Party Collection (#98)

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

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]

Circumstantial Evidence, 1879 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
Circumstantial Evidence, 1879 (1891). A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, selected from Punch, Volume I, London, 1891

Poster, 1882 (1954). A print from the Pictorial History of the Wild West, by James D Horan and Paul Sann, Spring Books, London, 1954

Advert for Celanese Fashion Fabrics, 1928. A print from The Sketch, Christmas 1928

Christmas advert for Columbia Gramophones, 1929. A print from The Graphic Christmas number, 1929

Christmas advert for Columbia gramophones, 1928. A print from The Tatler, 30th November 1928

The supper party at St Johns, Windsor, 18th century, (19th century)
The supper party at St John s, Windsor, 18th century, (19th century). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Volume IV, (Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co, London, Paris and New York)

Celebration of the Fourth of July in San Francisco, California, 1852 (1937). Artist: Cooke & Le Count
Celebration of the Fourth of July in San Francisco, California, 1852 (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday

Steamer Day in San Francisco, California, 19th century (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)

The cast from A Midsummer Nights Dream, the Green Room, Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1926-1927. The cast enjoy an old actors benevolence, food and drink paid for by Robert Baddeley

The Fete des Loges, St-Germain-en-Laye, France, 1874. From The Illustrated London News (12 September 1874)

An election entertainment, 1755. Artist: William Hogarth
An election entertainment, 1755. An election treat given by the Whigs while the Tories parade outside. The two Whig candidates sit on the left of the scene, whilst others eat and drink

A royal family party at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, c1890-1900, (1935). Osborne House was the favourite home of Queen Victoria

Garden of a French Chateau, 1832, (1938). Artist: Camille Joseph Etienne Roqueplan
Garden of a French Chateau, 1832, (1938). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe

Evening Party - Time of Charles II, 1850. Artist: John Leech
Evening Party - Time of Charles II, 1850. A satirical illustration of King Charles II (1630?1685). King Charles II (163-?1685) was know as the Merry Monarch

Disastrous Result of Beautymania, 1879 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
Disastrous Result of Beautymania, 1879 (1891). The last new beauty, having an innocent cast of countenance, has been painted, sculptured, and photographed with her head on one side

Houseboat party, Jhelum River, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Houseboat party, Jhelum River, Kashmir, India, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. In the foreground a man plays a sitar

Garden party at Windsor Castle, 19th century. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Vol III, (c1890s)

A supper party, early 17th century, (1893). Ballad in the Roxburghe Collection, (British Museum). An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Midnight Supper, 1938. Plate taken from Plaisir de France (December, 1938)

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