Manners Collection

Marquess and Marchioness of Anglesey
Sir Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey GCVO (1885-1947) and his bride, Lady Victoria Manners, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland

Pynes House, Exeter, Devon, 1825
Pynes House, Exeter, Devon, the seat of Sir Stafford Henry Northcote 1792-1850. Queen Anne style red brick house with slate roof and four brick chimney stacks built by architect Inigo Jones

First Day of Holidays
Two children eat their breakfast on the first day of the school holidays, anxious to leave the table and play in the garden

Diana, Marjorie and Violet Manners
The three daughters of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland: Lady Diana Manners, later Lady Diana Cooper, Lady Marjorie Manners, later the Marchioness of Anglesey and Lady Violet Manners

Lady Diana Manners by John Sargent
Lady Diana Manners (1891-1981), British society beauty, actress and wife of Duff Cooper. Later became Lady Duff Cooper, Viscountess Norwich. A portrait study by John Singer Sargent

Man and ghost
Man being followed by a hooded ghost. The figure with outstretched hands pointed at me and said: " Granby Manners, you will die in this room!" Date: 1890s

Poster, Moody Manners Opera Company
Theatre poster, Moody Manners Opera Company, from Covent Garden, London, touring to principal cities with productions including Carmen, Lohengrin and Faust

Production of Gounods Faust by Carl Rosa Opera Company
Characters from Charles Gounods opera Faust in a touring production by the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Seen here are Charles Manners as Bertram, the Irish tenor Barton McGuckin as Faust

Laurette Taylor and Michael
Miss Laurette Taylor (1883-1946) American actress born Loretta Helen Clooney. She appeared in one of the most popular shows of the First World War in London, Peg O My Heart

Moment of Departure - all the staff line up to say Goodbye
A quite wonderful German postcard illustrating the Moment of Departure - all the staff line up to say Goodbye! Date: circa 1910s

Wedding of Lady Diana Manner and Duff Cooper
Lady Diana Cooper (nee Manners) posed at her familys London home in Arlington Street in her wedding gown of gold tissue overlaid with lace. She is attended by her pages, Lord Elcho and the Hon

The Victory Ball by Pizer
An impression of the great Victory Ball, held at the Albert Hall to celebrate the end of the First World War in aid of the Nations Fund for Nurses

Craven Lodge Fancy Ball
A page from The Tatler, featuring photographs and a report on the Craven Lodge Fancy Ball in Melton, Leicestershire, a New Year party with a prehistoric fancy dress theme

Lady Diana Manners (1891-1981), British society beauty, actress and wife of Duff Cooper. Later became Lady Duff Cooper, Viscountess Norwich

Common courtesy training / W H Robinson
Training a husband in the act of common courtesy, using a dressmakers dummy, a piece of string and a determined wife. A quick jerk of the string and the husbands hat swiftly rearranges itself

Marquis of Granby - 1
John Manners, marquis of GRANBY military commander

Palm-wine tapper climbing a palm tree, Senegambia
Naked palm-wine tapper climbing a date palm using a rope to collect a gourd full of sap, Senegambia, 18th century. A man gives instruction to the tapper. A negro ascending a palm tree for its wine

Ornaments and weapons of the Island Carib or Kalinago people
Ornaments of the Island Carib or Kalinago people, West Indies, including necklace, headdress, earrings, and weapons, bow, arrow and knife

Men of the Island Carib or Kalinago people. The wear loincloths, armlets, garters, tattoos and nose piercings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Mrs Charles Sweeny and daughter
Mrs Charles Sweeny, formerly Miss Margaret Whigham and later, on her second marriage, Duchess of Argyll, pictured with her daughter Frances

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

Jewels of Empire Ball - Lady Diana Cooper
Lady Diana Cooper (nee Manners), leader of the Diamond group at the Jewels of Empire Ball, held at the Park Lane Hotel in aid of Enham Village Centre for Disabled Ex-Service Men

Peg O My Heart, Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Peg O My Heart, a play by Hartley Manners at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, Suffolk. circa 1910s

Cartoon, At the camp of Maurice de Saxe (1745). Elegant ladies of the theatre step out of a carriage and are kissed on the hand by the French general and Marshal of France

Shine On Victory Moon
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Shine On Victory Moon, words and music by Jos Geo Gilbert, featured and broadcast by Hatton and Manners, who can be seen in the portrait photograph

Portrait of Lady Diana Manners
A portrait oil painting of British Actress, Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Cooper, the Viscountess of Norwich, nee Lady Diana Manners

Pamela Berry and Diana Duff Cooper
Pamela Berry, Lady Hartwell (1914-1982) and Diana Duff Cooper, Viscountess Norwich (1892-1986), aso known as Lady Diana Manners. Date: 1940

Wearing gas masks
Cartoon demonstrating how the social graces can still flourish, even when gas-masked. Date: 1939

America. An artist in the Far West. Been looking for you
Two cowboys in fringed jackets having an argument, one then shoots the other dead. This subject, shoot first, ask questions later, appeared many times in British magazines in the nineteenth century

DUKE RUTLAND LIES STATE
The body of Charles Manners, fourth duke of Rutland, lord- lieutenant of Ireland, lies in state in the House of Lords, London. Date: 1787

COUNTESS OF JERMYN
KATHERINE ISABELLA, countess of JERMYN (nee Manners) wife of Frederick Henry, earl of Jermyn (later second marquess of Bristol, but by that time this lady was dead.) Date: 1809 - 1848

Comic postcard, Plump couple in a restaurant Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Polite table manners Date: 20th century

Senegal bushbaby or lesser galago, Galago senegalensis. The galago of the Senegal. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Womans hairstyle and jewelry, Senegambia, 18th century
Womans braided hairstyle and jewelry, Senegambia, 18th century. Headress and ornaments of the negro women. Coiffure des negresses. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Worker, soldier and queen termites, Macrotermes bellicosus
Worker termite, Macrotermes bellicosus of Guinea 1, head of worker 2, soldier 3, head of soldier 4, female, winged state 5, and pregnant queen 6

Moorish grisgris, water bottle and pouch, Senegal
String of gris-girs, leather water bottle and pouch made by the Moors, Senegal, 18th century. Grisgris, water bottle and pouch. Collier de gris-gris, outre des Maures, giberne

Mandinka man playing a balafon with sticks
Mandinka man playing a balafon or gourd xylophone with sticks. In the background, men sit outside a hut or granary near a river. A negro playing on the balafo

King Sandaineh of Saloum, Senegambia, 18th century
King Sandaineh of Saloum, seated on a couch of reeds, Wolof or Jolof Empire, Senegambia, 18th century. In gold crown, cotton tunic, smoking a tobacco pipe. Scimitar and saddle on the walls

A floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River
Man and donkeys and other porters with sacks on their heads cross a floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River. View of a a bridge over the Ba-Fing or Black River

Weapons and musical instruments of Senegambia, 18th century
Weapons, musical instrument and pipe of Senegambia, 18th century. Bow, powder horn, lance, quiver, arrow, boot, guitar and tobacco pipe

Metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century
Forged metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century. Horses bit, spade and napha or portfolio. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Man weaving cotton on a loom, Senegambia, 18th century. He sits with his legs in a pit, with the warp tied to a large rock, under a mat shade. A weaver. Tisserand negre

Two slatees guard a coffle of enslaved men, Senegal
Two armed Mandinka slatees (slave merchants) guard a coffle of six enslaved men, each wearing a heavy wooden neck collar supported by the man in front. Senegal, West Africa, 1800s

Woman of Senegambia beating cotton, 18th century. She beats the raw cotton instead of carding it. She sits on a wooden bench in front of a thatched hut

Blacksmith or goldsmith at work, Senegambia, 18th century. He works unders thatched hut with tools including fire, anvil, hammer, pincers and bellows. Orfevre ou Forgeron Negre. A goldsmith

View of a Fuli town and plantations, Senegambia
View of a Fuli or Fula town and plantations, Senegambia, 18th century. Circular walled village of the Fuli people. With cattle and guard house at left, rows of huts in centre

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