Kings Collection (page 28)

Manuscript depicting the visit of the Three Kings
Page from an illuminated manuscript, Leben der Maria, by the Bavarian priest Wernher (c 1170), depicting the visit of the Three Kings to the newly born Christ child. Date: 12th century

Playing Kings and Queens
A girl and boy play Kings and Queens -- the boy is all for war, but the girl prefers peace

Josiah Reads and Repents
Josiah, god-fearing himself, reads in the chronicles how his predecessors have sinned, and determines that henceforward the kings of Israel will behave better

Tourists / Tomb of Kings
English tourists, including Edward VII and Alexandra, in the Tomb of the Kings

Napoleon the Kingmaker
Napoleon the Gingerbread Baker creating new kings - a comment on his habit of appointing his relatives to the thrones of defeated or occupied nations

Lantern / Zulu / Kings Kraal
The Kings Kraal

Olaf Defeats Skjalgasson
King Olaf defeats Erling Skjalgasson in sea battle. Olaf pardons him, but Aslak, one of the kings men slays him thus destroying trust in Olaf

Pearly King / Buttons
A pearly King looks at pearly buttons with two shop assistants

Pearly King / Headstone
The elaborate headstone of Henry Croft who died on 1 January 1930

Pearly King / Funeral
Hundreds of people watched the funeral of Henry Croft, Londons Pearly King. It was attended by other costers in their picturesque uniforms

Alfonso Xi / Alfonso VIII
ALFONSO IX & ALFONSO VIII (1158 - 1214) Kings of Castille. (Alfonso IX is on the right)

Thomas Rose / Miles Falcon
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Rose and his Miles Falcon, in which he won the Kings Cup in 1935

Esmail I / Iran / Thevet
ESMAIL I or SHAHANSHAH (King of Kings) Shah of Iran (1501-24)

Kings Royal Sceptre
CROWN JEWELS OF ENGLAND Head of the Kings royal sceptre with the cross

Ancient Egypt Chair
A chair from a tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt

Edgar Rowed down Dee
King Edgar is rowed down the river Dee by 3 kings & 5 princes demonstrating his supremacy in England

Macbeth / Apparition
Act IV, Scene I The three witches conjure an apparition of eight kings, all of whom are descended from Banquo

Persian Kings
Legendary flying machine of the ancient kings of Persia

New Year Medieval France
MEDIEVAL PARIS In the time of the Merovingian kings, the new year is celebrated by military games on the Champ de Mars - the field dedicated to the war-god

Ancient Egyptian Kings
Various Egyptian costumes: Kings in war and ceremonial costume

CLOVIS II king of Neustria, the first of les rois faineants (kings in name only)

Abraham & Melchisedek
When Abraham returns from his victory over the four great kings who had attacked Sodom, Melchisedek, king of Salem (Jerusalem), welcomes him with bread and wine

London Kings Cross
Interior of the Great Northern Railways london terminus at Kings Cross : porters and passengers on the platforms

Visit / Tombs of the Kings
On a royal tour, Edward and Alexandria visit the Tombs of the Pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings

Tourist Vandalism Spain
Modern Christians in the palace of the ancient Moorish kings, Alhambra - English tourists in Granada indulge in a little vandalism

Pearly King in Australia
A Pearly King at Ingleburn, Australia, asks a group of Diggers to guess the correct number of buttons on his coster suit

Kings Ship and Flags
a Kings Ship Dressed with the Colours of Different Nations

Brit Mus Kings Library
The Kings Library : the British Library is still a part of the Museum

Racial / W Africa / Ashanti
Captain Sir Cecil Armitage, Chief Commissioner of Northern Territories, Gold Coast (1910- 20) photographed at Accra with a group of Ashanti kings

Kings Bench (Microcosm)
Located in St Georges Fields, south of the Thames : a debtors prison notorious for the laxness of its rules - it housed 30 gin shops, as well as facilities for dining

Idols of Bible Times 4
Succoth Benoth - a hen - is the deity to which the heathen men of Babylon, in their blindness, bow down. (see Second Kings 17.31)

Idols of Bible Times 3
Adremelech, in the form of a peacock, is the deity to which the idolatrous Sepharvites sacrifice their children, burning them in fire. (see Second Kings 17.31)

Idols of Bible Times 2
Nibhaz, human but with a dogs head is one of the gods of the Avites, a people settled in Samaria by the king of Assyria. (see Second Kings 17.31)

Veneration of the Magi
The Three Kings lay their gifts of gold, frankincence and myrrh, before Jesus while the Star of Bethlehem shines down

Three Kings before Herod
The Three Kings visit Herod, the appointed governor of Judea, to ask him where the new King could be found

Imperial Assembly
A session (Dersammlung) of the Imperial Assembly. The emperor is surrounded by tributary kings, princes, barons and other notables

Talk with Peasant Woman
Incognito, he asks a peasant woman of Tarare, near Lyon, isn t Napoleon like any other tyrant ? - No, because they chose him, whereas the old kings were forced on them

Nt / Magi & Jesus (C11)
MAGI & JESUS - Adoration of Jesus

Nt / Shepherds & Angel
Medieval representation of the announcement of the birth of Jesus to the shepherds and the Magi

Sigfrid III Von Eppstein
SIGFRID III VON EPPSTEIN Archbishop of Mainz (Mayence); flanked by the German kings Heinrich Raspe and Wilhelm of Holland

Spain / Defeats Moors / 1212
Alfonso of Castile, with the Kings of Aragon and Navarre, defeats the Moors at Tolosa

7 Wonders / Pyramids / Parr
Located just outside Cairo, Egypt, the pyramids are believed to have been built around 2600 to 2500 BC, and served as tombs for Egyptian kings

7 Wonders / Pyramids / Picar
Located just outside Cairo, Egypt, the pyramids are believed to have been built around 2600 to 2500 BC and served as tombs for Egyptian kings

Homage to Saint George
SAINT GEORGE - Kings of Europe gather (circa 1500) to pay tribute to Saint George

Magi, Presentation
Jesus receives the gifts of the Magi; later his mother takes him to be presented in the Temple at Jerusalem, where Simeon gives thanks to God

Alice / Kings Men
KINGS MEN All the Kings Men

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