Posh Collection

Harrogate Ladies College
A girls school in a castle: Harrogate Colleges pleasant retreat at Lord Swintons residence near Ripon, Yorkshire at the beginning of World War II

Fortnum & Masons Christmas Box for soldiers, WW1
Advertisement for quintessential London department store, Fortnum & Mason, in particular their Thirty Shilling Xmas Box of selected provisions which could be sent to the front for lucky soldiers

Map of the St. Jamess & Bond Street areas of London
A map of the St. Jamess and Bond Street areas of London, with a number of key landmarks annotated including the famous gentlemens clubs of St

Ladies Cycling Club
Jolly Hockey sticks! Its the Rosslyn Ladies Cycling Club, causing quite a stir as they cycle through the village of Hadham Cross, Hertfordshire, England. 1930s

Birds-eye view of the Social London, 1914
An aerial view of the two prestigious, social areas of London - Mayfair and Belgravia. In the foreground is Belgravia with its eastern frontier running down from Grosvenor Place

The Parents Who Came By Charabanc by H. M. Bateman
A young Etonian school boy is aghast to find that his parents decide to travel to the Fourth of June celebrations in a charabanc along with a motley selection of ordinary folk. Date: 1933

Old Maid card - Butler. circa 1940s

Schoolboys at Eton College, Eton, Windsor, Berkshire. Date: 1920s

The Tatler cover - Fashion for debutantes - party
Front cover of society magazine, The Tatler featuring a photograph of people doing what looks like the twist at the annual ball of the Heythrop Hunt held at R.A.F. Little Rissington

Little boy on rocking horse
A rather superior looking little boy dressed in a tartan kilt and Scottish velvet jacket rides on a rocking horse. In the background are a toy castle, a model train engine with signals

The Best People, by Gray and Hopgood
The Best People, a comedy by David Gray and Avery P Hopgood. First produced in England at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, March 1926, and later the same month at the Lyric Theatre, London

Gertrude Fitzpatrick 2
Lady GERTRUDE FITZPATRICK daughter of the second earl of Upper Ossory, but even with her posh name and her handsome looks, she chose never to wed. Date: CIRCA 1781 - 1841

Gertrude Fitzpatrick
Lady GERTRUDE FITZPATRICK daughter of the second earl of Upper Ossory, but even with her posh name and her handsome looks, she chose never to wed. Date: CIRCA 1781 - 1841

Debutantes Curtsying
Debutantes learning to curtsy at the famous Josephine Bradley School, preparing to be presented at Buckingham Palace and other High Society events, at the start of the Season. Date: 1930s

Berkleley Hotel Dinner
Dinner at the Berkeley Hotel, London, on a Sunday evening Date: 1914

Cheshire Fox Meet
Well-to-do fox hunters standing beside their cars with a pack of Royal Rock Beagles at a Meet at Storeton, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

Balloon Race at Hurlingham, south west London
Scene at a balloon race at Hurlingham, south west London -- a social event as well as a sporting occasion

Social / Men in Bar 1913
Two debonair men-about-town wear evening dress clothes of white tie & black tailcoat, top hat, wing collar & dress pumps. One wears a cape with silk faced collar & lapels

Flotow Martha Quartet
The delightful spinning quartet from Act Two, as the two posh ladies, disguised as country girls, reveal their inability to perform mundane household tasks

DRINKS AT MAXIMs 1911
The gentleman seems overwhelmed by the attentions of five - count them ! - five elegantly dressed cocottes who evidently use Maxims as their favourite watering hole

Dancing Tango 1919
Seriously passionate couples dance the tango

Client: Mary Black - White and Blue Lace Net Evening Dress
Client: Mary Black - White/Blue Lace/Net Evening Dress - March 12, 1953 Date: 1953

Guests at the Bicester and Warden Hill Hunt Ball at Kirtlington Park, home of the Budgett family. Pictured in the Monkey Room, with the magnificent painted ceiling by Clermont in 1745. Date: 1964

Le Grand Vefour in the gardens of the Palais-Royal - Raymond Oliver. Paris, France. Date: circa 1930s

A La Fete Des Fleurs
This illustration shows two young women driving a vehicle decorated lavishly with flowers in red, pink and white, at a posh flower festival

En Sandwich
This illustration portrays a young lady wearing a fashionable white dress, attending a posh event, tightly sandwiched between two top hat wearing gentlemen to each side. Date: circa 1901

Green Door
An oil painting of some female figures, holding parasols, stood by a solid green door of a posh street. Date: circa 1915

The Striped Blouse
A painting of a seated woman in a black and white striped blouse, sat in front of a mirror which reflects the fact that she is attending a posh event. Date: circa 1914

Gilbey's spey-royal whiskey
Advert for Gilbey's spey-royal whiskey. Man is seen hunting. Date: 1925

Douglas Jardine, England Cricket Captain
Douglas Jardine (1900-1958), who had captained the England cricket team to Ashes victory earlier in the year. There had been controversy due to the bodyline bowling tactics used by the English team

Collins Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Collins, sydney based jewellers, promoting Zenith watches, for ever - and a day, stated to be more expensive, but very enduring

Disadvantages of a short cut. "I have kept my dear Amelia waiting a deuced long time
Disadvantages of a short cut. " I have kept my dear Amelia waiting a deuced long time! - but this short cut will soon bring me to her enchanting presence;

Comic postcard, Two women in a cafe Date: 20th century

The Smart Set Entertainers - who performed at Tunbridge Wells in 1906. Date: 1906

Comic postcard, Two women argue in street Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Socially superior - two women Date: 20th century

Front cover of The Sketch featuring engaged couple, actress Frances Doble, and sir Anthony Lindsay-Hogg wearing rather bizarre and ill-advised costume

The Ladies Mile in the Row
Typical scene on Rotten Row in Hyde Park, where smart London society traditionally went to ride their horses. Date: 1923

The Most Brilliant Fourth of June at Eton, 1911
Double page spread from The Sphere reporting on the traditional Fourth of June celebrations at Eton College where parents and siblings assemble at the school for speeches, food

The Earl & Countess of Shrewsbury & Talbot wedding, Yevonde
Marriage of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot to Miss Nadine Crofton-Atkins, younger daughter of Brigadier-General and Mrs C. R. Crofton-Atkins of Trobridge, Crediton, Devon

Lighter Side of School Life by Lewis Baumer - Lord s

Jumbles by Lewis Baumer - The Long Moustache. 1897

POSH CHILDRENS PARTY
Christmas fete for upper-class children at the Savoy Hotel, London Date: 1914

Tatler cover, Summer Number 1950
Front cover of The Tatler featuring the Tatler in his distinctive tricorn hat, at the front of a crowd of spectators at a race course, probably Royal Ascot

Lady Violet Brasseys sons, Cyril and Gerard
Delightful portrait of Cyril and Gerard Brassey, dressed in outfits typical of Edwardian upper class children. The older boy is in a wool jacket

Vickers Viscount 800
Passenger Eating a Meal in the Economy-Class Cabin of a Bea British European Airways Vickers Viscount 800 Airliner Date: 1957

Elizabeth Ponsonby
Miss Elizabeth Ponsonby (later the Hon. Mrs Dennis Pelly), one of the Bright Young Things of the 1920s, and daughter of Arthur Ponsonby a senior minister in the Labour government

The 1958 Season - Debutantes to make their curtsey
Double page spread from The Tatler magazines Debutante number, 1958, significant in that it was the final year debutantes were presented to royalty at court

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