Tuxedo Collection

Couple Dancing / Piano
A couple dancing to popular songs of the day such as Schade, dass man per Telefon nicht kussen kann ( What a shame you can t kiss over the phone )

Noel Coward (1899-1973)
Caricature of Noel Coward (1899-1973), the English playwright, actor and composer, in 1938

Advert / Lawrence / Squire
Personality endorsement of Whitbreads India Pale Ale: Gertrude Lawrence and Ronald Squire

The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before The Royal Toast - Bateman
The Man Who Lit His Cigar Before The Royal Toast - H M Bateman. This illustration shows an arrogant man who has defied etiquette by lighting his cigar before the correct course of dinner

Fashionable Night-Spot
Smart people in a fashionable Paris nightclub. Dining and dancing and showing off their elegant evening clothes and dinner jacket

Men Evening Dress 1893
Three variations of evening dress for 1893-4: dress tail coats with roll collar or step collar & a dress jacket. One man wears a black waistcoat & pumps the others wear white

Cat in tuxedo playing a violin

Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert
Undated coloured poster for Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert featuring illustrations of his tricks and performances. HPF/5B/18

Dewars advertisement
Advertisement for Dewars White Label whiskey showing four gentlemen smartly attired in evening wear enjoying a game of cards - and a glass of Dewar s. 1934

Advert / Ogdens Tobacco
Ogdens : " Suit the Million and the Millionaire"

Men in evening wear from the 1920s.. Men in evening wear from the 1920s, in tuxedo, spats, bow-tie, top hat and canes. Chromolithograph from a catalog of male winter fashions from Bruner Woolens, 1920

Magician Carl Devo
Undated 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

Watch Advertisement
Thanks to his Omega watch, this gentleman can tell that unless his companion gets a move on, they are going to be late for the theatre

Formal Menswear for 1963
French mens formal wear for Spring-Summer 1963: evening dress of tail coat, white tie, wing collar & waistcoat; daywear of morning suit with morning jacket & top hat

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Fashionable dancers in a hotel ballroom. Date: 1908

Advert for Pianola Piano 1913
Social gathering around Pianola Piano, pre-war ladies and gentlemen in their evening attire being entertained by the piano. Date: 1913

Supper Men About Town by Hynes
Five well known figures on the London social scene during the 1920s caricatured by Hynes in The Bystander. From top left, Solly Joel, large figure right is Bendor, Duke of Westminster

Man wearing tuxedo, holding bowler hat. Date c1896

Social / Men in Bar 1913
Two debonair men-about-town wear evening dress clothes of white tie & black tailcoat, top hat, wing collar & dress pumps. One wears a cape with silk faced collar & lapels

Social / Night on Town
She wears an evening coat by Worth: oriental cherry blossom fabric, wide full sleeves, fur cuffs & collar. He wears a black tailcoat & white tie

Great Macdermott / Feather
THE GREAT MACDERMOTT (Gilbert Hastings Farrell) Music hall singer of patriotic songs: I ll strike you with a feather

Arthur Bourchier / Vf 1896
Black tailcoat & trousers, white waistcoat with roll collar & cut low revealing an expanse of shirt front, stand collar & white tie, gold watch chain & orchid buttonhole

Two-Step Dance (Rieth)

Overflow for supper in Winter Garden, Savoy Hotel, London
The overflow for supper in the Winter Garden, The Savoy Hotel, London Date: 1911

CIGARETTE AD/DIE DAME
A cigarette advertisement featuring an elegant couple. Date: 1927

Advert for Peter Robinson gentlemens evening wear 1895
Perfectly cut and tailored, at moderate cost. Date: 1895

Advert for International Fur Store 1889
The International Fur Store, advertising fur coats for men and women. 1889

Rivals at the theatre 1906
Smartly dressed gentlemen in tuxedos trying to get the attention of a flirtatious woman. 1906

WW1 - Comic Postcard - K-Nut in a tuxedo
WW1 - Before conscription into the army was introduced, a certain class of young men existed, for whom everything was " too much bally trouble" or " too much fag." They were

Advert for Revillon Freres gentlemens evening attire 1909
Gentleman wearing a very smart tuxedo with fur-lined overcoat. Date: 1909

SOCIAL / GERMAN BALL 1890S
People at a masked ball in the Deutschen Theater, Munich Date: 1890s

THEATREGOER IN BIG HAT 1914
A theatre-going lady in an absolutely splendid hat - unless, of course, your seat happens to be back of hers... Date: 1914

EINAR HANSON (Einar Hanson Olstad) Film actor Date: 1876 -

FOUR IN A BOX
A lady and three attendant males in a theatre box Date: 1908

Couple dancing 1950
Couple wearing evening dress, dancing close together. Date: 1950

Fortunino Matania at Centenary Dinner
The famous magazine illustrator and artist, Fortunino Matania (1881-1963), special artist for The Sphere, and later illustrator of historical stories in Britannia and Eve

Evening Dress / Men C. 1900
Cigar smoking gentleman in a black tail-coat & trousers, white waistcoat, bowtie & gloves, top hat & leather pumps. A large gardenia graces his buttonhole

Arriving at Restaurant
A monocled gent guides two ladies to their table in a fashionable restaurant, past another monocled gent in dinner jacket with two ladies

Charles Godfrey, music hall singer
CHARLES GODFREY (1851-1900), music hall singer, seen here performing as The Masher King

Advert for International Fur Store 1889
Gentleman wearing a heavy winter overcoat with fur lining and top hat. 1889

Fred Astaire (1899 - 1987), American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter

George Grossmith / 1911
GEORGE GROSSMITH (JNR) English actor, best known for his man-about-town roles, as Lord Bicester in The Sunshine Girl Date: 1911

Dryden / Champagne / 118
Poster design to advertise Kupferberg Reisling Champagne featuring four gentlemen in evening dress sitting around a table drinking champagne. Date: 1912

Advert for Austin Reed evening clothes 1937
Evening menswear with white tie and top hat. Date: 1937

Silhouette of the first night of theatre 1907
Edwardian men and women wearing their finest clothing to watch a show at the theatre. 1907

Madge Lessing (1862 - 1932), English actress and singer, showing her in trousers, playing the part of Aurora Bruce at the Prince of Wales Theatre

Interior, Chinese Tuxedo Restaurant, New York City, USA
Interior, Chinese Tuxedo Restaurant, Mott Street, New York City, USA. Date: 1905

Island Love - front cover by Reginald Heade
Front cover of Island Love by Catherine Whitby showing a couple on a balcony gazing (a little stiffly) into each others eyes. Date: c.1950

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