Customs Collection (page 9)

The Great Temple, Hardwar or Haridwar, India
The Great Temple, Hardwar or Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India - long procession Hindu pilgrims during annual festival, arriving to wash in the River Ganges. 19th century

Beating the Bounds, Tolworth, Surrey. 1903

Native American Indian dancers. 1908

Ceremony of Presenting the Sheriffs of London, Samuel Birch and William Heygate in the Court of the Exchequer. 1811

Cartoon, Customs & Manners of ye Englyshe People - Sea Bathing. 19th century

Twelfth Day celebration, The King of the Bean
Twelfth Day celebration (6 January), The King of the Bean

The Lord of Misrule. 19th century

Guy Fawkes procession on bonfire night. 19th century

Papal cursing bell for animals

Crossing the dateline, marine ceremonies

Childrens altar at the Fete Dieu (Feast of Corpus Christi, celebrated annually in May or June)

Beating the Bounds in London
Beating the bounds in London - an old custom. 1883

A party of mummers. 19th century

Sailors listening to a Canta-Storia, Naples, Italy
Sailors listening to a Canta-Storia, a long narrative song, on the quay at Naples, Italy, with Vesuvius smoking in the background. Date: early 19th century

Country people dancing the Tarantella, Italy, originating from Naples. Date: early 19th century

Country people dancing on return from the vintage, Italy. Date: early 19th century

The Year of the Poets -- Autumn, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Keats, Shelley, Shakespeare and others. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Jolly Summer, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject by Edmund Spenser and others. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Maypole, St Andrew Undershaft
The Year of the Poets -- Maypole outside St Andrew Undershaft in the City of London, with people dancing round it, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Queen of the May, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject of May Day, including Edmund Spenser. Date: 1845

Men playing the Roman game of La Ruzzica, Italy
Men playing the Roman game of La Ruzzica (or La Rotuola, similar to throwing the discus), Italy. The circular object is made of heavy, hard wood. Date: early 19th century

The Year of the Poets -- May, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject, including Edmund Spenser. Date: 1845

Men playing the ancient game of Morra, Italy. It involves one player extending their hand, with any number of fingers, and the other player calling out a number

The Year of the Poets -- Spring Holidays, to illustrate a range of spring poems, showing people dancing round a maypole, and other seasonal activities. Date: 1845

King Edward III and the Countess of Salisbury -- the origin of the Order of the Garter, as mentioned in Froissarts Chronicles. circa 1348

Japanese vessels and ships, mercantile and fishing boats, one decorated with flags and banners, one with a pyramid-shaped sail

Sanjusangen-do or Hall of the Lotus King, Kyoto, 1820s
Sanjusangen-do or Hall of the Lotus King, Buddhist temple near Kyoto. Home of the Thousand Armed Kannon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan, 1820s. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Japanese Shinto fortune teller preaching to a crowd of men with tonsured hair (chonmage). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Throne of the Emperor of Japan in Edo Castle (Tokyo). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Dutch castle of Zeelandia (Tainan) on Formosa (Taiwan)
The castle of Zeelandia (Tainan) on Formosa (Taiwan) built by the Dutch East India Company. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Chinese itinerant merchant with cart loaded with food products. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Chinese sedan chairs, wagons, harness and yoke. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Chinese interior decoration and furniture, with elegant murals, lanterns, stools, tables and calligraphy. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Costumes of women of Kiangnan province and footbinding
Costumes of women in silk robes and fur hats of Liu-ching, Kiangnan province, and footbinding shoes and deformed feet. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios

Chinese womens clothes, noblewoman and child
Chinese womens clothes, noblewoman in silk robes with child, and servant holding parasol. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Chinese musical instruments: dagu drums 1, 2, 3, bianzhong 4, 7, bells 5, 6, and guzheng zither 9, 10. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Scene from a Peking opera dramatic performance. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Chinese hydraulic machines including waterwheels and waterpump driven by manpower. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Chinese junks and freight vessels, with sails and banners. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Wall, fortress and bridge at Peking (Beijing), China. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Chinese bridges, stone arch bridges and rope bridge
Chinese bridges, stone arch bridges over a river and rope bridge over a gorge. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Triumphal arch of Ce-ceu-fu in Canton, China, decorated with flowers and animals, with other arches. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Octagonal nine-story porcelain tower in Nanjing (Nanking), China. Handcoloured illustration and copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Street in Nanjing, China, 1830s
Street in Nanjing (Nanking), China, with its houses and storefronts decorated with white tiles and whitewash, flagpoles and banners

House of a Chinese Mandarin (bureaucrat), distinguished by two large flag poles with banners at the gate. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Colonnade or peristyle of Yuanmingyuan pavilion, Peking. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Courtyard of the audience room in the Imperial Palace, Peking. Handcoloured illustration and copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

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