Guests Collection (page 10)

The Emperors Sylvan court, Chiswick House
The Grand Cedar Avenue during the Duke of Devonshires grand fete at Chiswick House, where noble guests, included the Emperor of Russia and Prince Albert, promenaded and held court beneath the trees

How to Brighten Hotel Life: Preventing the Bathroom Boredom
Maid and shoe cleaner dancing to entertain the guests who are waiting to use the bathroom. One of a series specially drawn for The Sketch by Joyce Dennys

Goodwood House
Guests depart for the races from Goodwood House, West Sussex

The Bright Young People Being Bright
Guests at the party given by Marjorie Firminger and Olivia Wyndham at Glebe Place, Chelsea

Garden Party at Palace
General view of the 8000 guests assembled in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. The garden party was preceded by the last presentation party for debutantes

Dinners singing Auld Lang Syne at the Savoy Restaurant, 19
Illustration showing some of the thousand guests who had supper at the Savoy Hotel on New Years Eve, 1907, and sang Auld Lang Syne to see in the New Year

The Cocktail Party / Fouet
An illustration to accompany a poem on the delights of the cocktail party showing a variety of fashionable guests enjoying a drink and a gossip together

Royals at Biarritz
King Luis, with his wife and entourage, visits Biarritz as guests of Napoleon & Eugenie : their arrival at the villa Eugenie

Small Moulds - 2
These small moulds are sold by the dozen, so that your guests can be served individual portions

Small Moulds - 3
These small moulds are sold by the dozen, so that your guests can be served individual portions

American Indians. Entertaining the Chief
The Chief of the Passamaquoddy Indians entertaining his English guests by telling them tales of his tribes history in a wooded camp on the shore of Lake Utopia

Lecture on Cookery at the International Exhibition
Lecture on cookery attended by a well-heeled crowd at the London International Exhibition of 1873. The short lectures, by Mr Buckmaster

Helping in the Kitchen
An Edwardian Ladys Maid (right) helps out one of the other maids in the kitchen, as was the custom when important guests came for dinner on special occasions

Commune Damage 14
Destruction of the palais des Tuileries - all thats left of the vestibule where so many distinguished guests have made their entrance

A Royal and Imperial Party at Cowes
Edward VII and Queen Alexandra with their guests, the Tsar and Tsarina of Russia being taken in a pinnace to the Royal Yacht, Britannia during a visit by the Russian Royal Family in 1909

The Half Hour Before Dinner
Humorous scene showing a family and guests, dressed in evening attire, waiting for Christmas dinner to be served. An old man dozes in an armchair

Drunken Carnival Party
Guests at a carnival party looking rather the worse for wear in the small hours of the morning

Perseus and Phineus
Phineus, wanting Andromeda for himself, attacks the guests at Perseuss wedding, so Perseus fetches the Gorgon Medusas head, tells all to look away, and turns Phineus into stone

Lord Mayors Banquet 1701
The Lord Mayor of London entertains his guests in the Guildhall

Pin-Up Girl / Xmas Party
Pretty blonde in a top with plunging, crocheted neckline & festive sequin embellishments, sits on a leopard skin rug by the fire awaiting her party guests

Large Welsh Banquet / 1846
The Cyfarthfa Banquet given by William Crawshay to the ladies of Merthyr Tydfil and the vicinity in acknowledgement of the high honour paid to his son and bride on their return

Redeeming First-Born
The ceremony of the Redemption of the First-Born - the priest makes a show of taking the baby away, the father offers money to redeem it, watched by midwife, nurse & guests

Dragged to the Wedding
A furniture-maker of Paris and his bride are drawn through the streets by several sturdy wedding guests, giving them an appetite for the sumptuous repast to follow

Harry Price Speaks
Harry Price addresses guests at the Ghost Club dinner

Paris / Park / Boulogne 1909
Fashionable diners order their meal at a garden restaurant in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, while other equally fashionable guests arrive in their chauffeur-driven car

New Year, London, 1914
Guests see the New Year in with champagne and decorous jollity at the Savoy Hotel, London

NEWLYWEDS GOING AWAY
One of the wedding guests wishes the newlyweds well as they prepare to depart for their honeymoon

Victorias Garden Party
Victoria and her daughter-in- law Alexandra drive among the guests at a garden party given at Buckingham Palace Date: 1900

The Savoy Lobby / London
The lobby of the Savoy Hotel : guests arriving for dinner

Fashionable Bowling
Bowling is very fashionable this year - all the best hotels in Switzerland and the Riviera offer their guests an alley

REDOUTE, 1875
A redoute at the Paris home of fashionable writer Arsene Houssaye : the guests include many celebrities - Theodor de Banville on the lower left, Gautier to the upper right

Dinner Party Guests 1878
Dinner guests sit at table before the meal; the old fellow in the middle seems to be hard of hearing

Wurlitzer Piano in Home
A lady delights her fellow- guests with her piano playing, enhanced by the tones of the Wurlitzer instrument her hosts have the good taste to choose

Buck House State Ball
A State Ball at Buckingham Palace - Oriental guests look on with astonishment at a Royal Quadrille

Commons Terrace / 1893
MPs and their guests take tea on the terrace of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster

Guests Take Places
The guests take their places

Meal at Time of Jesus
This is a probable depiction of a meal around the time of Jesus : guests would more likely have been lying than sitting up at table

Stately Austin and Home
A stately Austin brings guests to a stately home. Its a surprise party but fortunately they ve brought their food with them

Taking a French Cab
English guests leave their hotel in a cab, assisted by three of the hotel staff and the dog

A Boarding House
Dagnall Lodge is a typical English boarding-house, probably in a seaside resort, though whether this couple are the proprietors or guests we do not know

Social / Tango Demo 1914
A professional couple demonstrate the tango - still an exotic novelty - to supper guests at the Savoy Hotel, London

Pontins Holiday Camp
The guests outside the chalets at Pontins Holiday Camp, Osmington Bay, Dorset, include a remarkable proportion of pretty girls and an even more remark- able absence of noisy kiddies

Ball on French Warship
Guests are rowed out to the beflagged French warship Formidable in the roadstead of Villefranche, to attend a ball on shipboard

Social / German Mask Ball
Guests at a German masked ball

Bride Cuts Cake
As the bride rises to cut the cake, the guests think how much rather they would be eating Huntley and Palmers Superior Balmoral Biscuits

STAG PARTY
Guests at a stag party welcome the arrival of the unicorn

The Wassail Bowl, Ancient
A dwarf stirs the punchbowl at a lively Christmas party, while other guests amuse themselves with snapdragon, a jester jests, musicians play, and the host presides as Father Xmas

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