Ceremony where people are united in marriage

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An incantatory ceremony in a village watched by men with spears. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, ca. 1920.

The giants wedding.

The famous midget bridal couple : Mr. and Mrs. Franks. : John Lester's Midgets, Tower, Blackpool.

Mr. & Mrs. "General Tom Thumb" in their wedding costume.

A Russian marriage ceremony. Etching by Hall after S. Wale.

Midgets wedding : George Stoddart, age 32 years, Eva Crane, age 27 years.

A horse-drawn carriage has arrived at a church in a poor part of a town: a newly wed couple walk down the steps towards it as the coachman holds the door open and spectators stand by. Lithograph by C. Motte after V. Adam.

Marriage of Rama to Sita with Brahmins making fire sacrifice. Coloured transfer lithograph.

Fred Roper's midgets : the bridal party : Winnie Yelland, 24 years old, 43 in. high and James McLeod, 26 years old, 5ft. 11in. high.

A wedding in a north African village. Watercolour by E. Alec-Tweedie, c. 1920.

A young couple are being married in church. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1806, after R. Westall.

A Protestant marriage ceremony is performed in Alsace by a priest in the company of the couple's relatives. Etching by P.A. Rajon, ca. 1878, after G. Brion.

A man and a woman dancing to the sound of a woman playing the flute, watched by a company enjoying a picnic or wedding; a river landscape beyond. Etching by J. Mason, 1748, after Claude Lorraine.

Astonishing X-Men. No. 51 / Marjorie Liu, writer ; Mike Perkins, pencils.

A young bride in Naples accompanied by her family and children with flowers. Engraving by Frederick A. Heath after T. Uwins.

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Weddings

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Images about Weddings

Works from the collections

A young couple are being married in church. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1806, after R. Westall.

A Protestant marriage ceremony is performed in Alsace by a priest in the company of the couple's relatives. Etching by P.A. Rajon, ca. 1878, after G. Brion.

A man and a woman dancing to the sound of a woman playing the flute, watched by a company enjoying a picnic or wedding; a river landscape beyond. Etching by J. Mason, 1748, after Claude Lorraine.

Astonishing X-Men. No. 51 / Marjorie Liu, writer ; Mike Perkins, pencils.

A young bride in Naples accompanied by her family and children with flowers. Engraving by Frederick A. Heath after T. Uwins.

Weddings

Images from the collections

Images about Weddings

Works from the collections

A young couple are being married in church. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1806, after R. Westall.

A Protestant marriage ceremony is performed in Alsace by a priest in the company of the couple's relatives. Etching by P.A. Rajon, ca. 1878, after G. Brion.

A man and a woman dancing to the sound of a woman playing the flute, watched by a company enjoying a picnic or wedding; a river landscape beyond. Etching by J. Mason, 1748, after Claude Lorraine.

Astonishing X-Men. No. 51 / Marjorie Liu, writer ; Mike Perkins, pencils.

A young bride in Naples accompanied by her family and children with flowers. Engraving by Frederick A. Heath after T. Uwins.

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