Wealthy Collection (page 6)

Flower show 1880
A flower show at the Royal Botanic Societys Garden, Regents Park

A lady at the opera
A well-dressed, smiling young lady, wearing a hat with feathery plumes, looks out of her opera box, a glove in one hand, mask in the other

A Fantasy by Edwin Morrow
A young woman imagines a rich suitor in her hands, and thinks, " He loves me, he loves me not..." as coins and money notes fall to the ground instead of petals

John Pierpoint Morgan (1837 - 1913), American banker and financier, featured in The Tatler after his purchase of eight of the most important transatlantic shipping lines, including the White Star

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923)
Photographic portrait of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923), c.1922. Lord Carnarvon was the wealthy, English amateur egyptologist who financed Howard Carters excavations in the Valley

Sunday at the Foundling Hospital
This is a scene on sunday at the Foundling Hospital where orphans are sitting down to a meal on long tables and being served by young women in aprons and caps

After Dinner Politics, 1886
Engraving showing a group of gentlemen, in formal evening attire, enjoying an after dinner smoke, drink and argument about politics

Sir Paul Pindars House, Bishopsgate, London, 1878
Engraving showing the exterior of the building which was first Sir Paul Pindars home and later The Paul Pindars Head tavern, in Bishopsgate Street, London, 1878

Group Meeting of the Family Colonisation Loan Society, 1852
Mrs Chisholm set up the Family Colonisation Loan Society to enable poor families to save regularly to cover the cost of emigration. Donations were also made by the wealthy

Jacques Coeur and King
The wealthy merchant Jacques Coeur welcomes Charles VII at Bourges

Getting Ready for a Formal Evening, 1928
Illustration showing a fashionable young woman getting ready, with the help of her maid, for a formal evening event as her more mature escort waits patiently on a sofa

Passengers on board an Emigrant Ship, 1884
Scene showing passengers on the deck of an emigrant ship just prior to its departure from Britain, 1884. The passengers include babies, small children, wealthy people and a preacher

Christmas Carols in a Victorian Household, 1885
Engraving showing a wealthy Victorian family singing Christmas Carols in their sitting room. The original caption read My Childrens Christmas Carol

Professional Packer
A professional packer at work carefully laying clothing and linens into a trunk of a wealthy client

Zaragoza Leaning Tower
Leaning tower of Zaragoza, Spain, destroyed in 1887 because a wealthy citizen declared that it shaded his house

Fable / Rat and Elephant
THE RAT AND THE ELEPHANT A rat claims he is as good as the elephant on whose back rides a wealthy sultan and his entourage; the sultans cat reminds him he is vulnerable

Edwardian Upper Classes
The wealthy Edwardian upper classes enjoy strolling around the gardens of their country estate, while their servants are lined up outside the mansion in the background

Parisians at Sceaux: Dining in a Tree, 1872
Engraving showing wealthy Parisians enjoying dinner at Sceaux, with some dining in tree-houses; their food arriving in baskets hoisted up to them

Florence Nightingale visiting the Hut Hospitals, at Balaclav
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

Wealthy Canine Family
Two smartly dressed ladies receive the new year wishes of a well dressed bulldog and his children

Peasant Insurgents
In the Orel district peasants raid the farms of wealthy landowners : the rioters are crushed by the Governor and his Cossacks with great brutality

Woman Giving Birth 17Thc
A woman in a wealthy household gives birth, attended by various womenfolk; her husband proudly points to the baby

Fishmongers Shop / C19Th
A wealthy gent selects a portion of fish from a fantastically well-stocked Fishmongers shop. Every type of potentially-edible marine creature appear to be for sale

Here Goes my Lord
Here goes my lord, a trot, a trot, a trot; here goes my lady, a canter, a canter, a canter! Here goes my young master, jockey-hitch, jockey- hitch, jockey-hitch...!

Countryside outing of wealthy Swedish citizens
A countryside outing of some wealthy Swedish citizens

Belvedere Mansion
The impressive mansion in Belvedere, Kent, England, seat of Sir Sampson Gideon, a fabulously wealthy financier. Sadly demolished in 1959

French Dressing Room
Two men and a woman in a French dressing room, in the year the Revolution began

Racial / Wealthy Jews 19C
Three wealthy Jews

Parisian Gambling C1800
Wealthy Parisians indulge in gambling at home

New Year, Modern Egypt
EGYPT The Islamic New Year is celebrated with the bestowal of charity - the Alms of Aschoura - by the wealthy to the poor

Lady with Attendants
A lady who is either very tired, very lazy or very wealthy, gets a manicure, pedicure, and her hair brushed as she lounges on her bed

Womens Rights - United
Unity is strength ! - the young sporty girl, the wealthy matron, the young working girl and the mum of the people, join hands in the good cause of womens emancipation

Wealthy Roman Home
Reconstruction of the home of a well-to-do Roman family, cut away to show the layout of the apartments

Verulamium Excavations
One of Sir Mortimer Wheelers team excvating at Verulamium, a wealthy provincial town of Roman Britain, now St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Joseph of Arimathea
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA supposed wealthy follower of Jesus who requested his body after the crucifixion : the subject of many pious legends

Pyne - Lord Mayor
THE LORD MAYOR He is chosen annually by the Liverymen, members of the several companies in the City of London : he is generally a wealthy merchant

Beggars in Balloons
While the wealthy flit about the skies in their private aeroplanes, beggars must make do with balloons, aged and patched

Augustus and Horace
AUGUSTUS, Roman emperor, with the wealthy merchant and patron of the arts Maecenas, listens while the poet Horace recites one of his odes

Bewick / Sable
(Martes zibellina) this mustelid seemingly survived the evolutionary struggle by being the fittest to provide garments for the lady friends of the wealthy

Massacres of Royalists
MASSACRES OF ROYALISTS In Paris and throughout France, not only aristocrats but priests and wealthy merchants were assassinated by the revolutionary mobs

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