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Dolls, teddy and rabbit enjoying a tea partyFour dolls, a teddy bear with a parasol, and a rabbit, enjoying a tea party. The table is set with miniature cups, saucers, teapot and kettle, a vase of flowers, and some cakes and biscuits
Tea party at Tabithas house, showing Tabitha the cat and two rabbits (Humpty and Dumpty) at the table, with Hungry Peter the pig asleep on the left
Two dogs not invited to Tabithas for teaTwo dogs, Rags and Forager, not invited to Tabithas for tea, smell delicious food and decide to investigate. Date: 1914
Russian Aristocracy Enjoying a LuncheonTen Wealthy Russians enjoying a spot of luncheon in 1913. Date: 1913
From the Manger to the Cross, the Last SupperScene from the silent movie, From the Manger to the Cross, or Jesus of Nazareth, showing Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper. Date: 1912
Pinocchio -- gold coins and foodPinocchio -- The poor boy had got in anticipation an indigestion of gold pieces. Date: 1911
Nursery Rhymes -- Knave and Queen of HeartsNursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- the Knave of Hearts takes a tart. Below -- the Queen of Hearts making her tarts. Date: early 20th century
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, praying for deliveranceIllustration, Jersey in Jail, showing people praying for deliverance with a cross on the wall behind them. Date: 1940-1945
Men and women taking tea in a gardenThree men and three women taking tea in a garden. A little dog looks up expectantly. The two younger women have tennis racquets. C.1900
Group of five holidaymakers at a tableA group of five holidaymakers sitting at a table in an outdoor setting
Pastime With Good CompanyThis picture shows a Christmas scene at Henry VIIIs table as the boars head is carried in and The Kings Ballad (Pastime With Good Company) is sung. The song was composed by Henry VIII himself
Royal Wedding 1904 -- Albany and Teck wedding mealWedding breakfast and luncheon table set out in the state dining room at Windsor Castle, for the wedding of Princess Alice of Albany
Nursery Rhymes -- Jack Sprat, man in forestNursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean. Below -- a man in a forest in a green costume. Date: early 20th century
Couple with picnic, Trossachs, ScotlandA couple enjoying a picnic at the side of their car in the Trossachs, Scotland. Date: 1934
Silver service on a trainTwo attendants serving dinner to a woman (incidentally, a TWA stewardess) on a train journey. Date: 1940s
TWA air stewardess with an in-flight mealTWA (Trans World Airlines) stewardess with an in-flight meal on a tray. Date: 1940s
TWA air stewardess prepares a mealA TWA (Trans World Airlines) stewardess prepares an in-flight meal. Date: 1940s
French colonial soldiers preparing a meal 1916Troops from Annam at the Gallieni Camp, St Raphael. Date: 1916
The bachelors Christmas dinnerThe Bachelors Christmas Dinner. A lonely, disgruntled looking, balding man sits down to a solitary meal. Date: 23 December 1865
CAMP FIREThree young men cooking a meal on a beach from a cauldron hanging from three paddles! Date: 1930s
POLICEMENs PICNICTwo laughing policemen, captured on camera enjoying a picnic, or perhaps just a flask of tea and a bite to eat, next to a tent! Date: early 1930s
Advertisement for Ross Foods -- family of three at the table (modelled by D Groves, Andrew Downie and M Baldock). 1959
Tibetan Picnic Party Date: circa 1920s
Japan - Women (and a child) share tea and food Date: circa 1906
South Africa - Women carrying mealie-meal - a relatively coarse flour made from maize (called mielies or mealies). A staple food in South Africa, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi
Nursery Tale - Four and Twenty Blackbirds - the birds burst out of the pie. Date: 1880
Russian Restaurant scene - Waiter delivering the aperitifs Date: 1902
Pap and cake sellers, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa. Pap is a traditional porridge / polenta made from mielie-meal (ground maize). Date: circa 1920s
Grandma peering at the Christmas Cake - 1950sGrandma peers at the Christmas Cake - Family Christmas Dinner, 1950s. Note the lack of icing on the cake - sugar was still being rationed at this time. Date: early 1950s
Zouaves Troops preparing their meal - WWIZouave Troops (French colonial forces of mostly North African origin) preparing their meal. WWI era. Date: 1914
France - Bresse Region - Rhone-AlpesTwo very unusual-looking Frenchman sharing a meal in the Bresse Region - Rhone-Alpes, France. Possible the scene at a Zoological Garden - all very very strange... Date: circa 1910s
WWI - Camp of Moroccan Spahis (Colonial Cavalry Unit)French Moroccan troops ( Spahis - a term given to French colonial cavalry units) and their makeshift camp - Ribecourt, Northern France, site of the Battle of Cambrai - WWI. Date: circa 1910s
Married for LoveAmusing American postcard entitled Married for Love, showing a rowing couple, illustrating anything but a partnership with love at the cornerstone! Date: circa 1910s
Moroccan Chef - Tangier, MoroccoEsclave Cordon Bleu A Moroccan Chef (from Tangier, Morocco) enters the room bearing a tagine tea cosy! Date: circa 1910
Girl ensuring her boy has enough to eat(translation) That what meekly: soup - a pie, bread to milk, the woman - to the man! A Girl ensuring her boy has enough to eat... Date: 1909
Thanksgiving Card - USA - Turkey pulls a pumpkin wagonSlightly surreal (yet seasonally symbolic!) Thanksgiving Card from the USA depicting a Turkey pulling a cherub riding on a pumpkin wagon. Date: circa 1910s
Thanksgiving Card - USA - Bringing in the Turkey (which appears to be full of life at this stage of proceedings!) Date: circa 1910s
Daniel interprets the writing on the wallIn the Old Testament Book of Daniel, duringt a banquet hosted by King Belshazzar, mysterious writing (" Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" ) appeared on the wall, written by a disembodied hand
Targa Trackside Refreshments - Painting by Andrew McGeachyTrackside Refreshments during the Targa Florio - an open road endurance race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo
Design for Christmas cardDesign for a Christmas Card, showing frogs having a feast on a lily pond. Pen and wash with gouache border on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1890-1891
TORA, Master of (14th century). Annunciation to St. Joachim and St. Anne of the Birth of the Virgin Mary. 14th c. Detail of shephers preparing a meal. Gothic art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. Barcelona
Country meal. mid. 18th c. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Venice. Ca Rezzonico
BENLLIURE ORTIZ, Jos頨1884-1916). Meal at theBENLLIURE ORTIZ, Jos頨 1884-1916). Meal at the
Controversia de nobilitate. 1420 - 1430. Meal in the countryside. Illustration by Bonaccursius de Montemagno, 15th century. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon
Chocolat time (18th c. ). EngravingChocolat time (18th c.). Engraving
Peasant Wedding (Bauernhochzeit) Pieter Breugel
Peasants Feast