Enthusiastic Collection

The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: torchlight welcome to Prince Frederick,...Railway Hotel, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: torchlight welcome to Prince Frederick by the citizens of Kiel in front of the Railway Hotel, 1864

At German Consulate, New York, 1914 April or May. Creator: Bain News Service
At German Consulate, New York, 1914 April or May. German Americans at the German Consulate in New York City as part of German mobilization before World War I.

Daishinicho and Daishinichizo (image 1 of 2), 19th century. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Daishinicho and Daishinichizo (image 1 of 2), 19th century

De l'utilité d'une famille pour une cantatrice, 1857. Creator: Honore Daumier
De l'utilite d'une famille pour une cantatrice, 1857. On the usefulness of a family to a singer. (The singer's relations hold bouquets ready to throw on stage)

Pronolagus sp. (Karoo hare), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Pronolagus sp. (Karoo hare), 1777-1786

Visitors at the Art Exhibition in Amsterdam in 1808, 1808. Creator: Christiaan Andriessen
Visitors at the Art Exhibition in Amsterdam in 1808, 1808. Visitors in the Royal Palace on Dam Square. With the inscription: People are crushed here out of love for art

U.S.S. Oregon, cheering the hauling down of the Colon's colors, Battle of Santiago, 1899 July

Portrait of Lionel Hampton and Arnett Cobb, Aquarium, New York, N.Y. ca. June 1946. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Lionel Hampton and Arnett Cobb, Aquarium, New York, N.Y. ca. June 1946

Affiche pour "Olympia". c1898. Creator: Jules Cheret. Affiche pour "Olympia". c1898
Affiche pour "Olympia". c1898. [Publisher: Imprimerie Chaix; Place: Paris]

Affiche pour le "Vin Mariani". c1897. Creator: Jules Cheret. Affiche pour le "Vin Mariani". c1897
Affiche pour le "Vin Mariani". c1897. [Publisher: Imprimerie Chaix; Place: Paris]

Dessin original pour les "Maîtres de l'Affiche". c1900. Creator: Jules Cheret
Dessin original pour les "Maitres de l'Affiche". c1900. [Publisher: Imprimerie Chaix; Place: Paris]

Deuxième panneau sans texte : "La Musique". c1900. Creator: Jules Cheret
Deuxieme panneau sans texte : "La Musique". c1900. [Publisher: Imprimerie Chaix; Place: Paris]

Elizabeth Duncan dancers and children, 1920 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers and children, 1920

The Joy of Life, 1908-1915. Creator: Edvard Weie
The Joy of Life, 1908-1915

Here is a gentleman who knows all about the new opera, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Here is a gentleman who knows all about the new opera, (1907). When the young Mendelssohn was about 12 years old, he met the composer and conductor Julius Benedict

The King exclaimed repeatedly, Only one Bach! Only one Bach!, (1907)
The King exclaimed repeatedly, " Only one Bach! Only one Bach!", (1907). The German composer Bach impresses Frederick the Great with his talent

Hoch the Kaiser! : cheering crowds in the streets, Berlin, Germany, 4 August 1914, (1933). Pictures of the two Kaisers, Wilhelm II of Germany and Franz Josef of Austria

Professor Steffens rouses his audience to fight for freedom, 8 February 1813, (1936). Professor Steffens Begeistert Seine Zuhorer Fur Den Freiheitskrieg, 8 Februar 1813

Masaniello Haranguing the Populace of Naples, 1821. Creator: J Chapman
Masaniello Haranguing the Populace of Naples, 1821. Masaniello (Tommaso Aniello, 1622-1647) was an Italian fisherman who led the revolt against the Spanish Habsburg rulers of Naples in 1647

The Theatrical Bubble... 1851. Richard Sheridan, as Punch, standing on a platform above the heads of a cheering crowd, blowing bubbles. Behind is Drury Lane Theatre with its statue of Apollo

Royal Cock Pit, 1808. Artist: J Bluck
Royal Cock Pit, 1808. Interior view of the Royal Cockpit, Dartmouth Street, off Birdcage Walk, Westminster

Royal coach passing St Pauls Cathedral, City of London, 1837. Scene of Queen Victoria passing St Pauls Cathedral in her coach, en route through the City of London, November 9th, 1837

Cockney-sportsmen shooting flying, 1800. Artist: James Gillray
Cockney-sportsmen shooting flying, 1800. A young cit leaping a low paling, firing at a flight of birds, whilst his fat friend, checked by a low stile, is trying to catch his hat

Royal procession on Fleet Street, City of London, 1837. Artist: Augustus Butler
Royal procession on Fleet Street, City of London, 1837. View of Wests opticians, Fleet Street, during Queen Victorias visit to City of London, 9 November 1837

A Wood-in Triumph, or a New Idol for the Ragamuffins, 1809. Artist: C Williams
A Wood-in Triumph, or a New Idol for the Ragamuffins, 1809. A crowd of labourers and beggars doffing their hats or drawing the Lord Mayors coach, containing Sheriff Wood

Proclaimation of George IVs accession to the throne at the Royal Exchange, London, 1820 (1827). George IV is seated in a coach with a crowd raising their hats to him as he receives a fanfare

Lionel Hampton on the vibraphone, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, July 1982

The Dame, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph). accompanies verse by E.V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas) (1868 – 1938);

Republican supporters outside Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, New York, USA, 15 October 1940. A crowd of more than 10, 000 people

Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, 30 January 1933. Hitler (1889-1945), leader of the Nazi Party, looking down on the crowds as they cheered him after the election results were known

Buddy Rich in concert at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire

Crowd celebrating the Kaisers proclamation of war against Great Britain, Berlin, 4 August, 1914. Pictures are held up of the allied rulers of the Central Powers, the two Kaisers

The supreme SA leader Adolf Hitler with his comrades, 1938. Founded in c1919, the Sturmabteilung (SA) was the paramilitary wing of the Nazi party

Hitler is greeted by the masses as he is driven through the crowd, Germany, c1936
Hitler is greeted by the masses as he is driven through the crowd, Germany, 1936. From Germany: The Olympic Year, published by Volk und Reich Verlag. (Berlin, 1936)

Queen Victoria in Trafalgar Square during her Golden Jubilee celebrations, London, 1887

E the Energetic, 1903. Artist: John Hassall
E the Energetic, 1903. An initial letter E from a child alphabet. From An A.B.C. of Everyday People, by G. E. Farrow. [Dean & Son Limited, London, 1903]

Cheering the Chief Scout, c1914 (1928). Artist: William Holt Yates Titcomb
Cheering the Chief Scout, c1914 (1928). Painting held at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol. From The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

The Enthusiast (?The Gouty Angler?), 1850. Artist: HG Beckwith
The Enthusiast (?The Gouty Angler?), 1850. After Theodore Lane (1800?1828)

Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee, 1897 (1906). Artist: London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee, 1897 (1906). Her Majesty returning from the service in Westminster Abbey, (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VIII

A Royal visit to the troops, enthusiastic welcome by the Canadians, World War I, c1914-c1918. From a box set of stereoscopic card called The Great War

Louis Bleriot on his way to the Savoy Hotel, London, 25 July 1909. French aviator Bleriot (1872-1936) passes cheering crowds after making the first successful powered flight across the Engliah

Enthusiasm: Edward Irving, Scottish clerygyman, 19th century, (1956). Irving (1792-1834), seen here preaching, was the a forerunner of what became the Catholic Apostolic Church

The Declaration of Independence read to the American army, 1776 (c1880). George Washington had the Declaration of Independence read to his troops in New York on 9th July 1776

Otto I, King of Greece, landing in Nauplia, 6 February 1833 (1900). The son of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Otto I (1815-1867)

British Horse drawn artillery in Rouen, France, August 1914, (1926)
British Horse drawn artillery in Rouen, France, August 1914. Enthusiastic crowds greeting the arrival of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)

Lille being liberated by the British, France, 17 October 1918. General Sir William Birdwood and his troops were welcomed by joyous crowds as they entered the city, occupied by the Germans since 1914

Procession after the coronation of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Moscow, 1856. Artist: Jean Sorieul
Procession after the coronation of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Moscow, 1856. The coronation of Emperor Alexander II (1818-1881) and Empress Maria Alexandrovna (1824-1880)

Triumphal entry of their Majesties Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna into Moscow, 1856. Artist: Mihaly Zichy
Triumphal entry of their Majesties Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna into Moscow, 1856. The coronation of Emperor Alexander II (1818-1881) and Empress Maria Alexandrovna (1824-1880)

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