Ceremony Collection (page 31)

Members of Augustan family, Ara Pacis, Altar of Peace, Rome, 13 BC
Members of Augustan family and officials, Ara Pacis, Altar of Peace, Rome, 13 BC. The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate on July 4

Funeral effigies for Wikaruk ceremony, Diegueno tribe, Southern California. North American Indian. Diegueno, also called San Diegueno

Native American Deguero funerary effigies (from south California), used as part of the Wikurak ceremony

Hindu temple ceremony. Artist: CM Dixon
Hindu temple ceremony in Matale, near Kandy in Sri Lanka

Roman wallpainting showing priests of Isis performing their ceremony, Herculaneum, Italy

Bronze model of a cult place for ceremony of the rising of the sun, c1150 BC
Bronze model of a cult place for ceremony of the rising of the sun (Sit-Shamsi), c1150 BC. It carries a dedication from the greatest king of Elam, Shilhak-Inishushinak

Detail of hieroglyphic inscription, Neo-Hittite, c9th century BC

Wallpainting from a tomb of son of Rameses III, Valley of the Queens, Luxor, Egypt, c12th centuryBC
Wallpainting from the tomb of a son of Rameses III, Valley of the Queens, Luxor, Egypt, c12th century BC. Rameses III leads his deceased son to Anubis

The Duke of Cambridge presenting the Crimean Medal to French soldiers, 1856. George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), English soldier and cousin of Queen Victoria

Ceremony honouring Mariatale, goddess of smallpox, Negapattam, India, 1806
Ceremony honouring Mariatale, goddess of Smallpox at her temple at Negapattam, Southern India. A man, suspended by hooks and holding a sword and shield, is being swung through the air

Louis VI of France granting the citizens of Paris their first charter, 12th century (c1858-1921)
Louis VI, King of France, granting the citizens of Paris their first charter, 12th century (c1858-1921). Louis VI (1081-1137), known as Louis le Gros (Louis the Fat), became King of France in 1108

Troop of horsemen at a religious ceremony, c1240
Troop of horsemen with banners and trumpets and a drummer mounted on a donkey, at a religious ceremony, c1240. From The Maqamat (The Meetings)

Pope Pius IX, 1869-1899. Born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti (1792-1878), Pius IX became Pope in 1846. He is shown opening the first Vatican Council in 1869

Release of Father Ephraim de Nevers from the prisons of the Inquisition, Goa, c1650 (1759)
Ceremony for the release of Father Ephraim de Nevers from the prisons of the Inquisition, Goa, c1650 (1759). Ephraim de Nevers, a French Capuchin monk, went as a missionary to India in c1645

Ceremony of blessing the river Neva, St Petersburg, by Russian Orthodox priests, 1895. The blessing of the Neva was an annual event, which took place in the presence of the Tsar

Coronation of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, and his wife Matilda. Henry (1129-1195), Duke of Saxony from 1146 married Matilda, daughter of Henry II of England, in 1168

Sioux war dance, 1888. The Dakota Plains Indians of North America usually held four days of ceremonies before departing for battle. Ceremonies such as this induce a state of self hypnosis

Coronation of King Alexander I of Poland by the Archbishop of Gniezno, Krakow, 1501
Coronation of King Alexander I of Poland by the Archbishop of Gniezno (Gnesen), Krakow, 1501. Three keepers of regalia hold the orb, sword and sceptre, symbols of kingship

Queen Victoria opening the Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, London, 1 May 1851. Conceived by Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition was intended to showcase the Works of the Industry of all Nations

Elizabeth I performing the ceremony of assaying the stag, 1576. Elizabeth (1533-1603) alights from her horse onto the hunting field to perform the ceremony and is handed the knife by the huntsman

Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor Napoleon I, 2nd December, 1804, 19th century

Distribution of the Crosses of the Legion of honor at the Camp of Boulogne, 16 August 1804, 1841

Oath of the Marechaux, c1800-1820 Artist: Napoleon Bonaparte I
Oath of the Marechaux, c1800-1820

Procession of the Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 1st, Year 13, c1800-1820

Remains of Napoleon I are brought to Les Invalides in Paris, 15th December, 1840, 19th century
The remains of Napoleon I are brought to Les Invalides in Paris, 15th December, 1840, 19th century

The Oath of the Emperor, 2nd December 1804, 19th century

Elizabeth I on her way to open the first Royal Exchange, London, 23 January 1571 (c1680). The building, designed by Sir Thomas Gresham, was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666

New Years Day reception at the Russian court, 1897. Artist: Henri Meyer
New Years Day reception at the Russian court, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 17th January 1897

The Monarch, at the Beginning of the Rural Year, Opened the First Furrow, 1847. Artist: Jean Adolphe Beauce
The Monarch, at the Beginning of the Rural Year, Opened the First Furrow, 1847. A print from 19th Century Egypt, published 1847

Henry IV (1367-1413), first Lancastrian king of England, 1399. The son of John of Gaunt, Henry was known as Henry Bolingbroke after his birthplace in Lincolnshire

Queen Victorias coronation, 1837 (1887). The Archbishop of Canterbury placing the crown on Victorias (1819-1901) head in Westminster Abbey, 28 June 1837

Queen Victorias coronation, 1837 and Golden Jubilee, 1887
Queen Victorias coronation, 1837, and Golden Jubilee, 1887. In the upper picture, the Archbishop of Canterbury is placing the crown on Victorias (1819-1901) head in Westminster Abbey, 28 June 1837

Roman marriage ceremony. Copperplate engraving after an antique painting at the Aldobrandini Palace, near Rome

Gold plaques from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, 5th-4th century BC. Man wearing Median costume; he has an akinakes (short sword)

Russian Orthodox priests performing ceremony of naming the yacht of Grand Duke Alexis, 1891
Russian Orthodox priests performing ceremony of naming Strela, the yacht of Grand Duke Alexis, 1891. From Le Petit Journal, 11 October 1891

King Harold swears allegiance to William of Normandy, c1866. Artist: Daniel Maclise
Harold (1022?-1066), last Anglo-Saxon king of England, swears on hidden relics of saints to be William of Normandys man in England, watched by William, his wife Matilda

Twin beaker from Malta. 21st century BC
Twin beaker from the cremation cemetery at Tarxien on Malta. 21st century BC

Artists impression of Yorimoto, 12th century Japanese warrior, 20th century

Hittite relief of a horseman, Tell Halaf, Syria, c10th - 9th century BC
Hittite relief of a horseman, Tell Halaf, Syria, c10th-9th century BC. From the British Museum

Hittite relief of an archer, Tell Halaf, Syria, c10th - 9th century BC
Hittite relief of an archer, Tell Halaf, Syria, c10th-9th century BC. From the British Museum

Hittite Hieroglyphs, c9th century BC. The inscription uses an ancient Hittite script. From the British Museum

Captain Cooks third Pacific voyage, 1779 (1832). James Cook (1728-1779) English navigator, explorer, and hydrographer, receiving ritual tribute from Sandwich Islanders

Mormon baptism by total immersion, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1853. The Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830

Mormon confirmation ceremony, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1853. The Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830

Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, being proclaimed first Emperor of Germany, 1871. After the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, as a gesture of further humiliation of the French

Wilhelm I becoming Emperor of Germany, 18 January 1871 (c1880). Wilhelm I (1797-1888), King of Prussia from 1861, being proclaimed the first Emperor of Germany in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles

Annexation of the Orange Free State, 2nd Boer War, 28 May 1900. Lord Roberts, British commander-in-chief, announced the annexation of the Orange Free State on 24 May 1900

Canadian troops about to leave for the Boer War, 1900. Mary, Countess of Minto, wife of the Governor General of Canada, presenting colours to Herchmers Horse

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