Lys Collection

Coat of Arms for Marylebone, London, with Virgin and Child at the top, and a Latin motto below (Fiat Secundum Verbum Tuum, let it be done according to your word). Date: early 20th century

Street scene with shops, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A street scene with shops, in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. The large corner shop is Bells grocery store, decorated with flags, perhaps to celebrate Empire Day (24 May)

St Joan by Pauline Baynes
Joan of Arc (1412? - 1431), or Jeanne d Arc, French heroine, painted by Pauline Baynes in full armour riding a steed and carrying a standard with the fleur de lys

German WW1 Cemetery at Sailly-Sur-La-Lys 12th October 1918

Christmas card (front), Claridge's, London
Christmas card (front cover), Claridge's, London, with blue ribbon and embossed coat of arms. Date: 20th century

FRENCH HERALDS C15
Heralds in France at the time of the death of Charles VI (they give the bad news to the King's son). Date: circa 1500

Woman waiting for the Saint Cloud stage coach, 1817
Woman waiting for a stage coach. The Saint-Cloud coach meeting, 1817. She wears a bonnet, a spencer jacket and walking dress with parasol

Pansy, pensee, Viola tricolor var. hortensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D.G. after an illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Charles Malos Guirlande de Flore, Garland of Flowers, Chez Janet

English Female impersonator and singer Bobby De Lys
A photograph of the English Female impersonator and singer Bobby De Lys, 1920s Date: 1920s

Female impersonator and Male prima donna Bobbie de Lys
Advert for the female impersonator and Male prima donna Bobbie De Lys Date: 1921-1925

Ceramic ewer in the shape of a helmet, Rouen, France. Decorated with fleur de lys, a mans head, foliage in blue and gold. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient

Anne of Auvergne, Dauphine d Auvergne, 1358-1417
Anne of Auvergne, Dauphine d Auvergne, wife of Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, 1358-1417. In a crown of jewels, hair in plaits

Maria Theresa of Spain, wife of King Louis
Maria Theresa of Spain, Queen of France, wife of King Louis XIV of France, 1638-1683. She wears her hair in ringlets, a pearl choker

Philadelphia lily, Lilium philadelphicum
Le Lys de Philadelphie. Philadelphia lily, Lilium philadelphicum. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Madonna lily, Lilium candidum
Le grand Lys blanc. Madonna lily, Lilium candidum. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

King Louis XV, Roi de France et de Navarre, in his coronation robes and wearing the crown of Charlemagne 1722. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres portfolio from Le

King Charles IX of France in ceremonial robes. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres gallery (portfolio IX 7 bis)

Medieval jousting tournament, Cornwall
A medieval jousting tournament taking place in Cornwall, with men in costume on horseback, galloping past each other, and spectators in the background. Date: circa 1980s

Front cover, Festival of Empire, The Pageant of London, May to October 1911 at the Crystal Palace, SE London. 1911

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Lys canal bank, WW1
The beginning of the end of the First World War - an outpost of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the bank of the canalised river Lys, at Saint-Floris, northern France, 9 May 1918. 1918

Poster, Foire de Paris, Paris Fair. Date: circa 1930s

Armentieres area, billets on front edge of town, WW1
My return to France in February 1917 as Officer commanding 505th Field Co. RE, found me once again in the Armentieres area with billets on the front edge of the town

Storeyard from farmhouse Delacroix Farm, WW1
View of the RE storeyard from farmhouse, Delacroix Farm, Sailly-sur-la-Lys. Birds eye view of the Delacroix Farm as laid out as our depot

Typical French kitchen stove, with Hortense Delacroix, WW1
A typical French kitchen stove, with Hortense Delacroix. Here I took my cafe au lait each morning before going down line. Annotated on back of picture - Hortense Delacroix

BULL TERRIER ND PUPPY
BARONSWOOD FLEUR-DE-LYS and puppy. Owned by Sturch. Date: 1949

GABRIELLE REJANE French actress in the role of Therese in Le Lys Rouge (The Red Lily) Date: 1899

Battles of the Lys 1918
A picquet of the 10th Queens (41st Division) behind a wire block on a road at St. Jean during the Battle of Lys on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1918

The Graslei - quay on the right bank of the River Lys, Ghent
The Graslei - the quay on the right bank of the River Lys in Gent, Belgium. circa 1910s

Poster, Foire de Paris, May 1937
Poster, Foire de Paris, 15-30 May 1937. 1937

Window glass, Plate 203, showing a range of decorative styles. Date: circa 1880s

Communion services, trowels and mallets, Plate 169. Date: circa 1880s

Hermitage of Santa Maria de la Piscina. Detail of the front
Late Gothic art. Hermitage of Santa Maria de la Piscina, built in the 11th century. From the time of its foundation are the apse and facade

French Court Dress C1520
French court dress: paned & bombasted trunk-hose, cod- piece, doublet & jerkin with fur-collar & wings, gown, ruff, ermine cape & cut- fingered pumps. Date: mid 16th century

Joan of Navarre / Gouttier
JOAN OF NAVARRE Queen of Henry IV of England. She was regent of Brittany on behalf of her son by her first marriage. Date: 1370 - 1437

Jousting tournament, St Erth, Cornwall
Jousting tournament taking place at St Erth, near Hayle, Cornwall. The two jousters have their helmets on, ready to charge. Date: circa 1970s

King Henry VI of England, 1421-1471, from a picture in the diary of the Knights of Ehingen.. With two black-winged dragons holding his heraldic coat of arms of lions and fleurs-de-lys

Trumpeters at a tournament, reign of Francis I of France.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F

Railway Station, Steenbecque, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Railway Station, Steenbecque, near Aire-sur-la-Lys, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Date: 1900s

The Roucou Monument, Steenbecque, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
The Roucou Monument, Steenbecque, near Aire-sur-la-Lys, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Date: 1900s

Church Interior, Steenbecque, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Church Interior, Steenbecque, near Aire-sur-la-Lys, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Date: 1900s

Paroisse Saint Pierre - Parish Church of Saint Peter, Steenb
Paroisse Saint Pierre/Parish Church of Saint Peter, Steenbecque, near Aire-sur-la-Lys, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Date: 1900s

Honor頤e Balzac. Le Lys dans la Vall饧
BALZAC, Honor頤 e (1799-1850). French realist novelist. Illustration for the novel Le Lys dans la Vall饧. Attributed to Marie du Fresnay, a writers friend. Painting. FRANCE

Balloon ascent from St Cloud, Paris
Second balloon ascent by the Robert brothers and two others from the Parc de St Cloud, Paris. They descended not far away, in the Parc de Meudon, near the Etang de la Garenne. Date: 15 July 1784

Diane de lys

Valley of Lys, Luchon, Pyrenees, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Valley of Lys and Cascade de Cocur, Luchon, Pyrenees, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Portuguese prisoners handing over gas masks, WW1
Portuguese soldiers taken prisoner in the Battle of Armentieres (Battle of the Lys) handing over their gas masks at a collecting point, Flanders, First World War. Date: April 1918

Woman wearing telephonic fancy dress
A woman wearing telephonic fancy dress. The telephone is balanced on her head, and her closely-fitting dress is made up of draped telephone cables. Date: circa 1895

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