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19th Century Social Gatherings

A collection of historical events showcasing social gatherings, charitable donations, and significant trials, featuring diverse groups in various settings and attire.

Engraving depicts the Godoy kings and parents at the table of the Emperor. Dated 19th Century
Engraving depicts the Godoy kings and parents at the table of the Emperor. Dated 19th Century
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Secret Societies (nineteenth century). Initiation ceremony of a new member. Colored engraving.
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An engraving depicting a bible reader in the men's dormitory at the Cow Cross Mission's night refuge near Smithfield. Dated 19th century
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Puritan town crier, sent through town to prohibit Christmas Junketings. Date: C17
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Sketches in China - Heads of the People - a sketch at the Rev. Mr. Huleatt's Rice Distribution at Canton, 1858. Engraving from a sketch '...received by the last Overland Mail from our Special Artist and Correspondent in China, who, in a letter dated Canton, Oct. 28, writes: "The rice distribution is still carried on by the Rev. Mr. Huleatt on a reduced scale. Seven or eight hundred people three times a week receive a catty kati - traditional Chinese unit of mass of dry rice. That crowd contains within it the concentrated essence of human misery. Starving wretches are there - living skel
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A 'Penny Wedding' where the guests are expected to make a financial contribution to the cost of the wedding and setting up the newly-weds in the necessities of life. Date: early 19th century
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Emancipation Proclamation. Published and sold by Martin & Judson, c1864. Print shows at centre the text of the Emancipation Proclamation with vignettes surrounding it; on the left are scenes related to slavery and on the right are scenes showing the benefits attained through freedom; also shows Justice and Columbia at the top centre beneath a bald eagle and a portrait of Abraham Lincoln at bottom centre above a scene of former slaves giving thanks
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Thuringian New Year customs with magic circle, oracle on New Year's Eve, hymn at the church door, shooting and lighting of bonfires, Thuringia, Germany, historical illustration circa 1893, Europe
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Engraving depicting the dipping of tallow candles. A frame of broaches containing wicks is attached to a nodding donkey - a balance- shaped beam suspended from the ceiling with a pan containing counter-balance weights at one end. The weights in the pan determined the size of candles being dipped. Dated 19th Century
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Benediction in Georgia George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882-1925). , 1916. Lithograph on wove paper, Image: 16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.6 x 50.5 cm). American Art 1916
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Baptism in Saint Nazare (France) of the yacht 'Strela', property of Big Duke Alexis, brother of the czar of Russia. Engraving by A. Meaulle for 'Le Petit Journal' (1892). Engraving.
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Norway churches church in Ejvindvik stone cross wood engraving circa 1870,
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Chinese opium den in San Francisco, California, in the 1870s. From American Pictures Drawn With Pen And Pencil by Rev Samuel Manning c. 1880, United States, America, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, North America
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The rack.. Mason, George Henry. Wilson, William, active 1811-1839. Prints, Illustrations. 1804. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Punishment & torture, Criminal justice, Administration of, Clothing & dress, Manners & customs, China, Punishment & torture , China, Costumes , Chinese
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Occupations in Constantinople, Turkey, in 1880, Chestnut seller, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Asia
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Maximo and Bartola, supposed to be Aztecs, advertised for exhibition. Colour lithograph.
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A priest (the Catholic church) has tied a young woman (Ireland) with a rope and is admonishing her. Lithograph by Tom Merry, July 1891.
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The presentation of John Adams. the appointed first American ambassador to Great Britain. to King George III at the Court of St. James. England. digital reproduction of a historical original
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Conference of Kaw Indians (Kansas) with the United States Commission of Indian Affairs | Library of Congress
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The Republican Pharisees, from Puck 1858-1894 United States. Color lithograph on newsprint . Joseph Keppler
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Leaving church, regional costumes, Vorarlberg Province c.1870, chromolithograph after A Kretschmer
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King Joe disposing of his Spanish crown!!! - Print shows King Joseph I attempting to auction off his crown. 1808
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Sunday Service at Finnish Church by Alex Eckener, b.1870
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Charles Williams, active 1796-1830, British, A Clerical Manoeuvre or the Way to Finish a Charity Sermon, 1815. Etching.
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Foreigners enjoy themselves during a banquet, Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1860 print Right magazine of the triptych. paper celebration meal, feast, banquet. human races; peoples; nationalities. visiting; receiving guests; elegant company
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French postcard wedding invitation circa 1860
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A noble act of mercy of Laetit, Princess of Austria in the Basilica of Superga, 1913
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Conference in the House of Lords in Vienna, Austria, Professor Arndts, Cardinal Rauscher, Cardinal Prince Schwarzenberg, Count Thun, Count Auersperg, Professor Rokitansky, Baron Lichtenfels, President Colloredo, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original document from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, Europe
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A serious faced Rev. John Ferguson (d.1854) of St. Peters Episcopal Chapel (never known to smile) approaching the Right Rev. Charles H. Terrot (1790-1872) Episcopal Bishop of Edinburgh Date: 1847
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A Clerical Manoeuvre or the Way to Finish a Charity Sermon, Charles Williams, active 1796-1830, British, 1815, Etching
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Josef Stalin as a revolutionary, giving a speech to workers, Soviet dictator and tyrant, photo in the Josef Stalin Museum, J. Stalin State Museum, Gori, Georgia, Asia
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Happy Easter Nostalgia Cards
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Penns Treaty. William Penn entering into peace treaty in 1683 with a chief of the Delaware.
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After the trials and tribulations of the story Adam Bede declares his love to Dinah Morris, the Methodist preacher. George Eliot Adam Bede, first published 1859. Illustration by William Small (1843-1929) from an edition published circa 1885
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Cartoon - The Feast of Belshazzar Rostap (1866-1949)
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Puck Magazine: Late Repentance, Puck Magazine
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Lord Willingdon Mahatma Gandhi in Yerwada Prison thousands Gandhi by Shankar, India, Asia, 1933 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -
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MARTINEZ IZQUIERDO ,NARCISO. PRIMER OBISPO DE MADRID. RUEDA 1831 - 1886. " EL 18 - 4 - 1886 EL SACERDOTE CAYETANO GALEOTE ASESINA AL OBISPO DE MADRID EN EL . ATRIO DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN ISIDRO EN MADRID ". GRABADO . ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.
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Departure of the Pilgrims from Delft Haven, 1620 , Pilgrims, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Japanese funeral customs: in a wooden temple outbuilding, overseen by a Buddhist monk, three attendants dressed in loincloths uncover a tub-shaped coffin to reveal the body of a dead man. Watercolour, ca. 1880 ().
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Grand Duke Constantine of Russia visiting the house of Joan of Arc at Domremy, France. St Joan or The Maid of Orleans (1412-1431) French national heroine. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 15 June 1892.
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A colour illustration of a tree being dressed for Christmas. Date: 22nd December 1900
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Engraving showing a view of the peal of bells in St.Paul's Cathedral, London, 1878. Date: 12 October 1878
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Group of Mevlevi Dervishes, Constantinople - pictures inside a seashell. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) mystic and poet. When the great Andalusian mystic Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi met Rumi (as a boy) with his Father in Baghdad he commented when he saw him walking away behind his Father How strange, there goes a Sea followed by an Ocean. The advancing Mongol hordes forced Rumis Family to leave Balkh arriving
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Birth of our nation's flag / C.H. Weisgerber. | Library of Congress
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Dervishes, members of Muslim religious order founded in the 12th century, dancing and performing ritual of 'remembering' god in self-induced ecstatic trance. Constantinople. Wood engraving 1853.