Goers Collection

New Years Eve Party, Chelsea Arts Ball, 1923
Photograph showing the revellers at the Chelsea Arts Ball, on New Years Eve, 1923. A monumental John Bull figure looks down on the party goers in their fancy dress costumes

In the Stalls at the Empire Theatre, 1894
Engraving showing three theatre-goers heading for their seats, in the stalls, at the Empire Theatre, 1894. All these people are depicted wearing formal, evening attire for their trip to the theatre

ASCOT 1929
A stylised illustration depicting to elegant race goers at Ascot races in 1929, he with top hat and cigarette holder; her languid with a red hat

The Graphic Christmas Number 1926 front cover
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number 1926 featuring an illustration depicting party goers arriving at a fancy dress ball

8d a Mile by George Grossman and Fred Thompson
Back page of the flyer " 8 d a Mile ". George Grossmith produced the revue and was the co-writer with Fred Thompson

Theatre first night in Edwardian London
In magnificent evening dress, the Edwardian first-nighters leave their broughams and mount the steps to the theatre. Specially drawn for The Sketch Christmas number by Cecil Beaton

Theatre programme front cover for the London Palladium in 1952, with glamorous theatre goers arriving for its autumn variety show, Wonderful Time, starring, among others

The Cinema
A group portrait charcoal drawing of a trio of cinema goers, with strong use of shadowing for such a dark setting. Date: circa 1922

Keith Prowse Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Keith Prowse & Co. Ltd, providers of tickets for the theatre and events. The image shows a scene in which theatre goers are spectating a stage performance

Goodwood Picnic
An alfresco luncheon party at Goodwood Races. Date: 1939

Theatre-goers elebrating the Relief of Mafeking, London, Date: 1900

Last Night at Drury Lane 1872
Men and women in their best attire at the theatre in Drury Lane, London, to watch Christine Nilsson a Swedish operatic soprano. Date: 1872

Stage at Little Theatre, Haymarket, London. Date: 1815

Seen from the Box 1906
Two ladies exchange comments while their male escort watches the action through his opera glass. Date: 1906

Olympia Music-Hall, Paris
Outside the Olympia Music-Hall (which still exists) Date: 1898

Front cover of The Playgoer magazine, featuring an illustration of two female theatre goers by John Hassall. Date: 1902

Ascot Week 1900
The Grand Stand and lawn. Date: 1900

The good-humoured crowd at the London Hippodrome
Street entertainers amuse the crowds waiting outside the London Hippodrome. Date: 1901

Audience types at the London Hippodrome 1904
An impression of country visitors, looking ruddy and bumpkin-ish, and town visitors, looking elelgant but disdainful. A reflection of the popularity of the London Hippodrome

Brilliant Fashions for the Little Season, 1926
Smartly dressed members of London society leaving the theatre on a night out. The women wear the knee length tubular dresses that were to epitomise 1920s fashion

Royal Ascot 1938
Fashionably dressed race goers on the way back to the Royal Enclosure after lunch at Royal Ascot. Date: 1938

Bystander masthead - the races by Gordon Conway
Bystander masthead illustrated by Gordon Conway featuring a stylised crowd at the races watching horses and jockey ride past. Date: 1931

Group in fancy dress, c. 1927
A jolly group of party revellers in various forms of fancy dress including a jockey, a gypsy (a favourite them of the 1920s) and a convict. Date: c.1927

Women theatre goer 1905
Woman wearing an attractive dainty theatre bodies of white ninon, threaded with scarves of old rose crepe de chine, sleeves are outlined by a finger-depth of dark fur. 1905

Flirting man 1906
Man in military uniform whispering in a attractive womans ear. 1906

Rivals at the theatre 1906
Smartly dressed gentlemen in tuxedos trying to get the attention of a flirtatious woman. 1906

Panto time from the clowns point of view 1858
Well attended threatre, with every watching except one! 1858

Childrens Pantomime 1871
The Childrens Pantomime Party at Covent Garden Theatre. Date: 1871

LEAVING OPERA HOUSE
Opera-goers leaving the Opera House (His Majestys Theatre), London Date: 1820

Race Day Fashions
Race-goers in black velvet coats, V-neck dresses & silver fox fur stoles. N.B the wrist watch & fur muff & hat with chin strap. One dress has floral panels on the corsage. Date: circa 1913

QUEUE AT LONDON PAVILION
Queue of theatre-goers before the performance outside the London Pavilion Date: 1900

ELECTRIC SHOCKS FOR FUN 1889
Shocks for fun among the fair-goers at La Villette, on the outskirts of Paris Date: 1889

IN THE STALLS, LONDON
In the stalls of a London theatre : playgoers look up to see what celebrities may be in the boxes above them Date: 1870

LEAVING THE THEATRE, 1907
Fashionable playgoers leave His Majestys Theatre in the Haymarket, London Date: 1907

THEATRE / THEATRE GOING
A stage performance before Louis XIII of France Date: circa 1640

A Turkey Glide by William Heath Robinson
The latest Christmas family gliders fitted with listening in equipment for hearing Dutch concerts during dinner. One particularly large family flies through the air while using hot water bottles or

The Empire Theatre, Leicester Square
Postcard showing the frontage of The Empire Theatre, Leicester Square. The year is unknown. Date: 1900s ?

Masked Ball / Green Dress
Two older gentlemen, rather the worse for wear, are supported by their carnival guardian angel - a woman in a green dress and extravagant hat Date: 1909

Jovial Party Goers / Sie
Jovial guests at a party. Date: circa 1908

When the Sun Shines at Ascot
An unfamiliar view on a private footpath leading through woods and across meadows to the Grand Stand at Royal Ascot. According to the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News - " A lovely journey

Pub-goers Outing, Thought to be Woolwich, London
Pub-goers Outing, Thought to be Woolwich, Eltham, County of London, England. Showing Livery of Meuxs Brewery Date: 1920s

The 1914 Season - a Fancy Dress Ball by Matania
Late dancers leaving the Albert Hall during the first cold light of dawn after attending a fancy dress ball there during the summer season of 1914. Date: 1914

Arrival of the Theatre Train at Victoria Station, 1914
Theatre-goers from the suburbs exit Victoria Station amid office workers and commuters ready to take a taxi in search of dinner before going to see a play or musical in Londons West End in 1914

The Great Ladies Crusade Against The Matinee Hat 1906
Photographs showing hats made by the Comtesse de Talleyrand, the Comtesse Recope, the Comtesse de Fels, the Marquise de Jaucourt and the Comtesse de Guerne

Public queuing to see Faust, 1939
A photograph revealing the publics appetite for theatre during World War II despite the black-outs, restricted train services and other discomforts

Late Comers at the Christmas Shows by Charles Robinson
A group of late theatre goers cause chaos as they make their way to their seats at the theatre. Date: 1928

Coffee Stall by Gordon Nicoll
Painting of a coffee stall, an intrinsic part of a night out in London during the 1920s and 30s. Entitled, We won t go home till morning

Theatre from a Box 1909
A group of theatre goers watch a show of singing and dancing from a theatre box. Not all of them seem to be totally impressed. Date: 1909

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