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Formal Collection (page 12)

Background imageFormal Collection: Couple in Formal Dress

Couple in Formal Dress
Full-length profile portrait of a couple in formal evening dress

Background imageFormal Collection: Edwardian Family

Edwardian Family
A formal portrait of an Edwardian upper class family. The father and mother are seated in front with the younger son. The elder son stands behind with his aunt

Background imageFormal Collection: Butler Ladles Soup

Butler Ladles Soup
Mr. Edgar, the stuffy butler of the Edwardian Country House, carefully ladles out the soup into bowls during a formal dinner

Background imageFormal Collection: Social / New Year 1897

Social / New Year 1897
Tsar Alexander III and the Tsarina preside at the Russian court on New Years Day

Background imageFormal Collection: Old Age / Paddling C1950S

Old Age / Paddling C1950S
Two elderly gents in suits take off their shoes to enjoy a paddle in the sea

Background imageFormal Collection: Edwardian Servants

Edwardian Servants
Below stairs at an Edwardian country house. The servants assemble in order of status: The butler, ladys maid, housekeeper, chef at the front, lower servants behind

Background imageFormal Collection: Napoleon at Assemblee

Napoleon at Assemblee
Napoleon Bonaparte, freshly elected president, makes his formal entry into the Assemblee Nationale

Background imageFormal Collection: Aristocratic Assembly

Aristocratic Assembly
A long-headed assembly! : an aristocratic group play a hand of cards at a formal party while others dance in the background

Background imageFormal Collection: Japan Shinto Ceremony

Japan Shinto Ceremony
Admiral Togo at a Shinto ceremony in honour of those who died during the war with Russia

Background imageFormal Collection: Garden Operations 1570

Garden Operations 1570
People, some of them gardening, in a formal Dutch garden. Date: 1570

Background imageFormal Collection: Live while you Live Text

Live while you Live Text
Live while you live, the epicure would say... - text with formal ornamentation

Background imageFormal Collection: Formal Surround

Formal Surround
A formal arrangement of flowers provides a surround

Background imageFormal Collection: BEGUINE

BEGUINE
A BEGUINE from the Dutch/Belgian Netherlands : they were not a formal order, but communities of pious women, who kept their property and sometimes lived at home

Background imageFormal Collection: Beaded Dress 1942

Beaded Dress 1942
American film star Joan Bennett models a dress she wears in her latest picture, " Girl Trouble". She looks sultry if a little troubled as she reclines on some stairs

Background imageFormal Collection: Preston / Lancs / Miller Pk

Preston / Lancs / Miller Pk
Preston, Lancashire: Miller Park

Background imageFormal Collection: Costume / Woman / Fr. 1800

Costume / Woman / Fr. 1800
French aristocrat in formal costume de Cour

Background imageFormal Collection: Picnicking at Home

Picnicking at Home
A PIC-NIC IN THE DRAWING ROOM A satire on the growing habit of snacking instead of sitting round the table at formal meals

Background imageFormal Collection: Recruitment by Lot

Recruitment by Lot
Every Frenchman aged 20+ is liable for military service : recruitment is by lot, at a formal annual public ceremony in each canton

Background imageFormal Collection: Formal Dinner Party 1901

Formal Dinner Party 1901
A rather formal dinner party for two Date: 1901

Background imageFormal Collection: Dryden / Menswear / 202

Dryden / Menswear / 202
Fashions for men: Formal, casual and sporty looks: evening dress with black tie, suit with double- breasted jacket, panama hat, knitted vest & flannel shorts

Background imageFormal Collection: Mckinley / Petit Parisien

Mckinley / Petit Parisien
WILLIAM MCKINLEY 25th US President at his 1901 inauguration in Washington

Background imageFormal Collection: Barrack Life 1896

Barrack Life 1896
Smartly-dressed soldiers strike a rather formal pose as they sit at a long table in their barracks

Background imageFormal Collection: Bathing in the Sea / 1911

Bathing in the Sea / 1911
A group of men, women and children having fun bathing and paddling in the sea; one lady wears quite a formal long dress and black hat

Background imageFormal Collection: Louis Xiv / Fontainebleau

Louis Xiv / Fontainebleau
Cardinal Chigi, on behalf of his Uncle Pope Alexander VII, apologises to Louis XIV for ill-treatment of some French at Rome; the interview takes place in Louis bedroom

Background imageFormal Collection: Evening Dress Suit 1938

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

Background imageFormal Collection: Social / Vienna Ball 1904

Social / Vienna Ball 1904
The Vienna Ball

Background imageFormal Collection: Male Type / Man about Town

Male Type / Man about Town
Formal wear: morning suit with top hat, cane & spats

Background imageFormal Collection: Chateau Circa 1700

Chateau Circa 1700
Birds eye view of a French chateau with its walled foret, formal gardens and lake. A moat surrounds the chateau on two sides, a turreted wall on the others

Background imageFormal Collection: Class Photograph / 1920

Class Photograph / 1920
The children of Wilson House, the 2nd year group of Downhills Central School, Tottenham

Background imageFormal Collection: Palace of G-Duke Tuscana

Palace of G-Duke Tuscana
Design of the sumptuous Garden & Palace of the Grand Duke of Toscana shows a series of formal Italian gardens including fountains, an obelisk & covered walkways

Background imageFormal Collection: Villa Mattei by Rossi

Villa Mattei by Rossi
VILLA MATTEI OR VILLA COELI MONTANA built in 1582 by Ciriaco Mattei showing a series of formal Italian gardens & buildings including a maze, obelisk & statuary

Background imageFormal Collection: Formal French Garden1738

Formal French Garden1738
Les Jardins de Proprete. Formal gardens in the French style

Background imageFormal Collection: Tying an Ascot Tie 1906

Tying an Ascot Tie 1906
How to tie the " Ascot" necktie. A step by step guide to achieving the knot. Fashionable from 1876, it was similar to the Octagon tie

Background imageFormal Collection: Costume / Man 1955

Costume / Man 1955
Frenchman in a formal pin- striped suit with a double- breasted jacket with long lapels which end at the second button & a trilby hat

Background imageFormal Collection: Family Wedding

Family Wedding
A formal wedding photo - with all the family involved

Background imageFormal Collection: Wedded Couple 1930S

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

Background imageFormal Collection: Princess Alice (Hesse)

Princess Alice (Hesse)
ALICE DUCHESS OF HESSE- DARMSTADT formal portrait of the Princess with a bust of her father, Prince Albert

Background imageFormal Collection: Dressed for Dinner

Dressed for Dinner
British officers wear formal evening dress, in all its glory, to consume their evening meal in a mess tent after a day spent hunting elephants in Mysore

Background imageFormal Collection: Electric Fire Brochure

Electric Fire Brochure
A uniformed maid carries a flaming plum pudding into the dining room where the family sit in formal dress, warmed by the glow of a Creda electric fire. Date: 1933-4

Background imageFormal Collection: Orangery, Versailles

Orangery, Versailles
Bird s-eye view of the finest building at Versailles: the Orangery built by Mansart, 1685 Plate from Vol.II page 95 of " Nouvelle Descriptions des Chateaux de Versailles

Background imageFormal Collection: Birds Eye View of Pisa

Birds Eye View of Pisa
A bird s-eye view of Pisa showing the river Arno flowing through the middle. Buildings and formal gardens have all been recorded

Background imageFormal Collection: Haus Surenbergs C18Th

Haus Surenbergs C18Th
Moated mansion 27 miles north of Munster. Bought in the 18th century by Carl van Zuydtwyck, a Dutch aristocrat and is still lived in by his descendants

Background imageFormal Collection: Wimpole Hall 1704

Wimpole Hall 1704
WIMPLE in the County of CAMBRIDGESHIRE. A bird s-eye view of the hall built in 1643 showing formal gardens, tree- lined walks, a deer park and extensive parkland

Background imageFormal Collection: Christ Church 1675

Christ Church 1675
A bird s-eye view of the college showing Tom Quad, Peckwater Quad, Cathedral Church, Chaplains lodgings, Christ Church meadow, library, dining hall, kitchen & formal gardens

Background imageFormal Collection: Corpus Christi 1675

Corpus Christi 1675
A bird s-eye view of the college showing the chapel, dining hall, library, the Deans lodgings & the formal gardens. One of 39 engravings made of Oxford Colleges by Loggan

Background imageFormal Collection: Jesus College 1675

Jesus College 1675
A bird s-eye view of the college showing the chapel, dining hall, library, the Deans lodgings & the formal gardens. One of 39 engravings made of Oxford Colleges by Loggan

Background imageFormal Collection: Men and Boys

Men and Boys
Two men, one in formal wear (academician ?) and one in outdoor wear, with two boys, one in zouave outfit, the other in a kilt and bonnet



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