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Notables assembled in the Abbey annexe at 1937 CoronationEcclesiastics, distinguished officers of state and regalia bearers awaiting the arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the tapestried hall of the temporary annexe of Westminster Abbey
Lady Diana and Elizabeth Percy by Madame YevondeLady Diana and Elizabeth Percy, the two daughters of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland. Lady Diana was being presented by her mother at one of the June courts
Countess of Suffolk, Margaret (Daisy) LeiterMargaret " Daisy" Leiter, sister-in-law of Lord Curzon (who was married to her sister Mary). She married Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk in 1904
James PaineJAMES PAINE Industrious British architect who was responsible for many stately homes, bridges and other works commissioned by the nobility and gentry. Date: 1725 - 1789
Wedding of the Duke of Westminster & Loelia PonsonbyPage from The Tatler reporting on the society wedding of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster and Loelia Ponsonby (his third wife) at Princes Row registry office on 20 February 1930
Costume of Tudor / Elizabethan nobleman, 1600Costume of a Tudor/Elizabethan nobleman, 1600. 1600
John, Duke of Berrys household exchanging New Year gifts. The Duke is seated at the right, in blue. Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. 15th century. Miniature. Chateau de Chantilly. France
Lady Londonderry, WW1Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry DBE (3 December 1878 23 April 1959), noted society hostess, and, during the First World War director of the Womens Legion
English Royalists 1640-9English Royalist soldiers: doublet & breeches, lace falling collars, lace-edged boot hose tops, bucket-top boots, plumed hats, cloak
Viscountess Castlereagh in her famous necklace & tiaraEdith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscountess Castlereagh, later Marchioness of Londonderry DBE (3 December 1878 23 April 1959), noted society hostess,
Woman in a ball gown with mask, 1788Woman in a ball gown, with chapeau topped with a pouf decorated with ribbons and laurel leaves, fichu, corset in English taffeta, and blue taffeta petticoat
Costume / 13th C NobilityA medieval nobleman and his wife: he wears armour and carries a sword; her plain white dress is decorated with embroidery and ermine
The Duchess of Marlborough and the Marquess of BlandfordConsuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. She married the duke in 1895 after being coerced into the marriage by her
Alexey Ivanovich Tevkelev, Kutlu-Mohammed Tevkelev (1674-1766), Tatar Murza (aristocrat), Russian diplomat and soldier, founder of the city of Chelyabinsk, major general
American Wyandotte chickens, cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by T.C. Heath. First prize winners at Crystal Palace and Birmingham 1886
Swiss coats of arms, c. 1340. Chromolithograph by A. Graeter from Die Wappenrolle von Zurich, The Zurich Armorial, Antiquarische Gesellschaft in Zurich, 1860
Two-person horse-drawn carriage called a vis-a-vis a l anglaise, English face to face. Built by M. Herve, master carriage builder of rue Feydeau
Woman in huge hats from the court of Marie AntoinetteWoman in sky-blue caraco wearing a huge straw hat lined with pink satin and decorated with ribbons, and woman in pink caraco with large hat in taffeta and gauze, decorated with artificial flowers
John of Austria (1547-1578). Spanish military. illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Presentation of John of Austria to Emperor Charles V at Yuste
Saint Francis Borgia (1510-1572). Marquis of Lombay and later 4th Duke of Gandia. This scene depicts Francisco de Borja's renunciation of the world after contemplating the putrefied corpse of
Paseo de las Delicias, 1785, by Ramon Bayeu y SubiasRamon Bayeu y Subias (1746-1793). Spanish painter. Paseo de las Delicias, 1785. History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid)
Princess Elizaveta Trubetskaya, Parisian salon hostessPrincess Elizaveta Esperovna Trubetskaya (Lise Troubetzkoi, 1834-1907), Russian lady-in-waiting and Parisian salon hostess. Date: circa 1860s
Noble visigoth. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883Early Medieval Period. Iberian Peninsula. Noble visigoth. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Date: 2019
Fadrique Enriquez de Velasco (1465-1538). Lord of Medina de Rioseco, 4th Admiral of Castile. Portrait, detail. Illustration by Letre. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana
Fernan Gonzalez (910-970). Count of Castile. Portrait. Detail. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias
Payo Gomez Charino (ca. 1225-1295)Payo Gomez Charino (ca.1225-1295). Galician poet and nobleman. Major governor (Adelantado Mayor) of the Kingdom of Galicia and troubadour in the Galician language. Portrait, detail
The Duchess of Hijar, by Juan Bautista Martinez del MazoJuan Bautista Martinez del Mazo (ca.1611-1667). Spanish painter. Portrait of the Duchess of Hijar. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019
Helena Potocka (1763-1815) by Franciszek SmuglewiczHelena Potocka (1763-1815). Polish Noblewoman. Portrait by Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745-1807), 1788-1792. Oil on canvas. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow
Stanislaw Oswiecim at the body of Anna Oswiecim, 1888Stanislaw Wojciech Bergman (1862-1930). Polish painter. Stanislaw Oswiecim at the body of Anna Oswiecim, 1888. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland
Royal Order of the Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa. Spanish order created by king Charles IV in 1792, reserved only for noble women
Poster, Muratti's Ariston cigarettes, As smoked by Royalty and the Nobility Date: circa 1950
Monastery of San Juan de la Pena. Pantheon of the Nobles. Detail of an relief depicting two angels raising the soul of the deceased in mandorla. At the bottom, Epiphany. Aragon. Spain
VISCOUNT, BARON CROWNSCoronets worn by a Viscount (left) and a Baron (right) Date: 1937
Group of Indian nobility in fine clothesVintage 19th century photograph: group of Indian nobility in fine clothes
Claude DuvalView of Claude Duvals house in Hornsey. drawn in 1825. Claude Duval (1643-1670) was a French highwayman in Restoration England
Lady Ennismore, formerly Freda Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, married to the Earl of Listowel sLady Ennismore, formerly Freda Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, married to the Earl of Listowels heir, pictured at Queens Club with two of her sons, the Hon. Richard Hare and the Hon
The cast of The Rose and the Ring starring five of the children of Lord and Lady Ennismore, including Richard Hare. Date: 1922
Old Tennis CourtThe old Tennis court near the Haymarket, London, appears to have formed part of Piccadilly Hall, a celebrated gaming house established about 1635
Woman of the nobility or courtier in silk kimono walkingWoman of the nobility or courtier in silk kimono with cypress fan walking in a garden under cherry blossoms. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanbas Ehon Imayo
London Docks, Greenwich Hospital and Chelsea Hospital. Entrance to the new London docks opened in 1805 in Wapping 85, disabled Navy pensioners at Greenwich Hospital 86
Portrait of Augusta Georgina Frederica FitzclarenceAugusta Georgina Frederica Fitzclarence, daughter of Lord Frederic Fitzclarence, illegitimate son of King William IV. She wears her hair in ringlets and ribbons
Daughters of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of BeaufortHenrietta Louisa Priscilla and Geraldine Harriet Somerset, daughters of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort. Two girls in off-the-shoulder dresses with ribbons, hair in ringlets
Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Sir William SomervillePortrait of Elizabeth Jane Somerville, daughter of Sir William Somerville, 1st Baron Athlumney. In ringlets and dress decorated with lace and ribbons, she stands playing a piano
Sons of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch and QueensberryEarl of Dalkeith (William Henry), Henry John and Walter Charles Scott Douglas, son of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry
Portrait of Frances Diana, daughter of Viscount CanterburyPortrait of Frances Diana, daughter of Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury. Seated on a cushion, she wears her hair in plaits and curls, and wears a dress decorated with lace
Children of Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of WiltonViscount Grey de Wilton and Elizabeth Grey Egerton, children of the Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton. Daughter in ringlets and frilly dress holding a doll
Portrait of Mary, daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, later Mary Matilda Georgiana Labouchere, Lady Taunton. In ringlets, with satin dress decorated with ribbons and lace
Mary Frances Elizabeth Stapleton, 17th Baroness le Despencer, aged 15. Later wife of Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth
Portrait of the daughters of Henry Somerset, 7th DukePortrait of Emily Blanche Charlotte, Rose Caroline and Emily Catherine Anne Somerset, daughters of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
Duke of Marlborough dressed as his ancestorJohn Albert William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough, (1897 - 1972), dressed as his ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, the victor at the Battle of Blenheim. Date: 1938
Sketch cover - Lady Brownlow by Madame YevondeKatherine Kitty Hariet Kinloch, Lady Brownlow (d.1952) photographed by Madame Yevonde She was the daughter of Brig.-Gen. Sir David Alexander Kinloch of Gilmerton
Swiss flags of bishoprics, c1340Swiss flags of bishoprics, c. 1340. Chromolithograph by A. Graeter from Die Wappenrolle von Zurich, The Zurich Armorial, Antiquarische Gesellschaft in Zurich, 1860
Frontispiece with skull, hourglass and sacred heartFrontispiece of noble man and woman in 16th century Swiss costume standing beside an allegorical escutcheon with skull, helmet, Times hourglass, skeleton and sacred heart. Mortalium Nobilitas
Hairstyles of Josephine de Beauharnais, 1788, later wife to Napoleon, from murals in the bathrooms at Malmaison in the Roman style
Women in hairstyles and hats of 1788Woman in a gauze pouf hat decorated with ribbons and plumes, and woman in a gauze pouf hat decorated with artificial roses and plumes. Both in hairstyles of ringlets and curls by M
Man in fashionable suit, 1788Man in suit of moss-green satin, white hose, tricorn hat, shoes with silver buckles and an epee. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times
Fashionable hats of 1788Woman in large striped bonnet-hat over a gauze night cap, and woman in black felt hat with feather trim, ribbons and plumes
Woman in the fashion of 1788Woman in jacket of Naples blue, petticoat in Naples yellow, large fichu jabot, straw hat decorated with a large violet ribbon tied to the front of her bodice
Women in fashionable hats of 1788Woman in bonnet-hat in red, green and white, with yellow plumes and artificial roses, and woman in hat of gauze and taffeta surmounted by feathers
Fashionable armchairs of 1788: a bergere in striped silk and carved walnut, and a fauteuil in Aubusson tapestry and carved walnut
Woman in see-through muslin shirt dress, 1788Woman in linen gauze bonnet decorated with pearls, see-through muslin shirt-dress with black belt worn over a pink taffeta corset and petticoat
Woman in yellow taffeta demi-redingote, 1788Woman in canary-yellow taffeta demi-redingote, pink pointed bodice, white taffeta petticoat, and fichu. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and plumes
Woman in mourning dress of black taffeta, 1788Woman in mourning dress of black taffeta, fichu of white Italian gauze, and bonnet-hat in white crepe. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times
Woman dancing a minuet, 1788Woman dancing a minuet in apple-green caraco over a white gilet, white fichu-jabot, pink satin petticoat, and green slippers
Light carriage called a diligence or voiture-coupe for two passengers from the court of Marie Antoinette. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times
Marie Antoinettes sleigh, a carriage mounted on skis. Marie Antoinette raced Madame de Lamballe around Versailles. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times
Woman in a sea-green redingote with two collars, 1787Woman in a sea-green redingote with two collars, gauze fichu, felt hat in canary decorated with ribbons, her hair tied with a hairpin a la Cagliostro. She holds a long cane or badine
Silver salt cellar showing the arcades of the Palais Royal, designed by Grancher, jeweller at Petit-Dunkerque. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times
Woman in black and poppy-red outfit, 1787Woman in large black felt hat with a poppy-red ribbon, caraco jacket, violet corset, and black and poppy petticoats, white fichu and falbala, 1787
Bonnet a l Iphigenie and chapeau a la ColetteBonnet a l Iphigenie, a pouf in white gauze with flowers inspired by the 1779 opera by Gluck, and chapeau a la Colette, straw hat decorated with ribbons
Ecus or blazons of the German nobility, 15th century. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larcheys Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d Or et de l Europe au 15e siecle
Music cover, Auf Wiedersehen, by Caroline LowthianMusic cover, Auf Wiedersehen (Until We Meet Again), waltz played at all the nobilitys balls, by Caroline Lowthian. circa 1860
A house party at Hillsborough, Northern Irelanda house party at Hillsborough, Northern Ireland. In the foreground are Lady Mary Leveson-Gower (the Queens niece), Princess Margaret, the Countess of Granville (the Queens elder sister), The Queen
Noble German couple in costume. Date: circa 1650
Rene, Duc d Anjou at Aix-en-ProvenceRene, Duc d Anjou and Comte de Provence (1409-80) in procession with his courtiers at Aix-en-Provence. Date: circa 1460
Charles Robert Spencer, sixth Earl Spencer (1857 - 1922), before that Viscount Althorp until he succeeded to the title in 1910, British courtier and Liberal politician
Kudurru (stele) of King Marduk-zakir-shumi (852-828 BC). An act of donation to a priest of the temple of Eana of Uruk. Mesopotamia. Limestone. Cuneiforme. Babylon exposore. Louvre. Paris
Der Schenk Von Limburg, ministerial Swabian (mid 13th century) says goodbye to his lady before leaving. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Fol. 82v
Bernger Von Horheim (late 12th century). of the court of HenrBernger Von Horheim (late 12th century). German poet of the court of Henry IV. The poet with his beloved holding a dog in her lap, a symbol of fidelity. Fol
Hartmann von Aue, German poetHartmann von Aue, leading poet of the Middle High German period. He also took part in the Crusade of 1196-97. Date: c 1170 - c 1210
Princess Victor Duleep Singh (Lady Anne Coventry)Lady Anne Coventry, whose marriage to the bankrupt royal Sikh Prince Victor Duleep Singh in 1898 was controversial - it was the first time an English noblewoman had married an Indian prince
Rozsika Rothschild (1870-1940)Hungarian baroness, champion tennis player and wife of Charles Rothschild, she resided in Tring Park where the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum was founded
Lady Violet AstorViolet Astor, Lady Astor of Hever (n饠 Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound) DStJ (28 May 18893 January 1965), daughter of the 4th Earl of Minto and the wife of John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever
1937 Coronation - A Sea of CoronetsHenry, Duke of Gloucester, wearing the coronet of a Prince of the Blood Royalwhich is similar to that of an Heir-apparent but without the arch and orb
