Button Hole Collection

George Grossmith / 1895
GEORGE GROSSMITH (SNR) English actor, associated with the Gilbert & Sullivan operas

Couple / Pink Champagne
Passion and pink champagne: a heady mixture

Arthur Bourchier / Vf 1896
Black tailcoat & trousers, white waistcoat with roll collar & cut low revealing an expanse of shirt front, stand collar & white tie, gold watch chain & orchid buttonhole

Young Victorian man with flower in buttonhole
A young Victorian man in his best clothes, with a cravat and pin, and a flower in his buttonhole, poses in the photographers studio

Well dressed man on a motorcycle
A rather well dressed man sitting on a motorcycle. He is wearing a bowler hat, white gloves, a black bowtie, dark jacket, pinstriped trousers and shiny shoes

Evening Dress / Men C. 1900
Cigar smoking gentleman in a black tail-coat & trousers, white waistcoat, bowtie & gloves, top hat & leather pumps. A large gardenia graces his buttonhole

1890S Blouse & Hairstyle
Satin blouse with deep lace falling tucker, puffed half- length sleeves with gathered cuff & frill, checked skirt with Swiss belt waistband. N.B doorknocker top knot hairstyle

Hs Foster by Spy 1907
H.S Foster wears a frock coat, double-breasted waistcoat, floral buttonhole, grey striped trousers with a front & back crease, high all round collar & a spotted cravat. Date: 1907

Charabanc outing, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Twenty-eight men, most of them with a carnation on their lapel, and two women, posing for their photo before setting off in a charabanc for a days outing to the races, organised by the Marine Hotel

The Carter - a rustic cart driver in his smock and carrying a whip Date: 1905

Wedding group photograph
The happy couple, the groom wearing uniform, with their two bridesmaids and best man. Date: circa 1940

Wedding couple in dark clothes
The happy couple in a wedding photo, dressed unusually in black! Date: circa 1930s

Dunderpate tells Susan he plans to marry
Dunderpate tells Susan that if the tailors daughter won t marry him, he will ask the pastrycooks daughter. He asks Susan to come with him in case he needs help. Date: 1938

Costume / Loungers 1820
Bond Street Loungers wear: strapped trousers, hessian boots, a greatcoat, a frock coat, top hats, buttonhole, coats cut-away at the front & cossack trousers. Date: 1820

Young Victorian couple in an outdoor setting
A young Victorian couple pose for their photograph in an outdoor setting. They are wearing their best clothes, perhaps attending a wedding

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Courting man - frog
He would a-wooing go. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a rotund man, from a frog. Middle aged

Dapper young man in a garden, Mid Wales
A dapper young man sitting on a folding steel chair in a garden, Mid Wales. He is wearing a three-piece suit with a flower in his buttonhole, and a flat cap

Middle aged man with spaniel, Mid Wales
A middle aged man sits on a large felled tree trunk in a country house garden somewhere in Mid Wales, with a spaniel at his side

Two brothers in a garden, Mid Wales
Two brothers pose for their photograph in a garden, probably in the Mid Wales area. They are wearing very similar three-piece suits

Young man standing by a gate
A young Edwardian man in a smart suit and flat cap, standing by a gate. He has a watch chain across his waistcoat and a flower in his buttonhole

Presentation to Prince Charles, Royal Cornwall Show
A presentation is made to HRH the Prince of Wales by the Young Farmers Union at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year

Yugoslavian Girl reading a love letter - portrait
A striking postcard in vidid colours, depicting a pretty Yugoslavian Girl reading a love letter, possibly from a partner away fighting in a distant land

William Luson Thomas
WILLIAM LUSON THOMAS Artist, founder of The Graphic

Cavendish / Hartington
SPENCER COMPTON CAVENDISH Pictured while Marquess of Hartington, later 8th Duke of Devonshire

Girl with Floral Corsage
A young, doe-eyed woman, wearing a broderie anglaise camisole top & pink rose floral corsage, smiles nervously at the camera

Necktie / Wm of Orange
KING WILLIAM III wearing a fashionable muff and a Steinkirk (or Steenkirk), a scarf-like cravat with one end tucked through a buttonhole

Fashion Men & Boy 1841
Boy: pantaloons & short jacket. Men: top hats with tall crowns, strapped pantaloons, cut-away coat with collar & lapels, green waistcoat, D-B coat with full skirt

SIMPSONs SUIT 1937
An elegant man in a double- breasted suit with easy drape and long lapel rolled to the bottom button worn with a carnation buttonhole, striped tie & trilby hat

Male Types / Dandies 1909
A fashionable young man

Parmentier and Potato
French agriculturist Antoine PARMENTIER presents a potato to Louis XVI; some laughed, but the king placed a shoot in his buttonhole in recognition of Parmentiers achievement

Churchill on Wedding Day
WINSTON CHURCHILL arrives at Church on his wedding day wearing a frock coat with buttonhole, bow tie, top hat, gloves & narrow fitting trousers

Edinburgh / Alfred / Maull
ALFRED DUKE OF EDINBURGH Second son of Victoria, in civilian clothes, writing at a desk

Leopold / Albany / Vfair 77
LEOPOLD DUKE OF ALBANY 4th son of Queen Victoria

Coat / Fur Collar 1924
Design by Madeleine Vionnet: 3/4 length wrap over coat with broad grey fur roll collar & deep cuffs, a brimless hat with fur band & textured red crown & a large posy of red flowers

Costume / Men / Photo 1860S
Man with a beard & no moustache wears a bowler hat, morning coat & waistcoat with a braided edge, tie & tie-pin, tweed trousers, cane, floral buttonhole & handkerchief

Evening Dress Suit 1938
Evening dress suit worn with white waistcoat & bowtie. Perfect the formal evening functions

Couple at Ravensbourne
He: lounge suit, floral buttonhole, bow-tie. She: bodice with tight sleeves puffed at the shoulder & with epaulettes, lace yoke & high all-round collar

Husband / Wife Anon 19C
He: frock coat with floral buttonhole, wing collar & tie, mutton chop whiskers. She: costume of skirt & jacket bodice with lace lapels, high- necked blouse with a jabot

Richardson by who 1908
Dr H.L.S Richardson wears a frock coat with carnation buttonhole, a top hat & trousers with a front & back crease. He carries a cane over his arm

20S Wedding Group
A small wedding group consisting of the bride and groom; three bridesmaids and two other men, one of whom looks like the father of the bride. Photographed outside

Wedded Couple 1930S
Newly-wedded couple in formal dress, he with a buttonhole, she with a bouquet

Costume / Morning Coat
A gentleman wearing the Seasons MORNING COAT with floral buttonhole, top hat, grey striped narrow fitting trousers with a front crease, spats, wing collar & bowtie

John Scott Russell
JOHN SCOTT RUSSELL Naval architect of the Great Eastern and Warrior

Couple at the races in a costume brochure
An elegant couple at the races. He is wearing a frock coat, top hat, grey trousers, cravat and buttonhole. She is wearing a jacket body with gigot sleeves, a high necked blouse and lace jabot

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