Soiree Collection

Advert for Soiree perfume as used by Lilan Davies, the opera singer, 1926 Date: 1926

The Wolverton Mechanics Institute soiree
The anniversary meeting of the Wolverton Mechanics Institute in the large engine room of Wolverton Station.1, 500 people attended the soiree

Bright Soiree, Liverpool
BRIGHT AT LIVERPOOL Soiree given to Mr Bright in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, by the Financial Reform Association

Pirrie Carlisle Archive - autographs and illustration
Pirrie Carlisle Archive - George Maurice Burn (1862-1945) pen and ink study on card, Thames barges under sail. Signed by visitors to a soiree. 6 x 4.25 inches

In front of the Palais de l Industrie, Paris, 1866. Coming back from the races. Woman in fur hat in grey and black crinoline dress

Man seized by leg cramp in the honeymoon bed. Bottles of gout cordial, restorative drops and other medicine on the floor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

New hat designs by milliner Marcelle. Demay, 1912
New hat designs by milliner Marcelle. Demay. Modeles de Mme. Marcelle Demay. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Charles Martin from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames

Gentlemen and lady playing cards in a parlour, while others dance in the next room. He says, You ve hit a vein. I congratulate you Madame! He thinks, The devil take you

Evening party at Coblentz (between rue Taitbout and rue Neuve-Lepelletier, Paris). A group of women and children (including a black woman)

Mlle. Denain as Mme. Delaunay in Une Soiree
Mlle. Denain or Pauline-Leontine-Elisabeth-Desiree Mesnage as Mme. Delaunay in Decourcelles Une Soiree a la Bastille, Theatre Francais, 1845

Mirecour as Madame de Chavignac in Une Soiree
Madame Mirecour in the role of Madame de Chavignac in Decourcelles Une Soiree a la Bastille, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets Galerie

Louis-Paul-Edouard Brindeau as Richelieu in
Louis-Paul-Edouard Brindeau in the role of Richelieu in Decourcelles Une Soiree a la Bastille, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets Galerie

French actor Henri as Richelieu in Soiree
French actor Henri as Richelieu in the one-act play Soiree des deux prisonniers by Jacques-Marie Deschamps at the Theatre Vaudeville

Musical soiree - Do you know this song?
Musical soiree in a drawing room - Do you know this song? 1860s

Cartoon, Monkey Soiree. 19th century

Music cover, She Wore a Wreath of Roses. circa 1850

French Emigres
Une soiree de Coblentz - French emigres flee France, and take refuge in Coblentz just across the German border, where they wait for the Revolution to blow over.. Date: circa 1805

Saint Cecilia (d. 232). The Evening. Engraving. Colored
Saint Cecilia (d. 232). Roman virgin and martyr, patroness of musicians. Engraving by G. Heuer & Kirmse. The Evening. Illustrated Weekly, 1893. Colored

Paris Restaurant Soiree
People enjoy an evening in a Paris restaurant. Date: 1910

Purple Dress 1899
Purple dress with wrap-over bodice, 3/4 length sleeves, accordi on pleating on cuffs, yoke, sleeves & collar. Tunic simulated by the addition of broad lace panels. Date: 1899

Soiree Dansante 1903
The Salle des Reunions of the Paris newspaper Le petit Journal at 21 rue Cadet offers a splendid art nouveau decor along with its spacious dance floor and balconies. Date: 1903

Paris Soiree / Alophe
Artistic types meet at a fashionable Paris soiree Date: circa 1837

Soiree at the Royal Academy
Members of The Royal Academy at a soiree at Burlington House. Not a woman in sight. 1870

Four fashionable ladies at a soiree
Four society ladies: two wear wide shouldered gowns with transparent over-sleeves marking the transition to the new fashion. The other two have short puffed sleeves. Date: late 1820s

Lovely gown worns at the Paquin Phelps soiree dansante
A selection of gowns showcased at the Paquin Phelps soiree dansante held in March 1923 to celebrate the amalgamation of the British fashion house of Elspeth Phelps with Paquin of Paris

Music at home - blending with conversation
A tactless hostess thanks an obliging German pianist for playing at her soiree-she especially likes his playing as it doesn t interrupt conversation! Date: 1874

A duet under difficulties, 1863
Emily:(sotto voce) My goodness, Edith, what shall I do? My nose itches so dreadfully, and we are coming to the most difficult part." Date: 1863

Music at home - things best left unsaid
Tactless and painfully shy Captain Lovell refuses when implored to sing at a party, and in the process of refusing, accidently rubbishes the performance of his hostess. Date: 1886

Music in the home, 1887
An accomplished German man eclipses the other talent at an evening party, to the disgust of the watching Englishmen. " Young Muller(from Hamburg)

Music at home, 1894
A gentleman sings along to the piano at a late Victorian evening party. 1894

Rosie Dolly - Marion Davies benefit soiree
Left to right Rene Torres, Irving Netcher, Mrs Skeets Gallagher, Eddie Sutherland, unknown male and Rosie Dolly at Marion Davies benefit soiree, New York, June 1934 1934

The newly built offices of the Daily Telegraph, Fleet Street
The new offices of the Daily Telegraph in Fleet Street with illustrations of the printing presses and the opening night soiree in the Large Hall

Photographic Soiree 1853
SOIREE OF PHOTOGRAPHERS in the Great Room of the Society of Arts, London

Robes de Soiree 1916
Two models, deep in conversation, show off the latest evening gowns from Paris during the World War One period

Paris Soiree / Eugene Lami
A Parisien soiree

Buck Palace / Music Room
Buckingham Palace, London: the Music Room

Evening Dress Suit 1938
Evening dress suit worn with white waistcoat & bowtie. Perfect the formal evening functions

COTE D AZUR STYLE 1915
Fashion panarama showing the variety of styles available during 1915. Amongst the full- skirted creations are gowns with low backs & long narrow skirts with trains

Egyptian Soiree 2000Bc
A musical soiree, with refreshments

Cobden Honoured
RICHARD COBDEN Radical statesman, honoured at a soiree at Rochdale, Manchester

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