Balcony Gallery

Chateau de L'Horizon - Riviera villa of Maxine Elliott

The Chateau L'Horizon, the extensive and luxurious villa built at Golfe Juan on the French Rivera by American actress Maxine Elliott. The villa was designed by Barry Dierks and cost 80, 000 when it was built in 1931. Among its outstanding features were shady balcony windows and a swimming pool with a chute out into the sea. Many famous figures stayed at the villa over the years including Winston Churchill and, in 1936, King Edward VIII. Date: 1936

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Singapore - Raffles Place

Singapore - Raffles Place. Sir Stamford Raffles took possession of Singapore for the East India Company in 1819. Incoprorated into the Straits Settlements when that colony was established in 1826. Date: circa 1905

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Balcony, Historical, History, Place, Raffles, Rickshaw, Rickshaws, Singapore

Brookes and Whites Clubs, London 1796

Wealthy gentlemen patronise the exclusive Brookes'(Whig) and White's(Tory) Clubs, at Pall Mall, London. Brookes is shown on the right, and Whites on the left of the street(the Artist's perspective is slightly faulty.) St. James's Palace and a group of soldiers can be seen in the distance

© Mary Evans Picture Library