Social Collection (page 95)

Country club, Gorham, New Hampshire, USA
Club House of the Androscoggin Valley Country Club, Gorham, White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA. Date: 1926

Social Club building, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Washington Social and Musical Club building, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. circa 1905

The Quieter Side of Ascot
Music and gossip behind the grand stand at Royal Ascot, with well-dressed spectators enjoying a break from the races. 1914

London, The New Supper Clubs, The Four Hundred, 1914
A page of photographs in The Sketch magazine in 1914, part of a series visually documenting the growth of late opening supper clubs in the capital on the eve of the First World War

The New Supper Clubs - Murray s
The dance floor (top) and members and guests (bottom) at Murray s, in Beak Street, one of the new late opening supper clubs springing up around London on the eve of the First World War

The Four Hundred Club by H. M. Bateman
By Our Untamed Artist: With The Four Hundred. Brought into being by Londons desire for later hours: The Four Hundred Club - some caricatures

Three ladies walking along the pavement together
Three women, all in cloche hats, walk swiftly along the pavement together. Date: 1920s

Tea dance at Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Tea dance at the Cavalier Beach Club, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Cartoon, Parrots of Paris, WW1
Cartoon, Parrots of Paris, showing women going about their normal business, with little understanding of the seriousness of war. Date: 1915

Dancing at Blanchards nightclub, 1924
Scene at Blanchard s, formerly Murrays club in Beak Street, London, showing couples dancing and a satisfied guest with a bottle of champagne at his table. Date: 1924

Cartoon, The civilian husband, WW1
Cartoon, The pacific (ie civilian) husband. He says after the war he will regret not having seen anything. His wife replies that he will regret not having done anything. Date: 1915

Cartoon, In the back, WW1
Cartoon, In the back. The woman on the right is criticised for reminding a social gathering that people are killing each other just 80 kilometers away. Date: 1915

Two prosperous men, on the right is the photographer Ernest Battersby outside his home at Strathclyde, Offerton Lane, Stockport.The other man is identified as E

Sarcastic take on the Rigours of war on Home Front - WW1
WW1 - Sarcastic take on the Rigours of war on Home Front by Phyllis Spence. (from left) Standard Dress the Lady of the house horrified by the standardised form of ladies dress encouraged during WW1

All Sorts & Conditions - A Study in Montparnasse
A bohemian cafÚá│cene in Montparnasse, the heart of the social and intellectual scene in Paris during the 1930s, as pictured here by Webster Murray in The Bystander. Date: 1931

The Bystander Christmas Number, 1929
Inside front cover of The Bystander Christmas Number 1929 featuring a page of vignettes showing entertainment and nightlife scenes, while in the centre, two dandyish chaps sip champagne. Date: 1929

Half-crown day at the International Exhibition, held in London in 1862. Date: 1862

Shilling day at the International Exhibition, held in London in 1862. Date: 1862

ITALY. Padua. Palazzo della Ragione. The spinner. 14th century. Fresco

View from the Huta Laury in 1840. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Brewing. Published in The Arts and Industry of all Nations around 1860 by Charles Knight. Engraving

Cooking classes. Illustration published in the Illustrated London News, 1921. Engraving

Gordian III, Marcus Antonius Gordianus (225-244). Roman Emperor (238-244). Coin bearing a portrait of the Emperor. Roman art. Coin. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Milan. Archaeological Museum

PORTOCARRERO, Luis Manuel Fernᮤez de (1635-1709)
PORTOCARRERO, Luis Manuel Fernᮤ ez de (1635-1709). Spanish prelate and politician, in charge of the Government of Spain during the agony of King Charles II

PIDAL, Pedro Jos頨1799-1865). Spanish politician
PIDAL, Pedro Jos頨 1799-1865). Spanish politician. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

Malaspina expedition. Philipines (1792). Manila river. View from the fortress. Drawing by Fernando Brambila. Drawing. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Americas Museum

FOGOLINO, Marcello (1483-1553). Courtiers at Malpaga Castle. 1st half 16th c. ITALY. Bergamo. Malpaga Castle. Servants bringing game dishes to table. Renaissance art. Fresco

Boy drinking up champagne from a feast
Rests of the feast. 1885. Engraving. Date: 1885

LUNA, Alvaro de (1390-1453). Spanish politician, Constable of Castile. Engraving for L. Noseret. Engraving

Dom Miguel (1802-1866). King of Portugal (1828-1834). Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

PEEL, Robert (1788-1850). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834-1835 and 1841-1846). Engraving for Rafael Ward. Engraving

GUIZOT, Fran篩s (1787-1874). French historian, orator, and statesman. Engraving

Camerlengo at his Desk. Biccherna cover. 1388. Renaissance art. Trecento. Tempera on wood. ITALY. TUSCANY. Siena. Archivio di Stato (Provincial Archives)

TORENO, Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano, conde de (1840-1890). Spanish noble and politician. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Chamber of Deputies

Gold Mining in California. Scenes of the 1849 Californian Gold Rush showing cradling, panning, washing with a long tom and hydraulic mining. Coloured lithograph by Currier and Ives 1871. Litography

Scottish shepherd, illustration from The illustrated Traveller (1879). Engraving

Book of Hours of the Countess of Bertiandos. 16th c. The creation of the world. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Academia das Ciꮣ ias de Lisboa (Academy of Sciences of Lisbon)

TRUDEAU, Pierre-Elliott (1919). Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984. Oil

ROUGET, Georges (1784-1869). The Marriage of Napoleon I (1769-1821) and Marie Louise (1791-1847) Archduchess of Austria, 2nd April 1810. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES

EDWARD VI of England (1537-1553). King of England and Ireland (1547-1553). Engraving

INNOCENT III (1160-1216). Pope (1198-1216). Engraving

Commemorative card of the Spanish constitution of 1812. Deck of cards designed by Simon Ardit and Quer, 1822. Xylography. SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. ALAVA. Vitoria. Fournier de Naipes Museum of Alava

Spain. Philip Vs reign. Nueva Planta Decrees (1716). SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library

Louis-Philippe (1773-1850). Last King of France (1830-1848). Louis Philippe I and his ministers. Caricature by Grandville. Litography. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Man and woman dressed in the fashion of the first half of 19th c. Engraving

Paris International Exhibition of 1937 (Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne). Magical piano in fancy restaurant on Cours Albert 1er street

Spain (1810. 1814). Cᤩz Cortes. Allegory of the
Spain (1810.1814). Cᤩ z Cortes. Allegory of the 1812 Constitution. Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo de Historia

FERDINAND I of Bulgaria (1861-1948). Regent then Tsar of Bulgaria in 1908 on the countrys independence from the Ottoman Empire. Illustration of 1915. Engraving

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