Westminster Collection (#100)

UK, England, London, Westminster, Parliament Square, Telephone boxes

Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK

Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, London, England, UK

London, Westminster, House of Parliament with Big Ben

Small boats on the Thames with The Houses of Parliament in the background
in a scene from Dunkirk (1958)

Houses of Parliament, London, England

Big Ben & Houses of Parliament, London, England

Westminster / Big Ben & Underground / Subway Sign, London, England

Four views of London: The Thames looking towards Westminster. Artist: Joli, Antonio (1700-1777)
Four views of London: The Thames looking towards Westminster. From a private collection

Seagulls. The Thames in London. The Houses of Parliament, 1903-1904. Artist: Claude Monet
Seagulls. The Thames in London. The Houses of Parliament, 1903-1904. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Miltons House in Petty France, Westminster, London, 1923. Artist: Rischgitz Collection
Miltons House in Petty France, Westminster, London, 1923. Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923

Queen Victoria receiving the Sacrament at her Coronation, 28 June 1838, (1900). In 1837 Queen Victoria took the throne after the death of her uncle William IV

Houses of Parliament, London, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Houses of Parliament, London, late 19th century. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Queen Mary at the old Westminster market and fair in Deans Yard, Westminster, c1936. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury

The Duke of York placing the ring on Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons finger, 26 April 1923, (1937). Scene from the wedding of the future King George VI and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey

The Earl Marshal, heralds, and other officers of arms, coronation of George VI, 12 May 1937
The Earl Marshal, heralds, and other officers of arms, coronation of George VI, Westminster Abbey, London, 12 May 1937. An illustration from the Illustrated London News: Coronation Record Number

Albert Hall, London, 20th Century. The Albert Hall, a concert hall seating 8000 people, was named in memory of Prince Albert

Horse Guards Parade, London, 20th Century. The parade ground was used during the medieval period as a tilt-yard (an area for jousts). A spectacular tournament was staged here in 1540 by Henry VIII

Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London, 20th Century. Rotten Row was established in the late 17th century by William III, who wanted a safe thoroughfare connecting St James Palace and Kensington Palace

The Flower Walk, Kensington Gardens, London, 20th Century. Adjoining the larger open space of Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens is one of Londons Royal Parks

Gordons Statue and National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, 20th Century
Gordons Statue and National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, 20th century. The statue commemorating General Charles George Gordon, killed at Khartoum in 1885

Trafalgar Square And Nelsons Column, London, 20th Century. The column was designed by William Railton to commemorate Nelsons victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Houses of Parliament, London, 20th Century. Much of the present Palace of Westminster was designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Pugin, and was constructed between 1837 and 1858

Buckingham Palace, London, 20th Century. Acquired by George III in 1761 for his wife, Queen Charlotte, Buckingham Palace became the official royal London residence in 1837 when Queen Victoria moved

Great Exhibition of 1851, (c1850s). A glass palace was built in Hyde Park to exhibit many things from different nations worldwide in 1851

Marriage of Queen Victoria, 1840 (c1850s). The Queen married her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the Chapel Royal at St James Palace on 10 February 1840

Coronation of Victoria, 1837, (c1850s). Queen Victoria (1819-1901) succeded her uncle, William IV, reigning until 1901. Colour plate taken from the book Pictures of English History

Coronation of George IV, 1820, (c1850s). Previously Prince Regent during the illness of George III, George IV (1762-1830) succeeded his father as King in 1820

Arrival of the Queen at Westminster Abbey, London, 21 June, 1887, (1889). In 1887, the United Kingdom and the British Empire celebrated Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee

Opening of the Great Exhibition by Queen Victoria, Hyde Park, London, 1 May 1851, (1899). Conceived by Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition was intended to showcase the Works of the Industry of all

Buckingham Palace, London, 1899. Artist: Edward Paxman Brandard
Buckingham Palace, London, 1899. An engraving from James Taylors The Victorian Empire, William Mackenzie, London, 1899

First volunteer review in Hyde Park, London, 1899. Volunteers for the Boer War. An engraving from James Taylors The Victorian Empire, William Mackenzie, (London, 1899)

Marriage of Queen Victoria and Albert, Chapel Royal, St Jamess Palace, 10th February, 1840, (1899)
Marriage of Queen Victoria and Albert, Chapel Royal in St Jamess Palace, 10th February, 1840, (1899). An engraving from James Taylors The Victorian Empire, William Mackenzie, (London, 1899)

Machinery Hall, Crystal Palace Exhibition, London, 1851. Conceived by Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition was intended to showcase the Works of the Industry of all Nations

Westminster Bridge, London, looking from the south bank of the Thames, 1858. This is the bridge rebuilt by Thomas Page (1803-1877) beginning in 1853

Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change, Strand, London, c1820. Edward Cross kept his menagerie here until Exeter Change was demolished in 1829 and he moved it to the Surrey Gardens, Walworth c1830

Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Artist: D le Bihan
Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Queen Victorias carriage can be seen in the centre

Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, 1851. An interior view of the main avenue looking eastwards, showing galleries supported by iron columns rising to ridge-and-furrow glass

Agricultural workers and their families at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Visitors to the exhibition, held in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London

Theresa, Marchioness of Londonderry, 1896. Artist: Hal Hurst
Theresa, Marchioness of Londonderry, 1896. Theresa Susey Helen, Marchioness of Londonderry, nee Chetwynd-Talbot (1856-1919), English political hostess, in white with parasol

Chemical lecture, 1802. Artist: James Gillray
Chemical lecture; Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or - an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air!, 1802

Hyde Park Corner, 1828. Artist: Richard Rosenberg
Hyde Park Corner, 1828. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Cleopatras Needle outside the Houses of Parliament, London, c late 19th century
Artists impression of Cleopatras Needle sited outside the Houses of Parliament, London, c late 19th century. Cleopatras Needle is an Ancient Egyptian obelisk dating from c1500 BC

Isaac Newtons house, St Martins Street, Leicester Square, London, c1850. English physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newtons (1642-1727)

Society ladies cycling in Hyde Park, London, 1896. From Vanity Fair. (London, June 1896)

Queen Victoria opening the Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, London, 1 May 1851. Conceived by Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition was intended to showcase the Works of the Industry of all Nations

Queen Victoria arriving to open the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, London, 1851. Artist: Le Blond
Queen Victoria arriving to open the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, London, 1851. The Crystal Palace was built to house the Great Exhibition of the Works of the Industry of all Nations

Emmeline Pankhurst arrested by Superintendent Rolfe outside Buckingham Palace, London, May 1914. Mrs Pankhurst (1857-1928) was trying to present a petition to the king

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