Stairs Gallery

Ragley Hall, Warwickshire

Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, the seat of the Marquis of Hertford. The elaborate stairs leading to a first floor balcony are an unusual architectural feature - not beautiful, but ensuring the residents of healthy exercise every time they leave or return to the house. Date: circa 1805

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Architecture, Classical, Hall, Hertford, Home, Marquis, Ragley, Stairs, Stately, Steps, Warwickshire

Rookery Nook by Ben Travers

Promotional postcard for Rookery Nook by Ben Travers. First produced at the Kings Theatre, Southsea, 21st June and the Aldwych Theatre, 20th June 1926.The play depicts the complications that ensue when a young woman, dressed in pyjamas, seeks refuge from her bullying stepfather at a country house in the middle of the night. Touring to Theatre Royal, Norwich, 25th June 1928. Artist: Nerman. Date: 1928

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Ladies in crinolines embracing in front of a coach

Ladies in crinolines embracing in front of a gate, 19th century. Betsey Shannon and Lucy Somersville kiss and hug outside Beldon Hall. A coachman with greatcoat and whip waits by the stagecoach laden with luggage. Miss Shannon's arrival at Baldon Hall. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) from Robert Smith Surtees Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds, Bradbury, Evans and Co., London, 1865

© Florilegius