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Rich mans kichen staff at workA rich mans kichen staff at work, depicting the hospitality and charity of old times, when food was given away to poor people. 16th century
Interior of a Midland Railway Dining Car, with passengers. 1905
Advert, G H Cates & Co, East Vassalboro, Maine, USA. circa 1880s
Lady Terence Blackwood (nee Miss Davis)Florence (nÚÑáDavis), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (later Countess Howe) when Lady Terence Blackwood, daughter of John H. Davis of New York. Date: 1895
Front cover, Illustrated London News, Summer Number 1913Front cover, The Illustrated London News, Summer Number 1913. Date: 1913
Young Huberts Dream
Poster, Two Little Vagabonds, Royal Princesss TheatrePoster, Two Little Vagabonds by Sims and Shirley, touring from the Royal Princesss Theatre, London. 1897
Poster, Georgian gentleman with riding cropTheatre poster, Georgian gentleman with riding crop, toasting someones good health
Cartoon, The Coming Season - debutantes getting ready for all the social events. 1870
Au Pre-Catelan, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, FranceAu Pre-Catelan restaurant, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France. 1912
The Governess - woman walking with a child in a garden. early 19th century
Steve Donoghue wins fancy dress competition at St. MoritzChampion celebrity jockey Steve Donoghue dressed as a sailor, his winning costume at a fancy dress competition at the smart ski resort of St. Moritz
European Queen and minstrel in costume. Date: circa 750
Countess Barbara Haugwitz-Reventlow (Barbara Hutton), 1938Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton (1912-76) pictured at the fashionable Venice Lido in 1938 wearing a Chinese style pyjamas
Middle class men and women, BulgariaMiddle class men and women in traditional embroidered and braided costume, Bulgaria. Date: 1922
Tatler cover - Barbara HuttonCover of The Tatler magazine featuring Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton (1912-76). Hutton, the Woolworths heiress, dubbed
Ladies tea party with samovarLadies tea party in a garden with a samovar. circa 1820
Interior design for the princely castle in Sofia, Bulgaria, by the Hofmobel Factory. circa 1898
Room designed for a Rhenish industrialist in a furniture factory. circa 1898
Crossing-sweeper nuisance Crossing-sweeper nuisance 1856Group of young children with brooms, sweeping the ground as a gentleman walks alone, asking for a ha penny. Date: 1856
John Davidson Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil
J. B Robinson, South African millionaireJ B Robinson, South African gold and diamond millionaire
J Pierpont Morgan, American financier
Andrew Carnegie, Scottish American industrialist
Chauffeurs and cars, Burford Bridge Hotel, Box Hill, SurreyChauffeurs and cars outside the Burford Bridge Hotel, Box Hill, Surrey. circa 1912
Harley House, Marylebone Road, London NW1Harley House, a residential mansion block in Marylebone Road, near Regents Park, London NW1. Date: circa 1900s
Postcard booklet, mansion in Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937
Elegant couple arriving for supper at the Savoy, 1913Elegant and well-heeled party arriving for supper at the Savoy, 1913. The gentlemen are wearing white tie. Date: 1913
Christmas Dinner, How it was stolen & what became of it?Storyboard showing rich Victorians entertaining guests for Christmas dinner, while the cooks out of the kitchen the turkeys been swiftly stolen out of the window
Queen Elizabeth I dancing in her Palace in all her fineryQueen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) is pictured here dancing before a rich man in her Palace wearing a beautiful skirt with a corset and her traditional thick layer of make-up
Poster advertising Canadian Pacific Happy Cruises. An elegant lady wearing an enormous orange hat and bell bottom trousers sits sunning herself on deck
BIG BOSSDemocracy - Depicting a vulture over looking workers while sitting upon a human skull 1941
Woman sitting in her own home in South London, making the hat boxes for a supplier that make silk hats for the richer society
Happy New Year Greetings postcardcirca 1905
Disderi Portrait Mosaic of English Luminaries of the 1860sCollage Mosaic photograph by Disderi reproduced on a carte de visite showing well-known English luminaries of the period (the 1860s)
The General Election - True BlueComic Postcard series - The General Election - True Blue. A Candidate takes a few local yokels out for a ride in his carriage to show solidarity with the common man voter... 1908
BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURTThe Bloomsbury County Court. Date: 1861
Fleet Street - 1930sA rich gentleman crosses Fleet Street outside Prince Henrys Room, one of the few timber- framed buildings (dating from the 1600s) still in existence in London Date: 1930s
POOR INVENTOR AT WORKA scruffy, poor inventor is immersed in his work while his wife and daughter try to warm themselves at the stove - will they ever get rich? Date: 1886
RICHS FAMILY / HOGARTHJOHN RICH: Theatrical Manager & Actor credited with the invention of the pantomime with his wife Mrs Stevens & their 4 children at his villa at Cowley, Middlesex. Date: 18th century
RICHS VILLA / HOGARTHJOHN RICH: Theatrical Manager & Actor credited with the invention of the pantomime with his wife Mrs Stevens & their 4 children at his villa at Cowley, Middlesex. Date: ?1682 - 1761
TOO MUCH PROSPERITYThe result of too much prosperity - conspicuous consumption by the rich, while the poor starve Date: 1906
DUTCH MERCHANTS WIFEA rich merchants wife from Holland, dressed for winter, with a large ermine muff to keep her hands warm Date: 18th century
ANCIENT GAUL FAMILYAncient Gauls - a peasant, a rich farmer and his wife - and their cart and homes : drawn from antique originals Date: 100 BC - 100 AD
EXPENSIVE SHOPPINGExpensive people shopping for expensive things Date: 1921
THALBERG / CAROL SINGERSTwo poor children in the street sing outside the window of two rich childrens house who give them some money Date: Circa 1815
HOGARTH / INDUSTRY / IDLE 88. The industrious apprentice has grown rich and become Sheriff of London Date: 1747
Afternoon tea in a fashionable French home. Date: 1905