Torches Collection

Christmas scene with Santa Claus and yule log. There are rabbit musicians, geese pulling the log, a pudding, a boars head, and people carrying flaming torches. 19th century

First World War - Blackout cartoon postcard
Hoping to see more of you - mindful of the blackout enforced in London during World War one, this couple look forward to getting a better view of each other when their paths next cross

Torch Ride / Greece / Liebig
A ceremonial ride with flaming torches to celebrate a victory in Ancient Greece

Discovery of the body of Tipu Sultan, Siege of Seringapatam, India, 4 May 1799, ending the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798-1799) between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore

Miss Arizona tomahawk juggler
Miss Arizona of the music hall act The 3 Arizonas, tomahawk jugglers. Also juggled knives and flaming torches. Wearing Wild West costume with fringed trousers, knotted scarf

Stuart Monument, designed in 1817-1819 by the Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822). Marble.It is dedicated to James III (1688-1766) son of James II (1633-1701)

CAESAR'S PYRE/HOUBRAKEN
The tall funeral pyre of Julius Caesar is lit by torches which in turn ignates the divided loyalties of the Roman people. Date: 15 March 44 BC

CATACOMBS, ROMEC
Visiting the Catacombs of the early Christians, Rome, carrying flaming torches to illuminate the caverns

HUNTING AT BALMORAL 19C
Evening at Balmoral: it has clearly been a successful day's hunting, as two magnificent stags lie dead on the ground. Date: circa 1853

Link extinguishers
In Victorian times well-to-do householders would hire a link boy - a boy or young man who carried a flaming torch called a link to light the way for the traveller

King George IVs royal parade through Dublin, 1821
King George IV of England riding a carriage in a royal parade through Dublin, 1821. Accompanied by Irish gentlemen, lancers, soldiers, bishops and aldermen. Going to the Levee

Footmen with torches, London
Footmen with torches, and a lady getting out of a sedan chair, London. 18th century

Joseph Chamberlain torch-lit goodbye, 1902
The journey of Mr Chamberlain: Birminghams torch-lit goodbye. Joseph Chamberlain was entertained by his fellow citizens at a banquet in Birmingham

America - Samuel Prescott Taken By The British
Samuel Prescott Is Captured By The British During The American War of Independence 1777

Peasants celebrating Christmas Eve at Tonniens 1854
Old Christian custom on Christmas Eve, in France Germany and Norway, were farmers and peasants perambulating the fields, going round and round the boundary

Covent Garden 1870
COVENT GARDEN : a breakfast stall for the market porters and merchants - pies and oysters, coffee enjoyed beneath the flaring oil torches Date: 1870

GREECE / MILITARY RIDE
A ceremonial ride with flaming torches to celebrate a victory Date: circa 500 BC

Walpurgis Night
On WALPURGISNACHT, the eve of May Day, witches gather on the Brocken, the highest point of Germanys Harz Mountains, for their Spring Sabbat

Arrest of Guy Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot
Arrest of Guy Fawkes in connection with the Gunpowder Plot, 5 November 1605. 1605

Old London Characters - Footmen with Lights. 18th century

Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus. Wedding of Poseidon and Amphi
Roman Art. Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus or A?u?Statue Base of Marcus AntoniusA?u?, relief freize of a monumental statue group base

Parkins and Gotto
Advertisement from 1905 for Parkins and Gotto, of Oxford Street, London, showing the wide range of electrical novelties and toys available, including torches, a roulette wheel and a conjuring table

Jack Cade attacking London by night. 1450

Advert for Portable hand-held electric lights 1902
A selection of Christmas portable electrical presents. 1902

Dance with torches at the coronation of Matthias I of Hungar
Matthias I Corvinus (1440-1490), king of Hungary and Croatia (1458-1490). Dance with torches at the coronation of Matthias I of Hungary. Theodore de Bry engraving

United States. Supporters of Abraham Lincoln, candidate of the Republican Party. Colored engraving from L Illustration Journal Universel, 1860

United States. Supporters of Stephen Douglas, candidate of the Democratic Party. Colored engraving from L Illustration Journal Universel, 1860

United States. Party supporters of John Bell, candidate of the Constitutional Union Party. Colored engraving from L Illustration Journal Universel, 1860

Votive relief representing Demeter and kore. V century B. C
GREEK ART. GREECE. Votive relief representing Demeter sitting on a throne and kore standing holding torches. Dated in the first quarter of s.V b.C. Museum of Eleusis. Athens. Greece

Cov. Garden Breakfast
At Covent Garden, a breakfast stall for the market porters and merchants - pies and oysters, coffee enjoyed beneath the flaring oil torches. Date: 1870

Mme Recamiers Bed
Parisian Furniture - Madame Recamiers bed: a flamboyant empire style bed with swan topped columns, female figures holding torches and a multitude of lilac drapery Date: 1807

Snow scene with skaters on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Malvina Longfellow, 1915
American actress Malvina Longfellow(1889-1962), pictured in The Bystander in 1915 at the time of her London debut in Lady Levers play The Torches of Fate

German boy scouts singing with torches
German boy scouts singing at night with torches

Man Attacking Another Man
In this picture a 17th century man holding a rifle or a musket is attacking an older man holding a pistol by grabbing his beard

Advert for Portable hand-held lamps and torch 1902
No wires, no liquids, no acid and no danger, portable hand-held battery operated lamp and torch. 1902

Roman Husband & Wife
" The wife & husband equally conspire, To work by night & rake the winter fire; He sharpens torches in the glim ring room

Hearse of Duke of Wellington passing Deal Castle
The hearse and remains of the Duke of Wellington passing Deal Castle in Kent, as the body of the great statesman and soldier is moved from lying in state at Walmer Castle, his residence

A London Fog, 1847
Engraving showing a street scene in London, on a particularly foggy day, 1847. This image shows several people carrying burning torches to try to find their way through the gloom. Date: 2 January 1847

Fog in the Streets of London, 1867
Engraving showing a street scene during a heavy fog in London, January 1867. This image shows a large number of pedestrians, some of them carrying torches to light their way

A November Fog in London, 1872
Engraving showing a street scene during a foggy day in London, November 1872. Several people are shown carrying burning torches to light their way

ROMEs CATACOMBS / C. 1870
The entrance to the catacombs of Saint Pretextat, Rome

Gulliver Transported
Gulliver is transported by the Lilliputians: " We rested at night with 500 guards on each side of me, half with torches, & half with bows & arrows."

Fir-Twig Used as Torch
In Sweden, twigs from fir trees are used as torches which they carry in their mouths

Macbeth / Maclise
A scene from Macbeth

Victoria / Abergeldie Cast
Victoria and Edward at the Gillies Ball, Abergeldie Castle

Paris Catacombs (Mono)
With flaming torches, sighteers marvel at the subterranean catacombs of Paris

Zoroastrianism / Altar
A Zoroastrian worshipper prays before a small fire altar, in Baku

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