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Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1896Selection of household furnishings. Date: 1896
Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1895Selection of household furnishings. Date: 1895
Boy and girl in paper hats pull a cracker at the party table Date: circa 1929
Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Victorian items 1896A selection of Victorian household items; twin oil and vinegar bottles, solid silver candlestick holders, ornate mounted hair brush, cut crystal scent bottle, chased silver lamp with burner
Vim advertising insert -- A Child Can Use It. circa 1900
Livng Room by Betty JoelA light living room with wooden floor and matching wooden furniture. Date: 1933
Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, by William Heath RobinsonScene from the Shakespeare comedy, Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Showing a banquet at Orsinos house, with the clown Feste singing a sad love song
Hungry Peter the pigs dinner party, with Tabitha the cat, Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits, two ducks (the Quacks), and two dogs (Rags and Forager) gathered round a long table. Date: 1914
Egyptian Lady of the HaremAn Egyptian Lady of the Harem, reclining on a couch and smoking a nargile pipe Date: 1910s
Paddy Paws
Silhouette, As Mad As A Hatter (or March Hare)As Mad As A Hatter (or March Hare) -- silhouette based on illustrations to Alice in Wonderland, showing the Mad Hatter and March Hare sitting at the tea table
The croupiers who showed signs of emotion 1927Croupiers starts to sweat after giving all the casinos money to a lucky winner, who is disappearing under a pile of cash in front of him
The Princess of Wales, later Queen MaryQueen Mary (Princess Mary of Teck) (1867-1953), wife of the future King George V, when she was Princess of Wales. Date: early 20th century
David Wright woman in white evening dressElegant woman in a white evening dress, fixing her stocking near her dressing table. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
Three daytime outfits by Drecoll, Poiret and JennyThree women in the latest day wear. On the left, a black scoop neck dress with large red rose to the side, by Drecoll. In the middle, a white, red and black print dress and black coat
American Cub ScoutsA group of American cub scouts sit around a table doing art and craft activities with their den mother or Akela. In American Cub Scouting, the boys meet in small groups called " dens"
Sing a Song of Sixpence -- the king cuts into his pie, and the blackbirds start to sing. 19th century
David Wright woman with lipstickElegant woman in a low-cut blue evening dress, putting on bright red lipstick at her dressing table. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
Hall of the Royal Horticultural Society, LondonView from the balcony of the Lawrence Hall of the Royal Horticultural Society, Central London, with an exhibition taking place
Baking Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl kneads some dough, while a little boy tastes some freshly baked pastry
Conference table, Livadia Palace, Yalta, UkraineView of the conference table in the Livadia (Livadija) Palace, Yalta, Ukraine, where the historic February 1945 meeting took place between Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
Conference table and photos, Livadia Palace, Yalta, UkraineView of a conference table, and two photos on the walls, in the Livadia (Livadija) Palace, Yalta, Ukraine, where the historic February 1945 meeting took place between Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
Forty Winks by C. E. WilsonA dear old lady in a mop cap, spectacles and a tartan shawl has fallen asleep at a table in the middle of reading a newspaper and sewing a patchwork quilt
Magician Carl DevoUndated colour illustrated poster for magician Carl Devo, featuring full length illustration of Devo surrounded by magical objects, printed by Weiners Limited, London. HPF/5B/5
Alleged Abnormal levitation of a tableUndated photograph of the alleged abnormal levitation of a table (inverted), photographed at a sance with Mrs Poole of Winnipeg. HPG/1/7/25
Christmas Dinner in an Elizabethan Home by Pauline BaynesA Christmas Day scene in a well-to-do household around 1550, showing the father of the house at the table with his guests, raising his blackjack tankard to toast the Queen
Russian Commissar speaking at a meetingPeoples Commissar Voroshiloff speaking at a meeting on board the deck of a cruiser
Turkish Musicians - SalonicaA fun card depicting a group of three Turkish Musicians in Salonica
Exhausted FootmanAn exhausted footman, reflected in a dressing table mirror, rests his weary head in his hands and ruminates on the lot of an Edwardian servant
Wine WaiterA waiter hurries purposely to a table bearing a bottle of wine and a set of flute glasses. From his rosy cheeks, he may have tested the vintage first
Mediumship / CaranciniItalian physical medium Francesco Carancini demonstrates table-lifting, though bound and seemingly in full light; he was however widely accused of trickery
Harness Electric Corsets for women of all ages
Lady Outside Cafe 1894Lady sits drinking at a table outside a French cafe Date: 1894
Victorian family saying grace before dinnerA Victorian family saying grace at the dinner table
Salcombe, DevonDrinking in a pub garden, or the exterior seating area for a Hotel Bar at Salcombe, Devon. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd
Cafe Josty Scene 1890CAFE JOSTY A gentleman pours cream into his coffee, while a couple are engrossed in their conversation. At the next table a man reads a paper Date: 1890
Papus / Gerard EncausseDR GERARD ENCAUSSE French occultist
The Great Game of PokerFour men sit around a table playing poker while a fifth stands watching the game and smoking
Strauss / Rosenkavalier / 6ROSENKAVALIER the Princess of Werdenberg unites Count Octavian and Sophie von Faninal
Mirrored Dressing TableA graceful & elegant woman sits on an upholstered leather chair at a stylish art deco mirrored dressing table with a bottle of scent, candlesticks & looking glass
Desmoulins, Palais RoyalIn the gardens of the Palais Royal, Camille Desmoulins climbs a table at the Cafe Foi, and - brandishing a pair of pistols - calls the Sunday afternoon crowd to action
Mediumship / Table TurningA table turning seance gets out of hand in Lyon, France
Faraday / Prof ChemistryMICHAEL FARADAY English chemist and physicist
Snow White and the Seven DwarfsSnow White makes herself useful in the home of the Seven Dwarfs
Maskelyne & Cooks automaton, PsychoMaskelyne & Cooks thought-reading, whist playing automaton, Psycho, as demonstrated at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London
Les Cloches de Corneville, French comic opera in English, Theatre Royal, Plymouth Date: early 20th century
Home Week at Hickory Grove by Oliver Herford. 1926
Victorian Greeting Card - Dining Guinea-PigsMother guinea-pig about to feed 4 young guinea-pigs at the dining table. Date: circa 1890