Arden Collection

The Village, Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire
The Village, Hampton in Arden, Solihull, near Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1911

Easter Custom
Every Easter Eve, choirboys sing a hymn over the grave of William Hulbard, who left a guinea to the Parish Choir when he died. c. 1806, St. Mary in Arden Church, England

Ayli : Orlando, Ros, Cel
Orlando, Rosalind (disguised as Ganymede) and Celia (disguised as Aliena) in the Forest of Arden

Mary Ardens House - Stratford-upon-Avon. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

As you Like its / Speare
Rosalind, Celia and Touchstone in the Forest of Arden

Ayli : Rosalind, Celia
Rosalind and Celia, disguised as Ganymede and his sister Aliena, wander in the Forest of Arden

Elizabeth Arden is in Personal Touch with you. Photograph by Baron Adolph de Meyer for Elizabeth Arden cosmetics. Date: 1928

The Solar, Mary Arden's House, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Solar, Mary Arden's House, Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Mary Arden's House, Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Advertorial showing women's fashions and cosmetics. Elizabeth Arden cosmetics, and service kit, Marshall and Snelgrove tweeds and tartan, and Lilywhites pyjama suit

Elizabeth Arden dinner dress
A wool dinner dress from Elizabeth Arden, here accessorised with a gas-mask carrier. Date: 1940

Advert for Elizabeth Arden soaps, promoted as a little wartime luxury. Date: 1940

The Elizabeth Arden eye strap was made of soft rubber, and was intended to mitigate puffiness beneath the eyes. Date: circa 1932

Music cover, A Street in Old Seville, Marjorie Stedeford
Music cover, A Street in Old Seville, by Rodd Arden and Leo Towers, featured and broadcast by Marjorie Stedeford. Date: 1935

Lewis Waller in La Tosca and in The Wifes Secret
Lewis Waller, English actor and theatre manager, as Cavaradossi in La Tosca, and as Lord Arden in The Wifes Secret Date: 1890s

Wilmcote, Mary Ardens Farm, Warwickshire, England
Wilmcote, Mary Ardens House or Farm, Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Date: circa 1920s

Advertisement for Elizabeth Arden claiming to turn an appearance gone to pieces into loveliness. Date: 1939

Advert for Elizabeth Arden sun cream 1934
Advertisement for sunbathing products by Elizabeth Arden including her Ardena Sunpruf Cream for protection and Velva Beauty Film to make you appear tanned and chic

Cover of The Sketch featuring model wearing Cartier jewels
Vibrant front cover of The Sketch with a model wearing Cartier Jewellery (New Bond Street, W1). The butter-yellow evening dress is by Frank Usher and made of layers of tulle

British Barrister Richard Pepper Arden, Lord Alvanley
Judge Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley was a British barrister and politician. Date: 1745 - 1804

Advertisement for Elizabeth Arden cosmetics -- two female models posing (Anne Wilkie and Geraldine Hill). 1959

Advert for Arden Hills & Co new patent gas fires 1888
Patent asbestos gas fires by Arden Hill s, tiled hearth and brass rail, pattern, no sheet-iron parts, large fire front, hook at back, new burner, fall-down trivet

As You Like It - title page - Phoebe and Silvius, shepherdess and shepherd. 1862

Elizabeth Arden suntan kit, 1935
Advertisement for the Elizabeth Arden suntan kit, a case containing Sunpruf cream, suntan oil, Velva Cream, Ardena Powder, lipstick, comb, hairpins and a tiny phial of Blue Grass perfume

Advert for Arden Hills & Co gas fires 1884
Asbestos gas fires by Arden Hills with ornamental surround. Date: 1884

Advertisement for Acme gas stoves, by Arden Hill & Co, Birmingham. A maid tells Mr Soot that his services aren t needed any more. Date: early 20th century

Debutante - Elizabeth Arden advertisement
Advertisement for cosmetics brand Elizabeth Arden aimed firmly at the debutante market, with tips on how a deb might avoid anything that be allowed to detract from her elegance. Date: 1937

Governor and Chief Scout in Ghana, West Africa
The Governor and Chief Scout of the Gold Coast, Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, welcomed with a traditional yell by an Ashanti scout group in Ghana, West Africa

Council Meeting, Ghana, West Africa
Supreme Council Meeting of the Boy Scouts Association (Gold Coast Branch) in session, with the Governor and Chief Scout of the Gold Coast, Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, in the Chair

Wootton Wawen Hall, near Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire
View of Wootton Wawen Hall, near Henley-in-Arden in Warwickshire. It was built mainly in 1687 in the Palladian style, incorporating parts of an earlier, probably Elizabethan, house

Enoch Arden - the lonely isle. Bearded man seated on rock, overlooking tropical landscape and the sea, covering his eyes from the sun. Date c1869

Enoch Arden - the hour of trial. Date c1869

Edwin Ardens romantic play, Zorah. Date c1899

Scotland / Arden
The little village of Arden, near Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Touchstone, Celia, Ros
Touchstone with Celia and Rosalind, in the Forest of Arden, tired with travel

1950s cosmetics
Two women wearing make up recommended for the skin tones. Above is make up devised by Helena Rubinstein for fair skins with all dark colours and black

Scene from Shakespeares As You Like It
A scene from Shakespeares comedy As You Like It, showing Rosalind, Touchstone and Audrey in the Forest of Arden

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