Picnic Collection (#2)

Illustration, A Picnic. first published 1838

A Friend at the Picnic by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Children enjoying a picnic with their nurse feed a friendly passing donkey. Date: c. 1930

Picknickers at the fences at Aintree - Grand National
The Grand National Steeplechase being over, the public at once invade that part of the course that is out in the country. They utilise the jumps

Clothes for punting and picnics 1931
A variety of outfits ideal for summer days messing about on the river or enjoying a smart riverside club in the home counties

Lunch on the Moors in September 1870
Group of women sit on the Moors having a picnic and painting the view. Date: 1870

Cats having a picnic on a German postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Cover design, Two Knapsacks in the Channel Islands, illustrated by Victor Prout. 1897

Sunny gaiety of Henley 1906
Men and women watching the rowing race taking place on the River Thames. 1906

Children enjoying a picnic
A group of young children by a stream, enjoying a picnic with their dolls. Date: 1912

German Mountaineer hitting the heights of satisfaction
Thats the Limit !! As good as it gets!! A german Mountaineer has reached the peak of a high summit, he is sunbathing and his packed lunch is VERY satisfactory. Date: circa 1930s

Provident racegoers enjoy a picnic between races at the Ascot meeting Date: 1844

Picnic Overlooking Lake Date: 1948

Family Picnic on Beach Date: 1948

Chauffeurs Assistance Date: 1950

A Day in the Country 1872
Londoners travelled to the countryside in the summer for a days break. Date: 1872

EVACUEES PICNIC 1940S
A horse joins in a picnic of children (possibly evacuees), supervised by a young woman. Date: early 1940s

WINTER PICNIC SET
The picnic season is not entirely over with the coming of winter. A waterproof ground sheet, leather cushions, a foot warmer and a thermos flask will all come in handy! Date: 1930s

PICNIC HAMPER
Neat and practical is the slogan for a well-ordered picnic hamper. This seasons gagets simplify matters - boiled egg cases and plates with sandwich compartments! Date: 7 June 1935

PICNIC FOR ONE 1930S
Smiling woman, wearing finely striped dress, bangles & sandals, enjoys bread & butter alfresco from a picnic hamper. The food & tea flask is laid out upon a gingham cloth. Date: 1930s

August Bank Holiday, Hampton Court 1855
August Bank Holiday at Hampton Court, London. Date: 1855

SOCIAL / PICNIC AT SHOOT
A group of well-heeled people enjoy a picnic at a shoot in the country Date: 1938

Circa 1805 - Battledore
Four ladies enjoy a game of battledore and shuttlecock during a leisurely picnic in some gardens. Date: circa 1805

WASP AT A PICNIC
Awful appearance of a wopps at a picnic: picnic guests are severely bothered when a rather large wasp takes an interest in their food, one of the hazards of outdoor eating Date: circa 1840

PIC-NIC 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 Date: 1859

ADVERT / GRAPE NUTS 1913
Grape Nuts - made of wheat and barley, good for children Date: 1913

BOAT PICNIC 1929
Young upper class couple enjoying a delicious-looking picnic on a boat. Date: circa 1929

PICNICKING AT ASCOT
Fashionable racegoers are served by their menservants with lobster and champagne as they picnic behind the grandstand at Ascot Races Date: 1872

PICNIC WITH OX TONGUES
Four picnickers enjoy Poulton & Noels Belgravian Rolled Ox Tongues, winners of Gold Medals at London and Antwerp Date: 1895

PICNIC, RICHMOND
A picnic on Richmond Hill, on the outskirts of London : there seems to be plenty to drink Date: circa 1820

PICNIC / VERNET FAMILY
Joseph Vernet and his family at a picnic, near Marseille Date: 1753

CHILDREN PICNIC IN WOODS
Children having a picnic in a wood Date: 1900

PICNIC & COW / SEYMOUR PICNIC & COW / SEYMOUR
O lawkes, theres that nasty cow walking all over our dinner! Oh dear, there goes his feet into the currant and raspberry pie!!! Date: circa 1835

PICNIC / EGYPT / SCRIBNERS
A group of European ladies and gentlemen on a picnic among Egyptian ruins Date: 1892

FAMILY PICNIC / VILLAGE GN
A family picnics in the country Date: circa 1870

PICNIC / QUARRY WOODS / 1881
A group of young ladies and gentlemen picnic at Quarry Woods Date: 1881

PICNIC BY RIVER / ALLOM
A party of pleasure - a grand picnic by a river Date: circa 1840

PICNIC / WATERMELON, 1886
A watermelon party in America Date: 1886

Cartoon, Pic-nic
How very fortunate we are with the weather; it would have been so provoking to have brought our umbrellas and then to have had a fine day! Date: 1851

PICNIC ON ROYAL HUNT
A picnic during a royal hunt Date: 1575

Hunting party picnic
An aristocratic hunting party breaks for lunch: a picnic on the grass. Date: mid 18th century

Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals
Contemporary society. Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals, or, a Peep at the Green Room, Vide Pic-Nic Orgies, by James Gillray

Gertrude Bell in Iraq
Gertrude Bell, English traveller, picnicking with King Faisal of Iraq (seated, second right) in 1922. Date: 1922

Picnic Gathering, Probably at Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. Date: 1916

Tea on Overcombe beach near Weymouth, South Devon - served hot from a Thermos flask in a very swanky tea hamper Date: 1938

Harry Lauders Picnic, a popular song
Harry Lauders Picnic (Ev ry Laddie Loves a Lassie), a popular song. 20th century

Workers tea break beside the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal
Two male factory workers take a tea break on the banks of the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal at Tinsley Locks, Sheffield, England. Date: 1996

Country walking with children
A father sits with his two children for a picnic in the shelter of a dry stone wall during a walk in the Derbyshire Peak District National Park. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Five Spinsters having a Picnic on the Beach - Hastings, East Sussex - June, 1907. No thermos flask for this elegant group - they have come armed with their own china teapot....!! Date: 1907

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