Wealthy Collection (page 4)

Sportsmans Levee
THE SPORTSMANs LEVEE A young (and wealthy) man about town is prepared for the days amusements by a bevy of parasites and spongers Date: circa 1790

Sancho at the Feast
Sancho Panza at the wedding feast of the wealthy Gamache Date: First published: 1605-15

Advertisement for Cannes, French Riviera in the Sketch
Black and white full page advertisement in the Sketch for the resort of Cannes on the French Riviera showing a photo of the boulevard La Croisette at Christmas time

Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (Florence Davis)
Florence (n饠 Davis), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (later Countess Howe) (died 1925), Former wife of 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava

The Monitor: Automatic but not fool-proof by H. M. Bateman
" The Monitor. Automatic, but not fool-proof: a war-drama in nine fits." This Bateman cartoon from World War One sends up the jingoistic, often misguided

WW1 - Announcing a zeppelin raid
WW1 - A scene illustrating two ladies seated in the lounge of their wealthy house. A maid at the household walks into the room to announce to the ladies of the arrival of a zeppelin air raid

WW1 - Guynemer with proud relatives at his home in Compiegne
WW1 - Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer (1894 - 1917), a top fighter ace, Lieutenant, Captain and Commander of the Storks Squadron for France during World War I

Two smartly dressed little children
A brother and sister pose for the camera in their finery. Date: 1914

Georgetown Colorado Carpenters Gothic
The Maxwell House a fine Carpenters Gothic timber framed house in Georgetown, Colorado, centre of the Pikes Peak Gold Rush. Built in 1870 for Thomas Maxwell a mining engineer

Aristocrats golfing at the North Berwick links course. Clockwise from top left: Lord Hollenden; Miss Saunderson and Mrs Wild; Mrs Burkinshaw and Lady Reid; Mrs Jamieson and her daughter

Ye Anti-Suffrage League. The title suggests the antedeluvian views of The Antis and shows the self satisfied attitude of the wealthy leadership. We have all we want

Paris, France - Fetes in Place de la Concorde. Date: 1846

Paris, France - Les Grands boulevards. Date: 1853

Paris, France - Champs Elysees (Langlois Panorama). Date: 1860

Paris, France - Passage Colbert. Date: 1829

Paris, France - Rue Castiglione et la Place Vendome. Date: 1829

Paris, France - Rue Castiglione. Date: 1850

Paris, France - Boulevards, Nouvelles Baraques. Date: 1868

Paris, France - Boulevard des Italiens et le Cafe Tortoni. Date: 1835

Lady Beatty, WW1
Lady Beatty, formerly Ethel Tree, daughter of the Chicago department store founder, Marshall Field and wife of Admiral of the Fleet, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty

Tango craze: learning to dance the tango, 1913
The humble Argentine origins of the tango are contrasted with the wealthy London set that have taken it up in 1913, as a result of the tango craze. Date: 1913

Lady Alastair Innes-Ker (born 1885) formerly Miss Anne Breese, daughter of Mr William Lawrence Breese of New York. She married Lord Alastair, who was the brother of the Duke of Roxburghe, in 1907

Sketch cover featuring Barbara Hutton, 1939
Cover of The Sketch magazine featuring Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton (1912-76). Hutton, the Woolworths heiress, dubbed

The Hon J and Mrs Freeman-Mitford
John Power Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, later 4th Baron Redesdale (18851963), seen here with his bride, formerly Fraulein Marie Ann von Friedlander-Fuld, daughter of a wealthy German coal owner

The Army and Navy Club, Pall Mall
The Army and Navy Club which overlooks Pall Mall to the south and Sr. Jamess to the east, and was recently pulled down in order that a more capacious building should be completed by 1963

Interior of the Army and Navy Club
The interior of the Army and Navy Club, Pall Mall, London, showing the staircase. The club was founded in 1837 when many army officers returned from India

The Sketch - America and the Peerage
Page from a supplement of The Sketch magazine featuring photographs of four wealthy American heiresses who married into the British aristocracy

The Duchess of Roxburghe
The new Duchess of Roxburghe, wife of the 8th Duke and formerly Miss Mary (May) Goelet, daughter of Ogden Goelet, the famous American millionaire

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

New mansions in Park Lane, 1903
New mansions built in Park Lane in 1903, one of the most prestigious addresses in London. On the left is the home of Mr R. W. Hudson and on the right, that of Sir Edward Albert Sassoon

Prince Aly Khan by Mel
Caricature of Prince Aly or Ali Khan (1911 - 1960), son of Aga Khan III, socialite, playboy, racehorse owner, third husband of Rita Hayworth and swain of Margaret Whigham and Thelma

Russian Aristocracy Enjoying a Luncheon
Ten Wealthy Russians enjoying a spot of luncheon in 1913. Date: 1913

Sir Walpole L. Greenwell, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR WALPOLE LLOYD GREENWELL, 1st Baronet Greenwell (1847 - 1919). Successful and, inevitably wealthy stockbroker in the City of London

Dr Lettsoms Home
South London : the home of Dr Lettsom, a famous - and consequently wealthy - doctor in the 18th century. Date: circa 1805

Sir Ernest J. Cassel, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR ERNEST JOSEPH CASSEL (1852-1921) German born British/Jewish merchant banker and capitalist with business ventures covering the globe

Italy Rome Piramide
Caius Cestius, a wealthy magistrate, built this tomb for himself in the Aurelian Wall near Porta San Paolo. It is 36 metres high and took 330 days to build. He died 12 BCE. Date: circa 1840

Bourges Coeur Maison
Facade of the maison de Jacques Coeur, a wealthy but controversial merchant. Date: 1855

First Marquess Grosvenor
ROBERT GROSVENOR, first marquess of WESTMINSTER wealthy landowner noted for his horse-breeding activities when earl Grosvenor Date: 1767 - 1845

William Walworth - 1
SIR WILLIAM WALWORTH wealthy fishmonger, lord mayor of London, slayer of political radical Wat Tyler, for which noble deed he was knighted. Date: ? - 1385

William Walworth - 2
SIR WILLIAM WALWORTH wealthy fishmonger, lord mayor of London, slayer of political radical Wat Tyler, for which noble deed he was knighted. Date: ? - 1385

Rugby School, Warwickshire, England, was founded by a bequest from Lawrence Sheriff, wealthy grocer to Elizabeth I. The famous Victorian parts are by William Butterfield (1875). Date: founded 1567

Robert Earl Nugent
ROBERT EARL NUGENT statesman and writer with a proclivity to marrying wealthy widows. Date: 1702 - 1788

Robert Earl Nugent - 2
ROBERT EARL NUGENT statesman and writer with a tendency to wed wealthy widows. Date: 1702 - 1788

A portrait of an Indian Prince Date: circa 1907

A wealthy Chinese lady writing in the traditional style with brush and ink. Date: circa 1910

Sturdy wealthy Russian Country Woman Date: circa 1901

Russian House Guard - likely the security for a wealthy Moscow or St Petersburg family. Date: circa 1907

Stout Gentleman of personal and creative presence
A Stout Gentleman of personal and creative presence, wearing her top hat at a jaunty angle a he heads off to the Casino after a significant dinner !! Date: 1893

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