Biarritz Collection

Coco Chanel
Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel (1883 - 1971), iconic French fashion designer, pictured by her car in fashionable Biarritz. Date: 1928

Poster advertising Biarritz
Poster for French railways, advertising Biarritz, a popular place for sport and other activities all the year round. The man in white in the foreground is playing Pelote Basque

SOROLLA, Joaqu�(1863-1923). Maria at the beach
SOROLLA, Joaqu� (1863-1923). Maria at the beach, Biarritz. 1905. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Sorolla Museum

King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra - Biarritz
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra with a large group of attendants stroll along the seafront at Biarritz, France. Date: 1909

Biarritz Beach Belles
Two trendy young women (with an admirer in the background) enjoy posing on the beach at Biarritz, France

The Prince of Wales, Chiberta golf course, Biarritz, 1931
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor) pictured at the famous golf course of Chiberta in Biarritz, one of his favourite continental courses during the 1930s

King Edward VII - last visit to Biarritz
King Edward VII conversing with the Marquis de Soveral, during his final visit to Biarritz in 1910 - he would die just weeks later. 1910

People on holiday at Biarritz, south west France - Rosemary Phelps Dodge and Mademoiselle Eliane O Rossdi in the modernistic garden of the Grand Hotel at Ibiarritz (top)

Cafes La Potiniere and La Chaumiere, Biarritz
A view of the society rendezvous and cafes La Potiniere and La Chaumiere, Biarritz, 1920s Date: 1920s

A view of the terrace outside the Bar Basque, Biarritz, 1920s Date: 1920s

Biarritz, France - The Municipal Casino and the Beach. Date: 1954

Poster, French railways to Madrid and Lisbon
Poster, Sud-Express French railways from London and Paris to Madrid and Lisbon Date: circa 1905

Mrs Harry Barclay, Mr Godfrey-Butler, Miss Delia Crossley and Major Frank Scott-Murray on holiday in Biarritz. Date: 1924

British high society enjoying the beach at Biarritz, 1927 with Viscount Moore (Earl of Droghedas son and heir) wearing a basque beret, Mr Henry Worthrey and Mr Lowenstein Date: 1927

The Prince of Wales at Biarritz
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor), travelling as the Earl of Chester, pictured in Biarritz in April 1926

Bar Basque at Biarritz, 1934
Bar Basque, the rendezvous at which " everyone" who visits Biarritz turns up in the course of the day for an aperitif! Date: 1934

Society on the beach at Biarritz - with the cartoonist Sem
Count Michael Vorontzov, Marquis de Polginac, the cartoonist Sem (who frequently caricatured society at Biarritz and Deauville), General Trotter, Count de Gaigneron, Count de Lancastre

Lady Horne & Mrs O Malley-Keyes at Biarritz
Jane O Malley-Keyes (1888-1964), formerly Jane Byrnes, American socialite who married Middleton O Malley-Keyes and reigned supreme over Biarritz society

Society on the beach at Biarritz
Group of well-known socialites on the beach at fashionable Biarritz. From left, Madame Paul Dubonnet (Jean Nash), frequently referred to as the most stylish woman in Europe

M. and Mme. Dubonnet at the Miramar beach, Biarritz
Madame Paul Dubonnet, formerly Mrs Jean Nash, regularly declared the best-dressed woman in Europe, on the beach at Biarritz while her husband, of the drinks dynasty, sunbathes nearby. 1932

Bar at the Chambre D Amour, Biarritz
Beach bar at the Chambre D Amour, Biarritz. Note the picture of the pelato player behind the bar, the traditional game of the Basque region. Date: 1934

The morning lounge at Biarritz
Scene on the beach at Biarritz in 1866, about a decade after the resort on the SW French coast was made fashionable by Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie

The afternoon promenade at Biarritz on the SW coast of France, made into a fashionable resort by Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie who built the Villa Eugenie here. Date: 1866

Amusements in Biarritz by Bryan de Grineau
Sketches recording life in Biarritz as pictured by the artist Bryan de Grineau in 1931. Holidaymakers are trying out the Basque sport of pelota - wearing a beret of course

Beach bar at Biarritz with notable personalities
A group of well-knowns at the beach bar at Biarritz. From left, Mr and Mrs Ormond Lawson-Johnston, Lady Furness (Thelma Furness, mistress of the Prince of Wales)

Maurice & Leonora Hughes at Biarritz by Sem
The famous exhibition ballroom dancers, Maurice and Leonora Hughes caricatured at Biarritz by the French cartoonist Sem (Georges Goursat)

Suzanne Lenglen at Biarritz
Suzanne Lenglen (1899-1938) who had just won the The Ladies Tennis Championship at Wimbledon for the fifth time in succession that year, pictured at ease at Biarritz in her latest jumper. 1923

Drawing a borzoi on the beach at Biarritz
Madame de Roberts, a well-known dog artist, with one of her sitters, a Borzoi, on the plage at Biarritz. Date: 1926

Sketch cover - the Ranee of Sarawak in Biarritz
Sylvia Leonora, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak, born The Hon. Sylvia Leonora Brett, (1885 - 1971). Married Charles Vyner Brooke in 1911

Beach fashions, 1938
A variety of beach fashions for 1938 worn by smart society in the smartest holiday resorts. Top left is Miss Jeannette Fuqua at Biarritz in a two-piece

BIARRITZ / MIRAMAR BEACH
Biarritz: Miramar beach Date: 1920s?

BIARRITZ / BEACH 1920S?
Biarritz: the beach, from the Cote des Basques Date: 1920s?

BIARRITZ / CASINOS / BEACH
Biarritz: view of the beach, Casino Municipal and Hotel du Palais Date: circa 1910

Maison Desiree - Place Ste Eugenie, Biarritz, France
Maison Desiree - Pension de Famille - Place Ste Eugenie, Biarritz, France. Date: circa 1920

Alfonso XIII and Princess Ena of Battenberg engagement
King Alfonso XIII of Spain poses with family and his bride-to-be, Princess Ena of Battenberg, daughter of Princess Beatrice at the Villa Mouriscot in Biarritz where the young king had courted

Alice Keppel and Elsa Maxwell at Biarritz in 1933
Mrs George Keppel, otherwise known as Alice Keppel, formerly mistress of King Edward VII, pictured here on holiday at Biarritz in 1933 with Elsa Maxwell, American gossip columnist

Woman and Dog in Wind
A borzoi dog and its owner brave the bracing breezes of Biarritz, France Scarf blowing in the wind Pet animal

Surfers on the beach at Biarritz, France
Two surfers on the beach at Biarritz, France, looking at the rough waves. Date: 1962

The King at Biarritz
A page depicting various landmarks and scenes around Biarritz on Frances west coast, a favourite resort of royalty popularised by the Empress Eugenie

Biarritz - Grande Plage
The Grande Plage at Biarritz, with the Casino and the Hotel du Palais

French Family group on the beach at Biarritz, France. Date: 1908

Dinner at the Chambre d Amour, Biarritz
Impression of diners at the Chambre d Amour at the fashionable French resort of Biarritz in 1934. Date: 1934

The bathing pool at Chambre d Amour, Biarritz
The bathing pool at the Chambre d Amour in fashionable French resort, Biarritz in 1934. Date: 1934

Bronzing at Biarritz. 1927

Spain and Portugal - Bathing Place Biarritz - Cliff-top path leading down to water- View of houses and colonade in back ground man sitting on rock

Biarritz, France - waves crash near the Rock of the Virgin
Biarritz, France - waves crash on the coastline close to the famous Rock of the Virgin. Date: circa 1909

Advert for Biarritz, New York, 1934
Advert for Biarritz, from programme for Revue Folies Bergeres at the French Casino, New York, 1934 Date: 1934

Cartoon, At Biarritz, WW1
Cartoon, At Biarritz. A man who is optimistic about the war chats in the sea with a fellow-bather. Date: 1915

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