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A collection of engravings depicting various historical celebrations, including a grand bazaar, foundation stone laying, imperial entries, and processions, showcasing vibrant crowds and ceremonial act

Great Native (= Nativist) Procession in New York, proclaiming support of truly American ideals, attacking foreigners especially Catholics and foreigners. Date: 1844

GRAND BAZAAR AT EXETER BALL IN AID OF THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE HOSPITAL, ENGRAVING 1876, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

THE PRINCE OF WALES LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY'S NEW BUILDING, 1866

Triumph, Entry of his imperial majesty Franz I in Vienna, June , Hedding Franz I in Vienna on June , Reception of the monarch of the clergy in front of the portal of the Stephanskirche, Joseph Eder -, publisher

Celebration of the Supreme Being,8 June 1794. From an engraving by P. Jonnard. From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc.

Great Native (= Nativist) Procession in New York, proclaiming support of truly American ideals, attacking foreigners especially Catholics and foreigners. Date: 1844

Praal bed and corpse of Amalia van Solms, 1675, 1675 print Palb and corpse of Amalia van Solms (died on 8 September) on December 21, 1675. At the bottom a large presentation of the corpse from The Hague to Delft by Night. Above 3 small scenes in which the corpse is propagated, the stump bed in the Oude Hof in The Hague and the Ter Earth Order in Delft. Northern Netherlands paper etching lying in state. cortege, funeral procession. burial New church. The Hague

Leichenfeyer , on March , funeral of the March fallen, Johann Höfelich -, publisher

The London Hospital, Whitechapel: the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the new wing. Wood engraving, 1864.

Lithographs An Up Country Magistrate in India Administering Justice India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

GRABADO-PROCESION DEL DOMINGO DE PASCUA EN POMPAYAN-ECUADOR-.

Mass at Chalons Camp (TI)

Groups of people with begging bowls stand around and some sit on the ground. Wood engraving.

A procession following the coffin of David Livingstone in Southampton in 1873. Wood engraving.

Translation of mortal remains of Napoleon (IT)

The maintenance of the H, Mass at the Wenzels Statue in Prague , June , No, from, Fatherland picture chronicle from the history of the Austrian imperial state , After, Anton Ziegler -, drawer

Return of the Procession to Nante Cathedral (Rentree de la Procession a la Cathedral de Nantes). Dated: 1901. Medium: etching with drypoint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Auguste Lepere.

A man is standing on a platform in a park addressing a large crowd who are carrying banners and placards. Wood engraving.

The inauguration of the Melanchton monument to Wittenberg on October st,

Calling for volunteers for the exploring parties at the Blantyre Colliery explosion near Glasgow. Anxious family members gather together and pray there are survivors. Date: 1877

The repeal or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2011. Great Britain,Stamp Act (1765) , Funeral processions,England,1760-1770. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783,Causes.

Alteration van Amsterdam, Jan Luyken, 1679 print paper etching crowd, mob. organization, functionaries and dignitaries in Roman Catholic church; clergy in general Amsterdam

Good Friday procession, Palermo, Italy, from a sketch by Conbertin, illustration by Henri Valentin from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 526, Volume XXI, March 26, 1853.

Translation of the relics of St. Vincent de Paule. / (April 25, 1830.) (IT)

An engraving depicting William Penn meeting the Native Americans. Sir William Penn (1644-1718) an English, real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania. Dated 19th century

John Baptist Jackson, 1701-1780, British, The Marriage of Cana (right sheet), 1740. Color woodcut.

Market, San Domingo, Antilles, 1800, engraving

The Russian prisoners and the pope's blessing at Toulon, France. engraving 1855

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE ROYAL BRITISH FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM, AT DEVONPORT

Funeral of Daniël Raap, 1754. Cartoon on the funeral of the merchant and orangist Daniël Raap, January 15, 1754. The funeral procession with the coffin on a sled pulled by a horse pulls over the Oudekerksplein towards Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. In the foreground spectators and a turnip retailer.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: procession from the railway station to the grotto. Wood engraving.

Memories of the municipality. - Arrest of Bishop Darboy, Archbishop of Paris. (IT)

GRABADO-ROMERIA DE SAN ANTONIO 1858. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-GRABADOS ByN. MADRID. SPAIN.

The caption for this 1883 illustration reads: A Princely Equipage.

Dance during the Inca festival in Valenciennes, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 433, Volume XVII, June 12-19, 1851.

Funerals at the Reformed people in Amsterdam and The Hague, ca. 1730, 1732 - 1736 print Leaf with two performances of funeral parades as usual at the Reformed in Amsterdam, The Hague and other Dutch cities, ca. 1730. Above: a funeral procession in Amsterdam, where the box is worn by men. Below: a funeral procession in The Hague, where the coffin is on a carriage. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving funerary ceremonial. cortege, funeral procession Amsterdam. The Hague

Russian Revolution. St. Petersburg. Student demonstration in front of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan. Engraving.

THE NORTHUMBERLAND AND NEWCASTLE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S FLOWER-SHOW. ROTUNDA OF THE TENT. UK, 1846

The Inaugural Procession at Washington Passing the Gate of the Capitol Grounds Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). The Inaugural Procession at Washington Passing the Gate of the Capitol Grounds, 1861. Wood engraving, Image: 11 x 9 1/8 in. (27.9 x 23.2 cm). Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861. The procession, set to begin at 9 a.m., did not get underway until later because, as noted in the Harpers article, President Buchanan was “still in his chamber at the Capitol signing bills. It was not till ten minutes past twelve that he left the Capitol.. [He proceeded to Willards [Hotel where Lincoln was staying. There the President-elect, and Senators Pearce and Baker of the Committee of Arrangements, entered the carriage, and a few minutes before one the procession began to move.” Here Homer depicted the carriage as it made its way to the Capitol for the inauguration ceremonies. American Art 1861

Various nobles, plate 19; Procession of Karel V with the Pope in Bologna after his coronation to Emperor, 1530. Various nobles, plate 19. Procession of Charles V with the Pope Clemens VII in Bologna after his coronation to Emperor, February 24, 1530.

George Whitefield preaching, 1760. George Whitefield, 1714 - 1770, aka George Whitfield. Anglican cleric and evangelist, one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement. From Cassell's

THE ASYLUM FOR CRIMINAL LUNATICS, BROADMOOR

Translation of mortal remains of Napoleon (IT)

Offering the peace writing to the Duchess of Parma, 1566; Series 5: Dutch events, 1566-1570. Offering the peace writing to the Duchess of Parma, 6 April 1566. Face through entrance gate in the courtyard. Through a window on the first floor you can see how the peace writing is offered to the duchess. Printed with cache about the caption.

John Hyde, The Church Music AssociationAn Afternoon Rehearsal in Steinway Hall, New York, 1874, wood engraving on paper.

Burial of the victims at the Segengottesschacht of Burgk, Thuringia, Germany, historical wood engraving, c. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a...

The long tent where the children rested in the background, sunnet (circumcision) ritual, Istanbul, Turkey, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1088, Volume XLIII, January 2, 1864. Detail.

Sheet with six scenes of the events following the election of a new pope. Top left: The cardinals worship the new pope. Top right: Adoration of the new pope in St. Peter's. Middle left: Carrying the new pope around. Middle right: The coronation of the pope. Bottom left: Jews offer the pope the Torah in the Coliseum. Bottom right: Offering the keys of Peter to the pope in St. John of the Lateran. Installation and Coronation of a New Pope L'Adoration du Pape dans la chapelle , print maker: Bernard Picart, (workshop of), Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1725, paper, etching, engraving, h 335 mm × w 217 mm

. Cartoon on the German emperor Jozef II, 1785. The emperor in a wheelchair (high chair or poop chair) driven by the Duke of Brunswijk. On the chair documents with the emperor's plans. The Dutch virgin, the kings of France, Sweden, Prussia and Spain, the Turk and the Pope. Keizerin Catharina The Great of Russia is on its throne and sees. In the foreground Juichen Brabanders and Hollanders. On the leaf under the plate a statement of the show.

Burning of Anne Askew and others. 16th cent. ENGLAND.

Daily distribution of indigent soup by the Capuchins of the House of the Street of Health.

Funeral procession of the late Dr John Dalton, Manchester. Black and White Illustration from the London Illustrated News; August 1844.

A sketch of Prince Albert laying the foundation stone at the Paddington site of St Mary's Hospital. The site was a short distance from the terminus of the Great Western Railway. It was proposed that the hospital should accommodate 150 patients and three times that amount as out-patients. Date: 1845

Medieval procession. .

A Reception in the Gardens of Buckingham Palace in 1869, London, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Napoleon Bonaparte's funeral on St Helena island, May 5, 1821, engraving. Restoration, 19th century.

Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Luther preaching to the crowd in Mora. Engraving by A. Sigismund in Germania, 1882.

Funeral of Bedrich Smetana in Prague, 1884, engraving. Museum: HISTORICAL MUSEUM, PRAGA, CZECH REPUBLIC.

A VILLAGE FETE IN RUSSIA

Lord, save the kingdom. (TI)

Arrival of Sint Nicolaas, Anonymous, B.C. Albek, in Or Before 1856 - c. 1871 print Leaf with a large representation of Sint Nicolaas on horseback, which distributes candy to good children on the street. Zwarte Piet on an evil mule, with roe in his hand, looks angry at naughty children. In the background a street with retail buildings. The show is surrounded by a list of leaves, fruits and small scenes. In the middle of the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam. paper festivities on St. Nicholas (Eve) (December 5). the bishop Nicholas of Myra (or Bari); possible attributes: anchor, boat, three golden balls (on a book), three purses, three children in a tub, three maidens. festivities on St. Nicholas (Eve) (December 5) (+ the public ~ festive activities)

A marriage ceremony in the Swabian Jura or Swabian Alps, Germany, illustration by C Lallemand from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1105, Volume XLIII, April 30, 1864.

Haswell Colliery explosion - burial of the dead, 1844. On 28 September 1844, 95 men and boys were killed in an explosion at Haswell Colliery in County Durham. "Those killed by the flame were blackened and scorched, some barely recognisable even by their nearest relations...Those killed by choke damp showed no expression of pain. Twenty putters were found lying clasped hand in hand, huddled together in that long last sleep of death". In one street, every house except one lost loved ones. An inquest showed that the explosion was caused by coal dust igniting. From &q

Parade of the song table in a park, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1899 print paper letterpress printing choir. crowd, mob

Les Fêtes de Sainte-Jacques de Compostelle: La Procession des Réliques. Medium: wood engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Daniel Vierge.

Medieval Procession, Antoon Derkinderen, 1869 - 1925 drawing paper. pencil procession ~ Christian religion

Marriage of an Arab magnate, escort of the groom and demonstration of jubilation after the wedding Marrakech, Morocco. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Funeral of Daniël Raap, 1754, 1754 print Cartoon on the funeral of the merchant and orangist Daniël Raap, January 15, 1754. The funeral procession with the coffin pulled on a sled by a horse pulls over the Oudekerksplein towards Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. In the foreground spectators and a rape saleswoman. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving cortege, funeral procession Oudekerksplein. Old church

Saint Francis Xavier (), holding a crucifix and supported by artillery, is preaching to a group of native Americans (). Etching, 17--.

Imperial Procession. Entry of Charles V and Pope Clement VII into Bologna.

Death of Bishop the Archbishop of Paris. (IT)

A procession to celebrate the Prince of Wales' birthday, Bombay, India, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Catholic communion. Draughtsman: Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers. Dating: 1782 - 1837. Measurements: h 280 mm × w 430 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Coronation of the King and Queen of Prussia: entry into Königsberg now Kaliningrad - the Queen's carriage in the procession to the castle - from a sketch by our special artists, 1861. 'On leaving the church the King and the Queen, as soon as they made their appearance in the court of the palace, were loudly cheered, and the bands played "God Save the King" and other music during the return of the procession to the palace...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.

WILLEM IV, 1752, plate 41, Jan Punt, after Pieter Jan van Cuyck, 1755 print paper etching / engraving cortege, funeral procession Delft. New church. Market

Engraving depicting St. Louis in solemn procession bearing the crown of thorns to the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris

Reception of Japanese envoys in the garden of the Handel Society; Amsterdam 1860

Ringing the changes in the belfry of an English parish church at Christmas time. Date: 1856

Party celebrating students greet their idol Franz Liszt, Alexander Ver Huell, 1864 - 1866 print Composer and pianist Franz Liszt hangs out with a candle out of the window during his visit to Leiden. On the street there is a group of partying students with torches who greet their idol. Arnhem paper Idolatry; 'Idolatry' 'religion finta' (ripa). composer Leiden

Anonymous drawing depicting a funeral scene, executed in black pen and watercolor, early 19th century.

Schuetzenfest, c. 1885, a traditional festival or fair with target shooting, here the distribution of prizes and awards in Vienna, Austria, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

The inauguration of the Benjamin Franklin monument to Boston on September th, Unknown

superstition satire bull buried alive as remedy against epizootics pen lithograph Swabia circa 1800 private collection historic historical Europe 19th century esotericism occultism magic humor epidemic animal animals,

THE MISSION TO YARKUND

Engraving showing a dock-side scene in Cork as a crowd bid farewell to a popular priest, leaving for America. Date: 1849

REJOICINGS AT GREAT MALVERN, IN HONOUR OF THE MARRIAGE OF EARL BEAUCHAMP, 1868

Procession in Long-Champ, Anonymous, After Carle Vernet, 1802 print Traditional annual walk on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before Easter, where the ragging Parisians walked to the village of Long-Champ to listen to the Vespers, sung by members of the Opera in the Nonnenklooster. Although the monastery no longer existed in 1803, the procession remained popular because the Paris public could show himself there, in his latest clothing. They dressed on his "Easter Best", pulled out the most beautiful carriage and tucked his horse nicely. All this to show off: to "be seen". The footpaths were overcrowded and they rented seats along the side of the road to see everything well. paper etching clothes, costume (+ men's clothes). clothes, costume (+ women's clothes). head-gear: bicorne, bicorn (+ men's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes)

Engraving depicting a religious procession outside the walls of Nanking, China. Dated 19th Century

A monk visiting the victims of the great plague of Milan in 1630; an episode in Manzoni's 'I promessi sposi'. Lithograph by G. Gallina after A. Manzoni.

The funeral of Tom Moody, a huntsman: members of the hunt cry "View-halloo" and "Tally-ho!" over his grave. Wood engraving after R. Seymour, 1831.

The last pump of the Monarchy, The king went to Notre Dame for the Te Deum, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

Etching by Jan Luyken from 1721-1778 depicting Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey, showing figures, city gates, crowd, and posture of Jesus.

Members of different brotherhoods carrying a coffin during a procession. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura.

Giovanni Maria Ferretti Sollazzi (1792-1878). Pius IX, Pope of Rome. Convened the First Vatican Ecumenical Council, in 1869. The Return of Gaeta. His Holiness received the keys to the city.

Etching by Jan Luyken created between 1721 and 1778 depicting Paul in Jerusalem, showing human figures, architectural elements, and biblical setting in 18th-century religious illustration.

ESCENA DEL QUIJOTE - SIGLO XX - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Author: SEGRELLES JOSE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

Historical engraving from the 19th Century, passion play or mystery play, religious theatre performance in a public space in a Dutch town

Te Deum to the altar of peace (continued) double board. (registered title) | Caricature boards 1831. (Title of all)

Kublai Khan revives the imperial birthday ceremony. Date: circa 1275

A VISIT TO THE TYCOON OF JAPAN

United States. Virginia. 18th century. Anabaptist baptism. Engraving, 1841.

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