Edwardians Collection

Dorothy and Violet Vivian
Page from The Tatler in 1902 featuring photographs of the Hon. Dorothy Vivian and her twin sister, the Hon. Violet Vivian, daughters of 3rd Baron Vivian and his wife, Louisa Alice Duff

Healthy Exercise by Cecil W. Quinnell
A young woman out for a winter walk wrapped snugly in a striking red outfit set off by white fur collar and muff. Date: 1908

Elsie Kay, Maie Ash & Katleen Dawn, The Catch of the Season
Elsie Kay, Maie Ash and Kathleen Dawn in a wonderful publicity photograph for the popular comedy musical, The Catch of the Season at the Vaudeville Theatre

Our Miss Gibbs by Adrian Ross
Promotional postcard for Our Miss Gibbs by Adrian Ross; music Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. First produced at the Gaiety Theatre, 23rd January 1909

Young Edwardian woman and plant
insertcaption Date: circa 1920s

Annotated illustration warning about the dangers of tight laced corsets on the female body. Date: 1906

Group of factory workers, c. 1910
Large group of working class men outside a factory

The Duchess of Marlborough and the Marquess of Blandford
Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. She married the duke in 1895 after being coerced into the marriage by her

Middle class violinist and singer watched by envious couple
The musical pair are well dressed Edwardians. The other pair are well dressed working class carrying a crying child, and the man is making remarks behind his hand

A page from The Sphere reporting on yachting at Cowes in 1910. The large bottom photograph shows the opulent interior of the Miranda owned by Lord Leith of Fyvie

Photograph featured in The Tatler of a house party at Fyvie Castle, hosted by Lord and Lady Leith. Date: 1913

Three ladies posing for a studio photograph in a fake car. Date: c. 1900
Three ladies posing for a studio photograph in a fake car. Date: c.1900

Guests outside the Sandown House guest house, offering boarding and apartments. Location not certain. Date: c.1912

Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Lilian Lambton, at the time of her marriage to Charles Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass (later Earl Home)

Buying travel tickets for Cooks tour to Egypt, 1908
Customers at Thomas Cook purchasing tickets and working out itinerary for a holiday to Egypt, in which they will no doubt partake of a Nile tour. Date: 1908

The Countess Spencer
Charlotte Frances Frederica Spencer, Countess Spencer VA (nÚÑáSeymour) (1835 1903), daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour (a son of Lord Hugh Seymour)

Audience types at the London Hippodrome 1904
An impression of country visitors, looking ruddy and bumpkin-ish, and town visitors, looking elelgant but disdainful. A reflection of the popularity of the London Hippodrome

Edwardian child with doll
Lovely photograph of a little girl (or boy?) holding a doll. Date: c.1900

Shopping in the open air at Baden Baden
Shops within the Kurgarten in Baden Baden laying out their wares outdoors on tables for visitors, or open shop fronts so visitors could peruse in pleasant conditions. Date: 1909

New Years Eve at the Savoy Hotel
Smart society celebrate the New Year of 1912 in the restaurant of the Savoy Hotel, London. Date: 1912

Cliftonville Holiday
A group of holidaymakers at Palm Bay and Westbrook, Margate - perhaps a charabanc party, gathered for the obligatory souvenir photo of the outing. Date: circa 1912

LEAVING THE THEATRE, 1907
Fashionable playgoers leave His Majestys Theatre in the Haymarket, London Date: 1907

Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough with her two sons
Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville
Dame Margaret Helen Greville, Hon Mrs Greville, DBE (18631942), British society host and philanthropist, born Margaret Helen Anderson

Trinity College group, Cambridge marketplace 1910
A 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

Rugby School OTC band, c. 1906
Rugby School OTC band posing for a photograph with their instruments in 1906 (possibly 1907). Date: c.1906

River Caves ride, South Shore Pleasure Beach, Blackpool
A view of the River Caves of the World ride at South Shore Pleasure Beach, Blackpool in the Edwardian era. The ride opened in 1905 at a cost of 3000. c.1907

Toasting muffins on the fire
Cosy scene of an Edwardian interior with women enjoying tea and toasted muffins or crumpets, toasted with a toasting fork on a roaring fire. Lovely. Date: 1906

The Fortune Teller by J. R. Skelton
Four girls sit by the fire in their nightwear as one of them predicts the future - perhaps who they will marry - by consulting some playing cards. Date: 1914

Ticketed motorists, 1903
Some early motorists who, having found to be exceeding the speed limit, have received tickets. Date: 1903

Company playing in the Elixir of Youth, 1899
The merry company playing in the Elixir of Youth at the Vaudeville Theatre, striking a number of jolly or comic poses. Date: 1899

Pupils at Rugby School, 1904
Pupils in W. N. Wilsons house at Rugby School in 1904. Seated cross-legged in the front row, third from left, is Cuthbert Gasemann whose album this photograph was in. Date: 1904

O. T. C. band, Rugby School, 1905
Members of the Officer Training Corps band at Rugby school in 1905. Top right of the picture is Cuthbert Gasemann, who appears to be holding a tenor horn

Pleasure boat on the River Cam
A boat full of sightseers on the River Cam, moored in order to get a good view of any passing rowers. Date: 1911

Woman artist presents her portfolio
A female artist presents her portfolio, perhaps to an editor of an illustrated magazine. Date: 1906

Skating costume, 1906
A charming skating costume with full bolero coat with epaulet trimmings of heavy braid. The tunic, graduated upwards at the back, shows a full skirt

The Modern Traveller at Easter - cycle and motor
A variety of modes of transport for getting around during the Easter holidays - bicycles, tandems and motor car, all driven or ridden by women. Date: 1908

Skating fashions, 1908
A trio of suitable costumes for skating. The figure in front wears a charming skirt cut in the latest fashion, the points of the stripes going upwards

Girl playing hockey
A female hockey player from the Edwardian period, clearly disputing the advice from Medicus (insert) that women should, avoid all excess in the field games which are suitable only to sporting men

Diabolo on Hampstead Heath, 1907
Women playing diabolo at the height of the craze in 1907, helped by some heron on Hampstead Heath. Date: 1907

Little boy with scooter, c. 1900
A small boy poses for his photograph with an early scooter. Date: c.1900

Mary Cornwallis-West
Mary Adelaide Virginia Thomasina Eupatoria " Patsy" Cornwallis-West (n饠 FitzPatrick; 1856 - 21 July 1920) Edwardian socialite and mistress of the future King Edward VII

Daisy, Princess Henry of Pless (nee Cornwallis-West)
Daisy, Princess Henry of Pless (1873 - 1943), formerly Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West. A great Edwardian society beauty, she married one of Imperial Germanys wealthiest princes in 1891

Marchioness of Donegall (Violet Twining)
Violet Gertrude Chichester, nee Twining, Marchioness of Donegall, one of a number of so-called dollar princesses, American heiresses who married into the impoverished British aristocracy in the late

Edwardians Drinking Beer in a Garden, England. Date: 1950s

Group of men holding snow near Doveholes, Derbyshire in January 1908. A delightful picture showing that Edwardians had a much greater sense of the ridiculous than is traditionally believed. Date: 1908

Two men on a bridge at Tilberthwaite in the Lake District illustrating that what we would now see as formal clothingwas just everyday to the Edwardians

Tea in the garden
A group of people, both young and old, sit in a semi circle, at a garden tea party

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