Lyon Collection (page 6)

Officiating clergy at the Royal wedding, 1923
Page from The Sphere showing the officiating clergy at the marriage of Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April 1923 at Westminster Abbey

Lyon, Place des Terreaux - Fountain Bartholdi, unveiled in 1892, representing the River and the Sea Date: 1919

The Sphere front cover - royal honeymoon
The Duke of Duchess of York on their honeymoon at Polesden Lacey, the Surrey home of Mrs Greville. The smaller, inset pictures show incidents during the honeymoon

Royal Wedding 1923 - Royal pair and bridesmaids
Double page spread for The Bystander featuring Prince Albert, Duke of York together with his bride, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who he married on 26 April 1923 at Westminster Abbey

The Duke of York by C. Vandyk
King George VI (1895 - 1952), as Duke of York in a special portrait done to commemorate his marriage to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April 1923

Lady Glamis and children
One of the eight bridesmaids at the royal wedding between Prince Albert, Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923, the Hon

Royal Wedding 1923 - coat of arms
The combined married coat of arms of the Duke and Duchess of York, showing the conjoined arms of the Windsor and Strathmore families

Cambridge-Abel Smith Balcombe wedding, 1931
The Duke and Duchess of York with Princess Elizabeth at the Cambridge-Abel Smith wedding in Balcombe village church, West Sussex

Royal Wedding 1923 - ILN front cover
Front cover of The Illustrated London News celebrating the marriage of Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923. Date: 1923

Lyon, France - Gare des Brotteaux - The Gardens and the Buffet Date: 1919

Female Mason - 2
Sister Isis-Felicitas (born Lyon 1863) initiated into the Val d Amour Lodge, now Chancery Mistress of Despatches in the Chapter Rose of Perfect Silence. Date: 1891

Flooding in Lyon in 1910
Flooding in Lyon in January 1910 caused a great rise in the water level of the River Rhone. Here a baker and his boys in his traditional bateau boat

Queen Mothers 80Th
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, photographed waving to the crowds from the Royal Carriage, on her 80th birthday (4 August 1980). Date: 1900 - 2002

Birth Register 1760S
The church register at Neston, the Wirral, Merseyside, England, recording the birth of Emy Lyon in 1761. Emy grew up to be no other than Lady Emma Hamilton. 1760s

Concert at Lyon, 1866
A band performs on stage at a benefit concert at Lyon. Date: 1866

Elizabeth / 1923 Engaged
Lady ELIZABETH BOWES-LYON, queen of George VI, at the time of their engagement, 1923 Date: 1900 - 2002

Locomotive no 6001 4-6-2

Royal Wedding Cake, 1923
A full page advertisement in the April issue of The Sphere covering the royal wedding of the Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, placed by McVitie and Price of Edinburgh, who strangely

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on her wedding day
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), later Duchess of York, then Queen Elizabeth, then Queen Mother, pictured leaving her parents house in Bruton Street

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on her wedding day
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), later Queen Elizabeth, and then Queen Mother, pictured leaving her parents house in Bruton Street on her wedding day

Duke and Duchess of York on honeymoon

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Duchess of York
Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), later Duchess of York, Queen Elizabeth and then Queen Mother (to Queen Elizabeth II). Wife of King George VI

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon as a bridesmaid
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon as a bridesmaid at the wedding of her future sister-in-law, Princess Mary (the Princess Royal) to Lord Lascelles (the Earl of Harewood) in 1922

Lyon, France - Quay on the Rhone and the Guillotiere Bridge
Lyon, France - The quayside on the banks of the River Rhone and the Guillotiere Bridge. Guillotiere is a quarter in Lyon, situated on the left bank of the Rhone

Pyramid Monument to the victims of the Siege of Lyon
Monuments to the victims of the Siege of Lyon - Lyon, France. Raised in 1814-19 and reflecting the vogue for Egypt under the empire

Lyon, France - Capucin Chapel

French evacuees WWII
French evacuees after the Paris bombardment leaving for Grenoble at the Gare de Lyon

Queen Mother with Margaret and Elizabeth
The Queen consort, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, wife of King George VI (1900-2002) with her daughers Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II (born 1926) and Princess Margaret (1930 - 2002)

Taoism - Exhibit in Lyon - Musee Guimet
An exhibit at the Musee Guimet in Lyon showing Chinese Taoist ceremony (China, Amoy)

Gas-Driven Car
A rather unsafe looking gas- driven Calcott car with a huge Lyon-Spencer gas container on its roof drawfing the car itself. Owned by Lady Idina Wallace.Hope she didn t smoke

Claude Desire Barodet / Gill
Claude Desire Barodet, former teacher, Republican, Mayor of Lyon (1872), representing the National Assembly (1873-1876) and member of the Seine (1876-1896)

The Kings sailor son
A portrait of Prince Albert (1895-1952), second son of King George V and father of Queen Elizabeth II, taken during his service in the Royal Navy in the First World War

Statue of Napoleon
A sign of changing times : a statue of Napoleon I is erected at Lyon

Lyon Seat of Govt
Lyon is designated the seat of government in Gaul, by Roman emperor Augustus

Machinery at Lyon
At Lyon, Napoleon and Eugenie admire the weaving machinery, and Eugenie embroiders a flower : Napoleon is an enthusiastic advocate of industry and commerce

Meeting at Lyon
At Lyon, Napoleon and Eugenie happen to run into the dowager empress of Russia, who is staying at the Hotel de l Univers

Eugenie at Lyon
In the summer of 1869, she pays a kindly visit to an old folks home in Lyon

Assassination of Carnot
French president Carnot is assassinated by the Italian anarchist Sante Caserio in Lyon

Anarchist Outrages 9
The body of president Carnot, assassinated at Lyon by the anarchist Caserio, who will be guillotined for it

Rioting at Lyon - 2
When president Carnot is assassinated by Italian anarchist Caserio, there is rioting in the streets of Lyon, where police have to protect an Italian cafe

Napoleon at Lyon
Napoleon and his wife visit Lyon, arriving by boat

Lafayette Feted in Lyon
M.J.P.Y.R.G DU M DE LAFAYETTE feted by the people of Lyon i n 1828

Capt. Ledoux Murdered
In southwest France there is considerable resistance to the Bourbon Restauration : many soldiers are attacked - in the streets of Lyon, capitaine Ledoux is murdered

Couthon at Lyon
Couthon is sent by the Convention to suppress the insurrection in Lyon : he takes the city, and orders aristocratic homes to be destroyed

Massacres at Lyon
Six thousand people are slaughtered by revolutionary forces when they finally take Lyon, which has resisted the extremist activities of the Paris authorities

Defiance at Lyon - 3
When the revolutionary army capture Lyon, which has defied the Paris government, Collot d Herbois carries out a massive destruction of property in the city

War Announced
Citizens of Lyon read the proclamation issued by Napoleon III, announcing his intention of invading Italy

French Plm Locomotive
Express locomotive of the Paris-Lyon-Marseille line, type C.61-180

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