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Three dogs with moveable heads on a Christmas cardThree dogs with moveable heads sitting at a dinner table on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Borstal Prison, Chatham - Prisoners Dinner TimePrisoners going in to dinner at Borstal Prison, near Chatham, Kent. Date: circa 1900
Lady Milford Haven & Gloria Vanderbilt in BrayLady Milford Haven, Monsieur Aldao and Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt enjoying dinner at the fashionable Hinds Head Hotel in Bray. Date: 1932
Dining families at Alfi Bey Street, CairoDining families at a restaurant at Alfi Bey Street - Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1925
Trinity College group, Cambridge marketplace 1910A group of men and women pose for a photograph in the marketplace in Cambridge. In the back row, fourth from left is Cuthbert Gaseman, from whose album this picture is taken
A regimental dinner, 1920sPhotograph: A regimental dinner, 1920s (c).British and Indian officers attend a regimental dinner with their wives. The regiment
The Flying Scotsman dining carLuxurious interior of the dining car on the Flying Scotsman, served by an all-steel kitchen-car, the first of its kind on a British diner. 1914
Fortunino Matania at Centenary DinnerThe famous magazine illustrator and artist, Fortunino Matania (1881-1963), special artist for The Sphere, and later illustrator of historical stories in Britannia and Eve
Invitation to Dinner - Harold Macmillan to Ninette de ValoisInvitation to a dinner in honour of His Excellency Monsieur Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden and His Excellency Monsieur Torsten Nilsson
Sphere cover - floating gondola at the Savoy by MataniaA remarkable dinner party given at the Savoy Hotel, London by Mr G. A. Kessler who entertained twenty-four guests in a large white
Dinner Ware with Crests, Monograms, Plate 15Dinner Ware with Crests, Monograms, masonic devices, regimental, hotel, etc, Plate 15, showing plain and patterned plates, with a tureen and covered serving dishes. Date: circa 1880s
Cafe Restaurant Pschorr, Rotterdam, NetherlandsDinner Dance Hall of the Cafe Restaurant Pschorr, Coolsingel, Rotterdam, Netherlands, with the bandstand and a New York backdrop. Date: circa 1930s
The co-proprietor of Blooms kosher restaurantMrs Bloom, co-proprietor with her husband of Londons iconic kosher restaurant. All around her, the bright, cheery, noisy and busy atmosphere which you were likely to find there in the 1960s
Invitation to Dinner in Iguanodon 31 / 12 / 1853Original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins
Daisy Fellowes and the Marchese StrozziThe Marchese Strozzi, head of the noble Florentine family, pictured with the Hon. Mrs Reginald (Daisy) Fellowes at a Monte Carlo Sporting Club gala evening. Date: 1937
The Country House Season 1915 by Charles Robinson, WW1House party at Castle Bareacres coming down to dinner during the munitions season. A pastiche on the traditional, upper class house party of the pre-war era
If Only We Spoke the Truth by Bruce BairnsfatherA disgruntled gentleman in evening dress thinks aloud, I wish you drank something cheaper, while glowering at his female companion who looks somewhat worse for wear due to all the champagne shes
Creche for the children of munitions workers, WW1Dinner time at a creche for the children of women munition workers at Birmingham. According to the caption in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Lady eating in silhouette by Nellie E. GeorgeA lady seated at an elegant dining table raises a fork to her mouth. Published in The Bystander during World War One, the accompanying rhyming caption alludes to food rationing - Mary had a little
Sir Robert Throckmorton and Miss Margaret WhighamMiss Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then Duchess of Argyll, pictured at the Dinner of a Hundred Hosts at the Park Lane Hotel during the London Season of 1932
Winter Sports Out and Indoors by Francis MarshallA spread of vignette illustrations showing people participating in various winter sports, including cross country skiing, ice skating and bobsleigh
Vicar captured by CannibalsShakespeare Up to Date ! Quote from Pericles - Act IV. Sc. 2: " If you require a little space for prayer, I grant it
A Turkey Glide by William Heath RobinsonThe latest Christmas family gliders fitted with listening in equipment for hearing Dutch concerts during dinner. One particularly large family flies through the air while using hot water bottles or
Around the Christmas Dinner Table, by Hookway CowlesFront cover illustration showing a sophisticated 1920s Christmas dinner party. Date: Christmas Number 1927
Guests at the Royal Aeronautical Society?s 80th annivers?Guests at the Royal Aeronautical Society?s 80th anniversary dinner at Guildhall, London, on 11 January 1946
The Florence Restaurant, Rupert Street, London W1, Proprietor L Azario. Showing a Renaissance style waiter in a rich Italian setting. Inside are dinner and supper menus for 19 November 1903
Winston Churchill entertains the QueenThe Queen arrives at Downing Street and is greeted at No. 10 by Sir Winston and Lady Churchill on the night before his retirement from office
Midday mealtime, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West LondonPrisoners at Wormwood Scrubs prison, west London, return to their individual cells for their midday dinner. Uniformed prison warders watch as prisoners climb the metal staircases to the galleries
1960s Dinner PartyA 1960s dinner party. Two couples enjoy a jolly (if very formal!) evening meal with distinctive sixties period crockery, costume and interior decor. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Three Geisha Girls eating a meal. The firl on the right is serving rice
La Vie Parisienne 1920A scantily clad young lady frolics on the front cover of a festive La Vie Parisienne while a turkey looks less than impressed that hes about to be the focal point of dinner
Edwardian Evening DressAn upper class Edwardian family on the staircase of their house, the men in dinner suits and the women in silver and pink silk evening dresses
Friends at TableEngraving by an unknown artist showing a man at his dinner table eating chops, potatoes and bread watched by two hungry dogs and a cat
School Dinners 1956Pupils tuck into their school dinners at the Dorothy Stringer Secondary School, Brighton
Dinner Dress 1913Sprigged print robe by Doucet based on classical drapery: V -neck bodice with fill-in, dolman sleeves, tunic draped from a high waist, trained tango style skirt
Arriving at RestaurantA monocled gent guides two ladies to their table in a fashionable restaurant, past another monocled gent in dinner jacket with two ladies
Performers from the dinner show Plaisirs de ParisPerformers from the supper show Montmartre a Minuit at the International Casino, New York, 1938: Bood and Bood, Ernie Dillon, Trio Shyrettos, Vera Nargo, Marian Manning and George Bruay Date: 1938
The Champagne Revels scene from the dinner show Plaisirs de Paris at the International Casino, New York, 1938 Date: 1938
Some of the famous personalities at te International CasinoSome of the famous personalities at the International Casino, 1938 : Sonja Henie, Jimmy Durante, Franchot Tone, Lee Tracy, Eddie Cantor and wife and George Olsen Date: 1938
Dinner for Dr Benito de Miguel, Argentina, South AmericaSome of the guests at a special dinner in honour of Dr Benito Feliciano de Miguel (1882-1966), doctor and conservative politician, in Junin, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, South America
Dr Benito de Miguel and others, Argentina, South AmericaDr Benito Feliciano de Miguel (1882-1966), doctor and conservative politician, with others in Argentina, South America. At the time he was Mayor of Junin, in Buenos Aires province
Father Carving the Turkey by Charles RobinsonIllustration captioned Father Carving the Turkey. A young girl sits at the dinner table while her father sharpens a knife to carve the huge turkey that is on the plate in front of her. Date: 1906
Evening gowns 1912Women models wearing attractive evening gowns, composed of crystal covered net making sparkles over the train. Date: 1912
Women in beautiful dresses 1912Women models wearing decorative dinner gowns with sequin-embroidered chiffon, silk net, edge with point lace and heavy bold embroidery. Date: 1912
The Kitchen of The GeorgeKitchen of a busy hotel or public house showing the staff sitting around a large table for a tea break and spot of lunch. Date: 1932
Christmas Day 1854A page of vignettes showing how Christmas Day was traditionally celebrated by Victorian families in the 1850s. Stockings and present giving was followed by church
The Bill by Douglas Mackenzie" The Bill" : An old comedy in one act. Covent Garden Ball Supper. Time: 2 A.M. Naughty Old Gentleman (between his teeth): Dear me
Latest fashionable designs 1913Women models wearing fashionable clothing for spring, charming dinner gown in royal-blue satin silk veiled in embroidered net and a woman wearing tailor-made walking suit. Date: 1913