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Piccadilly Collection

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Wodehouse / Jeeves / Wooster

Wodehouse / Jeeves / Wooster
Front cover of Piccadilly Jim, showing a couple playing footsie beneath the dining table

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Fortnum & Mason

Fortnum & Mason
The Fortnum and Mason lettering sign above the door of the famous store, selling luxury goods of all description, Piccadilly, London. Date: 1960s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Please, Mr Policeman, where is Father Christmas by Matania

Please, Mr Policeman, where is Father Christmas by Matania
In the centre of London, close to Piccadilly Circus, two children stop a policeman from directing traffic to ask him where Father Christmas is

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Circus 1956

Piccadilly Circus 1956
Piccadilly Circus street scene, with huge billboards advertising Bovril, Wrigleys and Craven A cigarettes amongst others

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly by Night, London

Piccadilly by Night, London Date: 1960s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: A map of Ladies and Gentlemans Clubs of London

A map of Ladies and Gentlemans Clubs of London
A map of Ladies and Gentlemans Clubs of the West End of London - Clubland. Date: circa 1910

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Map of London Underground railway, Hampstead Tube

Map of London Underground railway, Hampstead Tube
Map of London Underground railway extension, highlighting the recently opened Hampstead Tube (Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway), branching out to Golders Green and Highgate. Date: 1907

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Circus, London

Piccadilly Circus, London Date: 1960s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Ritz Hotel London

Ritz Hotel London
The exterior of the Ritz hotel, Piccadilly, London. Date: 1987

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: The neon lights of Piccadilly Circus at night, London

The neon lights of Piccadilly Circus at night, London Date: circa 1950s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Vesta Tilley / Piccadilly

Vesta Tilley / Piccadilly
VESTA TILLEY Music hall entertainer, best known for her male impersonations, singing Algy, the Piccadilly Johnny (with the little glass eye)

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: London - Piccadilly Circus in the 1920s

London - Piccadilly Circus in the 1920s
London - Piccadilly Circus photographed in 1924. The Trocadero is showing Wanderer in the Wasteland - an American colour silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Jack Holt

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Colonel Stodare at the Egyptian Hall

Colonel Stodare at the Egyptian Hall
Colonel Stodare the liverpudlian ventriloquist and magician (1831 to 1866) performing using an Indian Basket at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London. Date: circa 1865

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Princess Elizabeth and corgis

Princess Elizabeth and corgis
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) pictured at her childhood home of 145 Piccadilly playing with the familys corgis. Date: 1936

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Londons new amusement: Up and down the escalator

Londons new amusement: Up and down the escalator
Illustration from 1911 of the first escalators ever installed on the underground, between the District and the Piccadilly line platforms at Earls Court station

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly / Eros 1950S

Piccadilly / Eros 1950S
The famous statue of Eros in the middle of Piccadilly Circus

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Underground Railway Station, London, England. Date: 1913

Piccadilly Underground Railway Station, London, England. Date: 1913

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Manchester Piccadilly

Manchester Piccadilly, central Manchester, England. Date: 1960s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Regent Palace Hotel Kitchens, London

Regent Palace Hotel Kitchens, London
Regent Palace Hotel Kitchens, Piccadilly, London - The Brigade in action. The Hotel opened in 1915 and closed in 2006. Over 50 people can be seen working in the kitchen in this shot

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Plaza Hotel

Piccadilly Plaza Hotel
The modern Piccadilly Plaza Hotel, Manchester, England, which was built in 1965. Date: 1960s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Aldwych Tube Station

Aldwych Tube Station
The exterior of ALDWYCH STATION, on the Piccadilly Line, faced with the distinctive red ceramic tiles employed at the time

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus and the Statue of Eros, London. The street scene is dominated by advertising hoardings and illuminations for Gordons Gin, Wrigleys Chewing Gum and others

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Circus 1930S

Piccadilly Circus 1930S
The Statue of Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London, England

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Egyptian Hall

Egyptian Hall

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Manchester, England - Piccadilly Gardens

Manchester, England - Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester, England - the busy Piccadilly Street and Piccadilly Gardens showing shop fronts, cars, and businesses. circa 1910s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea, London

Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea, London
The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) Power House (Lots Road Power Station), Chelsea, London. Built to power the newly created Piccadilly underground line

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Bee Jackson dancing the charleston

Bee Jackson dancing the charleston
Dancer Bee Jackson demonstrating the Charleston which she was performing at the Piccadilly Revels cabaret at the Piccadilly Hotel after making a name for herself in America

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Statue of Eros

Statue of Eros
The famous statue of the Greek god of love, Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London, was sculpted by Alfred Gilbert in 1893. It was originally called the Shaftesbury Monument. Date: 1893

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Mapleton Hotel, Coventry Street, London

Mapleton Hotel, Coventry Street, London
Mapleton Hotel and restaurant, Coventry Street in central London just along from Piccadilly Circus. A lorry with milk churns is in the foreground

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Princes Restaurant, London

Princes Restaurant, London
The interior of the Princes Restaurant, Piccadilly, London, 1920s Date: 1910-1920

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Circus 1950S

Piccadilly Circus 1950S
Piccadilly Circus street scene, with huge billboards advertising Bovril, Wrigleys and Craven A cigarettes amongst others

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Circus 1969

Piccadilly Circus 1969
Young people hang around the Eros statue in Piccadilly Circus

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Maskelyne & Cooks automaton, Psycho

Maskelyne & Cooks automaton, Psycho
Maskelyne & Cooks thought-reading, whist playing automaton, Psycho, as demonstrated at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Manchester / Piccadilly

Manchester / Piccadilly
Manchester Piccadilly from the Royal Hotel

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Restaurant Maxim, 30 Wardour Street, Soho, London

Restaurant Maxim, 30 Wardour Street, Soho, London
circa 1910s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Queens Bargemaster and Watermen in Queen Victoria s

Queens Bargemaster and Watermen in Queen Victoria s
The Queens Bargemaster of the Royal Household and 48 Watermen in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: The Lyceum Club, 1908

The Lyceum Club, 1908
The Lyceum Club, formed in 1903 for the purpose of bringing together the cultured women of the world for mutual knowledge and understanding, for the furtherance of their intellectual interests

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway - Finsbury Park

Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway - Finsbury Park
Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway (London Underground) - Finsbury Park - Platform Number 1. This line opened on 14th February 1904

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Tube stations transformed by G. H. Davis

Tube stations transformed by G. H. Davis
A Piccadilly Circus underground: tube stations transformed. The maze of London tubes: wonderful new junctions completed or in progress of construction. Date: 1927

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Berkeley Hotel, Piccadilly, London

Berkeley Hotel, Piccadilly, London
Berkeley Hotel, on the corner of Piccadilly and Berkeley Street, London, with the entrance gates to Devonshire House in the foreground

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: If London were Venice, Piccadilly Circus

If London were Venice, Piccadilly Circus. A view of London if its streets were canals. c. 1900s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: PICCADILLY / CRUIKSHANK

PICCADILLY / CRUIKSHANK
Piccadilly: a coach departs from the White Horse Cellar Date: 1820

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Circus, London 1926

Piccadilly Circus, London 1926
Piccadilly Circus and the statue of Eros in London at night, 1926. Date: 1926

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: London Life - A Flower Seller in Piccadilly Circus

London Life - A Flower Seller in Piccadilly Circus Date: circa 1940

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Princess Elizabeth of York in the garden

Princess Elizabeth of York in the garden
Princess Elizabeth of York (now Queen Elizabeth II) taken at the Yorks London residence, 145, Piccadilly in 1936 with two of her corgis

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Marriage of Baroness Burdett-Coutts to William Ashmead-Bartl

Marriage of Baroness Burdett-Coutts to William Ashmead-Bartl
Engraving showing the marriage of Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) to William Ashmead-Bartlett (1851-1921) in Christ Church, Piccadilly, London, 1881

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Two forms of transport on a London bridge

Two forms of transport on a London bridge -- a double decker bus on the left, a horse and cart on the right. The bus is on Route 33A, serving Sheen, Hammersmith, Kensington, Piccadilly Circus

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Park Lane Hotel on Piccadilly, London

Park Lane Hotel on Piccadilly, London. Date: circa 1920

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Police dog handler

Police dog handler

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Social / Piccadilly Grill

Social / Piccadilly Grill
Elegant diners-out, all but one (a uniformed soldier) in evening dress, patronise the Piccadilly Grill, a noted restaurant in the fashionable heart of London

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: The Criterion Restaurant, Piccadilly, London W1

The Criterion Restaurant, Piccadilly, London W1, with the statue of Eros on the right. Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Circus 1928

Piccadilly Circus 1928
More changes to the traffic layout at Piccadilly Circus - work in progress round the Eros statue, which I suppose is somewhere behind the hoardings. Date: 1928

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Kitchen staff, Piccadilly Hotel, London W1

Kitchen staff, Piccadilly Hotel, London W1
Group photo of kitchen staff and others, possibly with the manager at the centre of the front row, Piccadilly Hotel, London W1. Date: 1908

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly, London

Piccadilly, London
Window Studies -- the Festive Hour, early evening in Piccadilly. At 7.45 pm anyone who is anyone is on their way to a dinner party, a dance or the theatre

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London

Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London
A hansom cab trots past Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London, the town residence of Lord Palmerston

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus
viewed from Coventry Street

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, London, 1858

Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, London, 1858
Engraving showing Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, decorated with wreaths and banners for the Royal Wedding, 1858

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Stationary traffic along a busy Piccadilly at night

Stationary traffic along a busy Piccadilly at night, showing a London taxi cab for hire, and the illuminated signs of Piccadilly Circus in the background in London

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Ball-room dancing at the Piccadilly Hotel, London

Ball-room dancing at the Piccadilly Hotel, London
Londons most popular partners, Miss Leonora Hughes and Mr Maurice, giving an exhibition dance during supper at the Piccadilly Hotel

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Hippies

Piccadilly Hippies
Young people enjoying the sunshine at Piccadilly Circus under Eros

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: BULLOCKs MUSEUM 1811

BULLOCKs MUSEUM 1811
Housed in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, William Bullocks miscellaneous collection is a popular attraction at a period when official museums hardly exist

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: London / Piccadilly Circus

London / Piccadilly Circus
London/Piccadilly Circus

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Map of London Underground railway, for Harrods

Map of London Underground railway, for Harrods
Map of the London Underground railway, How to Reach Harrods by Tube. Date: circa 1909

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Ancient Germanic warriors on a battlefield

Ancient Germanic warriors on a battlefield. Formations of cavalry, infantry and other troops behind wheeled vehicles. Warrior at left with winged helmet, sword, shield, fur cape and tunic

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Antonio Corsi, model for Eros statue

Antonio Corsi, model for Eros statue
Antonio Corsi, well-known male model, famous for posing for the statue of Eros at Piccadilly Circus. Date: 1909

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Bee Jackson doing her Charleston dance in Playtime

Bee Jackson doing her Charleston dance in Playtime at the Piccadilly ca Date: 1925

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: The Tatler presents map of Piccadilly Circus & its environs

The Tatler presents map of Piccadilly Circus & its environs
A fabulous map illustration of Londons West End focusing on the area radiating from Piccadilly Circus pin pointing main streets, hotels, night spots, theatres and landmarks. Date: 1950

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Main Restaurant, Hotel Piccadilly, New York City, USA

Main Restaurant, Hotel Piccadilly, New York City, USA
Main Restaurant, Hotel Piccadilly, West 45th Street at Broadway, New York City, USA. Date: circa 1930

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Advert, L & H Nathan, Fancy Dress Costume

Advert, L & H Nathan, Fancy Dress Costume
Advert for L & H Nathan, Coventry Street, Piccadilly Circus, London -- Fancy Dress Costume for balls and theatricals. 1885

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: The Trocadero Restaurant, London

The Trocadero Restaurant, London
Situated on the corner of Londons Shaftesbury Avenue and Windmill Street, famous for its theatre which never closed, the Trocadero Restaurant was one of the most exclusive restaurants in Europe when

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Circus, London, early 1900s

Piccadilly Circus, London, early 1900s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Manchester Piccadilly in the 1870s

Manchester Piccadilly in the 1870s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Aerial view of Piccadilly Circus, London

Aerial view of Piccadilly Circus, London

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Victorian London from the air - Piccadilly Circus

Victorian London from the air - Piccadilly Circus - circa 1900

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Burlington House, Piccadilly, London - Victorian period

Burlington House, Piccadilly, London - Victorian period

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Burlington House and Piccadilly, London

Burlington House and Piccadilly, London

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: London Piccadilly Circus early 1900s

London Piccadilly Circus early 1900s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Regent Palace Hotel - Piccadilly Circus, London, W1

Regent Palace Hotel - Piccadilly Circus, London, W1 - The Rotunda Court Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly - towards London Road, Manchester

Piccadilly - towards London Road, Manchester

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly and Infirmary, Manchester

Piccadilly and Infirmary, Manchester

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly, Manchester

Piccadilly, Manchester

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly, London, Victorian period

Piccadilly, London, Victorian period

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Piccadilly Circus London Victorian period

Piccadilly Circus London Victorian period

Background imagePiccadilly Collection: Benavente's popular Sextette Jazz Band, October 1922

Benavente's popular Sextette Jazz Band, October 1922
Benavente's popular Sextette Jazz Band, currently playing at the Piccadilly Hotel, October 1922 Date: 1922



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