Top Hat Collection

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, 1857, printed 1863-64

The Mad Hatter, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
The Mad Hatter, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. [Macmillan & Co

Bill Sykes, 1939. William Bill Sikes is a character from the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). From the Dickens Character Series produced by Copes Cigarettes, 1939

His Girl, The Huntsmans Meet. Creator: Victor Venner
His Girl, The Huntsmans Meet

Labor Ipse Voluptas, 1869. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Labor Ipse Voluptas, 1869. The perils of smoking are highlighted in this cartoon. Tobacco affects how a man looks, and his energy levels. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 22, 1869

La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, 1892, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, 1892, (1952). French can-can dancer Louise Weber, known as La Goulue, at the famous Paris nightclub. On the left is sister, with her lover on the right

At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance, 1890, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance, 1890, (1952). Valentin the Boneless and La Goulue dancing in the famous Paris nightclub. Painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Churchill, 23 February 1940, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Churchill, 23 February 1940, (1945). Winston Churchill (1874-1965) and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940)

The Earl of Zetland, 1879. Creator: Vincent Brooks Day & Son
The Earl of Zetland, 1879. Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland (1844-1929), politician and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. From The Sporting Gazette and Agricultural Journal, 19th April 1879

A whist-er at Boodles - or a choice peice [sic] of double milled Yorkshire broad cloth, 1820. A very obese man in profile is about to step into Boodles club, Pall Mall

Horace, Lord Farquhar, British financier and politician, 1898. Artist: Spy
Horace, Lord Farquhar, British financier and politician, 1898. Farquhar (1844-1923) served as Treasurer of the Conservative Party from 1911-1923. A print from Vanity Fair, June 2nd 1898

Prince Albert the British Farmer, 1843. Cartoon of Prince Albert (1819-1861) as a farmer. Prince Albert has turned his attention to the promotion of agriculture; and if you have seen

Happy Hampstead!, 1875. Artist: Joseph Swain
Happy Hampstead!, 1875. A suburban family is shown enjoying a day out in the park. Behind them lurk the shrouded and menacing figures of Smallpox and Fever

Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay, and John Liston, Newhaven, 1843 / 47, printed c. 1916
Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay, and John Liston, Newhaven, 1843/47, printed c. 1916. [Scottish fishermen]. Carbon print

Trial Trip on the Underground Railway, 1863, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
Trial Trip on the Underground Railway, 1863, (c1876). Work on the worlds first underground railway started in 1860, by the Metropolitan Railway under chief engineer John Fowler

James Cobbett, c1830s. Creator: Unknown
James Cobbett, c1830s. Portrait of English cricketer James Cobbett, (1804-1842), one of the best all round players of his time

Deficiency. - Surplus. 1836. Creator: John Doyle
Deficiency. - Surplus. 1836. Satirical caricature of British politicians Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), Chancellor of the Exchequer, and James Pattison (1786-1849)

The Driver of 1832 and The Driver of 1852. Artist: J Harris
The Driver of 1832 and The Driver of 1852 ; shows a comparison between a mail coach driver and an engine driver. The phenomenal growth and popularity of the railways between the 1830s

The Bottle, 1847. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Bottle, 1847; showing an interior domestic scene with the father sitting in front of the fire smoking having been discharged from his employment because of his drunkeness

The Head, 1901. Artist: Spy
The Head, 1901. James John Hornby (1826-1909), headmaster of Eton College from 1868 to 1884. He was previously a rower, competing for Oxford University in the Boat Race

Nothing could be Better said Holmes, 1893. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Nothing could be Better said Holmes, 1893. Illustration from The Stockbrokers Clerk by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in Strand Magazine March 1893

Judicious Amelioration, 1871. Artist: Coide
Judicious Amelioration, 1871. A caricature of Alexander Baillie-Cochrane (1816-1890), British politician. Baillie-Cochrane was a Conservative MP who represented Bridport, Lanarkshire

Gen. Virbeck [i.e., Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Virbeck [i.e., Verbeck; Chandler Hale; Adm. Togo; [and] Gen. Grant, 1911. Shows men on the Lusitania welcoming Japanese admiral Togo Heihachiro to New York City

Farley [and] O'Connell, [1911?]. Creator: Bain News Service
Farley [and] O'Connell, [1911?]. Shows John Cardinal Murphy Farley (1842-1918), Archbishop of New York, and William Henry Cardinal O'Connell (1859-1944), Archbishop of Boston

Taking Kearny's body from Trinity Church, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Taking Kearny's body from Trinity Church, between c1910 and c1915.

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

C.V. Collins, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
C.V. Collins, 1910.

5th Ave. - Easter 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
5th Ave. - Easter 1911. The 5th Avenue Easter Parade - the Sunday morning Fifth Avenue Easter bonnet stroll.

Midgets May Party - Central Park. Group seated on grass, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Midgets May Party - Central Park. Group seated on grass, 1910.

Caruso, Easter Parade, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Caruso, Easter Parade, 1913. Shows opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) on Easter day, March 23, 1913, New York City.

French Ministers at Berteaux funeral. Caillaux, Cruppi, Perrier, Delcasse, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
French Ministers at Berteaux funeral. Caillaux, Cruppi, Perrier, Delcasse, 1911. Shows ministers at state funeral on May 26, 1911 of Maurice Berteaux (1852-1911), French Minister of War.

Adm. Osterhaus at City Hall, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Adm. Osterhaus at City Hall, 1912.

Caruso, Easter, '13, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Caruso, Easter, '13, 1913. Shows opera singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) on Easter day, March 23, 1913, New York City.

King Geo., Queen Mary, Earl Plymouth, Prince of Wales at opening "Festival of Empire", 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo., Queen Mary, Earl Plymouth, Prince of Wales at opening "Festival of Empire", 1912. Shows King George V of the United Kingdom

Sec'y Stimson, Gen. F.D. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Sec'y Stimson, Gen. F.D. Grant, 1911. Shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on Governors Island, with Secretary of War Henry I

Susan Carey, Gov. J.M. Carey & wife, Dorothy Knight, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Susan Carey, Gov. J.M. Carey & wife, Dorothy Knight, 1911. Shows Governor of Wyoming Joseph Maull Carey (1845-1924), with his wife and Dorothy Eunice Knight

Sec'y Stimson & Gen. Grant, Lawn Party, Gov's Island, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Sec'y Stimson & Gen. Grant, Lawn Party, Gov's Island, 1911. Shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on Governors Island with Secretary of War Henry I

5th Ave. - Easter 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
5th Ave. - Easter 1911. The 5th Avenue Easter Parade - the Sunday morning Fifth Avenue Easter bonnet stroll.

5th Ave. - Easter 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
5th Ave. - Easter 1911. The 5th Avenue Easter Parade - the Sunday morning Fifth Avenue Easter bonnet stroll.

Geo. Clemenceau, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Geo. Clemenceau, 1917.

Japan - C.B. Bryan arrives in Yokohama, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Japan - C.B. Bryan arrives in Yokohama, 1911.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie on street, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie on street, 1910.

Count & Countess Lonyay, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Count & Countess Lonyay, 1913. Princess Stephanie of Belgium (1864-1945), with her husband, Count Elemer Lonyay, who she married in 1900.

Judge Victor Dowling and J.B. Hasslacher, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Judge Victor Dowling and J.B. Hasslacher, 1912.

Horsewoman, Full-Face (L'Amazone), 1882. Creator: Edouard Manet
Horsewoman, Full-Face (L'Amazone), 1882.

Fishing Party on Long Island Sound Off New Rochelle, 1847. Creator: James Goodwyn Clonney
Fishing Party on Long Island Sound Off New Rochelle, 1847.

Senator Hollis, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Senator Hollis, between c1910 and c1915.

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