Lunch Collection

Jeeves and Wooster, 1922
P.G. Wodehouse story in The Strand, March 1922, entitled Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch

Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, Noon
Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, 2. Noon. A group of Huguenots attend the French Church in Hog Lane, London (right), opposite an eating house and a group of disreputable people (left)

One of the Famly - a horse joins a family meal
One of the Family by Frederick George Cotman (original in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). Cotman painted this romantic scene of rustic domestic life at the Black Boy Inn at Hurley on Thames

On the rails at Goodwood by Howard K Elcock
An illustration showing how the Goodwood meeting at the end of the Season was as much a picnic party as a race meeting

Heavy shire horse pulls an old hay rake
A farmer and his heavy horse take a break from working to gather hay on a field

Advert for Horlicks ration of malted milk tablets 1916
Restoring energy and vitality Horlicks malted milk compressed tablets, supplied in a air tight tin. 1916

The Gentleman Who Asked the Carver - H. M. Bateman
The Gentleman who asked the carver at Simpson s-in-the-Strand whether the meat was English or foreign

The Toast by William Heath Robinson
A charming and detailed scene showing a large extended family, or possibly group of villagers drinking a toast around a large table groaning with delicious fruit pies, turkey, jelly, soup

Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers Lunch), Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919). Oil on canvas

Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beef
Market Reports illustrated (Postcard series): MEAT

Stuffed Kittens Lunch
Stuffed animals sit around a tiny table eating and drinking at the Walter Potter Museum, Jamaica Inn, London, sadly sold off and disbanded in 2003. Date: 1960s

The Eton vs. Harrow Cricket Match, Lords, 1910
Photographs showing various views of the Eton vs. Harrow Cricket match, held at Lords Cricket Ground, London, 1910. The images show (clockwise from top left): R.S.L. Fowler and D.G

Authentic Ploughman s
Ploughmans Lunch; farmworkers on the Wiltshire Downs enjoy their mid-day break

Annual Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lords
Scene during the annual Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lords Cricket Ground in NW London, 13 July 1934

Map, route of Santa Fe Railroad, USA
Map showing the route of the Santa Fe Railroad, USA, from the Great Lakes in the east, to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, and the Pacific coast in the west

Manchester, England - Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester, England - the busy Piccadilly Street and Piccadilly Gardens showing shop fronts, cars, and businesses. circa 1910s

Christmas Day 100 years ago by H. L. Oakley
Charming silhouettes cut by H. L. Oakley depicting a traditional Victorian Christmas. The morning begins with a visit to church, followed by skating on a frozen pond

The Scotsman who had his moneys worth
Humorous illustration by H. M

Scything the Hay
Four men scythe hay into rows : a woman brings their lunch

Coach party having lunch in a pub
A coach party stops for lunch in a pub. circa 1950s

Dollar Savings Bank, Niles, Ohio, USA, marking the spot where President McKinley was born. Date: circa 1905

The Humorist Easter Number 1938
The Humorist Easter Number front cover illustrated by William Heath Robinson featuring two exhausted cyclists sleeping off a picnic lunch, unaware that somebody is riding away on their tandem bicycle

Social - Claridges Lunch
Luncheon at Claridges Hotel, a convenient eatery if you are shopping in Londons Mayfair Date: 1912

LUNCH AT CLARIDGES 1914
Lunch at Claridges Hotel, London Date: 1914

Bill for lunch at Simpson s-in-the-Strand - 1951
Bill for lunch at Simpson s-in-the-Strand - December, 1951. A Christmas treat for a schoolboy! Date: 1951

Boating on the River Thames, 1879
Illustration showing two scenes of boating on the River Thames, during the Summer of 1879. At top left, a young girl in her canoe encounters a family of swans

Apprentice Hotpot
A group of hungry apprentices get ready to tuck into a hotpot at a aeronautical school. Date: 1930s

Deer Gatecrashing Lunch
A deer in Richmond Park, Surrey, England, gatecrashes a cows lunch at its trough

Lunchtime in the Phyllis Court enclosure, Henley Regatta
Lunchtime in the Phyllis Court enclosure during Henley Regatta. Phyllis Court was an exclusive riverside club offering dining, dancing and sports facilities

Bringing in the lunch, Iceland Date: circa 1930

An oil painting showing two women discussing private matters, while having lunch at a table. Date: circa 1925

Women workers at Cadbury factory, Bournville, Birmingham
Women workers at lunchtime at the Cadburys Cocoa and Chocolate Factory, Bournville, Birmingham. 1898

Sir Savile Crossleys Shoot at Somerleyton Hall, Lowestoft - an after-luncheon group, featuring: Sir Savile and Lady Crossley, Lord and Lady Vivian, Lord and Lady Hastings, Colonel and the Hon

Sir Anthony Eden on his way to lunch with the Queen - Eden has shortly prior to this issued his ultimatum to Israel and Egypt to withdraw their forces after Israel had invaded Egypt

Comic postcard, Sewage workers break for lunch Date: 20th century

Bleriot and Shackleton and others at lunch at the Savoy Hotel, London

RMS Titanic, May Collection, archive of ephemera
RMS TITANIC MAY COLLECTION, small archive of personal ephemera relating to Titanic passengers Richards and Stanley May

Luncheon in the streets of Cairo, Egypt Date: 1898

Suffield and Wynne-Finch at the Guards Boat Club, Maidenhead
Victor Alexander Charles Harbord, 7th Baron Suffield (1897-1943) and Lt. Col. (later Sir) William Heneage Wynne-Finch (1893-1961) at the Guards Boat Club, Maidenhead, Berkshire

Grenville Hotel, 112 East Street, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: circa 1910s

Iraqi Minister of Development Mohammad Ghussein & colleagues
The Iraqi Minister of Development Mohammad Ghussein, colleagues and their spouses at the Department of Development - Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1950s

Lunch After The Funeral
This sketch shows a scene in which guests are having lunch after a funeral, each has a forlorn facial expression, expectantly so. Date: circa 1901

Lunch
An illustration of a pair of horses, black and white, feeding from some sacks at rest, one is ready to pull a two wheeled cart. Date: circa 1901

Cartoon, A Noble Example, Lord and Lady Overbury having a vegetarian lunch in front of their house in Belgrave Square to set an example of frugality to the carnivorous poor Date: 1919

Le Dejeuner
An oil painting of a decoratively furnished room, where a maid wearing a white apron is in the process of laying the table for lunch. Date: circa 1921

Cafe Lunch
A sketch which shows an old couple and a younger woman inside a cafe, having a drink and reading the menu. Date: circa 1915

RMS Olympic - Ocean Times, lunch menu, brochure, etc
White Star Line, RMS Olympic - concert programme dated 9 October 1922, cross-sectional promotional brochure, First Class luncheon menu dated 30 September 1920, and Ocean Times

Robert Falcon Scott, Terra Nova Expedition, Antarctic
Robert Falcon Scott Terra Nova Expedition - important archive of 52 negatives taken by Lt

Salisbury - Conservative lunch Date: 1900

Mr and Mrs Charles Sweeny, lunching in London
Wartime snapshot of Mr and Mrs Charles Sweeny, lunching in London, with pilot officer Sir Anthony Weldon, BT RAF. From an article, Black out Night out by Edith Shackleton. Date: 1939

Menu for RMS Empress of France, Canadian Pacific line, 4 November 1952 Date: 1952

Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Luncheon Menu, cover design, 1 June 1950 Date: 1950

After Lunch
Oil painting showing a lady say at a table laid with a tea tray and vase of flowers including daffodils. Date: circa 1931

On the coaches, luncheon time. Date: June 1901

Comic postcard, Man en route to Coronation Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Piglets at lunchtime Date: 20th century

Dinner time at Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex Date: 1935

Outdoor dining in Brighton, Sussex
People taking lunch in the sunshine outside a restaurant in Brighton, Sussex. Date: circa 1930s

Comic postcard, Lodgers and landlady - carving the poultry Date: 20th century

Advertisement for St. Ivel with a maid bringing bowls of soup (or cups of tea) to neatly laid lunch table already with ham, cold pie, bread and of course, a tub of St

Advertisement for Walls Sausages depicting a young, married couple about to be served some delicious bangers for dinner by their maid. Date: c.1924

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - Mess tent
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - John Boucher et al having lunch in the mess tent. Date: 1977

Sketch by Bryan de Grineau showing the great dining-hall at Fettes College, Edinburgh. A master and two prefects are dining near the large stone fireplace carved with the Fettes College arms

French reservists enjoying lunch in London, September 1939
French reservists enjoying their lunch and wine under the cover of the trees of Bedford Square as they wait to register for service

Little Women - a lobster for a special lunch
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - a lobster for a special lunch. 1880

Chinese mandarins barge. The mandarin takes lunch in the cabin waited on by servants. The two umbrellas are a sign of his authority

Lunch interval, Lords Cricket Ground, London
Lunch interval at Lords Cricket Ground, NW London, during a University Cricket Match. 1893

A Luncheon Party on a Houseboat at Henley-on-Thames. 1892

The Taverna of the Excelsior Palace, Venice Lido
Luncheon at the Taverna restaurant of the Excelsior Palace Hotel at the fashionable Venice Lido

Count & Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow at Monte Carlo Beach
Count and Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress, lunching beside the pool at Monte Carlo Beach on the French Riviera. Date: 1936

Lunch at Taverna of the Excelsior Palace Hotel, Venice Lido
Impression of the Taverna restaurant, part of the huge Excelsior Palace Hotel on the beach at the Venice Lido

Lunch on the Moors in September 1870
Group of women sit on the Moors having a picnic and painting the view. Date: 1870

Open-air luncheon, Mr and Mrs H I Pratt
Aerial view of an open-air luncheon hosted by Mr and Mrs H I Pratt, at Glen Cove, Long Island, USA. 1924

Luncheon at Welbeck Eliminating Trials
Early Motor Car Racing - Luncheon at Welbeck Eliminating Trials (left to right) Stocks, Fuller, Mayhew, Jarrott, Edge, Earp. Date: 1903

AFS Bromley firefighters at tables, Bromley, Kent, WW2
AFS Bromley Divisional Station firefighters at tables, Ravensbourne School, Bromley, Kent, in the early days of the Second World War. Date: 1939

German Mountaineer hitting the heights of satisfaction
Thats the Limit !! As good as it gets!! A german Mountaineer has reached the peak of a high summit, he is sunbathing and his packed lunch is VERY satisfactory. Date: circa 1930s

Schoolchildren ear their midday meal at their desks. Date: early 20th century

Small Restaurant Date: 1948

Picnic Overlooking Lake Date: 1948

Flirtation with Patron Date: 1948

Couple Make Lunch Date: 1950

Cutaway Office Building Date: 1950

Hiding Donut From Mom

Prince of Wales in Nepal Terai, shooting bears 1876
Prince of Wales, (later Edward VII), having a some lunch between shoots in his expedition in the Terai, crossing a nullah in the jungle. Date: 1876

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