European Collection (#24)

Neil Kinnock, British Labour politician
Neil Kinnock (Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, b 1942), Labour Party Leader 1983-1992, later served on the European Commission. Date: circa 1980s

Barbara Castle, Labour politician, with two pet dogs
Barbara Castle (Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, 1910-2002), Labour politician, government minister and Member of the European Parliament. Seen here with two pet spaniel dogs

James Callaghan, Labour politician
James "Jim" Callaghan (Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, 1912-2005), Labour politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1964-1967, Home Secretary 1967-1970

Queen Alexandra and her sister the Dowager Empress Marie of Russia playing billiards in 1907 at their home, the Villa Hvidore near Copenhagen. Date: 1907

The Balkans sound a false note in the European orchestra - then as now Date: 1909
The Balkans sound a false note in the European orchestra - then as now... Date: 1909

Cartoon, Death, the real King of Greece. Date: 1870

The Balkans a false note in the European concert Date: 1909

MS - CRUCIFIXION
John and Mary stand by as Jesus dies on the cross, his blood flowing into a cup held up by Adam in his tomb, resuscitated for the occasion. From an English Psalter Date: early 14th century

JEWISH FUNERAL
EUROPEAN JEWS bury their dead, those who attend the funeral throw mould upon the corpse (probably at Amsterdam) Date: 1737

Partners - Britannia and the Colonies dance together while Tsar Nicholas II dances with Madame France; Wilhelm II of Germany looks on. Date: 1901

Putting bee-hives into mourning 1856
Telling the bees, traditional European custom in which bees would be told of an important event in the beekeepers life, such as long journeys, births, marriages and deaths

Verses of a song by Walther von der Vogelweide
Two verses of the song Wenn die Blumen aus dem Grase dringen (When the flowers sprout through the grass) by the German poet and minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide (c1170-c1230). Date: circa 1230

Page from the Barsegape manuscript
An illustrated page from the a manuscript of the Italian poet Pietro da Barsegape, showing people rising from the dead on the Day of Judgement. Date: 14th century

An Incident in the Siege of Leith, near Edinburgh, 6 April 1560, part of the European Wars of Religion. Weapons were fired after a supposed cessation of hostilities

The Defence of the Chateau of Hougoumont, Belgium, Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Date: 1815

Return of European captives after the storming of Magdala, Abyssinian War (a rescue mission for the recovery of hostages). Date: 1868

The New Shaving-Machine (suggested by a recent invention). Emperor of Russia, Nicholas I, sits in the shaving-machine chair in John Bull and Louis Nap(olean)s Easy Shaving Shop

Bombas Big Brother. Emperor of Russia: "They shan t take away his playthings
Bombas Big Brother. Emperor of Russia: " They shan t take away his playthings, that they shan t." Ferdinand II (1810-1859), King of the Two Sicilies

Vintage 19th century photograph - bathers and tourists on the beach at Dover, England

Vintage 19th century photograph - Grindelwald, Hotel Baren, Switzerland, mountains, Alps

Vintage 19th century photograph - horse and carriage on the road at Ampezzo, with the lake Durrensee and mount Cristallo in the background, Italian Dolomites, mountains

Vintage 19th century photograph - Gersau is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland, sitting on the shores of Lake Lucerne

Vintage 19th century photograph - entrance to the St Gotthard tunnel, railway line, Switzerland

Vintage 19th century photograph - view of the shore of Lugano town and the lake, Italian Switzerland

Vintage 19th century photograph - view of the town of Thun in Switzerland

Vintage 19th century photograph - street scene, Kalsbad, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Vintage 19th century photograph - view of Prager StraAzse Karlsbad Kaarlovy Vary
Vintage 19th century photograph - view of Prager Strasze Karlsbad Kaarlovy Vary ? by Stengel & Co, Dresden, Germany

Vintage 19th century photograph - Karlsbad, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic city park

Vintage 19th century photograph - view of the city of Karlsbad, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Vintage 19th century photograph - town and lake of Lucerne and Mount Pilatus

Vintage 19th century photograph - St. Stephens Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna and the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna

Vintage 19th century photograph - Votivkirche is a neo-Gothic style church located on the Ringstrasze in Vienna, Austria

Vintage 19th century photograph - Maximilianeum, Bavarian parliament building, palace, Munich, Germany

Vintage 19th century photograph - St Gotthard, Upper Bridge, Switzerland

Vintage late 19th century photograph - rooftop view of Milan showing the cathedral, Duomo, Itaaly

Vintage late 19th century photograph - Lake Brienz, Switzerland

Vintage late 19th century photograph - Hotel de Ville, Town Hall, Berne, Switzerland

Vintage late 19th century photograph - Brussels, Eglise St Godule, Belgium

Vintage late 19th century photograph - village of Zermatt and Mont Cervin Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Alps

Vintage late 19th century photograph - Jungfrau, Eiger, Monch, mountains in Switzerland

Vintage late 19th century photograph - Laurebrunnen and the Staubbach Waterfall, Swiss Alps, Switzerland

Chinese, European troops Weihaiwei, Weihai, China c. 1900
Vintage photograph: Chinese and European troops from HMS Blenheim, at Weihaiwei, Weihai, China c.1900

Tourists on camels at the Sphinx, Egypt, c. 1900
Tourists on camels at the Sphinx, Egypt, c.1900

European home in Faizabad, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: European home in Faizabad, India. Faizabad is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which forms a municipal corporation with Ayodhya

Dramatic view of mountains and valley Date: circa 1920s

Waiting carriages at Grindelwald, Switzerland
Carriages waiting for tourists at Grindelwald, near Berne, Switzerland, with the Eiger behind. Date: circa 1930s

View over Interlaken, Switzerland
Aerial view of Interlaken, Switzerland, with River Aare and railway station. Date: circa 1930s

Modern buildings, Luxembourg
Modern buildings in Luxembourg. Date: 1937

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