Ceremony Collection (page 11)

The Preston Guild Festival: the mayor laying the foundation-stone of the...new townhall, 1862. Creator: E. Skill
The Preston Guild Festival: the mayor laying the foundation-stone of the north-east corner of the new townhall, 1862. The first stone was...laid with masonic honours...the cortege presented a very

Presentation of Lord Palmerston's portrait to the inhabitants of Dover... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Presentation of Lord Palmerston's portrait to the inhabitants of Dover - the Premier addressing the town council in the Maison Dieu Hall

Opening of the International Exhibition Building: the procession forming in the South... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the International Exhibition Building, [South Kensington, London]: the procession forming in the South Central Court, 1862

Lady Belhaven presenting new colours to the 26th Regiment (Cameronians) at the... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Lady Belhaven presenting new colours to the 26th Regiment (Cameronians) at the Parade-Ground, Queen's Park, Edinburgh, 1862. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

The International Exhibition: view from the orchestra on the opening day - from a photo... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: view from the orchestra on the opening day - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company

Opening of the International Exhibition: Earl Granville presenting the address to the Duke... 1862
Opening of the International Exhibition: Earl Granville presenting the address to the Duke of Cambridge - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company

The Opening of Parliament by Royal Commission, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Opening of Parliament by Royal Commission, 1862. Our Illustration represents the House of Lords as it appeared on the 6th February during the ceremony of delivering her Majesty's Speech...the

The Royal Albert Hall, 1871: Opened by Queen Victoria, March 29, (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Royal Albert Hall, 1871: Opened by Queen Victoria, March 29, (1901). Queen Victoria (1819-1901) opening the concert hall in South Kensington, London

The Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, 1851: Opened by Queen Victoria, May 1, 1901. Creator: Unknown
The Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, 1851: Opened by Queen Victoria, May 1, (1901). Queen Victoria (1819-1901) opening the Great Exhibition in the purpose-built Crystal Palace in Londons Hyde Park

The Irish Guards leaving St. James Palace after Changing Guard, 1933. Creator: Unknown
The Irish Guards leaving St. James Palace after Changing Guard, 1933. One of the great tourist attractions of London: This ceremony takes place every morning at 10.30 at St James Palace

Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, c1710, (c1884). Creator: Unknown
Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, c1710, (c1884). Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751), English politician, government official during reign of Queen Anne

The Ceremony of Feudal Service, (c9th-10th century), 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Ceremony of Feudal Service, (c9th-10th century), 1890. Formal ceremony during Early Medieval period to create a bond between a lord and his fighting man, or vassal

Queen Elizabeth II returning to Buckingham Palace after her Coronation, 1953
Queen Elizabeth II returning to Buckingham Palace after her Coronation at Westminster Abbey, London, June 1953. (Colorised black and white print)

Tsar Nicholas II speaking at the opening of the first Duma, St Petersburg, Russia, 27 April 1906. The Duma, the elected legislative assembly of the Russian Empire

Ceremonial armour for a High Ranking Official, Chinese, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Ceremonial armour for a High Ranking Official, Chinese, 18th century

Mace Made for Henry II of France, French, ca. 1540. Creator: Diego de Caias
Mace Made for Henry II of France, French, ca. 1540

The Lord Mayors Scarlet Robe, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Lord Mayors Scarlet Robe, 1844. Ceremonial dress of the Lord Mayor of the City of London....on the bench, at the Mansion-house and in the Central Criminal Court, he is attired in a scarlet robe

Vue interieure de l Assemblee du Champs-de-Mai... 1815, (1921). Creator
Vue Interieure De L Assemblee Du Champ-De-Mai Au Moment De La Presentation Des Drapeaux, 1 June 1815, (1921). View of the crowd on the Champ de Mai in Paris, as the flags are presented

The Prince and Princess of Wales at the Oxford Commemoration... 1863, (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Prince and Princess of Wales at the Oxford Commemoration: Reception under the Arch of Steel by the Apollo University Lodge of Freemasons, June 16, 1863, (1901)

King Edward VII. And Queen Alexandra at the Opening of His Majestys First Parliament, 1901
King Edward VII. And Queen Alexandra at the Opening of His Majestys First Parliament, February 14, 1901. Edward VII (1841-1910) and Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) in ceremonial ermine

Queen Mary at Bedford College, London, 1913, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Queen Mary at Bedford College, London, 1913, (1935). Staff and students curtseying to Queen Mary of Teck (1867-1953). Another aspect of the great movement for the emancipation of women was the steady

Triumph of Heraclius at Constantinople, (629AD), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Triumph of Heraclius at Constantinople, (629AD) 1890. Heraclius (c575-641) Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 610 to 641 entered Constantinople in ceremonial parade in 629AD during the Sasanian

Opening of the Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool, 18 July 1934, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool, 18 July 1934, (1935). King George V opens the Queensway Tunnel, a road tunnel under the River Mersey, between Liverpool and Birkenhead

Sikh Chieftans going Hunting, 1858. Creator: A. Soltykoff (1806?1859)
Sikh Chieftans going Hunting, from Voyages in India, pub. by Smith, Elder & Co. 1858 (litho). Prince Aleksei Dmitrievich Saltykov/ A

Semik (the seventh Thursday after Easter) in Ukraine, Mid of the 19th century. Found in the Collection of Museum of History and Art, Yegoryevsk

Windsor, Royal Carriage, 2009. Creator: Ethel Davies
White horses and the Royal Carriage on parade through the streets of Windsor, Berkshire, England

Christening Group for the Yugoslavian Bakar, J Samuel White and Co, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 1931
Christening Group for the Yugoslavian Bakar, J Samuel White and Co shipyard, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 10 Jan 1931

Study for the Opening of the Royal Exchange by Queen Victoria, London, c1891, showing the Queen and Prince Albert inside the building with people bowing and curtsying to them

Swan upping on the Thames, 20th century. Swan upping is an annual ceremonial census of mute swans on the River Thames that dates from the 12th century

The Coronation of King George VI (1895-1952), 12 May 1937. The anointing of King George VI. The anointing is the most religious part of the coronation ceremony

At a Toc H Festival, 1934 (1937). The Duchess of York at the Royal Albert Hall, lighting the Lamps of the Magnificat of new branches in the TOC H League of Women Helpers

Inauguration of the Burke and Wills Monument at Melbourne, Australia, 1865

The Kiss Ceremony, 1895. Artist: Konstantin Makovsky
The Kiss Ceremony, 1895. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Medal Commemorative of the Opening of Aston Park and Hall by Her Majesty, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Medal Commemorative of the Opening of Aston Park and Hall by Her Majesty, 1858. Whilst her Majesty was at Aston Hall a gold medal was presented to her...The reverse contains a view of Aston Hall

Medal Commemorative of the Opening of Aston Park and Hall by Her Majesty, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Medal Commemorative of the Opening of Aston Park and Hall by Her Majesty, 1858. Whilst her Majesty was at Aston Hall a gold medal was presented to her..The reverse contains a view of Aston Hall

Allegory on Peace. Pax Being Crowned by Minerva, 1643. Creator: Willem de Poorter
Allegory on Peace. Pax Being Crowned by Minerva, 1643

Incense over a medicine bundle, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Incense over a medicine bundle, c1908. Hidatsa Indian (Yellow Owl?) kneeling and holding bowl over bundle

Sons of Yakima chief, 1910, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sons of Yakima chief, 1910, c1910. Two boys in ceremonial dress (feather headdresses, cloth shirts, beaded leggings), standing in striped cloth lodge

Atsina crazy dance-[A dancer kisses the grandfather], c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Atsina crazy dance-[A dancer kisses the grandfather], c1908

Sisiutl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sisiutl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Sisiutl, one of the main dancers in the Winter Dance ceremonies, wearing a double-headed serpent mask and shirt made of hemlock boughs

Gaaskidi [i.e. Ganaskidi]-Navaho, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Gaaskidi [i.e. Ganaskidi]-Navaho, c1905. Photo shows a Navajo man wearing mask of Ganaskidi, god of harvests, plenty, and of mists

Nane-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nane-Qagyuhl, c1914. Man dressed in a full-body bear costume. The bear had the duty of guarding the dance house

Haschebaad-Navaho, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Haschebaad-Navaho, c1905. Barechested Navajo man wearing mask of Haschebaad, a benevolent female deity

Sand painting, Wind Doctor's ceremony-Navaho, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sand painting, Wind Doctor's ceremony-Navaho, c1905

Arikara medicine fraternity-The prayer, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Arikara medicine fraternity-The prayer, c1908. Photo shows Arikara shamans, without shirts, backs to camera, seated in a semi-circle around a sacred cedar tree, tipis in background

Yeibichai initiation outdoors, 1904, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yeibichai initiation outdoors, 1904, c1905. Group of Indians, most on horseback, watching initiation of young Indian man

An incident of the Winter Dance-Nakoaktok, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
An incident of the Winter Dance-Nakoaktok, c1914. Kwakiutl people, some bowing before totem poles in background, others seated facing front as part of the nunhlim ceremony

Masked dancer-Cowichan, c1913. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Masked dancer-Cowichan, c1913. Dancer wearing oversize mask, three rings of feathers in front of clothing, holding a rattle

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