Buttonhole Collection

Late Victorian Wedding party
A superb photograph of late Victorian Wedding party focusing on the bridal group. All show perfect serious face expressions, in keeping with the formality of the occasion (it seems!). Date: circa 1895

Leveson-Gower
Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1845 1916), Scottish aristocrat, Liberal politician, sculptor and writer Date: 1877

George Curzon / V Fair 92
GEORGE NATHANIEL LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON Viceroy of India and statesman Date: 1859 - 1925

Female French Horse Cab Driver - Madame Decourcelle - Paris
Female French Horse Cab Driver - Madame Decourcelle and her best friend - Paris. Lady cab drivers were seen by paying customers as a far safer bet than their male counterparts

Advertising Russian Pneumatic Tyres in Belgium
Advertising - Provodnik Russian Pneumatic Tyres in Belgium - " This is what I need to prevent skidding!". Date: circa 1910

British wedding photograph - smart couple. Date: circa 1920s

Mickey Rooney and Lilian Long
Actor Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) having his buttonhole primped by Lilian Long. Date: 1939

Caricature of George Leybourne, music hall singer
Caricature of George Leybourne (1842-1884), British music hall singer, described as a lion comique, famous for his song Champagne Charlie. It appears that his death had been mistakenly announced

Gould Bryan Brian Charles 1939 Uk Labour Socialist
gould, bryan, brian, charles, 1939, uk, labour, socialist, socialism, politics, political, politician, mp, member, parliament, born, new, zealand, returned, 1990s, party, conference, hand, holding

Keir Hardie, socialist politician, as a young man
James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), Scottish socialist politician and labour leader, a founder of the Independent Labour Party and of the British Labour Party. Seen here as a young man. Date: circa 1880s

Clement Richard Attlee, Armistice Day procession
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), British Labour politician, Labour Party leader 1935-1955 and Prime Minister 1945-1951

Maurice Farkoa as the Frenchman in The Artists Model Date: 1890s

Tom Walls with horse and jockey, racing fixtures
Racehorse owner Tom Walls with horse and jockey, racing fixtures Date: 1930

Comic postcard, best man at the wedding Date: 20th century

Extremely jolly elderly couple - Granny in a bath chair, Grandpa in his Sunday best and bowler hat. Smiles as wide as possible!! Date: circa 1910s

Ethel and her young brother in fancy dress
Ethel and her younger brother in fine fancy dress costume - this scene is in part a satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats during this period. Date: 1913

Advert for a theatre production, Cheer Up. circa 1920

Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904). 1900

Clement Hill, cricketer. circa 1897

C McLeod, cricketer. circa 1897

Christmas card in the shape of a champagne bottle, open to reveal a verse and a John Bull-type man proposing a toast. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

William Munton Bullivant, ropemaker
William Munton Bullivant, Bullivant & Co, ropemaker and manufacturer of wire ropes. late 19th century

ARRANGING FLOWERS 1886
A young woman, wearing a buttonhole of yellow flowers, is totally absorbed in arranging flowers from a bowl on a table beside her. She has a selection spread on her lap. Date: 1886

Boyish look: comment on the masculine cut of contemporary fashions & fashionable physiques. She wears black tie & dinner jacket, fox fur stole, top hat & cane. Date: 1926

Dapper Racegoer 1908
P P Gilpin at the races wears a top hat, morning coat & trousers with a front crease, black & white half-boots, white waistcoat, carnation buttonhole & a patterned bowtie Date: 1908

Costume - Loungers 1820
Bond Street Loungers wear: strapped trousers, hessian boots, greatcoat, frock coat, top hats, buttonhole, coats cut-away at the front & one man dressed all in black. Date: 1820

Riding Habit 1899
English riding habit with Amazon corsage. Quite severe in its tailoring & worn with a top hat & buttonhole the only feminine note is the rider sitting side saddle. Date: 1899

1930S MEDIAEVAL FROCK
A young woman wears a 1930s dress with mediaeval overtones composed of lace and chiffon. The young man wears a very large buttonhole on his dinner jacket. Date: 1930s

ARTHUR BOURCHIER English actor Date: 1863 - 1927

Necktie - Wm of Orange
William of Orange wears a fashionable muff and a Steinkirk (or Steenkirk), a scarf-like cravat with one end tucked through a buttonhole. Date: circa 1690

WILLIAM III & MUFF WILLIAM III & MUFF
KING WILLIAM III wearing a fashionable muff and a Steinkirk (or Steenkirk), a scarf-like cravat with one end tucked through a buttonhole. Date: 1650 - 1702

Girl with goggles and white helmet. Vertical format
Hispano Suiza car rally - Santander to Madrid. Girl with goggles and white helmet Date: 1989

Girl with goggles and white helmet. Horizontal format
Hispano Suiza car rally - Santander to Madrid. Girl with goggles and white helmet Date: 1989

Stylish woman in an elegant coat and handbag
Stylish late-1940s woman in an elegant coat and handbag - the floral buttonhole may attest to her attending a wedding when this shot was taken? Date: circa 1949

Portrait photograph of a smart London woman - taken at a photographic studio (Brown s) in Tottenham in North London. Date: circa 1925

Girl wearing high-quality skirt with remarkable hairstyle, redolent of the late 17th century... Date: circa 1910s

Hand-drawn postcard of King Edward VII in profile
Hand-drawn postcard of King Edward VII of England (1841-1910) in profile. Date: circa 1908

Miss Alice Roosevelt (1884-1980), the daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Lee. Married Congressman Nicholas Longworth in 1906. Pictured here in 1904, aged 20. Date: 1904

Suffragette Toy Votes for Women Novelty. A novel electric buttonhole, comprising womens head and Votes for Women slogan in her mouth. Offered by Moorhouse Ltd

Man at a table on a comic greetings card
Man smoking a cigar at a table on a comic greetings card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Priscilla Bibesco and Herbert Henry Asquith
Priscilla Bibesco (1920-2004) with her grandfather, Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928), former British Prime Minister, on his 74th birthday, 12 September 1926. 1926

A Rose by Any Other Name... by Patrick Bellew
A young naval officer is given a rather violent telling off by a senior commander for wearing a rose in his buttonhole on board ship. 1929

Victorian man wearing tweed lounging jacket
Victorian man wearing, straw boater hat, wing collar, windsor necktie, single breasted tweed lounging jacket and matching waistcoat and mustache. Date: circa 1898

John Stirling Ainsworth, 1st Baronet (1844 1923), English industrialist, banker and Liberal politician. Wearing formal day dress: top hat, black necktie, white double-breasted waistcoat

Young man with dog outside a building, on a New Year greetings postcard. Date: circa 1910s

George Grossmith - Comedian, writer, composer, actor, singer
George Grossmith (1847-1912) - English comedian, writer, composer, actor and singer. Grossmith wrote (in collaboration with his brother Weedon), the 1892 comic novel The Diary of a Nobody

George Sanger, English showman and circus proprietor
George Sanger (1825-1911), English showman and circus proprietor. circa 1890s

Lawrence Hardy MP for Ashford
Lawrence Hardy (1854-1933) - Conservative MP for Ashford, Kent. Held his seat at the General Election of January 1910 with a majority of 3544. Date: 1910

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