Playing Table Tennis - Edwardian - EtiquetteI am not sure whether it is my turn. (to write the postcard or to serve!!) A smart Gentleman makes a courteous enquiry to his glamorous young female table tennis companion. Date: circa 1904
A Kings ClothesHow to make a king look like a king - dress him in a kings clothes ! (Thackeray chooses Louis XIV, but any king would do as well...)
The Last of the DandiesPopular Plays: " The Last of the Dandies" A kindly Policeman leads two young toffs homeward after having far too much debauchery for one evening... Date: circa 1900
Rich Woman fishes for suitorsLeap Year - A Sure Bait A rich woman sits on the riverbank, loading up her hook with her riches ( LSD - pounds shillings and pence) - a sure bait for the mass of suitors she has already caught
Motor Car for Sale - Owing to Liquidation - Drink DrivingMotor Car for Sale - Owing to Liquidation - A Drink Driving Offender arrested by the village Policeman after a hearty session at The Cross Keys
Slow Coach and infuriated passengerA lovely postcard by Lance Thackeray entitled Urgent - featuring a carriage being pulled by a very tired old nag and being driven by an old soak of a driver
Illustration, The Newcomes, by Thackeray, showing a group of men dining at a table, with a boy standing on the left. Date: first published 1850s
Thackeray - Palace GardensWilliam Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) English novelist's home in Kensington Palace Gardens, where he lived from 1862 until his death
GHOST OF DEAD WIFEAn old man is visited by the ghost of his dead wife (illustration to Thackeray's The cane-bottom'd chair) Date: 1894
Cover design, W M Thackeray, The NewcomesPart-work cover design, William Makepeace Thackerays serialised novel, The Newcomes, Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, designed by Richard Doyle. 1858
Illustration, The Newcomes, by Thackeray, showing a supposed sketch by Clive Newcome, following a visit to his step-grandmother
Walpole House, Chiswick Mall, originally the home of Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of Charles II, and the inspiration for Miss Pinkertons Academy in Thackerays Vanity Fair
A KINGS CLOTHESHow to make a king look like a king - dress him in a kings clothes ! (Thackeray chooses Louis XIV, but any king would do as well...) Date: circa 1840
Becky Sharp, a play, Lyceum Theatre, IpswichBecky Sharp, a play based on Thackerays novel, Vanity Fair, at the Lyceum Theatre, Ipswich, previously at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London
By Order of the Owner - Lot 1. Kitty, Chestnut Mare (property of a lady - very fast) - a lightly satirical (to whom does the description apply!!) postcard by Lance Thackeray (1867-1916). Date: 1902
The results of getting marriedBeautiful postcard by Lance Thackeray entitled Amateur Gardening - A Labour of Love. A handsome gent pushes his lovely wife around their walled garden in a green wooden wheelbarrow
Mistress Beatrix with her candle comes down the staircase of Walcote House to greet Esmond
Vanity Fair / Col. CrawleyColonel Crawley is wanted
Colonel Newcome adapted by Michael Morton (1864 11 January 1931) from W. M. Thackerays novel The Newcomes (1853-5). First produced at His Majestys Theatre in London, on 29th May 1906
Leap Year - Running the Gauntlet! Date: 1904
The Single Life - Living on his puntThe Single Life - A young gent living alone on his punt Date: 1907
16 Young Street, LondonIllustration of 16 Young Street, home of William Makepeace Thackeray. Artist: Sydney Carter. Date: 1904
Young soldier and friend seek to be aloneWe don t want to lose you, but we think you ought to go. A young soldier and his lady friend at one end of a bench seeking to remove a gentleman reading a newspaper from the other end of the bench
At the Royal Academy exhibition of 1913. An overhead view of the building, showing the various galleries, with humorous cartoon sketches of visitors above and below. Date: 1913
Egypt Cabman - CairoReproduction of a delightful painting by Lance Thackeray (1870 - 1916) of an Egyptian Cabbie. Date: circa 1910s
Thackeray (Laurence)WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY author of Vanity Fair etc. Date: 1811 - 1863
Thackeray LecturingWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY the author reading from his works. Date: 1811 - 1863
THACKERAYWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY author of Vanity Fair etc. Date: 1811 - 1863
Thackeray ReadingWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY depicted reading The Rose and the Ring to Miss Story. Date: 1811 - 1863
Thackeray SeatedWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY author of Vanity Fair etc. Date: 1811 - 1863
Thackeray (Anon)WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY author of Vanity Fair etc. with his autograph Date: 1811 - 1863
Thackeray (Maclise)WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY author of Vanity Fair etc. Date: 1811 - 1863
Anne RitchieLady ANNE ISABELLA RITCHIE (nee Thackeray) novelist, biographer and essayist, author of The story of Elizabeth, Tennyson and his friends etc. Date: 1837 - 1919
3rd Marquis HertfordFRANCIS CHARLES SEYMOUR CONWAY, third marquis of HERTFORD statesman, model for the marquis of Steyne in Thackerays Vanity Fair Date: 1777 - 1842
Popular Plays - His Majestys Servant - Proud Lad in uniformPopular Plays - His Majestys Servant - A proud lad in his cadets uniform strides along with an arrogant swagger borne out of the confidence his uniform provides
Bridge Illustrated - Gone on DiamondsA pretty young lad and her adoring (and rich, although perhaps the Pawnbroker sign top right may mean he isn t all he appears) husband spend some of (his) money on something sparkly at the Jewellers
Syrup Seller - Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s
Grandfather and Grandchildren at the seaside - ThackerayPassive Resistance - A Grandfather, thoroughly enjoying his day at the seaside with the Grandchildren, curbs the speed they can reach the sea, however much they encourage him to get a move
Taking the Waters - I hope no ones looking! A glamorous lady takes the Strong Sulphur waters and hopes nobody spots her... Date: circa 1905
Admiring a Ladies smart new AutomobileJust a few remarks A crowd of town folk admiring a Ladys smart new Automobile. Date: circa 1904
Schoolboy suggest a game of ping pong to W G Grace" I should like to play you at ping pong" !! A young schoolboy suggests a sensible choice of sporting contest when faced with the colossus of the cricketing world, Dr W G Grace
Dandy Pianist - a Wow with the Party LadiesBotany - The Dandelion - a florid little man! A wow with all the ladies (up to a point!). A pianist, possibly modelled in part on popular Polish pianist Paderewski? Date: circa 1907
Dashing to give train passenger his changeUrgent - a frantic newspaper boy dashes along the platform to give an elderly train passenger his change for the paper he has purchased
Leap Year - A young woman pops the questionA young woman pops an innocent question to an elderly gentleman at a dance. His look of surprise is due to the date and the fact it is a Leap Year! Date: circa 1904
THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). English victorian novelist. Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)
Delcher & Hennessy present Miss Coghlan as Becky Sharp in Thackerays Vanity fair. Date c1900
Gentleman and his extensive luggageFully Equipped - A smart young Gentleman and his extensive luggage en route to a shooting weekend in the country. A porters nightmare... Date: 1908
Taking the Waters and its effectTaking the Waters - The First Glass ! Nine gentlemen take the waters in a spa town, with the result depicted by a tenth chap at the base of the card, from whom bubbles are issuing forth. circa 1904
