Eating Collection (#28)

The Humorist Summer Number 1939
Bright and jolly front cover design for The Humorist magazine Summer Number by William Heath Robinson featuring a number of bathers paddling and playing about in the sea

Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) - a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest, located in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in central Africa

The tea party by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two little girls sit down solemnly to a tea party accompanied by their pet dog and several dolls

S Teerwood. Picnic with touring car
A group of people make a roadside stop to enjoy a picnic whilst touring country roads in their car

Menu from Halifax Union Board of Guardians dinner
The cover of the commemorative menu at the Halifax Union Board of Guardians final dinner. The abolition of all the countrys Boards of Guardians after April 1930 marked the end of the workhouse system

Camberwell Workhouse inmates at Bognor Regis
A large party of inmates from the Camberwell workhouse in south east London eating their dinner during their annual outing to Bognor Regis, West Sussex

White Star Line cup and plate
A cup and a plate bearing the White Star Line name and flag. Date: early 20th century

Mother & children at table
A mother sits down to a meal with her two little daughters, and ladles soup into bowls

Patients in cafeteria, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing five patients in the cafeteria enjoying a hot meal served by a catering lady

Soup tie / W H Robinson
One tug of a cord and this smart tie is swiftly transformed into a napkin allowing the wearer to eat his soup without the worry of unsightly splashes to his suit

Tbilisi - Lunch on the Balcony of the Funicular Railway Stat
Lunch on the Balcony of the Funicular Railway Station at Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis

WWII recycling: Tin hat soup tureen / W H Robinson
A retired warden makes use of his old tin hat to eat his soup from. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Two women at Bideford, Devon
Christine Pitts Tucker picnicking with her mother Violet at Binneys Reach, Bideford, Devon

Central France - Soup of the Day
Central France - A farming family tuck into the Soup of the Day

Good Cheer by Ethel Parkinson
Good Cheer -- four children dressed in medieval costume bring in the Christmas feast, consisting of a large turkey, glasses of steaming punch, a large round pudding, and a plate of fruit

The Picnic Saloon / W H Robinson
Its quite easy to adapt any modern car to the purpose of picnickery if the front seats are temporarily replaced by piano stalls and a simple bench for two persons are fixed to the spare wheel

Eating lunch in China
A lovely photograph of three Chinese workers (of very different ages) having their rice for lunch. The padded clothing attests to either the season or the type of labout they were occupied in

Bosnia - Sarajevo - Lunchtime
An old Bosnian man tucks into his lunch in a Sarajevo Market. He appears to be eating some form of folded flatbread

French civilians WWII
There is always some stew left over in the kitchens of the French Army and the children who have made friends with the cooks get the best of it during World War II

Algerian French troops WWII
Feast of the 3rd Algerian Regiment, French Army. Troops of the Regiment de Tirailleurs Algeriennes with the roast lamb before starting the feast

Marabou Storks surround a Zebra carcass
Marabou storks fighting over a Zebra carcass. This large and powerful bird eats mainly carrion, scraps and faeces, but will also take fish, frogs, insects, eggs, small mammals and reptiles

An Impala. Pastel study by Raymond Sheppard

Boys Eating, Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex
Boys eating buns on the Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the Thames off Grays, Essex

Mess Room, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Scene in the boys mess room on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall

Little girl eating a crust
A little girl with curly hair, eating a crust. She is crouching on top of a table and gazing at the camera

Studies of a Tiger eating by Raymond Sheppard

Young boy eating a large sandwich
A young boy poses for a studio portrait on a pile of logs, eating a large (and rather appealing) sandwich. He wears a bright green flat cap. A Birthday Greetings Card

Egyptian Peasant Women and a young boy
Two seated Egyptian peasant women and young toddler, seated on a pale blue cloth, resting having something to eat

Selfridges, London - Corner of Restaurant
Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Corner of Restaurant. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909

Dining car on the Great Northern Railway

Bohemian Women enjoying the high life
Gypsy Bohemian women in Turkey indulging in the high life

Picnic by the roadside
Having a picnic by the roadside - tucking into a thermos of hot tea!

Morris Empire Oxford 4-seater Tourer - picnic
Family picnic at the roadside with a Morris Empire Oxford 4-seater Tourer

Roadside picnic
Stopping for a picnic at the side of the road

The Best People by Chloe Preston
A group of snooty and arrogant looking theatre goers sit in a box, chomp chocolates and look disdainfully down upon the stage and audience below

Presenting a woman with milk and cakes
An Illustration accompanying an extract from Lily Watsons book A Child of Genius showing Katharine giving Miss Percival, the drawing mistress, cake and milk

In the trenches 1917
Soldiers of the 6th Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment eating dinner in the trenches at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1917

A Capital Levy by George Studdy
Bonzo finds that Labour policy is worth following on occasion, and makes Capital Levy on his little mistresss presents. A rather tragic scene showing a little girl weeping after her naughty dog

Mealtime at the front in 1917
Soldiers of the Newfoundland regiment in Berneville eating a meal on the British Front in France during World War I on 9th May 1917

Hot stew in the trenches 1917
British troops receive hot stew in the trenches near Cambrai in France on the British front during World War I in March 1917

Two children on a wall by Florence Hardy
Patience Rewarded. Two children sit on a wall infront of the sea eating buiscuits

Lunchtime
A woman stands by a window eating her lunch and watching as birds fly in to take their share. She doesn t seem to mind them stealing her lunch and watches on wistfully

An 18th Century Kitchen by Pauline Baynes
A galaxy of eighteenth century food and a kitchen scene showing food preparation. From the top is a Stargazey pie, then a baked ham stuffed with apricots, fried apple pasties

Preparing the Christmas Feast by Pauline Baynes
A kitchen scene from the early 17th century along with examples of dishes eaten at Christmas during this period. These include a bowl of lemon mincemeat, a beef and samphire hash, scorched chestnuts

Snow family Christmas dinner
A family of snowmen sit down together for Christmas lunch. I just hope that turkey isn t too hot

Christmas food, 1954
A whimsical and rather kitsch selection of festive foods including Christmas cakes, a gingerbread house and jellies

Algeria - Kabyle Family
Mealtime for a family of the Kabyle People - Berbers from North Eastern Algeria

Table napkins
Six ways to fold napkins. Top left, Victorian fan; right, Cornet; centre left, Water Lily; right, Swan; bottom left, Mitre; right, Pocket fold

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