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Cerebos Salt advertisement, 1928Cerebos Salt, an essential part of the social season, designed to give one pep and vitality while while at Royal Ascot, sitting down to a DIY silver service lunch. Date: 1928
Picnics - Russian High societyA picnic held in 1913 that is seemingly entirely consisting of members of the Russian aristocracy. Date: 1913
JOHN THANE antiquary, author of the British Autography, of which we are privileged to possess a copy... at the age of 41 Date: 1748 - 1818
Privileged sport. Illustration shows an automobile driven by a chauffeur speeding down a road, surrounded by newspaper clippings with headlines about numerous taffic accidents involving pedestrians
Boys playing rugby at Rugby School. This truly English game is played in perfection at the fine Elizabethan school, at Rugby in Warwickshire. Date: 1845
School yard, Eton CollegeEton College school yard. Date: 1909
Pupils with tuck boxes, Marlborough SchoolPupils raid their tuck boxes at Marlborough School. Date: 1962
Pupils in study room, Marlborough CollegePupils relaxing in a study room at Marlborough College. Date: 1962
Pupil in library, Marlborough CollegePupil studies in the library of Marlborough College. Date: 1962
Victorian schoolboy ready for the holidaysA Victorian schoolboy, smoking a small cigar, sits on a pile of suitcases on the platform of a railway station, ready for the long school holidays
Elegant lady in a country house interior, Mid WalesAn elegant lady in a full-length white dress poses in a country house interior in Mid Wales. There is a fireplace and decorated screen on the left, and an upright piano on the right
Two Edwardian children on a swing, Mid WalesTwo Edwardian children on a swing in a garden, Mid Wales. The swing has a safety bar at the front
Men playing tennis at Crosslands HouseTwo men taking part in a doubles tennis match at Crosslands House
Two boys with a water hose in a Devon gardenTwo boys cooling off during a hot summer in their garden in Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Eton schoolboys on 4 JuneFive Eton schoolboys in smart suits and top hats, sitting on a wall on 4 June, traditionally the date when King George IIIs birthday is celebrated at the school with speeches
Pancake Day at Westminster SchoolPancake Day (Shrove Tuesday) at Westminster School -- the pancake is tossed, and the boys compete to get the largest portion, the winner receiving a guinea
Heads Up- Tails Down by Howard K. ElcockAn impression of the famous Roulette Room in the Casino at Monte Carlo. Although baccarat and other games of chance are played
Le Five O Clock At Deauville by Edmund BlampiedAn impression of the polo ground at Deauville during the tea hour. Since the war, afternoon tea - that formerly despised meal - has become the most fashionable of ceremonies among l haut monde
Vignettes Of A Whirling World by Helen McKieA selection of illustrations by Helen McKie of life on the Riviera. The Riviera was a fashionable destination for the privileged classes, particularly during the 1920s and 30s
A Summer Morning In France by BlampiedAn illustration by Edmund Blampied or Blam of a morning game of golf taking place with the sun rising in the background. Blampied (1886-1966) drew countless illustrations for the ILN magazines
Polo At Biarritz by Edmund BlampiedOur Artists impression of the new polo ground at Beyris, half-way between Biarritz and Bayonne, which was opened last year by the King of Spain
La Route Aux Courses by Edmund BlampiedAn impression of a typical scene on the road to the racecourse at Dinard. The all-conquering motor has not yet entirely ousted the more elegante horse equipage
Pursuit by Edmund BlampiedAn illustration of cupid, sent by an admirer, trying to catch up with two elegant ladies. Blampied (1886-1966) drew countless illustrations for the ILN magazines
Sunbathing ConsequencesWhen these ladies change from their bathing costumes into their evening dresses, the consequences of sunbathing can be seen
St Teresa & Child JesusThough Teresa normally met Jesus as an adult, on one occasion she was privileged to meet him as a child - the scene depicted in this window
The Turkey TrotTwo French dancers performing le Turkey-Trot are privileged to be depicted by the noted artist Juan Gris, better known as a cubist !
ASCOT 1890Fashionable racegoers in the privileged enclosure on Gold Cup Day
ASCOT 1904The brilliant scene at Ascot on Gold Cup Day when those privileged to be admitted to the Royal Enclosure watch the races in the presence of Royalty Itself !
Class of boys at a school in North LondonA small class of boys with their teacher at a school in North London -- it appears to be a private school
Quadrangle, Rugby SchoolView of the Quadrangle at Rugby School
Headmasters house, Rugby SchoolHeadmasters house at Rugby School