Civilised Collection

Richmond Green Cricket
A civilised game of English cricket on Richmond Green, Surrey. Date: 1950s

England / Tunbridge Wells
The pleasantly shaded Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, a truly picturesque colonnaded promenade

A family of savages living at Nymet Rowland in North Devon, England, chatting with a civilised visitor. Date: 1871

Ladies tea party with samovar
Ladies tea party in a garden with a samovar. circa 1820

Rasputin surrounded by admiring women, Russia
The monk Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1916) surrounded by admiring women, Russia. The woman and girl to his right are his wife (Praskovia Fedorovna Dubrovina)

Caricature of the actors Edwin Booth and Henry Irving
Caricature of the American actor Edwin Booth (right) and the English actor Henry Irving (left). Booth wonders why Irving is being so civilised

Cartoon, How Many Lumps? WW1
Cartoon, How many lumps? The French comic actress Cecile Sorel serves her guests, including a bearded man who has been fighting in the war. On the left sits the French philosopher Voltaire. Date: 1917

Cartoon, British troops at the Front, WW1
Cartoon, British troops at the Front. Rumour has it that British troops on the Western Front are living in idle luxury, leaving it to the French to do any nasty fighting that has to be done

Tea dance at Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Tea dance at the Cavalier Beach Club, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Cartoon, In the back, WW1
Cartoon, In the back. The woman on the right is criticised for reminding a social gathering that people are killing each other just 80 kilometers away. Date: 1915

Cartoon, Boche, Wild Mammal, WW1
Cartoon, Boche, Wild Mammal, on display in a zoo, an imaginary scene looking forward to 1956. Date: 1915

British doctors sitting at a table, Western Front, WW1
British doctors (Medical Officers) attached to a dressing station, sitting at a table complete with a white tablecloth, near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Silhouette portrait of the Burney family
A silhouette portrait of the Burney family (possibly that of the musical historian, Charles Burney?), pictured in a civilised tableaux around a table with swagged curtains framing the scene

Festival Gardens 1951
Visitors relax on deckchairs while a gardener tends to the flower beds at the Festival Gardens, Battersea. Note the Guinness Clock (behind) and Crescent Restaurant (left)

Waking in Barracks
A bugle calls the soldiers to get up, but France being a civilised nation, coffee is served before the men put on their uniforms

Birkenhead Park Opened
The official opening of Birkenhead docks and park, the first visitors looking very smart and well-dressed

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