Formal Collection (page 5)

Evening gowns of 1936
Various styles of full-length evening gowns in a fashion catalogur magazine. Date: 1936

Queen Charlottes Ball: Raine McCorquodale(Spencer), 1947
A page from The Tatler and Bystander, entitled Youth and gaiety at the Queen Charlottes Ball, featuring a portrait of Raine McCorquodale

Wrought iron gate in a garden with female model in the distance. 1959

Royal wedding 1893 - Duke and Duchess of Teck and family
The Duke and Duchess of Teck and family around the time of the marriage of their daughter Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York)

Pink roses, fan and Cupid on a hand-coloured card
Pink roses, fan and Cupid with bow and arrows on a French hand-coloured romantic greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Balthasar Nebot - Gardens of Hartwell House, Aylesbury - 2 / 8
One of a series of eight paintings by Balthasar Nebot (active 1729-1765) showing the spectacular garden landscape of Hartwell House, just outside Aylesbury, in 1738

Formal surrender by Japanese Generak Itagahi of his sword
Photograph of the formal surrender by Japanese Generak Itagahi of his sword, Kuala Lumpur, 1946. Part of a collection of official photographs from the Middle and Far East, World War Two

British troops on parade, Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India
British troops on parade, marching through the streets of Simla (Shimla), Himachal Pradesh, India. The gothic-style building in the upper distance is Christ Church. Date: 1905

15th century Costume
1. Jean de Linden (1394) 2. Duc de Baviere (1430-1470) (whose name is unknown) 3. Albert III, Achilles de Brandebourg (1475) wearing an Electors cap 4. Ludwig von Hutten (1414) 5

House in Spyk (Spijk), Groningen, Netherlands
Engraving of a house in Spyk -- possibly Spijk, Groningen, Netherlands -- with a garden in the foreground. 18th century

Invitation to Dinner - Harold Macmillan to Ninette de Valois
Invitation to a dinner in honour of His Excellency Monsieur Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden and His Excellency Monsieur Torsten Nilsson

Cartoon, Queen Victoria and W E Gladstone. She offers him an invitation to Windsor. He replies in his usual formal way: If I accept

John Stirling Ainsworth, 1st Baronet (1844 1923), English industrialist, banker and Liberal politician. Wearing formal day dress: top hat, black necktie, white double-breasted waistcoat

Two Edwardian young men pose for their portrait in a photographers studio. c.1910s

The 1958 Season - Palace presentation outfits
Outfits suitable for a debutante to wear for presentation at Buckingham Palace during the 1958 season, the final year in fact that debs were presented

The 1958 Season - Fashions for her First Season
Double page spread from The Tatler featuring outfit ideas for a debutantes first season in 1958. On the left, mornings in town require a warm suit for the early days of the season so The Tatler

Nathan Natty, 1st Baron Rothschild
Liberal politician, banker, philanthropist and father of Walter Rothschild, he built what became the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum

Dr Karl Jordan (1875-1972)
Curator of entomology at Walter Rothschilds Zoological Museum at Tring from 1893, beyond Rothschilds death and up to the transition to the Natural History Museum at Tring in 1938

Tatler front cover, 1963 - Christian Dior dress
Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a model posed in a garden wearing a pink and crystal embroidered evening dress called Diorissimo by Christian Dior. Date: 1963

Winter Sports Out and Indoors by Francis Marshall
A spread of vignette illustrations showing people participating in various winter sports, including cross country skiing, ice skating and bobsleigh

Men of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in a formal photograph. One of the soldiers sports a splendid waxed moustache. Date: C.1911

Wrought iron gate in a garden with female model. 1959

Garden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Blind Mans Buff
Garden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Four Geisha Girls playing a game (similar to Blind Mans Buff?) Date: circa 1905

Japan - The Crown Prince (later Emperor) Taisho (1879-1926) - Crown Prince from 1888 and Emperor from 1912. Date: circa 1908

Wedding - Crown Prince of Sweden and Lady Louise Mountbatten
The Wedding of Crown Prince Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973) and Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten (1889-1965) on 3rd November 1923 at St. Jamess Palace, London

Sultan Mehmed VI exchanges greetings with the German Princes
Sultan Mehmed VI exchanges greetings with the representative German Princes at the time of his formal accession to the Sultanate in June 1918

Advert for Kensitas Cigarettes, 1929
Its better to be fit than fat Kensitas Cigarettes marketed as a appetite suppressant in 1929, recommending substituting snacks between meals with a cigarette instead

RSS Discovery handed over to Sea Scouts
RSS Discovery handed over to HRH Duke of Kent, Commodore of Sea Scouts, by Mr Ormsby Gore, with Chief Scout Lord Baden-Powell in attendance. 9 October 1937

Festival of Britain dedication service, St Pauls Cathedral
Festival of Britain service of dedication, St Pauls Cathedral, London. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Fisher, speaks from the pulpit

1960s Dinner Party
A 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

Girls Gym Display
Schoolgirls, pupils of Nita Henson, put on a formal gymnasium display on a rib stall climbing frame. Children exercising at school, PE lesson, keep fit class

Gatehouse in mist, Lanhydrock House, Cornwall
Gatehouse in the early morning mist at Lanhydrock House, a Grade I listed building near Bodmin, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Formal garden and gatehouse, Lanhydrock House, Cornwall
Formal garden and gatehouse at Lanhydrock House, a Grade I listed building near Bodmin, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Church, urn and garden, Lanhydrock House, Cornwall
Church, ornamental urn and formal garden at Lanhydrock House, a Grade I listed building near Bodmin, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Elegant lady in a grand country garden picks roses Date: circa 1890s

Gymnastics Demonstration in the Stadium, Ankara Turkey. Date: circa 1930s

Royal Engineers Annual Reunion Dinner, 1925
Members of the Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers Annual Reunion Dinner in 1925. Date: 1925

Mother and child after a christening, formal portrait. circa 1960s

Smart Upper Class British Couple dance at a formal ball. Date: 1910s

Trees in a Paris park, France. circa 1967

Tying an evening dress bow tie
Learning to dodge mans stumbling block - typing an evening dress bow - how it is done. Date: 1909

Throne Room, St Jamess Palace, London
Scene in the Throne Room of St Jamess Palace, London, on a Collar Day, when a collar is worn over military uniform or morning dress by those attending a formal event. 1847

Chateau with garden and lake in the foreground. 18th century

Spain and Portugal - Cloister of Belem Monastry - Cloisters around formal gardens. Part of Box 149 Boswell collection - Portugal and Spain. Date: circa 1900

Nursery Rhymes - Stranger sings
Stranger sings - Man in formal clothes standing and singing. Part of Box 52 Boswell collection. Nursery Rhymes. Date: circa 1890s

Dresses for dining 1910
Four women wearing fashionable dinner dresses with high waists. 1910

Greeting, Japan, circa 1880s - Formal greeting, men with swords and ornate clothing, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Freedom R. A. F. Ball, guests - 1963
A ball to celebrate the granting of the Freedom of Boston (Lincolnshire) to the RAF Station at Coningsby. Guests - Mrs David Matthews

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