Table Collection (page 23)

SIGNING ARMISTICE 1918
Admiral Sir David Beatty reads the terms of the Armistice to German delegates aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth at Rosyth Date: 16 November 1918

GINGERBREAD / SCOTLAND
Selling gingerbread from a cloth-covered table in Scotland Date: circa 1830

ALPINE GUARDS PLAY CARDS
The Alpine Casino in Austria has special security guards who, while the ivory ball rolls round the roulette table downstairs, pass the time with a game of cards upstairs. Date: 1930s

GER. OFFICERS STRATEGISE
German officers planning strategy. Date: 1914

GIRL SEWS / NEW YORK / 1872
A girl sews by candlelight in her apartment while a man drinks at the table and another person lies (ill?) in bed in the same room. Date: 1872

Cartoon, dressmaker at work
Cartoon, a dressmaker works by lamplight at a table. Her work hangs around her as she sews in poor light. Date: 1870

Matchbox making, London 1890
A woman making matchboxes at a table in her home. Date: 1890

MATCHBOX MAKING / EAST END
Two children watch their mother making matchboxes at the table at home in the east end of London. Date: 1896

EDWARD VII 1891
The Baccarat Scandal at Tranby Croft Date: 1891

CHILD WATCHES MAMA DRESS
A daughter watches while a maid helps her mother get ready in front of her dressing table. Date: 1909

FAMILY BREAKFAST / 1930S
A family sit round a table and take breakfast. Date: 1930s

FRENCH PREPARE FROGS
Frenchmen prepare frogs for the table - and the head chef tastes a mouthful to make sure theyre properly done Date: 1815

SERVANTS AT TABLE
Servants at table in the kitchen - a manservant, the cook and a housemaid Date: 1887

BILLIARD PLAYER. 1842
A billiard player leans on the table with his cue Date: 1842

SOLDIERS PLAY DICE C19
Soldiers play dice, using a large drum as their table Date: 19th century

Cartoon, Brown entertains his friends wi a haggis
Brown entertains his friends wi a haggis by stabbing it and splattering them all as they sit around the table on Burns Night ! Date: 1859

THE LAST SUPPER
This is a more probable depiction of the meal, the disciples would more likely have been lying than sitting up at table

CROWD AT MARIENBAD / 1899
An elegant crowd at Marienbad. A lady takes tea at one table while a game of cards is played at another. Date: 1899

FRENCH GAME OF WHIST
A group of friends gather round the whist table in 18th century France Date: late 18th century

THE FAIRY-CIRCLE
A knight of the Round Table, riding at night, sees the circle of fairies - in the days when the land was full of signs and wonders

Costume - Lady at Table
A woman sitting at her dressing table Date: 1778

GERMAN C16 DINNER
A group of Germans eating at home round a table. Date: 16th century

MAID BRINGS IN DINNER
Family sits round the table while the maid brings round the lunch Date: 1917

ANCIENT GREEK BANQUET
Greek diners eating at the Banqueting Table Date: ancient

Galahad - Round Table
Sir Galahad is introduced to the Round Table

17th century Tailors
A pair of tailors at work : one, who wears a wig, stands at a table with shears to cut cloth, while his assistant sits stitching. Date: 17th century

17th century Rosary Threading
Two men sit at a workbench threading beads onto rosaries to help Catholics say their prayers, Date: 17th century

GRAPEFRUIT BREAKFAST
What could be nicer than tucking into a dish of fresh grapefruit for breakfast, with the prospect of a boiled egg, followed by a pot of tea in fine China cups? Date: 1930s

WOMAN / MAROUSSILE DRESS
Maroussile dress: finely beaded corsage with square neckline, narrow satin belt with paste clasp, softly gathered chiffon over-skirt ornamented with a tulip motif Date: 1927

NYMPHS OVER STREAM
One of the knights of the Round Table sees these creatures above a stream - are they nymphs, sprites, fairies or sirens ?

EDISON KINE STUDIO, INT
Edisons Kinetographic Theatre, Orange, New Jersey - interior, filming a man sitting at a cafe table, with a waiter and a friend. Date: 1894

Grace Saying - England
Papa says grace at a family meal Date: circa 1860

KNIGHT & SPRITES KNIGHT & SPRITES
One of the Knights of the Round Table sees fairies as he rides through the forest

KNIGHT & FAIRY CIRCLE KNIGHT & FAIRY CIRCLE
One of the Knights of the Round Table sees fairies dancing in a circle just above the surface of a lake

MILTON DICTATES
JOHN MILTON, blind in old age, dictates Paradise Lost to his three daughters. Date: 1608-1674

PALLADINO AT GENOVA
Eusapia raises a table while controlled by Morselli, at Genova, 12 July 1906 picture 1 of 2 Date: 1854 - 1918

FOLKLORE / FAIRIES
A knight of the Round Table comes across a number of fairies floating above the surface of a river

Food and drink: diners and their sayings
The habits and sayings of various eaters. Date: 19th Century

A dandy at his dressing table, 1818
A dandy getting himself dolled up at his dressing table. Date: 1818

Stanislawa Tomczyk demonstrates psychokinesis
Stanislawa Tomczyk, Polish medium, demonstrates psychokinesis while under hypnosis, to Ochorowicz, at Wisla, Poland, raising small objects. Date: 1909

Roman banquet to celebrate the Saturnalia
A Roman banquet to celebrate the Saturnalia, 17-19 December. Date: circa 100 BC

A fantasy buttermaker, wearing a costume made up of the tools of her trade, and with a table hanging round her waist. Date: circa 1700

A fantasy goldsmith, wearing an elaborate costume made up of the trappings of his trade. Date: circa 1700

Futuristic telescope for astronomy
An astronomer at work, using a futuristic machine that will display the stars and planets on a table top. Date: 1899

The Bottle, 1 -- Cruikshank
A workmans home, with father and mother at the table, a little maid serving them, and their two young children at a tiny table in front of the hearth. Ominously, the father is holding a bottle

French man smoking pipe
A French man sits at a table smoking a pipe and drinking Date: 1818

Cat & Roast Turkey
Tabby cat (as the cook) carrying a roast tukey to the table. Artist: (Possibly) Louis Wain. Date: circa 1895

Studio portrait of a young woman (possibly a student or older schoolgirl?) seated in an elegant wooden chair at a small occasional table. circa 1910s

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