Society Collection (page 10)

Margaret Whigham as The Precious One at the Gay Party
Miss Margaret Whigham, celebrated debutante and it girl, later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then the Duchess of Argyll, whose divorce case in 1963 scandalised the country

Confessions by Camera, Ms Charles Sweeny
Page from The Sketch, part of a series entitled, Confessions by Camera. This one features Mrs Charles Sweeny, former deb of the year and it girl

Bohemian Club (of San Francisco) - Bohemian Grove
Bohemian Club (of San Francisco) Bohemian Grove Open-air Theatre crowd and orchestra during " Low Jinx". Every year, the club hosts a two-week-long (three weekends) camp at Bohemian Grove

Prince Andrew of Greece, Mmd. de la Bigne & GIlbert Beale
H.R.H. Prince Andrew of Greece, father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured with Mme. Andree de la Bigne and Mr. Gilbert Beale

The Kit Kat Club at Gezira, Cairo
Cabaret and dancing at the Kit-Kat Club at the Ghezirah Palace Hotel, Cairo. Date: 1930

Tamara de Lempicka at the Venice Lido
Charles Alvar-Harding and Baroness Kuffner, aka the artist Tamara de Lempicka in a flamboyant picture hat at the Venice Lido

Sir Jock Delves Broughton and Lady Broughton attending the wedding o f Lord and Lady Lovat at Brompton Oratory in October 1938

Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck (16 September 1916 - 21 December 2008), daughter of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland

Moyamba, Sierra Leone, Madam Yoko, Chiefs, Colonial Officers
At Moyamba, the capital and largest city of Moyamba District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone ( Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate - British colonial administration) - D.C

Deaf and Dumb School, Palayamkottai, India
C. E. Z. (Church of England Zenana Missionary Society) Deaf and Dumb School, Palamcottah (now Palayamkottai in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu), India. Deaf and Dumb children learning to talk

Lily Langtry in A Society Butterfly - gowns by Worth
Lily Langtry in Act II and Act III of A Society Butterfly by Robert Buchanan and Henry Murray at Opera Comique, London - gowns by Worth

Bystander Riviera number cover 1935
Smart society enjoying the sunshine and amusements of the French Riviera in 1935. Front cover of The Bystander magazines special Riviera number

Queen at wedding of Lady Palmer and Alexander Abel Smith
The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, at the wedding at Queens Chapel, Malborough Gate, between Lady Palmer, widow of Sir Anthony Palmer and lady-in-waiting to Her Majesty, and Mr

Brothers Maurice, left, and Joseph ?Mutt? Summers, Vick?
Brothers Maurice, left, and Joseph ?Mutt? Summers, Vickers test pilots, at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947

Juliette Recamier by Francois Gerard
Francois Gerard (1770-1837) painting of Juliette Recamier (born Bernard, 1777-1849), French woman of letters. Date: 1805

Group of axes for work and battle. Some periods. Denmark
Group of axes for work and battle. Core axes, flint axes and flake axes. Some periods. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Lady Alexandra Curzon marries Major E. D (Fruity) Metcalfe
Marriage of Lady Alexandra (Baba) Curzon and Major Edward Dudley (Fruity) Metcalfe at the Chapel Royal, St. Jamess in 1925

Madame de Bolotoff (Rosalie Selfridge)
Madame de Bolotoff, formerly Rosalie Dorothea Selfridge (1893-1977), daughter of retail visionary, Harry Gordon Selfridge, who married the aviator, Serge De Bolotoff

Lady Loughborough (Sheila Chisholm) with her baby
Margaret Sheila Mackellar Chisholm, daughter of Harry Chisholm of Sydney, NSW, Australia married in 1915 Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough

A large crowd gathering - north of England (possibly Leeds or Sheffield?). Date: 1908

Eleanor Nellie Souray (1886 - 1931), Lady Torrington. A popular stage actress and Gaiety girl, she was a number of performers who married into the peerage during the Edwardian era

Exhibition of Fine Arts, Salon of Palais de L Industrie
Scene at the opening of the annual exhibition of fine arts in the salon of the Palais de L Industrie, Champs Elysee, Paris

Philippa Fendall Stewart, nee Wendell, Countess of Galloway, pictured in the robes and tiara she wore for the coronation of King George VI in 1937. Date: 1937

Varsity Cricket Match of 1911 - The Oxford University XI
The Varsity Cricket Match of 1911 - The Oxford University XI (1 player short!)

Annual dinner of the Royal Stuart Society at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Date: 1932

Marriage of Hon. Angela Pearson to Tony Murray - Cowdray
The Marriage of Hon. Angela Pearson, third daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Cowdray to George Anthony ( Tony ) Murray - the wedding party at Cowdray after the ceremony at Easebourne Church

The bird-charmer in the new Tuileries Gardens, 1880. Two fashionable women in the new Jardin des Tuileries near one of the famous bird charmers. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

A fop driving in the Bois de Boulogne, 1840. Dandy in top hat and coat with monocle and whip driving a one-horse gig, woman in ermine-trim cape over a pink dress, bonnet and ermine muff

French women visting the Cossack bivouac in Paris, 1814
Woman in fur-lined coat with fur muff visting the Tatar and Kalmyk Cossack bivouas in Paris after the fall of Napoleon. Cossack encampment on the Champs Elysees, 1814. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

A dandy on a walk in the Tuileries Gardens, 1800
A walk in the Tuileries Gardens. A dandy of the Year VIII, 1800. Incroyable in coat, breeches, hose and slippers, with tricorn and cockade. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

The Russian Mountains, Les Montagnes Russes, Paris, 1812
Fashionable couple at the Russian Mountains rollercoaster, Les Montagnes Russes a Belleville, built in 1812. (The first switchback, Year VII, 1799). Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Ancient monument of a bishop in Temple Church, London
Ancient monument of a bishop under the southeast window of the 12th century Temple Church, London. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of

North or inside view of Traitors Gate, Tower of London
North or inside view of Traitors Gate, principal entrance to the Tower of London from the River Thames.Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of

Useful Domestic Dogs, Canis lupus familiaris. Cur or cattle dog, bull or beast dog, extinct rough water dog, mastiff or guard dog, Dalmatian or coach dog, sheperds dog, Newfoundland or house dog

Brahma breed of zebu cattle, Bos taurus indicus. The Brahmin Bull in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Russell after an illustration by Horace S

Black wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou
Black wildebeest or white-tailed gnu, Connochaetes gnou. Gnus in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons

The Black Leopard, Panthera pardus, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth

Albrecht Gessler, Habsburg bailiff at Altdorf, 14th century
Albrecht Gessler, Habsburg bailiff at Altdorf and arch enemy of William Tell, 14th century. Il Governatore Gesslero. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes

Lady Ancaster, the former Miss Eloise Breese, seen with Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox, brother of the Duke of Richmond when out with the Cottesmore Hunt in Burley Woods, near Oakham. Date: 1913

Bridgett Poulett, Jeanne Stourton & Joan Humphreys, Yevonde
Front cover of The Sketch with three portraits of socialites by Madame Yevonde. Top left is Lady Bridgett Poulett, right is Miss Jeanne Stourton and bottom left is Miss Joan Humphreys

Mrs Arthur Cadogan with her pet boa-constrictor
The Latest Cult - strange pets. Mrs. Arthur Cadogan looking very relaxed and elegant, wearing her pet boa-constrictor as a fashion accessory it seems. Date: 1905

The Duchess of Marlborough and the Marquess of Blandford
Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. She married the duke in 1895 after being coerced into the marriage by her

Mme. Lucien Lelong wearing a Lelong design
Madame Lucien Lelong, formerly Princess Nathalie Paley, and wife of the dress designer, pictured modelling one of her husbands designs

Marchioness of Londonderry at Londonderry House
Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry DBE (1878 - 1959), noted society hostess, and, during the First World War director of the Womens Legion

Lord Althorp and Lady Adelaide Spencer in The Tatler
Page from The Tatler featuring (right), Albert Edward John, Seventh Earl Spencer (1892 - 1975), grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales

Tatler cover - Lady Alexandra Howard-Johnston & children
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Lady Alexandra Howard-Johnston, formerly Lady Alexandra Haig, daughter of Field-Marshal Earl Haig

A group at Murrays including Lady Idina Gordon
A group at Murrays River Club in Maidenhead, Jack Mays outpost of his Beak Street club in Londons Soho. From left, Jack Gordon, the Countess of Munster, Miss Olga Lynn (famous singing teacher)

Mrs. Glen Kidston and Archie
Mrs Glen Kidston, formerly Nancy Soames, widow of Bentley Boy racing driver and aviator, pictured with her son Archie, shortly after her husbands death in an air crash

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