Commemorative Collection (page 8)

Queen Mary, consort of King George V, in court dress, 1935. Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

King George V in the uniform of Chief of the Royal Air Force, 1935. Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

King George V in the uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues), 1935. Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

King George V in the uniform of Admiral of the Fleet, 1935. Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

King George V in court dress, 1935. Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

King George V, 1935. Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

King George V in Highland dress, 1935. Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII, at her coronation, 1902 (1935). Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

King Edward VII at his coronation, 1902 (1935). Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

King Edward VII, 1935. Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

Queen Victoria, 1935. Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

El Templete, Plaza de Armes, Havana, Cuba, c1910. The small neoclassical Doric chapel on the east side of Plaza de Armas was built in 1828 at the point where Havanas first Mass was held beneath a

Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, Port Said, Egypt, c1920s-c1930s(?). A French diplomat and entrepreneur, de Lesseps (1805-1894)

The Porte Saint-Denis, Paris, France, 1820. Artist: Henry Hobson
The Porte Saint-Denis, Paris, France, 1820. The Porte Saint-Denis is a triumphal arch erected in 1672 to commemorate Louis XIVs victories on the Rhine

Banquet in the Great Hall for Queen Victoria, Guildhall, City of London, November 1837 (1886)
Banquet in the Great Hall for Queen Victoria, Guildhall, City of London, 9th November 1837 (1886). A print from Guildhall of the City of London: Its History and Associations

Hadley Highstone, near Barnet, 1805. Artist: Sands
Hadley Highstone, near Barnet, 1805. Monument in commemoration of the Battle of Barnet (1471) between Edward IV and the Earl of Warwick during the Wars of the Roses

Commemorating Joan of Arc at the Church of St Augustin, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Commemorating Joan of Arc at the Church of St Augustin, Paris, 1931. These men are possibly members of the Federation National Catholique (National Catholic Federation)

The Arc de Triomphe, Place de l Etoile, Paris, 20 April 1848. Artist: Lipperheide
The Arc de Triomphe, Place de l Etoile, Paris, 20 April 1848. Designed by Jean Chalgrin in Neoclassical style to recall the monumental architecture of Ancient Rome

The National Washington Monument, Washington DC, USA, 1855. Artist: AC Warren
The National Washington Monument, Washington DC, USA, 1855. Begun in 1848, the Washington Monument was not completed until 1884

Battle Monument, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1855. Artist: Archer and Boilly
Battle Monument, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1855. Monument commemorating the American soldiers killed fighting the British at Baltimore in the battle during the War of 1812

The medals of Queen Anne, 1813. Artist: Goldar
The medals of Queen Anne, 1813. Anne (1665-1714) was the daughter of James II, deposed by William of Orange in the Glorious Revolution of 1688

Report by Sir Christopher Wren, 28th July 1675. Artist: Sir Christopher Wren
Report by Sir Christopher Wren, 28th July 1675. Report made to the City Lands Committee, on alternative designs for the monument to be erected in commemoration of the Fire of London in 1666

Cooks monument, Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia, 1886. Artist: W Macleod
Cooks monument, Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia, 1886. Monument to Captain James Cook, British naval officer and explorer, who claimed Australia for Britain after making landfall at Botany Bay near

Captain Cooks landing place, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Botany Bay is a bay near Sydney where James Cook made his first landfall on Australian soil in 1770

The Duke of Yorks Column, London, 19th century. Artist: J Woods
The Duke of Yorks Column, London, 19th century. The 124-ft monument, at Waterloo Place, Carlton House Terrace, was erected in 1833 to the glory of Frederick

Monument and Church of St Magnus the Martyr, London, 19th century. Artist: J Woods
Monument and Church of St Magnus the Martyr, London, 19th century. The Monument was erected to commemorate the Great Fire of London, (1666). Beyond is the spire is one of Christopher Wrens churches

The Montgolfier brothers, French ballooning pioneers, (1890s). Joseph Michel (1740-1810) and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier (1745-1799)

Concert programme to celebrate of the 50th anniversary of the Zemstvo (local government), 1914. Artist: Boris Zvorykin
Concert programme to celebrate of the 50th anniversary of the Zemstvo (local government), 1914. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Theatre programme, 1913. Artist: Boris Zvorykin
Theatre programme, 1913. Theatre programme of the Imperial Alexander Theatre to celebrate of the 300th Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty

Menu of the feast meal to celebrate of the 300th Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty, 1913. Artist: Sergei Yaguzhinsky
Menu of the feast meal to celebrate of the 300th Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty, 1913. With portraits of the first and last emperors of the dynasty

Menu of the feast meal to celebrate the Coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra Fyodorovna, 1896. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

A French faience plate depicting Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon trip. Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) was a French inventor, most remembered as a pioneer in aviation and ballooning

A French faience plate with aeronauts with flags, 1785. A popular painted scene was the Charles and Robert balloon, Globe

Inauguration of Louis Pasteurs statue, Paris, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th July 1904

French troops parading past the monument to the battle of Waterloo, 1904. Monument erected in memorial of the French soldiers killed in the battle in 1815

Statue of Vercingetorix in transit, France 1901.The Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix was chosen as king by the Arverni, a powerful tribe that occupied what is now the Auvergne

Commemoration of the Siege of Belfort, 1896. Artist: F Meaulle
Commemoration of the Siege of Belfort, 1896. The Siege of Belfort was a lengthy siege during the Franco-Prussian War. The garrison held out until the armistice between France and the German Empire

Ball celebrating a century of the polytechnic school, Trocadero, Paris, 1894. The first of the officer training schools in France was the Ecole Polytechnique (Polytechnic School)

Service commemorating Joan of Arc, Notre Dame, Paris, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Service commemorating Joan of Arc, Notre Dame, Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 7th May 1894

Trafalgar Square And Nelsons Column, London, 20th Century. The column was designed by William Railton to commemorate Nelsons victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Hawaiian victory commemorative plate. Found in the collection of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu

Sacrifice scene from the Ara Pacis, Rome, 9 BC. The Ara Pacis Augustae, an altar to Peace, was commissioned to commemorate the establishment of peace in the Roman Empire following the victories of

Ara Pacis, Rome, 9 BC. The Ara Pacis Augustae, an altar to Peace, commissioned to commemorate the establishment of peace in the Roman Empire following the victories of the Emperor Augustus in Spain

Arch of Titus, Rome, Italy, 1st century AD. The arch commemorates the capture and sack of Jerusalem by the Roman emperor Titus (39-81) in 70 during the Jewish revolt against Roman rule

Trophy of Augustus, La Turbie, France. Artist: A Lorenzini
Trophy of Augustus, La Turbie, France. Also known as the Trophee des Alpes, this Roman monument was built in 6 BC to commemorate the conquest of the Ligurian tribes of the Alps by the Emperor Augustus

An Ancient Obelisk at Matarea, Formerly Heliopolis, Egypt, 1801. Artist: Thomas Milton
An Ancient Obelisk at Matarea, Formerly Heliopolis, Egypt, 1801. The oldest standing Ancient Egyptian obelisk in existence

Centenary of the French Foreign Legion, 1931. Artist: Roidot
Centenary of the French Foreign Legion, 1931. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers

Karl Friederich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer and physicist. Born in Brunswick, Gauss (1777-1855) founded the modern form of complex analysis

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