Receives Collection (page 3)

Vintners Hall London
The Vintner Sherriff receives the congratulations of the Company in the Grand Chamber. Date: 1841

Henri IV & Saint-Esprit
Henri IV receives the homage of the chevaliers du Saint- Esprit : the Holy Spirit attends the occasion in person, though none of those present seems to notice. Date: 8 January 1595

Sumatra Embassy
Mauritz van Nassau, prince of Orange and leader of the united provinces, receives an ambassador from the Sultan of Sumatra. Date: 1602

Peter and Streltsi
Peter, at the Troitsa monastery, receives deputations from the streltsi. Date: circa 1687

Kruger and Visitors
STEPHANUS JOHANNES PAULUS KRUGER President of the Transvaal republic, receives visitors at the Presidency, Pretoria. Date: 1825 - 1904

Dr A. A. Griffith (left) receives the Royal Aeronautical ?
Dr A.A. Griffith (left) receives the Royal Aeronautical Society?s Silver Medal in 1955 from N.E. Rowe, RAeS President

President of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Sir George ?
President of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Sir George and Lady Edwards (right), receives guests at the 1957 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 September

O-koto-san receives a letter from her fiance at the war
Japanese woman O-koto-san receives a letter from her fiance at the war. Date: circa 1910

Actor delighted to receive news of well paid role
Theatrical Appointment - Ten Quid a week. An actor delighted to receive news of his forthcoming lucrative contract! Date: 1892

Oberammergau Passion Play - Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany
Oberammergau Passion Play is a passion play performed since 1634 as a tradition by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany

B P Laight OBE CEng MIMechE FRAeS RAeS President
B.P. Laight, OBE, CEng, MIMechE, FRAeS, RAeS President 1974-1975, right, receives a Society shield from the new President, AM Sir Charles Pringle, KBE, MA, CEng, FRAeS, RAeS President 1975-1976

Sir Frederick Page receives his RAeS Gold Medal on 5 December 1974. Date: 1974

Sir Stanley Hooker (left) receives the Royal Aeronautical Societys British Silver Medal in 1955 from N.E. Rowe, RAeS President

Vigilian or Albelda Codex. 10th c. Constantine receives consuls Paulinus and Julianus. Mozarabic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. San Lorenzo de El Escorial

UNZUETA, Adri n (19th century). Moctezuma receives the Messengers. Oil on canvas

George Iii / Turkish Chief
GEORGE III King George III receives the Turkish Ambassador from his throne. Date: circa 1785

How the peace congress receives its first practical suggesti

Ten Commandments

Industry Rewarded
The reign of Louis XVI sees important advances in agriculture : a farmer from Tonnerre receives a medal from le marechal de Vaux for his achievements. Date: 1789

Don Bradman Gives Lesson
A boy receives a cricket lesson from his hero, the famous Australian cricketer Sir DON BRADMAN, ( The Don ) who lived to a ripe old age, a good innings, indeed! Date: 1908 - 2001

Vision of Jeanne D arc
Jeanne d Arc, in prison, receives a comforting vision of Saint Denis. (This incident from Voltaires La Pucelle may not have occurred in real life...) Date: 1431

Racial / Gipsies / Bible
Mrs Tanner receives a Bible from a rather shabby-looking evangelist Date: 1950s

Social / Marbles Champ
A group of men at a championship game of marbles at Tinsley Green, Sussex (held every Good Friday): the winner receives a cask of beer Date: 1950s

Henry & Tennis Balls
Henry V receives a box of tennis balls from the French Dauphin

Cause and Effect, London, 1908
Sketched cartoon, entitled Cause and Effect, showing a street scene in London, 1908. After dropping the end of his cigar, a dapper gentleman receives a blow to his head from a sandwich man bending

A casual worker shovelling stones from his cell
This intriguing image entitled, The sieve in the wall: in the casual ward, shows a casual, or a man who receives temporary relief in a workhouse that is not his own parish shovelling stones he has

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Sir Wolseley receives news from
Sir Garnet Wolseley surrounded by British and native soliders and bearers receives news from the front in the war against the Ashanti

The Imperial Stocking
The Kaiser receives an unwelcome gift in his Christmas stocking from Lord Kitchener - a bunch of pesky British soldiers with bayonets fixed

Kings First Reception
King Edward VIII receives the seasons debutantes during a garden party at Buckingham Palace, sitting under a Shamiana. Shame it rained

Emperor and Tsar
Tsar Alexander II receives Napoleon III at Warsaw, soon after the end of the Crimean War in which the Russians were defeated by the French and British

Charlemagne Recognised
Charlemagne receives the oath of fealty and homage from one of his subjects

Heinrich II at Verdun
The newly-elected Holy Roman emperor receives an ecclesiastical blessing at the cloister of saint Vitus, to whom Germans have a special devotion

Josephine & Ambassadors
Josephine, wife of the First Consul, receives foreign ambassadors at the Tuileries Palace, France

Elizabeth & Ambassadors
Queen Elizabeth I of England receives Dutch ambassadors

Pierre Loti / P Journal 22
PIERRE LOTI alias Louis-Marie-Julien VIAUD French naval officer and novelist receives the Legion d Honneur grand cross

Racial / Trinidad / Postman
A postman in the (then) British colony of Trinidad receives a pineapple from a grateful customer

Arab Weaving
Charlemagne receives gifts of fabrics from Haroun-al- Raschid, Caliph of Baghdad

Fable / the Hermit
THE HERMIT A hermit, sitting reading in his cave, receives a group of pilgrims

Pasha of Damascus
The Pasha of Damascus receives a delegation

1930S Toy Plane & Boy
For his birthday, a boy receives a model plane to play with

Marie Antoinette & Kids
MARIE ANTOINETTE receives her children - Le Dauphin, Madame Royale and le duc de Normandie

Jesus and the Magi
The infant Jesus receives his birthday presents from the Magi

Louis IX at Acre / Crusade
Louis IX at Acre receives embassy from the Old Man of the Mountain

Paranormal / Stigmata
A nun receives the stigmata of Jesuss wounds directly from Jesus himself, an interesting illustration which depicts the actual process, whereby the marks are transmitted by rays

Girl & Bouquet 1850
A typically bashful Victorian girl receives a romantic bouquet and is about to read the attached letter to reveal the name of her admirer

Satan and Job
Satan receives permission from God to try to tempt Job into complaining about his fate

Rurik and Prisoners
Rurik receives a deputation of Slav prisoners

Pius XII Enthroned
Pius XII receives the papal tiara at his enthronement

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