Kneeling Collection (page 15)

News of Defeat at Court
Sir James de Hely presenting news of the defeat of the Turkish expedition to the King and the French court

Wales / Arthur / Shaw
Arthur, Prince of Wales Son of Henry VII

Four bearers and patient (5 of 6)
Method of carrying a patient, with four bearers. (5 of 6)

Four bearers and patient (3 of 6)
Method of carrying a patient, with four bearers. (3 of 6)

Four bearers and patient (4 of 6)
Method of carrying a patient, with four bearers. (4 of 6)

St Francis Assisi Vision
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI St Francis sees a vision

African Church School
A class of black African children at a church school in the Congo, Africa, kneel before a painting of a white Madonna and Child

Girls on Door Step
Two working class girls, one of them kneeling on a doorstep holding a skipping rope

100 Yrs War Charles VII
Charles VII is mocked by the English as he prays God to save France

Coronation Charles V 14C
Coronation of Charles V

Satire on class distinction
A satire on class distinction, showing the universal adoration of aristocratic status, based on a pile of fine clothes

Washerwomen of Caen, Normandy, France
The Washerwomen of Caen, Normandy, northern France, washing their clothes at the communal lavoir

Bedtime Undressing 1884
The maid helps Margery get undressed and ready for bed

Churchgoers 1886
Sunday: The housemaid and others go to church on their day of rest

Housemaid Scrubbing 1886
Friday: The housemaid scrubs the staircase

Queen Bertha, later a saint
BERTHA, BERTA, BERTE, BERTHE, BERTRADA or ALDEBERGE Queen of Ethelbert, King of Kent, daughter of Charibert I, Merovingian King of Paris

Emma Hamilton / Rehburg 10
EMMA, LADY HAMILTON Wife of Lord Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson, in one of her attitudes

Queen Anne / Gloucester
Queen Anne intercedes vainly with Gloucester and Arundel to spare Sir Simon Burley

James II Satirised
JAMES II OF SCOTLAND caricatured as an owl, kneeling to the Pope who is depicted as a peacock

Gounod / Trombinoscope
CHARLES GOUNOD French musician and composer: a satirical portrait

Keys to Brisach C1637
Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, receives the keys to the town of Brisach

Disraeli / Order of Garter
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Queen Victoria invests him with the Order of the Garter at Osborne in 1878

Samuel Dedicated
Hannah, wife of Elkanah, takes her young son Samuel to the temple at Shiloh, where she entrusts him to the care of the chief priest, Eli, whose position he will inherit

Humayan / Indian Emperor
HUMAYAN Mughal Emperor from 1530, but spent most of his rule in exile

Llull / Ramon / Woodcut 1522
RAMON LLULL or RAYMOND LULLY Catalan mystic, philosopher, poet and missionary

Perseus Submits to Rome
Perseus of Macedon submits to the Romans

Narcissus / Classical Myth
Kneeling beside a pool of water

Warwick Submits / Doyle
Warwick submits to Margaret of Anjou, the wife of Henry VI

Surrey / Thomas Howard
THOMAS HOWARD EARL of SURREY 2nd DUKE of NORFOLK Before the Battle of Flodden, 1513

Medieval Author
Georges Chastelain, Flemish soldier of fortune, presents his book to Charles le Temeraire, duc de Bourgogne

Carlotta Grisi / Perrot
CARLOTTA GRISI (Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi) Italian ballet dancer, seen here with Jules Perrot in La Esmeralda

Ww1 Postcard Parting Son
" For my country, dear, and you" - a son explains to his mother that he has to go and fight

Sepulchre of Mohammed II
The sepulchre chapel of Sultan Mohammed II in Istanbul

Marriage Vision 1858
A dramatic scene from Balfes opera Satanella, or the Power of Love, in which the heroine dreams of marriage - an effect achieved by a magic lantern projection

Religion / Flagellants
A man flagellates himself as penance for his sins

Heating the Iron / C18
Heating up the iron in an eighteenth century household

Twain / Prince & Pauper
Tom wakes in the palace: " The richly clad first lord of the bedchamber was kneeling by his couch."

Blanche De Castile
BLANCHE DE CASTILE queeen of Louis VIII depicted praying, kneeling at a prie-dieu

Charles VII at Court
CHARLES VII is presented with a book of heraldry by its author, Giles Bonnet

Training a Horse, 1555
Training a horse to carry a lady: two servants hold the kneeling horse while a woman prepares to ride

Margaret of Anjou 1450
MARGARET OF ANJOU Queen of Henry VI of England, daughter of Rene, duc d Anjou. Accompanied by ladies of the court. Tapestry in St Marys Hall Coventry

Elizabeth I / Prayers
QUEEN ELIZABETH I QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN Shown kneeling and at prayer

Goose Girl Prays
The Goose Girl kneels and prays

Charles II Restored
Charles II lands at Dover and is saluted as King of England by General Monk who kneels before him

Lightfoot Given Letter
HEREWARD THE WAKE Martin Lightfoot undertakes to be the bearer of a letter to Earl Leofric

Suggestive Fig Leaves
A kneeling one-armed man (a piece of statuary no doubt) holding an erect club hides his aroused modesty behind an up-turned fig leaf. All very explicit if a tad coy

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