Fox Hunters toast a day on the hunt at their localA group of riders and their hounds toast a day at the hunt outside a local pub. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Mr Micawber makes Punch - David Copperfield, Charles Dickens Date: circa 1910s
Advert / Lawrence / SquirePersonality endorsement of Whitbreads India Pale Ale: Gertrude Lawrence and Ronald Squire
Toasting the royal wedding at the Riviera Club, 1923Revellers at the fashionable Riviera Club by the Thames on Grosvenor Road, London, raise a glass to toast the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in April 1923. Date: 1923
Theatre poster, David Garrick (also a silent film)
Busy Roman BanquetA busy scene at a Roman banquet
Two Scottish frogs on a New Year cardTwo Scottish frogs in tartan on a New Year card in the shape of a tankard with two handles. Date: circa 1890s
Studio Leeds Burton Advertisement StudiesA series of four advertisement study photographs from the Studio Leeds Burton, including various portraits of women and a pair of toasting glasses. Date: circa 1939
Toasting GlassesA photograph used for advertisement purposes, showing two glasses clinking in a toast. Date: circa 1939
Vinolia Company Toothpaste AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Vinolia Company Limited, promoting Royal Vinolia toothpaste, which can be seen being used by a young man in the bathroom, toasting his glass of water to Good Health
Noel Coward's Cavalcade was a thirty-year retrospect of England in peace and war. It ran at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane between October 1931 and September 1932 and had a cast
Moet & Chandon Champagne, with Cardinals and Chef Date: 1911
Cecil Aldin, The Christmas Dinner at the Inn
Comic postcard - arrival of a new babyHumorous comic postcard - arrival of a new baby. Mother and Child doing well - Not a word about Father....!! 1909
Comic postcard, Happy diner in restaurant Date: 20th century
Poster, Georgian gentleman with riding cropTheatre poster, Georgian gentleman with riding crop, toasting someones good health
British Songster - giving a toastIllustration, British Songster - the man at the head of the table is giving a toast. 18th century
Christmas toast for the evening 1872Family raising a glass after an older gentleman makes a speech for Christmas. 1872
BUSY ROMAN BANQUETA busy scene at a Roman banquet Date: ancient
Two robins with drinks on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1900s
Toast with comic verse on a Christmas cardToast and toasting fork with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Yo, Ho, Ho & a Bottle of Rum - pirate by A. L. GraceA ruddy looking pirate holds his rum bottle aloft. Date: 1934
Man with a glass of champagne on a cutout Christmas card -- May you of pleasures have a host. Date: circa 1890s
Bystander masthead featuring Old BillMasthead design for a post-war edition of the Bystander magazine featuring one of its main stars the cartoon character created by Bruce Bairnsfather
New Year Greetings CardA humourous photographic New Year Greetings card from Germany, depicting a couple tucking into sparkling red wine having spent a productive few hours making the snowman who stands happily between
Captain Arthur Phillip raising the English flag at Sydney, Australia, marking the foundation of New South Wales of which he becomes the first Governor
Unidentified sculpture of two drinking men - NYC, USA Date: circa 1890
British Tommy using sword as toasting forkPhotograph: British Tommy using sword as toasting fork. Shows a group of mounted soldiers in a ?Hommes 40/ Chevaux 8? railway carriage cooking on a fire in a metal bucket
Medieval king and courtiers on a Christmas cardMedieval king and two courtiers enjoying a celebratory drink on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Man with a glass of port on a movable Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Man with champagne on a movable Christmas card. circa 1890s
New Years Greeting, Chinatown, New YorkTwo men toasting in occasion of the New Years celebration in Chinatown, New York, 1912. 1912
The Toast - Elizabethan men drinking and merrymaking. circa early 17th century
Caricature of A W Pinero, John Hare and W H KendalCaricature of A W Pinero (left, 1855-1934), John Hare (centre, 1844-1921) and William Hunter Kendal (right, 1843-1917), toasting the success of Pineros play, The Squire, at St Jamess Theatre, London
Proposing a ToastProposing a toast at a dinner-party Date: 1928
Toasting muffins on the fireCosy scene of an Edwardian interior with women enjoying tea and toasted muffins or crumpets, toasted with a toasting fork on a roaring fire. Lovely. Date: 1906
When We Were Twenty-One by H V EsmondPromotional postcard for When We Were Twenty-One by H. V. Esmond. First produced at the Comedy Theatre, 2nd September 1901. Artist: Albert Morrow. Touring to Theatre Royal, Chatham, 16th March 1903
Christmas is Come 1850Music sheet called Christmas is Come, from a bound volume A Holiday Book for Christmas and the New Year, words by Albert Smith and music by W.V. Wallace. Date: 1850
Gentlemen toasting round dinner table, c. 1800A toast round the table, c. 1800 Date: C.1800
Cartoon, Sharing a drink, WW1Cartoon, a French soldier and a British soldier share a drink of Pinard (cheap wine or plonk), enjoying a break from fighting. Date: 1916
Inter-Allied Fraternisation - British and French in FlandersWW1 - Inter-Allied Fraternisation - The Friends of Today, not the Foes of Waterloo - British and French soldiers fraternising in Flanders. Date: 1915
That Sword by B BairnsfatherA cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in which the imagined and actual usages of a sword in the First World War are juxtaposed. Date: 1915
Toasting the tank, Christmas 1916Secondary front cover of The War Illustrated magazine featuring an illustration of British soldiers toasting a tank, comparatively a new-comer into the arean of battle
Polar bears celebrate Peary reaching the North PoleDancing Polar Bears raise glasses of champagne and toast Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. (18561920), the American explorer who claimed to have led the first expedition, on April 6th 1909
Womens Royal Air Force -- Dopers TeaIllustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women painters and dopers having a tea break, while one toasts a slice of bread at the open door of a hot stove
Four soldiers enjoying beer near Okehampton, DevonFour soldiers enjoying a glass (or bottle) of beer near Okehampton, Devon. Date: 1940s
The Tatler Christmas Number 1909A front cover illustration showing a lady dressed in 18th Century style red frock coat. She is toasting the Tatler readers. Date: 1st December 1909
