Celebrations Collection (#22)

Birth and Christening of Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, Stuttgart, March 17, 1616... 17th century
Birth and Christening of Frederick, Duke of Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, March 17, 1616, 17th century

Peasant Wedding, 1560. Creator: Peeter van der Borcht
Peasant Wedding, 1560

Peasant Fair, 1559. Creator: Peeter van der Borcht
Peasant Fair, 1559

Celebration for the Elector Johann Georg II, Leipzig, July 8, 1667: Fireworks Display by Night, ca. 1667

Coronation of Czarina Elizabeth, Moscow, April 25, 1742. Creator: Unknown
Coronation of Czarina Elizabeth, Moscow, April 25, 1742, 1742

The Grand Display of Fireworks and Illuminations at the Opening of the Great Suspension Bridge between New York and Brooklyn on the Evening of May 24, 1883

May Day festivities, 1891. Plaiting the maypole at St Mary Cray, London. From The Graphic (9 May 1891)

The Canadian Arch, Whitehall, London, 1902. Artist: HO Klein
The Canadian Arch, Whitehall, London, 1902. The Canadian Arch decorated to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1902-1903

Merry Christmas!, 1938. Plate taken from Plaisir de France (December, 1938)

Dinner for the poor in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII, London, 1902. Food was provided for half a million of Londons poor for the occasion

The Marriage at Cana, 1596-1597. Artist: Martin de Vos
The Marriage at Cana, 1596-1597. The painting shows Christs first miracle. When the wine ran out at a wedding at which Jesus and his mother were guests

The Feast of the Gods, 1514-1529. Artist: Giovanni Bellini
The Feast of the Gods, 1514-1529. The painting is part of the Widener Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. From Masterpieces of Painting, edited by Huntington Cairns and John Walker

The peace rejoicings in the Green Park, Westminster, London, 1748 (1878). A fireworks display in Green Park on 7 November 1748 to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

Chairing the Members, Plate IV from The Humours of an Election, 1757. Artist: William Hogarth
Chairing the Members, Plate IV from The Humours of an Election, 1757. This series of four plates depicts the Oxfordshire parliamentary election of 1754

The Industrious Prentice Lord-Mayor of London - Plate 12 from Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
The Industrious Prentice Lord-Mayor of London - Plate 12 from Industry and Idleness, 1747. The industrious apprentice is drawn along Cheapside in his coach watched by Frederick

A Christmas dance at the German Gymnasium, London, c1902 (1903). The German Gymnasium was designed by Edward Gruning and completed in 1865 for the German Gymnastics Society

Twelve o clock on New Years Eve outside St Pauls Cathedral, London, c1902 (1903)
Twelve O Clock on New Years Eve Outside St. Pauls Cathedral, c1902, (1903). From Living London, Vol. III, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Triumphal arch erected at the time of the coronation of King James I, 1604 (1903). James VI of Scotlands (1566-1625) English coronation took place on 25 July 1603

The interior of Westminster Hall at the coronation banquet of King George II, 1727 (1911). Artist:s Moore
The interior of Westminster Hall at the coronation banquet of King George II, 1727 (1911). George II (1683-1760), King of Great Britain and Ireland

In Greenwich Park on Whit Monday, c1802, (1912). Artist: Samuel Rawle
In Greenwich Park on Whit Monday, c1802, (1912). From London - South of the Thames, by Sir Walter Besant. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1912]

Villagers Celebration, c1530, 1949. Artist: Nikolaus Meldemann
Villagers Celebration, c1530, 1949. Medieval villagers performing a nose dance during a celebration. From A Smile Among Friends. [Alb. Cammermeyers Forlag, Norway, 1949]

Le Triomphateur Aux Elections, c1911. Artist: Georges Dupuis
Le Triomphateur Aux Elections, c1911. From The Studio Volume 54. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1911-12]

Church of St. Eustache, Paris, c1829. Artist: David Cox the elder
Church of St. Eustache, Paris, c1829. From The Studio Volume 79. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1903]

Dinner Party at a Mandarins House, 1843. Artist: G Paterson
Dinner Party at a Mandarins House, 1843. After Thomas Allom (1804?1872). From China Illustrated, by Thomas Allom. [Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris, 1843]

The Celebration of the Auto-Da-Fee or Act of Faith in the Inquisition, 1769. From Englands bloody tribunal: or, Popish cruelty displayed, by Matthew Taylor. [J. Cooke, London, 1769]

Recessional, 1907. Poem by Rudyard Kipling, written for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D

Procession of the Governors of Australia at the Melbourne Exhibition of 1888 (1908). From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 2, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A

Hoisting the British flag in New Guinea, 1883 (1908). From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 2, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1908]

Queen Victorias last visit to London, March, 1900 (1906). The Queen visited London to celebrate the relief of Ladysmith in the Boer War. From Cassells History of England, Vol

Plan of the route of the Queens procession on Diamond Jubilee Day, London, 1897 (1906). From Cassells History of England, Vol

The Diamond Jubilee: Queen Victorias carriage passing the National Gallery, London, 1897 (1906). From Cassells History of England, Vol

Dancing celebrates the end of war, 1918 (1935). From King Emperors Jubilee, by F. G. H. Salusbury [Daily Express Publications, London, 1935]

A Spring Roundelay, 1910 (1935). Artist: Edward Atkinson Hornel
A Spring Roundelay, 1910 (1935). After the painting by E.A. Hornel. From Modern Masterpieces Part 9. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1935]

Coronation of George IV in Westminster Hall, 1897
Coronation of George IV in Westminster Hall: The Champions Challenge, 1897. From a contemporary Engraving in Gentlemans Magazine. Reproduced in Old and New London Vol 111 by Edward Walford

The Young Pan - Stage Six, c1920. From The Art of the Illustrator - W Heath Robinson and his work, by Percy V. Bradshaw. [The Press Art School, London, c1920]

The Young Pan - Stage One, c1920. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Young Pan - Stage One, c1920. From The Art of the Illustrator - W Heath Robinson and his work, by Percy V Bradshaw. [The Press Art School, London, c1920]

A Thames Regatta, c1919. Artist: CRW Nevinson
A Thames Regatta, c1919. From The Studio Volume 78, [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1919-20]

Cleopatras Arrival in Cilicia, 1821. Artist: William Etty
Cleopatras Arrival in Cilicia, 1821. Painting housed at the Lady Lever Gallery, Liverpool. From The Studio Volume 85. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1923]

The Queens Jubilee Procession on the Way to Westminster Abbey, June 21, 1887, 1906. Artist: R Dudley
The Queens Jubilee Procession on the Way to Westminster Abbey, June 21, 1887, 1906. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VIII

Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee, 1897 (1906). Artist: London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee, 1897 (1906). Her Majesty returning from the service in Westminster Abbey, (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VIII

The Young Duke, 1888. Artist: William Quiller Orchardson
The Young Duke, 1888. Painting held in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool. From The Studio Volume 82. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1921]

The Marriage at Cana, c1500. Artist: Gerard David
The Marriage at Cana, c1500. From A History of Painting, Volume IV by Haldane MacFall. [T. C. and E. C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, 1911]

Roses for the Old and Bold, 1942. With colours rose-bedecked, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers celebrated their regimental day in Cairo, April 23rd, 1942

The Triumph of Venus, (1917). Artist: William Wynne Ryland
The Triumph of Venus, 1917. After Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807). From The Connoisseur Vol XLVIII [Otto Limited, London, 1917.]

Venice: The Feast Day of Saint Roch, 1735, (1938). Artist: Canaletto
Venice: The Feast Day of Saint Roch, 1735. Also known as Scuola Di San Rocco. The feast commemorated the end of the terrible plague of 1576. After an original work after Canaletto (1697-1768)

The Homecoming, (1838), 1934
The Homecoming of the Tolpuddle Martyres, March 17, 1838. The Tolpuddle Martyrs were a group of 19th century agricultural labourers from Dorset who were convicted of swearing a secret oath as members

Queen of the May, 1886. Artist: BW Kilburn
Queen of the May, 1886. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Scene during a festival, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Scene during a festival, Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

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