Balcony Collection

Greece travel poster
Clear, colourful scene with two figures in the shade of a balcony by the sea, advertising travel to Greece, Island of Hydra

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

Whipps Cross Hospital, Essex
Part of Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, Essex. Several patients can be see in beds on the open balconies. The hospital was opened in 1903 by the West Ham Union for the sick poor in the area

Inside the Great Exhibition of 1851
The Great Exhibition of All Nations - general view of the interior of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London

Aer Lingus Viscount, Dublin Airport, Republic of Ireland
Aer Lingus Viscount airliner at Dublin Airport, Republic of Ireland. circa early 1970s

Whipps Cross Infirmary, Leytonstone, East London -- front entrance. Date: circa 1910

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

A Street Scene in Cairo, by Charles Robertson (1844-1891)

Winston Churchill and Ernest Bevin
The photograph shows Winston Churchill and Ernest Bevin on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE Day

Mena House Hotel, Cairo, Egypt - View of Cheops Pyramid. The hotel was a former Royal hunting lodge, which opened as a Hotel in 1869. Date: circa 1920s

General Allenbys official entry into Jerusalem, WW1
Scene during General Allenbys official entry into Jerusalem during the First World War. Date: 11 December 1917

VE Day - royal family and Churchill on balcony
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) together with their daughters, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) in ATS uniform and Princess Margaret Rose, and Prime Minister

Royal Wedding 1947
A page from The Tatler entitled, Happiness was the Keynote with two photographs of the wedding day of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip)

Highwood Hospital, Brentwood, Essex
Children with tuberculosis at Highwood (or High Wood) Hospital, Brentwood, Essex. Beds were placed on the balconies to provide sun and fresh air

Union-Castle Holiday Tours
Advertising travel poster for Union-Castle Holiday Tours depicting a colourful Mediterranean scene with white balcony and blue sea, offering reduced return fares to Madeira, the Canary Islands

Nurses Watch Surgery
Nurses watch a surgical demonstration from a balcony

Romeo / Juliet / Balcony
Act II, Scene II The famous balcony scene

Lonsdale Road, Barnes, south-west London, with the River Thames on the left and two pubs on the right -- the Bulls Head and the Watermans Arms. circa 1910

West End Hotel, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1910

Restaurant Frascati, Oxford Street, London W1
Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, London W1, with people dancing on the dance floor. Frascatis was a large, luxury restaurant offering cosmopolitan cuisine. Date: circa 1920s

Whipps Cross Hospital, Essex
Entrance to Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, Essex. Several patients can be see in beds on the open balconies. The hospital was opened in 1903 by the West Ham Union for the sick poor in the area

Colombia - Barranquilla - Market Street
Northern Colombia - Barranquilla - Market Street

VE Day. Outside Buckingham Palace
Crowds seen cheering and waving outside the gates of Buckingham Palace on May 8th 1945 (VE Day)

Opening of the Anglesey Hunt
An opening custom of the Anglesey Hunt, whereby hot coppers or small change (heated in a bucket by the fire) are thrown from the balcony of the Bulkeley Arms Hotel following the hunt ball

Lords Castle, Barbados, West Indies
Lords Castle, Saint Philip, Barbados, West Indies -- a Georgian mansion which belonged to a bucaneer, Sam Lord, and later became a hotel. Date: circa 1910

Romeo Juliet Balcony
The balcony scene

Hogarth / Election / B / W / (2)
2. THE ELECTION Canvassing for votes

Mineola Hotel, Fox Lake, Illinois, USA, viewed from across the water. Date: circa 1910s

MUSSOLINI SAVES EUROPE
Mussolini returns from Munich to be applauded as the salvatore della pace who has saved Europe from imminent conflagration. Date: 1938

Barbara Hepworth, English artist and sculptor
Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), English artist and sculptor. circa 1948

Nyali Beach Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. Date: circa 1940s

Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Fourah Bay College, Mount Aureol, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Founded in 1827 by the Church Missionary Society as an Anglican missionary school, it is the oldest university in West Africa

Cuthberts Buildings, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Cuthberts Buildings, with The Balcony terrace restaurant, Pritchard Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Interior of the Holy Trinity Church, Stepney, London
Interior of the Holy Trinity Church, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, East End of London. Date: circa 1910s

Mols Coffee House, Keetch Gallery, Exeter, Devon
The former Mols Coffee House (1596), transformed into the Fred Keetch Art Gallery, Cathedral Close, Exeter, Devon. circa 1960s

State Insane Asylum, Austin, Texas, USA
View of the State Insane Asylum (now the Austin State Hospital), Austin, Texas, USA. It is the oldest psychiatric hospital in Texas. Date: circa 1905

The royal family with baby Princess Elizabeth
The King and Queen and Duke and Duchess of York, with little Princess Elizabeth, wave to crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Queen Mary holds an umbrella over the infant. Date: 1927

Greens Mansions, Bombay, India
Greens Mansions, Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1910s

Michiel de Ruyter as Lieutenant-Admiral, 1667, by Ferdinand
Michiel de Ruyter (1607-1676). Dutch Admiral. Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter as Lieutenant-Admiral, 1667, by Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680). Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Hotel Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay, South America. Date: 1920s

Mary Baker Eddy / June1903
MARY BAKER EDDY Founder of Christian Science speaking to 10, 000 followers from the balcony of Pleasant View in June 1903 Date: 1821 - 1910

Firehouse, Nevada City, Nevada County, California, USA
Firehouse, Nevada Hose Co. No. 1 (Nevada County Historical Museum), Nevada City, Nevada County, California, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Allamakee Hotel, Waukon, Iowa, USA
The Allamakee Hotel, Waukon, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA, with people in their cars outside. Date: circa 1910

Feathers Hotel, Ludlow, Shropshire
Street scene with the Jacobean-style Feathers Hotel in Ludlow, Shropshire, dating back to the 17th century

Major General Claud Martins House, by Thomas Daniell
Major General Claud Martins House, the Farhad Baksh, in Lucknow on the River Gumti, by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840). Date: 1789

The Bath Houses - Barranco, Peru. Date: circa 1910s

Narragansett Hotel, Kennebunk Beach, Maine, USA. Date: circa 1920

Street and bay, Philippeville (Skikda), Algeria
Street with a view of the bay, Philippeville (Skikda), Algeria. Date: circa 1932

Bronnums Cafe - Copenhagen, Denmark. Date: 1908

Ecija, Seville, Spain - Buildings on the Plaza de Espana
Plaza de Espana - Ecija, Seville, Spain - the city has over twenty churches and convents, some of them with either Gothic, Mudejar, Renaissance or Baroque towers or bell-gables

People in a typical beach hut or chalet, Walton, Essex
A family of four enjoying a holiday by the sea at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, looking out from the balcony of their beach hut. circa 1930

Two ladies on a balcony. Art deco
Two fashionable ladies pose on a balcony in a tropical resort.Date: 1931

The Queen wearing the imperial crown, members of the royal family, and maids of honour, on the balcony at the palace for the fly-past of the RAF following her Coronation on 2nd June 1953. 1953

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall interior, 1849
The interior of the then-new Liverpool Philharmonic Concert Hall, at the time of the Liverpool Music Festival, 1849

Wayland Military Hospital, Attleborough, Norfolk. The hospital operated during the First World War in the Wayland Unions new workhouse infirmary, erected at Attleborough in 1912-13

Salcombe, Devon
Drinking in a pub garden, or the exterior seating area for a Hotel Bar at Salcombe, Devon. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Susan Senior, Peter Kenworthy-Browne and Shelagh O Brien
Miss Susan Senior, Mr Peter Kenworthy-Browne and Miss Shelagh O Brien drinking cocktails on the balcony overlooking Hyde Park

The Sphere Season Number
A front cover illustration showing a stylish couple overlooking a busy London park from their balcony

Racial / Japan / Geisha 1912
A geisha girl looks out from a balcony

Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Firenze, Italy, c. 1890
19th century vintage photograph - portico of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Firenze, Italy, c.1890

Marine Hotel, Tankerton, near Whitstable, Kent
Marine Hotel, Marine Parade, Tankerton, near Whitstable, Kent. Date: circa 1920

Tea House, Nanking Road, Shanghai, China
Tea House in Nanking Road, Shanghai, China. Date: circa 1908

Nath Hawthorne / Wayside
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (originally Hathorne) American writers cottage, Wayside Date: 1804 - 1864

Montpelier Square, Knightsbridge, London. Date: circa 1910

Oakley Square, Camden, NW London. Date: circa 1910

Guys Cliff Mill, Warwick Date: circa 1910s

Regency Building
This house (or shop front) of the Regency period is a gem, with its bow windows and iron- railed balcony, at Thaxted, Essex, England. Date: circa 1800

Hall of the Royal Horticultural Society, London
View from the balcony of the Lawrence Hall of the Royal Horticultural Society, Central London, with an exhibition taking place

Pierrot & pierette in red
Pierrot kisses the hand of pierrette on a balcony. Date: 1902

Sir Hall Caine at Greeba Caste, Isle of Man
Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine (1853 - 1931) at Greeba Caste, Isle of Man. Caine was knighted for his contribution to literature - he wrote a famous book entitled The Deemster

The Amanohashidate admired by a Geisha
The Amanohashidate - located in Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture - a pine-clad promontory launching onto the sea - being admited by a geisha on a balcony

Trysting Time is Kissing Time by Wilton Williams
Two 18th century lovers kiss on a balcony under a starry sky

Decorative Islamic Interior - Bosnia
A very stylised postcard depicting a view through an Islamic-style portal past decorated curtains toward a fine balcony and screen and a riverside mosque

Switzerland - Unterseen
Switzerland - the old wooden buildings in the centre of Unterseen

Brookes and Whites Clubs, London 1796
Wealthy gentlemen patronise the exclusive Brookes (Whig) and White s(Tory) Clubs, at Pall Mall, London

Roger Bacon / Verhas
ROGER BACON Scientist and scholar looking across the rooftops of Oxford from his monastic observatory

Stevenson / Vailima / Vaea
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writers home at Vailima, Samoa, with Vaea Mountain in the background

A scene at a ball in Gibraltar during the Napoleonic Wars. Admiral Bowsprit proposes to a young Castilian maid on the sofa. Ladies in plumed headdresses watch the seduction

Fashionable women looking out from a balcony in Paris, 1853. One wears a lace cap, short velvet jacket and voluminous skirt. La Toilette de Paris, 1853

Woman on the balcony at the theatre with opera glass, 1802
Woman on the balcony at the theatre in cambric turban. She holds an opera glass, wears a dress with scalloped bodice and sleeves, and rests her shawl on the balustrade. Turban de Batiste

Fashionable woman watching a balloonist over Paris, 1870
Fashionable woman on a balcony holding the L'Avant Garde newspaper watching a balloonist flying during the Siege of Paris, 1870

Fashionable lady watching a victory parade, Paris, 1859
Fashionable lady on a Paris balcony watching a victory parade after the Franco-Austrian War, 1859. Wearing a long satin shawl over a richly embroidered gown

Spectators watching jousting games in an arena, 18th century
View of tournament games in the superb arena of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, 18th century. Spectators watch riders jousting below from balconies

Regency woman in evening dress on a balcony, 1809. White satin round robe with demi-traine and military front with gold frogging. White satin pelerine with swansdown trim

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