Polka Collection (page 4)

Carriages Waiting
THE LAST POLKA Carriages waiting in a moonlit street outside a house where a ball is being held Date: circa 1860

Art Nouveau Polka
The Art Nouveau Polka : though its hard to see how music can express the Art Nouveau style, this is certainly a reflection of popular taste. Date: circa 1900

Music cover, Honeymoon Polka
A contented couple on their honeymoon on a music cover for the Honeymoon Polka, composed by John J Blockley. Date: circa 1860

Girl & Lamb
A pretty little girl cuddles a pretty little lamb. Date: 19th century

Music cover for The Queen and Prince Alberts Polka, by Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860). Victoria and Albert are depicted early in their marriage, turned towards the viewer as they dance the polka

Britannia and Eve magazine, March 1937
Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous, cheeky young lady wearing a red and white polka dot neck-tie, and a huge grin

Britannia and Eve magazine, July 1935
Front cover illustration featuring a 1930s woman attired in a red polka dot hat and matching scarf, tied in a bow

Britannia and Eve magazine, May 1938
Front cover illustration featuring a model bedecked in a pink and purple polka-dot head scarf, carrying a large bunch of yellow and red tulips

Music cover for See Me Dance the Polka, based on George Grossmiths popular song, arranged by Edward Solomon (1855-1895). George Grossmith (1847-1912) was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor

Music cover for Julliens American Polka (part of Louis Antoine Julliens Celebrated Polkas series), based on popular American melodies and dedicated to Mr Thompson of Glasgow

Music cover for The Bohemian Polka, composed by Herrman Koenig (1827-1898) and dedicated to Viscount Bury (later the 7th Earl of Albemarle)

Music cover for The Promenade and At Home Polkas, depicting two young ladies on the right about to go out for a walk, in wide-brimmed straw hats and bloomers

Music cover for Two Circassian Polkas, piano pieces composed by Khue Lindoff. Two women of the northern Caucasus are depicted in traditional costume, one in red and white

Ivanhoe Polka, music sheet
Cover design for a music sheet of the Ivanhoe Polka, by Thomas Browne, depicting two medieval horsemen in armour on the bank of a river in the moonlight, based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott

Couple dancing the polka on a music sheet
A couple wearing ermine-trimmed costumes dance the polka hand in hand on a music sheet entitled The Musical Bouquet. The music itself consists of The Redowa and Polish Polkas composed

Princess Diana visiting St Marys, Scilly Isles
Princess Diana on a visit to St Marys in the Isles of Scilly. She is wearing a polka dot dress and is pregnant with her first child. She appears to be bending down to speak to someone in a wheelchair

Chidren and an Austin A40
A girl and her younger brother leaning against the front of A fine Austin A40 on a windy day

Delineator cover August 1929
Front cover illustration featuring a fashionable art deco woman wearing a large brimmed yellow hat trimmed with a polka dot ribbon and matching scarf

Canadian Politician - John G. Farmer

Britannia and Eve front cover, September 1954
An elegant woman in a navy and white skirt suit, offset by a white hat and gloves, poses elegantly on a table next to a vase of chrysanthemums or marigolds

Gordon Conway(1894-1956). Prolific costume designer for the theatre and film, and contributor to magazines such as " The Tatler" and " Eve"

A suit for the sports woman, by Gordon Conway
A fashion illustration showing a polka dot suit worn with a molded felt hat

Belgium: the coast
Poster from the Belgian Luxembourg tourism office in Brussels proclaiming the attractions of the Belgian coast with a female figure in beach wear and sun hat against a blue ground with beach huts

Young children sitting on a tree stump
Cartoon-style watercolour fantasy painting of two young children in rural costume, sitting atop a tree stump. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Police Prevent Polka
Polka Mania : the Police intervene to prevent the perceived excesses of this immoral dance

Exhausted by the Polka
Polka Mania : the drawback of dancing with a man wearing spurs

Stiebel / Coat and Hat
A fashion design by Victor Stiebel (1907-76) featuring a matching outfit of beige coat, dress & jaunty hat, trimmed with black & white polka dots

Break of Day Polka
The Break of Day polka

Great Eastern Polka
The mighty ship inspires countless spin-offs : Charles Coote juniors The Great Eastern polka is actually performed on board the ship by Macfarlanes Band

Julliens Polka
The polka, introduced in 1844, is danced at the soirees du haut ton in London, Paris, Vienna etc and rapidly becomes a staple of every fashionable ballroom

Marriage Ball Polka
Dancing the polka at a royal marriage ball : the polka is first introduced in 1844 and rapidly catches on in fashionable ballrooms

Touseled Pin-Up in Hay
Grinning, tousled brunette lies amongst the hay wearing a shirt with enormous red polka dots

Costume / Pedal Pushers
White open neck blouse with half-length sleeves & turned back cuffs, red & white vertically striped pedal pushers worn with shoes with multi-coloured polka dots

The Polka-Quadrille
The Polka Quadrille - the polka at its most restrained, unlikely to offend the older generation

Overdoing the Polka
Polka Mania : the alarming effects of over-indulgence !

Polka too Violent
Polka Mania : too violent for some !

Polka Disapproved 1844
Polka Mania : the perceived excesses of this savage dance are frowned upon by elders and authorities

Ladies & Girl 1904
Elegant ladies, one in blue gown and with parasol, the other in polka dot dress with bolero style bodice, accompany a small girl in a pink lace dress with sash

Coronation / Moscow 1896
The coronation of Nicolas II and Alexandra of Russia, which apparently inspired a polka!

Carlotta Grisi / Polka
CARLOTTA GRISI (Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi) Italian ballet dancer, seen here with Jules Perrot in La Polka

Colonial Polka C1870
THE COLONIAL POLKA - when colonial meant conferring the blessings of civilisation on the benighted natives

Military / Drum Polka
A military drummer boy in a rather imaginative- looking uniform

Tamara Karsavina / Ils 28
TAMARA KARSAVINA Russian ballet dancer dancing the polka in Les Vendredis

Morning Dress 1799
Two ladies in Morning Dress for September 1799 : one carries a tiny parasol while her companion reads a letter

Polka, Grisi & Perrot
Two of the leading dancers of the day - Carlotta Grisi and Jules Perrot - perform the fashionable polka

Polka (Bohemian)
Polka means half-step in Czech, and this step which took first the dance halls and then the ballrooms of Europe by storm, scandalising many, is of Bohemian origin

Polka Mania, 1844
Polka Mania : an accomplished couple excite admiration in a ballroom

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