Moritz Collection

At the Start of the Cresta Run, St. Moritz, 1912
Photograph showing a member of the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club leaping onto his machine at the top of the Cresta Run, 1912. This famous course was first laid out in 1884

Poster advertising St Moritz for winter sports
Poster advertising St Moritz in Switzerland for winter sports

The Man who Threw a Snowball at St. Moritz
An aghast crowd of skiiers and holidaymakers looking towards a dejected snowball-thrower who is trudging away into the distance. St

The Cresta Run, St. Moritz, 1912
Photograph showing the Cresta Run, with its Crows Nest and grandstand (top) on a St. Moritz race day in 1912. This famous course is the home venue for the St

English gentleman on trial in France, 18th century
English gentleman on trial in France, accused by an old hag and her virtuous niece Clara, 18th century. Before the tribunal at Avignon

The All-Age Stakes: Everyone a Trier at St. Moritz! By Joyce
A humorous colour illustration by Joyce Dennys showing winter sports being played on a large ice rink

Snow, Skis and Sunshine in Switzerland
Miss Joan Simon, Miss Peggy Peyton, Mr George Renwick, R.N. Mrs Renwick and The Hon. Olivia Harcourt skiing at St. Moritz, Switzerland

Yuletide Sports Abroad- Society at St Moritz and Murren
A variety of snowy scenes at St Moritz and Murren in Switzerland, including skating and ice hockey

Poster advertising Pontresina in Switzerland
Poster advertising Pontresina, an alpine village in the Engadin region of Switzerland, not far from St Moritz

Coronation regalia of the Holy Roman Empire
Some of the coronation regalia of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation: 1. German Royal Crown; 2. Imperial Crown; 3. Orb; 4. Coronation Robe; 5. Kings Sceptre; 6. Imperial Sceptre; 7

English gentleman held captive by two Papal guards in uniform in a room in Avignon. A prisoner at Avignon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal

Riders in St. Mortiz
A scene in the Swiss ski resort of St. Moritz in 1927 showing riders in smart riding habits, stopping by a cafÚáÀith their horses

Tobogganing, St. Moritz, Switzerland, Victorian period

Family tobogganing in St. Moritz, Victorian period

A view of the resort of St Moritz - showing the two areas (St Mortiz Bad and St Moritz Dorf) separated by a mile of lake shore, 1920s

A view of the Palace and the Grand Hotel at St Moritz, 1920s Date: 1920s

Horseracing on Ice
Scenes from the Preis von Zurich horse race, taking place on the frozen surface of St Moritz Lake. Date: 1925

Lord and Lady Northesk
David Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk (1901-1963) was a winter sports enthusiast, who went on to win a bronze medal in skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Sledge Race at St. Moritz
The frozen lake at St. Moritz was utilised as a race course during the winter months. Date: circa 1925

Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952), actress on holiday, Switzerland. Captioned, Home and Away: The One-and-Only Gertrude Lawrence Takes a Swiss Holiday'

Poster, Palace Hotel, St Moritz, Switzerland
Poster, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, St Moritz, Switzerland Date: circa 1935

Poster, Carlton Hotel, St Moritz, Switzerland
Poster, Carlton Hotel, St Moritz, Engadine, Switzerland Date: circa 1930

Poster, St Moritz les Bains, Switzerland Date: 1943

Poster, St Moritz, Switzerland, Winter Olympics 1940 - woman in sleigh. Initially issued in 1938 to advertise the 1940 Winter Olympics, which were cancelled due to the outbreak of WW2. Date: 1938

Poster, Corvatsch, Silvaplana, St Moritz, Switzerland Date: circa 1960

Poster, St Moritz, Switzerland - woman with signpost Date: circa 1935

British High Society in St Moritz, 1925 - the Marquess of Donegal and Miss Leslie Foster Date: 1925

High Society in St Moritz, 1925 - Princess Vlora Date: 1925

British High Society skiing at St Moritz, 1925 Date: 1925

British High Society taking winter sports in Switzerland, 1925 (St Moritz and Murren) Date: 1925

Senorita Lili de Alvarez, Spains lady tennis champion at a recent fancy dress ball at the Carlton Hotel, St Moritz, 1925 Date: 1925

Ice hockey St Moritz 1900, Switzerland, men cross dressing
Vintage 19th century/1900 photograph: Women playing ice hockey St Moritz 1900, Switzerland, men cross dressing, humourous

Ice Hockey St Moritz 1900, cross-dressing team, humourous
Vintage 19th century/1900 photograph: Ice Hockey St Moritz 1900, cross-dressing team, humourous

Gentleman giving out medicines to beggars, 18th century
English gentleman dispensing his medicine cabinet to beggars at Ivry-sur Seine, 18th century. He gives aerated salts to a one-armed soldier, Bruchsal elixir to an old woman, and magnetic drops

Hotel guest beset by salespeople in the parlour of the Hotel des Quatre Nations, Paris, 18th century. The room is full of furriers, lace sellers, hatters, mercers, hairdressers, tailors

English gentleman consulting a somniloquist, 18th century
English gentleman consulting a somniloquist in his chambers, 18th century. The sleeping fortune teller lies in a bed in a room decorated with crocodile skin, Egyptian figures and incense burners

Customs inspectors opening luggage at the border, 18th century. Searched by the Douaniers at the French frontiers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, 18thC
Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, late 18th century. Table d hote. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of Sentimental Travels

English gentleman and sleeping woman in a hotel room
English gentleman with candlesticks in both hands tries to remove a bell rope from the bosom of a sleeping woman. The inn at Marseilles

English gentleman on trial in a religious tribunal in Avignon. He takes out a page with the legend of St. Clara of Falkenstein to the astonishment of an old hag and chaste Clara

A theatre company is disbanded after a charge of blasphemy. Actors, actresses and stage painters react in shock to the news. A tragic story at Avignon

English gentleman and bookseller staring at a young beauty
An English gentleman at a booksellers in Avignon, catching his first glimpse of the beauty Clara with her old aunt. First sight of Clara at Avignon

English gentleman at the tomb of Petrarchs muse, Laura de Sade, Laure des Noves, in the Chapelle des Sade, convent of the Cordeliers, Avignon. At the tomb of Laura

A gentleman and woman kiss on a bench near a town gate as a two-horse phaeton with leering man drives by. The Embrace. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Woman about to fall over with her shoes caught in the mud during a walk after the rain. Miseries of the Country. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Woman in outfit for St. Moritz in embroidered white frieze
Woman in outfit for St. Moritz in white frieze with skunk trim and wool embroidery. Pour St. Maritz ratine blanche garnie de skunks et brodee de laine

Woman in coat of lemon crushed velvet, with white fox and velvet collar and cuffs. Manteau de velours frappe citron, col velours blanc et renard blanc

The Cresta Run - a repair party at work
Workmen busy tuning up what is one of the most famous toboggan runs in the world - the Cresta Run in St. Moritz - at Battledore and Shuttlecock, two well known turns. Date: 1924

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