Visit Collection (page 8)

Felix Faure, President of France, received at the Peterhof, St Petersburg, Russia, 1897. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Felix Faure, President of France, received at the Peterhof, St Petersburg, Russia, 1897. Faure on a visit to Tsar Nicholas II. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th September 1897

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and President Felix Faure of France arrive in Nice, 1896. Artist: Henri Meyer
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and President Felix Faure of France arrive in Nice, 1896. Visit to France by the Russian emperor. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th March 1896

Madame Faure at the Fourcade Creche, France, 1896. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Madame Faure at the Fourcade Creche, France, 1896. A visit from the wife of Felix Faure, President of France. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th April 1896

The President of the French Republic visiting Brittany, 1896. Felix Faure (1841-1899) was President of France from 1895 until his death. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 23rd August 1896

The Lord Mayor of London visiting Bordeaux, France, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
The Lord Mayor of London visiting Bordeaux, France, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th September 1895

Arrival of the president of the Republique, Chateau de Fontainebleau, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Arrival of the president of the Republique, Chateau de Fontainebleau, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 6th August 1892

Reception of the Robert Brothers by the Prince of Ghistelles in 1784, (1887). Artist: Gaston Tissandier
Reception of the Robert Brothers by the Prince of Ghistelles in 1784, (1887). French balloonists Noel and Jean Robert, recieved by Philippe-Alexandre-Emmanuel-Francois-Joseph de Ghistelles at his

The doctor makes his visits, c1900. French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection

Alexander the Great visits Darius, 4th century BC, (15th century). Alexander visits the King of Persia, left detail of a work in the collection of the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon

The Adoration of the Magi, c1567. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Adoration of the Magi, c1567. From the collection of the Museo Correr, Venice, Italy

The Adoration of the Kings, c1556-1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Adoration of the Kings, c1556-1562. The Adoration of Three Kings presenting their gifts are treated as caricatures whilst the Virgin is not idealised

The Adoration of the Kings, 1564. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Adoration of the Kings, 1564. The Adoration of Three Kings presenting their gifts are treated as caricatures whilst the Virgin is not idealised. From the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Adoration of the Magi (detail), c1584-1638. Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Younger
The Adoration of the Magi (detail), c1584-1638. Private collection

The Adoration of the Kings, c1470-1475. Artist: Sandro Botticelli
The Adoration of the Kings, c1470-1475. From the collection of the National Gallery, London

Adoration of the Magi (detail), 1624. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Adoration of the Magi (detail), 1624. Found in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium

Adoration of the Magi, 1380s. Artist: Bartolo di Fredi
Adoration of the Magi, 1380s. From the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy

The Baptism of Christ, 16th century. From the Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece

The Annunciation, 16th century. Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Portugal

The Adoration of the Magi, late 16th or 17th century. Artist: Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti
The Adoration of the Magi, late 16th or 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Yekaterinburg, Russia

The Adoration of the Christ Child, 18th century. Artist: Nicola Grassi
The Adoration of the Christ Child, 18th century. Found in the collection of the State M Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania

The Adoration of the Christ Child, 18th or early 19th century. Artist: Andre-Jean Le Brun
The Adoration of the Christ Child, 18th or early 19th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Adoration of the Magi, 1597. Artist: Caspar Fraisinger
The Adoration of the Magi, 1597. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Tsarevich Alexander and Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna of Russia, c1880. Alexander (1845-1894) and Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928) with the Tsarinas sister, Princess Alexandra (1844-1925)

Relief showing the Solar Boat in the annual procesion, Temple of Amun, Karnak, 14th-13th century BC
Relief showing the Solar Boat in the annual procesion, Temple of Amun, Karnak, Egypt, c14th-13th century BC. The boat was used in the annual procession to take Amun-Ra on his annual visit to

Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Egypt, late Ptolemaic and Roman Periods, c125 BC-c60 AD. Once a year the goddess Hathor took the voyage on the Nile to Edfu to visit Horus

Celebrations in honour of the Visit of the Russian Fleet in Toulon, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Celebrations in honour of the Visit of the Russian Fleet in Toulon, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 21st October 1893

An idea of the world as it would be in 1953, 1883. A young lady paying calls by personal airship among maze of telegraph and telephone wires. From Le Vingtieme Siecle (the 20th Century) by A Robida

The Adoration of the Magi, 1504. Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Adoration of the Magi, 1504. The Gospel of St Matthew (2:1-12) tells how certain Magi (the Wise Men) from the Orient arrived in Bethlehem to visit the infant Christ

The Annunciation, 1472-1475. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
The Annunciation, 1472-1475. The Annunciation is the revelation to Mary, the mother of Jesus by the archangel Gabriel that she would conceive a child to be born the Son of God

Danae, 16th century. Artist: Titian
Danae, 16th century. From a private collection, New York, USA

Cholera epidemic in Naples, government ministers visiting a hospital, Wood engraving, published Paris 1884

Confucius visiting court, 19th century
Confucius (c551 BC-479 BC) visiting court, 19th century. After an inscription with illustration relating to the visit to court of Confucius, the Chinese philospher, teacher and political theorist

Too Civil by Half, 1862. Dressed as matrons, the Conservatives Lord Derby (with the glasses) and Disraeli have come to pay a social call on the Liberal Prime Minister, Palmerston

We will be at your door at noon without fail. from the Little Miseries of Human Life, 1843

The first English cricket team to tour America, 1859 (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

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