Kneeling Collection (#6)

Boy stuntman on bed of nails
Britains youngest stuntman, 8-year-old Tom Paynton, is encouraged by his father Eric as he practises on a bed of nails in the garden. Date: circa 1960s

Elephant piling Teak - Myanmar. Date: circa 1910s

Blessed Mariana of Jesus. Spanish tertiary of the Order of M
Blessed Mariana of Jesus, born Ana Maria Navarro Guevara and Romero (1565-1624). Spanish tertiary of the Order of Mercy. Engraving by Capuz, 1852. Colored

Happy Families - Miss Flue. circa 1940s

Saint Louis (1214-1270) administering justice under a beech
Louis IX or Saint Louis (1214-1270). King of France. St Louis administering justice under a beech. Engraving. Colored

Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Colored engraving
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). French painter, engraver and sculptor. The Baptism. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1885. Colored

Tombstone with family Mijnden Van Amstel. Holland. 1550. Museum Catharijneconvent. Utrecht. The Renaissance

Choirbook number 1. Gregorian chant. 15th. century. The Prese
Choirbook number 1. Gregorian chant. 15th. century. Antiphonary By Master of Burgo de Osma. Parchment. The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Miniature. Letter S. Spain

Croiser of Bishop Arnau de Jard?=? (1271-1306). Ivory. 13th century. Scene in relief of male figures. Tortosa Cathedral. Treasure. Catalonia. Spain

Italy. Rome. Ecumenical Council. The Chair of St. Peter. Col
Italy. Rome. Ecumenical Council. The Chair of St. Peter. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1870. Colored

Apparition of the Virgin to the venerable Palafox by Mariano
Mariano Salvador Maella (1739-1819). Spanish painter. Apparition of the Virgin to the venerable Juan de Palafox. Cathedral Chapter of El Burgo de Osma. Castile and Leon. Spain

Annunciation. Fresco depicting the Virgin Mary kneeling before the messenger angel. 12th century. South side of the apse. From the Church of Saint Peter Ad Vincula, Lavelilla

Pedro Marcuello offers his Cancionero to Philip the Handso
Pedro Marcuello offers his Cancionero to Philip I of Castile (1478-1506), known as Philip the Handsome and Joanna of Castile (1479-1555), known as Joan the Mad, in 1502

Llibre Verd (Green Book). Book of Privileges of the City of Barcelona. Miniature. Copy iluminated by Arnau Penna in 1380. Oath of allegiance to the king. Municipal Archives of History. Barcelona

Portrait of a Donor in Scarlet and St. Anthony, c. 1450, by P
Petrus Christus (1425-1476). Dutch painter. Portrait of a Donor in Scarlet and St. Anthony, c.1450. Altar panel. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Italy. Rome. Holy Stairs
Pilgrims going up for the Holy Stairs kneeling. Rome. Italy

The Scruple. Moral Tales by Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-17
Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-1799). French writer and historian. Moral Tales. The Scruple. Edition printed in Liege, 1777. Colored engraving. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Isaac blesses his son Jacob and sends him to Mesopotamia. En
Old Testament. Book of Genesis. Hebrew patriarch Isaac, the only son of Abraham and Sarah. Isaac blesses his son Jacob and sends him to Mesopotamia. Engraving by Gustave Dore. 19th century

Alfonso VII (1105-1157), called the Emperor. King of Galicia in 1111 and King of Le??n and Castile in 1126

St. Jerome Penitent. Miniature belonging to the 15th century book Letters. Chateau de Chantilly. France

Feodosia. Bas-relief
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Feodosia. Bas-relief of a monument in the port

Spain. Andalusia. Seville. Island of the Charterhouse. Monastery of Our Lady of the Caves, founded in 1399 by Gonzalo de Mena, Archbishop of Seville. Cloister. Sculpture of Leonor Cabeza de Vaca

Interview of Alcaniz, 1232. Miniature
Interview of Alcaniz (1232) between Hugo of Forcalquier, kneeling, and Blasco of Alagon, proposing to King James I the conquest of the Kingdom of Valencia

Leo VI the Wise (866-912). Byzantine Emperor. Leo VI kneeling before Christ. Mosaic. Tympanum of the Imperial Gate. Hagia Sophia. Istanbul. Turkey

Capital. Palace of Darius I
Capital from the audience hall of the Palace of Darius I (Susa). 6th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Jesus performing miracles to the disbelief of the Jews. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Sultan welcoming the Council members in the courtroom Topkap
Ottoman Empire. Sultan welcoming the Council members in the courtroom Topkapi Palace. Istanbul. Turkey. Nineteenth-century colored engraving

Pius V, Saint (1504-1572). Italian pope, named Antonio Ghislieri. Elected in 1566. Engraving by Capuz. Colored

Young man offering the manuscript to the Countess of Hauteville. 15th century miniature of Livre des cleres et nobles femmes. Chateau de Chantilly. France

Relief depicting a Pharaoh Ramses II before gods Amun, Munt and Khonsu. Detail. Ramesseum. 13th century. Nineteen dynasty. New Kingdom. Necropolis of Thebes. Valley of the kings. Egypt

After having prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, an angel from heaven comes to comfort. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Mary is hosted by the virgins of the temple. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Annunciation to Saint Anne. Codex of Predis (1476). Italy
Annunciation to Saint Anne. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

An Angel visits Mary. Codex of Predis (1476). Italy
An Angel visits Mary. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Greek Art Funerary stele. V century B. C
GREEK ART. Greece. V century BC. Funerary stele marble. Relief with a Young offers a bird with her left hand to a child kneeling whos standing to pick it up

Japanese women pray at a wayside Shrine. Date: circa 1905

Japan - Japanese woman O-Hana-San prepares for a bath Date: circa 1905

Japanese woman performing the tea ceremony - Japan Date: circa 1920s

Myanmar - Yangon - Two young women at morning Prayer. Date: circa 1910s

Four oval vignettes on a Christmas card, with Cupid kneeling by a flaming altar, Venus in a shell, Cupid again with doves, and a young man planting a tree

Valentine card, Alpine Love. 20th century

Cartoon, Henry Irving and Charles Kean
Cartoon, The Corsican Brothers

Cartoon, Disraeli, Northcote and the Deficit
Cartoon, Benjamin Disraeli, Tory Prime Minister, and Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, worrying over the Deficit

Japanese Geisha girl arranging flowers Date: circa 1908

Napoleon showing generosity to a soldier. early 19th century

King Henry III replying to the Prelates
King Henry III of England (1207-1272) replying to the Prelates. 13th century

Happy Familes Playing Cards - Mr Flower the Gardener. circa 1935

Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt, French actress
Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), legendary French actress, described here as: Actor, author, painter, sculptor, universal genius, creation-whipper and wholesale fascinator

The Newsman, delivery a news sheet to a house. 19th century

Cheery Families - Master Bull the Butchers Son. 1890s

Police officers in training session, London
Police officers, male and female, taking part in a training session under the instruction of a sergeant. Date: circa 1950s

Two Japanese women drinking tea
Two geisha women kneeling on the floor, while drinking Japanese tea. Date: circa 1902

Policeman and housemaid on a comic Christmas card. circa 1890s

Girl praying by her bed on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two children praying in church on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

German Dressmakers 1900
An upper class woman being measured for a new dress in a fashion house in the days when doorknocker hairstyles were in vogue. Date: circa 1900

Woman at Prie-Dieu C1850
A young woman prays fervently, kneeling on a prie-dieu. Date: circa 1850

Ramsgate Fishermen
Two fishermen kneeling on the beach at Ramsgate, Kent, England, with their lobster pots. Date: 1930s

Dolls Tea Party Mouse
A little girl puts on a tea party for her dolls; a mouse wants to join them! Date: circa 1920?

Doublet, Hose & Points
The man holding stones wears hose & a doublet attached by means of laces called points (poins). His boots have a slightly pointed toe. Another man wears a full length gown. Date: 15th century

Transubstantiation C1840
Mary, in Heaven, feeds Jesus into a mincer, so that pieces of his flesh come out as wafers for use in the Mass Date: circa 1840

The marriage of King Harold II
The marriage of Saxon King Harold II with Aldyth (Ealdgyth), widow of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and sister to Edwin and Morcar. Date: 1066

ST Simeon the Ancient
Saint Simeon the Ancient (? - ?390) - Syrian saint who lived in a cave

St Rosalia / Commans
SAINT ROSALIA Sicilian saint who lived in a grotto Date: - 1160

St Pascal Baylon / Anon
SAINT PASCAL BAYLON Spanish friar and saint Date: 1540 - 1592

Cha. Stuart Leaves Scot
Charles Edward Stuart takes leave of his adherants and Scotland herself. Date: 1746

Edward Ii / Meyrick
EDWARD II - with a kneeling knight Date: 1284 - 1327

Bedding out in June 1870
An elderly gardener bedding out in June while the daughter and the lady of the house help Date: 1870

Queen Victoria as Empress of India
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield, shortly after he had arranged for Victoria to become an empress - One good turn deserves another... Date: 1804 - 1881

Family playing a game of cards
The whole family plays cards around the table, the girls kneeling on their chairs so that they can see properly Date: 1886

Chastelain and his Book
Georges Chastelain, Flemish soldier of fortune, presents his book to Charles le Temeraire, duc de Bourgogne Date: circa 1470

Christmas card with angels and shepherds. Date: circa 1900s

Regal Habits of 14C
Regal Habits of England (unknown Royals) Date: 14th century

MASS
Mass in a catholic church Date: circa 1850

South Africa - smiling Zulu girl kneeling in her doorway
South Africa - smiling Zulu girl kneeling in the doorway of her home. Date: 1931

Poster advertising Chivers Carpet Soap - sixpence per ball, prized in royal households. Date: early 20th century

Victorian Scrap - Aladdin presents jewels to the Emperor. late 19th century

Admiring herself in the mirror
Young Victorian girl kneeling on a chair admiring herself in the mirror.Date: 1897

Tender supplications invoked by young ladies of forty years, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

Two men competing in a raft race, St Ives, Cornwall, with other people and vessels in the background. Date: circa late 1970s

Pavement artist at work. Date: circa 1960s

Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
Promotional postcard for St. Joan by George Bernard Shaw (Garrick Theatre, New York, 28th December 1923). First produced in England at the New Theatre, 26th March 1924

People in historical costume on a New Year card, standing and sitting on ice and spelling out the words NEW YEAR. Date: circa 1890s

Little girl with a kitten on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1870s

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