Parties Collection (page 5)

Jovial Party Goers / Sie
Jovial guests at a party. Date: circa 1908

Garden Party, Hatfield
Garden party in honour of the Shah of Persia, then visiting Britain, at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, the seat of the Marquis of Salisbury Date: 1889

Crackers by Charles Robinson
Children have fun pulling Christmas crackers, wearing the paper hats and reading the jokes that came out of them Date: 1906

Social Groups / Parties
A party with streamers Date: 1890s

Champagne and Dessert
Dinner guests affable over the dessert course, while a waiter hovers with more champagne Date: 1903

Fancy Dress / 1835 / Lante
A French fancy dress party Date: circa 1835

Dinner party at a chateau
An aristocratic party going in to dinner in a chateau Date: 1887

Babel / Consequences / Punch
Consequences of the Tower of Babel An unfortunate dinner party seating arrangement. Date: 1879

Children dancing at a party
There, in a corner, all by herself, a little girl was gravely dancing. A small boy watches a little girl dancing on her own at a childrens party. Date: 1901

Photos of partygoers going to Happy New Year Ball, 1925
Black and white photographs in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 5th December 1925 showing revellers trying on costumes for the Happy New Year Costume Ball being held at the Albert Hall

Advertisement for Selfridges in the Sketch
Black and white half page advertisement for Nursery Rhyme fancy dress characters in the Juvenile Fancy Dress Department at Selfridges

Advertisement for Harrods in the Sketch
Black and white half-page advertisement for Harrods Fancy Dress department in the Sketch, 28th November 1928. Date: 28th November 1928

Mrs Spencer-Watson and Miss Mary Spencer-Watson
Black and white photograph in the Sketch of Mrs Spencer-Watson and Miss Mary Spencer-Watson as G Arnolfini of Luca and his Wife by J Van Eyck at the Picture Ball given by the Society of

Mrs Ronald Armstrong-Jones in The Sketch
Black and white photograph of Mrs Ronald Armstrong-Jones dressed as Ice and Snow for the Ball of the Midnight Sun organised by Mrs Robin d Erlanger at the Park Lane Hotel

Lady Diana Cooper in The Sketch
Black and white photograph of Lady Diana Cooper dressed as Sir Peter Lelys Diana - complete with greyhounds - at the Picture costume ball held at the Grafton Galleries, London

Miss Nancy Beaton
Black and white photograph of Miss Nancy Beaton in her Air dress for the Tha Ball of the Midnight Sun organised by Mrs Robin d Erlanger at the Park Lane Hotel, London on 22nd November 1928

Is it Worth It? Page from The Sketch on debutante season
Page from The Sketch featuring an article by the photographer Tom Hustler reporting on whether the season, for the debutante was worth it

Sketch front cover - Debutante Number 1958
Front cover of The Sketch magazine, Debutante number from March 1958 featuring a young woman in a floral ball gown about to leave a party (or perhaps just arrive?). Date: 1958

Ball at Downing Street
PARTIES The Countessa of Clarendons Ball at Downing Street Date: 1853

German Carnival Party
Twos company, threes none, at a German carnival party Date: 1922

Wild Carnival Party
A German party during the Carnival Date: 1922

Tatler photo of Hon Eddy Stonor & Mrs George Cornwallis-West
Tatler photograph of 27th October 1909, entitled Lord Cravens Shooting Party at Coombe Abbey, showing some of the members of the party

That Little Old Mother of Mine by F G Kimberley
Promotional postcard for That Little Old Mother of Mine by Mrs F. G. Kimberley. First produced Junction Theatre, Manchester, 20th October and Elephant & Castle Theatre, 24th November 1919. Artist: E

Mr Robert Byron as a Victorian angel
Mr Robert Byron dressed as a Victorian angel at Mr and Mrs Bryan Guinesss 1860 party. Date: 1929

Old Heidelberg by Rudolf Bleichmann
Promotional postcard for Old Heidelberg by Rudolf Bleichmann from the German of Wilhelm Meyer-Forster. First produced at St. Jamess Theatre, 19th March 1903

Home Sweet Home by Frank Lindo
Promotional postcard for Home Sweet Home by Frank Lindo. First produced at the Carleton Theatre, Greenwich, 18th May 1903 and Grand Theatre, Islington, 4th July 1904

Three Arts Ball at The Albert Hall
An impression of the Dazzle Ball at The Albert Hall, 1919 Date: 1919

Family celebrating with birthday cake and champagne
Family of four celebrating with birthday cake and champagne. Date: circa 1980s

Party dress by Maggy Rouff, 1959
A pretty look that characterised the Paris collections of 1959, manifested in a little party dress by Maggy Rouff. The Tatler states that it is easy to copy

Childrens entertainer at a party
" Uncle" Piet Tovenaar (born Frederick Bliss) in action with his ventriloquists dummy at a childrens party in London in 1965. Date: 1965

China Town. Street party, Queens Jubilee Middlesbrough 1977 1977

Debutantes out and about in the 1960s
A variety of photographs showing debutantes out and about at parties in the Swinging Sixties. They went to Guinea parties and Shake parties in fast cars and wearing the latest fashions Date: 1964

Powdering Pierrot by Baird - 1920s
Stylised illustration showing a woman in a fancy dress style costume, surrounded by balloons, powdering the face of her Pierrot doll

Miss Modern Christmas front cover by Wilton Williams
Front cover of the Christmas number of Miss Modern magazine featuring a young woman in a brightly coloured paper party hat. Date: 1931

Celebrating the royal wedding at the Hotel Cecil, 1923
A large group of revellers on the dancefloor at the Hotel Cecil, Strand, London pose for a cheery photograph as they celebrate the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in April 1923

Celebrating the royal wedding at the Hotel Metropole, 1923
Revellers at the Hotel Metropole dressed party hats as they gather to celebrate the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1923. Date: 1923

The Bystander Christmas Number, 1929
Inside front cover of The Bystander Christmas Number 1929 featuring a page of vignettes showing entertainment and nightlife scenes, while in the centre, two dandyish chaps sip champagne. Date: 1929

I Insouciante by Claude Shepperson
Scene outside a ball in the early 1920s with two revellers in full costume, sitting on the kerb outside, smoking and cigarette and disregarding the curious onlookers. Date: 1920

Dinner reception at election time
Upper class ladies and gentlemen at a dinner reception at election time, with a results board above them naming the four political parties: Conservative, NAT Liberal, Liberal and Labour

Christmas Festivities in the Shakspere Hut, WW1
A busy scene of festive jollity at the Shakspere Hut, one of numerous YMCA huts erected around London during the First World War to provide rest, food

Society dinner party in wartime, WW1
Illustration to accompany the Letters of Eve gossip column in The Tatler, showing a society dinner party, with guests wrapped in furs against the cold

Decca Gramophone advertisement, post war
Advertisement for the Decca gramophone, showing a jolly party with some men in khaki uniform and some in evening dress dancing with girls

Carnival by F. Woolrich
Striking illustration of a woman dressed in a flamboyant, theatrical costume, having her hand kissed (at least I think its her hand) by a man in a Pierrot costume. Date: 1914

The Onions, WW1 entertainment troupe
The Onions, a concert party entertaining troops on the Western Front during the First World War, so-called because they said they were always

The Gamecocks, WW1 entertainment troupe
The Gamecocks, one of the many divisional concert parties entertaining troops on the Western Front. Despite the deceptive appearance of the girl in the middle, she really is a man. Date: 1918

Childrens Coronation Fete in Victoria Park, 1902
A fete for children in Victoria Park, East London, in celebration of the Coronation of King Edward VII on 24 June 1902. Entertainment was provided by a number of music hall stars who dressed up for a

Hon. Anthony and Mrs Vivian by Madame Yevonde
The Hon. Anthony and Mrs Vivian by Madame Yevonde. Anthony Crespigny Claude Vivian, 5th Baron Vivian (1906-1991) and Victoria Ruth Mary Rosamund Oliphant (1907-1985) married in 1930

Art Deco party game card
Cover of a card for a party game called gooseberries, featuring a lovely art deco illustration of people in evening dress thinking deeply about the game. Date: c.1933

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