Upper Collection (#70)

Social / Cafe Scene 1914
Elegant people drinking and dancing in a cafe

Social / Tango Demo 1914
A professional couple demonstrate the tango - still an exotic novelty - to supper guests at the Savoy Hotel, London

Social / Ladies in Garden
Three elegant ladies relaxing in the shade in a garden

Social / Tea at Commons
Elegant people and MPs taking tea on the terrace of the House of Commons, Westminster, London

EDWARDIAN AT HOME
An Edwardian lady is at home to her friends

Social / Henley Boats 1901
Houseboats, punts and canoes line the Thames at Henley

Social / English Reception
An elegant reception in an English stately home, as seen through French eyes

Social / Arriving at Hall
A gentleman arriving at a stately home just in time for dinner

Social / Theatregoers 1890
Some very stiff-necked theatregoers in the box at a London theatre

Coral Reef / J. W. Whimper
Vegetation has taken root on the upper levels of a coral reef, forming a kind of island

Riverboat Interior
The opulent interior of the Mississippi steamboat Drew. The upper gallery is lined with individual cabins for those who prefer privacy to the society of the saloon

MENs SHOES 1908
An example of a front lacing shoe & boot with a contrasting upper which may be composed of canvas

Outdoor Dinner
An upper class French group take dinner and drinks outdoors, waited upon by their servants

Fashion Plate 1905
Costumes with tablier skirts & sleeves that are full on the upper arm. One has a bolero style jacket bodice, the other lace flounces. Hats: tricorn hat with rosette, large flat hat

Drawing Room 1916
An elegant colour scheme designed by Waring and Gillow, suitable for any upper class home

Upper Class Bedroom 1917
An upper class bedroom designed by Waring and Gillow

Female Type Caledon 19C
The Countess of Caledon, posing in the photographers studio

Female Type Viscountess
The elegant Viscountess Talbot, reading a letter

Smokey Fireplace / Cartoon
Sir Pompey Bedell: " This wretched chimney has got into a most objectionable way of smoking! I can t cure it" Bedell Junior: " Give it a couple of your cigars!"

Reading a Romance / C18
A lady from the upper echelons of society is enraptured by the words of her Roman Dangereux

Two-Tone Dress / New Look
The sleeves are cut with the upper bodice and fitted to a deep waist band. The skirt is composed of bands of alternating brown & grey fabric of increasing width

Durnstein Castle / Austria
The upper ruins are a medieval castle that held Richard the Lionheart for a time on his return from the Crusades

Norwich Castle 1750
Norwich Castle : the vegetation growing on the upper walls suggests that the city elders are not taking very good care of it

London Fashions 1830
English fashions in a French magazine! Do tricolore ribbons reveal sympathy for the revolution? White redingotes: mancherons, tight sleeves with a puffed upper, bonnets & veils

Denderah Zodiac
In this zodiac from Denderah in upper Egypt, the twelve traditional signs can be discerned, accompanied by the humans and other creatures whose destinies they control

Chariot Race
Depiction of a chariot race, with putti taking part in the upper panel, and a curious monster making his appearance at lower right

Jerusalem / Plan 1C Ad
Plan of the city in biblical times : the City of David upper left, Solomons Temple lower centre, the site of Jesuss crucifixion upper centre

Social / Derby Private Box
A private box at the Derby - watching the races in comfort

Social / Savoy Derby 1914
After the races: Derby night at the Savoy Hotel, London - those who have won, celebrate with champagne; those who have lost, drown their grief in the same beverage

Trollope / Allington
THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON Mr Lupex holds out his hand to Mr Cradell

Trollope / Framley Parson
FRAMLEY PARSONAGE Lady Lufton and the Duke of Omnium

Girls Camping 1930S
Four girls preparing a meal around the camp fire at Boxhill, Surrey, England

Relaxed Read 1893
A young man, with his upper body propped up on cushions on a day bed, rests his feet up on a ledge in order to create the perfect reading posture

Mongoose (Bewick)
The lower creature is the lemur mongooz : the upper the TAILLESS MACAUCO - lemur tardigradus - who spends its life envying the mongoose its tail : both live in India

Green Monkey (Bewick)
simis sabaea : Buffon calls it the CALLITRICHE. The hair on the upper body is green, the underside silver. It lives on the Cape Verde islands and parts of North Africa

Up Vesuvius by Rail
Negotiating the lava flow on the upper slopes of Vesuvius was an exhausting business until this funicular was constructed in the 1880s, commemorated in popular song

Hungarian Countryside
Fields in the hay season in Upper Hungary

Prehistoric Commerce
Inhabitants of Hallstadt, in Upper Austria, engaged in manufacture and trade

Social / Leaving Theatre
People in evening dress leaving His Majestys Theatre, in the Haymarket, London

Dinner party in an aristocratic French home
An elegant dinner party in an aristocratic French home

Aristocratic French lady receives morning visitors
An aristocratic French lady receives visitors while she completes her morning toilet

Music making in an aristocratic home, with violin, cello, spinet and singer

Fashionable people in the Row, Hyde Park, London
Fashionable riders and strollers in the Row, Hyde Park, Central London

Wedding Dress 1840
A young bride about to sign the register wears a dress with 3 lace edged flounces, pointed waist, bell shaped upper sleeves worn over a tightfitting under sleeve

People dancing the Cotillion in a London ballroom
People dancing the Cotillion in a fashionable London ballroom

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