Granting Collection

Byzantine Emperor Constantine IV (652-658) and his retinue
Constantine IV (652-685). Byzantine Emperor from and his retinue granting privilege to the Ravennate church. Mosaic. Basilica of Sant Apollinare in Classe. Ravenna. Italy

Suffragette Southwold Express Bomb. The Southwold Express train is about to be sabotaged by the suffragette who, sitting in the branch of a tree, lobs a bomb at the engine

Stafford Cripps - Independence of Burma
Sir Stafford Cripps attends a celebration to mark the granting of the Independence of Burma in 1948. 1948

King Henry VII, the first of the Tudors - seen here granting a charter to John Cabot to sail in search of new lands. Date: circa 1497

William I granting land to Earl of Brittany
William Conqueror granting lands to his nephew the Earl of Brittany. 11th century

Barber-Surgeons Picture
Barber-Surgeon Companys picture depicting Henry VIII granting a charter to the corporation of London

Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt
Students at work in the courtyard ( heart ) of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt. The Mosque is directly associated with Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975

King William I granting charter to City of London
King William I (the Conqueror) grants a charter to the City of London

Freedom R. A. F. Ball, guests - 1963
A ball to celebrate the granting of the Freedom of Boston (Lincolnshire) to the RAF Station at Coningsby. Guests - Mrs David Matthews

Caricature of Prince Leopold in Parliament
Caricature of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), youngest son of Queen Victoria -- The Royal Hat-Trick. A comment on a parliamentary debate about granting more money to Prince Leopold

Text explaining how American Visas work - Tall Ship picture
Text explaining how American Visas work and an inset illustration of an elegant tall ship, a three-master, possibly a tea clipper? Date: 1920s

In the dim and speculative future. Prime Minister Asquith, dressed as a young maiden picks the petals from a daisy, thinking, This year - next year - sometime - !!

The Royal Aeronautical Society held a dinner at No. 4 Ham?
The Royal Aeronautical Society held a dinner at No.4 Hamilton Place in 1949 to celebrate the granting of its Royal Charter dated 22 December 1948

Egyptian Fantasy card - State Telegram and Al-Azhar Mosque
Egyptian Fantasy card - featuring an Egyptian State Telegram and an inset photograph of the Al-Azhar University and Mosque, Cairo, Egypt (founded in 975) all on a faux papyrus background

Playbill postcard for Alfs Button
The most popular manifestation of Orientalism after WWI seems to have been Alfs Button. W.A Darlingtons novel appeared in1920, was filmed (silent movie) the same year

Red Book of Montserrat. 14th c. - 16th c. Pope Nicholas granting full indulgence ot the members of the Brotherhood of the Virgin of Montserrat. In the foregound, the king Alfonso IV of Aragon

The Investiture of Herold as Duke of Franconia, 1751 Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (1696-1770). Detail of the fresco in the Imperial Hall of the Residenz, Wurzburg

Al-Azhar University and Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975. The chief centre of Arabic literature and Sunni Islamic learning in the world and the worlds second oldest surviving degree granting university

Edward VI Grants Charter
King Edward VI granting a charter to the barber-surgeons of London

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