Luncheon Collection (page 2)

American Sketches: Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York - Dining-Room, 1876. Creator: Unknown
American Sketches: Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York - Dining-Room, 1876. Blackwell's Island is the locality of several different institutions, besides the House of Correction

American Prison Life, Blackwell's Island, New York: Dinner-Time, 1876. Creator: Unknown
American Prison Life, Blackwell's Island, New York: Dinner-Time, 1876....the inmates, who are here treated with compulsory hospitality

La Paix Victorieuse; La reception de M Wilson au Senat Francais: Le dejeuner offert... 1919. Creator: J Simont
La Paix Victorieuse; La reception de M. Wilson au Senat Francais: Le dejeuner offert par les senat, le 20 janvier 1919, au President Wilson dans la Salle des conferences du Palais du Luxembourg

Girls luncheon, Natural Food Conservatory, Niagara, N.Y. between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Girls luncheon, Natural Food Conservatory, Niagara, N.Y. between 1900 and 1905

Le commandant d'une des plus fameuses divisions serbes, dejeunant pres de son poste... 1916
Le commandant d'une des plus fameuses divisions serbes, dejeunant pres de son poste de commandement, un jour de victoire, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Lunchtime at the Building Site on the Van Diemenstraat in Amsterdam, 1897. Creator: George Hendrik Breitner
Lunchtime at the Building Site on the Van Diemenstraat in Amsterdam, 1897. Other Title(s): Midday Break at the Building Site on the Van Diemenstraat, Amsterdam

Girl Resting, 1827. Creator: Jan Adam Kruseman
Girl Resting, 1827

The Peace Commemoration at Lynn - School Children's Festival, in the Public Walks, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Lynn - School Children's Festival, in the Public Walks, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Norfolk

Lunch table, 1884. Creator: Oluf August Hermansen
Lunch table, 1884

"The Mid-Day Meal" - painted by H. B. Willis - from the Exhibition of the National Institution, 1856. Engraving of a painting. "The Mid-day Meal" of Mr

Bohemian Club Grove scene, between 1896 and 1911. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Bohemian Club Grove scene, between 1896 and 1911

Mrs. Mary Benson standing at the entrance to her house, between 1933 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. Mary Benson standing at the entrance to her house, between 1933 and 1942

Mrs. Mary Benson and two identified women seated outdoors at a table, between 1933 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. Mary Benson [second right] and two identified women seated outdoors at a table, between 1933 and 1942

Mrs. Mary Benson and other people seated outdoors, 1933. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. Mary Benson and other people seated outdoors, 1933

The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, October 3, 1891, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, October 3, 1891, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Monsieur Coquelet... partage son... déjeuner, 1839. Creator: Honore Daumier
Singles Day (La Journee du Celibataire) - Monsieur Coquelet... partage son... dejeuner, 1839. Mr. Coquelet shares his lunch

Sketches of Life on an Estancia in the Argentine Republic; Resting in the Verandah after... 1891. Creator: Unknown
Sketches of Life on an Estancia in the Argentine Republic; Resting in the Verandah after a Days Shooting, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Le déjeuner du patron; le sixiéme clerc prenant sa pitance, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le dejeuner du patron; le sixieme clerc prenant sa pitance, 19th century. The boss's lunch; the sixth clerk taking his feed [at his desk]

View from Kings, Weston Hill, from Three Views, Illustrative of The Scenery of Bristol... 1823. Creator: Francis Danby
View from Kings, Weston Hill, from Three Views, Illustrative of The Scenery of Bristol, and its Vicinity, 1823. Farm workers having a picnic, the port of Bristol in the distance

Esquisse pour la mairie de Bagnolet : Un toast, 1893. Creator: Victor Marec
Esquisse pour la mairie de Bagnolet : Un toast, 1893. Sketch for the town hall of Bagnolet (Seine-Saint-Denis). Open-air banquet at the foot of a windmill - a toast

Farandole: Sketch for the courtyard of the boys school in rue Kuss, 13th arrondissement of Paris, 1933

Confederate Reunion - Canteen Lunch, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Confederate Reunion - Canteen Lunch, 1917
Confederate Reunion - Canteen Lunch, 1917. Old soldiers and Red Cross volunteers in Washington, DC

Colonial Rifles - Reunion of G.A.R. And Confederate Veterans Who Had Fought At Gettysburg... 1918
Colonial Rifles - Reunion of G.A.R. And Confederate Veterans Who Had Fought At Gettysburg, On The Battlefield, 1918. Meeting of old soldiers from the Union

Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917
Miss Mabel Boardman, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917. American philanthropist Mabel Thorp Boardman was the only woman to ever serve on the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners

Mrs. George Barnett, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. George Barnett, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917
Mrs. George Barnett, Red Cross Luncheon, 1917. USA, First World War: Lelia Montague Gordon volunteering at a mobile kitchen

Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California. The nursery school for migrant children is conducted in camp under nursery school teachers trained by WPA (Work Projects Administration)

Monks of the Convent of Ara Coeli Giving Soup to the Poor, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Monks of the Convent of Ara Coeli Giving Soup to the Poor, 1850. Scene in Rome, depicting...the form which the general rejoicement of "the sins of the church" assumed in the convents of

Lunchtime for the peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime for the peach pickers. Muscella, Georgia

Georgia peach pickers eating, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Georgia peach pickers eating. Muscella, Georgia

Lunchtime for these Georgia peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime for these Georgia peach pickers. They earn seventy-five cents a day in the orchards. Muscella, Georgia

Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California. The nursery school for migrant children is conducted in camp under nursery school teachers trained by WPA (Work Projects Administration)

Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California. The nursery school for migrant children is conducted in camp under nursery school teachers trained by WPA (Work Projects Administration)

Peach picker, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Peach picker. Muscella, Georgia

The Crow-Boy's Christmas Lunch - drawn by Phiz, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Crow-Boy's Christmas Lunch - drawn by Phiz, 1850. Illustration to a story about a child who scares crows off the crops for a living

The First of September - the Luncheon - drawn by Duncan, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The First of September - the Luncheon - drawn by Duncan, 1850. A shooting party, resting from a grateful toil, has betaken itself to the russet shelter of an ancient beech

Lunch in the forest, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Lunch in the forest, 1890. The album "Views of the Yakutsk Region" contains 151 photographs. Subjects include the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts

A meal with friends in the drawing room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, (1899?). Creator: Frederick S. Pray
A meal with friends in the drawing room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, (1899?). Group portrait shows people seated at the dining table, which has been brought into the drawing room

Exiled Convicts Having Lunch near Their Huts during Work in the Taiga, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Lunch for prospectors on the banks of the Zeya River, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
Lunch for prospectors on the banks of the Zeya River, 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Siberian convicts taking lunch by the roadside (common criminals), between 1885 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Siberian convicts taking lunch by the roadside (common criminals), between 1885 and 1886

Barbara Cartland with mother Polly and daughter Raine
Novelist Barbara Cartland (right) pictured with her mother Polly Cartland, and her daughter Raine (Mrs Gerald Legge), later Raine Spencer, wife of Earl Spencer

The Return of Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chiefs Arrival in London (litho)
1593915 The Return of Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chiefs Arrival in London (litho) by Begg, Samuel (fl.1886-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Return of Lord Roberts)

Tommy Cooper making his 30 years in show business speech at The Variety Club of Great Britain event at The Savoy Hotel in The Strand, London

Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897 Advert for W. Thornhill & Co cases 1897
Selection of travelling dressing bags and cases, available from W. Thornhill & Co, in New Bond Street. Date: 1897

Luncheon on the Grass, 1920. Creator: Vilhelm Lundstrom
Luncheon on the Grass, 1920

Luncheon in the streets of Cairo, Egypt Date: 1898

Luncheon menu, Assembly of Fleet at Spithead, Southampton
South Western Hotel, Southampton, luncheon menu from 19 July 1914 for the Spithead Review, signed by Richard and Stanley May, in the May brothers personal archive of shipping items. Date: 1914

Small archive of May brothers personal ephemera
White Star Line, RMS Titanic, May Collection. Small archive of personal ephemera relating to Titanic passengers Richard and Stanley May

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Step into the world of luncheons, where art and gastronomy intertwine. From Pieter Bruegel the Elder's masterpiece "The Harvesters" to Claude Monet's enchanting "Le dejeuner, " these captivating works transport us to a time when chefs indulged in their midday repasts at Sherry's restaurant in New York City back in 1902. As we delve deeper into this culinary journey, an English Country Squire expertly carves beef while Market Reports capture the essence of tradition and refinement. But let us not forget the humble beginnings of lunchtime fare – cans of Spam from the 1940s remind us that even during challenging times, nourishment was found amidst scarcity. Meanwhile, Pierre-Auguste Renoir invites us to join his boating party for a delightful luncheon by the riverside, capturing moments of joy and camaraderie on canvas. Traveling forward through time, we find ourselves at Paddington Station circa 1920, where refreshments await weary travelers seeking respite before continuing their journeys. The Mechanics Institute Luncheon held in July 1908 brings together minds fueled by food as they discuss ideas and innovations. Maurice Denis' painting "DENIS: MUSES" transports us to a realm where muses inspire creativity over shared meals. Loelia Ponsonby finds herself dining with none other than the Duke of Westminster – an encounter that sparks curiosity about their intriguing conversation. Finally, Claridge's Lunch beckons socialites and connoisseurs alike to revel in elegance and sophistication as they savor each bite meticulously prepared by skilled hands. In this diverse collection scenes spanning centuries and continents, we witness not only sustenance but also glimpses into society's customs, conversations whispered between bites, laughter echoing across tables adorned with delicacies. These snapshots encapsulate more than just a meal; they offer windows into history itself – a testament to the timeless allure of luncheons.