Union Jack Collection (#4)

Presentation to the Highgate Rifle Corps of a silver bugle by Miss Burdet Coutts... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Presentation to the Highgate Rifle Corps of a silver bugle by Miss Burdet Coutts, at Holly Lodge, Highgate, 1860. The company having taken their seats, the battalion marched up in column,

Changing of the Guard, 20th century. Artist: Raoul Dufy
Changing of the Guard, 20th century

The Prince opening the Industrial Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales at Montreal - The Prince opening the Industrial Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, 1860. Exhibition hall designed by John William Hopkins....the Prince entered

The Review of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers in Knowsley Park - the Earl and Countess of... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Review of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers in Knowsley Park - the Earl and Countess of Derby leaving Knowsley Hall for the Review, 1860

Ceremony of Laying the Foundation-Stone of a Memorial to the late Marquess of... Ireland, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Ceremony of Laying the Foundation-Stone of a Memorial to the late Marquess of Londonderry, on Scrabo Hill, County Down, Ireland, 1857

Opening of the Barnsley Branch Railway: the Procession entering the Regent-Street Station, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Barnsley Branch Railway: the Procession entering the Regent-Street Station, 1857. The opening ceremony consisted of a procession of the workmen employed in the construction of

Fancy Bazaar at the Wellington Barracks, St. James's-Park, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Fancy Bazaar at the Wellington Barracks, St. James's-Park, 1856. Fundraising in London. The committee of ladies who during the last two years have been occupied in the praiseworthy task of

Launch of the "Torino", at Blackwall, 1856. Creator: Edwin Weedon
Launch of the "Torino", at Blackwall, 1856. Steamship on the River Thames in London, ...built by Messrs. C. Mare and Co. for the Genoese Transatlantic Navigation Company...designed by Mr

Reception of Colonel Lake and Captain Thompson, at Hull, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Reception of Colonel Lake and Captain Thompson, at Hull, 1856. Event to welcome the return of...two of the heroic defenders of the city of Kars [Crimean War]

The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - Triumphal Monument on Southsea Common, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - Triumphal Monument on Southsea Common, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Hampshire

Opening of the New Docks at West Hartlepool, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the New Docks at West Hartlepool, 1856. It was calculated by those accustomed to estimate numbers of people congregated together that 50

The Peace Commemoration at Lynn - School Children's Festival, in the Public Walks, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Lynn - School Children's Festival, in the Public Walks, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Norfolk

The Peace Commemoration - Country Visitors at the Illumination, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration - Country Visitors at the Illumination, 1856. Paris prepares to celebrate the end of the Crimean War

Peace Commemoration, 1814 - Chinese Pagoda and Bridge, in St. James's-Park, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Peace Commemoration, 1814 - Chinese Pagoda and Bridge, in St. James's-Park, [London], 1856. Commemoration of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, (18 October 1748)

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

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