Occasyon posters & prints

Of great wrathe, procedynge of small occasyon (after) German School

Tournament on the Occasion of the Marriage of Catherine de Medici and Henri II in 1533 Antoine Caron

Banquet Given at the Exchange Gottenburg on the Occasion of Opening the Railway Between Gottenburg and Stockholm 1862 Anonymous

View of the Excise Office, Old Broad Street, City of London, as illuminated in June 1814 Anonymous

Broadside announcing a captive balloon ascension during the Paris Exposition of 1867 Anonymous

La Gran Nusta Mania Occollo Mexican School

Festival of St. Lucia in Naples, 1874 Oswald Achenbach

Ferris Wheel and Roller Coaster at Expo 1970 Anonymous

Decorations, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid, Spain Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours

Poster advertising the Chemin de Fer de l'Est French School

The Fair at Bezons Francois Octavien

Mayan couple, 2005 Hilary Simon

Illustration of Celebration on the Seine During the 1900 Paris Exposition Anonymous

The Consecration of the Alexander Column in St. Petersburg on August 30th 1834 Adolphe Ladurner

Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before Them Anonymous

Dressing for the Carnival, 1877 Winslow Homer

Flowers and Skull Laid out for Day of the Dead Celebration Anonymous

The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Paul Delaroche

Grand parade to mark the arrival of Captain Charles Swan in Mindanao, Island in Philippines Abraham de Hondt

Civic anointing - or - the catastrophe of Lord Mayor's Day 1827, vide Guildhall George Moutard Woodward

Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, 23rd April 1848, 1849 Francois Auguste Biard

Scene from the royal nativity scene of Ferdinand II, 1844 Salvatore Fergola

Herald reading the proclamation of peace outside the Royal Exchange, London 29 April Anonymous

Grand Carousel on the Place Royale in April 1612 on the occasion of the wedding of Louis XIII to Anne... Anonymous

Procession of the Ommeganck at Brussels in 1615, detail Denis Van Alsloot

Life of Christ, Marriage at Cana, preparatory study of tapestry cartoon for the Church Saint-Merri in Paris, c.1585-90 Henri Lerambert

Oath of the King, the Queen, the Nation and the National Guard at the Festival of the Federation, 14th July... Dubois

Queen Victoria's Coronation Samuel Cousins

River steamer at the Customs House, Asuncion, Paraguay Anonymous

Feast for the Valide Sultana with the presence of Madame Girardin, the French ambassador School Turkish

The coronation ceremony of James II in Westminster Hall, London Anonymous

Detail of The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I Jacques Louis David

Don Jose Maria Cervantes y Velasco Padilla y Obando, 1802 Ygnacio Ayala

The crowd at opening of the U.S. Building at the Paris Exposition, 1900 Anonymous

Destructive Fire at the New-Cross Railway Station: Ruins of the Octagon Building Anonymous

Coronation Evening, London 1937, 1937 Jack Coburn Witherop