Robes Collection (page 11)

Queen Victoria in her Coronation robes
Queen Victoria (1819 - 1901), in her Coronation robes, June 1838 Date: 1838

King Edward leaving Westminster Abbey
King Edward leaving the Coronation ceremony at Westminister Abbey, wearing the imperial crown and holding the septre and rod. Date: 9 August 1902

1937 Coronation - Imperial mantle of cloth of gold
The magnificent vestment, the Imperial mantle donned by King George VI following his anointing in the Coronation ceremony, seen as it was nearing completion at the Royal School of Needlework

Lord Great Chamberlain girding sword on the King
The Lord Great Chamberlain, the Marquess of Cholmondeley, pictured girding the sword on King Edward VII, part of the investiture stage of the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. Date: 1902

1937 Coronation - Abbey guests stranded in rain after ceremo
Peers and peeresses taking shelter during the height of the downpour which occurred at the most inconvenient possible moment after having held off during the Coronation ceremony of King George VI

The Royal children watch the 1937 Coronation
A drawing specially made for The Sphere showing Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret Rose in the Royal box with their grandmother

The Recognition, Coronation 1937
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Gordon Lang, carries out the third phase of the Coronation ceremony, where he presents King George VI to the four sides of the Abbey coronation

A Standard Bearer at the 1937 Coronation
An impression of one of the number of Standard bearers taking part in the colourful Coronation procession up the nave of Westminster Abbey during the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. Date: 1937

Young people in ceremonial robes, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Investiture of the Prince of Wales 1911
Prince Edward of Wales, later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor (1894-1972), then a youth of seventeen years of age, is photographed here wearing the robes in which he was invested as Prince of

William Edmund Smyth - First Bishop of Lebombo
William Edmund Smyth (1858-1950) - educated at Eton and Kings College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1882, his first posts were curacies at St Mary the Less, Cambridge and St Peters, London Docks

Robes of a Viscountess for the Coronation, 1937
The robes of a viscountess for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937, tried on at one of the Court tailors. The cape has 2 1/2 bars of miniver and the coronet has sixteen silver balls

Advert for P. Steinmann Christening robes 1930
Exquisite Christening robe in fine tambour lace, rich cream shade, lined with good jap silk. 1930

Sir Thomas B. Crosby (Mayor of London), Vanity Fair, WH
SIR THOMAS BOOR CROSBY (1830-1916) House surgeon at St Thomass Hospital and the first medical man to hold the position of Lord Mayor of London, as well as the oldest (at the time) being 81 years old

Christening Robes
A proud grandmother holds her baby grandchild, dressed in its Christening robes. Date: 1950s

Miles Smith
MILES SMITH English churchman, bishop of Gloucester, depicted in his robes with mitre and crozier, clutching the bible which is the foundation of his faith. Date: ? - 1624

F E Smith Birkenhead
FREDERICK EDWIN SMITH, lord BIRKENHEAD judge and statesman, in his robes Date: 1872 - 1930

15th Earl of Suffolk
JOHN HOWARD (1739 - 1820), fifteenth earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire, depicted in his peers robes Date: 1806

Sir John Ratcliff
SIR JOHN RATCLIFF Mayor of Birmingham, wearing his municipal robes. Date: CIRCA 1858

Joseph Comte Portalis
JOSEPH MARIE, comte PORTALIS French statesman, depicted wearing his court robes. Date: 1778 - 1858

Henry Phillpotts - 2
HENRY PHILLPOTTS Bishop of Exeter in his ecclesiastical robes Date: 1778 - 1869

John Baron Lyndhurst -4
JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, first baron LYNDHURST Statesman, lord chancellor in his robes. Date: 1772 - 1863

John Baron Lyndhurst -3
JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, first baron LYNDHURST Statesman, lord chancellor in his robes. Date: 1772 - 1863

John Baron Lyndhurst -2
JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, first baron LYNDHURST Statesman, lord chancellor in his robes. Date: 1772 - 1863

Edmund Henry Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick
Edmund (Edmond) Henry Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick PC (1758 - 1844), styled Lord Glentworth between 1794 and 1800, and Viscount Limerick until 1803 - an Irish peer and politician

Konrad Von Thuringen
KONRAD (or Conrad) VON THURINGEN - German warrior and statesmen, depicted wearing the robes of the order of Deutschherren (= Teutonic Knights) Date: 1204? - 1240

Monsignor Duca
FRANCESCO BORGONGINI DUCA Cardinal, Vatican dignitary, and author of the Lateran Treaty (1929), which assured the Holy See independence from Italy. Date: 1884 - 1954

Philip Earl Hardwicke
PHILIP YORKE, third earl of HARDWICKE statesman, in his peers robes Date: 1757 - 1834

William Vct Grimston
WILLIAM LUCKYN, first viscount GRIMSTON in his peers robes. Date: 1683 - 1756

Paul Biston the 1st - The King of Boot-blacks
A very odd postcard depicting Paul Biston the 1st - The King of Boot-blacks in highly regal pose ! Date: circa 1905

London Life: Judges leaving a service at Westminster Abbey Date: circa 1940

Japanese woman holding a shamisen
Japanese woman in traditional costume holding a shamisen. Date: circa 1904

Tibetan Man in traditional costume Date: circa 1920s

Three boys on a desert island attract a passing ship using their robes and spears as signal flags. Date: 1898

Schoolmaster reacts angrily as his window is smashed by an errant cricket ball. Date: 1898

China - Hong Kong - Chinese Actors in lavish costumes Date: circa 1903

Queen Victoria of Spain, Prince Jaime and Prince of Asturias
Queen Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen of Spain as husband of King Alfonso XIII (1887-1969) pictured cradling her son Prince Jaime

Tunisia - Jewish Community - Prayers in the Cemetery, Tunis. The devotees are almost totally encased within their tent-like robes. Date: circa 1903

Egytian Coptic Woman. Copts in Egypt constitute the largest Christian community in the Middle East, as well as the largest religious minority in the region. Date: circa 1907

Thessaloniki, Greece - Circumcision ceremony - Young Turks. Date: circa 1899

Teacher scolding pupil for defacing the classroom walls
A stern Master scolding a small schoolboy for defacing the classroom walls with a humorous set of scribbles including the OXO Bull in a cup of tea and a little stickman. Date: circa 1920s

A group of Jolly Good Fellahs - Syria
A group of Syrian Fellahs, Aleppo, Syria. The word Fellah is used to denote a peasant, farmer or agricultural labourer in the Middle East and North Africa

King Haakon VII of Denmark of the House of Oldenburg (1872-1957). Wearing his Coronation robes and holding the State Regalia. Date: 1905

Four Generations of Swedish Royalty - (seated) King Oscar II (18291907) pictured with (back left) his son (the future King) Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf)

East African Jewish Bedouin Musician in Jerusalem, Israel. Playing a masenqo, a single-stringed bowed lute commonly found in the musical traditions of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Date: circa 1920s

Father O Flynn unconvinced by drunks claim to sober
Father O Flynn - " Pat, you re dhrunk again." Pat - " Oi m not, Yer Riverence." Father O Flynn - " Yis ye are, Pat; an if ye were not, you wouldn t deny it." !!

Young boy admonished for fishin on the Sabbath
Clergyman - " My Boy, do you know its wicked to fish on the Sabbath?" Youngster - " I isn t fishing; I m teachin this ere wurm ter swim." Date: 1895

Le Mont-Dore, France - Gargling Room at The Thermal spring, known since Roman times. Le Mont-Dore, formerly called Mont-Dore-les-Bains

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