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Historical Gatherings and Ceremonies

Illustrations depicting significant historical events and gatherings, showcasing crowds and solemn moments in various formal settings, rich in cultural context.

King Othon (prince Otto of Bavaria) wears Greek dress in Athens cathedral, but this isn't enough to endear him to his subjects who will depose him in October 1862. Date: 1854

The coronation of Catherine is announced at Moscow. Date: 1762

events revolutions 1848 - 1849 Germany Preliminary Parliament 31.3.1848 - 3.4.1848 Saint Paul-s Church Frankfurt am Main session wood engraving 19th century,

Coronation of Wilhelm I at Koenigsber 1861, History of the Hohenzollerns, Prussia, historical illustration 1899

''The Queen's visit to Glasgow and Paisley, the opening of the new Municipal Buildings Glasgow , by Her Majesty ', 1888. From, 'The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888'.

Engraving depicting the Bishop of London preaching to King James I from St Paul's Cross - 1620. Dated 19th century

Engraving showing the Sunday church service on board the P.&O. steamer 'Sumatra'; outward bound from Britain to India, 1875. The service appears to be taking place on the hurricane-deck of the ship, underneath an awning Date: 1875

Italy. Rome. Opening of sepulchral monument of Pope Innocent III in the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Engraving by Capuz. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1892.

The House of Commons during the Commonwealth. Date: 1651

Congregation in a black Afro-American church, USA in the 19th century. From America Revisited: From The Bay of New York to The Gulf of Mexico, published 1886.

The illustrated world / Paris-Montmartre. - Ceremony of the blessing of the first stone of the Church of the Sacred Heart. - Overview during the speech of Mgr Guibert.

THE LYING IN STATE IN THE CHURCH SANTA CHIARA, OBSEQUIES OF THE LATE KING OF NAPLES

FUNERAL OF THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA AT ST. PETERSBURG

From the funeral of Frederick William I, The corpse of the king, Germany, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved, From the funeral of Frederick William I, The corpse of the king, Germany, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved, Europe

Wallfahrt nach Kevelaer, Pilgergruppe auf dem Weg zur Wallfahrtskirche, 1869, Landkreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland, Illustration, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt 1f-4999898

Signing the Covenant in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland in 1638. From the book Scottish Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Samuel G. Green published 1886.

'The Fountain-Broad Sanctuary', 1872. Men women and children run for shelter under Buxton Memorial Fountain in memory of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, a philanthropist and anti-slavery campaigner. From, "LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. Grant and Co., 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C., 1872.

Funeral of President James Monroe - Exhuming the remains of President Monroe in the Second Street Cemetery, NYC - 1858

I raise my hand and, with his head covered, I pronounced the formula of absolution, vintage engraving. I raise my hand and, with his head covered, I pronounced the formula of absolution, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656175

Procession in New York on 1 May 1889, America, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Procession in New York on 1 May 1889, America, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Illustration showing The monks of St Catherine's Convent on Mt Sinai turning the capstan, which operated the hoisting machine that served as the sole means of access to their retreat 1890

The Persian's Muharram festival in Constantinople, wood engraving, 1880

Funeral procession for an emperor in Japan 1800. Nobles offer their processions for the soul of the emperor

España. Siglo XIX. Almería. Peregrinación de Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados del Saliente. Grabado de la época.

Procession of the Sultan at the Festival of the Bairam, Constantinople, 1854. 'In Turkey, the long month's fast of Ramazan (the Mahomedan Lent), is succeeded by the Bairam, which presents three days of unmixed festivity...Before five o'clock the procession left the summer palace, and...the Sovereign listened to the sunrise prayer after the custom sanctioned by centuries of usage...View of the procession...to the Mosque of Achmet...The Sultan is preceded and followed by the Imperial Guards...At every row or file of Imperial Guards is an officer of the army, in short jacket, epaulettes, braide

Popular traditional festival of San Bartolome in Sitges 1895, painting by Felipe Maso. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

A priest performing a ceremony on board a ship containing the remains of Napoleon Bonaparte. Lithograph by J. Arnout.

A synagogue in Jerusalem, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Burning of St. Anne's Church, Limehouse, London, on Good Friday Morning, 1850. 'The roof of the church was on fire, and the entire building enveloped in smoke; and such was the rapidity of the flames, that before a single fire-engine could be got to work the roof had fallen in; and in a very short time the interior was consumed to the bare walls of the body of the church; the tower at the west end remaining, though it had been injured internally...An immense concourse of the inhabitants speedily assembled in the churchyard. As yet there was no engine on the spot, and but a very scanty supply

John Hooper c.1495-1555, English bishop of Gloucester and Worcester and martyr. Martyrdom of Hooper at Gloucester.

Yemelyan Pugachev (ca.1742-1775). Pretender to the Russian throne and leader of the Russian uprising. Execution of Pugachev in Bolotnaya Square, Moscow (January 1775). Engraving by Bolotoy. 18th century.

THE COTTON FAMINE

Vintage Art. Alkmaar , Netherlands . The Cheese Market. with vendors and buyers trading local cheese. circa 1800

A negro funeral, 1896., 1896., New York. Publisher, Harper & Brothers. African Americans, funeral processions, Southern States

The Field Lane Refuge.

Popular demonstration in front of the Ministry of Public Works, Madrid, 1869, Spain, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date unknown, Europe

MARIA CRISTINA DE HABSBURGO. REINA DE ESPAÑA. 1858 - 1929. SE CASO CON ALFONSO XII EN EL AÑO 1879. LA REINA REGENTE PRESENCIA LA COLOCACION DE LA PRIMERA PIEDRA DEL SEMINARIO CONCILIAR, AÑO 1891. GRABADO ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Funeral of Scottish Poet Thomas Campbell 27 July 1777 - 15 June 1844; lIllustrated London News July 1844; Black and White

Sermon on a Spree barges in Berlin, Germany, historical illustration, circa 1886, Europe

ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES FROM THE CHRISTMAS TREE AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL, UK, 1869

An engraving depicting the British Association meeting in Canada. Lord Rayleigh is giving the Presidential address in the Queens Hall, Montreal. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting monks at St Catherine's Convent on Mt Sinai turning the capstan which operated the hoisting machine that served as the sole means of access to their retreat. Dated 19th century

PROCESSION OF THE SULTAN AT THE FESTIVAL OF THE BAIRAM, CONSTANTINOPLE, ISTANBUL, 1854

Coronation of Napoleon I, 2 December 1804. Arrival of the Emperor's coach at Notre Dame, Paris. Engraving.

Buddha worship at the Monastery of a Thousand Lamas in Beijing, China, in 1880 / Buddhaverehrung im Kloster der tausend Lamas in Peking, China, im Jahre 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Travel to India of the Prince of Wales. Gala Dinner held in the Underground Temple of Elephanta on the occasion of the visit of the Prince. Recorded the 19th century.

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, the Pope giving his blessing at the Vatican in front of the unfinished St. Peter's Basilica in the 16th Century

Ceremony of Scottish Freemasons, Anonymous, 1840 - 1870 painting Ceremony of Scottish Freemasons. The ritual depicted here is the splitting of wine and oil on the stone, on which choirs lies. The scene is set in a construction site, under beams. England cardboard. oil paint (paint) consecration ~ Freemasonry. building-site Scotland

A funeral procession carrying the corpse of an unmarried girl layed out on a bier through a village. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and G. Dura after G. Dura, 1851.

TOMB OF THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, IN THE CRYPT OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON, 1854

The Reading of the Royal Proclamation of Peace and for a Day of Thanksgiving, at Edinburgh, 1856. Ceremony to mark the end of the Crimean War. 'Altogether there could not have been less than 10,000 people assembled in the High-street. The 7th Dragoon Guards formed the guard of honour, and lined the street from the County-buildings to the porch of the High Church...the procession, consisting of Sheriff Gordon, the Sheriff-Clerk, and the Heralds and Pursuivants, moved from the County-buildings to the Cross, joined at the High Church by the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council in their robes, g

When Edward and Alexandra visit Oxford, the Apollo University Lodge of Freemasons honours them with an 'Arch of Honour' Date: June 1863

Tomb of Louis V, Emperor of Germany, in the Munich Cathedral, vintage engraving. Tomb of Louis V, Emperor of Germany, in the Munich Cathedral, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673453

Andacollo, Chile, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1858.

Distribution of bread to the poor of Augerville, on the day of the funeral of Pierre-Antoine Berryer (4 January 1790) (29 November 1868), French lawyer and politician, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Broadway - Lincolns Funeral. Lithographer: Unknown

Engraving showing Archbishop Manning administering the pledge, before a large audience on Clerkenwell Green, London, 1872. Date: 19 October 1872

Choir of St Martin's Church, Dorking, Surrey, 19th century.Artist: MJ Starling

Travel to India of the Prince of Wales. Gala Dinner held in the Underground Temple of Elephanta on the occasion of the visit of the Prince. Recorded the 19th century. Coloured.

The mast of Cocagne of August 15th. (Registered Title) | News. (Title of the whole)

THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHAH IN BIRMINGHAM: THE PROCESSION PASSING ALONG NEW STREET, UK, 1889.

Illustration showing the public hanging of Karakine Tafounian, an Armenian who had killed a Turkish offical, on the Galata Bridge in Constantinople (now Istanbul), 1896. Date: 1896

Massacres in the Eastern Turkey: Thousands of Armenians burnt alive by Turks in a Catholic Church in Adama. Illustrator Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from La Domenica del Corriere, 16th-23rd May 1909.

Part of Prince Albert's funeral procession in the nave of St. George's Chapel. Earl Spencer bearing the crown of the late Prince and Lord George Lennox bearing the baton, sword and hat of the late Prince, husband of Queen Victoria. Date: 4 January 1862

Part of the cathedral is destroyed by fire. Date: 1872

Serenade by Choral Societies given the night of 28 May due to the visit of the Queen Regent Maria Cristina of Habsburg-Lorraine to the Monastery of Montserrat. Catalonia. Spain. Drawing by P. Y. Valor, 1888. Colored.

Illustration showing the Mexican Pavilion, at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. This was a fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next.

Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The 24-day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) delivering his inaugural address as President in front of the Capitol, Washington on 4 March 1861. Wood engraving.

Jesus consoles the women of Jerusalem , Biblical events, Stations of the Cross, Jesus Christ

The proposed memorial to the late archbishop Tait, the Duke of Albany addressing the meeting at the Mansion House, London, England, historic image, 1883

Dervishes, Constantinople, Turkey, 1853. Artist: Unknown

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