Dais 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. Everyone is amazed to see the unexpected visitor

The Proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles, 18 January 1871, (1936). Creator: Unknown
The Proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles, 18 January 1871, (1936). Kaiserproklamation in Versailles, 18 Januar 1871

Exactitude, 1929 (after). Creator: Pierre Fix-Masseau
Exactitude, 1929 (after)

Those who went to shelters began a new kind of night-life, 11th November, 1940, 1942. London residents taking shelter in Elephant and Castle tube station during the World War II

Pasteurs Jubilee celebrations, 1892
Pasteurs Jubilee celebrations. Artwork of British surgeon Joseph Lister (in gown, walking up steps, 1827-1912) and French chemist Louis Pasteur (being approached by Lister)

Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigers, 1787. Creator: Hans Raj Joshi
Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigers, 1787

Election fair, Copenhagen Fields, Islington, London, 1795. Artist: James Gillray
Copenhagen House.I tell you, citizens, we mean to new-dress the Constitution and turn it, and set a new nap on it Shakespeare ; showing an election fair in Copenhagen Fields, Islington, London, 1795

Animal Band Good Night
Poodle conductor, standing on a dais, raps the baton on the music stand while a donkey bass player, a goat trumpeter & a ? dog percussionist strike up a tune

Crystal Palace Station, Crystal Palace Parade, Bromley, London, 1955
Crystal Palace Station, Bromley, London, 1955. Empty platforms and canopy of the disused Crystal Palace (High Level) Station, viewed from the footbridge. Arched walls hold up the glass roof

The Look Out, c1890-c1893. Artist: William Christian Symons
The Look Out, c1890-c1893. A print from Her Majestys Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas Rathbone Low, Volume I, JS Virtue & Co, London, 1890-1893

Fencing in front of the President of the Republic, Palais de l Elysee, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
Fencing in front of the President of the Republic, Palais de l Elysee, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 9th June 1895

A Railway Revolution, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Railway Revolution, 1874. A large lady seeks advice from the Railway guard at St Pancras. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 10, 1874

Cotinus-leaved dais, Dais cotinifolia
5856366 Cotinus-leaved dais, Dais cotinifolia; (add.info.: Cotinus-leaved dais, Dais cotinifolia, with delicate pale lilac flowers. Shrub from the Cape, South Africa)

Fully tiled lavatory with WC on dais, 1850
3359512 Fully tiled lavatory with WC on dais, 1850; (add.info.: Fully tiled lavatory with WC on dais. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Pompom tree, Dais cotinifolia, with lilac flowers. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Barrois from a
FLO4570100 Pompom tree, Dais cotinifolia, with lilac flowers. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's

The Sala dell'Udienza designed by Benedetto (1442-97) and Giuliano (1432-90) da Maiano
BEN82451 The Sala dell'Udienza designed by Benedetto (1442-97) and Giuliano (1432-90) da Maiano, with frescoes by Francesco de' Salviati (1510-63) after 1470 (photo)

U.S. soldiers in France, 6 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. soldiers in France, 6 Apr 1918. American soldiers of the Twenty Sixth Infantry in freight train car leaving Maron, France on April A6, 1918 during World War I.

308th, 4 Feb 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
308th, 4 Feb 1918. The 308th Infantry on parade down Fifth Avenue on February 4, 1918, past the reviewing stand at the New York Public Library on its way to the troop trains carrying the soldiers to

Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917
Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917. The chistening of the SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies

H. Sims conducting searchlight tattoo, Aldershot, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
H. Sims conducting searchlight tattoo, Aldershot, between c1910 and c1915. H. Sims at a searchlight tattoo, a concert and military drill illuminated by torches, at Aldershot army camp

Petropavlovsk. Railway station, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown
Petropavlovsk. Railway station, 1904-1914. National Library of Russia

Lord Palmerston inaugurating the statue of the late Sir G. C. Lewis at Hereford, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Lord Palmerston inaugurating the statue of the late Sir G. C. Lewis at Hereford, 1864. The British prime minister unveils a statue by Carlo Marochetti. 'The figure is cast in bronze, and is 7 ft

Secy Daniels on RECRUIT, 16 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Secy Daniels on RECRUIT, 16 Mar 1918. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) speaking on the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square

French troops leaving train, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French troops leaving train, between c1914 and c1915. French soldiers leaving a train at the beginning of World War I.

Water pumps, Kuzminskoe, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Water pumps, Kuzminskoe, 1912.

Girls Waiting for the Train, 1939. Creator: Erik Raadal
Girls Waiting for the Train, 1939

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, 1761. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, 1761. Series: Le Carceri d'invenzione, pl. X

Her Majesty, en route for Scotland, at Dunbar Station, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Her Majesty, en route for Scotland, at Dunbar Station, 1858....a monster train of excursionists, under the guidance of Mr

Departure of King George of Hanover from the Victoria Station, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Departure of King George of Hanover from the Victoria Station, 1876. King George and Princess Frederica of Hanover, after a visit of nearly five weeks to England

Jubilee of the Railway Locomotive Factory Works at Crewe, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Jubilee of the Railway Locomotive Factory Works at Crewe, 1876....Crewe has been created and is maintained wholly by the work of manufacturing and repairing locomotive engines for the [London

Recumbent Sphinx Figurine on a Stepped Platform, Ptolemaic Period (323-30 BCE) or modern. Creator: Unknown
Recumbent Sphinx Figurine on a Stepped Platform, Ptolemaic Period (323-30 BCE) or modern

Railway Station, 19th century. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Railway Station, 19th century

Arrival of the Prince of Wales at Lisbon, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of the Prince of Wales at Lisbon, 1876. The future King Edward VII visits Portugal. The Prince of Wales left Madrid...by a special railway train through Ciudad Real and Badajoz

AI IMAGE - An illustration of a London Underground train, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - An illustration of a London Underground train, 2023

AI IMAGE - London Underground train, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - London Underground train, 2023

The Heavenly Audience of Shiva and Parvati (image 1 of 3), between c1830 and c1850. Creator: Unknown
The Heavenly Audience of Shiva and Parvati (image 1 of 3), between c1830 and c1850

Inter-allied Support; A stop on the journey: an Italian officer offers a light.. 1917. Creator: Pelanda
Inter-allied Support; A stop on the journey: an Italian officer offers a light to a French airman, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

The Dark Hours of Italy; Influx of troops to an evacuation station, 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Dark Hours of Italy; Influx of troops to an evacuation station, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Dissolution of the Eastern Front; At Brest-Litovsk station: welcome of the Maximalist... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Dissolution of the Eastern Front; At Brest-Litovsk station: welcome of the maximalist delegation by the German military authorities, 1917

Night Rain at Karasaki, c1835. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Night Rain at Karasaki, c1835. From Eight Views of Omi

Imaginary Tale in a Foreign Court, Mid-17th century. Creator: Unknown
Imaginary Tale in a Foreign Court, Mid-17th century

The Great Conference on the Conquest of Korea, 19th century. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Great Conference on the Conquest of Korea, 19th century

Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), the Bodhisattva of Compassion (image 7 of 7), Ming dynasty. Creator: Anon
Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), the Bodhisattva of Compassion (image 7 of 7), Ming dynasty

Avoir fait un voyage de quinze lieues en chemin de fer.. 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier
Avoir fait un voyage de quinze lieues en chemin de fer.. 1855....et pas un accident...quelle chance! (To have made a journey of fifteen leagues by rail, and not a single accident...how lucky!)

Inauguration of the National Rifle Match - the Queen receiving the address of the Nationa... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Inauguration of the National Rifle Match - the Queen receiving the address of the National Rifle Association, 1860. Shooting competition on Wimbledon Common in London

Sindhu Ragaputra, Son of Shri Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies), c1775. Creator: Unknown
Sindhu Ragaputra, Son of Shri Raga, Folio from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies), c1775

Sketches in Australia - Aboriginal Mode of the Disposal of the Dead, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Australia - Aboriginal Mode of the Disposal of the Dead, 1857....the corpse is placed on a platform of wickerwork, attached to poles, and raised to a considerable height above the ground

Rapatries; l'arrivee d'un train a Evian: des territoriaux de service sur le quai sont... 1917
Rapatries; l'arrivee d'un train a Evian: des territoriaux de service sur le quai sont acclames et embrasses, 1917

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"Dais: A Symbolic Stage Across Time and Cultures" From the medieval courts of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to the grandeur of Versailles, daises have served as elevated platforms for power and proclamation. In William McLaren's depiction of Sir Gawain, we witness a knightly figure standing tall on a dais, commanding attention and respect. Moving forward in time, we find ourselves amidst the historic moment when Germany proclaimed its empire at Versailles in 1871. An unknown artist captures this monumental event with a dais serving as the focal point - an emblematic stage upon which history was made. The concept of exactitude takes center stage in Pierre Fix-Masseau's artwork from 1929. Here, precision is celebrated as figures stand upon a meticulously crafted dais, embodying order and discipline. Venturing into London's past, James Gillray's Election fair at Copenhagen Fields transports us to 1795. Amidst bustling crowds, politicians take their place on makeshift wooden daises - symbols of authority within a democratic society. Fast-forwarding to World War II, we encounter an unexpected twist on nightlife during air raids. The image titled "Those who went to shelters began a new kind of night-life" showcases people finding solace under improvised shelter-daises while maintaining their spirit amidst adversity. In contrast to these historical moments lies Animal Band Good Night - a whimsical scene where animals gather around a cozy little dais before bedtime. It reminds us that even in simplicity, elevated stages can create moments of joy and connection. Crystal Palace Station stands proudly in Bromley during 1955 – its architecture echoing the elegance associated with Victorian-era structures. The station itself becomes an architectural representation of grandeur; it serves as both transportation hub and symbolic platform for travelers' journeys. Stepping back further into history through William Christian Symons' painting "The Look Out, " we are transported to c1890-c1893.