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The Ceremony of Investiture of My Ld Smth with the Order of Cabbage-hood, ca
The Ceremony of Investiture of My L**d S**m**th with the Order of Cabbage-hood, ca. June 1819

The Hearing of Qadi, 1746-47. Creator: Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune
The Hearing of Qadi, 1746-47. After Francois Boucher

Ancient ceremony of Chopping Sticks, and Counting Horse-shoes and Hob-nails... 1844
Ancient ceremony of Chopping Sticks, and Counting Horse-shoes and Hob-nails, in the Court of the Exchequer, 1844. London aldermen performing a traditional custom

Installation of a Knight of the Bath, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Installation of a Knight of the Bath, 1844. The Order of the Bath is conferred by Queen Victoria. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight

The Mat de Cocagne, 1845. Creator: Unknown
The Mat de Cocagne, 1845. Bastille Day celebrations in Paris....the struggle for prizes is carried on by means of a high pole fixed in the Champs Elysees, and the prizes

George III and Queen Charlotte at Eton Montem, 1778, (1911). Creator: Unknown
George III and Queen Charlotte at Eton Montem, 1778, (1911). George III at Eton Montem for the initiation ceremony of new boys, a custom which ended in 1847

Femme Australienne Portant Son Enfant, (Australian Woman Carrying her Child), 1900. From " Autour du Monde - Fascicule XLI". [L. Boulanger, Paris, 1900 ]

Nouvelle-Guinee. Danse Des Papous Barioles, (Papua New Guinea. Tribal Papuan Dance), 1900. From " Autour du Monde - Fascicule XLI". [L. Boulanger, Paris, 1900 ]

Persane Fumant Le Kalgan, (Persian woman smoking in Kalgan), 1900. Creator: Unknown
Persane Fumant Le Kalgan, (Persian woman smoking in Kalgan), 1900. From " Autour du Monde - Fascicule VIII". [L. Boulanger, Paris, 1900 ]

At Suva, Fiji. Presenting a Tabua (Tooth of the Sperm Whale)... 1927, 1937
At Suva, Fiji. Presenting a " Tabua" (Tooth of the Sperm Whale) as a Symbol of Homage and Affection, 1927, 1937

Cherokee Indians in Full Native Costume in one of their Ceremonial Dances - On Cherokee Indian Reservation Adjoining Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1942

Japanese Marriage Customs, pub. 1824. Creator: Japanese School (19th century)
Japanese Marriage Customs, plate from Bijzonderheden over Japan published 1824 (colour litho). A plate for Illustrations of Japan by Isaac Titsingh (1745-1812)

Warriors playing a kind of polo, 19th Century. Creator: Japanese School (19th century)
Warriors playing a kind of polo, 19th Century (colour woodblock print). From a 19th century album of woodcuts

Offerings of Food, 19th Century. Creator: Japanese School (19th century)
Offerings of Food, 19th Century (colour woodblock print). From a 19th century album of woodcuts

Attending a Festival: crossing a pontoon bridge to the sacred site. Creator: Japanese School
Attending a Festival: crossing a pontoon bridge to the sacred site (colour woodblock print). From a 19th century album of woodcuts

Samurai Warriors on the March, 19th Century. Creator: Japanese School (19th century)
Samurai Warriors on the March, 19th Century (colour woodblock print). From a 19th century album of woodcuts

Japanese Marriage: the two families meeting, with mediator; pub. 1824. Creator: Japanese School
Japanese Marriage: the two families meeting, with mediator; plate from Bijzonderheden over Japan published 1824 (colour lithograph)

An execution by an elephant, pub. 1681. Creator: Robert Knox (1641-1720)
An execution by an elephant, from An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, pub. 1681 (engraving). An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon ; an account of Robert Knoxs (1641-1720)

Warlord watches Samurai practising their Swordplay, 19th Century. Creator: Japanese School
Warlord watches Samurai practising their Swordplay, 19th Century (colour woodblock print). From a 19th century album of woodcuts

Cochin Chinese drama, from Costume dei... c1820s-30s. Creator: Angelo Monticelli (1778-1837)
Cochin Chinese drama, from Costume dei... by Giulio Ferrario, c.1820s-30s (coloured engraving). Angelo Monticello (1778-1837) was an Italian neoclassical painter; Giulio Ferrario (1767-1847)

Christmas of the Past, 1580, (1859). Creator: Unknown
Christmas of the Past, 1580, (1859). 19th-century imagining of Elizabethan Christmas celebrations. Published in The Illustrated London News, 21 December 1859

Raising the May Pole, c1862. Artist: E Goodall
Raising the May Pole, c1862. Men haul the pole into position for May Day, an annual European tradition thought to have originated as a pagan fertility rite

Presentation of the Dunmow Flitch, c1896. Artist: W Stacey
Presentation of the Dunlow Flitch, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

The Ampulla or Golden Eagle, 1937. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

S Homo des be colored engraving, character of the feasts of St. John in Ciutadella, plays a key role in the El Jaleo

El Caixer Senyor, colored engraving, character of the feasts of St. John in Ciutadella, plays a central role in the so-called El Jaleo

Es Caixer Fadri, colored engraving, character of the feasts of St. John in Ciutadella, plays a key role in the so-called El Jaleo

Es Fabioler character of the festival of San Juan in Ciutadella, plays a key role in El Jaleo, colored engraving

The Tree of Jesse, Miniature in the Biblia Sacra, volume IV, manuscript on parchment made, probably in Sant Sadurni on Roine (France) and completed in 1268

The Calvary, miniature in the Sacred Bible, volume IV. New Testament, manuscript on parchment made??, probably, in Sant Sadurni on the Roine (France) and completed in 1268

Women with veil, a custom that was used in the Shiite population of Persia in the Safavid age, 17th century murals

Programme of the Festivities of Inca (Majorca) in 1934

Poster ad Sa Rua, Carnival festivities in Palma de Mallorca

Poster announcing popular festivals and political vindications. Answer of Majorca to the Decret of Nova Planta, 18th century

Neon de Suro, caricature of the Cossier with a revolver, meant to symbolize the danger of the constant influence of other cultures on Majorcan folk traditions

Guy Fawkes or the 5th of November, 1834. Artist: G Rymer
Guy Fawkes or the 5th of November, 1834. Plate no.6 from London Scenes; view of a group of mischevious boys carrying Guy Fawkes on a chair in a London street on the 5th November

Children collecting pennies for the Guy, 1816

Tattooing a Maori Chief, c1880. Episode of the First Taranaki War (1860-1861). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Maoris bathing in a hot pool, 1902. Artist: Muir & Moodie
Maoris bathing in a hot pool, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Hongi, traditional Maori greeting, New Zealand, 1902. Artist: Muir & Moodie
Hongi, traditional Maori greeting, New Zealand, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Mortuary platform in New Guinea, 1902. Artist: W Lindt
Mortuary platform in New Guinea, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Dobos, tree houses for unmarried women in Melanesia, 1902. Artist: W Lindt
Dobos, tree houses for unmarried women in Melanesia, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Marriage of Laplanders / Christening of Laplanders, 1726. Artist: Claude Dubosc
Marriage of Laplanders/ Christening of Laplanders, 1726. After Bernard Picart (1673-1733). From Naaukeurige beschryving der godtsdienst-plichten

Burial of a Laplander / A Laplander in a trance with a magical drum on his back before he forete Artist: Claude Dubosc
Burial of a Laplander / A Laplander in a trance with a magical drum on his back before he foretels future events, 1726. The Sami people (traditionally known in English as Laplanders)

The Mangbattu King Munsa Dances Before His Wives and Warriors, c1870, (1903). From The Worlds History, Volume III, by Dr. H. F. Helmolt [William Heinemann, London, 1903]

Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe in 1849: A View of Epsom Downe on ye Derbye Daye, 1849. Artist: Richard Doyle
Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe in 1849: A View of Epsom Downe on ye Derbye Daye, 1849

Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe (New Series) No. 8: Ye Derbye Daye 1849. Artist: Richard Doyle
Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe (New Series) No. 8: Ye Derbye Daye 1849

A Hindu Custom Now Suppressed: Preparations for a Suttee, 1908. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 2, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1908]

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