Elders Collection

Bulgarian Peasants Dance
Bulgarian peasants perform a traditional dance before village elders and interested tourists

ANTIGONE - CHORUS
Antigone the chorus of elders who comment dispassionately on the action

Omani elders wearing Khanjar and carrying rifles in Oman
Salalah Sultanate of Oman. Omani elders wearing Khanjar and carrying rifles walking along the beach. Date: 1977

Western Australia - Aborigine Elders ready for a Corroboree
Western Australia, Australia - Five Australian Aborigine Elders ready for a Corroboree (an an Australian Aboriginal dance ceremony which may take the form of a sacred ritual or an informal gathering)

Council-place of the Elders, Acropolis of Mycenae, Greece Date: 1901

Member of the Council of Elders, French Directory 1795-1799
Member of the Council of Elders, Conseil des Anciens, French Directory era. 1795-1799. He wears a tunic and cape, hat with tricolor plumes and his hair parted in the middle

Travelling in China: The village Elder, Can-Haou, described by the special artist as follows: " the village Elders came and bade us welcome. One old fellow was a most extraordinary character

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus in the Temple

Family of the Tho ethnic group, Lang Son, Vietnam
Several Generations of a family of the Tho ethnic group (also Keo, Mon, Cuoi, Ho, Tay Poong) from Lang Son (Lang Son Province)

A group of Buddhist men of various ages in Kashgar, a city now in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in Chinas far west. Date: circa 1932

Gustav Vasa persuading the elders of Lubeck
Gustav Vasa, later King Gustav I of Sweden, persuading the elders of Lubeck to join him in a rebellion against Christian II of Denmark

Groups of Omani elders kneel praying in Oman
Salalah Sultanate of Oman. Omani elders kneel to pray by the beach wearing traditional clothes. A row of men standing back of picture holding rifles Man in uniform back of picture. Date: 1977

Soldiers with Omani elders walking in the sand. in Oman
Salalah Sultanate of Oman. Groups of Omani elders with soldiers walking in the sand by the beach wearing traditional clothes. Men wearing uniforms holding rifle. Small ladder leaning against the van

Omani elders in traditional dress
Salalah Sultanate of Oman Two Omani elders wearing traditional clothes and hats. Man with white hat wearing sunglasses Date: 1977

Omani Elders looking towards the sea on a beach in Oman
Salalah Sultanate of Oman. Omani elders and boys sit cross leg on the beach wearing traditional clothes, left of picture. Cameramen and camera far centre of picture. Shoes on the beach. Date: 1977

The Sphinx, Giza, Cairo, Egypt
Relief carving showing the village elders in the Estate Office - The Tomb of Mereruka, Saqqara, Egypt. Date: circa 1920s

Finding in the Temple. Miniature. 15th century. France
Finding in the Temple. Miniature. 15th century. Chateau of Chantilly. France

Old Testament. Susanna in the garden spied by The Elders. Miniature. Book of Hours 16th century. Chantilly Castle. France

Spain. Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Portico de la Gl
Spain. Galicia. Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Portico de la Gloria. Detail archivolts. Built by Master Mateo. 12th century. Romanesque style. Elders tuning the organistrum

The Black Bottom
Two young things demonstrate the Black Bottom for their elders, with immense enthusiasm and a display of leg which both shocks and delights the male spectators. Date: 1927

Quaker Elders
Elders shake hands at a meeting Date: 1881

WW1 - Cute patriotic British postcard - emulating ancestors
WW1 - Cute patriotic British postcard - a little boy strives to emulate the military feats of our ancestors, or in this case his elders! Date: circa 1916

Age and Smile - Two happy elderly Eskimos of Polar region
Age and Smile - Two happy elderly Eskimos of the Polar region. Date: circa 1910s

The Seven Presidents of the Mormon Church from its organisation in 1830 to the present (1930) - the inset photograph shows the Mormon Temple at Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Date: 1930

VALDɓLEAL, Juan de (1622-1690). Jesus Disputing
VALDɓ LEAL, Juan de (1622-1690). Jesus Disputing with the Elders. 1686. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum

Alfonso X, Called The

Susannah, and the elders. Date c1849

Susanna and the Elders by Wilmot Lunt
A young pretty actress entertains two mature admirers in her dressing room, hence the play on the Biblical title to the picture. Date: 1927

Youthful Manners
Saucy young girl back-chats her elders. A well brought girl who ought to know better, omits to say please and is corrected by Aunty. Date: 1915

African Children
These three young Africans have been taught to dress respectably and to salute their elders and betters... Date: early 20th century

Four Turkish men in a room
Four men in a room with two windows overlooking a courtyard. All wear Turkish robes and turbans, and three are sitting cross-legged on the floor

Constantinople - Orthodox Church Patriarch Joachim with various bishops. Standing before a series of ceremonial items, some wrapped in black cloth

Schachsei-Wachsei Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan
Gathering of elders in the Mosque during the old festival of Schachsei-Wachsei in Baku, Azerbaijan

Oedipus Tyrannus 2
Chorus of Theban elders

The zulu wars. Ambassadors from King Cetewayo (Cetshwayo) to
Zulu elders seated in the British army camp waiting to negotiate the end of hostilities in the Zulu wars. British troops and tents are seen in the background

Polka Disapproved 1844
Polka Mania : the perceived excesses of this savage dance are frowned upon by elders and authorities

Marriage Contract C17
A bourgeois marriage: while the lovers hold hands in a corner, their elders discuss the financial details of the arrangement

Susanna & the Elders
This chaste young lady is washing her feet when a pair of lecherous old men make indecent proposals to her : when she refuses, they accuse her of adultery

Rehoboam King of Judah
The son of Solomon assumes the kingdom of Judah, but opposition mounts when he takes the advice of young hawklike counsellors instead of the wiser advice of elders

Australian Initiation
AUSTRALIA Their heads covered, young men of the Bora people are initiated as full members of the tribe by elders who instruct them in tribal ways

Elders of Apocalypse
The four-and-twenty elders before the throne of God. (Chapter four)

Norwich Castle 1750
Norwich Castle : the vegetation growing on the upper walls suggests that the city elders are not taking very good care of it

Dining on Oysters
An insolent young man smoking a cigar, puts on his gloves as he makes a parting comment to an affronted older gentleman who is stopped in the act of smashing open an oyster

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