecilia with Carthusian donor and St James the Lesser and St Christina. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

Winston Churchill with Queen Juliana - Netherlands

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) pictured visiting Queen Juliana (1909-2004) and her husband Prince Bernhard (1911-2004) at the Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, The Netherlands on 8th May 1948. The Palace was the home for over six decades of Queen Juliana and her husband, until their deaths in 2004. Also pictured are their four children, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Irene Duchess of Parma, Princess Margriet and Princess Christina (being held by the then leader of the Opposition). Date: 1948

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection