Etiquette Collection (page 3)

Man bowing to woman on a cutout Christmas card
Man in a red jacket and white breeches bowing to a woman in evening dress on a cutout Christmas card, with comic verse (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Man bowing on a cutout Christmas card
Man in a red jacket and white breeches bowing on a cutout Christmas card, with verse (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Notes on Etiquette - Greeted with a Kiss. Nothing more readily conduces to a pleasant visit than a kindly, hearty greeting. Date: 1908

WW2 poster, The driver who wouldn t stop for passengers lost his fares and found his number up. Productivity propaganda poster for display at bus depots. Date: 1942

Dance card filled at a ball
A young gentleman arrives at a ball just in time to find out the object of his affections has filled up her dance card for the evening

Cartoon, Time for a drink, WW1
Cartoon, Time for a drink. A French soldier sits on the back of a chair with his feet on the seat to drink at a bar. The two soldiers with him tell the owner not to be shocked by his behaviour

Cartoon, Introduction of Citizen Volpone... at Paris
Cartoon, Introduction of Citizen Volpone & his Suite at Paris, Vide The Moniteur, & Cobbetts Letters, by James Gillray. Showing Charles James Fox

Inter-Allied Fraternisation - British and French in Flanders
WW1 - Inter-Allied Fraternisation - The Friends of Today, not the Foes of Waterloo - British and French soldiers fraternising in Flanders. Date: 1915

People in evening dress with bowing page
People in evening dress and decorations being greeted by a bowing page

An unmilitary salute in silhouette, WW1
Professor Miggs, of the Volunteers, takes his first walk in uniform and gives a very unmilitary salute. An academic type takes to khaki but isn t yet familiar with military etiquette. Date: 1915

Hats off to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchi
Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty during the first two years of the First World War, pictured with his wife, Clementine on their way to the Houses of Parliament

Two women in formal greeting, Japan
Two women bowing to each other in a formal greeting, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Women greeting each other, Japan
Two women greeting each other by bowing, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Cobbetts Advice to Young Men
Front cover of Advice to Young Men by William Cobbett, an instruction booklet for the eighteenth century youth. Date: 1887

Kissing her Majestys hand, learning to curtsey at court
A young woman is tutored in the art of gracefully dropping to a curtsey during her presentation at court at the school of Miss Cowper Coles

Chocolate box design, couple and coach
Chocolate box design, showing an 18th century scene of a couple greeting each other, with a coach and footmen in the background. Date: 20th century

The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1849 - Punch
" Sir Patrick Raleigh" welcomes Queen Victoria to Ireland on her royal visit in 1849, as she lands at the docks. Date: August 1849

Chocolate box design, 18th century sedan chair
Chocolate box design, featuring a lady in an 18th century sedan chair with two footmen and a suitor. Date: 20th century

Cricket Phrases - A Neat Cut for Two - Street Etiquette
Cricket Phrases - A Neat Cut for Two - Two smart Gents politely raise their top hats in the direction of a rather glamorous yet also rather haughty looking woman as they pass on the pavement

Raising a Toast - Can Can Dancer and smart gent
Can Can Dancer (performing on a chair, somewhat precariously!) and smart gent raising a Toast ! Date: 1905

Meeting of like minds at the Lnatic Asylum
Dottieville Lunatic Asylum - Inmate to new arrival: " What, you mad too! So gad." Date: 1898

Taormina, Sicily, Italy - King Edward VII at the Grand Hotel S. Domenico (walking in The Cloister) Date: 1907

Leap Year - A young woman pops the question
A young woman pops an innocent question to an elderly gentleman at a dance. His look of surprise is due to the date and the fact it is a Leap Year! Date: circa 1904

Two clowns and a cascade of Easter Eggs
Wishing you a Happy and Pleasant Easter. Two clowns and a cascade of Easter eggs sending Easter wishes. Date: 1906

WW2 poster, We don t play games in the road
WW2 poster by Fougasse, We don t play games in the road -- so why do we let our children? Issued in support of the Ministry of War Transports Road Safety Campaign by The Bristol Tramways & Carriage

Etiquette / Raising Hat
A man raises his hat Date: late 19th Century

Musical Terms Up To Date - Pianissimo - Very Soft Two feeble characters at the seaside, not quite sure what to do when their attention is caught by a pretty passing lady... Date: circa 1903

Art deco sketches by Fish - a social dilemma: what to do with a husband? Date: 1922

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

Youthful Manners
Saucy young girl back-chats her elders. A well brought girl who ought to know better, omits to say please and is corrected by Aunty. Date: 1915

A Venetian Ball - Costumes
Le Bal Venetian A woman in a black and red dress having her hand kissed by a male companion as she walks beneath a red arch. Date: 1923

Kissing a Ladys Hand
A gentleman kisses a ladys hand through her glove, taking care not to catch his nose on the flap of her built-in wrist watch! Date: early 1930s

River Days - Couple going boating
A young couple spending River Days out boating The gentleman is doing the gentlemanly thing and carrying the picnic hamper, the cushions and the oars! Date: circa 1906

Young Oxford Student, College Master and Bulldogs
A young Oxford student greets the Master of his College with all due deference (making sure to hide his smoking pipe behind his back)

Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross " Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, To see a fine lady upon a white horse; Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes

Thoughtful motorists / W H Robinson
A thoughtful pair of motorists leave a freshly brewed pot of tea upon a police keep left sign, much to the delight of the policeman

Etiquette, hat tipping / W H Robinson
Many drivers are opposed to hat raising while driving as it involves removing a hand from the wheel. This difficulty can be overcome by cutting a small trapdoor in the roof of the car through which

After You Sir - two Gentleman unsure as to whom should make the first move

Turkish gallantry
A Young Turkish man helps his pretty girl into his rowing boat for a jolly row across the Golden Horn, Constantinople

Kissing the Hand 1921
A lady in a ball dress is kissed upon the hand by an admirer. The large red fan she carries in the other may come in handy to beat the men away!

Zambia - Spitting on Hands Greeting
Zambia - Spitting on Hands as a form of traditional Greeting

Cairo, Egypt - a Royal visit
Cairo, Egypt - a visit from Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood - here she meets the families of serving members of the Royals Scots Guards regiment, stationed in Egypt at this time

Preparing for Court
A prospective debutante being instructed in the correct way to approach the King and Queen at a court presentation. A sheet acts as a train and two ladies sit on " thrones"

THE FIRST ARRIVAL a guest shakes the hand of his hostess Date: 1895

English Walking Frock
An American businessman, wearing the fashionable English Walking Frock (very dressy, very becoming ) raises his hat to a lady passing in her automobile

Pilgrims to Mecca in Ihram Clothing, mid-19th century
Engraving showing the typical garb worn by pilgrims to Mecca in the mid-19th century. Ihram is the intention to perform Hajj or Umrah and show devotion to Allah

Ministers at Naples
All must bow to the chief ministers of Ferdinando II of Naples - monsignor Cocle and Del Carretto

Doffing the Hat (C19)
A Frenchman raises his hat in salute, meeting a female acquaintance, while their two dogs also get acquainted and a man waters the streets with an ingenious appliance

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