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Faience plate painted with a Chinoiserie decoration. C. 1670Faience plate painted with a Chinoiserie decoration. C.1670-1690. Anonymous. Delft. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
Cats enjoying a dinner party on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Margaret Thatcher at Marazion Community CentreMargaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, enjoying a Cornish pasty and a cup of tea during her visit to Marazion Community Centre, Cornwall. Also present are David Harris MP and the Lady Dowager St Levan
A Run of Luck; Monkeys playing billiards, snooker or pool dressed as humans Date: 1870
Girl doing makeupA little girl uses her moms lipstick in front of the mirror Date: 1950s
Dr Johnson / Thrale B fastDR SAMUEL JOHNSON At Hester Thrales breakfast table, in around 1770
Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty BlackbirdsSilhouette, Nursery Rhyme, Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie. 20th century
Crickhowell, southeastern Powys, Wales and Table Mountain from the River Usk. Date: 1930
Schoolboys sitting on The Table Rock, Glyder Fach, Snowdon, North Wales Date: circa 1930s
Pretty Polly - Queen of the Turf - sponsored by ApollinarisHorse Racing - Pretty Polly - The Queen of the Turf - sponsored by Apollinaris, " The Queen of Table Waters". Pretty Polly (1901-1931)
The Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Naval AdmiralsThe Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - Japanese Naval Admirals Date: circa 1905
Decorated Christmas tree with toys and food below. Date: circa 1890s
Advertisement for Bechstein Hall, Brook Street, LondonAdvertisement for the Bechstein Hall, Brook Street, London, in a building containing a concert hall, practice rooms, offices and showroom, built in 1929 by Bechstein, the German piano manufacturers
Victorian style domestic interior with fireplaceA Victorian style domestic interior with fireplace, and different patterns everywhere you look
Two Young Jewish girls play cards - Christmas Eve - RussiaTwo Young Russian Jewish girls spend christmas Eve (Epiphany Evening) playing cards. With Torah study off the table for the evening, a number of traditions developed as to how to spend ones night
Banquet des Chevaliers de l Ordre du Saint-Esprit donne au chateau de Fontainebleau le 14 mai 1633, French School. The Knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit sit at two long tables
Rome and its roads from the Peutinger table, 13th century BCE Date: 13th century BCE
Man and woman drinking beer in a pubIsaac meets Rebecca at the Well -- silhouette of a man and a woman drinking beer in a pub. The title is a comic reference to an event in the Old Testament (Genesis 24)
Turkish booby trap near Gaza, Palestine, WW1A Turkish booby trap, made to look inviting by the presence of food and drink, near Gaza, Palestine during the First World War. Date: September 1917
Snooker room with two playersView inside a snooker room, with two players. The snooker table is in the foreground, with three balls on it. The players are both seated in the background
Girls room, Aylesbury Borstal, BuckinghamshireA typical inmates room at the Aylesbury girls borstal, Buckinghamshire, established in 1909 as a youth prison for those aged 16 to 21
Rising floor for Bridge players / W H RobinsonA rising floor in the cars cabin which seconds as a Bridge table can allow those who are keen on both card games and motoring to engage in both pastimes simultaneously
Girl painting at tableA young girls sits at a table painting in her sketchbook. Watercolour study by Raymond Sheppard
Dining Hall, Alexandra Orphanage, Haverstock Hill, LondonThe dining hall of the Alexandra Orphanage on Maitland Park Road, Haverstock Hill, North London. Sausages appear to be the dish of the day
Princess Kyra, RussiaPrincess Kyra (1909 - 1967) - Russian Royal Family. The second daughter of Grand Duke Kyrill of Russia (1876 - 1938), who was the Grandson of Tsar Alexander II
The Scotsman who had his moneys worthHumorous illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a rotund and satisfied Scottish man sitting at a restaurant table, having managed to eat everything on the set price lunch menu while a waiter removes a
Palladino at GenovaEusapia raises a table while controlled by Morselli, at Genova, 12 July 1906 picture 2 of 2
Milton DictatingJOHN MILTON English writer, depicted after he had become blind, dictating to his daughter
Rainer Maria Rilke / PhotoRAINER MARIA RILKE German poet sitting at a table in a garden
Tarot card 1 -- Le Bateleur (The Juggler)Tarot card 1 -- Le Bateleur (The Magician, Magus or Juggler)
Advertisement for Doctors China Tea by Gladys Peto, done in her characteristic decorative style. Date: c.1924
Christmas scene at the Evelina Childrens HospitalChristmas comes but once a year -- a scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital, founded in Southwark, London, in 1869. A sick little girl is visited by her mother and younger sister
The Man Who Broke The Tube by H M Bateman, a man who does not heed the instructions on the glue. He brakes the tube, glues himself to the table, then his wife
John, Duke of Berrys household exchanging New Year gifts. The Duke is seated at the right, in blue. Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. 15th century. Miniature. Chateau de Chantilly. France
Olive Borden applies lipstick in the mirrorActress Olive Borden putting the finishing touches to her face in a scene from The Monkey Talks, a film adaptation of the stage play produced in London and New York. Date: 1927
Council Room, Town Hall, Louvain (Leuven), BelgiumView inside the Council Room of the gothic Town Hall, Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, dating back to the 15th century. Date: circa 1910
Two cats playing billiards on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Good Egg by William Heath RobinsonStraight from the Hen! The Fresh-Egger, a handsome apparatus for ensuring the new-laidness of eggs for the breakfast-table. A typically convoluted invention from the mind of William Heath Robinson
The coinage used in the United States of AmericaA postcard depicting the coinage used in the United States of America, along with a currency conversion table. Date: 1902
Firefighters playing billiards in fire stationFiremen playing billiards in a fire station. Date: early 20th century
Interior of the Harem with a scribe. Date: circa 1910s
Library, Hartwell House, Aylesbury, BuckinghamshireWatercolour painting of the Library at Hartwell House, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s
A new dog-fancy: the Basset Hounds by Louis WainEngraving by Louis Wain showing four naughty basset hounds teasing two scared black and white cats. A fifth basset hound enters the room looking coy but unrepentant with a whip in its mouth
Wedding of Dan Everard and Dollis BrookScene at the wedding reception of Dan Everard and Dollis Brook, performers in the Pelissier Follies. The wedding took place at Finchley Parish Church, north London
The Artist at Work by Fred PegramColour illustration by Fred Pegram of a red-haired woman at her dressing-table, applying a mist of perfume from a bottle
Duncan Watson & CoAn advertisement from 1909 advertising electricity as the cheapest light in the country house.1d will provide 100 candle power for one hour
Dog and Two ChildrenA little black dog sits patiently while a boy and a girl hand him nice things to eat from the table
Colonial Hunting Party in camp. Date: circa 1900s
