Kings Collection (page 10)

A KINGS CLOTHES
How to make a king look like a king - dress him in a kings clothes ! (Thackeray chooses Louis XIV, but any king would do as well...) Date: circa 1840

ELEAZAR AND ELEPHANTS
When Antiochus attacks the Israelites, Eleazar is one of the few to display courage, attacking the kings elephant, which falls on top of him and crushes him

French Warship 1794
A Kings Ship dressed with the Colours of Different Nations Date: 1794

KINGS SUTTON CHURCH
South view of Kings Sutton church. A small group of local well-to-do parishioners are leaving - one couple in their carriage. An elderly man wears a light coloured summer suit. Date: late 1850s

KINGS PARADE 1887
Cabs and carriages, an errand boy harassed by a dog and a mama with two daughters and a dog on the lead, pass along Kings Parade in late Victorian times Date: 1887

PANTOMIME / PUSS IN BOOTS
The Court scene in Puss in Boots at the Drury Lane Theatre, 1887-8. Date: 1887-8

OWEN JONES EGYPTIAN 11
Various ornaments from Tombs in Thebes, Mummy-cases, Kings Robes and an ancient Tomb in Giza, which was opened by Dr Lepsius. Date: 1868

Egyptian Kings
Various Egyptian costumes: Kings in war and ceremonial costume. Date: ANCIENT EGYPT

HOMAGE TO SAINT GEORGE
The Kings of Europe gather to pay tribute to St George. Date: circa 1500

KINGS THEATRE
A view of the stage and the audience at The Kings Theatre, Haymarket (formally known as The Opera House) Date: 1816

WULFSTAN / ARCHBISHOP YORK
WULFSTAN Archbishop of York 1002 - 1023 English prelate; advised law to Kings Aethelred and Canute Date: - 1023

Sir Henry Dymoke, 1st Baronet (1801-1865) was the Kings champion in 1821 at the coronation of King George IV (reigned 1820-1830), the last time the traditional ritual was enacted

Weigh-house chapel
In 1697 the Presbyterian congregation built a meeting house over the Kings Weigh House in Little Eastcheap and from this home the church took its name. Date: 19th century

The Times Printing House Square
Printing House Square was a London court in the City of London, so called from the former office of the Kings Printer which occupied the site

Kings Road, Chelsea, London, England. Date: 1928

Parsonage Street (Showing the Kings Head Inn), Dursley, Gloucestershire, England. Date: 1910s

Market Sqaure (Showing the Kings Head Hotel), Masham, Ripon, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1940s

Helio H-395 super Courier G- ARLD (msn 522), with race number 42, for a Kings Cup Air Race. Date: 1960s-1970s

Hanworth Air Park - 1931 - Avro 504K G-aSX
Avro 504K G-aSX at Hanworth Air Park, visiting the 1931 Kings Cup Air Race. G-aSX, was a New-Build Avro 504, built from spare parts in 1930. Date: 1931

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper 2 G-ARFV
Tipsy T.66 Nipper 2 G-ARFV (msn 44) with race number 11 at Baginton for the Kings Cup Air Race. Date: 1965

Rollason D. 62A Condor G-ARHZ
Rollason D.62A Condor G-ARHZ at Teeside for the 1965 Kings Cup Air Race, wearing race number 25. Date: 1965

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper G-ARFV
Tipsy T.66 Nipper G-ARFV at Teeside for the 1965 Kings Cup Air Race, wearing race number 11. Date: 1965

Mosscraft MA. 1 G-AEST
Mosscraft MA.1 G-AEST at Pendeford (wolverhampton airport) for the 1949 Kings Cup air race, flown by W.H. Moss, with race number 26. The M.A.1 was flown in several U.K

Chilton DW. 1 G-AFGH
Chilton DW.1, G-AFGH, at Elmdon (Birmingham Airport) in 1949 for the Kings Cup Air Race, flown by Squadron Leader. H. R. Bilbrough, with race number 45. Date: 1949

de Havilland DH. 82a Tiger Moth G-AJHS
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth G-AJHS (msn 82121) Possibly at Baginton (Coventry) for the 1955 Kings Cup Air Race. Date: 1955

Squadron Leader D. S. Don - Kings Cup Air Race
Hanworth Aerodrome, Kings Cup Air Race. Hawker Tomtit G-aLL, powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose IIIA, belonging to the then Prince of Wales (Edward VIII), flown by Squadron Leader D.S

The Radium Girl, Kings Theatre, Southsea
The Radium Girl, a musical comedy revue at the Kings Theatre, Southsea. 1915

Made in England, Kings Theatre, Southsea, a Harry Day production. circa 1910s

WW2 - Home Front - Schoolchildren in Chelsea, London take part in a paper-salvage campaign, carrying a total of two tonnes of paper from their school in Glebe Place to the Kings Road

Cartoon - Disraeli and Victoria - Dangers of Imperialism
Cartoon - Benjamin Disraeli and Queen Victoria brave the dangerous waters of Imperialism cheered and jeered by the previous Kings and Queens of England on the far bank of the river.... Date: 1876

An Irish Race Meeting ?The Sport of Kings?. Ireland

Tourists on a guided tour of Kings College, Cambridge
A group of tourists on a guided tour of Kings College, Cambridge University, England Date: 1992

Old coulple, Kings Lynn
An elderly couple sitting on folding chairs behind a wooden sea defence on a beach near Kings Lynn, Norfolk. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - Tomb of Tutankhamun - the decorated outer sarcophagus. Date: circa 1920s

Thebes, Upper Egypt, North Africa - Valley of the Kings Date: circa 1920s

The Seven Royal Edwards - British Royalty - card produced around the time of the coronation of Edward VII. Date: 1903

Faustin Edmond Wirkus, King of La Gonave, Haiti
Faustin Edmond Wirkus (1896-1945), King of La Gonave, Haiti as Faustin II, ruling from 1926 to 1929. He had been a Polish-American US Marine stationed in Haiti during the US occupation

Star of the East by Arild Rosenkrantz
The Three Kings bow their heads in prayer as they see the star of the east. 1930

Ancient Egyptian jewellery from Tutankhamuns tomb
Ear-ornaments from the tomb of Tutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC), as discovered by Howard Carter among others in 1922 in the Valley of Kings

Panel from the back of a throne of Tutankhamun
Panel from the back of the golden throne of Pharao Tutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC), as discovered by Howard Carter among others in 1922 in the Valley of Kings

Painted wooden chest from Tutankhamuns tomb
A wooden chest covered in plaster from the tomb of PharaoTutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC) as discovered by Howard Carter among others in 1922 in the Valley of Kings

Kings Head, Hagley Road, Birmingham, West Midlands
Kings Head public house, Hagley Road, Bearwood, Birmingham, West Midlands, with clock and bus terminus. Date: circa 1908

Kings Hotel, Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Kings Hotel, on the banks of the lake, Boksburg, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Altarpiece of Bellver de Cerdanya. Painted wood. 14th C. by workshop of Seu D Urgell. Episcopal Museum. Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Complutensian Polyglot Bible by Cisneros. Page of Genesis. E
Complutensian Polyglot Bible. Is the name given to the first printed polyglot ot the entire Bible, initiated and financed by spanish Cardinal Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros (1436-1517)

Buddhist Deity Tamonten - Todaiji Temple, Nara, Japan
Wooden statue Tamonten (Virupakcha) - King of the North, Lord Who Hears All - a Hindu deity incorporated into Buddhism.one of the Four Heavenly Kings at The Great Buddha Hall

Inspector Sheila Ward, Met Police, London
Inspector Sheila Ward (b.c1937), Met Police, London, the first woman to hold the post of Station Inspector, at Kings Cross. Seen here speaking to a line of male police officers

The Sport of Kings by Ian Hay
Promotional postcard for The Sport of Kings by Ian Hay. First produced at the Savoy Theatre, 8th September 1924. Billed as a racing comedy

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