Spectating Collection

On the rails at Goodwood by Howard K Elcock
An illustration showing how the Goodwood meeting at the end of the Season was as much a picnic party as a race meeting, with smart spectators enjoying a picnic lunch

Tatler front cover, horse racing Ascot, 1955
Front cover of The Tatler featuring an elegant couple spectating at the races. Date: 1955

Bystander front cover - Summer Number 1933
Striking front cover of The Bystander magazine for 7 June 1933, with a design by Leon Benigni featuring fashionable spectators at the racing, probably Ascot. Date: 1933

The Queen with a Land-Rover at Badminton Horse Trials
The Queen and other members of the Royal Family stand by a Land-Rover, with their host, the Duke of Beautfort, at the Badminton Three-day Horse Trials. Date: 1956

Le Tournoi The Tournament
This illustration shows a group of colourfully dressed young ladies spectating a jousting tournement, they are currently admiring a competitor performing on his armoured horse. Date: circa 1901

Keith Prowse Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Keith Prowse & Co. Ltd, providers of tickets for the theatre and events. The image shows a scene in which theatre goers are spectating a stage performance

Towpath Spectators at Oxford Rowing
Spectators line the towpath to watch the Oxford Summer Eights rowing competition. Date: 1932

Watching Cricket at The Oval, From a Gasometer
A test match between England and New Zealand at The Oval, Kennington. The spectators in the foreground have scaled a nearby gasometer. Date: 1931

Royalty at Sandown
Members of the royal family attending the races at Sandown. Pictured are King George V (1865-1936), Queen Mary (1867-1953), Princess Mary (1897-1965), her husband Henry Lascelles

Polo at Roehampton
A polo match at the Roehampton Club between the Royal Air Force and the Chinchillas. Date: 1931

Bobby Jones
American golfer Robert Bobby Jones Jr (1902-1971) spectating at the Ryder Cup competition in Scioto, Ohio. Jones was a highly successful amateur golfer, and co-founder of the Masters Tournament

Tatler cover, Summer Number 1950
Front cover of The Tatler featuring the Tatler in his distinctive tricorn hat, at the front of a crowd of spectators at a race course, probably Royal Ascot

Boxing match on deck of a cruise ship, 1930s
Scene on the deck of an unidentified cruise ship where a boxing match is taking place for the amusement of passengers in 1932. Date: 1932

Spectators at tennis match, Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat
Spectators at tennis match at Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat. A very natural study of conversations beside the court. The photographers camera case sits on the bench. Date: circa 1911

Indian officers at the Waterloo cup, WW1
From the Front in France to see the coursing for the Waterloo Cup. Two Indian officers, among a number of men who had managed to put in an appearance at Altcar for the coursing competition

1902 Coronation - In the Crowd, a friend in need
Little Binks wouldn t have seen anything if he had not fortunately run across his friend Longley, of the Guards. A tall Guards officer hoists his vertically challenged friend onto his shoulders so he

Noel Coward at the 1937 Coronation
Noel Coward (Sir Noel Peirce Coward, 1899-1973), English actor, singer, playwright, director and composer, sporting a grey top hat

1937 Coronation - Whitehalls passing show
Some impressions during the procession by the Sphere artist, W. Bryce Hamilton showing prancing horses, mounted drummers, flappers perched precariously on balconies

Members of the enclosure at Ascot
Smart society in the members enclosure at Royal Ascot in June 1930, watching one of the ten races in the programme with interest. Date: 1930

Coronation 1937 - Craven A cigarettes advertisement
Advertisement for Craven A cigarettes in the Coronation number of the Illustrated London News showing a group of well-dressed spectators with a prime balcony position

Fire near Nine Elms, Battersea
Crowds of spectators watch a conflagration near Nine Elms, Battersea, from across the River Thames at Vauxhall Bridge, while a fire engine rushes by to try to help stop the blaze. Date: 1847

Fire on the Westminster Road, London
Spectators on Waterloo Bridge watching the fire that had broken out on the premises of Messrs. Maudslay and Field, the engineers, in the Westminster Road, London

Abbotts shoe advertisement, 1935
Advertisement for Abbotts shoes, ideal for protecting toes and looking stylish on ladies at point-to-point or other equestrian spectator sports. Featuring some rather lovely silhouettes. Date: 1935

Spectators watching a cricket match at Lord s
Spectators watching a cricket match at Lords Cricket Ground, London. They are sitting on the top of a fine open carriage. Date: 1884

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at Point to Point, Lark
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh watch races from the Box during the United Services Point to Point at Larkhill, near Salisbury in February 1953. Date: 1953

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret with their parents
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret watch the Christmas Circus at Olympia with their mother and father, the Duke and Duchess of York. 1935

Members of the royal family at Badminton Horse Trials
The Queen, Queen Mother, Princess Royal and Princess Margaret in a grandstand made from a farm wagon at the Badminton Three-day Horse Trials

Royal family at Badminton 1961
A candid shot of the royal family at Badminton horse trials in 1961. From left, Lord Snowdon, Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh), Prince Charles, Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1961

Princess Elizabeth at the National Pony Show
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, accompanied by their maternal grandmother, the Countess of Strathmore, watch with interest the equitation test for children under thirteen years at

Queen Elizabeth II at Badminton Horse Trials
Royal spectators at Badminton. Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother sit on the ground to watch the horse trials on the Duke of Beauforts estate at Badminton House in 1958. Date: 1958

Dining at the Dogs, 1932
A new club at the White City, where people could dine and watch the greyhound racing at the same time. A very popular pastime during the 1930s, society figures such as Lord and Lady Chesham

Sketches at Wimbledon 1879
Sketches at the Championship lawn tennis match, Wimbledon by Harry Furniss. Vignettes of the final round of the tennis matches and the attending spectators

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