Bowing Collection

The King of Kings -- Jesus Christ surrounded by rulers (kings, queens, emperors, etc) from various countries and periods in history. 1916

Charles and Flora McDonald
Prince Charles Edward Stuart bids farewell to Flora MacDonald who aided his escape

Japan - Geisha Girl bows to a samurai warrior - New Year Ceremony Date: circa 1910s

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren
Sir Gawain takes up the challenge. As instructed by the Green Knight, he swings the battleaxe and cuts off the Green Knights head. The head falls off and rolls towards the banqueting guests

Egypt - Old Egyptian men at prayer

FATHER JOSEPH (1577-1638). Orig. Francois Joseph le Clerc du Tremblay. French religious and political figure. L Eminence Grise. Oil on canvas, 1873, by Jean-Leon Gerome

Cinderella by Arthur Rackham
Ella, aka Cinderella, in her beautiful gown, dancing with the Prince at the Ball. Date: 1919

Padua University Facade
The facade of Padua University

Tennis Chivalry 1930S
A chivalrous gentleman tennis player bows as he shakes the hand of his attractive female opponent over the net!

Ballerina at class
Young beautiful ballet dancer is posing in studio. Alexander Yakovlev

Archangel Raphael makes himself known, 1733 (oil on canvas)
XIR468122 Archangel Raphael makes himself known, 1733 (oil on canvas) by Parrocel, Pierre (1670-1739); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Marseille

Queen Elizabeth II inspecting firefighters, London
Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth, on 9 June 1977

A pair of Angels
A very beautiful chromolithographic postcard depicting a pair of angels, one bowed in prayer and one holding a long thin scroll. Date: circa 1910s

Ballet de Papa ChrysanthAeeme, 1892 (oil on cardboard)
XIR901508 Ballet de Papa ChrysanthAeAšme, 1892 (oil on cardboard) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi

A group of Persian musicians
A group of four Persian musicians playing their instruments. 1818

Poster, Rudge Cycles, made by Raleigh Industries of Nottingham. With a bowing Sir Walter Raleigh, Elizabethan courtier

Japanese girl playing violin
A stunning photographic postcard depicting a young Japanese girl playing the voilin

Emperor Penguin - mutual bow Antarctica GRB00977
AUs-1549 Emperor Penguin - mutual bow Antarctica Aptenodytes forsteri Graham Robertson / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Victoria Knights Morris
After unveiling a statue of Prince Albert, donated by the people of Wolverhampton, Queen Victoria knighted the Mayor, John Morris, in recognition of his warm welcome

Men of the Stone Age worshipping the sun
Men of the Stone Age (Palaeolithic Era) worshipping the sun as it rises

Poster, Barnum and Bailey, Greatest Show on Earth

Angoni tribesman performer, Nyasaland, East Africa
Angoni (Ngoni) tribesman performer, Nyasaland, East Africa (then part of the British Empire, now Malawi). He is a musician, singer and dancer whose leggings rattle when he moves. Date: 1922

Louis XIV Receiving Ambassadors from Siam at Versailles, c. 1865-67 (oil on canvas)
LIT389807 Louis XIV Receiving Ambassadors from Siam at Versailles, c.1865-67 (oil on canvas) by Leman, Jacques Edmond (1829-99); 124.5x242.5 cm; Chakri Throne Hall, Grand Palace, Bangkok

The Queen is seen here presenting medals to a member of the R. A. P. C
The Queen is seen here presenting medals to a member of the R.A.P.C. the losing side in the Army Association Football Cup Final at Aldershot. The final score was a one nil victory to the R.E.M.E

The Camelopard, or a New Hobby, 1827 (colour engraving)
XCF290991 The Camelopard, or a New Hobby, 1827 (colour engraving) by Heath, William (1795-1840); University Library, Princeton, New Jersey

Cartoon, At the camp of Maurice de Saxe (1745)

Arabs at prayer in desert, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Arabs at prayer in desert, between c1910 and c1915

Scenes in Japan: the Governor of Kanagawa and suite going to a fire - by our special artist, 1864. Engraving from...a Sketch by Mr

Surrender
Gerard Valckx

Bowing cotton in China
2602539 Bowing cotton in China; (add.info.: Bowing cotton in China to remove seeds, dirt and knots and to make it soft and downy. Lithograph, London, c1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Depiction of witchcraft. 16th century (engraving)
672921 Depiction of witchcraft

Traditional greetings between westerners and local Japanese couple, 1885
3479544 Traditional greetings between westerners and local Japanese couple, 1885; (add.info.: Traditional greetings between westerners and local Japanese couple, 1885.); Universal History Archive/UIG

BallerinaStage
Marcel Egger

Illustration depicting a Samurai bowing (print)
3522170 Illustration depicting a Samurai bowing (print); (add.info.: Samurai bowing); Universal History Archive/UIG

J'ai la douleur de vous announcer! Que vous avez la parole!, 1866. Creator: Cham
J'ai la douleur de vous announcer! Que vous avez la parole!, 1866. Series: Actualites; Periodical: Le Charivari, Monday, 18 June 1866. It pains me to tell you! That you have the floor!

The Adoration of the Shepherds. Creator: Jacopo Bassano il vecchio
The Adoration of the Shepherds, Unknown date

Illustration for Memories of the Refugees, c1787. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Memories of the Refugees, c1787

The Adoration of the Magi. Creator: Unknown
The Adoration of the Magi, Unknown date

Her Majesty's Drawingroom at Buckingham Palace, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Her Majesty's Drawingroom at Buckingham Palace, 1876

Minamoto no Shigeyuki, between circa 1845 and circa 1849. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Minamoto no Shigeyuki, between circa 1845 and circa 1849. From number 48

The Assumption of the Virgin, between c1734 and c1740. Creator: Gaspare Diziani
The Assumption of the Virgin, between c1734 and c1740

Visit of the Tycoon to the Mikado, at Kioto; A European Sojourn in Japan, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

A reception by the Mikado, in former times.; A European Sojourn in Japan, 1875.From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Return of a wounded soldier, c.1854-c.1887. Creator: Alexander Ver Huell
Return of a wounded soldier, c.1854-c.1887. The wounded man wears armour and has a bloody bandage around his head. He is supported by two men. One of them holds his helmet

A Japanese Governor; A European Sojourn in Japan, 1875. Creator: Unknown
A Japanese Governor; A European Sojourn in Japan, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Presentations to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at Government House, Halifax, [Canada], 1860

Virgin from the Annunciation to the Virgin, 1560-1585. Creator: Jacopo Tintoretto
Virgin from the Annunciation to the Virgin, 1560-1585

Entertainers, Mid-19th century. Creator: Meikeisai Hojitsu
Entertainers, Mid-19th century

Visit of Li Hung Chang to the Queen at Osborne, c1900

Figure studies, 1648. Creator: Gesina ter Borch
Figure studies, 1648

Cover design for a book on Sindbad the Sailor by Pieter Louwerse. History from first to seventh and final journey, 1910 or earlier

Rudolph of Habsburg and the Priest, 1809. Creator: Karl Russ
Rudolph of Habsburg and the Priest, 1809

Approchez M. Gérenflot... venez recevoir... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Approchez M. Gerenflot... venez recevoir... 19th century. Philanthropists of the day - Approach M Gerenflot.... Come and receive

Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows, c. 1718. Creator: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Italian Comedians Taking Their Bows, c. 1718

La Prééminence de la France reconnue par l'Espagne 1662 (The Preeminance)
La Preeminence de la France reconnue par l'Espagne 1662 (The Preeminance of France Recognized by Spain 1662) [pl. 17], published 1752

The opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition by the Queen - Twixt East and West, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Louis-Philippe distribuant les drapeaux à la garde nationale de Paris et de la banlieue
Louis-Philippe distribuant les drapeaux a la garde nationale de Paris et de la banlieue, au Champ-de-Mars, le 29 aout 1830, c1834

Performance by Hengler's Circus before the Queen at Windsor, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Performance by Hengler's Circus before the Queen at Windsor - Trained Horses Saluting the Royal Box, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33

Coronation Day, 12 May 1937, (1947). Creator: Unknown
Coronation Day, 12 May 1937, (1947). Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) at the coronation of her father King George VI, at Westminster Abbey in London

The King of Denmark visiting Mr. Peto on board the "Cygnus", 1854. Opening of the British-built Royal Danish Railway by Frederick VII, King of Denmark

Presentation of Addresses to Her Majesty, at the Station Hotel, Hull, 1854. Queen Victoria visits Yorkshire

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Railway Station at Edinburgh, 1850....crowds of people assembled, half uttered cheers were heard, the steam was shut off

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (?) in the Play Bunshin Sugatami Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1765 (?), Japan, c. 1765

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as the Monk Izayoibo in the Play Keisei Katabira ga Tsuji, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1783, Japan, c. 1783

The actor Bando Matataro IV as Gempachibyoe in the play "Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise" ("Snowflakes: Plum Blossoms Kaomise"), Japan, c. 1769

Landing, at Stockholm, of her Royal Highness the Princess Louisa... 1850. Creator: Unknown
Landing, at Stockholm, of her Royal Highness the Princess Louisa, of the Netherlands, at Biskopsudden, in the Park at Stockholm, 1850

Cavalier and Lady, 1853. Creator: Simeon Solomon
Cavalier and Lady, 1853

"W. Troyon de Lausanne. A. Ehrenhoff. Fause Antiquite". A man bows deeply to another man in uniform. (c1850s)

Japanese Greeting Rituals, 1813. Creator: Ivan Vasil'evich Chesky
Japanese Greeting Rituals, 1813. In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe

Japanese Interpreters Kneeling in Front of Their Chief, 1813. Creator: Stepan Galaktionov
Japanese Interpreters Kneeling in Front of Their Chief, 1813. In 1803-06, Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe

Minister Hong bows to the Heavenly Teacher, c 1890 reprint. Creator: Watanabe Kazan
Minister Hong bows to the Heavenly Teacher, c 1890 reprint

Ballet7741
Rajat Dawn

The strict boss
Victoria Glinka

Swan Lake
Mieke

Arabian musician playing the Rababa Date: 1898

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II meeting veterans at Borodino
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II meeting veteran soldiers and their wives at Borodino (the site of a bloody battle of the Napoleonic Wars, fought during Napoleon's invasion of Russia)

Lady and Cupid
This sketch depicts a scene in which a smiling young lady is bowing slightly to look down at Cupid who has arrived at her door step, apparently not for the first time

Queen Victoria giving away New Year's Gifts Date: 1854

The Passing of the Patron, woman, doormen bowing
The Passing of the Patron: a Study in Worship, of woman (the Patron) and small child, with doormen bowing and staff waiting at a cinema entrance. Also captioned, All This For 3d. 6d

WW1 Oath of Allegiance - Women's Battalion of Death, Russia
Oath of Allegiance taken in Moscow by members of the famous Battalion of Death, composed entirely of Russian women and led by Madame Botchkareva - June 1917

Man in tight stays 1788
Tight lacing 1788. A painfully fashionable young man wearing corsets to achieve a fashionable figure, bowing, perhaps in a dance. "These tight stays will be death of me, " he says

Sir Malcolm Sargent, English conductor and composer
Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (1895-1967), English conductor, organist and composer. Seen here taking a bow from the podium at the end of a concert, a bunch of flowers in his hand

Illustration, Malbrough is going to war
Illustration, Malbrough s'en va t'en guerre (Marlborough is going to war). Elegant ladies faint when they hear that Monsieur Malbrough is dead and buried as a result of going to war

The Band, 1949 (oil on canvas)
657260 The Band, 1949 (oil on canvas) by Tibble, Geoffrey (1909-52); 63.5x76 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Band. Geoffrey Tibble (1909-1952). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1949

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"Bowing: A Universal Gesture of Respect and Reverence" Bowing, a timeless act that transcends cultures and eras, symbolizes humility, honor, and deference. From the majestic courts of ancient Egypt to the refined traditions of Japan, it has been ingrained in our collective consciousness as an expression of respect. In history's annals, we find examples aplenty. The King of Kings himself would bow before no one but God, Charles and Flora McDonald bowed to their Scottish heritage with unwavering loyalty. In Egypt's sacred temples, old men knelt in prayerful bows before their deities. FATHER JOSEPH (1577-1638), known for his devout faith and selflessness, humbly bowed before his religious calling. In feudal Japan's rigid hierarchy, a Geisha Girl gracefully inclined herself in reverence towards a samurai warrior during New Year celebrations. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren immortalized chivalry through its depiction of knights bowing before each other as a sign of mutual respect on the battlefield. Padua University Facade stood tall witness to countless scholars who paid homage with humble bows upon entering its hallowed halls. Even within sportsmanship lies this noble gesture; tennis players in the 1930s exemplified chivalry by courteously bowing after every match. Arthur Rackham's enchanting illustrations brought Cinderella alive as she curtsied with grace at her royal ball. The world of dance knows no bounds when it comes to expressing gratitude; ballerinas perfect their artistry while paying tribute through elegant bows at every class’s end. Queen Elizabeth II graced London firefighters with her presence—her regal nod acknowledging their bravery was akin to a profound bow from royalty itself. And finally, behold a pair of angels—a celestial duo whose angelic wings fluttered gently as they bent forward in unison—an ethereal bow to the divine.