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  • Man playing a borung, a type of horn played at Hindu festivals, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Cartoons of gay people attending the Mayence Rosé, the 7th Mainz gay cultural festival; advertising the festival. Colour lithograph, 1997.
  • Holī festival. Watercolour by a Lucknow painter, 18--.
  • Holī festival. Watercolour by a Lucknow painter, 18--.
  • East London Hospital for Children: New Year's Eve Festival.
  • A kite flying festival. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • No. 1, Festival Hall and Cascades. Gelatin silver print, 1904
  • A festival in celebration of Venus, the goddess of love. Process print.
  • A festival in celebration of Venus, the goddess of love. Process print.
  • Enoch in the clouds above a group of people at a festival. Etching.
  • Kite-flying at a boys' festival in early spring. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1865.
  • Saint Leodegarius [Leger]: a Breton pardon (festival) in his honour. Lithograph by F.H. Lalaisse.
  • A courtesan promenades at the cherry blossom festival in the Yoshiwara. Woodcut by Kitagawa, 1790.
  • Thirty-second annual festival : the Holborn Restaurant, Friday, 26th February, 1904 / London Morayshire Club.
  • Thirty-second annual festival : the Holborn Restaurant, Friday, 26th February, 1904 / London Morayshire Club.
  • Thirty-second annual festival : the Holborn Restaurant, Friday, 26th February, 1904 / London Morayshire Club.
  • Westminster Abbey: interior looking east during the Royal Music Festival, 1834. Wood engraving by Sly and Wilson, 1843.
  • People outside their cottages celebrating a festival with food and drink. Engraving by W. Finden after David Wilkie.
  • Festival of Muḥarram: Muslims mourning the martyrdom of Imam Husayn. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A great Temperance festival in the Corn-Exchange, Cork, in full swing. Wood-engraving after J. McDonald, 1843.
  • Pilgrims with roses worship a snake shrine while a Brahmin priest and attendants pray during a snake festival. Gouache drawing.
  • Pilgrims with roses worship a snake shrine while a Brahmin priest and attendants pray during a snake festival. Gouache drawing.
  • Handel festival in the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London: a large audience attending a concert. Wood engraving by J. Mahoney, 1865.
  • Maker Faire UK : a two day festival of hackers, crafters, coders, DIYers and garden shed inventors / Life Science Centre.
  • Maker Faire UK : a two day festival of hackers, crafters, coders, DIYers and garden shed inventors / Life Science Centre.
  • Details of the Billy Boy Festival II on Friday 1 September 1995 at the "Alten Schlachthof" ("Old Slaughterhouse") in Berlin. Lithograph.
  • Festival of Muḥarram: a man praying to a replica of a martyr's tomb. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Festival of Muḥarram: a procession of people commemorating the death of Husain, the Prophet's grandson. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Edo (Tokyo): Kanda Festival Procession: four large, elaborately decorated floats are shown being pulled through the city. Colour woodcut by Yoshifuji, 1884.
  • Holi, the festival of colour; Radha spraying colour at Krishna while the other gopis look on. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.