Year Collection (page 7)

New Year party at the Hoxton Market Christian Mission and Ragged School in January 1924 given by C. P & Sons. A rather sinister Father Christmas holds the attention of a large number of children

York House Battersea
York House, on the spot now occupied by Prices Candle Factory, is supposed to have been built about the year 1475 by Lawrence Booth, Bishop of Durham, and by him annexed to the see of York

Rosslyn House, Hampstead
View of Rosslyn House, formerly the property of Alexander Wedderburn, first Earl of Rosslyn, better known, perhaps, by his former title of Lord Loughborough

Dorchester House, Highgate
View of Dorchester House, Highgate, erected by Henry Pierrepont, first Marquess of Dorchester, is mentioned as early as the year 1650. Date: 1875

Lansdowne House
A view of Lansdowne House to the south of Berkeley Square, London was designed by Robert Adam as a house for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute but in 1763 he sold it (one year into its building)

Woman at the Picture Exhibition at the Paris Salon
Woman in fashionable dress at the Picture Exhibition at the Paris Salon, Academie des Beaux-Arts, Year VIII, 1800. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Gentleman in carrick coat in Frascati s, Paris
Gentleman putting on carrick coat while leaving a fashionable salon. A public room at Frascati s, Paris, Year VIII, 1800. Famous salon for parties, balls, concerts and gambling

Boys in jackets and breeches with Merveilleuse, 1800
Boys in jackets and breeches with Merveilleuse in Roman robe with bonnet and spencer jacket. Little Patriots, Year VIII, 1800. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Fashionable Incroyables in a gambling den, 1800
Fashionable Incroyables in high-collar jackets at a gambling table with young woman and croupier. A gambling hell in the Palais Royal, Year VIII, 1800

In the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Nationale, 1897. The search for bygone fashions. Two women in dresses with corseted waists

Fashionable woman with speculators or agioteurs, Paris
Fashionable woman with a group of speculators or agioteurs, Paris. A one-legged Revolutionary soldier stands guard. Stock jobbing at the Palais Royal, Year VII, 1799. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Fashionable women in the gardens of the Tuileries, 1799
Two fashionable women in the gardens of the Tuileries, Jardins des Tuileries, Paris, Year VII, 1799. In low-cut, high-waisted robes tied with ribbons, bonnets, holding fans

Woman and child in front of the Fountain of Leda, 1799
Woman and child in front of the Fountain of Leda, Fontaine de Leda, in the Rue du Regard, Paris, Year VII, 1799. (Designed by Francois-Jean Bralle and built in 1807)

Fashionable woman in front of the Theatre des Varietes, Boulevard Montmartre, Year VII, 1799. (Built in 1807). She wears bonnet, fichu, high-waisted robe and long-sleeved gloves

Fashionable woman in front of the Bains Vigier, 1797
Fashionable woman or Merveilleuse in front of the Bains Vigier or Vigiers thermal baths on the banks of the River Seine, Year V, 1797. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Woman arriving for an appointment at the Cafe des
Fashionable woman arriving for an appointment at the Cafe des Tuileries, Paris, Year VI, 1798. She wears a bonnet, lilac fichu, low-cut classical style dress, sandals. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Fashionable couple on the terrace of the Tuileries, Paris, Year VI, 1798. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois Courboin from Octave Uzannes Fashion in Paris

Fashionable couple driving in a whiskey carriage, 1797
Fashionable couple driving in a one-horse whiskey carriage or gig in Longchamps, Paris, Year V, 1797. Woman in bonnet, spencer jacket over low-cut dress. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

A cosmetics and accessories seller making a house call. The customers are a geisha madam and two young geisha in an okiya

English huntsman in hunting pinks and boots examining a fox in a cage by candlelight, 19th century. Facey Romford receiving a bag fox from Willia Watkins. A maid in apron and petticoats watches

French womens costumes of the 15th century. Poetess Christine de Pizan writing in her room A, women in hennin headdresses B, D, and woman in tall headdress hawking on horseback C

Memorial to Harry Patch, the last British Veteran
This memorial was privately erected by Harry Patch to remember those with whom he served in the 7th Battalion DCLI. It is placed on the edge of the Steenbeek stream across which at dawn

The Indian Memorial, Menin Gate Ramparts, Ypres
This white stone memorial was unveiled on 10 November 2002 as part of the Flanders India 2002 Partnership Year by Major-General A.J. Bajwa, who had come all the way from India for the ceremony

Young couple strolling along the seafront at Bridlington
A jolly young couple strolling along the seafront at Bridlington, East Yorkshire. Date: 1937

Ship & lighthouse on a greeting card depicting hope for good things to happen in the New Year. Date: circa 1920

Cartoon, The Bunny Hop, Dance of the Year in Berlin, by Victor Hicks. 1914

Shepherds Calendar - Months of the year - December
The Shepheards Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1898

Shepherds Calendar - Months of the year - November
The Shepheards Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1898

Shepherds Calendar - Months of the year - October
The Shepheards Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1898

Shepherds Calendar - Months of the year - September
The Shepheards Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1898

Shepherds Calendar - Months of the year - August
The Shepheards Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1898

Shepherds Calendar - Months of the year - July
The Shepheards Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1898

Shepherds Calendar - Months of the year - June
The Shepheards Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1898

Shepherds Calendar - Months of the year - May
The Shepheards Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1898

Shepherds Calendar - Months of the year - April
The Shepheards Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1898

Shepherds Calendar - Months of the year - March
The Shepheards Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1898

Shepherds Calendar - Months of the year - February
The Shepheards Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1898

Shepherds Calendar - Months of the year - January
The Shepheards Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Months by Edmund Spenser. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1898

Victorian Greeting Card - Penguins in the Rain
Five penguins walk home in the rain. Date: circa 1890

Victorian Greeting Card - Cats School Chaos
Cat students misbehave whilst the teacher is out of the room. Date: circa 1890

Victorian Greeting Card - Rabbits with Misteltoe
Two rabbits passing in the street. Date: circa 1890

An ostrich farm in South Africa, Hoffman Girls at Hippodrome
The famous Hoffman Girls performing as ostriches (!) in the London Hippodromes 1924 revue, Leap Year. 1924 was the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley

Lace scene in Leap Year at the London Hippodrome
The lace scene in Leap Year at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1924

The Hoffman Girls performing webbing act, London Hippodrome
The eighteen Gertrude Hoffman Girls performing their extraordinary acrobatic webbing act at the London Hippodrome, Leap Year, in 1924. Date: 1924

The Hoffman Girls in rehearsals
The Hoffman Girls, the dance troupe founded, managed and choreographed by Gertrude Hoffman, pictured in rehearsals for Leap Year which had had a successful run at the London Hippodrome

Sketch card design to Edward Moss of the London Hippodrome
A mock New Year card drawn by A. A. F. Kennett and published in The Sketch, address to Edward Moss, managing director of the London Hippodrome

Adelaide Hall (music sheet The Happiest Year of All )
Adelaide Hall (1901-1993) was a jazz innovator & Broaway star of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance who made her home in London in 1939

The Months Welcoming the Young Year. 1860

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