Celebration Collection

Christmas Eve, c1915. Artist: Stanhope A Forbes
Christmas Eve, c1915. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

The Coming of Spring, 1899, (c1930). Creator: Edward Atkinson Hornel
The Coming of Spring, 1899, (c1930). A group of girls celebrate the coming of Spring, indicated by the snowdrops in the foreground

A Rowing Match at Richmond, 1793, (1942). Creator: Robert Clevely
A Rowing Match at Richmond, 1793, (1942). Part of the Celebrations for the Duke of Clarences Birthday. Boats on the River Thames at Richmond, (now part of Greater London)

Leaving the Masqued Ball. Artist: Garcia y Ramos, Jose (1852-1912)
Leaving the Masqued Ball. Found in the collection of Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga

The Earths Awakening, 1909, (c1930). Creator: Edward Atkinson Hornel
The Earths Awakening, 1909, (c1930). A group of girls celebrate the coming of Spring, indicated by the snowdrops in the foreground

Un soir de grand prix au pavillon d Armenonville. Found in the Collection of Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Rustic sports in the Park - north view of Harewood House, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Rustic sports in the Park - north view of Harewood House, 1845. Celebrations at Harewood House near Leeds in Yorkshire. The events which gave rise to the Festival were the Coming of Age

Dressing for the Carnival, 1877. Creator: Winslow Homer
Dressing for the Carnival, 1877

Russian Ice Mountain on the Admiralty Square in St. Petersburg, 1850s. Private Collection

Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. Artist: Baldwin Spencer
Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. For indigenous Australians, the corroboree comes closest to a modern concept of theatre

The Peasant Dance, 1568-1569. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Peasant Dance, 1568-1569. The opening of a kermesse (village fair), with a traditional dance performed by two couples. From the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

May, 1412-1416. Artist: Paul Limbourg
May, 1412-1416. Lords and ladies, mounted, progressing along a road by woods, preceded by trumpeters. They are taking part in a procession to celebrate the joli mois de mai

Theatre National de l Opera, Grand bal de la Mi-Careme, 1921. Private Collection

Dancing Sailors, Brittany by Christopher Woods, 1930, (1936). Creator: Christopher Wood
Dancing Sailors, Brittany, 1930, (1936). Village square with men and girls in Breton costume dancing by English painter John Christopher Wood (1901-1930)

Whitsun, illuminated capital letter in the Episcopal Sacramentary of Elna, manuscript on parchment made, probably in the scriptorium of the Cathedral of Elna (Roussillon), c. 1275-1300

Catherine the Great Visiting the Ice Mountain in Saint Petersburg, 1788. Artist: Paterssen, Benjamin (1748-1815)
Catherine the Great Visiting the Ice Mountain in Saint Petersburg, 1788. From a private collection

St. Swithin Patron Saint of Umbrella Makers, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
St. Swithin Patron Saint of Umbrella Makers, 1829. From Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank. [George Cruikshank, London, 1829]

A Christmas Dinner on the Heights before Sevastopol, 1855. Artist: William Simpson
A Christmas Dinner on the Heights before Sevastopol, 1855. Troops celebrating Christmas during the Crimean War. Found in the collection of the State Museum of the Defence of Sevastopol 1854-1855

Eve-of-the-Wedding Party, 1889. Artist: Alexei Ivanovich Korzukhin
Eve-of-the-Wedding Party, 1889. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Roman silver platter with Bacchanalian figures from the Mildenhall treasure, 4th century
Silver platter with Bacchanalian figures from the Mildenhall Treasure, which was probably buried for safekeeping. It was ploughed up by chance in the 1940s at Mildenhall, Suffolk, 4th century

The Feast of the Bean King, ca 1640-1645. Artist: Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678)
The Feast of the Bean King, ca 1640-1645. Found in the collection of the Art History Museum, Vienne

Marriage festivities at Quiddenham Park, Norfolk, the seat of the Earl of Albemarle, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Marriage festivities at Quiddenham Park, Norfolk, the seat of the Earl of Albemarle, 1864. 'Quiddenham...was the scene of glad festivities on Wednesday week

The election of Mr. Horatio Seymour, Governor of the State of New York…, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The election of Mr. Horatio Seymour, Governor of the State of New York: Democratic procession passing the New York Hotel, 1862

Maschere, 1922. Creator: Malerba, Gian Emilio (1880-1926)
Maschere, 1922. Found in the Collection of the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, Rom.

The wedding of Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria to Renata of Lorraine on February 21, 1568, 1568. Private Collection

The wedding of Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria to Renata of Lorraine on February 21, 1568, 1568. Private Collection

The end of the year, from the episode "The Farmer's Festival or The Twelve Months", 1546-1547. Private Collection

The farmers behind the hedge, from the episode "The Farmers' Festival or The Twelve..., 1546-1547
The farmers behind the hedge, from the episode "The Farmers' Festival or The Twelve Months", 1546-1547. Private Collection

Maslenitsa doll, 1920. Creator: Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)
Maslenitsa doll, 1920. Private Collection

Celebrations at the Tsarina Meadow (Tsaritsyn Lug) in Saint Petersburg on the day the heir..., 1859
Celebrations at the Tsarina Meadow (Tsaritsyn Lug) in Saint Petersburg on the day the heir to the throne comes of age, 1859. Private Collection

The march of the Japanese army at Vladivostok city, c1919. Creator: Unknown
The march of the Japanese army at Vladivostok city, c1919.

Banquet given at the Exchange, Gottenburg, on the occasion of opening the railway..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
Banquet given at the Exchange, Gottenburg, on the occasion of opening the railway between Gottenburg to Stockholm - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862

Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Low-Lights Dock at Tynemouth, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Low-Lights Dock at Tynemouth, 1864. Rain-soaked celebrations marking the start of work at the mouth of the River Tyne

The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: entry of the Federal troops...through the Nobis Thor, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: entry of the Federal troops into Altona through the Nobis Thor, 1864. 'On the 24th December the Saxons entered

The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty:...proclaiming Prince Frederick...Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, 1864 Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: the Burghers of Altona proclaiming Prince Frederick of Augustenburg Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from the balcony of the railway station, 1864

Grand Festival of the Municipality and Royal Academy of Antwerp: restoration of the Old Bourse, 1864 Creator: Unknown
Grand Festival of the Municipality and Royal Academy of Antwerp: temporary restoration of the Old Bourse during the fair, 1864

Messrs Cope's Christmas entertainment to their workpeople at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 1864. 'Mr. J. C. Cowper, the tragedian, recited, with great taste and feeling

Festive procession of firefighters along Bolshaya Street in Krasnoyarsk, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Festive procession of firefighters along Bolshaya Street in Krasnoyarsk, 1902. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist

Holiday festivities, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Holiday festivities, 1900. This collection consists of sixty-six photographs and documents that depict the history and activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in Buryatia in the nineteenth

A light load from the last-reaped field, 1864. Creator: Unknown
A light load from the last-reaped field, 1864. 'The custom of giving a supper to the harvest folk has been observed from time immemorial...The jollity of the season is universally felt

Bicentenary Festival of the Royal Academy of Antwerp: procession to the Cathedral..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Bicentenary Festival of the Royal Academy of Antwerp: procession to the Cathedral of Notre Dame on Monday, August 22, 1864

Grand Festival of the Municipality and Royal Academy of Antwerp…Antwerp Crowning Teniers, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Grand Festival of the Municipality and Royal Academy of Antwerp: inauguration of an allegorical statue of Antwerp crowning the bust of Teniers, 1864. View of '...the inauguration of M

Pupils of primary schools in Krasnoyarsk celebrate the opening of the State Duma on the..., 1906. Creator: L. B. Vonago
Pupils of primary schools in Krasnoyarsk celebrate the opening of the State Duma on the Yenisei River, 1906. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei

Feast on the river bank. Creator: Donducci (Il Mastelletta), Giovanni Andrea (1575-1655)
Feast on the river bank. Found in the Collection of the Galerie Canesso.

Berlin, Christmas in soldier's hospital, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Berlin, Christmas in soldier's hospital, between 1914 and c1915. A woman playing the piano for soldiers in a hospital in Berlin, Germany at Christmas, during World War I.

German soldier's Christmas, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German soldier's Christmas, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers gathered around a Christmas tree, outside during World War I.

Promenade de la vache enragée, ca 1897. Creator: Abel-Truchet, Louis (1857-1918)
Promenade de la vache enragee, ca 1897. Private Collection

Celebration of the "White Flower" in Kansk, 1914. Creator: LI Vonago
Celebration of the "White Flower" in Kansk, 1914. From a collection which includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

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