Banners Collection

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren
King Arthur welcomes the Green Knight into the Banqueting Hall and invites him to dismount and eat with the company

The Workers May-Pole, design for a socialist poster
The Workers May-Pole, a design for a socialist poster, with a central allegorical figure, and banners and ribbons labelled with abstract ideas such as Leisure, Solidarity and Humanity. Date: 1894

Ten Musicians with Trumpets, from the Triumphal Procession of the Emperor Maximilian I, c
XJF447332 Ten Musicians with Trumpets, from the Triumphal Procession of the Emperor Maximilian I, c.1517 (woodcut) by Burgkmair

The Tanabata Festival, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857

New York Stock Exchange trading, 1980s C016 / 2381
New York Stock Exchange trading. Banners and computer workstations on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

Suffragette Demonstration Rally Hyde Park
The Great Suffragette Demonstration held on 23rd July 1910. banners held aloft include Fortune Favours The Brave, Arise Go Forth & Conquer and the Emmeline Pankhurst banner. Date: 23rd July 1910

Sport - Football - Swansea - Swansea fans brave the rain during the FA Cup Semi-Final tie between Swansea Town and Preston North End at Villa Park. - 14th March 1964

GARNERAY, Louis (1783-1857). Naval Battle of Navarino. ca. 1827. Greek War of Independence (1821-1832). Battle of Navarino, October 20th, 1827. Victory of the British and French fleet on the ottoman

Peace, Perfect Peace by Heath Robinson. Being the Morning after the Night Before

Scottish troops take part in Victory parade in Paris - WWI
Scottish regiments taking part in the Victory parade in Paris following the end of World War One - 14th July 1919. The soldiers march below the Arc de Triomphe. Date: 1919

Emerald Society Police Department, St. Patricks Day celebrations, 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York, United States of America, North America

Twelfth Night Revels in the Great Hall, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire
STC87430 Twelfth Night Revels in the Great Hall, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, from Architecture of the Middle Ages, 1838 (litho) by Nash

Douro River and Old Town, Porto (Oporto), Portugal, Europe

Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Arts and Crafts Museum, Zagreb, Croatia, Europe

Votes for Women Hyde Pk
Photograph showing the scale of the Votes for Women demonstration in Hyde Park on 21 June 1908; many women and men attended; some hold banners

Wesleyan Sunday School procession entering Market Square
The Wesleyan Sunday School procession in Fore Street and the entrance to Market Square (or Commercial Square). Many of the women are holding parasols to protect them from the sun

Pilgrimage of Grace / 1537
The Pilgrimage of Grace, a rising of Roman Catholics in N.England. It protest against government abolition of papal supremacy and confiscation of smaller monastic properties

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the May Day Parade
473534 Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the May Day Parade, Mexico City, 1st May 1929 (b/w photo) by Modotti

English League Division One match at Anfield. Liverpool 2 v Leeds United 0

Fulham supporters on the way to Wembley Stadium to see their team take part in the FA Cup final Left to Right. Mrs. Peggy Mckevitt, Edna Norris, Mrs. Margret Morris and driving Mr. George Morris

Dye House at Konya-cho, Kanda, 1857. 1857. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Dye House at Konya-cho, Kanda, 1857

Spain (20th c. ). Catalonia
Spain. Catalonia. Estatut dAutonomia de Catalunya (Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia). Cover. Basic rule of the Catalan autonomous regime adopted in 1979

Public protest, Kazakhstan, 1990 C017 / 9394
Public protest. People, assembled at a rally to protect the drying Aral Sea. Photographed in Kazakhstan, in 1990

Demonstration to keep Horley and Charlwood in Surrey
A group of people on a demonstration in the middle of a road, holding banners and placards, determined to keep Horley and Charlwood in Surrey

Pilgrims returning to Algeria from Mecca, having undertaking the Hajj, the pilgrimage every able-bodied Muslim is required to undertake at least once in their lifetime

Germany Berlin
An Imperial procession passes through the Brandenburger Thor with banners waving, trumpets blaring and all the panoply of Prussian militarism

Shotton Works Demo C1972
Demonstration by Shotton steel workers against the closure of their factory

On the anniversary of the Battle of Ortigara
2809213 On the anniversary of the Battle of Ortigara, the pilgrimage of more than six thousand Alpine

Poster advertising Holy Isipatana
Poster by Dorothy Newsome advertising Holy Isipatana, at Sarnath, a Buddhist site in Benares, India

Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, London, 1858
Engraving showing Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, decorated with wreaths and banners for the Royal Wedding, 1858

May Day marchers with Cuban flags, Plaza de la Revolucion, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Street in the souk, Marrakesh (Marrakech), Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Battle of the Standard
BATTLE OF THE STANDARD At Northallerton, Scottish troops under David I were defeated by the barons of the North of England

The Leipzig Trade Fair - Petershof exhibition centre
Leipzig, Germany - Petersstrasse with the Petershof exhibition centre during a (busy!) trade fair

Crusades. Embarkation of knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit to the Holy Land. Knights had to be willing to submit to the Roman Church whenever it ordered them to do so

Crusades. Embarkation of knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit to the Holy Land. Knights had to be willing to submit to the Roman Church whenever it ordered them to do so

Crusades. Embarkation of knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit to the Holy Land. Knights had to be willing to submit to the Roman Church whenever it ordered them to do so

16th century-galleass garnished. Chromolithography, 1879
16th century-galleass garnished. Chromolithography. Historia General de Espana, by Modesto Lafuente. Volume III. Published in Barcelona, 1879

East Berlin, 01.05.1980, Karl-Marx-Allee, Berliners march past the grandstand at the May Day demonstration, the banner refers to the Western states boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow East Berlin

Vintage banners collection 1

illustration of an empty classroom

Picture series Children and flowers, camellias, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series Children and flowers, Clematis, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series Children and flowers, anemones, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series Children and flowers, azaleas, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series Riddle, where is the third cyclist, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Series of pictures of cheerful, carefree woman, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Bernhard, Duke of Weimar (1604-1639), Fought in the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) for the Protestant cause under the banner of Gustavus Adolphus, Historical

Facades in Bern, Zaehringerbrunnen, fountain figure is a standing bear with helmet, in whose belt are two swords

The picture shows King Cernubiles, on the right, receiving from Mars, Marsilie, the banner and the order to fight and capture Roland

Landsknecht, Banner Bearer, c. 1520, History of Fashion, History of Costume, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern

Third German choral association festival in Hamburg, federal banner in the procession, Germany, woodcut, historical engraving, 1882, Europe

Portait of Johan Baner, 1596 - 1641, a Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years War, Portrait von Johan Baner, oder Jan Baner, Johan Banner, Johan Banier, Johan Bannier, 1596 - 1641

Antike Fahne und Siegel von Strassburg, Frankreich, 13. Jahrhundert

The Blue Blanket, the Tradesmen's Banner of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Lenin Monument with banner No Violence shortly in front of the start of demolition work, Leninplatz, Friedrichshain district, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Germany, Berlin, 23 September 1990, opponents of compulsory military service hang up a banner at the Brandenburg Tor: We will not be planned for your war!, Europe

Germany, Berlin, 4 January 1991, demonstration against the Gulf War, on Alexanderplatz, with a few banners in favour of Israel: Israel should live too Give peace a chance, Europe

Germany, Berlin, 17.01.1991, Strike at the Humboldt University, banner, Europe

GDR, Berlin, 8.1.1990, Filmtheater Babylon, call to save the cinema: Cold shut down despite 55, 000 Mark rent

GDR, Berlin, 01. 05. 1987, 1. May rally 1987 on Karl-Marx-Allee, youth with banner (hand in front of eyes)

Small Schlossplatz square with Silence for Peace banner, Stuttgart, mid-1980s, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

The Sentinel at the Sultan's Tomb, c.1880 (oil on canvas)
STM621123 The Sentinel at the Sultan's Tomb, c.1880 (oil on canvas) by Gerome, Jean Leon (1824-1904); 81.9x66.4 cm; Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA; Saint Louis Art Museum

City Hall with banner Belfast Says NO, historical photograph, August 1986, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Series of insignia and standards, banners from the 14th -16th century, panier, battle scene around 1500, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900

Series of pictures about the ox, the ox as the covering of the banner wagon, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900

Letter from Field Marshal Baner to the Mayor and Council of the City of Loebau, 3 July 1596, 20 May 1641, also Jan Baner, Johan Bannier was a Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years War, page 1

Letter from Field Marshal Baner to the Mayor and Council of the City of Loebau, 3 July 1596, 20 May 1641, also Jan Baner, Johan Bannier was a Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years War, page 1

Johan Baner, 3 July 1596, 20 May 1641, also Jan Baner, Johan Banner, Johan Banier, Johan Bannier, was a Swedish field marshal in the Thirty Years War, Historical

A bishop presents the Oriflamme to a crusader, church banner of Saint-Denis Abbey, 1240, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Costume with Panseron, La Polonaise, Goose Butt, and a Ruff Dress, Banner Bearer in the Dutch War, 1585, Fashion History, Costume History, Historical

Goose Butt, and a Ruff Dress, Standard Bearer in the Dutch War, 1585, Fashion History, Costume History, Historical, Digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original

Pumphose, Pumphose is a pair of loose-fitting trousers made of woollen fabric, reaching to the knee and closed there with ribbons, soldier with pike and standard bearer, France, 1563

Landsknecht, Banner Bearer, c. 1520, History of Fashion, History of Costume, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern

Fashion, clothing, Burgundian knights in the 14th century, two Burgundian knights, a knight from Neuchatel, a knight's banner around 1300, a knight's armour around 1370

Clothing, c. 150-1540, the slashed costume, from left, a banner bearer of the city of Basel c. 1520, a c. 1530, a -captain and a law-abiding man at the regimental staff c

Drawing, Royal coat of arms 1837, Kingdom of Hanover, House of Hanover, Guelphs, with lion, unicorn, crown, angel and horse

Historical vignette with a family taking leave and a coach, motto Gute Reise, German for Bon Voyage, steel engraving from the 19th Century, Germany, Europe

Historic union banner from 1899, with the motto steam power creates miracles, New Ruhr Museum, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Gambling, Raffle, Drawing of the Lottery in Canton, 1910, China, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia

St. Francis of Assisi, Francis, Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, 1181 or 1182 to 3 October 1226, the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, Ordo fratrum minorum, Franciscans, St

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"Banners: A Tapestry of History, Culture, and Activism" they have long served as powerful symbols throughout history, representing a myriad of ideas and movements. Just like the vibrant tapestries woven by skilled artisans, banners tell stories that transcend time and place. In the medieval epic "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" by William McLaren, banners fluttered proudly in the wind as knights embarked on their chivalrous quests. These colorful emblems displayed coats of arms and heraldic designs, proclaiming loyalty to noble houses. Moving forward to more recent times, we find ourselves immersed in political movements captured in artworks such as "The Workers May-Pole, " a design for a socialist poster. This banner encapsulates the struggle for workers' rights and equality—a visual call to action etched into our collective memory. Religion also finds its place among these magnificent displays. The Buddhist stupa known as Boudha at Bodhanath in Kathmandu stands tall with prayer flags adorning its spire—banners carrying prayers for peace and enlightenment across Nepal's bustling capital city. Meanwhile, within grand halls like Haddon Hall in Derbyshire during Twelfth Night Revels or Hyde Park during Suffragette Demonstration Rally, banners became instruments of celebration or protest. They animated spaces with colors that mirrored joyous festivities or demanded justice for women's suffrage. Even naval battles were not immune to this tradition; Louis Garneray's depiction of the Naval Battle of Navarino showcases ships adorned with battle standards billowing fiercely against an unforgiving sea—an emblematic representation of courage amidst chaos. But it is not all strife; tranquility can be found too. In Heath Robinson's illustration titled "Peace, Perfect Peace, " banners sway gently above idyllic landscapes—a reminder that harmony can prevail even amidst tumultuous times. Religious devotion often finds expression through banners as well.