Union Flag Collection (page 3)

Matacong, on the West Coast of Africa - the Pier, Warehouses, etc. 1854. Creator: Unknown
Matacong, on the West Coast of Africa - the Pier, Warehouses, etc. 1854. Sketch accompanying an article on...the progress in "legitimate trade" [at the island of Matakong off the coast of

Her Majesty landing at Grimsby, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Her Majesty landing at Grimsby, 1854. Queen Victoria visits Lincolnshire. The Queen was received, on landing, by the Mayor

Embarkation of Her Majesty, at Hull, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Embarkation of Her Majesty, at Hull, 1854. Queen Victoria leaves Hull in Yorkshire. The pier...was covered with a substantial roof...and beneath this more seats were erected for the accommodation of

Her Majesty's Visit to Hull - the Procession in the Market-Place, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Her Majesty's Visit to Hull - the Procession in the Market-Place, 1854. Queen Victoria visits Yorkshire. The inhabitants testified their loyal devotion by an illumination so general, that

Bomarsund - General Bodiscoe, the Russian Governor, surrendering himself to the English and... 1854 Creator: Unknown
Bomarsund - General Bodiscoe, the Russian Governor, surrendering himself to the English and French, 1854. Scene from the Crimean War

The British Steamer "Bengal" bringing a supposed Russian Prize into Madras Harbour, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The British Steamer "Bengal" bringing a supposed Russian Prize into Madras Harbour, 1854. Madras [Chennai in India] was thrown into a state of great excitement by the appearance of a ship

Funeral of Captain Parker, at the Champ des Morts, at Pera, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Funeral of Captain Parker, at the Champ des Morts, at Pera, 1854. Crimean War: Hyde Parker, in command of Royal Navy ship Firebrand

The Regatta, at Montreal, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Regatta, at Montreal, 1850....the citizens of Montreal [in Canada, decided on] the necessity of preparing a suitable display of Canadian industry

Juvenile Ball at the Mansion-House, on New Year's Eve, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Juvenile Ball at the Mansion-House, on New Year's Eve, 1850. Children's party in the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London

Launch of H.M. Steam-Frigate "Leopard", at Deptford, on Tuesday, 1850. Creator: Unknown. Launch of H.M
Launch of H.M. Steam-Frigate "Leopard", at Deptford, on Tuesday, 1850. Ship being launched on the River Thames in London. Mr

Great Protectionist Meeting on Barham Downs, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Protectionist Meeting on Barham Downs, [near Canterbury, in Kent], 1850....the object [of the meeting] being to discuss questions bearing on the present agricultural distress

Grand Banquet to the Lord Mayor of London, at Hastings, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Grand Banquet to the Lord Mayor of London, at Hastings, [Sussex], 1850. The banquet took place in an elegant room, embellished with statues of the Muses

The Man Who Dares - and the Men who Dare N't, from Puck, published September 5, 1888. Creator: Charles Jay Taylor
The Man Who Dares - and the Men who Dare N't, from Puck, published September 5, 1888

Norfolk Estuary - the Procession in Lynn, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Norfolk Estuary - the Procession in Lynn, 1850. The inhabitants of King's Lynn in Norfolk celebrate a civil engineering project to divert the course of the River Ouse and enable land reclamation

Festivities at Chippenham - the High-Street, from the Bridge - Arrival of Mr. Neeld, M.P. 1850. Creator: Unknown
Festivities at Chippenham [in Wiltshire] - the High-Street, from the Bridge - Arrival of Mr. Neeld, M.P. 1850. Locals welcome their MP Joseph Neeld to celebrate the opening of the town's new

Triumphal Arch at West Lynn, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Triumphal Arch at West Lynn, 1850. The inhabitants of West Lynn (now part of the town of King's Lynn in Norfolk), celebrate a civil engineering project to divert the course of the River Ouse

Entrance of the Queen into the Great Central Railway Station, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1850. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
Entrance of the Queen into the Great Central Railway Station, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1850. The entrance to the station was handsomely decorated with evergreens;

Entertainment to the...Coldstream Guards... 1850. Creator: Unknown
Entertainment to the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of the Coldstream Guards, at the Portman-Street Barracks, 1850

Grand Banquet of the Officers of the Coldstream Guards, in St. James's Palace, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Grand Banquet of the Officers of the Coldstream Guards, in St. James's Palace, 1850. British soldiers at an event in London...to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the enrolment of that

The Canterbury Colonists - scene at Gravesend, on Monday, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Canterbury Colonists - scene at Gravesend [in Kent], on Monday, 1850. Settlers bound for New Zealand. A dinner was given...in the fields adjoining Wate's Hotel...the hotel itself not being

Arrival of the Queen at the Lodge, Castle Howard, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of the Queen at the Lodge, Castle Howard, 1850. Queen Victoria visits the Earl of Carlisle in North Yorkshire....the road passes under an old-fashioned archway, flanked by battlemented walls

Founding of the The New School at Loughborough - the Procession, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Founding of the The New School at Loughborough, [Leicestershire] - the Procession, 1850. A procession was then formed to the School grounds

Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough, c. 1733

King Peppel, of Bonny-Town, 1850. Creator: Unknown
King Peppel, of Bonny-Town, 1850. Portrait of an African chief in the Kingdom of Bonny, in what is now Nigeria. He...is about 32 years of age, having reigned nearly ten years

The Terminus, at Swansea, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Terminus, at Swansea, [Wales], 1850. Opening of the South Wales Railway. The...Railway is intended to effect a direct communication with the Great Western line at Gloucester...[it] communicates

General view of the volunteer camp on Ascot Heath, 1862. Creator: Unknown
General view of the volunteer camp on Ascot Heath, [Berkshire], 1862. The...second annual encampment and prize meeting of the Berkshire

Launch of Her Majesty's armour-plated screw-frigate Caledonia, 31 guns, at Woolwich... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Launch of Her Majesty's armour-plated screw-frigate Caledonia, 31 guns, at Woolwich, [London], 1862....the vessel having been named by Miss Nicolson, daughter of the Commodore Superintendent

The International Exhibition: trophy of galvano-plastic works of art... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: trophy of galvano-plastic works of art exhibited by Messrs. Elkington, of Regent-street, 1862

Volunteer fete at Crown, Point, near Norwich: the Review, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Volunteer fete given by Mr. Harvey, the High Sheriff of Norfolk, at Crown Point, near Norwich: the Review, 1862. A grand stand 70ft

Portion of the State Ceremonial on the Upper Terrace of the Horticultural Society's Gardens, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Portion of the State Ceremonial on the Upper Terrace of the Horticultural Society's Gardens, [South Kensington, London], 1862

The Preston Guild Festival: the Trades Procession doubling at the triumphal arch, London-road, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Preston Guild Festival: the Trades Procession doubling at the triumphal arch, London-road, 1862. The trades...had each their appropriate emblems and banners, and a band

The Capture of Ningpo: bombardment of the North and East Gates, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Capture of Ningpo: bombardment of the North and East Gates, 1862. Salt Gate, Dr. Parker's House, H.M.S. Encounter, North Gate, H.M.S

The new iron-clad fleet: launch at Chatham Dockyard of H.M.S. frigate Royal Oak, 50 guns, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The new iron-clad fleet: launch at Chatham Dockyard of H.M.S. frigate Royal Oak, 50 guns, 1862....the first completed of a new class of wooden vessels in the course of construction under the special

Her Majesty the Queen leaving Greenhithe in the Royal Yacht for Germany, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Her Majesty the Queen leaving Greenhithe [in Kent] in the Royal Yacht for Germany, 1862....notwithstanding the strict privacy under which it was her Majesty's desire to take her departure

Banquet to the Fusilier Guards and others of Her Majesty's Troops, 1000 in number, at St... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Banquet to the Fusilier Guards and others of Her Majesty's Troops, 1000 in number, at St. John, New Brunswick, [Canada], 1862

The Northern Party at the South Magnetic Pole, 17 January 1909
The Northern Party at the South Magnetic Pole from Left - Dr. Mackay, Professor David, Douglas Mawson, 17 January 1909. Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922)

Mafeking night in London, 1900 (1906). Celebrations on the street for the relief of the British-held town in South Africa, besieged by the Boers for 217 days from October 1899 until May 1900

Victory Day Procession, London, 19 July 1919, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Victory Day Procession, London, 19 July 1919, (c1920)....view in Whitehall as the naval section in the procession passed the Duke of Cambridge memorial - with the cenotaph

Armistice Day, London, 11 November 1918, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Armistice Day, London, 11 November 1918, (1935). A scene in Whitehall at 11 o clock on November 11th, 1918, when it was known that at long last hostilities has ceased

H. M. S. Victory, 1936. Creator: Unknown
H.M.S." Victory", 1936. HMS Victory was a first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765. She was Nelsons flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Cover of The Sphere, coronation number, June 1911. Creator: Unknown
Cover of " The Sphere", coronation number, June 1911. Actual scenes of the coronation of King George V: the ceremony

His Majesty King George III Returning from Hunting, early-mid 19th century, (c1955). George III (1738-1820) out fox hunting, with Windsor Castle in the distance. After James Pollard

Passage of the Douro, 1815, (1910). Artist: Edward Orme
Passage of the Douro, 1815, (1910). The souvenir-medal is part of a collection box issued by Edward Orme to commemorate the military campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, 1815

Dinner for the poor in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII, London, 1902. Food was provided for half a million of Londons poor for the occasion

The Start, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Start, 1886. On the left at the starting line is the Grand Old Man of politics, the Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone

The Dover Sailors Home, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Dover Sailors Home, 1856. The Dover Sailors Home was inaugurated on the 29th of November last by Captain Hall, R.N. of her Majesty's ship Blenheim...From a small though comfortable receptacle

Eupatoria - Residence of Captain Brock, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Eupatoria - Residence of Captain Brock, 1854. Yevpatoria is a city in Western Crimea on the Black Sea. It was the first port landed at by the allies during the Crimean War

High-Street, Barnstaple, 1854. Creator: Unknown
High-Street, Barnstaple, 1854. Celebrations at the opening of the North Devon Railway. The day was set aside for general rejoicing throughout the whole district...A procession

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