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Torches Collection (#5)

"From Bonfires to Christmas Cheer: The Fascinating World of Torches" Burning crosses illuminate the night sky at the annual bonfire night parade held in Lewes

Background imageTorches Collection: Virgin Child Four Holy Virgins Mary Saints Catherine

Virgin Child Four Holy Virgins Mary Saints Catherine
The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgins, Mary with Child with Saints Catherine, Cecilia, Barbara and Ursula, Mary with the Christ Child and Saints Catharina

Background imageTorches Collection: A church interior candlelight church interior

A church interior candlelight church interior
A church interior by candlelight, A church interior by candlelight with a few visitors. On the left two boys with torches, on the right a mass is held in a chapel

Background imageTorches Collection: Emblem hook garden pond foreground putto puts

Emblem hook garden pond foreground putto puts
Emblem: hook, A garden with a pond. In the foreground, a putto puts a worm on a hook. In the center a putto fishes in the garden pond and in the background a fish is caught

Background imageTorches Collection: Sextus applying son Pompey Erictho know fate

Sextus applying son Pompey Erictho know fate
Sextus applying the son of Pompey to Erictho, to know the fate of the Battle of Pharsalia, Samson ties three hundred foxes two by two by their tails with a fire-brand in between

Background imageTorches Collection: Judas kiss arrest Christ Passion Christ series title

Judas kiss arrest Christ Passion Christ series title
Judas kiss and arrest of Christ Passion of Christ (series title), Judas kisses Christ on the cheek. The soldiers surround and arrest him. Peter is about to cut off the ear of Malchus

Background imageTorches Collection: Fight Midianites Israelites divided three groups

Fight Midianites Israelites divided three groups
Fight against the Midianites, The Israelites, divided into three groups, attack the Midianite camp at night. They blow on trumpets and smash water jars in which torches are hidden

Background imageTorches Collection: Capture Christ Passion series title captured

Capture Christ Passion series title captured
Capture of Christ The Passion (series title), Christ is captured by soldiers in the Garden of Gethsemane. Judas kisses him on the cheek

Background imageTorches Collection: Grave monument Johannes van den Bergh wife Joanna van Teylingen

Grave monument Johannes van den Bergh wife Joanna van Teylingen
Grave monument for Johannes van den Bergh and his wife Joanna van Teylingen in Leiden, Epitaph with vanitas symbols such as torches and a skull

Background imageTorches Collection: Ancient Grecian Revellers. From El Mundo Ilustrado, Published Barcelona, 1880

Ancient Grecian Revellers. From El Mundo Ilustrado, Published Barcelona, 1880

Background imageTorches Collection: Arrest of Guy Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot

Arrest of Guy Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot
Arrest of Guy Fawkes in connection with the Gunpowder Plot, 5 November 1605. 1605

Background imageTorches Collection: Old London Characters - Footmen with Lights

Old London Characters - Footmen with Lights. 18th century

Background imageTorches Collection: Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus. Wedding of Poseidon and Amphi

Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus. Wedding of Poseidon and Amphi
Roman Art. Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus or A?u?Statue Base of Marcus AntoniusA?u?, relief freize of a monumental statue group base

Background imageTorches Collection: Radio - small windup clockwork dual band radio with built in torchlight and battery options UK

Radio - small windup clockwork dual band radio with built in torchlight and battery options UK
MAB-553 Radio - small windup clockwork dual band radio with built in torchlight and battery options UK Mark Boulton contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Background imageTorches Collection: Portfield Bonfire Society making torches for Guy Fawkes celebrations

Portfield Bonfire Society making torches for Guy Fawkes celebrations
Chichester, 27th October 1956. 200 people, members of Bonfire Societies from Beeding and Bramber, Shoreham, Littlehampton, Patching and Chichester, formed a procession at the Cattle Market

Background imageTorches Collection: Parkins and Gotto

Parkins and Gotto
Advertisement from 1905 for Parkins and Gotto, of Oxford Street, London, showing the wide range of electrical novelties and toys available, including torches, a roulette wheel and a conjuring table

Background imageTorches Collection: Torches on beach, Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos

Torches on beach, Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos

Background imageTorches Collection: Jack Cade attacking London by night

Jack Cade attacking London by night. 1450

Background imageTorches Collection: Advert for Portable hand-held electric lights 1902

Advert for Portable hand-held electric lights 1902
A selection of Christmas portable electrical presents. 1902

Background imageTorches Collection: Dance with torches at the coronation of Matthias I of Hungar

Dance with torches at the coronation of Matthias I of Hungar
Matthias I Corvinus (1440-1490), king of Hungary and Croatia (1458-1490). Dance with torches at the coronation of Matthias I of Hungary. Theodore de Bry engraving

Background imageTorches Collection: United States. Supporters of Abraham Lincoln, candidate of t

United States. Supporters of Abraham Lincoln, candidate of the Republican Party. Colored engraving from L Illustration Journal Universel, 1860

Background imageTorches Collection: United States. Supporters of Stephen Douglas, candidate of t

United States. Supporters of Stephen Douglas, candidate of the Democratic Party. Colored engraving from L Illustration Journal Universel, 1860

Background imageTorches Collection: United States. Party supporters of John Bell, candidate of t

United States. Party supporters of John Bell, candidate of the Constitutional Union Party. Colored engraving from L Illustration Journal Universel, 1860

Background imageTorches Collection: Votive relief representing Demeter and kore. V century B. C

Votive relief representing Demeter and kore. V century B. C
GREEK ART. GREECE. Votive relief representing Demeter sitting on a throne and kore standing holding torches. Dated in the first quarter of s.V b.C. Museum of Eleusis. Athens. Greece

Background imageTorches Collection: Cov. Garden Breakfast

Cov. Garden Breakfast
At Covent Garden, a breakfast stall for the market porters and merchants - pies and oysters, coffee enjoyed beneath the flaring oil torches. Date: 1870

Background imageTorches Collection: Mme Recamiers Bed

Mme Recamiers Bed
Parisian Furniture - Madame Recamiers bed: a flamboyant empire style bed with swan topped columns, female figures holding torches and a multitude of lilac drapery Date: 1807

Background imageTorches Collection: Snow scene with skaters on a Christmas card

Snow scene with skaters on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTorches Collection: Malvina Longfellow, 1915

Malvina Longfellow, 1915
American actress Malvina Longfellow(1889-1962), pictured in The Bystander in 1915 at the time of her London debut in Lady Levers play The Torches of Fate

Background imageTorches Collection: German boy scouts singing with torches

German boy scouts singing with torches
German boy scouts singing at night with torches

Background imageTorches Collection: Man Attacking Another Man

Man Attacking Another Man
In this picture a 17th century man holding a rifle or a musket is attacking an older man holding a pistol by grabbing his beard

Background imageTorches Collection: Advert for Portable hand-held lamps and torch 1902

Advert for Portable hand-held lamps and torch 1902
No wires, no liquids, no acid and no danger, portable hand-held battery operated lamp and torch. 1902

Background imageTorches Collection: Vertical Panel Candelabrum Stemming Leaf-Faced Grostesque

Vertical Panel Candelabrum Stemming Leaf-Faced Grostesque
Artokoloro

Background imageTorches Collection: Triumphal Procession Noble Glorious Women 1549

Triumphal Procession Noble Glorious Women 1549
Artokoloro

Background imageTorches Collection: Nicolaes Lauwers, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1600 - 1652), The Adoration

Nicolaes Lauwers, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1600 - 1652), The Adoration of the Magi with Torches, engraving on laid paper

Background imageTorches Collection: Mehmet Emin Pasha and Gaetano Casati arrive at Sir Henry Morton Stanleys lake

Mehmet Emin Pasha and Gaetano Casati arrive at Sir Henry Morton Stanleys lake
KW441406 Mehmet Emin Pasha and Gaetano Casati arrive at Sir Henry Morton Stanleys lake shore camp at Lake Albert in 1889, 1890 (wood engraving) by English School

Background imageTorches Collection: I do begin to perceive that I am made an ass, 1890 (colour litho)

I do begin to perceive that I am made an ass, 1890 (colour litho)
KW428120 I do begin to perceive that I am made an ass, 1890 (colour litho) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: Falstaff speaks in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V)

Background imageTorches Collection: Fire, c. 1640-41 (oil on canvas)

Fire, c. 1640-41 (oil on canvas)
XIR387335 Fire, c.1640-41 (oil on canvas) by Deruet, Claude (1588-1660); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Orleans, France; (add.info.: Le Feu; ); French, out of copyright

Background imageTorches Collection: Fire, detail of fireworks, c. 1640-41 (oil on canvas) (detail of 387335)

Fire, detail of fireworks, c. 1640-41 (oil on canvas) (detail of 387335)
XIR387336 Fire, detail of fireworks, c.1640-41 (oil on canvas) (detail of 387335) by Deruet, Claude (1588-1660); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Orleans, France; (add.info.: Le Feu, detail)

Background imageTorches Collection: Catching a white elephant in Siam, illustration from Le Petit Journal

Catching a white elephant in Siam, illustration from Le Petit Journal
XIR346344 Catching a white elephant in Siam, illustration from Le Petit Journal, supplement illustre, 10th September 1911 (colour litho) by French School

Background imageTorches Collection: New Brunswick, Stripping or Barking a Tree for Torches, Canada, Nineteenth Century

New Brunswick, Stripping or Barking a Tree for Torches, Canada, Nineteenth Century Engraving

Background imageTorches Collection: Indians Making Torches, Canada, Nineteenth Century Engraving

Indians Making Torches, Canada, Nineteenth Century Engraving

Background imageTorches Collection: The parricide A sketch of modern patriotism, en sanguine engraving, a woman wearing

The parricide A sketch of modern patriotism, en sanguine engraving, a woman wearing a feathered headdress, representing America, stepping on Britannias broken spear and shield

Background imageTorches Collection: The Revellers, illustration from The Fair Maid of Perth by Sir Walter Scott

The Revellers, illustration from The Fair Maid of Perth by Sir Walter Scott
KW284708 The Revellers, illustration from The Fair Maid of Perth by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) published 1845 (litho) by Cruikshank

Background imageTorches Collection: Pope Martin V gives Sigismund the symbolic gift of the Golden Rose at the Council of Constance

Pope Martin V gives Sigismund the symbolic gift of the Golden Rose at the Council of Constance
XCF290929 Pope Martin V gives Sigismund the symbolic gift of the Golden Rose at the Council of Constance, from Chronik des Konzils von Konstanz (pen & ink on paper) by Richental

Background imageTorches Collection: The Florentine delegates celebrate the feast of St

The Florentine delegates celebrate the feast of St
XCF290928 The Florentine delegates celebrate the feast of St. John, their patron saint, at the Council of Constance, from Chronik des Konzils von Konstanz (pen & ink on paper) by Richental

Background imageTorches Collection: Main sewer from the Strasbourg Station to the Seine. Official visit of the Minister of Interior

Main sewer from the Strasbourg Station to the Seine. Official visit of the Minister of Interior
XIR253240 Main sewer from the Strasbourg Station to the Seine. Official visit of the Minister of Interior, General Charles Marie Esprit Espinasse (1815-59) April 1858 (engraving) (b/w photo)

Background imageTorches Collection: Christ before Caiaphas, Anonymous, 1597 - 1667

Christ before Caiaphas, Anonymous, 1597 - 1667

Background imageTorches Collection: The Burning of the Remains of Martin Bucer (1491-1551) and Paul Fagius (1504-49)

The Burning of the Remains of Martin Bucer (1491-1551) and Paul Fagius (1504-49)
XJF105820 The Burning of the Remains of Martin Bucer (1491-1551) and Paul Fagius (1504-49) on Market Hill in Cambridge in 1557

Background imageTorches Collection: Saint Barbara as martyr, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1596 - 1659

Saint Barbara as martyr, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1596 - 1659



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"From Bonfires to Christmas Cheer: The Fascinating World of Torches" Burning crosses illuminate the night sky at the annual bonfire night parade held in Lewes, East Sussex. Santa Claus brings warmth and joy as he stands beside a crackling yule log, creating a cozy Christmas scene. A participant in the vibrant annual bonfire night parade held in Lewes proudly carries a torch, adding to the spectacle. During the First World War blackout, cartoon postcards humorously depict how they were used to navigate through darkness. Explore Kenya's breathtaking Lake Turkana and witness the mesmerizing Eliye Springs glowing under torchlight. Embark on an adventurous Torch Ride through Greece with Liebig, immersing yourself in ancient history and stunning landscapes. The Stuart Monument, designed between 1817-1819 by Italian Neoclassical architects, shines majestically under torchlight. Witness Caesar's pyre come alive as depicted by Houbraeken's artistry - flames dancing around this historical event. Descend into Rome's catacombs where flickering torches reveal centuries-old secrets buried beneath the city streets. Experience hunting traditions at Balmoral during the 19th century; hunters wielding flaming torches guide their way through rugged terrains. Discover Tipu Sultan's body amidst the Siege of Seringapatam in India on May 4th, 1799 - illuminated by brave souls carrying torches Watch in awe as Miss Arizona showcases her incredible talent for tomahawk juggling using fiery torches. In various settings and eras across continents, these captivating glimpses into history remind us of how they have played a significant role – from igniting celebrations to guiding paths or uncovering hidden truths – they continue to light our way throughout time.