Duff Collection

The Royal Family of Great Britain 1897 (the year of Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee). 1897

Two Duff Highlanders at Braemar Games, Scotland
Two kilted Duff Highlanders from the Mar Estate discussing the Braemar Highland Games where King George V and Queen Mary were in attendance

Ice skating in Winter
J Rankine ands Duff-Taylor, with a lady each, waltzing on Craiglockhart Lower pond, Edinburgh, 1907 1907

Lady Duff-Gordons beautiful mannequins
Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon, a leading fashion designer better known by her professional name, Lucile. She was the proprietor of Lucile s, Hanover Square, famous for the emotional gown

Lady Duff Gordon
The latest portrait of Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon who under the name of Lucile conducts two highly successful costumiers salons, one in London and the other in New York

Lady Duff Gordon
Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon, a leading designer better known by her professional name, Lucile. She was the proprietor of Lucile s, Hanover Square, famous for the emotional gown

Lady Duff Gordon
Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon, a leading designer better known by her professional name, Lucile. She was the proprietor of Lucile s, Hanover Square, famous for the emotional gown

Hazel Lavery in a Lucile gown for Petticoat Lane Tombola WWI
Hazel, Lady Lavery, wife of painter Sir John Lavery pictured as the artist in a tableau staged for a charity event during the First World War called Petticoat Lane

Lady Diana Manners by John Sargent
Lady Diana Manners (1891-1981), British society beauty, actress and wife of Duff Cooper. Later became Lady Duff Cooper, Viscountess Norwich. A portrait study by John Singer Sargent

Wedding of Lady Diana Manner and Duff Cooper
Lady Diana Cooper (nee Manners) posed at her familys London home in Arlington Street in her wedding gown of gold tissue overlaid with lace. She is attended by her pages, Lord Elcho and the Hon

HMS Birmingham
The British light cruiser HMS Birmingham, commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, which sunk the first German submarine of the war (the U-15). 1914

R. A. Duff and V. Trumper of the Australia Team, 1902
Photograph showing R.A. Duff and Victor Trumper (on right) of the Australian Cricket Team, going out to bat at the start of the Australian second innings, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, July 1902

Gowns That Express Poetic Ideas
Purple and blue wigs to complete the colour-schemes of dresses: gowns that express poetic ideas. Costumes from the house of Madame Lucile

British silent film Paddy the Next Best Thing
A scene from the British silent film Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923) directed by Graham Cutts from Graham Wilcox and filmed at the Islington Film Studio

Lady Diana Manners (1891-1981), British society beauty, actress and wife of Duff Cooper. Later became Lady Duff Cooper, Viscountess Norwich

Scottish Soldier 1816
Sergeant William Duff of the Black Watch

A dress show at Luciles fashion house
A fashion show at Ladys Duff Gordons fashion house at Hanover Square, London

Mr Churchills cabinet: an all-party ministry. New war cabinet of Winston Churchill (Prime Minister and Minister of Defence), including politicians from all parties

Lady Alexandra Haig as Ceres at the Fete Champetre at Ashcombe House given by Cecil Beaton and Sir Michael Duff-Assheton-Smith, 1937. The theme is Society Nymphs and Shepherds. Date: 1937

Letter to Laura Francatelli, RMS Titanic survivor
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Previously unseen letter dated 5th May 1938 on United Artists Studio Corporation, Hollywood notepaper to Titanic First Class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli

Music cover, The Sea Serpent Polka, by Carlo Minasi Date: circa 1850

Coal miners strike
The conference of the miners federation of Birmingham meeting to discuss the coal miners strike. The names, reading from left to right, are: Sitting--Mr. H. Duff, Mr. T. H. Cann, Mr. M. C. Kerrell

The Miracle at the Lyceum Theatre
Scenes from Max Reinhardt's production of The Miracle at the Lyceum Theatre, a story told entirely in mime. Inset is Lady Diana Duff Cooper (1892-1986) as the Madonna. Date: 1932

Pamela Berry and Diana Duff Cooper
Pamela Berry, Lady Hartwell (1914-1982) and Diana Duff Cooper, Viscountess Norwich (1892-1986), aso known as Lady Diana Manners. Date: 1940

Royal wedding ceremony Louise and Alexander 1889
Royal wedding ceremony of Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of the then-Prince and Princess of Wales, to Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife at he Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace

Lady Juliet Duff. Date: 1916

Clarence Wilson and Mr R. G Duff, members of the Captain Parkers Excavating Party at Jerusalem. Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley led the Parker Expedition

11th Armoured Division exercise, Yorkshire Moors, WW2
11th Armoured Division exercise on the Yorkshire Moors, attended by Winston Churchill during the Second World War. 1941

Australia beating England at cricket by three runs
An eventful cricket match in which England was beaten by Australia by three runs. This photograph shows Australia at the wickets; Trumper is receiving the bowling from Rhodes; Duff is the batsman at

Disderi Portrait Mosaic of English Luminaries of the 1860s
Collage Mosaic photograph by Disderi reproduced on a carte de visite showing well-known English luminaries of the period (the 1860s)

Formal group of nurses, probably Manchester. Four rows of nurses (three standing, one seated), with senior nurse at centre of seated row. Includes modern print and photocopy

Marriage Princess Louise and Alexander 1889
Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of the then-Prince and Princess of Wales, to Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife at he Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace

FIFE / ALEXANDER 6TH EARL
ALEXANDER WILLIAM GEORGE DUFF 6th EARL and 1st DUKE of FIFE Husband of Princess Louise Victoria, eldest daughter of Edward VII Date: 1849 - 1912

Wedding of Lady Diana Manners and Duff Cooper
Wedding of Lady Diana Cooper (nee Manners) and Alfred Duff Cooper at St. Margarets Church, Westminster on 2 June 1919. The newlyweds photographed leaving the church. Date: 1919

Lady Juliet Duff by Percival Anderson
Lady (Gladys Mary) Juliet Duff (n饠 Lowther) (1881-1965), Wife of Sir Robert Duff, 2nd Bt; daughter of 4th Earl of Lonsdale, pictured by G

Grosvenor House ice rink, 1929
An impression of the Ice Rink at the International Sportsmens Club at Grosvenor House, a popular destination in 1929. In progress is a race during a recent gymkhana which was judged by Captain Duff

Cecil Beatons tea party in a tram
Cecil Beaton hosted a tea party in a tram which stood in his garden at Ashcombe, his Wiltshire home. Round the table are Princesse Jean de Faucigny-Lucinge, Mr Cecil Beaton, Mr Charles James

Lady Diana Cooper (1890-1981)
Photographic portrait of Lady Diana Cooper (1890-1981), previously Lady Diana Manners and later Diana, Viscountess Norwich, the English actress, society figure and wife of Duff Cooper

Lady Diana Cooper, 1923
Photographic portrait of Lady Diana Cooper (1890-1981), previously Lady Diana Manners and later Diana, Viscountess Norwich, the English actress, society figure and wife of Duff Cooper

Tatler cover - Lady Diana Manners on her wedding day
Society darling, Lady Diana Manners (Lady Diana Cooper) 1892-1986, youngest daughter of the Duke of Rutland, in picturesque pose in her wedding gown at her familys London home in Arlington Street

The Duke and Duchess of Fife, Children and King Edward VII
(from Left): Alexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849-1912), his younger daughter Maud (1893- 1945), his wife Louise Victoria, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (1867-1931)

Lady Diana Cooper, 1922
Photographic portrait of Lady Diana Cooper (1890-1981), previously Lady Diana Manners and later Diana, Viscountess Norwich, the English actress, society figure and then wife of Duff Cooper

Duke of Fife marries Princess Louise of Wales
Alexander William George Duff, 6th Earl and 1st Duke of Fife (1849-1912) with his wife Princess Louise Victoria (1867-1931), eldest daughter of Edward Prince of Wales (Later King Edward VII)

Dolly Sisters in their dancing frocks
The Dolly Sisters in His Bridal Night, Republic Theatre, New York, 1916 in creations by Lucile (Lady Duff Gordon) 1916

Hildred, a mannequin for Lucile
One of Luciles famous models. Lady Lucy Duff Gordon (aka Lucile) was famous for employing a band of mannequins at her salon and for introducing the mannequin parade for her customers

Margot, lead mannequin for Lucile
Margot, the chief mannequin at the salon of Lucile, aka Lady Lucy Duff Gordon in the 1920s. One newspaper described her thus

Fete Champetre at Ashcombe House
Page showing a number of photographs from the Fete Champetre at Ashcome House, home of Cecil Beaton house in Wiltshire. Date: 1937

Duff and Diana Cooper (nee Manners) Sketch cover
Front cover of The Sketch featuring a portrait of Sir Alfred Duff Cooper (1890-1954), British politician, diplomat, writer and diarist pictured with his wife, Lady Diana Cooper

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