Masses Collection

Plants / Narcissus Species
Masses and masses of daffodils

Mass of St. Martin. 15th c. Castilian school. Oil on wood. SPAIN. Bilbao. Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

A large crowd gathering - north of England (possibly Leeds or Sheffield?). Date: 1908

LOffrande
This oil painting depicts a beautiful young woman sat on some cushions, a lady in the background is offering her a jewellery box containing gems and pearls

America - The Stamp Act - Celebrating the repeal of the Act of March 22, 1765 in May 1766 with The Liberty-Pole Festival. The Liberty Pole was known to be a symbol of dissent against Great Britain

Demonstrations in St Petersburg
Crowds gather in St. Petersburg demonstrating against the October Manifesto. Date: 1905

Lourdes, France - The Grotto and Basilica
Lourdes, France - Pilgrims congregating before The Grotto with the Basilica behind. Date: circa 1908

The Swiss National Day - 1st August
1st August 1915 - The Swiss National Day - celebrating the founding of the Swiss Confederacy. Painting by Henri van Muyden (1860-1936)

Boat Trip Excursion
Coastal Boat Trip Excursion (or perhaps a River trip up/down the Thames?). Date: circa 1930

Typical taiga forest floor in Autumn with lichens, various berries, mushrooms, near river Taz. North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Lady from Nepal in traditional costume with a vast array of bangles, necklaces, rings and other adornments. Date: circa 1910s

National Male Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France
The huge National Male Pilgrimage to Lourdes - 18th-22nd April 1899. Worshippers in the Place De La Basilique. The organisers of this great pilgrimage hoped and wished to see 30

Old Land Surfaces in the Dundrum Sand Hills - a view over the sand dunes, with two boys visible, of old land masses. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum). Date: circa early 1900s

Garden of the Gods, near Manitou, Colorado, USA
A narrow gap between two sandstone masses forms the entrance to the Garden of the Gods, near Manitou, Colorado. The Garden contains strangely shaped isolated rocks of all shapes and sizes

Cottongrass sp. - a very typical plant in marshes of tundra (Eriophorum sp.). near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Black-veined White Butterfly - masses of pupae on birch-tree bark (Aporia crataegi). South Tuva, Russia

Black-veined White Butterflies (Aporia crataegi). South Tuva, Russia

Lichen - carpeted forest-floor near river Taz (Cladonia sp.). North Tumen region, Northern Siberia, Russia, spring

Wildebeest / Gnu - migration (Connochaetes taurinus)

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber). Kenya, Africa

Cottongrass sp. a very typical plant in marshes of tundra near Dikson (Eriophorum sp.). Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Oil palm fruits are piled on a road-side along one of the oil-palm plantations (Elaeis guineensis). Labuk Bay, Sabah, Borneo; Malaysia; June

The Education of the Masses, War Economy, Douglas MacKenzie
Illustration showing the mass of entertainment and amusements on offer to the London population during the First World War, despite the fact the country was supposed to be practising war economy

Menace of Cloudland by G. H. Davis
Cumulo-nimbus -- the menace of Cloudland. Majestic masses which were a danger signal to aircraft during the Second World War

Horse Guards Parade Ground, London, 1855
Double page engraving showing the parade ground at the Horse Guards, with the building behind, and the masses of soldiers in ranks waiting to receive their Crimea Medals from Queen Victoria, 1855

St. Pauls, London - 1st Remebrance Day - 2 minutes silence
On 11th November 1919, the first anniversary of Armistice day, the Britsh nation, in response to an invitation by King George V

Mexico - Street Hat and basket vendor. Date: circa 1907

Camel Caravan at the Caravaniserai Landikotal - NWFP
Camel Caravan at the Caravaniserai, Landikotal, NWFP en route from Afghanistan to Peshawar, Pakistan. Date: circa 1920s

Kokine Valley Road - Rangoon

Stack Rocks
The Stack Rocks, St. Govans Head, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. These two masses of isolated limestone are surviving fragments of the original cliff line. Date: BC

Toronto, Canada - Yonge Street looking north. Crowds of onlookers are waiting for something, or lots of people are shopping at once

Large crowd listens to Mussolini
A wonderful shot of a large crowd in Rome, Italy listening to a speech by Benito Mussolini. Date: December, 1927

Morocco - Fete de la Poudre - Tangiers
The Fete de la Poudre (Festival of the Powder), Tangiers, Morocco. The crowd awaits the commencement of the display of horsemanship in front of the city gate

French Windmill at Batz on the Loire
The Moulin des Masses - a windmill at Batz on the River Loire, France

Vendee : Catholics
The Vendee struggle is as much religious as political : the Catholic clergy are harassed by the government and forced to hold clandestine masses in the countryside

Cycle-cars were fashionable and popular from Edwardian times to the early 1920s, when their light weight, small size, low purchase price and running costs made motoring accessible to the masses

Philippe De Monte
PHILIPPE DE MONTE Flemish musician, wrote masses and motets, visited Austria and England

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