Party Collection (#13)

English Tea Party with the Prince of Conti at the Temple, 1766. Artist: Michel Barthelemy Ollivier
English Tea Party with the Prince of Conti at the Temple, 1766. The young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is seated at the clavichord at the left of the picture

The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (Rembrandt and Saskia), c1635. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (Rembrandt and Saskia), c1635. From the Dresden Gallery, Dresden, Germany

Le Grand Cafe 1759. Artist: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
Le Grand Cafe 1759. In the right foreground a pedlar holds up a pair of spectacles for sale. At centre right a water carrier points through the doorway to people dancing

George du Maurier cartoon from Punch illustrating Darwinism, 1887. Artist: George du Maurier
Development of Species Under Civilisation, 1887. The old evolutionary argument of Nature or Nurture: it would be a brave person who came to a conclusion on this evidence. Cartoon from Punch

The Survival of the Fittest; application of Darwinism in the 21st century, 1880. Artist: George du Maurier
The Survival of the Fittest ; application of Darwinism in the 21st century, 1880. The term Survival of the fittest was first used by Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) in 1851

Opening of the 1851 London to Paris telegraph link (1852)
Opening of the 1851 London to Paris telegraph link. Instrument room at the Submarine Telegraph Company, Cornhill, London, showing the Wheatstone needle telegraph instruments

Merry Company, 1633. Artist: Palamedesz, Anthonie (1601-1673)
Merry Company, 1633. Found in the collection of the Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm

Ladies and Gentlemen playing La Main Chaude, c. 1655-1665. Artist: Janssens, Hieronymus, (Workshop)
Ladies and Gentlemen playing La Main Chaude, c. 1655-1665. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Roman wallpainting of a dinner-party, Pompeii, Italy

Mr Jorrockss Bath, 1845. Mr Jorrocks, having retired early very drunk, goes sleepwalking during a violent dream and falls in Lord Bambers swimming pool from where he is rescued by other house guests

The Triumph of Pan, 1636. Artist: Nicolas Poussin
The Triumph of Pan, 1636. Nymphs and satyrs with goats dancing and carousing before a figure representing the god Pan

Ladies and gentlemen playing La Bouillotte, France, c1804-1814. French Empire scene with fashionable people playing the card game of Bouillotte

Music Party, East Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight, 1835. Artist: JMW Turner
Music Party, East Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight, 1835. This unfinished study shows a group of figures playing or languidly listening to music in an unidentified setting. From the Tate Gallery, London

Terrible Result of the Higher Education of Women!, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
Terrible Result of the Higher Education of Women!, 1874. The beautiful young women go into dinner on the arms of the elderly professors

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