Symbolic Collection (page 10)

Royal Wedding 1923 - The Wing Commander by Elcock
Symbolic illustration by Howard K. Elcock celebrating the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923

King Edgar is rowed down the Dee
As a symbolic act of allegiance, eight tributary kings row King Edgar down the River Dee at Chester. Date: 973

Locks on a gate to symbolise love
Arkhangelsk (Archangel), Russia - Locks fastened to a gate to symbolise eternal love. 2010

Royal wedding 1893 - the wedding dress material
The pattern of the wedding dress was selected by the bride herself, Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953)

Maori Chief - New Zealand, with a spectacular tattoo on his face and wearing a smock made of tiny seashells. Date: 1904

Rue Royale Fires
Fires are started in parts of Paris, often by petroleuses - women carrying cans of fuel. Firemen fight fires in the fashionable rue Royale, seen as symbolic of the old regime. Date: April- May 1871

Matteo Bellintani
MATTEO BELLINTANI Capuchin friar, depicted clutching a crucifix, and surrounded by symbolic creatures - lion, swan, phoenix - and fruit. Date: CIRCA 1624

American election cartoon with Uncle Sam voting
Cartoon by Clifford K Berryman entitled Anxious Moments, showing Uncle Sam voting in an American presidential election, about to drop his voting paper into the ballot box

Standard Motor Company advert featuring Coronation Chair, 19
An advertisement, or rather, loyal tribute on the occasion of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II by the Standard Motor Company featuring a colour photograph of the Coronation Chair

1920s jewellery design
1920s costume jewellery design, taking its inspiration from different subjects such as nature and religion. 1924

Ripon Hornblower
The Ripon Hornblower, with his fantastic curved horn and distinctive tricorn hat. This tradition originates with the wakeman of Ripon

Hymnodia Sionia by Praetorius, 1611
Title page of Hymnodia Sionia(1611), by Michael Praetorius. Musicians on earth echo the heavenly music of angels and even King David, as they worship the lamb of God

Syntagma Musicum by Praetorius, 1620
Title page of Syntagma Musicum(1620), by Michael Praetorius. Musicians on earth echo the heavenly music of angels and even King David, as they worship the lamb of God

Buckingham Palace gates, 1835
The gates of Buckingham Palace, as shown on the front cover of The Mirror, 1835. See picture 10030204 for a photographic version, now at Marble Arch. Date: 1835

Music at home - harmony before matrimony
Harmony before matrimony, by James Gillray. A couple perform a duet de l amour in a Georgian interior, whilst two cats play on the sheet music on the floor. Date: 1805

ILN cover design, Festival of Britain Exhibition Number. Showing Britannia in a red cloak, standing on a cliff top waving to some arriving ships (no doubt containing exhibition visitors)

Granpops Lodge of Instruction
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang-utan character, Granpop together with a monkey and a pig attending a Freemasons meeting at a makeshift Lodge! 1934

Queen Victorias visit to Ireland, 1900
Colour supplement to the Sketch, commemorating Queen Victorias visit to Ireland in 1900. The monarchs face is shown on a shamrock on a union jack flag, with an Irish girl curtseying

Ancient Irish Priests
A priest of the ancient Irish pagan religion, together with a heraldic bard, prepare to initiate an infant into the mysteries of their religion, watched by a symbolic dog. Date: early centuries AD

Racial / Sri Lanka / Dancers
Two Sri Lankan Devil Dancers accompanied by a barrel drum. Their hands are held in detailed positions (mudras) which have symbolic & narative meaning. Date: circa 1890

America by George Ranstead
Symbolic representation of America with a woman wrapped in the Stars and Stripes flag and an American eagle. An illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead

Quadriga, Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
The Quadriga (four horses drawing a chariot), seen here in silhouette against the sky, on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany

Statue of Maximilian II, Munich, Germany
View of the statue of King Maximilian II of Bavaria on Maximilianstrasse in Munich, Germany

Mexico City - Independence Monument
The Independence Mounument (Monumento a la Independencia) at Mexico City, Mexico, erected in 1910 to mark 100 years of Mexican Independence

Switzerland - Bern - Cantons
The canton shields of the different regions of Switzerland displayed on a tree and the embodiment of Helvetia the female personification of Switzerland

RMS Olympic, Queens Hotel Queenstown
Two items relating to the RMS Olympic luxury cruise liner. An information card for the Queens Hotel, Queenstown (on the southern coast of Ireland) boasts of redecoration

Programme and two leaflets
A programme and two leaflets relating to shipwrecks: 1. Programme for a concert in aid of the survivors of RMS Titanic, taking place on 13 May 1912

Vratza, Bulgaria - Monument to Hristo Botef
Local dignitaries standing before the Monument to Hristo Botef (1848-1876) at Vratza, Bulgaria. A Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary

German Allies at the top of the pole
A terrific fold-out card depicting the German allies as the dominant holders of a spot at the top of the European maypole as their enemies fail to cling on as they attempt an ascent

Easter Card - German Allies of World War One
The German allies in World War one depicted as painted eggs in this propaganda Easter Card

Napoleon and Eagles
He distributes symbolic eagles to the army

Glove as Symbol - 1
The glove plays a symbolic rule in the coronation of medieval German emperors, as a token of authority

Codex Troano - 3
Part of a Calendar used by Maya priests, depicting gods and symbolic creatures Plate xxii

Codex Troano - 4
Part of a Calendar used by Maya priests, depicting gods and symbolic creatures Plate xxiii

Religion / Egypt / Hathor
Daughter of the sun-god Re, she is known as the Lady of the Sky, a universal cow- goddess who is the symbolic mother of the pharaoh : her crown holds a sun disk

Banner for Workers
Soldiers of the Pavlovsky Regiment hand a banner to workers at the Putilov factory who have played a notable part in the insurrection. Russians love these symbolic actions

This Fortress Built by Nature
A symbolic image showing a lone soldier defending the White Cliffs

Religious card with quotation from Revelation 2: 7
A religious card with a quotation from the Book of Revelation, Chapter 2, Verse 7 -- " To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life which is in the midst of the Paradise of

Symbolic cutting of pigtails in Shanghai, China
At Shanghai, 500 young men voluntarily relinquish their traditional pigtails, symbolising a new modernising spirit in China

Mary / Galleus
Depicted showing the infant Jesus a single rose. Two angels hover above holding a crown over her head. Her gown is covered in stars

Our Lady of Flanders
OUR LADY OF FLANDERS Wears a cloak that bears the arms of Flanders. In her hands she holds the infant Jesus & a model of the Abbey of St Peter & St Paul, Dendermonde

Codex Troano - 2
Part of a Calendar used by Maya priests, depicting gods and symbolic creatures Plate xxi

Symbolic Industry Worker
The worker symbolically portrayed

THE CHASE 1904
THE CHASE ! A symbolic depicting of the immense enthusiasm for motor racing at this period when cars were still a novelty

1213 / King John & Pope
King John offers his crown, symbolic of the kingdom, to the Papal Legate. He receives it back as a papal fief, promising to pay tribute

Scottish Masons Process
A procession of Saint Jamess Masonic Lodge, Tarbolton, Ayrshire (Scotland); note the symbolic objects carried by the leaders

Hindu Creation Myth
Symbolic depiction of the Hindu (Brahman) CREATION myth

The Annunciation
THE ANNUNCIATION: the angel carrying a lily, symbolic flower of the Annunciation, tells the Virgin Mary that Jesus will be her son

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