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Royalty

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = Tovey

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

A Bateke Chief, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2195
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Bateke Chief sitting on a leopard skin wearing a cowrie shell hat and a brass collar around his neck and holding a buffalo hair whisk with another man standing next to him in front of a house in the early 20th century. The Bateke people were from the Stanley Pool [Pool Malebo] area of the Republic of Congo.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Copy of a pamphlet entitled "Ceremonial in Scotland on the death of Her Majesty The Queen", September 2022

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Identifier: Coll-1848/23-0019
Scope and Contents

Copy of a pamphlet entitled "Ceremonial in Scotland on the death of Her Majesty The Queen", printed on the occasion of the ceremonies in Edinburgh following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on the 8th of September 2022. Because she died in Scotland, "Operation Unicorn" was triggered, and a procession, a ceremony, and a lying-at-rest period were organised for her in Edinburgh and at St Giles' Cathedral on the 12th and 13th of September 2022.

Dates: September 2022

H.E. the Viceroy's Elephants, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1138
Scope and Contents

Photograph of five state elephants belonging to 'His Excellency the Viceroy' in India in the late 19th or early 20th century. Standing in a courtyard with their keeper, the elephants are richly covered and have howdah's on their backs.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Helen Dick Cunningham, 26 June 1908

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2103
Scope and Contents

Letter, 26 June 1908, Windsor, Helen Dick Cunningham to Sophie Weisse. Informing Miss Weisse that Princess Victoria and Princess Christian would be delighted to accept her invitation to tea. Holograph signed.

Dates: 26 June 1908

Rajas Private Temple, Boad, Orissa, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1128
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Rajas private temple in Boad, Orissa [India] in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Story about dissection and Prince Sobieski of Poland, 17 August 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/55
Scope and Contents

Story collected from Dr Aisley, Coillemore House [Killiemor House, Am Muile/Isle of Mull] telling how he dissected a royal subject while in Edinburgh University when he was an assistant to Professor Go[o]dsir. The royal subject was Prince Sobieski of Poland, who had been wounded in battle and escaped to Dùn Èideann/Edinburgh. He died in the infirmary of his wounds. The end of the story is very truncated and the text has been scored through in pencil.

Dates: 17 August 1886

The Kaiser and the Czar, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3207
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the German Kaiser and the Russian Czar meeting on [29 July 1914] to discuss a peaceful settlement to the Serbian issue.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

The Late King of Burma's Gilded Barge, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1122
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Late King of Burma's gilded barge on the moat in [Mandalay, Burma] in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

The Prince of Wales on Pet Dog Winning the Welsh Guards' Cup, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1974
Scope and Contents

Photograph from the 9 April, 1921 edition of 'The Field' showing the Prince of Wales riding his horse, "Pet Dog" over a jump at the Household Brigade Steeplechases at Hawthorn Hill where he won the Welsh Guards' Cup.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

The Prince Saw Several Riders Crash at Jumps, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3068
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Prince of Wales in an inset and a jockey and horse in the middle of a bad fall after jumping a gate during a competition in April 1921.

Dates: 1870s-1930s