Society Collection

Burning crosses at the annual bonfire night parade held in Lewes, East Sussex
England, East Sussex, Lewes, The annual bonfire night parade celebrating 17 protestant martyrs killed in the fifteen hundreds

The last debs. Miss Lola Wigan seen here arriving at Buckingham Palace to be presented to the Queen. March 1953

Law Society Building in Chancery Lane, London
19th July 1950: Law Society Building in Chancery Lane, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Paris dog show becomes fashion show 10th July 1954
As this woman shows, the Paris dog show has become a fashion show 10th July 1954

Homo heidelbergensis. Artists impression of two male H. heidelbergensis hominids which lived between 600, 000 and 250, 000 years ago in the Pleistocene era

Smoking club, 18th century artwork. The practice of smoking tobacco was popularised in England and Ireland in the 1580s and 1590s by the English soldier and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh (c.1552-1618)

Hermes Trismegistus, classical god
Engraving depicting Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretism (joining) of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth

Buddist celebration of Losar (Tibetian New Year) where Buddists throw flower in the air, Bodnath, Katmandu, Nepal, Asia

Advertisement for Trades Unionists Sheep Shear Co-operative Society steel sheep shears
Original at Sheffield City Archives BandB/125

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The most beautiful woman in Paris (La plus belle femme de Paris), 1883-1885. Found in the Collection of Musee d art et d histoire, Genf

An Elegant Soiree, . Private Collection

Scene From Last Of The Mohicans
Illustration of a scene from James Fenimore Coopers 1826 novel Last of the Mohicans

ORDER OF HIBERNIANS. Certificate of membership to the Ancient Order of Hibernians of America. Lithograph, c1894

Harvesting Tobacco In Early Virginia
Painting of three farm workers harvesting tobacco leaves on a Virginia plantation with farm buildings visible as a sailing ship lies anchored on the river behind them, circa 1612

Sir Arthur Carkeek weds. Sir Arthur Carkeek, a big employer at Redruth, Cornwall, and Mrs Deuchar, widow of Mr Alexander Deuchar of Newcastle on Tyne, were married at the Chapel Royal, Savoy, London

Un soir de grand prix au pavillon d Armenonville. Found in the Collection of Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Andrew Ainslie Common, British Astronomer
Andrew Ainslie Common (1841-1903) British astronomer

Eton versus Winchester left to right Hon Anthony Samuel, Lady Bearsted, and Hon Anthony Samuel 30 June 1933

Tennis court romance, 1890s or early 1900s
Tennis player distracted by a flirtatious, fashionable woman, circa 1900. Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration

Dancing the minuet, 1700s
Couples dancing the minuet in an 18th-century ballroom. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Coventry Building Society Arena - Coventry City FC
The Coventry Building Society Arena (often shortened to the CBS Arena or just simply Coventry Arena, and formerly known as the Ricoh Arena) is a complex in Coventry, England

Le Traitede Paix avec Rome (The Peace Treaty with Rome), ca. 1789. Creator: Unknown
Le Traite de Paix avec Rome (The Peace Treaty with Rome), ca. 1789

A participant in the annual bonfire night parade held in Lewes
England, East Sussex, Lewes, The annual bonfire night parade celebrating 17 protestant martyrs killed in the fifteen hundreds

Masquerade, 1924. Artist: Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939)
Masquerade, 1924. Private Collection

At Blickling Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk, the famous staircase. 25 September 1925

Brighton. The Clock Tower, taken from North Street quadrant 1931

Beach bathing machines, 1913
Beach bathing machines with bathers. These huts on wheels were developed in the Victorian era to allow bathers to change and be wheeled down to the sea for private and secluded bathing

The Swing (Les Hasards heureux de l'escarpolette), ca 1767. Found in the collection of the The Wallace Collection

Greyhound trainer with his dog No Stranger at the last meeting at the Derby Greyhound Stadium. 7th December 1988

Schubertiade (Schubertabend), 1896. Found in the Collection of Vienna Museum

Indian Dance (La Marquise de Casati), 1912. Artist: Leon Bakst
Indian Dance (La Marquise de Casati), 1912. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

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

Bullingdon Club Point To Point at Oddington. Mr John Ward, Miss Nancy Beaton and Lord Jersey. 1931

Society at the Hurlingham Club, London, at the England versus the Rest of The World Polo match. Arriving are Captain and Mrs Rogerson with the Honourable Mrs Ian Maitland 25th May 1921

A Midsummer Nights Dream At Stansted Park, Emsworth. From left to right; Miss Dorothy Freshwater ( Hermia ) and the Honourable Geoffrey Browne ( Philostrate ). 1927

Ladies Inter Club Polo at Ranelagh - Rugby team, left to right Hon Mrs Edward Greenall, Miss F Philips, Miss B Balding and Miss Judy Forwood 1937

A general view at Lady Crossfields tennis club party at Highgate 8 July 1935

Eton versus Harrow at Lords. Miss Violet Loraine ( Mrs Joicey ) with her husband, Mr E R Joicey, and their sons John and Richard. 1932

International polo match at the Hurlingham Club, London - the British Army versus America. Sir Harold and Lady Snagge and their children. Sir Harold is the Chairman of Hurlingham Club. 20 June 1925

RAF Pageant at Hendon Miss Joan Villiers ( In pillbox hat ) and Hon Unity Mitford 1932

Captain L. Bolton, master of the Royal Artillery (Woolwich) Draghunt, chatting to a friend at a recent meet at Eynsford, Kent. The car is one of the latest Graham s. 17th November 1936

ALMACKs CLUB, c1815. Member of English high society in the ballroom of Almacks Assembly Rooms in London, England, during the Regency. Line engraving, 1890

Reception in the Toynbee Hall dining room, England, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Palace of the Stuarts, York, 1881. Creator: Unknown
Palace of the Stuarts, York, 1881. The Kings Manor is a Grade I listed building in York, England, and is now part of the University of York. From " The Leisure Hour 1881", by

Middle Temple Hall, One Of The Four Inns Of Court, London, England In The Late 19Th Century. From London, Historic And Social, Published 1902

Living in a villa. Found in the Collection of Accademia Carrara, Bergamo

Fete champetre in the time of Charles II, 1852. Artist: Tayler, John Frederick (1802-1889)
Fete champetre in the time of Charles II, 1852. Private Collection

The Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room, 1818. Artist: Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)
The Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room, 1818. Found in the collection of British Museum

CLIFTON ASSEMBLY ROOMS. The cloakroom of the Clifton Assembly Rooms during a ball, Bath, England. Oil painting by Rolina Sharples, 1818

Lord Airedales daughter weds. The Hon Thelma Kitson and Dr Noel Gordon Harris, were married at St Saviour s, Walton Street. 24 July 1923

The wedding took place at Horningsham Church, near Warminster, between Lady Emma Thynne, and the Marquis of Northampton. The Bride and Bridegroom with the three little trainbearers and the Best Man

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

The Devonshire House Ball Lady Alexander 14 April 1920

Play in progress at the Cowdray Park Polo Tournament at Midhurst in Sussex. A general view of the Polo. 1937

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

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

Salford Rechabites Friendly Society poster. Date: late 19th century

Temple Period (3600 BC to 2500 BC). Malta. Headless seated statue depicting a woman with a voluminous body. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Small amphora
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Small amphora with two handles made of very fine ware. From Tarxien. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Malta. One of the clay and stone heads that either broke off from their sculptures or were made with peg-like necks to fit into acephalous statues

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Malta. One of the clay and stone heads that either broke off from their sculptures or were made with peg-like necks to fit into acephalous statues

Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500)
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Malta. One of the clay and stone heads that either broke off from their sculptures or were made with peg-like necks to fit into acephalous statues

Temple Period (3600 BC to 2500 BC). Clay and stone
Temple Period (3600 BC to 2500 BC). Malta. Clay and stone woman figurine sculpture. From Tarxien Temples. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Stone altar. From Hagar Qim, Malta. Temple Period (3600 BC to 2500 BC). National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Tarxien Phase (3000 BC to 2500 BC). Stone block
Neolithic Period. Tarxien Phase (3000 BC to 2500 BC). Stone block from the temple of Bugibba, Malta. Incised decoration depicting fishes carved on the sides. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta

Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Malta. Stone cup
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Stone cup. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta.

Isabel Aragon, portrait by Luis Ferrant Llausas
Luis Ferrant Llausas (1806-1868). Spanish painter. Portrait of Isabel Aragon, 1854. Oil on canvas, 79,5 x 65,8 cm. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Manuel and Matilde Alvarez Amoros. Portrait by
Joaquin Espalter Rull (1809-1880). Spanish painter. Manuel and Matilde Alvarez Amoros, 1853. Oil on canvas, 159 x 126 cm. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain.

The children of the Lara family, 1832, by Jose
Jose Roldan Martinez (1808-1871). Spanish painter. The children of the Lara family, 1832. Oil on canvas, 175,5 x 247,5 cm. Detail. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain.

The children of the Lara family, 1832, by Jose
Jose Roldan Martinez (1808-1871). Spanish painter. The children of the Lara family, 1832. Oil on canvas, 175,5 x 247,5 cm. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Young Girl seated in a Landscape, 1842, by Rafael
Rafael Tegeo Diaz (1798-1856). Spanish painter. Young Girl seated in a Landscape, 1842. Oil on canvas, 111 x 81,5 cm. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Manuela Isidra Tellez-Giron, future Duchess of
Agustin Esteve Marques (1753-1820). Spanish painter. Manuela Isidra Tellez-Giron, future Duchess of Abrantes, 1797. Oil on canvas, 110,5 x 86 cm. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Portrait of Maria Octavia Picon y Pardinas, wearing
Emilio Sala Frances (1850-1910). Spanish painter. Portrait of Maria Octavia Picon y Pardinas, wearing white bonnet, 1882. Oil on canvas, 59 x 45,5 cm. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain.

The Countess-Duchess of Benavente (?), accompanied
Agustin Esteve Marques (1753-1820). Spanish painter

The Countess-Duchess of Benavente (?), accompanied
Agustin Esteve Marques (1753-1820). Spanish painter

Mrs. Delicado de Imaz, ca. 1836, by Vicente Lopez
Vicente Lopez Portana (1772-1850). Spanish painter. Mrs. Delicado de Imaz, ca. 1836. Oil on canvas, 109 x 86 cm. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain.

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"Society: A Tapestry of Traditions, Transformations, and Triumphs" From the burning crosses illuminating the night sky at Lewes' annual bonfire parade to the advertisement for steel sheep shears by Trades Unionists Sheep Shear Co-operative Society in Brunswick Works, society weaves together a diverse array of experiences. The Law Society Building in Chancery Lane stands as a testament to justice and legal expertise that underpin our social fabric. In 1954, even Paris dog shows transformed into fashion spectacles, showcasing how society's interests evolve over time. Just as Hermes Trismegistus symbolizes wisdom and knowledge from classical times, Buddhist celebrations of Losar remind us of spiritual introspection and renewal. The smoking club depicted in an 18th-century artwork reveals how societal norms have shifted dramatically since then. Meanwhile, Homo heidelbergensis reminds us of our shared ancestry and collective journey through time. At Cowdray Park Polo Tournament in Sussex or during an elegant soiree elsewhere, people gather to celebrate life's pleasures amidst grandeur. Scenes from "Last Of The Mohicans" transport us back to historical narratives that shape our understanding of identity and heritage. Even significant events like Sir Arthur Carkeek's wedding highlight the interplay between individuals who hold power within society while also being part of it themselves – their unions shaping communities like Redruth in Cornwall. A tapestry woven with threads representing countless stories – some ancient yet enduring; others evolving with each passing moment. It reflects both unity and diversity as we navigate this intricate web together.