Empire Collection (#96)

Band bungalow, Faizabad, India
Band bungalow, Faizabad (Fyzabad), Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1912

Royal Sussex Regiment soldier, Bangalore, India, WW1
Studio portrait, Royal Sussex Regiment soldier, 2/6 Battalion, Bangalore, India, 20 November 1916. Date: 1916

Group photo, British sports team, Quetta, India
Group photo, British sports team, with officers and cup, Quetta, India (now in Pakistan). circa 1930

Group photo, No. 4 Mountain Battery RGA cricket team, India
Group photo, No. 4 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery cricket team with sports shields and guns, Rawalpindi, India. Date: circa 1923

Tibetan dancers, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley
Four Tibetan dancers (jugglers) taking part in the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley between April and October 1924. Date: 1924

Seen in Danceland: Kyasht, Price, Morgan and Sandrisi and Co
Seen in Danceland - four dancers: Lydia Kyasht (former premier ballerina at the Empire Theatre), Gwen Price (who dances with Vincent Davico)

Napoleonic era idolator and sorcerer from Kamchatka
Illustration from Jean Baptiste Joseph Bretons La Russie: ou, moeurs, usage et costumes des habitans de toutes les provinces de cet empire- a work on the cosumes

Napleonic era Russian sorcerers with bone clubs
Illustration from Jean Baptiste Joseph Bretons La Russie: ou, moeurs, usage et costumes des habitans de toutes les provinces de cet empire- a work on the cosumes

Moldavian Prince and Princess in traditional costume
Illustration from Jean Baptiste Joseph Bretons La Russie: ou, moeurs, usage et costumes des habitans de toutes les provinces de cet empire- a work on the cosumes

Turkish Children act out an Ottoman History Drama Stage Play. Date: circa 1909

The Bakhchisaray Palace, Crimea, Ukraine
The Khans Palace or Hansaray is located in the town of Bakhchysarai, Crimea. It was built in the 16th century and became home to a succession of Crimean Khans

Istanbul - Turkish Street Cobbler. Date: circa 1910

A grand European villa in the 6th Circle, Istanbul, Turkey
A grand European-style villa in the 6th Municipal Circle, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1906

Foreign Corps in the British Service. Privates of the Greek Light Infantry Regiment.Aquatint by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith.From Charles Hamilton Smiths

Hussars and Infantry of the Duke of Brunswick Oels?s Corps.Aquatint by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith.From Charles Hamilton Smiths

Holy Roman Emperors Cloak with liner
Imperial cloak (mantle) with liner. A cloak is preserved In the Cathedral of St. Etienne in Metz that resembles in shape and ornamentation those worn by German and Byzantine emperors

Beirut, Lebanon - Panoramic view - Garden of Rustein Pacha Date: circa 1908

Istanbul, Turkey - Arnavutkoy District
Arnavutkoy, Istanbul, Turkey - famed for its wooden Ottoman mansions and seafood restaurants. Date: circa 1910s

Istanbul, Turkey - War Ministry and Tower of Seras Kierat
The Entrance to the Ministry of War and the Tower of Seras Kierat, Beyazit Square, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1910

Istanbul, Turkey - Tobacco Factory. Date: circa 1904

Anadolu Hisari on the Bosphorus, Constantinople, Turkey
Anadolu Hisari on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey. Date: circa 1902

Palace of Kucuksu - Constantinople, Turkey. Rococco Palace built on the banks of the Bosphorus (1856-7) for Adbul Mecit I by Nikogos Balyan

Itinerant street Merchants in Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1902

Atlantic Restaurant and Tower, Empire Exhibition, Scotland
Atlantic Restaurant and Tower, Empire Exhibition, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1938

Hadrians Wall - near Houseteads Wood
Hadrians Wall (Vallum Aelium, Roman Wall, Picts Wall, Vallum Hadriani) near Houseteads Wood - a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia

Man on a 1936 BSA motorcycle
Man on a 1936 BSA Empire Star 500cc Clubman Model motorcycle circa 1936

The Arsenal - Istanbul, Turkey - Panoramic View Date: circa 1905

The Bay of Tarabya (Therapia) - Istanbul, Turkey
The Bay of Tarabya (Therapia) - world famous for aromatic raspberries, restaurants, hotels. Also the site of the former British Consulate - who still own a garden there - on the Bosphorus Istanbul

Hadrians Wall - near Crag Lough
Hadrians Wall (Vallum Aelium, Roman Wall, Picts Wall, Vallum Hadriani) - excavated Gateway at Camboglanna Fort (Gabaglanda)

English children at a fancy dress ball in Quetta, India
A group of English children in costumes worn to a fancy dress ball in India. The Sketch remarkes that peace reigns so completely in farther India that English children can now be taken there

Fancy Dress - Miss Dorothy Milne as a Second Balaclava
Miss Dorothy Milne in her fancy dress costume for the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball, as a Second Balaclava with British military leaders General Gordon and Kitchener clearly visible on her dress

German Embassy - Tarabya (Therapia), Bosphorus, Istanbul
The German Embassy - Tarabya (Therapia), Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1910

Music cover, The Sultans March, by Rossini
Music cover, The Sultans March, composed by Rossini, for Abdulmecid I, Sultan of the Turks (1823-1861). circa 1850s

Shakespeare - Julius Caesar - Portia to her husband Brutus: And when I ask d you what the matter was, You star d upon me with ungentle looks. circa 1830

Roman Soldiers passing over Bridge of Boats
Roman Soldiers crossing a Bridge of Boats, probably over the River Danube, in Trajans war on the Dacians (present-day Romania). circa 101-106

King George V, message to the Empire record (verso), HMV, His Masters Voice, 78 rpm. Broadcast on Christmas Day, 1935. 1935

Five men and their dogs, Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India
Five men and their dogs at Kasauli, a colonial hill station in Himachal Pradesh, India. The men are described as Bachelors of the Tennis Club. 1905

Advertisement, Birmingham Empire Theatre, Moss Empires Ltd, Managing Director R H Gillespie. Showing Pierrot and Columbine taking a bow. 1926

English Clubs, Mercara (Madikeri) Karnataka, India
English Clubs (army camp), Mercara (Madikeri) Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910

Mercara (Madikeri) Fort and surroundings, India
Mercara (Madikeri) Fort and surroundings, Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910

Cherat Hill club and sports ground, India (now Pakistan)
Officers club and soldiers football ground, Cherat Hill, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, North-West Frontier, India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1907

Group photo, winners of Cherat League, India
Group photo, H Company the Kings Regiment (Liverpool), winners of the Cherat League, Cherat Hill Station football ground, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, North-West Frontier, India (now in Pakistan)

YMCA football team, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Group photo, YMCA football team, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India, winners of the Rampur Cup in 1907. Date: 1907

Mrs Adair (Cornelia Wadsworth)
Mrs Adair, formerly American heiress Cornelia Wadsworth, pictured in fancy dress costume in the Empire style for a Fancy Dress ball she gave in 1903

King George V - The Insignia of the Realm - Kings Champion
King George V (1865-1936) - The Knight of Great Britain and the Emperor of India (represented by a rising sun behind an Indian Mosque)

Programme cover - Dick Whittington - Pantomime at the Empire Theatre, High Street, Penge - A Feast of Fun for All Date: circa 1940

Sweet Waters of Europe - Imperial Kiosk - Istanbul, Turkey - a popular resort on the banks of the two streams, the Alibey Suyu and the Kagithane Suyu

Istanbul, Turkey, Ahirkapi Balikcisi (Ahir Kapou) lighthouse
Istanbul, Turkey - Ahirkapi Balikcisi (Ahir Kapou) lighthouse at the entrance to the Bosphorus (on the European side) - Seraglio Point. Date: circa 1907

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