Genteel Collection

English Prizefighters
A 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, London
Aerial view of Georgian houses in Fitzroy Square in Fitzrovia, Central London. Date: circa 1930s

Regency gentlemen riding horses using whips
Regency 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 / receiving
Young gentleman graciously offering/receiving a book in a panelled room, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from The Polite Academy

Young gentleman compliment retiring from a
Young 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 century
Young 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 WRESTLING
A genteel audience of Parisians enjoy a wrestling match between a man and a woman; anything goes in Montmartre... Date: 1901

3 LADIES PLAY BATTLEDORE 1871
Three 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 Dalmatian
The 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 18C
Three women and two men at a genteel tea party. Date: 1779

Roller Skating 1891
Seriously 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. 1800
A 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 beach
Holidaymakers 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, 1891
White 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 Pub
The genteelism of the English pub... Date: 1878

A Game of Quadrille
Four 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 6
JUSTUS VON LIEBIG German scientist is invited to Munich by Maximilian II of Bavaria

Scarborough / Caldecott
Scarborough, Yorkshire: the Spa Terrace is full of people at the height of the Season

Scarborough / Terrace 1908
Scarborough, Yorkshire: the Italian Terrace at the Spa

COSTUME 1837-8 / LEECH
A 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 1788
Genteel ladies stand and watch ice skating in January

Ladies Shooting Contest
A 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 St
The 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 1886
Victorian ladies gathering mushrooms

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