Themed Collection

Booths Gin advertisement - the Blue Train restaurant
Advertisement for Booths gin advertisement featuring John, the cocktail barman of the Blue Train restaurant in Stratton Street, London

Cabaret du Neant (Cabaret of Nothingness or Death) - a ghost show cabaret, where ghosts were shown before the amazed audience via optical trickery and special effects

Margaret Whigham at the British Porcelain Ball
Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), British society figure, debutante of the year in 1930. Later Mrs Charles Sweeny, after marrying the American golfer, and then Duchess of Argyll

WW2 Greetings Card, Happy Landings
A WW2 Royal Air Force themed greetings card, the illustration shows a British plane flying low. Happy Landings! Date: circa 1940s

WW2 W. A. A. F. Greetings Card
The inside of a WW2 greetings card, themed on the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, a servicewomen can be seen in the illustration waving towards a fighter plane. May your luck be always sky-high

WW2 Greetings Card, Fighter Plane
A WW2 Royal Air Force themed greetings card, the illustration shows a British fighter plane in flight. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Greetings Card, Royal Navy
A Royal Navy themed WW2 greetings card, with an illustration of a silhouetted warship, beside some ocean wave designs. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Greetings Card, Thumbs Up!
A WW2 Home Guard themed greetings card, the illustration portrays a British serviceman giving a double thumbs up. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 A. T. S. Greetings Card, Cheerio!
A WW2 Auxiliary Territorial Service themed greetings card, the illustration portrays a servicewoman saluting from her driver's seat. Date: circa 1940s

Le Nid
An architectural interior illustration of Le Nid with yellow themed furnishings on a blue and white tiled floor. Date: circa 1906

The Old Woman
A portrait painting of an old woman wearing a white bonnet and shawl over a simple dress, standing in a country themed kitchen. Date: circa 1921

The Royal Barge Leaving The Custom House Quay
An oil painting which shows the gold and red themed royal barge leaving the custom house quay during the Thames pageant which took place on the 4th August, 1919. Date: 1919

Rowley Hall Chinese Bedroom
An illustration showing a Chinese bedroom of Rowley Hall, Staffordshire. This space is heavily themed with oriental colouring, expressed through the burnished gold background of the room

The Red Coat
A portrait oil painting of a young man, heavily themed with the colour red, including his hair, hat, lips, blushing cheeks and most noticeably, his uniform coat. Date: circa 1915

Farmer's Catalogue Cover
A facsimile in miniature of the cover design from farmer's autumn and winter catalogue, 1921. The cover shows an egyptian themed recessed shelf, with the wings of Isis designed on the front

Page from The Sketch reporting on an anonymous Watteau party in fact arranged by Heather Pilkington and Olivia Wyndham. Attendees

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A sketch by costume designer Mabel E. Johnston for a spanish themed dress, New York, 1929 Date: 1929

R. I. Historical costume ball by John Hassall
Scenes from the historical costume ball of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, with the various history-themed entertainments, devised by Master of Ceremonies, John Hassall

A Christmas parade by Alfred Crowquill
Father Christmas and other Christmas-themed characters parading through the snow. Date: 1844

Anna Zinkiesen - Johns Noah and Jack Tars! The Chelsea Arts Club Ball. It was Noahs Night at the Royal Albert Hall, with a Noahs Ark designed by Augustus John. Date: 1930

Mikes Ship-Ahoy Sea Food Grotto, New York, USA
Mikes Ship-Ahoy Sea Food Grotto, Columbus and Broadway at 66th Street, New York, USA -- Visit the ship that never goes to sea, Captain Mike always on deck

Tank handbag advertisement, WW1
A novelty hand bag in the shape of a tank, available from Mark Cross Ltd of Regent Street in 1918. 1918

A 2000 dinner party at the Savoy, 1910
The winter garden of the Savoy Hotel converted into a realistic representation of the North Pole when Mr George A. Kessler, the New York millionaire (seen on the right)

Fancy Dress - Miss Dorothy Milne as a Second Balaclava
Miss Dorothy Milne in her fancy dress costume for the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball, as a Second Balaclava with British military leaders General Gordon and Kitchener clearly visible on her dress

The new Captain Lindbergh hat, all the rage in Paris in 1927, the year he made his record-breaking flight to Paris. It was built of grey felt and embossed in dull red. Date: 1927

Gamages Xmas bazaar advertisement, WW1
An advertisement for the famous Gamages store on Holborn, London, promoting their annual Christmas bazaar. Typically for the period

How the War Affects Hat Fashion, WW1
The Effect of Mars upon Venus - how the war is affecting the fashion of ladies headgear. On the left is a feminine translation of a kepi, the cap worn by French troops

American First World War postcard. Kind thoughts from glorious France! 1917-1918

Seasonable Cakes. Shamrock Cake. St Patricks Day Celebration Date: 1936

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