Luncheon Collection (page 3)

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

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, lunch and breakfast menus
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, lunch and breakfast First Class menus, dated 29 September 1920 and 3 October 1920. Date: 1920

RMS Olympic - Ocean Times, lunch menu, brochure, etc
White Star Line, RMS Olympic - concert programme dated 9 October 1922, cross-sectional promotional brochure, First Class luncheon menu dated 30 September 1920, and Ocean Times

Menu for RMS Empress of France, Canadian Pacific line, 4 November 1952 Date: 1952

Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, Luncheon Menu, cover design, 1 June 1950 Date: 1950

Goodwood Picnic
An alfresco luncheon party at Goodwood Races. Date: 1939

Thomas Kenwards Luncheon Stout

Edwardian men an women sitting on top of the coaches having luncheon, finely laid out with white tablecloths. Date: 1907

Lunch, c. 1910 (oil on canvas)
862875 Lunch, c.1910 (oil on canvas) by Egger-Lienz, Albin (1868-1926); Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: Il pranzo); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Girl worker at lunch also absorbing Calif... Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Girl worker at lunch also absorbing California sunshine, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

A noontime rest for a full-fledged... Long Beach, Calif. plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, 1942
A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif. plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background

Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch... C&NWRR. Clinton, Iowa, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room, C. & N.W. R.R. Clinton, Iowa. Photograph shows Marcella Hart at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right

Rice and papaya in the lunch of a sugar worker on a plantation... Guanica, Puerto Rico, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Rice and papaya in the lunch of a sugar worker on a plantation, vicinity of Guanica, Puerto Rico

Lunch of a sugar worker on a plantation, vicinity of Puerto Rico?, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Lunch of a sugar worker on a plantation, vicinity of Puerto Rico?

Sunday dinner, Camp McKibbin, Marshall Hall, 1893. Creator: William Cruikshank
Sunday dinner, Camp McKibbin, Marshall Hall, 1893. [Maryland]

The Lunch Lady, ca. 1840. Creator: Hippolyte Bellangé
The Lunch Lady, ca. 1840

Party in the Garden, 1619 (oil on canvas)
IND113002 Party in the Garden, 1619 (oil on canvas) by Velde, Esaias I van de (1587-1630); Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands; Index Fototeca

The Lunch, 1787-93. Creator: Louis Marin Bonnet
The Lunch, 1787-93

Washington, DC. A dishwasher who works in a waterfront restaurant, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, DC. A dishwasher who works in a waterfront restaurant

Lunchtime in the pea fields with camp in background, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime in the field. Camp in background. Near Calipatria, California. Pea fields

Sunday picnic in park on the Rogue River... Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon, Josephine County, Grants Pass. Sunday picnic in park on the Rogue River outside of town. [Baby crawling on homemade quilt]

Sunday family picnic, Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon, Josephine County, Grants Pass. Sunday family picnic. Hot afternoon in park on Rogue River. Her mother, his mother, young husband and wife, two boys, and baby

New England fisherman aboard their ship at Fulton fish market, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. New England fisherman aboard their ship at Fulton fish market

Boys wait for school bus in the morning, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Boys wait for school bus in the morning. Malheur County, Oregon

The children from Dead Ox Flat get off bus at school yard, Ontario, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The children from Dead Ox Flat get off bus at school yard. Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon

Lunchtime in the field, camp in background, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime in the field. Camp in background. Near Calipatria, California. Pea fields

Lunch with a View. Creator: Joshua Johnston
Lunch with a View

The Dead Season, the Last Man in Town (engraving)
1041818 The Dead Season, the Last Man in Town (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dead Season, the Last Man in Town)

Presentation of the Freedom of the City to HRH Prince Leopold (engraving)
1049401 Presentation of the Freedom of the City to HRH Prince Leopold (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info)

The King and Queen in the Highlands (litho)
1628462 The King and Queen in the Highlands (litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: The King and Queen in the Highlands)

Taking Food to Rice Planters, Japan, late 18th / early 19th century. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Taking Food to Rice Planters, Japan, late 18th/early 19th century

Three Working Girls Out for Lunch, 1900. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Three Working Girls Out for Lunch, 1900

Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers Lunch), 1875

Luncheon at the Inn, 1881 (gouache and charcoal on board)
650896 Luncheon at the Inn, 1881 (gouache and charcoal on board) by Smith, Francis Hopkinson (1838-1915); 44.7x63 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Luncheon at the Inn)

A Shooting Party, Luncheon (engraving)
1057485 A Shooting Party, Luncheon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Shooting Party, Luncheon)

Visit of the King of Prussia to the Emperor of the French at Compiegne, the Luncheon at Pierrefonds (engraving)
1619855 Visit of the King of Prussia to the Emperor of the French at Compiegne, the Luncheon at Pierrefonds (engraving) by English School

The Health of the Shah (engraving)
1046454 The Health of the Shah (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Health of the Shah, the Luncheon at the Guildhall)

Salmon-Fishing in Norway (engraving)
1041828 Salmon-Fishing in Norway (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salmon-Fishing in Norway)

The Land Agitation in Ireland, Departure of the Boycott Expedition from Lough Mask (engraving)
1060395 The Land Agitation in Ireland, Departure of the Boycott Expedition from Lough Mask (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Prince of Waless Visit to Germany for the Kaisers Birthday (engraving)
1629287 The Prince of Waless Visit to Germany for the Kaisers Birthday (engraving) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

England versus Australia at the Oval (engraving)
1062873 England versus Australia at the Oval (engraving) by Renouard, Charles Paul (1845-1924) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: England versus Australia at the Oval)

Luncheon hour on the Thames Embankment (litho)
1090718 Luncheon hour on the Thames Embankment (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Luncheon hour on the Thames Embankment)

The Prince of Waless party at Ain-et-Tin (Khan Minyeh), 1862 (b / w photo)
PEF446182 The Prince of Waless party at Ain-et-Tin (Khan Minyeh), 1862 (b/w photo) by Bedford, Francis (1816-94); Palestine Exploration Fund, London, UK; ePalestine Exploration Fund; English

Midi, illustration from Moeurs Administratives, Dessinees D apres Nature
740215 Midi, illustration from Moeurs Administratives, Dessinees D aprAs Nature by Henri Monnier, lithographed by Delpech, pub

King George V having lunch in the Chitwan Valley during a Tiger Shoot, 1911 (b / w photo)
JHL440609 King George V having lunch in the Chitwan Valley during a Tiger Shoot, 1911 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King George V (1865-1936)

The Luncheon of Camille Desmoulins (colour litho)
2818340 The Luncheon of Camille Desmoulins (colour litho) by Flameng, Leopold (1831-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Luncheon of Camille Desmoulins. Painting by Leopold Flameng)

Advert for the Queensboro Social and Dance Club, London, 1925. The venue features a cabaret with luncheon, the dansant, dinner and supper Date: 1925

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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.