Customs Collection (page 11)

African animals including hippopotamus, chameleon, crocodile, snake, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Bedouin arab sheiks of Egypt, 1820s, one on horseback. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Bedouin arabs of Egypt, 1820s, with basket, stick, and mother carrying a baby on her back. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

African vegetation including papyrus, date palm, banana tree, waterlily, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Native clothing of the ancient Egyptians, including religious headdresses, hats, jewelry, robes, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

The great square of Cairo, Egypt, 1820s. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

The gate of Cairo, Egypt, 1820s. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli)

New Egyptian architecture: mosque, convent and tombs
New Egyptian architecture: mosque in Alexandria, white convent, and tombs of the caliphs, Cairo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Ancient Egyptian musical instruments. Musicians in loose tunics playing harps, theorbo, horn, sistrum and tambourine. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios

Egyptian fishing boats, rowboats and canoes on the Nile in front of the Temple of Edfu. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Pompeys Pillar and Cleopatras Needle at the port of Alexandria, Egypt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Interior of the Great Pyramid of Cheops, Giza, Egypt
Interior of the Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), Giza, Egypt. Arab men with torches climbing walls and staircases in a narrow room

Classical allegorical statue of the River Nile, with old man and cornucopia, above images of crocodiles, hippopotami, etc

Egyptian architecture: pyramids, Sphinx and sarcophagus
Egyptian architecture: pyramids of Giza, Sphinx and sarcophagus with hieroglyphs. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Temple of Edfu, Egypt
Elevation of the Temple of Edfu (Apollonopolis Magna), Egypt, with carved hieroglyphs. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Interior of the Temple of Hathor, at Dendera (Tentyra), with columns of carved and painted hieroglyphs. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Elevation and plan of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera (Tentyra) Temple complex. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Egyptian architecture: columns, plinths, pyramids and obelisks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Egyptian architecture of Dendera and Karnak
Egyptian architecture: bas-relief from the temples of Dendera (Tentyra) and Karnak, Luxor, and the colossi of Memnon, statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III

Wedding feast in an Egyptian harem, 1820, with bride and groom surrounded by female dancers and musicians. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after a painting by Giovanni Bigatti

Saint Anthony the Great, Saint Pachomius
Early Christian saints: Saint Anthony the Great 1, Saint Pachomius 2, 3, Amma Syncletica 4, and Copts 5, 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes

Allegorical representation of Africa, showing a woman lying on a blanket on top of a lion and bushel of wheat, with hieroglyph-covered buildings and columns in the background

Interior of an Egyptian burial chamber with hieroglyphic murals. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Sacred instruments to Egyptian, Greek and Roman gods including phallic statue to Bacchus, sacrificial altars, vases, ladles, etc

Costumes of Egyptian priests and priestesses of Isis from an Egyptian manuscript and bas-relief. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Costumes and vestments of the Egyptian priests. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Egyptian gods in the Graeco-Roman style: Isis from a Greek temple 1, Isis with snake from a Roman temple, and Serapis with snake from a Greek temple 3

Egyptian gods: Anubis, Aries and Serapis
Egyptian gods: Anubis 1, 2, Aries 3, 4 and Serapis 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Egyptian gods: the Sphinx and Canopus
Egyptian gods: the Sphinx 1, and god of water Canopus covered in hieroglyphs 3, 4, and Greek style statue of all the Egyptian gods

Egyptian gods: Apis, Ailuros and Anubis
Egyptian gods: bull god Apis 1, cat god Ailuros 2, 4, and jackal god Anubis 3, 5, 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Egyptian gods Horus, Harpocrates and Typhon
Egyptian gods Horus, Harpocrates 1-4, Typhon or Set 5-8, and vulture god Nehkbet 9. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Classical figures and coins with allegorical representations of Africa, including a woman with an elephant-head helmet and cornucopia

Statues and depictions of the Egyptian god Osiris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Statues of the Egyptian goddess Isis in different forms, Isis and Horus 2, Isis with a cows head 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Arms and armour of the Mamluks including armour, sabre, mace, arrow, helmet, sword, quiver, arrows, shield, musket, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios

Costumes of the Mamluks of Egypt, cavalry armed with muskets, sticks and sabres. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Arms and armour of the ancient Egyptians including armour, chariots, sword, quiver, arrows, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Ottoman Turkish Pasha and Bey. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli)

Nilometer on Raudah Island, Cairo, Egypt, with its marble octagonal pillar marked in cubits to measure the water of the Nile

Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri, the Circassian. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Saladin, first Sultan of Egypt, and Selim I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Mystery play, Coventry, Warwickshire
Mystery play performed on a raised stage in the street, Coventry, Warwickshire, with the old cathedral in the background. Date: 1842

Interior of a Kamchatka dwelling, eastern Russia. Date: circa 1779

Natives of Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, visited by Captain Cooks expedition. Date: circa 1770s

Captain Cook receives gifts from Sandwich Island natives
Captain Cook receives gifts from natives of the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii). 1770s

Revival of old custom, Opening of Chester Assizes
Revival of an old custom, Opening of Chester Assizes - a band leads a detachment of the Cheshire Regiment into Castle Square on 29 May 1946. 1946

Chief Warder, Tower of London. circa 1900

Three Maori people of New Zealand, based on an illustration from the HMS Beagle expedition. Date: 1842

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