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Jovial Party Goers / SieJovial guests at a party. Date: circa 1908
Garden Party, HatfieldGarden party in honour of the Shah of Persia, then visiting Britain, at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, the seat of the Marquis of Salisbury Date: 1889
Crackers by Charles RobinsonChildren have fun pulling Christmas crackers, wearing the paper hats and reading the jokes that came out of them Date: 1906
Social Groups / PartiesA party with streamers Date: 1890s
Champagne and DessertDinner guests affable over the dessert course, while a waiter hovers with more champagne Date: 1903
Fancy Dress / 1835 / LanteA French fancy dress party Date: circa 1835
Dinner party at a chateauAn aristocratic party going in to dinner in a chateau Date: 1887
Babel / Consequences / PunchConsequences of the Tower of Babel An unfortunate dinner party seating arrangement. Date: 1879
Children dancing at a partyThere, in a corner, all by herself, a little girl was gravely dancing. A small boy watches a little girl dancing on her own at a childrens party. Date: 1901
Photos of partygoers going to Happy New Year Ball, 1925Black and white photographs in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 5th December 1925 showing revellers trying on costumes for the Happy New Year Costume Ball being held at the Albert Hall
Advertisement for Selfridges in the SketchBlack and white half page advertisement for Nursery Rhyme fancy dress characters in the Juvenile Fancy Dress Department at Selfridges
Advertisement for Harrods in the SketchBlack and white half-page advertisement for Harrods Fancy Dress department in the Sketch, 28th November 1928. Date: 28th November 1928
Mrs Spencer-Watson and Miss Mary Spencer-WatsonBlack and white photograph in the Sketch of Mrs Spencer-Watson and Miss Mary Spencer-Watson as G Arnolfini of Luca and his Wife by J Van Eyck at the Picture Ball given by the Society of
Mrs Ronald Armstrong-Jones in The SketchBlack and white photograph of Mrs Ronald Armstrong-Jones dressed as Ice and Snow for the Ball of the Midnight Sun organised by Mrs Robin d Erlanger at the Park Lane Hotel
Lady Diana Cooper in The SketchBlack and white photograph of Lady Diana Cooper dressed as Sir Peter Lelys Diana - complete with greyhounds - at the Picture costume ball held at the Grafton Galleries, London
Miss Nancy BeatonBlack and white photograph of Miss Nancy Beaton in her Air dress for the Tha Ball of the Midnight Sun organised by Mrs Robin d Erlanger at the Park Lane Hotel, London on 22nd November 1928
Is it Worth It? Page from The Sketch on debutante seasonPage from The Sketch featuring an article by the photographer Tom Hustler reporting on whether the season, for the debutante was worth it
Sketch front cover - Debutante Number 1958Front cover of The Sketch magazine, Debutante number from March 1958 featuring a young woman in a floral ball gown about to leave a party (or perhaps just arrive?). Date: 1958
Ball at Downing StreetPARTIES The Countessa of Clarendons Ball at Downing Street Date: 1853
German Carnival PartyTwos company, threes none, at a German carnival party Date: 1922
Wild Carnival PartyA German party during the Carnival Date: 1922
Tatler photo of Hon Eddy Stonor & Mrs George Cornwallis-WestTatler photograph of 27th October 1909, entitled Lord Cravens Shooting Party at Coombe Abbey, showing some of the members of the party
That Little Old Mother of Mine by F G KimberleyPromotional postcard for That Little Old Mother of Mine by Mrs F. G. Kimberley. First produced Junction Theatre, Manchester, 20th October and Elephant & Castle Theatre, 24th November 1919. Artist: E
Mr Robert Byron as a Victorian angelMr Robert Byron dressed as a Victorian angel at Mr and Mrs Bryan Guinesss 1860 party. Date: 1929
Old Heidelberg by Rudolf BleichmannPromotional postcard for Old Heidelberg by Rudolf Bleichmann from the German of Wilhelm Meyer-Forster. First produced at St. Jamess Theatre, 19th March 1903
Home Sweet Home by Frank LindoPromotional postcard for Home Sweet Home by Frank Lindo. First produced at the Carleton Theatre, Greenwich, 18th May 1903 and Grand Theatre, Islington, 4th July 1904
Three Arts Ball at The Albert HallAn impression of the Dazzle Ball at The Albert Hall, 1919 Date: 1919
Family celebrating with birthday cake and champagneFamily of four celebrating with birthday cake and champagne. Date: circa 1980s
Party dress by Maggy Rouff, 1959A pretty look that characterised the Paris collections of 1959, manifested in a little party dress by Maggy Rouff. The Tatler states that it is easy to copy
Childrens entertainer at a party" Uncle" Piet Tovenaar (born Frederick Bliss) in action with his ventriloquists dummy at a childrens party in London in 1965. Date: 1965
Couple at house party in ManchesterA couple get to know each other amongst the clutter of beer cans and bottles at a Manchester house party. Date: circa 1980
China Town. Street party, Queens Jubilee Middlesbrough 1977 1977
Debutantes out and about in the 1960sA variety of photographs showing debutantes out and about at parties in the Swinging Sixties. They went to Guinea parties and Shake parties in fast cars and wearing the latest fashions Date: 1964
Powdering Pierrot by Baird - 1920sStylised illustration showing a woman in a fancy dress style costume, surrounded by balloons, powdering the face of her Pierrot doll
Miss Modern Christmas front cover by Wilton WilliamsFront cover of the Christmas number of Miss Modern magazine featuring a young woman in a brightly coloured paper party hat. Date: 1931
Celebrating the royal wedding at the Hotel Cecil, 1923A large group of revellers on the dancefloor at the Hotel Cecil, Strand, London pose for a cheery photograph as they celebrate the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in April 1923
Celebrating the royal wedding at the Hotel Metropole, 1923Revellers at the Hotel Metropole dressed party hats as they gather to celebrate the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1923. Date: 1923
The Bystander Christmas Number, 1929Inside front cover of The Bystander Christmas Number 1929 featuring a page of vignettes showing entertainment and nightlife scenes, while in the centre, two dandyish chaps sip champagne. Date: 1929
I Insouciante by Claude SheppersonScene outside a ball in the early 1920s with two revellers in full costume, sitting on the kerb outside, smoking and cigarette and disregarding the curious onlookers. Date: 1920
Dinner reception at election timeUpper class ladies and gentlemen at a dinner reception at election time, with a results board above them naming the four political parties: Conservative, NAT Liberal, Liberal and Labour
Christmas Festivities in the Shakspere Hut, WW1A busy scene of festive jollity at the Shakspere Hut, one of numerous YMCA huts erected around London during the First World War to provide rest, food
Society dinner party in wartime, WW1Illustration to accompany the Letters of Eve gossip column in The Tatler, showing a society dinner party, with guests wrapped in furs against the cold
Decca Gramophone advertisement, post warAdvertisement for the Decca gramophone, showing a jolly party with some men in khaki uniform and some in evening dress dancing with girls
Carnival by F. WoolrichStriking illustration of a woman dressed in a flamboyant, theatrical costume, having her hand kissed (at least I think its her hand) by a man in a Pierrot costume. Date: 1914
The Onions, WW1 entertainment troupeThe Onions, a concert party entertaining troops on the Western Front during the First World War, so-called because they said they were always
The Gamecocks, WW1 entertainment troupeThe Gamecocks, one of the many divisional concert parties entertaining troops on the Western Front. Despite the deceptive appearance of the girl in the middle, she really is a man. Date: 1918
Childrens Coronation Fete in Victoria Park, 1902A fete for children in Victoria Park, East London, in celebration of the Coronation of King Edward VII on 24 June 1902. Entertainment was provided by a number of music hall stars who dressed up for a
Hon. Anthony and Mrs Vivian by Madame YevondeThe Hon. Anthony and Mrs Vivian by Madame Yevonde. Anthony Crespigny Claude Vivian, 5th Baron Vivian (1906-1991) and Victoria Ruth Mary Rosamund Oliphant (1907-1985) married in 1930