May Collection

The May-pole, 1866. Artist: Charles Cousen
The May-pole, 1866. 19th century imagining of Elizabethans celebrating May Day, an annual European tradition thought to have originated as a pagan fertility rite

May, 1412-1416. Artist: Paul Limbourg
May, 1412-1416. Lords and ladies, mounted, progressing along a road by woods, preceded by trumpeters. They are taking part in a procession to celebrate the joli mois de mai

Scene from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni 1787 (c1914). Artist: Charles A Buchel
Scene from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni 1787 (c1914). Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer, first performed in Prague in 1787

Scene from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro, 1786, (c1914). Artist: Charles A Buchel
Scene from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro, 1786, (c1914). The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), a comic opera (opera buffa) with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838)

Baby Shoe, c. 1937. Creator: Ada V. May
Baby Shoe, c. 1937

Chest, c. 1936. Creator: Ada V. May
Chest, c. 1936

May Morning on Magdalen Tower, 1888-1890, (1942). Creator: William Holman Hunt
May Morning on Magdalen Tower, 1888-1890, (1942). Dawn on the first day of May: the choristers of Magdalen College, Oxford, are singing a hymn to the rising sun

King George and Queen Mary visit wounded soldiers, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Wounded Heroes from the Front: Their Majesties visiting one of the Indian Hospital Camps

The Duke of Cornwall and Yorks Colonial Tour... Departure of the Ophir from Portsmouth, 1901
The Duke of Cornwall and Yorks Colonial Tour, 1901: Departure of the Ophir from Portsmouth, March 16, 1901. Ships are decorated with flags as crowds turn out to wave off the royal yacht HMS Ophir as

School children, half of Polish and half of Italian... festival in May 1942, Southington, Conn
School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a festival in May 1942, Southington, Conn

May: Shoki the Demon Queller Riding on a Tiger, Subjugating Goblins, from the series "Of t... 1887
May: Shoki the Demon Queller Riding on a Tiger, Subjugating Goblins, from the series "Of the Twelve Months: the Fifth (Junikagetsu no uchi: gogatsu)", Japan, 1887

May 1871, May 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
May 1871, May 1894

Handkerchief, England, c. 1897. Creator: Unknown
Handkerchief, England, c. 1897. World Wide Empire; West Indies / Egypt / Canada / India / Africa / China / Australia / 1837-1897 / Queen Victoria Empress of India

Le May. Creator: Pierre Alexandre Aveline
Le May. [May]

May, 1772. Creator: Hendrik Meijer
May, 1772

1. Foglia di Fico. 2. Foglia di Spino bianco, ossia Crataegus, 1839-40

Map Illustrating General Bullers Campaign in Natal - May-June 1900, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Map Illustrating General Bullers Campaign in Natal - May-June 1900, 1901. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. VI", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]

The City of London Imperial Volunteers at Doornkop on the 29th of May, 1901. Creator
The City of London Imperial Volunteers Supporting General Hamiltons Left Flank in the Action at Doornkop on the 29th of May, 1901

Miss Edna May, (1878-1948), c1930. Creator: Unknown
Miss Edna May, (1878-1948), c1930. American actress and singer. A popular postcard beauty, May was famous for her leading roles in Edwardian musical comedies

Miss Olive May, (1886-1947), c1930. Creator: Unknown
Miss Olive May, (1886-1947), c1930. Edwardian Gaiety Girl who married into the peerage twice. First marriage to Marquis of Anglesey then married 10th Earl of Drogheda

Hawthorn Blossoms, c1899, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
Hawthorn Blossoms, c1899, (c1902). After a painting in the Worcester City Museums collection. Early summer scene with sheep by a river and trees covered in blossom. From The Nations Pictures

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

Scene of the 2nd of May in Madrid, 1884

Inauguration of the railway station in Saragossa on May 12, 1856, engraving from the time

Bentley of May Cunliffe competing in the MAC Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb, Worcestershire, 1927
Bentley 2996 cc. Event Entry No: 59. Driver: Cunliffe, Miss. M. Place: M.A.C. Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb. Date: 24.9.27

Raising the May-Pole, c1854. Artist: E Goodall
Raising the May-Pole, c1854. Villagers raise a traditional maypole

Cavalry Charge during the Demonstration for the 1st May in Paris, 1906. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 13th May 1906

A representation of May, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
A representation of May, 1757. A man carrying a basket of flowers, and a peacock. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures, Paris, 1757. Private Collection

Picnic in May, 1873. Artist: Pal Szinyei Merse
Picnic in May, 1873. Pal Szinyei Merse (also known Paul von Szinyei-Merse) was a Hungarian painter and politician, Musee de Beaux Arts, Budapest

Cultivating vines in Tuscany
Cultivating vines near San Gimignano in Tuscany in May

Calendar with golfing theme, American, 1910. May is the month shown. A woman standsby a tree holding a golf bag

Imelda May, 2008. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Imelda May, Imelda May Band, 2009

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