Surplice Collection

Army Chaplain in Great War Deeds, WW1
An Army Chaplain holding a night service on the battlefield, with a packing case as an altar and a tin mug as a chalice. Reproduction of a painting by A C Michael in Great War Deeds

Choirboy singing solo in a church, Horley, Surrey
A choirboy singing solo in front of a modern stained glass window at Salfords Church, Horley, Surrey. He is holding a book entitled English Praise

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591). Italian Jesuit. Colored
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591). Italian Jesuit seminarian and student at the Roman college. He died in Rome, at the service of persons infected by the plague

Queen Alexandra and Empress Marie, Maundy Thursday
Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) and her sister Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928), leaving the Maundy Thursday distribution ceremony at Westminster Abbey

Shoreditch Cottage Homes, Hornchurch, Essex
Boys in surplices leaving the chapel at the Shoreditch Union cottage homes, Hornchurch, Essex. Opened in 1889 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Church Choir, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Boys and men choristers in their surplices, pictured with the vicar and organist at All Saints Church, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. circa 1920

Thos Cranmer / Lambeth Pal
THOMAS CRANMER Archbishop of Canterbury

Funeral of General Simon Fraser, 8 October 1777, the day after the Battle of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Date: 1777

Christmas morning - choirboys singing in church
Christmas morning, choirboys singing in church. 19th century

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, The Voice of the Charmer. 1901

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, Exaltation. 1901

Thomas Ken / Humphreys
THOMAS KEN Bishop of Bath and Wells, and writer of hymns Date: 1637 - 1711

Froissart / Scott
JEAN FROISSART French chronicler

Anglican church service taking place, with clergy (including a bishop), choir and congregation. Date: 1960s

Matthew Parker / Vertue
MATTHEW PARKER Archbishop of Canterbury Date: 1504 - 1575

John Hooper / Bishop Glos
JOHN HOOPER Bishop of Gloucester and martyr Date: 1495 - 1555

Thos Cranmer / W Holl
THOMAS CRANMER Archbishop of Canterbury Date: 1489 - 1556

Charles John Vaughan
CHARLES JOHN VAUGHAN English clergyman, Master of the Temple and (later) Dean of Llandaff Date: 1816 - 1897

Thos Cranmer / Hb Hall
THOMAS CRANMER Archbishop of Canterbury Date: 1489 - 1556

Thos Cranmer / Houston
THOMAS CRANMER Archbishop of Canterbury Date: 1489 - 1556

Dog wedding in a church, with a dog bride, dog bridegroom and dog vicar. Date: circa 1890s

Vestment of an Italian cardinal, 14th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries

Funeral rites of a bishop, 10th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

Saint Germain, Bishop of Paris, c 496-576)
Saint Germain, Bishop of Paris, c. 496-576).. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

Pope Julius II (1503-1513), in scarlet mozzetta over a white surplice over cream cassock.. From a fresco by Raphael. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A

Scouts Own Service in Ghana, West Africa, with troop leader J A Bulley reading the second lesson (Psalm 27). Rev Father Ashitey and others are seated in the background

Black minister at a camp, Western Front, France, WW1
Black minister at a camp on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

General Rawlinson and others, Peronne, France, WW1
General Sir Henry Rawlinson (1864-1925), British army officer, seen here with other officers and an army chaplain in recaptured French territory in Peronne, northern France

Church choristers singing. circa early 20th century

Bishop and Monk
Anglo-Saxon bishop and monk. The bishop wears embroidered surplice and albe, holding a manciple : the monk is holding a labarum, or sacred banner, borne over senior clerics. Date: 950

Choirboy singing in a church choir, Horley, Surrey
A choirboy singing in a church choir at Salfords Church, Horley, Surrey. He is holding a book entitled English Praise, though other choristers are using The Red Carol Book

Mermaid of Zennor pew, Zennor Church, Cornwall
Canon Cotter stands in the pulpit in Zennor Church, near St Ives, Cornwall, near the Mermaid of Zennor pew, on the end of which is carved a mermaid with long flowing hair

The Church in the firing-line
A French soldier-priest ministering to his comrades under fire. In 1915, it was estimated that over 20, 000 priests served in the French army in some capacity

Canon / St Denis / 14th C
A canon of the Abbey of St Denis in red and white vestments

Matthew Parker / Holl
MATTHEW PARKER Archbishop of Canterbury

Thos Cranmer / Cochran
THOMAS CRANMER Archbishop of Canterbury

Thomas Ken / Leake
THOMAS KEN Bishop of Bath and Wells, and writer of hymns, at the age of 73

Ap Stanley / Vfair 1872
ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY Dean of Westminster

Church Choir Singing
A church choir of boys and girls singing joyfully

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