Westminster Collection (page 13)

View of Westminster from Whitehall, from a view published by Smith, 1807. Date: 1807

Holbein Gateway
The Holbein Gate was a monumental gateway across Whitehall in Westminster, constructed in 1531-32 in the English Gothic style. It was demolished in 1759

London buildings
Victorian montage of prominent London buildings - Westminster Abbey, Temple Bar, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

St Margarets church
The Church of St Margaret, in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, London, England, was, until 1972, the Anglican parish church of the House of Commons

Coronation of George IV
View depicting the Coronation of George IV in Westminster Hall enacting the Champions Challenge, a feudal ritual

Old Whitehall Stairs
The route once taken when the bodies of many famous personages were taken by river en route to interment at Westminster Abbey

Richard Lovelace in prison
(1617-1657). An English Royalist and poet. This is an artists impression of Lovelace imagining his poem To Althea, from Prison which was written by him in 1642 to encourage the Clergy Act 1640 to be

Temple Bar was the principal ceremonial entrance to the City of London on its western side from the City of Westminster. In the middle ages

Over 5000 people an hour passed through Westminster Hall to pay their tributes to the late King George VI during his ceremonial lying-in-state with Officers of the Life Guards of the Husehold Cavaly

The Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge over the River Thames and Big Ben at Night Date: circa 1980s

Westminster Abbey, London Date: 1960s

Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square, London Date: 1960s

Westminster Abbey and Big Ben, London Date: 1960s

Westminster fantasy Created in the photographers darkroom
Westminster fantasy. Created in the photographers darkroom

Cardinal Manning, Roman Catholic priest and author
Cardinal Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892), Roman Catholic priest, second Archbishop of Westminster and author. Date: late 19th century

London - The Interior of the Chamber of the House of Commons Date: circa 1903

London - The Houses of Parliament from the South bank of the River Thames. Date: circa 1903

London - Interior of the House of Lords Date: circa 1903

Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, Westminster
Statue of Winston Churchill created by Ivor Roberts-Jones, Parliament Square, Westminster, London. Date: 1980s

WW1 - British troops crossing Westminster Bridge, London to entrain for active service. Date: 1917

Westminster Bridge and Parliament, London Date: circa 1904

Buckingham House, London. Building complete by 1705 and later took its name from the Dukedom (1723) of John Sheffield, Marquess of Normandy

Westminster Abbey, Grand Entrance, London
The Grand Entrance (East side / front / transept) of Westminster Abbey, London Date: 1903

Sphinx - Thames Embankment - Base of Cleopatras Needle
Sphinx - River Thames Embankment - Base of Cleopatras Needle. Westminster and Hungerford Bridge can be seen in the background. Date: circa 1930s

Westminster Abbey, London - with the Victoria Tower (part of the Houses of Parliament) visible in the background. Date: 1910s

London - Sunset over the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Bridge. Date: circa 1920s

Duke of York examines International Safety First Posters
Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952), examines an exhibition of International Safety First Posters at the Industrial Welfare Societys new HQ in Westminster - May, 1934. Date: 1934

King George VI in his coronation robes - May 12th 1937. The reverse of the postcard records that the photographic prints were flown to Valentines works in Dundee on Coronation Day

Wedding of Lady Diana Manners and Duff Cooper
Wedding of Lady Diana Cooper (nee Manners) and Alfred Duff Cooper at St. Margarets Church, Westminster on 2 June 1919. The newlyweds photographed leaving the church. Date: 1919

Stephen Vernon and Ursula Filmer-Sankey
Stephen Vernon and Lady Ursula Filmer-Sankey, eldest daughter of the Duke of Westminster, pictured in The Bystander after their wedding. 1940

Arrest of Guy Fawkes by Sir Thomas Knyvet
The arrest of Guy Fawkes by Sir Thomas Knyvet and others, following the foiled Gunpowder Plot, 5 November 1605. 1605

Reverend Robinson Duckworth (1834-1911), Canon and Sub Dean of Westminster. He was present at the boating expedition when Lewis Carroll told the story of Alices Adventures

Lying-in-State of late King George V - Westminster Hall
Late Majesty, King George Lying-in-State in Westminster Hall, London, for the four days. Around the Royal coffin on its dais, isolated amid the wide spaces

Grand staircase, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire - Red Carpeted stair case, guilt banister. Part of Box 247 Boswell Collection

Coronation 1937, anointing of Queen by Archbishop
The coronation ceremony of King George VI in Westminster Abbey: the anointing of Queen Elizabeth by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Lang

Coronation of King George VI, Queens crowning 1937
The Queen is seen leaving Westminster Abbey after the ceremony, accompanied by her Bishops in purple train, embroidered in gold with floral emblems of the Empire, carried by her six train-bearers

Douglas DC-3 G-AJAY Westminster Airways Prestwick 1947
Douglas DC-3 G-AJAY of Westminster Airways at Prestwick on 19 May 1947 Date: 1947

Sir Isaac Newtons tomb in Westminster Abbey
Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727), English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and occultist

The Observation Post No reply, Sir - line cut again
The Observation Post. No reply, Sir - line cut again. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holidays Early Life Was Spent In St

Mrs Sofer Whitburn, WW1
Clarissa Mary Sofer Whitburn, wife of Lt. Charles W. Sofer Whitburn, the well-known banker, pictured in 1914 when she unfortunately contracted chickenpox when bound to France with the Duchess of

Duchess of Westminsters hospital at Le Touquet, WW1
The casino at Le Touquet, converted into a hospital by the Duchess of Westminster for British and Allied soldiers in 1914, pictured covered in snow

Coronation of King Henry VI 1429
On November 6th, 1429, a month before his eighth birthday and less than four months after the coronation of his rival, the Dauphin, in Reims

1937 Coronation - Peeresses don their coronets
A picturesque incident during the Coronation of King George VI. During the Queens crowning, the assembled peeresses in Westminster Abbey simultaneously donned their coronets. Date: 1937

Coronation Chair
The Coronation Chair, also known as King Edwards Chair, in Westminster Abbey, London, shortly before the coronation of King George V

9th Duke of Marlborough and Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough
Charles Spencer-Churchill, the 9th Duke of Marlborough and his second wife, Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough (daughter of Edward Parker Deacon)

Queen Elizabeth IIs coronation at Westminster Abbey on 2nd June, 1953. Date: 1953

WW2 - Bomb Damage to Houses of Parliament, London
In the course of the German bombing of London during the Second World War, the Palace of Westminster was hit by bombs on fourteen separate occasions

Westminster Abbey, London - The Chapel of St. Faith. St. Faiths Chapel in the South Transcept was built circa 1245-50. Above the altar is a 13th century painting of St. Faith

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