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English PrizefightersA pair of bruisers slug it out with their bare fists while a genteel crowd watches the action
Young lady curtsying on a street, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy, or Instructions for a Genteel Behaviour and Polite Address in Masters and Misses, R
Young gentleman dancing the minuet in a ballroom with columns, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy
The Croquet Tournament Date: 1863
Fitzroy Square, LondonAerial view of Georgian houses in Fitzroy Square in Fitzrovia, Central London. Date: circa 1930s
Regency gentlemen riding horses using whipsRegency gentlemen riding horsesat a gallop using whips. How to Ride up Hyde Park. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration by Henry Bunbury from Geoffrey Gambados
Young lady walking in a panelled room, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy, or Instructions for a Genteel Behaviour and Polite Address in Masters and Misses, R
Young lady giving or receiving a fan in a park, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy, or Instructions for a Genteel Behaviour and Polite Address in Masters and Misses, R
Young gentleman graciously offering / receivingYoung gentleman graciously offering/receiving a book in a panelled room, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy
Young gentleman compliment retiring from aYoung gentleman compliment retiring or politely leaving a panelled room, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy
Young gentleman bowing with his hat in his hand in a panelled room, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy
Young gentleman walking and saluting passerby on the street, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy, or Instructions for a Genteel Behaviour and Polite Address in Masters
Young lady giving both hands in a minuet, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy, or Instructions for a Genteel Behaviour and Polite Address in Masters and Misses, R
Young lady giving one hand in a minuet, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy, or Instructions for a Genteel Behaviour and Polite Address in Masters and Misses, R
Young lady dancing in a room, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy, or Instructions for a Genteel Behaviour and Polite Address in Masters and Misses, R. Baldwin, London, 1759
Young man standing in a panelled room, 18th centuryYoung gentleman standing in a panelled room, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy, or Instructions for a Genteel Behaviour and Polite Address in Masters and Misses, R
Shabby-genteel Frenchman Date: 1850
Chauffeurs Assistance Date: 1950
MONTMARTRE WRESTLINGA genteel audience of Parisians enjoy a wrestling match between a man and a woman; anything goes in Montmartre... Date: 1901
3 LADIES PLAY BATTLEDORE 1871Three genteel ladies play a game of battledore and shuttlecock in the garden. Date: 1871
Title page from Household furniture in genteel taste for the year 1760 Date: 1760
Illustration from Household furniture in genteel taste for the year 1760
Bewick DalmatianThe Dalmatian, or Coach Dog, is frequently kept in genteel houses, as an elegant attendant on a carriage
London Trade Card - Dorothy Mercier, Printseller and Stationer, at the Golden Ball, Windmill Street, facing Silver Street, Golden Square. 18th century
Social / Tea Party 18CThree women and two men at a genteel tea party. Date: 1779
Roller Skating 1891Seriously over-dressed Victorian ladies roller- skating at the Olympia rink, London, where " fast skating", though highly unlikely, is " strictly prohibited". Date: 1891
Lady visiting in a carriage, c. 1800A lady visits another in her carriage, c. 1800 Date: C.1800
Costume of Madame Raquet, merveilleuse in the martyr style.. Costume of Madame Raquet, merveilleuse in the martyr style. She wears a round English hat in beaver skin
Silhouette of contrasting transport, 1874 and 1924, by H.L. Oakley, in Tennis magazine, 24 July 1924. Above: a group of people arriving at a country house by horse-drawn carriage in 1874
Silhouette of people playing tennis on a sunny day, by H.L. Oakley. Date: circa 1920s
Holidaymakers riding donkeys on a beachHolidaymakers riding donkeys sidesaddle on a beach. Date: early 20th century
Edwardian holidaymakers on a cliff at a seaside resort. Date: early 20th century
Colonials playing croquet, India. Date: circa 1890s
White Lodge, Richmond Park, 1891White Lodge, Richmond Park:celebration of the Duke and Duchess of Tecks silver wedding anniversary. The Duke is shown being presented with a horse, and giving a speech. Date: 1891
Illustration, A Genteel Family, showing a mother, her pet poodle and her four children, looking very well-behaved. 1885
The Genteel English PubThe genteelism of the English pub... Date: 1878
A Game of QuadrilleFour well-to-do people play a game of QUADRILLE : in this game the 8s, 9s and 10s are omitted from the pack
Justus Liebig / 4 of 6JUSTUS VON LIEBIG German scientist is invited to Munich by Maximilian II of Bavaria
Scarborough / CaldecottScarborough, Yorkshire: the Spa Terrace is full of people at the height of the Season
Scarborough / Terrace 1908Scarborough, Yorkshire: the Italian Terrace at the Spa
COSTUME 1837-8 / LEECHA working girl imitates the genteel accomplishments of young ladies. Her dress is low cut with puffed sleeves & is worn with a coarse apron. Both women wear pattens
January Skating 1788Genteel ladies stand and watch ice skating in January
Ladies Shooting ContestA woman takes aim in a ladies shooting contest held in Malta. She perches on a stool, beautifully dressed in the latest fashions, to take her shot
Cock Tavern, Fleet StThe dining room of the Cock Tavern on Fleet St. Like other pubs in the area, the Cock was frequented by luminaries like Pepys, Johnson and Tennyson. It was destroyed in 1886
Gathering Mushrooms 1886Victorian ladies gathering mushrooms