British Flag Collection (#3)

Captain Glasse, and his Chief Engineer, H.M.S. "Vulture", superintending the repairs of the Mortars Creator
Captain Glasse, and his Chief Engineer, H.M.S. "Vulture", superintending the repairs of the Mortars during the Bombardment of Sveaborg - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856

Le "Combattant Inconnu" Britannique; a Westminster: le roi George V et, derriere lui, ses...1920
Le "Combattant Inconnu" Britannique; a Westminster: le roi George V et, derriere lui, ses fils, le prince de Galles et le duc d'York, devant le cercueil, 1920

The Crowned King George VI Seated on the Coronation Chair, 1937. Creator: Photochrom Co Ltd of London
The Crowned King George VI Seated on the Coronation Chair, 1937. From "The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth". [The Photochrom Co. Ltd. London, 1937 ]

The Coronation Procession in The Mall, 1937. Creator: Photochrom Co Ltd of London
The Coronation Procession in The Mall, 1937. From "The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth". [The Photochrom Co. Ltd. London, 1937 ]

The King and Queen Leaving Buckingham Palace, 1937. Creator: Photochrom Co Ltd of London
The King and Queen Leaving Buckingham Palace, 1937. From "The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth". [The Photochrom Co. Ltd. London, 1937 ]

Flags - British And French Flags On State Department. Visit of Allied Commission, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Flags - British And French Flags On State Department. Visit of Allied Commission, 1917. The flag in the centre is either Cuba or Puerto Rico

Le glorieux ballon; Le ballon, qui sera legendaire, du 8e East Surrey, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Le glorieux ballon; Le ballon, qui sera legendaire, du 8e East Surrey, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Flags - American, British, And French Flags On State Department. Visit of Allied Commission, 1917

Flags - American, British, And French Flags in Front of Union Station, Awaiting Arrival... 1917
Flags - American, British, And French Flags in Front of Union Station, Awaiting Arrival of Balfour And Allied Commission, 1917

Allied Commission To U.S - Allied Flags On State Department, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Allied Commission To U.S - Allied Flags On State Department, 1917. First World War: French, US and British flags on government building, Washington, DC

Head-Quarters of Lord Raglan, near Balaclava - from a sketch by Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Head-Quarters of Lord Raglan, near Balaclava - from a sketch by Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly, 1854. Crimean War. View of...the Head-quarters of Lord Raglan, not far from Balaclava

British Commission To U.S. - At Capitol, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. British Commission To U.S. - At Capitol, 1917
British Commission To U.S. - At Capitol, 1917

A True Loyalist, c1897. Creator: Unknown
A True Loyalist, c1897. The Decorations - "Every little helps" - Hoisting the Standard. "Little children grow to men: Loyal now is loyal then." Rev. H. D. Rawnsley'

British Commission To U.S. - Arrival At Long Residence, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. British Commission To U.S
British Commission To U.S. - Arrival At Long Residence, 1917

Ball at Hawkstone, to Commemorate the Majority of Hon. Rowland Clegg Hill, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ball at Hawkstone, to Commemorate the Majority of Hon. Rowland Clegg Hill, 1854. Party for Rowland Clegg-Hill's 21st birthday at the family seat of Hawkstone Hall in Shropshire

Entrance to Hawkstone Park, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Entrance to Hawkstone Park, 1854. Party for Rowland Clegg-Hill's 21st birthday at the family seat of Hawkstone Hall in Shropshire

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

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

Captain Cook hoisting the British Flag in Australia (colour litho)
3099594 Captain Cook hoisting the British Flag in Australia (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captain Cook hoisting the British Flag in Australia)

Union Jack and Big Ben, London, England

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

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 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

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"The British Flag: A Symbol of History, Unity, and Pride" The iconic British flag, also known as the Union Jack, holds a rich history that spans centuries. From its origins in the Battle of Trafalgar depicted in an oil on canvas masterpiece to its presence in modern-day landmarks around the world, this flag represents the resilience and spirit of Great Britain. In 1944, during World War II, Robert Baden-Powell designed a Scouts Enrolment Card featuring the British flag. This symbol of patriotism served as a reminder to young scouts about their duty towards their country. Across continents and oceans, one can find glimpses of the British flag proudly displayed. London Bridge may have found a new home in Lake Havasu, Arizona but it still bears witness to this enduring symbol. Even Her Majesty Queen Victoria's first entry into Brighton was marked by waving flags that showcased national pride. Not limited to land-based structures alone, even financial institutions like the Bank of Scotland building proudly display this emblematic design. Its presence serves as a constant reminder of Britain's economic prowess and stability. The General Strike in May 1926 saw workers unite under this powerful banner demanding fair treatment and better working conditions. The Union Jack flying high alongside Big Ben stands as an everlasting testament to these struggles for justice. Victory Day Procession held in London on July 19th, 1919 captured through an unknown artist's lens showcases jubilant crowds celebrating triumph over adversity with flags fluttering above them. Beyond borders lies Leadenhall Market nestled within England's vibrant capital city - London. Here too you will find stalls adorned with merchandise bearing the unmistakable image of the Union Jack; reminding visitors from all corners of Europe about Britain's cultural heritage. Even amidst Antarctica's icy landscapes at Port Lockroy British Antarctic Base on Wiencke Island Gentoo penguins waddle past displaying their own version of national pride – donning the colors of the British flag.