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Client: Vanity Fair - cotton maternity dress - April AshleyClient: Vanity Fair - model April Ashley (1935-2021) in a check cotton maternity dress, holding a tea tray- February 17, 1961. Location - 43 Campden Hill Road. Date: 1961
Page of Victorian adverts - November 1895A variety of advertisements in The Illustrated Sporting Dramatic News dated November 1895. November 1895
Jeweller and Antique Silver Dealer - Arthur & Co. 36 New Bond Street, London. Now Delvaux - a high end handbag shop, thankfully retaining many of the period frontage feature depicted here. Date: 1906
Variety tray, undersideGlazed porcelain diamond-shaped tray decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo
Illustration of embroidered linen for a breakfast tray set Date: 1929
Extended family group enjoy some summer sunshine and a cup of tea on the beach (possible in Dorset? South Coast of England?)
White Star Line, pin tray with red flag logoWhite Star Line, Pin tray, house flag to centre. 3ins
Advert, Lyons Tea House, waitress known as a Nippy Date: 20th century
Advert, Gaymer's Cyder
White Star Line, Goldsmiths silver plated serving trayWhite Star Line, First Class Goldsmiths silver plated serving tray with flag logo in centre. 10ins
Loaves were brought from all the bakers, by Muriel BainesIllustration, Loaves were brought from all the bakers, by Muriel Baines Date: 20th century
R. S. Hudson Omo AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, promoting Omo, a bleacher, cleanser and purifier of household cloths
Morny Freres AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Morny Freres Ltd. London based master perfumers. This poster promotes a series of bath salts, soaps and dusting powders and portrays a young woman
At The WindowA portrait painting of an elaborately dressed young lady, holding a green fan, as she sits by the window, with a round tray of fruit and tea waiting for her. Date: circa 1919
The Soldiers CanteenA colourful oil painting of a woman, wearing a blue dress, holding a cup of tea and a round tray, at a canteen with some military soldiers. Date: circa 1918
Servant PosterA colourful poster design portraying a young servant figure, offering a tray to his bearded master, who is seated, wearing a patterned robe. Date: circa 1917
The Linen Hall AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Robinson and Cleaver Ltd, promoting exquisite Irish linen and the Linen Hall. The image shows a woman laying in bed, with a tea tray
RMS Queen Mary, steward at work Date: 1930s
Miss Bun the Baker's Daughter
Beheading of St John the Baptist, ca. 1645, by Matthias StomMatthias Stom (ca.1600-h.1650). Dutch painter. The beheading of St John the Baptist, ca.1645, Oil on canvas. National Museum of Fine Arts. Valletta. Malta. Date: 2019
Head of St John the Baptist, ca. 1630, by Domenico ZampieriDomenico Zampieri (or Domenichino) (1581-1641). Italian baroque painter. Head of St John the Baptist, ca.1630. Detail. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019
Statue of Salome, 1883, by Walery Gadomski (1833-1911)Walery Gadomski (1833-1911). Polish sculptor. Statue of Salome, 1883. Marble. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018
The Conquest of Mexico (1519-21). Hernan Cortes in ZempualaThe Conquest of Mexico (1519-1521). Hernan Cortes in Zempuala, welcomed by the Cacique Gordo (Chief Gordo). Detail. Table belonging to a set of 6 made with the enconchado technique. Anonymous author
Flowers and FruitA still life oil painting, showing a tall vase of blooming flowers, a basket filled to the brim with apples and pears, a flagon and a tray of peeled orange. Date: circa 1866
After LunchOil painting showing a lady say at a table laid with a tea tray and vase of flowers including daffodils. Date: circa 1931
W H Smith & Son, news stand, London Railway Terminus Date: 1911
Italian hawker selling souvenir china models in an English village Date: early 19th century
Two Middle Class Edwardian ladies take tea in a suburban back garden and indulge in a little light gossip.. Date: 1909
Man removing peas from froster in Birds Eye factoryMan removing peas from a froster in Birds Eye factory. The peas have been quick-frozen, ready for storage at sub-zero temperature. Date: circa 1970s
NUS President Charles Clarke and three colleaguesNUS President Charles Clarke (standing, b.1950, later a Labour MP and Cabinet Minister)) with NUS executive colleagues, from left to right, Alastair Stewart (b)
Bomb damage in a London suburb, WW2Bomb damage in a London suburb during the Second World War (23 August 1940). Bombs were dropped in the early hours of the morning
Compton Mackenzie, novelist and nationalistCompton Mackenzie (Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, 1883-1972), English-born Scottish novelist and nationalist. Aside from his writing he also worked as an actor
Lady taking sweets/truffles/chocolates from tray by Flora White
Comic postcard, Man disturbed by late night party in hotel Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Doctor and nurse, operating theatre Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Woman in hotel bedroom Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man and two pretty women drinking at an outdoor cafe - taking advantage of mComic postcard, Man and two pretty women drinking at an outdoor caf - taking advantage of me! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, scene in a teashop Date: 20th century
Anthropomorphic CatA young cook carries in the Christmas pudding on a tray. Date: circa 1890
Dolls of courtiers dressed by Princess VictoriaDolls of courtiers Duchess of Clarendon, Lady Maria Arnold and Lady Derwentwater. Wooden dolls dressed by the young Princess Victoria. Color plate after an illustration by Alan Wright from Frances H
Man and woman of Strasbourg, Alsace, France, 1818. The woman shows her wares on a table in a garden. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being
Street entertainers or Savoyards, 1818Man and woman of Savoy or Savoie, 1818. The man ia street entertainer with box of props on his back, the woman plays a lute and the boy plays a triangle
Aristocratic women parading past a ?shop, TokyoAristocratic women parading passing a ?yojiya, a shop selling brushes and toothpicks, Tokyo, 18th century. Young maids carry a mirror
Trades in Regency England: silk weaving, jewellery and iron forge. Man weaving silk cloth on a loom in Coventry 40, customers in a fancy jewellery shop in Birmingham 41
Japanese flower arrangement with bamboo and plum, take and ume. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835
Japanese flower arrangement with daffodil, vase and tray. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835
Japanese flower arrangement with daisy, vase and trayJapanese flower arrangement with daisy, leaf, vase and tray. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835
Japanese flower arrangement with orchidJapanese flower arrangement with lords and ladies, Arum maculatum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835