Celebratory procession of people, at least partially on foot

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Town Hospital, Guernseey, Channel Islands: parade coming from the hospital. Lithograph by C. Haghe after De Garris.

The yearly Ommegang pageant in Antwerp, 1685. Engraving by G. Bouttats.

Messina Port, Messina, Sicily, Italy: St. John's Square, with a key. Tinted etching.

Rx 'Pepsencia'- Fairchild / Fairchild Brothers & Foster (Inc) New York.

The palace of Tipu Sultan, Mysore: a parade in which an Indian army of men dressed in pink turbans and blue uniform stand on guard before two elephants bearing howdahs. Coloured aquatint by T. Hall after C. Gold, 1803.

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Parades

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Images referencing Parades

Works from the collections

The yearly Ommegang pageant in Antwerp, 1685. Engraving by G. Bouttats.

Town Hospital, Guernseey, Channel Islands: parade coming from the hospital. Lithograph by C. Haghe after De Garris.

Rx 'Pepsencia'- Fairchild / Fairchild Brothers & Foster (Inc) New York.

Messina Port, Messina, Sicily, Italy: St. John's Square, with a key. Tinted etching.

The palace of Tipu Sultan, Mysore: a parade in which an Indian army of men dressed in pink turbans and blue uniform stand on guard before two elephants bearing howdahs. Coloured aquatint by T. Hall after C. Gold, 1803.