Grand Collection (#99)

Comte De Brienne 1520
Le COMTE DE BRIENNE, French courtier, Grand Master of Ceremonies for Francois I. Holding a staff and accompanied by his dog. Date: FLOURISHED 1520

GRAND DADDY SCULPTURE
Grand Daddy a lovely sculpture study of a doting grandfather and grand- daughter, Madrid, Spain. Date: 1930s

Alof De Wignacourt
ALOF DE WIGNACOURT French Grand Master of the Knights of Malta. Date: 1547 - 1622

Grand Union Canal Boats
Holiday making by canal! A pair of converted narrow boats, with their cargo of happy holidaymakers, on the Grand Union Canal near Heyford Wharf, Northamptonshire. Date: 1960s

Grand Union Canal Boat
A happy little boy aboard The Folly motor cruise boat on the Grand Union Canal at Napton, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1960s

Marble Arch 1940S
Marble Arch, designed by John Nash in 1828. Made of Carrara marble and originally intended as a grand gateway to Buckingham Palace. Date: 1940s

Compton Wynyates
Topiary at Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, seat of the Marquis of Northampton. Erected by Edmund Compton in the 15th century, an example of Tudor Domestic Architecture Date: late 15th century

Pleasure Canal Boat Trip
Children on a school trip aboard a pleasure canal boat, in the lock at Stoke Bruerne, Grand Union Canal, England. The British Waterways Museum is in the background. Date: early 1960s

Cosimo II De Medici
COSIMO II DE MEDICI Ruler of Florence, grand duke of Tuscany. (Though here called Cosimo III, he is correctly Cosimo II) Date: 1590 -1621

Libyan Mosque
An old mosque in Libya, North Africa. Date: 1930s

Luxurious Car
This car, fitted with silver brocade blinds and countless innovations and luxuries, is a wedding gift for the only grand-daughter of wealthy Indian Bai Rahematbai. Date: 13 March 1930

Gothic Piano Couple
A young woman watches over her partners shoulder as he plays at a grand piano in a Gothic setting. Date: 1930s

Emanuel Card. Bouillon
EMANUEL THEODORE DELATOUR, cardinal de BOUILLON French cardinal, Grand Aumonier de France. Date: 1644 - 1715

Society at Grand National Meeting at Aintree - 28th March, 1930. Mr Bailey, Lady Ursula Filmer and Lady Serena James at the meeting. Date: 1930

HMS Iron Duke, Battle of Jutland, WW1
HMS Iron Duke, British battleship, launched 1912, served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet during the First World War, used as a base ship at Scapa Flow during the Second World War

Algeria - The Grand Quay, Algiers. Date: 1926

Syria - Aleppo - The Minaret of the Grand Mosque
Syria - Aleppo - The Seljuk Minaret of the Grand Mosque (Ummayad Mosque) dating from 1090. Date: circa 1910s

The funeral of the Duke of Wellington, 1852
The funeral of the Duke of Wellington: the entrance of the procession into at St Pauls cathedral, with Generals carrying batons. Date: 1852

Admiral John Jellicoe circa 1915

Australian band playing a march, Bapaume, France, WW1
The band of the 5th Australian Infantry Brigade, led by Bandmaster Pheagan of 19th Battalion, playing the Victoria March at Grand Place (the main square), Bapaume, northern France

American soldier with children, Brancourt, France, WW1
An American soldier relaxing with children on a street in Brancourt-le-Grand, northern France, on the day the town was captured during the First World War. Date: 8 October 1918

Mother and two children in the latest French fashions

Mobilisation of 4th Grand Infantry Regiment, Berlin, WW1
Scene at the mobilisation of the German 4th Grand Infantry Regiment in Berlin, at the beginning of the First World War. Standing on the dais is Major von Stuelpnagel. Date: circa 1914-1915

HMS Iron Duke, British battleship, WW1
HMS Iron Duke, British battleship, launched 1912, served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet during the First World War, used as a base ship at Scapa Flow during the Second World War

British Grand Fleet and Flotillas, WW1
Ships of the British Grand Fleet (the main fleet of the Royal Navy) and Flotillas during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1918

Initiation of the Grand Scot of the Sacred Vaults
The Grand Scot of the Sacred Vaults initiation ceremony. Upon exiting a dark corridor, he is greeted by a (stuffed) lion holding a sword in its mouth

Burns Festival Procession
A view of the Grand Procession, part of the Festival held in honour of the memory of Robert Burns at the town of Ayr, south-west Scotland. The poet was known as the Bard of Ayrshire

Lubaantun archaeology - rapid tropical growth
The dramatic effects of rapid vegetation growth on archaeological sites. The amphitheatre grand stands at the ancient Maya ruins of Lubaantun in British Honduras(today Belize)

H Miller. For shes a grand lady
For shes a grand lady -- thats very clear. Children playing a game in a garden. 20th century

Von Bulow conducts Piano concerto, 1892
Hans von Bulow(1830-1894), German musician and composer, conducts concerto, with a lady playing the piano. Date: c.1892

1919 Racing Season - some leading figures
Leading figures of the 1919 racing season. Horses: 1. Tetratema, 2. Grand Parade, 3. Keysoe, 4. Buchan. Owners: 5. Lord Glanely, 6. Lord Derby, 7. Major Dermot McCalmont, 8. Mr J White

Ships of the British Grand Fleet, WW1
Ships of the British Grand Fleet (the main fleet of the Royal Navy) during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1918

Ahmed Tevfik Pasha of Turkey and his German allies
Ahmed Tevfik Pasha, Grand Vizier (Prime Minister) of Turkey from November 1918 to March 1919, during a meeting with his German allies at Spa, Belgium, towards the end of the First World War

Santa Maria Della Salute, Venice, Italy
The Church of Santa Maria Della Salute and the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy circa 2008

Grand Centrifugal Railway
Advertising flyer for the Grand Centrifugal Railway, an Extraordinary Novelty, 200 feet long, with a Virtical (sic) Circle, upwards of 40 feet in circumference

Popular music - ragtime in the home in 1906
Incongruous glimpse of a stately home music room, with the upper class occupants enjoying the popular music of the day: ragtime

Turkish military camp at Jaffa
Plan of the the Turkish military camp at Jaffa (then in Syria) on 25 July 1800 by Mr George Pink. 1800

Prince Henry of Prussia, von Tirpitz and others
Prince Henry (Heinrich) of Prussia (1862-1929), with Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930), German naval commander, and others, mainly British, sitting on some steps at the Royal Yacht Club in Queenstown

Grand Infantry Regiment
Mobilisation of the Grand Infantry Regiment in Berlin during the First World War. Circa 1916

Music at home - things best left unsaid
Tactless and painfully shy Captain Lovell refuses when implored to sing at a party, and in the process of refusing, accidently rubbishes the performance of his hostess. Date: 1886

Elite Gardens and Restaurant, Franco-British Exhibition
View of the Elite Gardens and Grand Restaurant at the Franco-British Exhibition, held at White City, West London. Date: 1908

Music at home - fashionable trio at the piano, 1883
Three fashionable ladies gather round the piano to sing and play, whilst modelling the latest fashions for November 1883. Ruffles, pleats and and bows are in abundance. Date: 1883

Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Royal Navy
Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935), British Royal Navy admiral. He commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland (1916) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Little girl on a Happy Birthday postcard
A little girl with flowers and an apple, on a greetings postcard to wish my dear grand-daughter a Happy Birthday. circa 1910s

Lewiss department store, Liverpool
An advertisement for Lewis department store, in Ranelagh Street, Liverpool. 1883

Grand Buddha Pagoda, Hanoi - Vietnam
Grand Buddha Pagoda, Hanoi - Tonkin Province, Vietnam Date: 1904

A singing lesson at Minerva House, 1863
A large family group gather round a grand piano to sing together. Date: 1863

Queen prima-donna at home, 1874
Three girls plead with their musical Mamma to stop playing the piano. Date: 1874

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