Traditions Collection (page 8)

Man wearing Venice Carnival Costume, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Venice Carnival Costume
Person wearing costume at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Woman wearing Venice Carnival Costume and Gondolas
Person wearing costume with gondolas at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Picture of St Theobald
Illustration of ceremony with key noting: 1. Place of the Masters, 2. Place of apprentices, 3. Grand Master, 4. Orator, 5. Secretary, 6. The Adept, 7. Master of the ceremonies, 8&9

King of the Two Sicilies
Frontispiece portrait of King, lithographed by C. Hullmandel after M. Gauci, and title page Ferdinand I. King of the Two Sicilies. Date: 1821

Carbonara patrol commanded by a police officer
Group of guards marching Carbonara patrole commanded by a police officer, himself a Carbonara. Date: 1821

Man in uniform with various medals
Profile portrait of man in uniform with various medals attached to the lapel of his coat. Lithographed by C. Hullmandel after M. Gauci. H.R.H. Don Francis

Guard of the Carbonara Legion
Guard dressed in uniform holding a gun and with a sword around his shoulder Guard of the Carbonara Legion Date: 1821

Luigi Minichini Luigi Minichini
Profile portrait of Luigi Minichini Luigi Minichini. Illustre primo promotore della liberta nazionale. Date: 1821

Kissing under the mistletoe, 1865
A mother lifts up and kisses her young child under the mistletoe. 1865

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

Mistletoe thwarted by crinoline, 1857
A young man curses the invention of crinoline skirts, preventing him from accessing the object of his affections, waiting coyly beneath the mistletoe. 1857

Under the Green-wood - kissing under the mistletoe, 1879
A whiskered Captain tries to tempt a seasonal kiss " according to ancient custom" from a young lady under a bouquet of mistletoe. They are spyed on from behind a door by a cheeky boy. 1879

The Kings Champion
Impression of the Kings Champion entering Westminster Hall at the banquet following the Coronation of King George V in 1911, part of a 500 year tradition. Date: 1911

Halloween Greetings Postcard
On Halloween, the witches night, If YELLOW is the lantern light Your future surely will be bright. A witch flies across the moonlit sky on her broomstick

Coaching Club meet in Hyde Park
Riders in Hyde Park watch the drivers of the Coaching Club meet setting off for the Ranelagh Club in Barnes. The Coaching Club, one of the traditional highlights of the London Season

Sphere front cover, Heralding the Coronation, 1937
Front cover of The Sphere, depicting a splendidly attired herald on horseback blows his ceremonial trumpet in honour of the Coronation of King George VI on 12 May 1937. Date: 1937

Incidents of a debutantes first drawing room
Double page spread from the Illustrated London News depicting a series of scenes showing the process for a debutante to be presented to the Queen at court

Debutantes at Queen Charlottes Ball
All in white with scarlet satin hearts around their necks (a gift from Schiaparelli), debutantes at the Queen Charlottes Ball of 1939. Date: 1939

Tatler front cover, 1963 - Punting on the Cam
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a view from Clare Bridge in Cambridge showing basking in the suns rays while lounging in the rivers famous punts. Date: 1963

Children dancing round a maypole at an English country fete. Date: early 20th century

Tatler front cover, Scottish Number 1964
Front cover of The Tatlers Scottish Number featuring Pipe Major Iain Mcleod of the Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band in full dress uniform with the tartan of the ill-fated Prince Charles Edward Stuart

A Successful Offensive 1917
Two British officers enticing some young women to kiss them under the mistletoe. From Holly Leaves, the Christmas number of the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News. Date: 1917

A Conference of the Allies 1917
British officers, presumably home on leave for Christmas, standing behind a curtain with sprigs of mistletoe behind their backs

Hong Kong - China - Chinese Couple just married - The bride does not uncover her face until the very last minute, when the groom sees her for the first time. circa 1906

A wealthy Chinese lady writing in the traditional style with brush and ink. Date: circa 1910

Participants in female circumcision ceremony, Africa
Participants in a female circumcision ceremony line up in Ubangi-Shari (Oubangi Chari), a French colony in central Africa, now part of the Central African Republic

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

Jewish New Year Greetings Postcard
Jewish New Year Greetings postcard Date: circa 1910s

Six Japanese Ladies, Japan Date: circa 1910s

MEXICO. Guanajuato. Momies Museum (interior)

Cobla Catalunya, poster by Antonio Clave Sanmartin for the department of propaganda of Generalitat de Catalunya (1938)

Ex-voto with scene of a shipwreck. Italian folk art 19th c. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Rome. National Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions

Easter Morning in Seville in Peter
A bright scene showing fashionable ladies in the streets of Seville, Spain on Easter morning. Date: 1927

Feast of the First Fruits, Haifa, Israel
The Feast of the First Fruits, brought to the Keren Kayemeth Leisrael (Jewish National Fund) in Haifa, Israel. Date: 20th century

State Opening of Parliament, 1966
Aerial photograph showing Queen Elizabeth II the State Opening of Parliament in 1966. Date: 1966

Arab wedding with camels, Egypt

Arab wedding at Port Said, Egypt
A traditional arab wedding with two camels and transport at Port Said, Egypt. Date: 20th century

Cologne Carnival
A group of dancers and performers parade through the streets of Cologne during Carnival. Date: 1966

A wedding party in Mecklenburg, Germany
The bride and groom sit in the middle of a large group of family and friends, on the wedding day in Mecklenburg, Germany. Late 1890s

Easter witches
A group of little girls dressed like Easter witches. Landskrona, Sweden, 1963 Date: 1963

Marriage Certifcate from Gretna Green
Marriage Certifcate from The Old Blacksmiths Shop Gretna Green. The local blacksmith and his anvil have become the lasting symbols of Gretna Green weddings. Date: 1929

Christmas Eve, Sweden
Two women on Christmas Eve with their Christmas tree, early 1900s Date: 1900s

Mongolian Bride
A Mongolian Bride awaiting her wedding Date: circa 1930s

Young Oxford Student, College Master and Bulldogs
A young Oxford student greets the Master of his College with all due deference (making sure to hide his smoking pipe behind his back)

Sphere front cover, Royal Maundy, Queen ElizabethII, 1957
Royal Maundy at St. Albans Abbey. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, attends the first royal distribution of Maundy money outside London in 300 years

Pilgrimage at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Cinci
The annual pilgrimage to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Cincinnati showing pilgims ascending the many steps up to the church

Christmas Cooking
Preparing the Christmas dinner - cook and servants busy in the kitchen Date: early 19th century

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