Elegant Collection (#13)

Battledore and Shuttle
Two young ladies play, wearing their elegant toilettes de campagne (dress for the country) Date: 1830

CROWD AT MARIENBAD / 1899
An elegant crowd at Marienbad. A lady takes tea at one table while a game of cards is played at another. Date: 1899

ELEGANT LADY DRAWS
A French lady, wearing an indoor dress, sits on a stool while she sketches. Date: 1816

FRENCH PROVINCIAL HOUSE
A characteristic example of an elegant French provincial town house - described as a petit hotel particulier, at Fontenay-aux- Roses (Seine) in the environs of Paris Date: circa 1900

Paris Quai - Buying Pictures
An elegant woman looks at loose prints on the Paris quais. Date: circa 1896

TISANE IN THE STREET
A French street vendor pours out a tisane from his elegant back-pack samovar Date: circa 1820

RELIGION / CONFESSION
Pious French Catholics queue to confess their sins to a popular priest; an elegant gentleman reads a pious text on bended knee, a beggar begs Date: 1737

TELESCOPE (HOGARTH)
an early but elegant model Date: 1726

Watching a game of Polo at Ranelagh
Elegant people watching the polo at Ranelagh, south-west London Date: 1912

Harpist 1798
An elegant lady plays the harp Date: 1798

MONUMENT / C18 / HAYMAN
Elegant gentleman about to get into a litter in London, near Monument Date: 18th century

FEMALE TYPE / MIRROR 1929
An elegant woman looks at her reflection in the mirror to check that her makeup is in good order. Date: 1929

17th century Potter
A potter at his wheel, turned by his foot, puts the finishing touches to an elegant pot. Date: 17th century

FASHIONABLE DRESS SHOP
The interior of a fashionable dress shop, with well-heeled clients. Date: circa 1895

A LONDON SQUARE
Queen Square, London - typical of the elegant residential squares of 18th century towns Date: circa 1810

DAMMY / BON TON 1914
An elegant woman wearing a designer evening cape Date: 1914

Studio portrait of a young woman (possibly a student or older schoolgirl?) seated in an elegant wooden chair at a small occasional table. circa 1910s

Portrait of a smiling woman from Hull
Studio portrait of a smiling woman from Hull - May, 1936. 1936

The Nutibara Hotel, Medellin, Colombia - located in the center of Medellin, next to the Palace of Culture, The sculpture park of Fernando Botero and Parque Berrio Metro Station. Date: 1950

A devastating fire at a British Public School for Boys, which appears to have gutted the elegant Victorian Main building and a number of ancilliary buildings

Oh You Pretty Darling! Grand Theatre, Luton
Oh You Pretty Darling! at the Grand Theatre, Luton. early 20th century

India, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Begum Hazrat Mahal Park: (right) The elegant tomb is that of Khurshid Zadi or Mushir Zadi, built by the Nawab Ghazi-ud-din Haider for his mother Mushir Zadi

FEMALE TYPE / WINTER COAT
Elegant woman arrives at a railway station in an impressive winter coat. Date: 1929

Tozeur, Tunisia - The Railway Station
Tozeur, south west Tunisia - The Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

AUGUSTA VIKTORIA / LIZ 06
AUGUSTA VIKTORIA German Empress, wife of Wilhelm II in an elegant evening dress Date: 1858 - 1921

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

Stylised glamour of the Cote d Azur - note the fashionable abstract printing on the warps and the sailors bell-bottomed trouser look. Date: circa 1930s

June Maurice - English Actress - performed in the pantomime Aladdin (130-31) at the Empire Theatre, Bristol. Date: circa 1930

Variety of Fashionable headwear in the 1910s
Variety of Womens Fashionable headwear in the 1910s, from wide-brimmed hats with bows and feathers to smaller caps and bonnets - paving the way toward the familiar styles of the later 1920s

Girl in bright pink dress with ENORMOUS hat
Girl in bright pink dress with an ENORMOUS flower-adorned hat and carrying a pink parasol. Date: 1909

Harem Skirt - Enormous Hat
The Harem Skirt - The Simple Life - The shade option provided by wearing an all-encompassing hat! Date: 1911

Nice, France - Chinese-style Embroidered Straw Sunhats
The boutique of Madame Vivienne Bessi, specialising in Chinese-style Embroidered Straw Sunhats - fashionable in Nice, Riviera, France at this period. Date: circa 1940

Italian Model wearing dyed Ostrich-feather hat
Italian Model wearing blue dyed Ostrich-feather hat. Date: 1908

Italian Fashion - Blue Bonnet Hat - Bead necklace. Date: circa 1920s

Stylish French Fashion model in swimwear and pink headscarf Date: circa 1920s

One Ass is as Good as Another
Comic Postcard - One Ass is as Good as Another - This lovely lady - a vision in purple and mauve - is fainding far more pleasure channeling her affections toward the flower stall-pulling donkey than

Studio Portrait of a woman in elegant shift dress and string of pearls - note the attractive folding table she is resting against... Date: 1910s

Four Fine Chums
Four very elegant Gentleman pose for their Group Studio Portrait. The two on the right are sporting very precise waxed moustaches and all four are keeping the UK Starch industry in business

Fashions for the 1890s - the end result of flat patterns by Weldons Ltd. Date: circa 1895

Very Stylish Young Woman stitting backward on a chair in sleet black attire, smart hat, black leather gloves and smoking a cigarette Date: circa 1920s

In the Kingdom of Flowers - Liebig Blank Menu Card with motif of three flower fairies Date: circa 1899

Miss Sara Sample - Modelling hats from Maison Lewis
Miss Sara Sample - Modelling a remarkable hat from Maison Lewis, 152 Regent Street, London. This fascinating model is in black patent straw, trimmed with black osprey feathers. Date: circa 1920s

Young lad in sailor suit with pet dog and model ship
St. Quentin, France (Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France) - smart young lad in spotless sailor suit, posing outside the elegant front door to his home with his pet dog

Paris, France - Rue Scribe - Hotel de l Athenee. Date: circa 1905

Five stylish ladies of the Place Vendome, Paris, France. Rather wonderfully, this was sent by a mysterious lady called Lola... Date: circa 1905

Italian Fashion Artwork Date: circa 1950s

Stylish French Girl in low-cut black and green dress, seated on a settee. Date: circa 1920s

Stylish French Girl in pink and blue pyjamas Date: circa 1920s

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