Rotten Collection

Fashionable riders in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London
Fashionable riders in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, Central London. Date: 1889

George Hardinge
GEORGE HARDINGE writer and judge, MP for Old Sarum, most notorious of the rotten boroughs. Date: 1743 - 1816

Hyde Park Riders
A gentleman rider salutes a lady rider in Rotten Row

Hebe Sports, Grey birds-eye suit, Rotten Row, Pamela Minchin
Client: Hebe Sports - Grey birds-eye suit with horse rider in Rotten Row - model Pamela Minchin - January 17, 1949 Date: 1949

Cartoon, The End of the Rotten Borough -- the Reform Bill of 1832 did away with these so-called rotten boroughs, which were constituencies with a very small electorate

Rotten Row Hyde Park London Victorian period Date: 19th century

Rotten Row, Southport, Lancashire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Herbaceous border, Rotten Row, Southport, Lancashire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Saint Francis Borgia (1510-1572). Marquis of Lombay and later 4th Duke of Gandia. This scene depicts Francisco de Borja's renunciation of the world after contemplating the putrefied corpse of

Comic postcard, Middle aged couple in bed Date: 20th century

c. 1880 England view of London - carriages on Rotten Row
c.1880 England - view of London - carriages on Rotten Row

Horses and riders on Rotten Row, London
Vintage 19th century photograph: Horses and riders on Rotten Row, London

Man beating a stubborn horse with a cudgel, while the owner Widow Carzy waves a broom at him. Sign reads Neat chaises and saddle horses to lett by the Widow Carzy. Symptoms of Restiveness

English gentleman arguing with his wife over money in the dining room. She throws a cup of coffee at him and dashes a tray of crockery to the floor

Rotten Row, London
Painting of Rotten Row and Hyde Park Corner. Artist: C Schmidt Date: circa 1902

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

Cartoon, A sharp Contest for a Rotten Seat. early 19th century

HOLLAND PARK / RIDING / DORE
Holland Park: Men, women and children out riding in the Season Date: 1870

Groom
London characters: the GROOM accompanies his mistress to Rotten Row in Hyde Park, to make sure she doesnt come to any harm by falling off or being molested by strangers. Date: circa 1870

DREAM OF LONDON SEASON
A girls vision of the London Season. Included in the montage: balls; presentation at court; riding in rotten row, clothes; a wedding, gentlemen callers........ Date: 1840s

ROTTEN ROW IN SEASON
Riders and their friends in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, the recognised meeting-place for fashionable society on a fine summers day Date: 1871

Hyde Park, London 1895
People riding through Rotten Row. Date: 1895

Lawson Wood - Pre-War Gran pop?
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing a small monkey and the famous orang utan character called Granpop eating boiled eggs

Elections / 3 Rottenboro s
Three rotten boroughs - 1. Dunwich 2. Old Sarum 3. Bramber

A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform
Reform Bill - A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform - showing King William IV, the Duke of Sussex, Lord John Russell, Lord Grey (Prime Minister), Lord Althorpe, Lord Brougham

Rotten Row, Hyde Park - Summertime, long queue and carriages Date: 1904

Late Riders in the Row
LATE RIDERS IN THE ROW a sedate couple make their way along Rotten Row in Londons Hyde Park. Date: 1898

Riding in the Rows
The daughter (presumably the small girl) of Lady Mary Bailey the aviator, out horse riding in The Rows (Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London). Date: early 1930s

The coaching club drive from Hyde Park to Ranelagh
A traditional sight of the London summer Season, the Coaching Club (and often the Four-in-Hand club) setting off horse-drawn carriages from Hyde Park, destined for exclusive sporting club, Ranelagh

The Dirt-Track Rider who appeared in Rotten Row. A motorcyclist causing noisy havoc amonst the genteel riders on Rotten Row in Hyde Park, London. 1929

Tatler front cover - Rotten Row - 1965
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a female rider in Rotten Row, the famous bridleway in Hyde Park where smart society has always ridden in order to see and be seen. Date: 1965

Floral Display, Rotten Row, Southport, England
Floral Display, Rotten Row, Southport, Lancashire, England. Date: 1920s

Suffragettes Attack Election Candidate. At a general election meeting, the suffragists were on hand to pelt the hapless candidate with eggs, vegetables and rotten fish. Date: circa 1910

Tatler cover - Lady in riding breeches, Rotten Row
Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a photograph of a young woman in Rotten Row, the famous and fashionable riding thoroughfare in Londons Hyde Park

Rotten Row crowded with khaki by Fish
Hyde Park re-echoes the war note in every corner. Rotten Row is crowded with khaki, and squads of recruits decorate the open spaces

Spring Life in Town and Country, the London Season 1840s
Four vignettes showing London society during the Season in the 1840s, together with amusing verses. Top left is The Drawing Room

Society in Hyde Park during the London Season, 1886
Smart society promenading and riders on their horses in Rotten Row, in Hyde Park during the height of the London Season in 1886. Date: 1886

Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London, 1887
Engraving by John Charlton, originally entitled Waiting for the Princess, showing members of Londons society in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London 1887

The Tenor hits a high note and a special bouquet awaits
The Tenors Top Note. An Operatic Tenor hits a high note and is about to meet a special bouquet, comprising of rotten eggs, a carrot and a turnip !! Date: circa 1910s

Hyde Park Corner from Rotten Row, London. The entrance to the west side of Piccadilly. Handsome triple-gate built in 1828 from designs by Barton

Coat of Arms of Westminster and View of Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London Date: circa 1910s

Aerial view from balloon over Hyde Park, London
This photograph was taken when the balloon was situated over Hyde Park and is the view observed when looking in the direction of south east

Church Parade in Rotten Row, London, 1901
Illustration showing London Society figures promenading along Rotten Row, on Sunday morning after church, London, 1901. The original caption for this image explained

London Season / Cruikshank
A girls vision of the London Season. Included in the montage: balls; presentation at court; riding in rotten row, clothes; a wedding, gentlemen callers........ Date: 1840s

Rotten finance. Illustration shows a stonewall labeled Rotten Finance constructed with stones showing the faces of many businessmen and financiers; on the ground, in front of the wall

Rotten Row and Hyde Park Corner, London, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Society Children in Rotten Row
Society Children riding in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, London Date: circa 1910s

Politician pelted with rotten eggs
A Politician (Juggins) is pelted with rotten eggs at a hustings. A clever play on words on this postcard from the Market Reports series

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