Imperial Collection (page 82)

Plans for the Crystal Palace
Conceived by Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition was intended as a celebration of British imperial and industrial might. Held in Hyde Park

France Undecided
France, in terror of the Imperial eagle, whose shadow looms dark overhead, throws herself into the arms of the conservative Republic

Empire Allegorised
An allegory of Napoleons imperial take-over after the 1852 plebiscite - Marianne, the symbol of France, chooses to wear imperial robes

Social / New Year 1897
Tsar Alexander III and the Tsarina preside at the Russian court on New Years Day

The Imperial Saloon, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of the Imperial Saloon on Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880

Social / Gala Opera 1913
People travelling home after a gala performance at the Imperial Opera House, Moscow

A Royal and Imperial Party at Cowes
Edward VII and Queen Alexandra with their guests, the Tsar and Tsarina of Russia being taken in a pinnace to the Royal Yacht, Britannia during a visit by the Russian Royal Family in 1909

SHORT CALEDONIA
One of the new generation of monoplane flying boats which will replace the stately old biplanes, this will be used by Imperial Airways on long distance passenger routes

Handley Page Hannibal
With the near-identical HP42W (= western, i.e. European) Heracles, the stately HP42E (= eastern) Hannibal class are the flagships of Imperial Airways on routes to India etc

Boulton Paul Britomart
A clumsy, old-fashioned- looking twin engine biplane, used by Imperial Airways for feeder line and general charter work

Ayrton and Perrys new electric railway
Professors Ayrton and Perrys new electric railway, exhibited at the Crystal Palace Electric Exhibition in 1882. Ayrton and Perry met at the Imperial College of Engineering and Japan

Ayrton and Perry
Portrait engravings of Professor William Ayrton and Professor John Perry, electrical engineers. Ayrton held the post of Professor of Natural Philosophy

AVRO 652
Originally designed as a light transport for Imperial Airways, this twin-engine monoplane will be modified as the Anson reconnaissance aircraft widely used in WW2

Battle of Pavia
Popular broadsheet describing the battle of Pavia, where Francois I is defeated by a mixed Imperial army, leading to the Spanish domination of Italy

French Council of War
Concerned by their defeats by the Imperial army, the French under the Connetable de Bourbon hold a council of war outside Rome

Battle of Ceresuola
At the battle of Ceresuola (aka Cerisolles) Francois de Bourbon obtains a clear victory over the Imperial army

Wittelsbach at Verona
Emperor Friedrich I is saved from defeat at Verona by Otto von Wittelsbach, who plants the imperial banner on the battlements

Maximilian in Italy
Its the Empires turn to invade Italy : Maximilian I anchors the imperial fleet in the harbour of La Spezia

Grocery Shop Rations
A shopkeeper measures out a weeks rations on his weighing scales. During World War Two, planning a familys meals often depended upon what an individual shop had in stock

Crowns of England
THE CROWNS OF ENGLAND Edward II, Henry VI, Henry VII, The Imperial Crown, The Coronation Crown

Empress Eugenie
EUGENIA MARIA DE MONTIJO Wife of the French Emperor, Napoleon III and mother of the Prince Imperial. Renowned beauty and arbiter of taste. Lived to a ripe old age

Berlin / Palace C1900
Berlin: Imperial Palace

Berlin / Unter Den Linden
Unter den Linden, with monument to Frederick the Great looking towards the Imperial Palace

Japan Tokyo
Bird s-eye view showing the Imperial Palace

Petrovski Palace Moscow
Summer view of the imperial palace, shortly after Napoleons visit to Moscow

Battle of Luzzara
Battle of LUZZARA : the French under the duc d Anjou are defeated by prince Eugenes imperial forces

Battle of Chiari
Battle of CHIARI : the imperial army under Prince Eugene defeats the French and Spanish forces under the duc de Savoie. Date: 1 September 1701

Attack on Rebel Camp
Imperial forces under lieutenant-general Yarachan make a dawn raid on a rebel encampment

Pagets Horse in Action
The Imperial Yeomanry in action: Pagets Horse Company chasing Boers outside Lichtenberg

Istanbul 14th Century
Imperial Byzantium before the Turkish conquest : the artist had evidently never been there and didn t know anyone who had, so he depicted it as an English fortified town

Photography, Imperial
Advertisement for Imperial panchromatic photographic plates. " Supreme in dependability and general excellence"

Germany / Goslar / Palace
The Imperial Palace, Goslar, Upper Saxony

Red Flag / Brandenburg
The Red Flag is flown at the Brandenburg Gate by German Communists who hoped that the dissolution of Imperial Germany might be turned into a more radical revolution

Petrovski Palace
This imperial palace is located to the northwest of the city

Garde Imperiale Chasseur
Chasseur of the Imperial Guard

Garde Imperiale Dragoon
Dragoon of the Imperial Guard

Garde Imperiale Lancer
Light Horse Lancer of the Imperial Guard

French Lancer (Vallet)
A Russian Cossack of the Imperial Guard on horseback with lance

Music / French Cuirassier
A trumpeter of the Cuirassiers of the Garde Imperiale, at the time of the French campaign in Italy

Social / China Junks C1840
Junks passing an inclined plane on the Imperial canal in China; citizens mill around, one man smokes a pipe on his boat, others buy and eat rice from a stall

Boarding at Croydon
Boarding an Imperial Airways air-liner at Croydon, destination Paris

Flying to Paris
On board an Imperial Airways air-liner from Croydon, destination Paris Date: 1926

Josephine (Cost Hist)
MARIE JOSEPHE ROSE TASCHER French Empress in Imperial costume

Politics / Diplomacy
Officials of the Imperial British East Africa Company make a treaty with the Kikuyu people of what is today Kenya

Roman Triumph / Augustus
An imperial triumph: the Emperor Augustus returns from three victories

Napoleon Iii / Fossey
LOUIS NAPOLEON III with Eugenie and le Prince Imperial, and Prince Napoleon and other members of his family, courtiers &c

Mozart, Maria Theresia
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART as a child, taken by the empress Maria Theresia onto her imperial lap

Macdonald / Ramsay / Bennet
JAMES RAMSAY MACDONALD British Labour politician with Bennet of Canada at an Imperial Conference

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