Party Collection (#97)

Vorwarts (Berlin) central organ of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, issue of 9
" Vorwarts" (Berlin) central organ of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, issue of 9. November 1918

National party, Government of South Africa. Prime Minister Magnus Malan seated centre(1948)

Hans-Jochen Vogel (born 3 February 1926) German politician. Vogel was Mayor of Munich from 1960-72. After the general election in 1972 he became Federal Minister for Regional Planning

American Civil War 1861-1865: Second Battle of Fort Fisher, 13-15 January 1865. Capture of Fort Fisher by Union (Northern) forces. Confederate (Southern) forces attempting to repel the landing party

A Mad Tea-Party by Arthur Rackham. 1907, A Mad Tea-Party, one of Arthur Rackhams color plates from Alices Adventures in Wonderland, is reproduced on a postcard

Natives Directing The Shooting Party Where To Find Big Game, Engraving 1884

The Head Of Ferdinand Von Schill By Adolf Hering, 1863-1932, German Painter And Illustrator. Head Floating Behind Glass, Head On Display, Specimen, Dinner, Dinner Party, Woman, Table, Cutlery, Glass

Merry Making On The Regents Birth Day, 1812, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, Etcher, 1812, George, The Prince Regent, Dancing And Drinking At A Lavish Party With The Wife Of A Man Who Sits With A

Bowls containing food made in to the shape of faces

Cocos nucifera, Coconut, being sliced in half with large blade, one hand holding coconut and other hand cutting, ceramic plate underneath

Europe, France, Dordogne, Montignac. Plastic flowers at the celebrations to remember Occitania, its customs and language in the market town of Montignac on the V?© z?re

Bali, Ubud. Colourful, artistic and often revolting, villages spend weeks meticulously crafting their Ogoh-ogoh monsters for the Nyepi New Year celebrations

Colourful costumes in the Notting Hill Carnival

Man juggling balls

Los Zancudos. Stilt dancers in old Havana World Heritage Area, Cuba

Bolivia, Lake Titicaca, Isla del Sol, Yumani.Aymara women dance and spin in celebration of the festival of San Andres. Each November the Aymara of Lake Titicaca celebrate with colourful costumes

Banquet under a portico of ionic order, ca 1720. Found in the Collection of Muse e du Louvre, Paris

Souper on the terrace. Private Collection

Feast in the castle park, 1624. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

Gustavian Style Interior with a Musical Party, 1779. Found in the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Distinguished Dinner Company in an Interior, 1631. Found in the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Dinner company. Private Collection

A Merry Company. Found in the Collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Merry Company, 1622. Found in the Collection of Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Merry company. Artist: Buytewech, Willem Pietersz. (1591 / 92-1624)
Merry company. Found in the collection of Szepmuveszeti Muzeum, Budapest

A Musical Party. Artist: Hals, Dirck (1591-1656)
A Musical Party. Found in the collection of National Gallery, Prague

Friends. Artist: Pauli (Hirsch-Pauli), Hanna (1864-1940)
Friends. Found in the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

A Dinner Table at Night, 1884. Artist: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925)
A Dinner Table at Night, 1884. Found in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

A Feast in an Italian Villa, c. 1620. Found in the Collection of Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

A Convivial Evening, 1875-1897. Artist: Makovsky, Vladimir Yegorovich (1846-1920)
A Convivial Evening, 1875-1897. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

A Musical Party, 1631, (c1915). Artist: Jacob van Velsen
A Musical Party, 1631, (c1915). Held by the National Gallery, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Fete Champetre, c1722, (c1915). Artist: Jean-Baptiste Pater
Fete Champetre, c1722, (c1915). The painting is held by the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Outdoor gathering, 1937. Artist: Louis Guichard
Outdoor gathering, 1937. From Verve - Vol.1, No. 1, December 1937. [Verve, France, 1937]

Mrs Sextus consoles herself with a Little Party, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Mrs Sextus consoles herself with a Little Party, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Festa em uma Colonia, (Party in a colony), 1895. Artist: Axel Frick
Festa em uma Colonia, (Party in a colony), 1895. From Sao Paulo by Gustavo Koenigswald. [S. Paulo, 1895]

Juvenile Ball at the Mansion House - Between the Dances, 1891. Artist: William Luker
Juvenile Ball at the Mansion House - Between the Dances, 1891. Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London

A Fete Champetre, (Pastoral Gathering), 18th century, (1910). Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
A Fete Champetre, (Pastoral Gathering), 18th century, (1910). The Fete champetre was a popular form of entertainment in the 18th century, taking the form of a garden party

The Handley Cross Fancy Ball, 1854. Artist: John Leech
The Handley Cross Fancy Ball, 1854. From Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrockss Hunt, by Robert Smith Surtees. [Bradbury and Evans, London, 1854]

A Christmas dance at the German Gymnasium, London, c1902 (1903). The German Gymnasium was designed by Edward Gruning and completed in 1865 for the German Gymnastics Society

Les Plaisirs du Bal (Le Bal Champetre), c1717. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Les Plaisirs du Bal (Le Bal Champetre), c1717. Painting held at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIX. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1932]

Dinner Party at a Mandarins House, 1843. Artist: G Paterson
Dinner Party at a Mandarins House, 1843. After Thomas Allom (1804?1872). From China Illustrated, by Thomas Allom. [Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris, 1843]

The Royal house party at The Grove, Watford, Lord Clarendons residence, in July, 1909 (1911). From Edward VII: His Life and Times, Volume II Edited by Sir Richard Holmes, K.C.V.O

In Kensington Gardens, 1914. Artist: Claude Allin Shepperson
In Kensington Gardens, 1914. From The Studio Volume 76. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1919]

Fetes Venitiennes, 1718-1719. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Fetes Venitiennes, 1718-1719. Painting housed in the National Galleries Scotland. From The Worlds Greatest Paintings, edited by T. Leman Hare. [Odhams Press Ltd, London, 1934]

Scene at Masked Ball, c19th century. Artist: Claude Allin Shepperson
Scene at Masked Ball. by Claude A. Shepperson. 1944. [The Offices of the Studio, London & New York, 1944]

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