Converts Collection

Philip Neri
ST FILIPPO (Philip) NERI popular and venerated Italian preacher known as the Apostle of Rome for his skill in winning converts; he founded the Oratorian community

Constantine and Cross
The emperor Constantine defeats his co-ruler Maxentius outside Rome : a cross in the sky tells him In hoc signo vinces (In this sign you will win), and he later converts

Massenet / Thais / First
Sybil Sanderson and Charles Delmas in the first production of this opera which tells of an Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit

Communist Orator 1931
A Communist orator harangues the crowd at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London : despite the vigour of her oratory, she fails to win many converts

Thor Washing Machine
This housewife is delighted with her Thor washing machine which converts to a dishwasher when she lifts out the Clothes Tub and slips in th Dish- Washing Unit

Hungary Converts
Istvan I (Saint Stephen), converts the Magyars to Christianity : his envoy the archbishop Astricius obtains from pope Silvester II the title of Apostolic King

Wittekind Converts
The baptism of WITTEKIND (variously spelt) Westphalian chieftain, who submits to Charlemagne, converts to Christianity, and becomes Herzog von Sachsen

Baptism of King Guthrum, Viking leader
The Baptism of Guthrum, King of the Danish Vikings in the Danelaw - King Alfred was his Godfather. Guthrum was christened Aethelstan on his conversion to Christianity. 878

MASSENET/THAIS/SANDERSON
Sybil Sanderson takes the title role in this story of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894

MASSENET/THAIS/CARD
She is an Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit, rejecting the sensual love offered by Athanael. Date: first performed 1894

Mary Garden (1874 - 1967), in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894

MASSENET/THAIS/CAVALIERI
Lina Cavalieri in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894

St Patrick defeats druids and converts king
SAINT PATRICK The Saint defeats the Druids and converts the King. 390? - 461?

Generating petrol from coal using the Hydrogenation process. Illustration by G H Davis of the Date: 1931

Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance at the Albert Hall
A public baptismal ceremony at the Albert Hall on Good Friday, 1928, where nine hundred men and women of the Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance were immersed in a tank of warm water

CLOVIS BAPTISED (2)
Clovis, Merovingian king of the Franks, converts to Christianity after defeating the Alemanni at TOLBIAC, as he promised his wife Clothilde he would do Date: 25 December 496

China, Missionary Eugenio Massi - Converted Revolutionaries
A fascinating card, in three sections - first (top left), a portrait of the leader of the 10, 000 revolutionaries who infested the central Chen-Si region

China Martyrs - Missionaries killed during Boxer Rebellion
The " China Martyrs of 1900" is a term used by some Protestant Christians to refer to American and European missionaries and converts who were killed during the Boxer Rebellion

Convertion in Timor by Portuguese Dominican Friars
Portuguese Colonial History Series - The convertion of Native Timor Islanders by Portuguese Dominican Friars in 1511. Date: 1511

Paul and Lydia
Paul converts Lydia, a prosperous dealer of dyestuffs in the city of Thyatira (now Akhisar, Turkey)

China - Converts Worshipping - People on knees before shrine. Part of Box 167 Boswell collection - Tour in China. Date: circa 1900

Caricature of Arthur Sullivan and Ws Gilbert -- The Latest Converts to Aestheticism. A reference to their latest operetta, Patience, a satire on the aesthetic movement. 1881

Constantines Victory
Angels assist emperor Constantine to defeat his co- ruler Maxentius at Saxa Rubra, outside Rome : a cross in the sky tells him In hoc signo vinces so he converts. Date: 312

Suffragette Opinions Campaign Cats. Suffragette cartoon, Jane Ann converts the village to Suffragette Opinions, with campaigning and somewhat violent cats. Date: 1912

Suffragette, Blokes for Women. Stereotypical ugly suffragette stands on a stool seeking converts to the cause, while two children wave placard with caption, Blokes for Women

China - Young Chinese children wearing their Sunday best Date: 1901

Father Ferrand and his students - Catholic Hostel, Tokyo
Father Claudius Ferrand and his students - Catholic Hostel, Koishikawa, Myogadani, 17 Tokyo Japan. Date: circa 1907

Charlemagne & Saxons
In a five-year campaign, the Emperor Charlemagne defeats, subjugates the Saxons and converts them to Christianity Date: 777

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (2 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - an indigenous elderly couple at the Catholic Mission Date: circa 1910

Archbishop Laurence converts Eadbald
Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury, convinces King Eadbald of Kent to convert to Christianity. Eadbald, a pagan, succeeded his father Ethelbert (who had converted to Christianity) in 616 A.D

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (7 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (1 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - a group of indigenous men and boys and members of the Catholic mission Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (4 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - The Convent of Catholic Sisters at Tarawa Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (3 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - A group of indigenous people from Nonouti at the Mission Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (6 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (8 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (9 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (5 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - The Convent School Date: circa 1910

Inuit children at a Catholic Mission - Newfoundland
Inuit children at a Catholic Eskimo Mission - Newfoundland and Labrador Date: circa 1910s

Catholic Mission to the Inuit - Newfoundland and Inuit. A group of Inuit men, women and children and the Catholic Priest of the Mission (centre). Date: circa 1920s

Catholic Inuit family - Newfoundland
An Inuit (Eskimo) family who converted to Catholicism - Newfoundland and Labrador Date: circa 1910s

Christmas at Canton, 1911
Young Chinese girls at a Roman Catholic school of music in Canton, being taught to play Christmas carols by French nuns. Date: 1911

China / Missionaries
A traditional Chinese cartoon showing Christian missionaries gouging out the eyes of Chinese converts

Clovis Baptised (1)
Clovis, Merovingian king of the Franks, converts to Christianity after defeating the Alemanni at TOLBIAC, as he promised his wife Clothilde he would do Date: 25 December 496

America. An Artist in the Far West. A Mormon Rancher
The Mormons recruited converts in poor areas of England, Scotland and Wales during the nineteenth century. Many made the arduous journey to Utah

St Hilda / Whitby / Anon Eng
SAINT HILDA OF WHITBY A member of the Deiran royal house, she was among its first converts to Christianity. She became a celebrated abbess at Hartlepool and then Whitby

Polish King Converts
MIECZYSLAW I, Duke of Great Poland, after several pagan wives have failed to produce an heir, weds Christian Dombrowska, has a child, so converts to Christianity

Clovis Becomes Christian
Clovis, pagan king of the Franks, invokes Gods help in defeating the invading Germans. He converts to christianity after victory

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