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Fanny Kemble as Belvidera in Venice Preserv dFanny Kemble as the noblewoman Belvidera in the play Venice Preserv d by Thomas Otway. 1830
Miss S. T. Phillips playing tennis at the Venice LidoKeeping cool in the lawn tennis court: Miss S. T. Phillips has a game in her bathing suit. Those staying at the Venice Lido regularly went from beach to tennis court in their bathing suit. Date: 1927
Oswald and Cynthia Mosley on hoilday in VeniceOswald Mosley and his first wife, the former Lady Cynthia Curzon, in a gondola on the Grand Canal in Venice, accompanied by Mr E. V. Strachey. Date: 1925
Mrs Ingram (Dorothy Caruso) on the Venice Lido beachDorothy Caruso, widow of the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, pictured on the beach at the Venice Lido with her second husband, Captain Ernest Ingram and her children
Countes Anna Andreoli at the Venice LidoCountess Anna Andreoli posing rather dramatically on a gondola at the Venice Lido. Date: 1930
Bathing at the Lido, near VeniceBathers enjoying the warm waters of the Adriatic Sea at the Venice Lido in 1901. The building of the bathing establishment ( stabilimenti ), seen here on the left
Studio portrait of a young woman, Francesca Sullivan, ItalyStudio portrait of a young woman, Francesca Sullivan, Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1880
Windward Avenue, Venice, California, USA, with the Hotel St Mark on the left. Date: circa 1910
A Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice, 1898A greeting on the water - a chap raises his boater and takes the hand of a lady passing in a gondola on the Grand Canal in Venice. Date: 1898
Italian man and woman from Venice - senator and noblewoman. Date: circa 1560
Italian man and three women, from Venice, Milan and Florence. Date: 1583
Lady Diana Cooper at Venice Lido with inflatable fishLady Diana Cooper, formerly Lady Diana Manners, pictured in a pyjama suit paddling at the Venice Lido carrying a large inflatable fish! Date: 1926
Pyjama suits at the Venice Lido, 1926Mrs. Forster, Mr George Thomas and Mrs. Emery at the Venice Lido, all wearing very fetching and rather flamboyant pyjamas suits, the de rigeur wear for the Lido. Date: 1926
Bright Young Things at the Venice LidoFrom left, Alan Parsons, drama critic for the Daily Mail and husband of Viola Tree, Zita Jungman, Mr Robin D Erlanger (formerly Myrtle Farquarson)
Marchese di San Faustino at the Venice LidoJane di San Faustino, one of the leaders of Venice society pictured at the Lido with her Sealyham Terrier. Although she was American
The Lido-Laters by Howard K. ElcockFashionable society bathing and lying in the sun at the equally fashionable Venice Lido, under the familiar striped cabanna and parasols. Date: 1929
Lunch at Taverna of the Excelsior Palace Hotel, Venice LidoImpression of the Taverna restaurant, part of the huge Excelsior Palace Hotel on the beach at the Venice Lido. Diners rarely dressed for lunch
Princesse de Faucigny-Lucinge in polka dots at Venice LidoPrincesse Jean de Faucigny-Lucigne, formerly Baba D Erlanger pictured taking her dogs for a walk at the Venice Lido with her husband and mother, Baroness D Erlanger
Rosita Forbes at the Venice LidoMrs Arthur McGrath, aka the renowned writer, traveller and journalist, Rosita Forbes at the Venice Lido in 1931 surrounded by her husband (in the hat) and Major Mathews and Major Duffus. Date: 1931
Society basking on the Lido sandsWell-known personalities of Venetian society sunbathing at the Venice Lido. The Hon. Mrs Evelyn Fitzgerald, Prince Jean de Faucigny-Lucigne, Count Giovanni Sangro de Buccino
Oliver Messel, Mme Lelong and Serge Lifar at Venice LidoTheatre designer and interior decorator Oliver Messel, Mme Lucien Lelong (Princess Natalie Paley) and the Ballets Russes star
Cecil Beaton and Elsa Maxwell at the Venice LidoCecil Beaton pictured with renowned party-giver Elsa Maxwell at the Venice Lido in 1933. Date: 1933
The Joys of the Lido - boating and bathing - to say nothing of sun-bathing. An artists celebration of the fashionable Venice Lido in 1926. Date: 1926
Columbus at VeniceColumbus in Venice 1488, supplicating to the Doge and his ministers, to fund his expeditions to find a new trading route to Asia. He was unsuccessful and was turned down. Date: 1488
Suzanne Lenglen at the Venice Lido, 1926Tennis champion Suzanne Lenglen pictured at the Venice Lido beach wearing orange pyjamas and carrying a parasol. Date: 1926
Countess Robilants Baby Party, Venice, 1926One of the most discussed social events of the Venetian season - the " Baby Party" given by Count and Countess Robilant in their home, the Mocenigo Palace, where Byron once lived
Lady Diana Cooper as a china figure, Venice, 1926Lady Diana Cooper, formerly Lady Diana Manners, in her china costume which she intended to wear to Baroness D Erlangers Ball at the Fenice Theatre in Venice
Countess Beatty, Duchess of Sutherland & Lady Ednam, LidoHigh society enjoying the pleasures of life at the Venice Lido while being dressed entirely appropriately in beach pyjamas. From left, Countess Beatty, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Ednam
Countess Barbara Haugwitz-Reventlow (Barbara Hutton), 1938Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton (1912-76) pictured at the fashionable Venice Lido in 1938 wearing a Chinese style pyjamas
Scenes from the Lido in Venice, Italy - riding on horseback in the sea (top left), an illuminated night-time cabaret (bottom left), people on the floating bar (top centre)
Lido fashions for sunning and swimmingBeach ensembles for the fashionable Venice Lido. On the left is a pyjama suit of stockinette in blue and white with a coat in a modern design
Traditional regatta, Grand Canal, Venice, ItalyTraditional regatta on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
The Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy. 1930s
Venetian Military Book Plate. circa 17th century
Venetian Book Plate. circa 17th century
Greetings card - Venice under the stars. 20th century
Venetian mountaineerCostume, Venetian mountaineer. 19th century
Venetian female mountaineerCostume, Venetian female mountaineer. 19th century
Venetian hairdresser at work. early 17th century
Apple sellers, Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1890s
Street market, Venice, ItalyStreet market in Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1890s
Gondolas waiting for passengers, Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1890s
Narrow street in Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1890s
Man sleeping on a bench in a side street, Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1890s
View from a hotel terrace, Venice, Italy, showing the Dogana (customs building) across the water. Date: circa 1890s
A Lido Reflection by Tony WysardA gathering of society at the Venice Lido, at a party given by Elsa Maxwell. Left to right are: Serge Lifar, Miss Elsa Maxwell, Lady Abdy, the Baroness d Erlanger and her daughter
If London were Venice, Piccadilly Circus. A view of London if its streets were canals, with bridges and gondolas. Date: circa 1900s
Lake and Lagoon at Venice, California, USA. Date: circa 1900s
