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Costume styles, 18th century, from left to right: middle class couple circa 1740, couple from Berlin in special evening dress circa 1780, French couple in Revolution-era costume
Lady Bridgett Poulett by Olive SnellLady Bridgett Poulett, ( only sister of Earl Poulett, described by The Sketch as a typical modern beauty, with fair hair, large eyes and is greatly in request at social gatherings. Date: 1932
Sketch cover - Lord & Lady Cavendish at Eden RocLord Charles Cavendish, 2nd son of the 9th Duke of Devonshire with his wife Lady Charles Cavendish, the former Adele Astaire, sister and dancing partner of Fred
Sketch cover featuring Lord Burghley in actionLord Burghley, captain of Britains Olympic team in 1932 jumping hurdles in a photograph on the front cover of The Sketch. David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905 - 1981)
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, British politicianJohn Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878), British Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister. Date: circa 1810s
John Russell, Viscount Amberley (1842-1876), British politician and writer. He was the eldest son of Lord John Russell, who served twice as British Prime Minister
Italy. Pompeii. The House of the Faun. 2nd century BCRoman Art. Italy. Pompeii. The House of the Faun. Built during the 2nd century BC. Private residence. Bronze statue of the dancing faun located, originally, on the lip of the impluvium
Snap Playing Card - Courtier bowing. circa 1910s
Frances Lady DucieFRANCES lady DUCIE Aristocratic lady depicted toying with a lorgnette suspended round her neck by a necklace. Date: CIRCA 1840
Duke in Pram 1870The one-year-old Duke d Aosta looking aristocratic in his pram. Date: 1870
Merveilleuse 1794Encouraged by Amaury Duval, an official at the Ministry of the Interior, Parisiennes defy aristocratic fashions with their own free-expression styles, often exaggerated Date: 1794
Cartoon, How Many Lumps? WW1Cartoon, How many lumps? The French comic actress Cecile Sorel serves her guests, including a bearded man who has been fighting in the war. On the left sits the French philosopher Voltaire. Date: 1917
18Thc Frnc / Abbe DelilleThe Abbe Delille reciting verse to attentive aristocratic ladies Date: 18th century
18Thc Frnc / Morning WalkTwo aristocratic French ladies out for a morning walk pass by the admiring gaze of an Abbe Date: 18th century
Aristocratic FrenchwomanA pampered aristocratic French lady Date: 18th century
Aristocratic LadyAn aristocratic lady in her park, with a book to read and a servant at hand to fetch and carry : a year from now, the French Revolution will change her lifestyle... Date: 1788
Aristocratic Party / 17ThcAristocratic life: a party at the Duke of Newcastles house Date: 1656
Austrian Aristocrats 14CAristocratic amusements involving an unidentified ballgame Date: 1390
Social / Russia / BalletA ballet performance before an aristocratic crowd in the Tsarskoe Selo Palace. Date: 1848
French Home / 17th CenturyA luxurious aristocratic interior including giltwork and murals Date: 17th century
Aristocratic LeveeAn aristocrat at his morning levee : while a valet puts the finishing touches to his toilette, a manservant brings a book for his lady friend Date: mid-18th century
Aristocracy / ReceptionAn aristocratic reception. Date: 1850
Lady PercyCountess Percy, formerly Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox, daughter of the Duke of Richmond and later Duchess of Northumberland. She married Earl Percy in 1911. Date: 1907
French C18 WeddingA French aristocratic groom greets his bride on her wedding morning Date: circa 1780
Dinner party at a chateauAn aristocratic party going in to dinner in a chateau Date: 1887
Two aristocratic ladies getting into a broughamTwo aristocratic ladies about to enter a brougham, named after the statesman of that name -- it could have either two or four wheels, but usually two. Date: 1871
Music cover, The Silver-Lake Varsoviana, composed by W H Montgomery, danced at all the Nobilitys Balls. 1850s
Ladies Waldegrave / ReynldThe Ladies Waldegrave Aristocratic ladies occupations Date: 18th century
Lady Eileen Orde working on wallpaper designsLady Eileen Order, nee Wellesley (1887-1952), daughter of the 4th Duke of Wellington and wife of the artist Captain Cuthbert Orde
French Aristocratic RoomA richly appointed room in a French aristocratic home. Date: mid-17th century
Aristocratic ladies, circa 1770- Ha! Le joli petit chien! One lady turns from her embroidery to admire the little lapdog carried by her visitor. Date: circa 1770
Cartoon, Troop transport, WW1Cartoon, Troop transport. An ex-valet, now a soldier, is surprised to find that his former employer, a baron, is his driver. Date: 1916
Frontispiece illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Snob. Showing a footman carrying a small dog to his aristocratic master. " The dawg, My Lord." Date: 1904
Lord Lansdownes Lounge Bar, Dayton, Ohio, USALord Lansdownes Lounge Bar, under the management of Pat Finnegan, in North Main Street, Dayton, Ohio, USA, offering food, cocktails and entertainment at reasonable prices. Date: 1942
White bulldog puppy taken home by aristocratic manA white bulldog puppy is bought and taken home in a carriage by an aristocratic young man. Date: 1905
WW1 - Guynemer with proud relatives at his home in CompiegneWW1 - Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer (1894 - 1917), a top fighter ace, Lieutenant, Captain and Commander of the Storks Squadron for France during World War I
Alexandra, Countess of Airlie by J. Percival AndersonThe Countess of Airlie, formerly Lady Alexandra Marie Bridget Coke, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Leicester. Married David Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Airlie in 1917 and had six children including the Rt. Hon
Lady Frances Balfour Suffragist. Lady Frances Balfour (1858-1931) portrait. Aristocratic and dedicated worker for the cause of Womens Suffrage
Paris, France - Arcade Colbert. It disappears ender the pile of demolition. L Illustration Journal Univerl owe it a memory, even a regret; this is nearby and besides
Viscountess Curzon and her sonViscountess Curzon (1887-1962), formerly Miss Mary Curzon. She married her cousin, Viscount Curzon (Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe), MP for Battersea South
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825 1899), English landowner, politician and racehorse owner. Date: 1853
Lady Diana SomersetLady Diana Maud Nina Somerset (12 September 1898 6 May 1935), married 19 September 1925 Captain Lindsey Shedden (18811971). Date: 1918
Lady Percy, WW1Countess Percy, formerly Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox, daughter of the Duke of Richmond and later Duchess of Northumberland. She married Earl Percy in 1911. He succeeded to the dukedom in 1918
Sketch cover, Lady D Abernon as an anaesthetist, WW1Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring a portrait of Helen Venetia Vincent, Viscountess D Abernon (nÚÑáDuncombe) (18661954), British peeress, socialite and diarist
Duchess of Westminster with her hospital staff, WW1Constance Edwina Shelagh (n饠 Cornwallis West), Duchess of Westminster (later Mrs James Fitzpatrick Lewes) (died 1970), First wife of 2nd Duke of Westminster
Bust of the Countess of Drogheda by Jacob EpsteinBust of Lady Drogheda, part of an exhibition of works by Jacob Epstein at the Leicester Galleries in 1917. The Countess of Drogheda
Visitors for wounded soldiers by Miss Watson WilliamsA set of four pictures - the pair on the left entitled, As Tommy Does Not Like It, showing some rather tiresome visitors - an aristocratic lady and a maiden aunt
Felix and Irina YoussopoffPrincess Irina Youssoupoff, niece of Tsar Nicholas II and wife of Felix Youssoupoff who is pictured in a fancy dress costume