Imperial Collection (page 78)

Incense. The popular fregranced aromatics illsutrated by Gordon Nicoll who pays tribute to Three Nuns Imperial Tobacco. The picture portraying the products in a library with a porcelain pot

Marriage of Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna
The imperial wedding at St. Petersburg, showing the ceremony in the chapel of the Winter Palace. 1894

Regiment of Lancers - Constantinople
Officers of the Regiment of Lancers of the Imperial Guard, Constantinople, Turkey - pictured at the Selimiye barracks. Date: 1913

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

Hue, Vietnam - Imperial City - Principal Gate
Hue, Vietnam - Imperial City (Walled Fortress) - Principal Gate Date: circa 1900

Prince Henry of Prussia, Crown Prince Wilhelm and others
Prince Henry (Heinrich) of Prussia (1862-1929), his nephew Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951), and Admiral Reinhard Scheer (1863-1928) on board ship

Kaiser Wilhelm on Ottoman Battle Cruiser
The German Emperor Wilhelm II (centre) and German militaries inspecting Ottoman troops on board of the battle cruiser " Javus Sultan Selim", the former SMS " Goeben"

Military music - 18th century musicians(7 of 8)
Musicians of the Imperial Guard-a drummer and a serpent player at the time of the First Empire. Date: early 19th century

General Lavr Kornilov, officer in Imperial Russian Army
General Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (1870-1918), officer in the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War and the Russian Civil War. Seen here on horseback. Date: circa 1917

General Sir William Robertson, British army officer
General Sir William Robertson (1860-1933), British army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) during the First World War, from 1916 to 1918. Date: circa 1919

Prince G E Lvov, Russian Prime Minister
Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov (1861-1925), first post-imperial Prime Minister of Russia, for a few months in 1917. Date: circa 1917

Royal Entrance, Imperial International Exhibition, London
View of the Royal Entrance to the Imperial International Exhibition, White City, West London. Date: 1909

Coronation regalia
The illustration includes the Imperial State Crown, the St. Edwards Staff, one of the eight maces, swords, a sandal of the regal vestment and the ring that has a St. Georges cross. Date: 1937

Admiral Franz von Hipper, German Imperial Navy
Admiral Franz Ritter von Hipper (1863-1932), German Imperial Navy during the First World War, including the Battle of Jutland and the Battle of Dogger Bank, and raids on Scarborough

Alfred von Tirpitz, German Admiral
Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930), German Admiral, seen here in uniform, sitting in a chair. He also served as State Secretary of the Imperial German Navy (1889-1919). Date: circa 1909

Alfred von Schlieffen
Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (1833-1913) - Most famous for the Schlieffen Plan which was a strategy to enter Paris unexpectedly from the West by going through Belgium

Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, German army officer, WW1
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870-1964), general in the Imperial German Army and commander of the German East Africa Campaign during the First World War. circa 1914-1918

Back page of the Sphere Silver Jubilee Number
The illustration features the royal standards flying, along with stereotyped depictions of colonised peoples, including a ceremonial elephant. 1935

Entry of General Mannerheim into Helsinki, Finland
Entry of General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867-1951) into Helsinki (Helsingfors), Finland, after the Finnish Civil War

Peterhof - The Imperial Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia Date: circa 1903

Page from An Album of International Air Liners for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons, featuring the British aeroplanes Imperial Airways Empire Flying-Boat Caledonia; Imperial Airways Liner

Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova, formerly Alix of Hesse; a portrait in honour of her wedding to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia on the 26th November 1894 Date: 1894

Germany - Karlsruhe - Prince Max Palace
Germany - Karlsruhe - Prince-Max-Palace. This villa was built in 1881 to 1884 for a banker named August Schmieder. In 1894 it was bought by Prinz Max von Baden

Barbados - Tomb of Ferdinando Paleologus
St Johns Churchyard, Barbados - The rather remarkable tomb of Ferdinando Paleologus (?-1678). Paleologus was a descendent of the brother of the great Emperor Constantine XI

Izmit, Turkey - Imperial Kiosk
Izmit, Turkey (aka Izmid, Kocaeli, Astacus or Nicomedia). Izmit houses a harbour 87 km southeast of Istanbul. The Eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire between 286-324 AD

Durbar / Queen Victoria
The Imperial Durbar at Delhi for the proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India Date: 1 January 1877

Grandville Hortensia
Hortensia (Hydrangea) and Crown Imperial Date: 1847

Battle of Wimpfen 1622
BATTLE OF WIMPFEN The Imperial Army under Tilly attacks the Palatinate forces and, despite a brilliant cavalry charge by the latter, the victory goes to Tilly Date: 6 May 1622

Dunlop Tyre Advert 22
At the airport, with an aircraft of Imperial Airways. 1932

Crown of India
CROWN JEWELS OF ENGLAND The Imperial Crown of India, made in 1911 for the great Durbar at Delhi in 1912 Date: 1911

Imperial Guard / China
The Guard of Honour at the Chinese Emperors palace in Kashgar Date: 19th century

Two Edwardian bikers, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Two Edwardian men on their motor cycles in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The man on the right, on a Triumph Imperial, is a member of the Philipps family of Picton Castle

Grand Hotel Imperial, 8th and Bolivar Streets, Colon, Republic of Panama

Banquet in the Imperial Pavilion
The banquet hosted by the Duke of Devonshire as part of his fete celebrations at Chiswick House

Russian Imperial Guard
Officer of the Russian Imperial Guard

Alexandroupoli, Greece - The Imperial Ottoman Bank
Imperial Ottoman Bank at Alexandroupoli (Dedeagatch), Greece - still under Ottoman control at this time. The Treaty of Lausanne (24 July 1923)

A Sudan Cotton Field
Empire Marketing Board poster showing indigeonous workers picking cotton in a field in the Sudan, while their village can be seen some way in the background

Thai Binh Reading Pavilion, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam
The Thai Binh Reading Pavilion in the former Imperial City of Hue, in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam. This was originally the Emperors library and reading pavilion

Hien Nhon Gate, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam
View of the Hien Nhon Gate, entrance to the former Imperial City of Hue, in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam. It was damaged during the Tet Offensive of 1968, but has since been restored

Ngo Mon Gate, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam
View of the Ngo Mon Gate, entrance to the Imperial Palace in the city of Hue, in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam. The central passageway was reserved for the use of the Emperor

Crew of the auxiliary Cruiser Mowe ( Seagull )
Muslim Auxiliary crew of the auxiliary cruiser of the Imperial German Navy SMS Mowe ( Seagull ), under the command of Lt. Commander Nikolaus Burggraf, Graf ( Count ) zu Dohna-Schlodien

Alexei Nikolayevich Kuropatkin (1848-1925), Russian Imperial Minister of War (1898-1904), active in the Russo-Japanese War, seen here in 1906

Memorial to the Battle of Plassey, West Bengal, India
Memorial obelisk to the Battle of Plassey (23 June 1757), West Bengal, India. The battle established British rule in India for the next 90 years. It took place at Palashi, West Bengal

Weidendammer Bridge, Berlin, Germany
Detail showing the German Eagle with the Imperial Crown on the Weidendammer Bridge across the River Spree in Berlin, Germany, built between 1895 and 1896

Petropolis, Brazil
Petropolis ( The Imperial City ), Brazil. The towns name ( City of Peter ) honors Emperor Pedro II, the nations second monarch and son of Pedro I

Takoradi Harbour
British Empire Marketing Board poster depicting a view of Takoradi Harbour in Ghana, West Africa, showing the industrial harbour and a number of workers carrying goods towards waiting merchant ships

Produce from around the Empire
Unidentified illustration but possibly for an Empire Marketing Board poster, featuring people from around the world, standing under a Union Jack flag and surrounded by a wide range of exotic produce

Imperial Airways poster
Poster for Imperial Airways showing passengers boarding a waiting aeroplane

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