Hospitality Collection

Margaret Thatcher at Marazion Community Centre
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, enjoying a Cornish pasty and a cup of tea during her visit to Marazion Community Centre, Cornwall. Also present are David Harris MP and the Lady Dowager St Levan

Willows / Rat & Beer
Rat & Mole: " He presently reappeared somewhat dusty, with a bottle of beer in each paw & another under each arm." Date: First published: 1908

Racial / China / Trad Dress
A Chinese woman in traditional dress

Alaskan Potlatch
Alaskan natives gather for a POTLATCH - a ritual exchange of hospitality and gifts which often ruins the donors who seek to compete in displays of generosity

Crescent and Hand
CRESCENT AND HAND TALISMAN an emblem of hospitality

King James I feasting with Spanish ambassadors
King James I of England (and VI of Scotland) feasting with Spanish ambassadors

Aero Spacelines B-377MG Mini-Guppy N1037V, four-engined out-sized commercial freighter, at the 1967 Paris Air Show, with Airshow serial 207'

Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist leader, with visitors
Chinese Communist leader, Mao Zedong (1893-1976), also known as Chairman Mao. Seen here sharing a meal with two visitors, and two Chinese interpreters seated behind. Date: circa 1960s

Wassail Bowl on New Years Eve
A tradition on New Years Eve where people in the village go door-to-door, singing and offering a drink from the bowl full of hot mulled wine, a mix of cider

Hotel staff including Chef, Scarborough, August 1952
Hotel staff including Chef, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, August 1952 Date: 1952

The Games Room, or Penny Arcade at the American Red Cross Club, Rainbow Corner, the main centre for US servicemen in London during the Second World War with the promise of having

The king of the Ashanti people welcomes an English mission
The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcomes an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich, 1817. Drummers and dancers with torches perform in front of nobles under parasols and flags

The king of the Ashanti welcoming an English mission
The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcoming an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich in 1817. Reception feast with dancers, drummers, horns, parasols and flags, the king seated on a gold stool

Christmas festivities in an Elizabethan hall. Date: 16th century

French cook engaged for a special Elizabethan feast
French cook engaged to devise his own contributions to a special feast at a rich mans house in Elizabethan times. Date: 16th century

Rich mans kichen staff at work
A rich mans kichen staff at work, depicting the hospitality and charity of old times, when food was given away to poor people. 16th century

Columbus demanding Hospitality at La Rabida Monastery
Christopher Columbus demanding Hospitality at the door of La Rabida Monastery. Columbus stands at the door to the monastery with his son, demanding hospitality from the three monks at the entrance

Advert for Cadburys Cocoa drink 1900
Advertisement for Cadburys cocoa featuring a coach and horses who have stopped for a warming drink of cocoa. 1900

Dinner setting with comic verse on a Christmas card
Dinner setting (plate, cutlery and napkin) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

A scene in Baronial hall showing Old English Hospitality Date: 15th century

Inflight Scene 1934
Passengers enjoying in-flight hospitality. An air hostess is serving cups of tea, probably on an Imperial Airways London to Paris flight. Date: circa 1934

At Maxine Elliotts chateau at Golfe Juan, French Riviera
Page from The Tatler reporting on distinguished guests enjoying the hospitality at the luxury villa belonging to American actress Maxine Elliott at Golfe Juan on the French Riviera

Verney Lovett Cameron, traveller in Africa
Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-1894), traveller in Central Africa, the first European to cross equatorial Africa from coast to coast

Marco Polo Kublai Khan
Marco Polo receives a golden tablet from Kublai Khan, ensuring safe passage through the Great Khans land

Camp in St James Park
Encampment, St Jamess Park, of troops brought in to quell the disturbances caused by the Gordon Riots. Soldiers relax with civilians amidst rows of tents, flags & stacks of drums Date: August 1780

Roman Family / Guest
A Roman and his wife are enjoying a drink when a friend arrives : their children help him off with his outdoor clothes Date: circa 100 BC

Queen Juliana meeting Dutch boy scouts
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands meeting Dutch boy scouts, 16 August 1957. She gives the scout salute at a reception in the garden of the Soesdijk Palace for boy scouts from the Dutch Antilles

Hospitality by George Studdy
Hospitality. Because of the arrival of a visitor and her dog, a reluctant Bonzo is dragged out of the room. Date: 1923

Rainbow Corner, London - American Red Cross. Provided entertainment, hospitality and food for G.I.s in E.T.O. (European Theatre of Operation) during WWII. Date: 1944

Roman city of Clunia. Tabula Hospitalis or hospitality agreement (1st c. AD). Relief on bronze. Proc: SPAIN. Corua del

Suburban hospitality. Illustration shows the arrival of a guest at a suburban familys home on Christmas eve; the guest is welcomed, given a drink and a large meal where he carves the turkey

The Old Curiosity Shop, Mr Quilp seated on beer-barrel
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Card Series 2
He seeks hospitality at the Franciscan convent of La Rabida. Date: 1446 - 1506

Tea party for a bear and his friends
A tea party for a bear and his friends. The bear carries a pot of jam and some buns on a tray, towards a table where a squirrel, a frog and two other animals are sitting

The conservatories at Chiswick House
Wealthy Victorians enjoy the hospitality of the Duke of Devonshire as part of his fete celebrations at Chiswick House

Hurunui Hotel, Hurunui, South Island, New Zealand
View of the historic Hurunui Hotel in Hurunui, South Island, New Zealand. The Hurunui Hotel is famous in New Zealand for its liquor licence, which it has held continuously since 1860

Poster advertising Amaro Valsesia, a bitter aperitif made in northern Italy

Rough Hospitality in Siberia. A Post-House on the Way to the
Special Artist Julius Price sent sketches of his journey to the Orsk gold mines in Siberia back to the Illustrated London News Office and the sketches were then drawn up by R. Caton Woodville

Waganda Band, 1860 s
Engraving showing a group of the Waganda, or Baganda, people of south-central Uganda playing musical instruments, early 1860 s

Louis XIV of France and visitors from Siam (Thailand)
King Louis XIV of France receives delegates from Siam (Thailand) who have come to study science in Europe

Caxton / Sixth Pawn
THE SIXTH PAWN - a hostler

Snow White with Dwarfs
Little Snowdrop (Snow White) enjoys the hospitality of the kindly dwarfs, who are very concerned for her health

Yorkshire Misummer Eve
A Yorkshire Midsummer Eve custom: newcomers to a district set out food & drink for their neighbours. Here roast beef, beer, bread & a round of cheese are shared

THEMIS
Greek/Roman deity, protectress of hospitality and of the oppressed, possessed oracular powers

Aeroplane pilot dropping in for a drink
An aeroplane pilot dropping in for a drink -- one for the road

Chinese Emperor Wu Wang entertaining with gunpowder
The Chinese Emperor Wu Wang (Zhou Dynasty) uses gunpowder to make loud noises to entertain his guests

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