Hostess Collection

Tea at Hostess House, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Tea at Hostess House, between c1915 and 1918. Women having tea at a "hostess house" probably in a military camp during World War I

At Hostess House, Y.W.C.A., between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
At Hostess House, Y.W.C.A., between c1915 and 1918. Women and military personnel at a "hostess house" probably in a military camp during World War I

Hostess House YWCA, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Hostess House YWCA, between c1915 and 1918. Women and military personnel at a "hostess house" probably in a military camp during World War I

Mrs. Marsh entertaining wounded, Warwick Castle, 6 Oct 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Marsh entertaining wounded, Warwick Castle, 6 Oct 1915 (date created or published later). Mrs. Agnes Power Marsh, wife of Henry Wheelwright Marsh at Warwick Castle with soldiers wounded in World

Japanese party at meals - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Japanese party at meals, 1864. An '...Illustration of the daily life of the Japanese people, from a sketch by Mr. Wirgman, our Special Artist

Princess Marie of Stolberg Werningen and wounded at her Chateau, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Princess Marie of Stolberg Werningen and wounded at her Chateau, between 1914 and c1915. Wounded soldiers during World War I.

Sophia Elisabet Weber, 1659-1730, married to Elias Brenner, c18th century. Creator: Georg Engelhard Schroder
Sophia Elisabet Weber, 1659-1730, married to Elias Brenner, c18th century

Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, 1718-1763, c18th century. Creator: Anon
Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, 1718-1763, c18th century

Mrs. Mary Benson standing at the entrance to her house, between 1933 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. Mary Benson standing at the entrance to her house, between 1933 and 1942

Mrs. Mary Benson and two identified women seated outdoors at a table, between 1933 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. Mary Benson [second right] and two identified women seated outdoors at a table, between 1933 and 1942

Mrs. Mary Benson and other people seated outdoors, 1933. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mrs. Mary Benson and other people seated outdoors, 1933

Portrait considered to be Mme de Graffigny, born Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt
Portrait considered to be Mme de Graffigny, born Francoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt (1695-1758), woman of letters, between 1695 and 1758

Three-quarter length portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney...holding a peacock feather fan, c1916
Three-quarter length portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney) wearing a jeweled gown and tiara and holding a peacock feather fan, c1916

Portrait of a woman formerly identified as Ms. Geoffrin, 1787. Creator: Jean-Francois Colson
Portrait of a woman formerly identified as Ms. Geoffrin, 1787

Dolly [sic] Madison - Steel Engraving of Portrait By Joseph Ward, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Dolly [sic] Madison - Steel Engraving of Portrait By Joseph Ward, 1912. [19th-century portrait of Dolley Dandridge Payne Todd Madison, wife of James Madison

Princess Mathilde in her studio in St-Gratien, 1896. Creator: Joseph Felix Bouchor
Princess Mathilde in her studio in St-Gratien, 1896

Portrait de Pauline Ménard-Dorian, c.1890. Creator: Eugene Carriere
Portrait de Pauline Menard-Dorian, c.1890

Portrait of Mme d'Epinay with hair in curls. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Mme d'Epinay with hair in curls

Portrait of Apollonie Sabatier (1822-1889), known as "the president", c1850. Creator: Gustave Ricard
Portrait of Apollonie Sabatier (1822-1889), known as "the president", c1850

Portrait of Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, Marquise de Lambert (1647-1733), c1710
Portrait of Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles, Marquise de Lambert (1647-1733), c1710

Princess Mathilde (1820-1904) in her studio, rue de Courcelles, c1860. Creator: Charles Giraud
Princess Mathilde (1820-1904) in her studio, rue de Courcelles, c1860

The Viscountess Palmerston's Assembly - The Saloon, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Viscountess Palmerston's Assembly - The Saloon, 1850. London gathering hosted by the wife of Lord Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Countess Stenbock, 1698. Creator: Martin Mytens the elder
Countess Stenbock, 1698

A Fashion-Plate from Irkutsk. Posing Was the Wife of a Justiciary Who Hosted a Group... 1904
A Fashion-Plate from Irkutsk. Posing Was the Wife of a Justiciary Who Hosted a Group of Lovers of Drawing, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954)

Kate Chase Sprague, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Kate Chase Sprague, between 1855 and 1865. [Society hostess, wife of Governor William Sprague of Rhode Island]

Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters... Hostess of the Izumiya Teahouse, late 18th-early 19th century
Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): the Hostess of the Izumiya Teahouse, late 18th-early 19th century

Paying the Hostess, ca. 1670. Creator: Pieter de Hooch
Paying the Hostess, ca. 1670

Dinner served, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Dinner served, 1964. In an early 1960s advertising shot, a model serves up roast beef and Yorkshire Puddings

Frances Anne Crewe, Lady Crewe, as St Genevieve, c1773 (1894). Artist: Thomas Watson
Frances Anne Crewe, Lady Crewe (1748-1818), as St Genevieve, c1773 (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

Lady Oxford says It Is Popular To Be Liberal With Booths Gin, And Then The Party Will Be Top Of The Poll, c1935 (1935). Margaret Emma Alice ( Margot ) Asquith (nee Tennant)

Lady Mount Temple announces: I Want Good Mixers At My Parties, And So I Always Insist On Mixing Them With Booth s, c1935 (1935). Muriel Emily Ashley (nee Spencer), Lady Mount Temple (circa 1881-1954)

Lady Dorothy Fanny Nevill (nee Walpole), 1844, (1902). Artist: George Frederick Watts
Lady Dorothy Fanny Nevill (nee Walpole), 1844. Lady Dorothy Fanny Nevill (1826-1913), was an English writer, hostess, horticulturist and plant collector. From The Connoisseur Vol

A taffif card for The Latin Quarter nightclub in Londons Leicester Square, c1969
A tariff card for The Latin Quarter nightclub in Londons Leicester Square, c1969. The nightclub on Wardour Street, Soho, was notorious for its criminal underground and gangster links

Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet, 1805. Burns is seen here being served by hostess Nancy Tinnock

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