Royal Portraits and Events

Historical portraits of royalty, showcasing formal attire in various poses across various significant occasions and settings.

Alfonso XIII 1886 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, proclaimed King at his birth. He reigned from 1886-1931. His mother, Queen Maria Christina, was appointed regent during his minority. In 1902, on attaining his 16th year, the King assumed control of the state. c1901.

Poll photo collection. Visit to the German author Erich Maria Remarque and the American actress Paulette Goddard in their villa in the Swiss Porto Ronco. Remarque in conversation, sitting in an armchair in his living room in the villa in Porto Ronco. October 1961. Lago Maggiore, Switzerland

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. 1960

Royal Coming-Of-Age -- Prince Yoshi, the second son of the Emperor and Empress of Japan, who comes of age today, November 28th, on attaining his 20th birthday.Japan's Prince Yoshi (pictured) is having trouble getting along on his £2/10/- a month pocket money. November 28, 1955.

Alfonso XIII 1886 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, proclaimed King at his birth. He reigned from 1886-1931. His mother, Queen Maria Christina, was appointed regent during his minority. In 1902, on attaining his 16th year, the King assumed control of the state. c1901.

Christopher Fry the Playwright relaxing ***** armchair with a magazine. He recently wrote an "Essay on Comedy" for the "Adelphi", a penetrating analysis which is regarded as a masterpiece of prose. September 5, 1951. (Photo by Tom Blau, Camera Press).

Dr. Donald Soper (Rev. Lord) - Pres. of Methodist Church. December 3, 1951.

10/31/1909. The poet D. Teodoro Llorente, the distinguished Valencian vate, to whom a tribute tomorrow at the Valencia exhibition stadium.

Poll photo collection. Visit to the German author Erich Maria Remarque and the American actress Paulette Goddard in their villa in the Swiss Porto Ronco. Remarque in conversation, sitting in an armchair in his living room in the villa in Porto Ronco. October 1961. Lago Maggiore, Switzerland

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Poll photo collection. Visit to the German author Erich Maria Remarque and the American actress Paulette Goddard in their villa in the Swiss Porto Ronco. Remarque in conversation, sitting in an armchair in his living room in the villa in Porto Ronco. October 1961. Lago Maggiore, Switzerland

Sir David Murray Anderson. August 12, 1936.

Australian delegate Percy Spender made blistering denunciation of Russia at the Japanese Peace treaty conference yesterday. September 19, 1950. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Prince Bernhard at Schiphol. April 27, 1961. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Blithe Spirit -- A picture to rouse the envy of millions of shivering Europeans - Noel Coward blithely relaxes in the wonderful Bermudan Sunshine in the grounds of the Bermudiana hotel at Pembroke. With him is the English musical comedy star Graham Payn (right). Noel, playwright, author, actor and composer, is resting before tackling new television assignments. February 28, 1955. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Former President Harry S. Truman on his front porch in Independence, Missouri. Nov. 11, 1967.

Philip Wirth of Wirths Circus. July 07, 1950.

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana and Minister Joekes. April 28, 1951

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Queen Wilhelmina with jhr.mr. Beelaerts van Blokland in Stubbings House, Maidenhead, Friday, November 19, 1943. November 19, 1943. Great Britain, Maidenhead

Candid portrait of President Franklin Roosevelt speaking to informally to greeters at Hyde Park, NY. FDR had just arrived to spend the August Congressional break at his Hudson River home. July 29, 1933.

The Federal Assembly elected the new Federal President Gustav Heinemann (SPD) in the third round of voting on 5 March 1969 in Berlin. The CDU candidate was Gerhard Schroeder (CDU) . Kai Uwe von Hassel (CDU), Germany, Europe

Australian dramatist Sumner Locke-Elliott, back in for a brief visit, tells of his eventful two years in *****. August 10, 1950.

Poll photo collection. Travel to Poland. Warsaw. Portrait of the Polish Foreign Minister Josef Beck. Behind him a gobelin with the show of Diana, the goddess of the yacht. 1934. Poland, Warsaw

Mrs. Evatt, wife of the leader of the Opposition speaking at Kogarah this morning. December 3, 1955. (Photo by Alec Iverson/Fairfax Media).

Max Reinhardt. December 02, 1935.

Portrait of the Composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) by Anonymous /Private Collection/1920s-1930s/Photograph/Music, Dance,Portrait

Anefo photo collection. Night concert by Count Basie in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Piet van Egmond leaves the Solistenkamer. March 7, 1959

Carlo Alberto Salustri, Trilussa, 1950.

ALFRED HITCHCOCK in MARNIE (1964), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

Anefo photo collection. Cabinet crisis 1966: The night of Schmelzer. Minister of Defense Piet de Jong (KVP) arrives at the office of formateur drs. W.K.N. (Norbert) Schmelzer (KVP). October 27, 1966. The Hague, South Holland

JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE.

H.H. Bahador Singe.The Maharaja Of Bundi. January 01, 1950. (Photo by Camera Press).

M. Edwin Sefton

11/30/1959. Julio expensive Baroja.

Rex White (Collarenebri) Owner. August 1, 1954. (Photo by Belle Hua).

Wallace Morgan

Alfred Hitchcock.

ANTHONY PERKINS in PSYCHO III (1986), directed by ANTHONY PERKINS.

Elsevier photo collection. Prince Bernhard office Soestdijk Palace. June 1964. Soestdijk

Mr F Mockett, 1936, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf, 1975.

Composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Correction of the Piano Concerto No. 3 in Ivanovka / Anonymous / Photograph / 1910 / Russia / The State Conservatory, Moscow / Portrait

Henry Burr

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces.

M. Gafencu Has Important Talks In Paris -- M. Gafencu snapped at the Quai D'Orsay, Paris, last night, April 27, during one of his important talks with M. Bonnet. Left to Right, M. Ta Tarescu, the Rumanian Ambassador in Paris M. Gafencu, and M. Georges Bonnet.Following his visit to London, during which he has a number of conferences with Lord Halifax, M. Gafencu, the Rumanian Foreign Minister, is now in Paris, where he has started a series of important talks with M. Bonnet, the French Foreign Minister. May 8, 1939. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

General De Gaulle Holds A Press Conference -- In holding a Press Conference, the General according to the Correspondent of "The Times" spoke with immense zest and confidence, using wide gestures and a curious use of falsetto to mark numerous passages where he gave free rein to his biting irony. March 03, 1949. (Photo by Camera Press)

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Anefo photo collection. Lodewijk Prins, chess largemaster. Shells, portraits, grandmasters. November 24, 1982

Anefo photo collection. Anthon van der Horst 29 December 25 years of conductor. December 26, 1956

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard with dog. 1960

The American Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph C. Grew, photographed at the American Embassy this morning when they left for Yokohama to sail for the United States by the Dollar liner President Hoover. They are scheduled to return here in December via Siberia, visiting the European countries. July 21, 1935. (Photo by The Shimbun Rengo News Photos Service).

KEVIN COSTNER in JFK (1991), directed by OLIVER STONE.

Anefo photo collection. Television key "Poker". Andre van den Heuvel and Luc Lutz. June 8, 1961

U.S. Presidential Nominee Adlai Stevenson at the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, USA, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, July 1952

Photo of American expatriate modernist poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972), no location or date. (Photo by United States Information Agency/GG Vintage Images/UIG)

Randolph Churchill. September 05, 1947.

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Anefo photo collection. Concertgebouw orchestra. Conductor Eduard van Beinum. February 6, 1946

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. 1964

12/31/1925. Wenceslao Fernández Flórez at his home in Madrid -.

DAVID NIVEN.

1889. Emilio Castelar.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. 1962

Frederik IX by Denmark, Director General Erik Upmark

Put Up Your Duke -- Looking somewhat like a southpaw boxer squaring off with an opponent, the Duke of Windsor gestures as he explains how plane on which he was passenger from London to Paris yesterday tipped over as it landed. Plane tire blew out as the craft taxied. Wing tip touched ground in incident but all passengers got out without difficulty. No one was believed injured. Trip marked first time the Duke had flown from London since before World War II. May 07, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

LAURENCE OLIVIER in SLEUTH (1972), directed by JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ.

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949. Edward A. Norman of Macy's N.Y. During his visit to Israel in 1949 as president of the American Fund for Israel. January 1, 1948. Israel, USA

JOHN BARRYMORE.

Portrait of Italian senator and founder and director of daily newspaper Il Tempo Renato Angiolillo. On his desk one can see a caricatural figure of Stalin (Iosif Vissarionovic). Rome, 1st December 1956

12/31/1929. Portrait of Mauricio Ravel made during his visit to the Alcázar of Seville.

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Political and Military Personalities; Casey, Richard Gavin Gardiner

Anefo photo collection. Dr. Mansholt presents his book "De Crisis" in Nieuwspoort The Hague. 12 February 1975. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. KVP Party Board, Rotterdam, Nr. 3A (L) de Jong, (R) Miss Kok, No. 4a, 5a de Zeeuw. November 27, 1971. Rotterdam, South Holland

El político Manuel Fraga Iribarne en la embajada española de Londres, año 1975.

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949. Edward A. Norman of Macy's N.Y. During his visit to Israel in 1949 as president of the American Fund for Israel in a park. January 1, 1948. Israel, USA

Poll photo collection. The royal family at Soestdijk Palace. Framed portrait photos of the South African Premier Jan Smuts and from American President Franklin Roosevelt. "ca. 1947"}. Baarn, Utrecht (province)

The poet Sergei Mikhalkov, the author of National Anthem of the Soviet Union by Anonymous /Private Collection/1946/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

Jack Miller , Miller, Jack, 1924-1948. Jack Miller Collection

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer behind the camera.

Ennio morricone

Patrick McGoohan, Max von Sydow, on-set of the Film, "Brass Target", MGM, United Artists, 1978

Mission To Moscow -- Dudley Field Malone, distinguished united states attorney, playing the role of the Hon. Winston Churchill in the Warner Bros. film, Mission to Moscow, is pictured here on the set with the Hon. Joseph E. Davies, former united state ambassador to Moscow and author of the book, "Mission to Moscow". January 01, 1943.

Anefo photo collection. Visit Prince Bernhard Hiswa Goedkamp in the Rai in Amsterdam. March 23, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tv LeidingeepleIncabaret "All the spikes" of Jaap van de Merwe. December 15, 1959. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Gino bartali. cyclist. 1958.

MAURICE CHEVALIER.

Anefo photo collection. Arthur Rubinstein gave concert in Nijmegen. April 20, 1963. Gelderland, Nijmegen

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard shows gifts that he received Dono DOO Indonesia on Palace Soestdijk. July 13, 1970

BASIL RATHBONE. 1930.

Gordon Thomas. July 19, 1951.

Poll photo collection. Royal family Belgium. King Leopold III behind his desk in the palace. 1934. Belgium, Brussels

Daphne Du Maurier At Home At Menabilly On The Board Oak Stair Case: Which leads to the upper floor of Menabilly, Lady Browning is seen against a painting of herself as a child with her two sisters. March 09, 1951. (Photo by Tom L. Blau, Camera Press.

Poll photo collection. The Dutch envoy in Brussels, jr. A.w.l. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachauwer. 1935. Brussels

LUIS BUÑUEL in TRISTANA (1970), directed by LUIS BUÑUEL.

CECIL B DEMILLE.

05/31/1962. Antonio Mingote, author of humorous drawings and jokes, is a man so serious that he is incapable of laughing at his own jokes.

Indian cartoonist r k laxman, india, asia Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT Son of George V with his son Edward (born 1935) Date: 1902 - 1942

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Visits Cheshire Foundation For The Sick:Her Majesty The Queen Mother to-day visited the Cheshire Foundation home for the Sick at Liss, Hents, which was founded by Group Captain Cheshire, V.C. Photo shows- Ted Seaman 29 years of Portsmouth, Prints for The Queen Mother, Group Capt. Cheshire, V.C. is on the left. at the Cheshire Foundation Home for the sick. April 20, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard opens Cincinati N.V. Vlaardingen. June 15, 1954. Vlaardingen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Television image of Pope Paul VI When closing the Second Vatican Council with a speech in Rome. December 8, 1965

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