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Frontispiece D. Hurd religious ceremonies customs
Frontispiece to D. Hurds religious ceremonies and customs of all nations, A new universal history of the religious rites, ceremonies, and customs of the whole world, Hurd, William, Pollard, Robert

Detail frontispiece new universal history religious rites
Detail of frontispiece, A new universal history of the religious rites, ceremonies, and customs of the whole world, or, A complete

Jonathan Mayhew, D. D. Pastor of the West Church in Boston, New England, 1766

Dorothy Campbell, female golfer
Dorothy Iona Campbell (1883 - 1945), the first internationally dominant female golfer. Also known as Dorothy Hurd and Dorothy Howe. Won over 700 titles during her career

Advertisement for J Hurd, Florist, Chaddesden and Derby
Advertisement for J Hurd, Florist, Wholesale and Retail, Chaddesden and Derby. Nurseries at the Old Hall Gardens, Chaddesden, and at the Market Hall, Derby. Plants delivered and floral designs

Richard Hurd
RICHARD HURD Bishop of Worcester, writer on ecclesiatical subjects Date: 1720 - 1808

Colonel Eugene Hurd, American surgeon, Eastern Front, WW1
Colonel Eugene Hurd (1881-1941), American surgeon who served as a medical officer with the Russian Army on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Richard Hurd - 4
RICHARD HURD Churchman, bishop of Worcester, writer. Date: 1720 - 1808

Richard Hurd - 3
RICHARD HURD Churchman, bishop of Worcester, writer. Date: 1720 - 1808

Richard Hurd - 2
RICHARD HURD Churchman, bishop of Worcester, writer. Date: 1720 - 1808

EDWIN HURD CONGER (1843-1907). American lawyer and politician, and the United States minister to China. Conger (left) and his staff at the American Legation in Beijing, China

JACOB HURD SMITH (1840-1918). American Army general. Photograph, late 19th or early 20th century

IRAN: GUEBER BAPTISM. Baptismal ceremonies of Guebres, followers of Zoroastrianism, in Persia. Engraving from Dr. Richard Hurds Religious Rites and Ceremonies of All Nations, late 18th century

RELIGION: JAPAN AND CHINA. Left: One of the forms in which [the Buddha] Amida is worshipped by the people of Japan and Tartary

RELIGION: NATIVE AMERICAN. Celebration of the Canadians grand Sacrifice to Quitchi Manitou, whom they call their great Spirit. Copper engraving, from Dr

RELIGION: HINDUISM. Top: A very remarkable form which Ixora [Shiva] is worshipped in the East Indies. Center: The Idol Bruma, or Brama, another Indian object of Religious adoration

RELIGION: HINDUISM. A Sick Person presented to Ixora [Shiva], an Indian Diety for the recovery of his Health. Copper engraving, from Dr

RELIGION: POPE. The Pope with the Cross, &c. makes his entrance into the Porta Santa, singing the Te Deum, during a Jubilee year in Rome. Copper engraving, from Dr

RELIGION: PERSIAN PRIEST. Top: The High Priest of the Gaures or Persians performing the Ritual Service before the Fire. Bottom: Heads of different Gaurian Priests, with their Mitres

RELIGION: JUBILEE. The Pope opening the Holy Gate, a grand Ceremony of the Romish-Church. The Pope opening a Holy door at a papal basilica in Rome, at the opening of a Jubilee year

RELIGION: POPE. The Pope at the close of the Jubilee placing the first Stone in order to shut up the Holy Gate. The Pope sealing a Holy door at a papal basilica in Rome at the close of a Jubilee

RELIGION: POPE. The Pope granting to the Milcha the Commission of Guards of the Santa portal. Copper engraving, from Dr. Richard Hurds Religious Rites and Ceremonies of all Nations, late 18th century

RELIGION: POPE & CARDINALS. The Pope deputing three Cardinals to open the Gates of St. John of Lateran, St. Maria Major, and St. Paul, at Rome. Copper engraving, from Dr

CHINA: RELIGION. A festival annually celebrated in honour of Confucius, an eminent Chinese philosopher, who reviv d the ancient mythology of that empire

RELIGION: JAPAN. A Japanese preacher haranguing the people who are assembled to worship their Tuteler-idol. Engraving, late 18th century

RELIGION: PERSIA. The Guebres of Persia holding a dog to the mouth of an expiring man, whose soul (they say) is received by that animal

EDWIN HURD CONGER (1843-1907). American lawyer and politician, and the United States minister to China. Photographed at the United States Legation Compound in Beijing on 2 June 1900

Amida, or Amitabha, principal buddha of the Pure Land sect of Buddhism. Copper engraving, English, late 18th century
BUDDHISM: AMITABHA. Amida, or Amitabha, principal buddha of the Pure Land sect of Buddhism. Copper engraving, English, late 18th century, from Richard Hurds Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations

Buddhist begging monks. Copper engraving
CHINA: BEGGING MONKS. Buddhist begging monks. Copper engraving

A religious ceremony practised by the people of Guinea in Africa. Line engraving, English, late 18th century
GUINEA: CEREMONY. A religious ceremony practised by the people of Guinea in Africa. Line engraving, English, late 18th century, from Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations by Dr

Dr. Anson Hurd of the 14th Indiana Volunteers attending to Confederate soldiers wounded during the Antietam campaign
CIVIL WAR: WOUNDED, 1862. Dr. Anson Hurd of the 14th Indiana Volunteers attending to Confederate soldiers wounded during the Antietam campaign, September 1862, near Keedysville, Maryland

Marriage Ceremonies observed by the Indians of Panama. Copper engraving, English, late 18th century, for Dr
PANAMA: WEDDING. Marriage Ceremonies observed by the Indians of Panama. Copper engraving, English, late 18th century, for Dr. Richard Hurds Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations

The bride being carried at
LUTHERAN WEDDING, 1700s. The bride being carried at a Lutheran Whitsun wedding in North Holland. Copper engraving from Richard Hurds Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations, late 18th century

Marriage Ceremony of the Protestants at Amsterdam. Copper engraving from Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations by
PROTESTANT WEDDING, 1700s. Marriage Ceremony of the Protestants at Amsterdam. Copper engraving from Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations by Richard Hurd, late 18th century

Copper engraving from a late 18th century English edition of Dr. Richard Hurds Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All
SPANISH INQUISITION. Copper engraving from a late 18th century English edition of Dr. Richard Hurds Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations

A Japanese Temple in which the Priest is performing their Nuptial Ceremonies
JAPAN: WEDDING. A Japanese Temple in which the Priest is performing their Nuptial Ceremonies. Copper engraving, English, late 18th century, for Dr

Numbojumbo an Indian Idol. Engraving, late 18th century for Dr. Richard Hurds Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All
MUMBO JUMBO, c1790. Numbojumbo an Indian Idol. Engraving, late 18th century for Dr. Richard Hurds Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations

KISSING THE POPEs FEET. The Pope greeting pilgrims who kiss his feet. Line engraving, English, late 18th century, from Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations by Richard Hurd (1720-1808)

LAPLAND: WEDDING. A Marriage as celebrated amongst the Laplanders. Engraving, English, late 18th century for Dr. Richard Hurds Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations

VATICAN JUBILEE. The Jubilee proclaimed in St. Peters Church at Rome. Line engraving, English, late 18th century, from Religious Rites & Ceremonies of All Nations by Richard Hurd (1720-1808)

LUTHERAN BAPTISM, 1790. Baptism of the Lutherans at Augsburgh in Germany. Copper engraving, English. 1790

BAPTISM, 1790. Mode of baptism, practised at Rhineburg in Germany. Copper engraving, English, 1790

RELIGION: BANIAN CEREMONY. Remarkable Ceremony of the Banians on Giving a Child its Name. Line engraving, English, 18th century

INDIA: WEDDING, 1780s. Gaurian priests celebrating the nuptial ceremonies of their principal people. Copper engraving, English, late 18th century

QUAKER MEETING, c1790. An Assembly of Quakers at Amsterdam. Copper engraving, English, c1790

BAPTISM, 18th CENTURY. Ceremonies in Christening observed by the Russians of the Greek Church. Line engraving, English, late 18th century

JAPAN: MONKEY WORSHIP. Inside of the celebrated Pagod of the Monkies, in Japan. Line engraving, English, late 18th century

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