Wealthy Collection

Silver Cross advertisement
Advertisement for Silver Cross prams (or baby coaches), featuring an immaculately turned out young 1950s mother wearing an off the shoulder pink dress with pearls, heels and long yellow gloves

Champagne Hoard
Lining up bottles of champagne in rows in preparation for a wealthy Argentine society event at the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Date: 1930s

The Maharajah of Mysore, WW1
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV GCSI, GBE (June 4, 1884 August 3, 1940, Bangalore Palace), also known popularly as Nalwadi Krishna Raja Wadiyar

Paris, France - Champs-Elysees, The Paiva Mansion. Date: 1902

Ardconnel Terrace, Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland, McCaig Tower
Ardconnel Terrace, Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland showing the McCaig Tower. Situated on the west coast of Scotland and built of Bonawe granite between 1897 and 1902

A Rolls Royce in Essex
Mrs Garner of The Drive, Snaresbrook, Essex (now part of London E17) posing with her Rolls Royce Phantom, mounted with enclosed drive limousine by Mulliner, Northampton

Evening in Athens with wealthy man and two women on a deck Date: 1897

Birds-eye view of the Social London, 1914
An aerial view of the two prestigious, social areas of London - Mayfair and Belgravia. In the foreground is Belgravia with its eastern frontier running down from Grosvenor Place

The Duke of Roxburghe and Miss May Goelet
America and the Peerage - Miss Mary ( May ) Goelet, American heiress, who married Henry Innes-Kerr, 8th Duke of Roxburghe in 1903

Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow - Barbara Hutton
Portrait of Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Barbara Woolworth Hutton (1912-1979), socialite, heiress and philanthropist, dubbed the " poor little rich girl"

May Goelet (Duchess of Roxburghe) as a little girl
Miss Mary ( May ) Goelet, American heiress, who married Henry Innes-Kerr, 8th Duke of Roxburghe in 1903, becoming Duchess of Roxburghe and bringing with her a dowry of some $20 million

Marie de Medici (1575-1642). Queen of France. Portrait. Eng
Marie de Medici (1575-1642). Queen of France as the second wife of King Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon. Portrait. Engaving from a painting of F. Porbus at Historia Universal, 1885

Countess of Suffolk, Margaret (Daisy) Leiter
Margaret " Daisy" Leiter, sister-in-law of Lord Curzon (who was married to her sister Mary). She married Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk in 1904

Paris, France - Boulevard des Italiens. Date: 1850

Britannia and Eve magazine, March 1933
Front cover illustration featuring an extremely glamorous lady wearing a bright orange coat with fur trims, a yellow hat with orange feather and holding a blue clutch bag

Florence Nightingales carriage at the seat of war
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florences social standing to become

Sturgeon and Caviar
Sturgeon swim in the ocean, and their eggs are canned for the enjoyment of wealthy humans

Great by H. M. Bateman
Caricature of a self-important gentleman in evening dress, puffing his chest out as he smokes a cigarette. Date: 1927

Rich Woman fishes for suitors
Leap Year - A Sure Bait A rich woman sits on the riverbank, loading up her hook with her riches ( LSD - pounds shillings and pence) - a sure bait for the mass of suitors she has already caught

Brookes and Whites Clubs, London 1796
Wealthy gentlemen patronise the exclusive Brookes (Whig) and White s(Tory) Clubs, at Pall Mall, London. Brookes is shown on the right

William Willett
WILLIAM WILLETT A wealthy builder who was the originator of daylight saving

Cartoon, The Macmillion (Andrew Carnegie)
Cartoon, The Macmillion -- Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919), Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist

Interesting personalities of the racing world
Page from The Tatler featuring various well-known personalities of the racing world. Clockwise from top left, jockey Danny Maher and Sir E

A Present from Caesar by Fortunino Matania
A Present from Caesar, a Vision of Imperial Rome. Painting by Fortunino Matania, exhibited at the R. I. Galleries, 1926. Date: 1926

House of a wealthy merchant, Amritsar, India, early 1900s

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, List of First Class Passengers
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Rare First Class passenger list that survived the sinking in the pocket of George Brereton. He was a professional gambler

Grand elderly ladies outside their retirement home
Some very grand elderly ladies, some in wheelchairs, pose outside their fine retirement care home, with large windows and ivy-clad walls. Date: circa 1903

Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare. Introductory Remarks, with a hand showering coins and jewels, to represent Timon's excessive generosity. Date: 1840

Egyptian wooden sarcophagus
Inner wooden coffin of Henutmehyt, covered in gold leaf. Decorated with representations of different deities as a winged goddess Nut, the boat of the Sun god and other protective deities

Lea Hurst, home of Florence Nightingale
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florence's social standing to become

Florence Nightingale's carriage
The nursing carriage that accompanied Miss Florence Nightingale through the Crimean War. Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father

SAID BIN TAIMUR Sultan of Muscat (later renamed Oman), when Regent. He was Sultan from 1932 to 1970. He wanted to modernise Oman, but the imam opposed this. Date: 1910 - 1972

A group of wealthy Parisians enjoy an evening party, which includes conversation and gambling. Date: circa 1805

A page from The Sphere reporting on yachting at Cowes in 1910. The large bottom photograph shows the opulent interior of the Miranda owned by Lord Leith of Fyvie

Buildings on The Peak, Hong Kong, c. 1890 s
Buildings on The Peak, Hong Kong, c.1890 s

Edythe A. Baker (1899 - 1971), American boogie-woogie pianist, wife of Gerard (" Pop" ) d Erlanger. Date: 1927

Lord Plender, head of the world-famous firm of chartered accountants, and Lady Plender, daughter of Mr. Peter George Laurie, taking in the sun and air at Monte Carlo. Date: 1938

Margaret Finchs cottage
View of Margaret Finchs cottage on Gipsy Hill in 1808. She was called Queen of the Gypsies. She died in 1740 and was buried at Beckenham Parish Church where she had for many years sat at the Lych

Wealthy townswomen at a house with courtyard, 18th century
Wealthy townswomen, Tokyo, 18th century. Three young chonin women gather at the house of an older woman for a meeting. A maid brings tea to a young nursing mother

Women of the merchant or artisan class. Waka poetry tutor in a daimyos house. Servants sewing, writing poems, wrapping items and carrying rice

Italian noble youth fashions from the late 15th century. They wear doublet and hose with many cutout panels, slits and slashes. From an oil painting by Bernardo Pinturicchio

Jo Carstairs in racing boat Estella IV
Marion Joe Carstairs, pictured with her engineer Mr Joe Harris in the Napier engine racing motor boat, Estella IV which she planned to drive in the International Trophy Race for Motor Boats to be

Dickie Gordon and Walter Crisham at Eden Roc
Dorothy Mary " Dickie" Fellowes-Gordon (3 August 1891 11 August 1991) Scottish socialite, coal industry heiress and singer, companion of Elsa Maxwell

Lady Terence Blackwood (nee Miss Davis)
Florence (nÚÑáDavis), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (later Countess Howe) when Lady Terence Blackwood, daughter of John H. Davis of New York. Date: 1895

Sun worshippers at Eden Roc at Cap D Antibes on the French Riviera. A favourite rendezvous of wealthy Brits during the inter-war years when tanning became ultra-fashionable. 1930

View of the Richest Spot in the Whole World 1906
Skyline of London, at the time the richest city in the the World. Date: 1906

Countess Barbara Haugwitz-Reventlow (Barbara Hutton), 1938
Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton (1912-76) pictured at the fashionable Venice Lido in 1938 wearing a Chinese style pyjamas

Childrens Christmas party 1847
Little ones in high glee, the room decorated with holly and brilliantly lighted with candles. Neighbouring children come to celebrate the Christmas season

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