Society Collection (#2)

Royal Ascot, Berkshire United Kingdom Colonel and Mrs Mcgrath 13 June 1922

The Devonshire House Ball Lady Alexander 14 April 1920

At the Ranelagh Horse and Polo Pony Show. Miss Dorothy Lawson, Mrs John Lawson and Miss Alison Lawson. 1931

Guatemala, Peten, Tikal National Park, Jaguar Temple at the great plaza

View of John Adam Street, Westminster, London, 1795. On the left is the facade of the Society of Arts building, designed by James and Robert Adam as part of their Adelphi scheme

A Midsummer Nights Dream at Stansted Park, Emsworth, West Sussex. Pictured are, Miss Dorothy Freshwater ( Hermia ) and the Honourable Geoffrey Browne ( Philostrate ) 1927

Passengers aboard the SS Avila at Tilbury. Left to right, Lady Pamela Smith, Captain Moulton, Lady Birkenhead, Lord Birkenhead, Lord Furneaux. 19 December 1928

Polo at Hurlingham. Raja Hamit Singh, Colonel Keighley, Mrs McKay 18th May 1925

Early Medical Fund Society Committee Members, c1860
Members of the GWR Medical Fund Society Committee (from t-b, l-r) - R Cook, W Nicholson, J Armstrong, W Laverick, W Ellis, P H Mason, C Trimmer, W J Brown

Anna Wallace marries Johnny Hesketh, brother of Lord Hesketh, at the Guards Chapel. 2nd December 1980

Wedding of Lord Snowdon and Lucy Lindsay-Hogg, at Kensington Registry Office, London, Friday 15th December 1978

The wedding of nineteen year old Miss Jane Sheffield to Mr Jocelyn Stevens at Holy Trinity, Brompton. 14th June 1956

The Virgin of the dry Tree, 1465. Creator: Petrus Christus
The Virgin of the dry Tree, 1465.

Biggest 4 Shriners at Rochester (end to end they are 26 ft. 1 in.), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Biggest 4 Shriners at Rochester (end to end they are 26 ft. 1 in.), between c1910 and c1915.

New York City Mayor William J. Gaynor reviewing parade, between 1910 and 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
New York City Mayor William J. Gaynor reviewing parade, between 1910 and 1913.

Dix, Gaynor, Cropsey, Gen. Grant, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Dix, Gaynor, Cropsey, Gen. Grant, between c1910 and c1915. Shows John Alden Dix, Governor of New York; New York Mayor William Jay Gaynor, Police Commissioner James A

Dougherty, Dix, Gaynor, Cropsey, Gen. Grant, between 1910 and 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Dougherty, Dix, Gaynor, Cropsey, Gen. Grant, between 1910 and 1915. Shows George Samuel Daugherty, John Alden Dix, Governor of New York; New York Mayor William Jay Gaynor

W.R. Kimball & aeroplane, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
W.R. Kimball & aeroplane, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Wilbur R. Kimball (d. 1940), aviation pioneer, inventor, airplane builder

W.R. Kimball, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
W.R. Kimball, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Wilbur R. Kimball (d. 1940), aviation pioneer, inventor, airplane builder and pilot who was also the Secretary of the Aeronautic Society of New York.

Dan. Cohalan, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Dan. Cohalan, 1911.

C.F. Murphy and W.H. Fitzpatrick, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
C.F. Murphy and W.H. Fitzpatrick, between c1910 and c1915. Shows politician Charles Francis "Silent Charlie" Murphy (1858-1924)

Gov. Foss & Mayor Gaynor, Polo Grounds, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Gov. Foss & Mayor Gaynor, Polo Grounds, 1912.

Gaynor & Waldo, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gaynor & Waldo, between c1910 and c1915.

Shriners on water wagon, Rochester, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Shriners on water wagon, Rochester, between c1910 and c1915.

Mrs. C.W. Fairbanks, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. C.W. Fairbanks, 1913. Shows Cornelia "Nellie" Cole Fairbanks (1852-1913), wife of Senator and Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks

Arthur Brown, Coliseum Architect, Chicago, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Arthur Brown, Coliseum Architect, Chicago, 1912.

Professor Phillips, F.R.S., President of the British Association for 1865, (1865). Creator: Unknown
Professor Phillips, F.R.S., Professor of Geology in the University of Oxford, President of the British Association for 1865, (1865). Engraving of a photograph by Mr. Guggenheim. 'Dr

Showyards of the Royal Agricultural Society of England at Plymouth, 1865. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
Showyards of the Royal Agricultural Society of England at Plymouth, 1865. General view. 'On Wednesday forenoon their Royal Highnesses [future King Edward VII

Meeting of the Gloucestershire Agricultural Society, on the banks of the Severn...Tewkesbury, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the Gloucestershire Agricultural Society, on the banks of the Severn, at Tewkesbury, 1865. 'The meeting..., continuing for several days last week

Exhibition of the West of England Agricultural Society at Clifton, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Exhibition of the West of England Agricultural Society at Clifton, 1864. 'No less than 88,138 people visited the Bath and West of England Exhibition at Bristol

Prize horses at the Horse Show in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Prize horses at the Horse Show in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1865. 'We give (Nos. 1 and 2) the portraits of Quicksilver and Young Norfolk Phenomenon

The Fourcroya Longaeva, a species of agave...in the gardens of the Royal Botanic Society..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Fourcroya Longaeva, a species of agave, flowering in the gardens of the Royal Botanic Society, Regent's Park, 1864

Pair of donkeys in harness exhibited by Miss Burdett Coutts...Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Pair of donkeys in harness exhibited by Miss Burdett Coutts at the Mule and Donkey Show in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1865

Arrivals for the Horse Show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Arrivals for the Horse Show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, [London], 1865. 'A magnificent pair of bay "Wimbushes" took the carriage-horse prize, beating Mr

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Plymouth: ...Showyard, Royal Agricultural Society, 1865 Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Plymouth: their Royal Highnesses in the showyard of the Royal Agricultural Society, 1865

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Jukyong Park

Le bal Mabile, 1858. Creator: Provost, A. (active 1834-1855)
Le bal Mabile, 1858. Private Collection

Le bal Mabile, c.1855. Creator: Provost, A. (active 1834-1855)
Le bal Mabile, c.1855. Private Collection

The court ball, 1500. Creator: Monogrammist MZ, (Matthäus Zasinger?) (active around 1500)
The court ball, 1500. Private Collection

The Assembly in the Time of Peter I, 1861. Creator: Timm, Wassili (George Wilhelm) (1820-1895)
The Assembly in the Time of Peter I, 1861. Private Collection

A Little Dance, 1913. Creator: Rosenstand, Emil Christian (1859-1932)
A Little Dance, 1913. Private Collection

Lively conversation, 1917. Creator: Rosenstand, Emil Christian (1859-1932)
Lively conversation, 1917. Private Collection

Testimonial to Dr. Lindley, from the Royal Horticultural Society, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Testimonial to Dr. Lindley, from the Royal Horticultural Society, 1864. Solid silver epergne designed and made by Williams and Co. silversmiths, expressing thanks for Dr

Free opening of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens on the anniversary of the late... 1864. Creator: Unknown
Free opening of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens on the anniversary of the late Prince Consort's birthday, 1864....the Horticultural Gardens at South Kensington

The geography lesson, c.1750-1752. Creator: Longhi, Pietro (1701-1785)
The geography lesson, c.1750-1752. Found in the Collection of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia

Psi Upsilon House, Amherst College, c1908. Creator: Unknown
Psi Upsilon House, Amherst College, c1908

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