Religious Collection (page 20)

Christmas - A Yule Tide Carol. 19th century

Black man praying, watched by white woman
Black man praying, watched by a white woman. 19th century

Group photo, Childrens Special Service Mission (now known as the Scripture Union), taking part in a cricket match in North Wales as players and supporters. Date: circa 1908

Rev Peter Thompson, Wesleyan Methodist
Rev Peter Thompson (1847-1909), Wesleyan Methodist, East London Mission. Date: circa 1908

Rev Wilson Carlile, founder of the Church Army
Rev Wilson Carlile (1847-1942), English evangelist, founder of the Church Army and Prebendary of St Pauls Cathedral. Date: circa 1908

John Percival, Bishop of Hereford
John Percival (1834-1918), Bishop of Hereford (1895-1917), formerly first headmaster of Clifton College and headmaster of Rugby School. Date: 1900s

Sand sculpture of Jesus, Bournemouth, Hampshire -- Suffer little children to come unto me, by J Suchomlin. Date: 1931

Tower building with evangelical message, North America
A tower building with a forceful evangelical message, somewhere in North America -- Prepare To Meet Thy God! Date: circa 1930

Church at Moudros, Lemnos, Greece, WW1
Church at Moudros, on the island of Lemnos, Greece. The town was used as an Allied base during the Dardanelles Campaign, hence the presence of British soldiers. Date: circa 1915

Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, Greece
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, Greece, with the much smaller Church of St Eleutherius on the right. Date: circa 1910s

St Philips Parish Church, Casal Zebbug, Malta. Date: circa 1902

Various Paraphernalia used in Judaism
Engraving of the Brazen Altar of the Burnt Sacrifice, the Altar of Incense, Table of Shewbread and the Ark of Covenant

Brazen Laver
Brazen (bronze) laver was a place for cleansing in the Old Testament. Priests would wash their hands and feet before commencing priestly service. Date: circa 1800

Brazen Altar - Judaism
The brazen (or bronze) altar was an important element of the tabernacle in the wilderness, a place where the ancient Israelites sacrificed animals to atone for their sins. Date: circa 1800

Unclean Land Birds- Judaism
Engraving of unclean (non - kosher) land birds. The concept of impure or unclean animals, plays a prominent role in Jewish law that specifies which foods are allowed (kosher)

Priest Eleazar conducting ritual purification
This depicts High Priest Eleazar preparing the water of separation (commonly known as the water of purification) preparing to purify a bull in preparation for slaughter

Animal Sacrifice in Judaism
In Judaism, the korban (also known as qorban or corban) refers to a variety of sacrificial offerings commanded in the Torah

Jewish Priest wearing traditional clothing
A Jewish High Priest wearing traditional clothing. This consisted of a turban or headband and gold plate worn on the head, a tunic with a breastplate over it containing twelve precious stones

Jews celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles
The Feast of Tabernacles also known as Sukkot is a Jewish holiday that is celebrated over the course of a week, five days after Yom Kippur

Habit of a Common Priest
Jewish Priest dressed in a robe. Date: 1797

Mercersburg Academy Chapel, Franklin County, PA, USA
Mercersburg Academy Chapel, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1925

The Chapel, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY State, USA
The Chapel, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1915

Old St Pauls Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, showing a cannon ball embedded in the wall, which was fired by the Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore

Trespass Offering of the Poor 1840
This depicts a trespass offering (also known as a guilt offering) which was a sacrifice made as a compensation payment for transgressions that were committed through ignorance

Purim ceremony 1712
Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, who had planned to kill all Jews. Purim involves exchanging gifts of food and drink

The Gorton Party Attacked at Shawomet
The Gorton party attacked at Shawomet; a line of soldiers from Massachusetts fire towards a block-house, at Shawomet, in order to capture and bring Samuel Gorton to court in Boston

Benediction of Amulets by Kami Priests
Kami are spirits that are worshipped in the religion of Shinto. These spirits can be in the form of elements of the landscape, forces of nature

Religious Procession in Tokyo, Japan
Religious procession in Yedo, (now known as Tokyo) Japan. Date: circa 1880

A gift to Exeter Cathedral - statues being hoisted into plac
Statues of patron saints, donated anonymously in thanksgiving for the end of the Great War, are hoisted into position in the empty niches round and above the north porch of Exeter Cathedral

Eric Gill panel shown at Goupil Galleries
A piece of carving contained in Eric Gills War Memorial, exhibited at the Goupil Galleries in 1927. 1927

Pagoda at Villianur, Puducherry, India
Pagoda at Villianur (Villenour), Puducherry (Pondicherry), south east India (then a French colony). Date: 1922

Girls taking part in a religious procession, France, carrying a cross between them, in a festival to honour the Virgin Mary. Date: 1922

Women outside a Catholic church, Brittany, Northern France
Three women outside a Catholic church, Pont Aven, Brittany, Northern France, wearing traditional costume. 1922

Ancient Breton shrine, Plougasnou, Brittany, Northern France
Ancient Breton shrine of the Virgin Mary at Plougasnou, Brittany, Northern France, with some interesting caryatids on two of the pillars

Breton Pardon, Brittany, Northern France
People taking part in the traditional Breton Pardon, Brittany, Northern France. It involves a procession through the streets on a saints day, carrying a statue and reliquary of the patron saint. 1922

Funeral procession, Fouesnant, Brittany, Northern France
Mourners in a funeral procession at Fouesnant, near Quimper, Brittany, Northern France, on the untimely death of a young woman. 1922

Aerial view from Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France. Date: 1922

Woman in a Catholic church, Brittany, Northern France
Woman seated alone in a Catholic church, Brittany, Northern France. 1922

Islamic dervish or holy man, Cairo, Egypt
Islamic dervish or holy man, sitting in the courtyard of a mosque in Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1922

Buddhist priest holding joss sticks, China, East Asia
Buddhist priest holding burning joss sticks as incense for the gods, China, East Asia. Date: 1922

Buddhist priest striking a temple bell, China, East Asia
Buddhist priest striking a temple bell in an attitude of prayer, China, East Asia. Date: 1922

Buddhist priest of Lin Yin, China, East Asia
Buddhist priest of Lin Yin (probably the Lingyin Temple, near Hangzhou), China. Date: 1922

State barge of Chief of Yawnghwe, Burma, South East Asia
State barge of the Chief of Yawnghwe (Nyaungshwe), southern Burma (now Myanmar), South East Asia. The prow is in the shape of the Sacred Bird

Buddhist monks praying, Rangoon, Burma, South East Asia
Buddhist monks and others praying at the Shwedagon Pagoda shrine, Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma (now Myanmar), South East Asia. Date: 1922

Religious verse 1882
Religious verse, Trust ye in the Lord for ever for in the lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. 1882

Virgin and Child Enthroned
The new Mantegna at The National Gallery, London, 1856: Virgin and Child Enthroned. 1856

Feast day near Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, South America -- indigenous people in large feathered headdresses, carrying large drums. Date: 1922

Group of Mullahs, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia
A group of mullahs with their books, wearing patterned vestments in the panelled lecture room of a mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Date: 1922

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