Upper Collection (page 15)

Boats tied up, Valletta, Malta, Upper Barrakka Gardens
Vintage 19th century photograph: Boats ited up in the Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta, Upper Barrakka Gardens

Monkeys and dogs on a Christmas card -- The Swell Sportsman. Date: circa 1890s

Photograph of Beulah Spa PH, Upper Norwood, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Toucouleurs (Fula) Woman
A Fula (Toucouleurs) Woman from Bukina Faso (Upper Volta), a landlocked country in West Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Tatler cover - Lady Mary Lygon by Madame Yevonde
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Lady Mary Lygon, sixth child of the 7th Earl of Beauchamp and Lady Lettice Grosvenor, a granddaughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster

HM Bateman evacuees cartoon
Lady Biggleswades evacuees object to game on alternate day as being monotonous. An upper class family are dismayed to discover complaints about the meals from their temporary guests during the Second

Winners at the Bath Club including Lady Alington
Prize winners at the Bath Club in London in 1933. Miss Nona Davies, Miss Venetia Fripp, Lady Alington and Miss Mary Evans (no relation to our founder as far as we know!). Date: 1933

Ponds Cream advertisement featuring Lady Milbanke
Advertisement for Ponds Cold Cream and Vanishing Cream endorsed by the vivid, gay and utterly charming Lady Milbanke, Australian-born socialite Sheila Chisholm

Advertisement for Ponds Cold Cream with Countess of Warwick
Advertisement for Ponds Cold Cream and Vanishing Cream endorsed by society darling the Countess of Warwick, formerly Miss Rose Bingham. Date: 1935

Debutante women modelling the lastest fashion 1913
Upper class women wearing the latest winter garments. 1913

Laldy Seafield and Mr Derek Studley Herbert
Newly married Lady Seafield - Nina Caroline Studley-Herbert, 12th Countess of Seafield (17 April 1906 30 September 1969) and her husband, Derek Studley Herbert. The couple divorced in 1950

Alphabet initials, upper case A-Z. circa 1900

Caxton alphabet, upper and lower case A-Z. circa 1900

Join Scotland?s Only Rifle Regiment, 1960 (c).Colour photolithograph recruiting poster, published by Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Lady Hardinge, Winifred Selina Sturt Hardinge (1868-1914), cousin and wife of Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst

The Young Fortune Tellers, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, depicting Lord Henry John Spencer (1770-1795), later a British diplomat and politician, and Lady Charlotte Spencer (later Charlotte Nares)

Mrs Wilfrid Ashley at the Venice Lido, Italy
Mrs Wilfrid Ashley (?-1954), later Lady Mount Temple, nee Muriel (Molly) Spencer and formerly the Hon Mrs Forbes-Sempill. Seen here at the Venice Lido, Italy, seeking inspiration for her work

Medieval costume, 14th and 15th century
Medieval costume, showing various people in aristocratic and middle-class clothing. From left to right: upper class woman and man in costume of 1380, man in costume of 1400, woman in costume of 1430

Ancient Egyptian costume. From left to right: woman and man in ordinary clothing, Numidian woman, baby and man, aristocratic Egyptian man, three native Egyptian men. BCE

Marchioness of Milford Haven - Earl of Medina
The Marchioness of Milford Haven (right) with the Earl of Medina and Lady Tatiana Mountbatten. Date: circa 1922

Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast - a street scene with shop fronts and tram and people. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Upper Falls Rd. at Suffolk, Belfast - a view of the road and whitewashed thatched cottage, with a tram. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Katharine Russell, Viscountess Amberley
Katharine (Kate) Louisa Russell, Viscountess Amberley (nee Stanley, 1844-1874), British suffragist and early advocate of birth control

Angnolo Bronzino (1503-1572). Italian Mannerist artist. Portrait of Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo (1553-1576) wife of Don Pietro de Medici, 1539. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic

Bourgeoisie. Social gathering. Ladies. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Bourgeois house. Sitting room. 19th century. Engraving by Gascoine, 1885. Colored

Cave of Niaux. Prehistoric painting. Horse head. France
Cave of Niaux. Prehistoric painting. Magdalenian period. Upper Paleolithic. Horse head. France

Wheel of Fortune. Miniature, 15th century. France
Wheel of Fortune or Rota Fortuane. Concept in medieval and anceint philosophy referring to the capricious nature of Fate. Miniature, 15th century. France

Egypt. Dendera. Hathor Temple. the god Hapi (left and right)
Egyptian Art. Dendera. Hathor Temple. Relief on a column base that depicts the god Hapi (left and right) with water lily and papyrus to join Upper and Lower Egypt. North wall. Exterior face

Tools of Bromme Culture. 11000 BC
Bromme Culture, 11000 BC. Points, scrapers, burins, blades and cores. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Tools of flint and animal bones. Performed by Homo sapiens (Cro-Magnon). Upper Paleolithic. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Head from a statue of a devout man with laurel wreath. 270-2
Head from a statue of a devout man with laurel wreath. Limestone. Sculpted in Cyprus between 270-200 BC. From the Sanctuary of Apollo at Idalion. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Head from a statue of a bearded man with laurel wreath. 5th
Head from a statue of a bearded man with laurel wreath. Limestone. Sculpted in Cyprus early 5th century BC. From the Sanctuary of Apollo at Pyla. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Goddess Sekhmet statues. Egypt
Statues of Goddess Sekhmet depicted with head of lioness and solar disk. Precinct of Mut. Karnak Temple Complex. Luxor. Egypt

Goddess Sekhmet statue. Egypt
Statue of Goddess Sekhmet depicted with head of lioness and solar disk. Precinct of Mut. Karnak Temple Complex. Luxor. Egypt

Giotto di Bondone (1266 / 7-1337). Pope Innocent III approving
Gothic Art. Italy. Giotto di Bondone (1266/7-1337). Italian painter and architect. Pope Innocent III approving the monastic rule of St. Francis of Assisi (1296). Fresco of the Upper Church of St

Egyptian Art. Stela of King Intef II Wahankh. First Intermed
Egyptian Art. Stela of King Intef II Wahankh. Pharaoh offering milk and beer to the gods Ra and Hathor. First Intermediate Period. 11th Dynasty. ca. 21082059 B.C

Egyptian Art. Funerary Stela of the Gatekeeper Maaty. First Intermediate Period. 11th Dynasty. Reign of Mentuhotep II, early. ca. 20512030 B.C. Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, el-Tarif probably

Upper Long Lane, Kingstown, St Vincent, West Indies. Date: circa 1905

Music cover, Be My Little Apple Dumplin Do, a song by Walter H Ford and John W Bratton, sung by Daisy Mayer. 1901

North American Indian
A detailed head to shoulder illustration of a North American Indian warrior, with mohican hairstyle, feathers, face paint, neckless and decorative upper earring

The 1958 Season - The last Presentations
Page from The Tatler reporting on the last presentations of debutantes to the Queen at Buckingham Palace in the Season of 1958

The 1958 Season - Palace presentation outfits
Outfits suitable for a debutante to wear for presentation at Buckingham Palace during the 1958 season, the final year in fact that debs were presented

The 1958 Season - Fashions for her First Season
Double page spread from The Tatler featuring outfit ideas for a debutantes first season in 1958. On the left, mornings in town require a warm suit for the early days of the season so The Tatler

Propellers for Britains Warplanes: Machining the Blades - The Edge-milling process, in which upper and lower fixed rotary cutters mill the leading

Grenadier Guards, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Corps of Drums of the Grenadier Guards with Lord John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan (1919-2013), and his wife Lady Susan St Levan (d 2003), at their home on St Michaels Mount, Cornwall

The Hon. Lois Sturt paints Dacia
Society girl turned painter, the Hon. Lois Sturt shown in the studio painting the portrait of the well known dancer and beauty, Dacia, who had starred in Chu Chin Chow

Triceratops horn
Triceratops which lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 67 to 65 million years ago had three horns. It grew up to 9 metres in length and fossils have been discovered in USA

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