Top Hat Collection (page 16)

National Concert at Her Majesty's Theatre, 1850. Creator: Smyth
National Concert at Her Majesty's Theatre, [London], 1850. It is highly creditable to the direction of the above entertainments at Her Majesty's Theatre

Self-Portrait, c. 1814. Creator: Pieter Christoffel Wonder
Self-Portrait, c. 1814

Review on Wimbledon Common, 1850. Creator: Smyth
Return of His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and His Grace the Duke of Wellington, from the Review on Wimbledon Common, 1850....Field Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert reviewed

The Great City Meeting at Guildhall, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great City Meeting at Guildhall, [in London], 1850. Mr. Wire, denouncing the enemies both without and within the Church, supported the resolution and the addition

Visit of the President Louis Napoleon to the Garrison of Paris, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the President Louis Napoleon to the Garrison of Paris, 1850....Louis Napoleon is riding through the street, pistol in hand, and escorted by cuirassiers

Paris Fashions for April, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Paris Fashions for April, 1850. The frosty and snowy weather in Paris during the Longchamps promenades did not allow any great display of costumes

Large Log of Honduras Mahogany, sold at Birkenhead, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Large Log of Honduras Mahogany, sold at Birkenhead, 1850. Sale by Messrs. Holmes, Slater, and Crook, brokers. There was a company of about 160 at the sale, which commenced with American woods

Picturesque Sketches of London - Street Sights, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Picturesque Sketches of London - Street Sights, 1850. A...balancer...takes a ladder, high enough to reach a second-floor window, and up it goes on his chin

Arrival of the Queen at the Lodge, Castle Howard, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of the Queen at the Lodge, Castle Howard, 1850. Queen Victoria visits the Earl of Carlisle in North Yorkshire....the road passes under an old-fashioned archway, flanked by battlemented walls

Reception of Hungarian Exiles in Philadelphia, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Reception of Hungarian Exiles in Philadelphia, [USA], 1850. Hungarian revolutionary leader Laszlo Uhjazi'...with his lady and family, arrived...from New York

Visit of...Prince Albert to the Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park... 1850. Creator: Unknown
Visit of His Royal Highness Prince Albert to the Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the "Parting Cheer", 1850

Wanota, Winner of the Ascot Stakes, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Wanota, Winner of the Ascot Stakes, 1850. Racehorse owned by Lord Clifden and ridden by Job Marson. The Ascot Stakes - a sporting handicap, won by Wanota - was, probably, a race thrown away

Robert Peel, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Robert Peel, 1850. The country has lost its greatest statesman, under circumstances the most melancholy and deplorable. In the noon-time of his fame, in the ripe vigour of his intellect

The Terminus, at Swansea, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Terminus, at Swansea, [Wales], 1850. Opening of the South Wales Railway. The...Railway is intended to effect a direct communication with the Great Western line at Gloucester...[it] communicates

Anxiety, 1896. Creator: Edvard Munch
Anxiety, 1896

Bearded man wearing tall hat and coat with wide lapels, 1843. Creator: Unknown
Bearded man wearing tall hat and coat with wide lapels, 1843. Detail of fashion poster in Stockholm's Modejournal, August 1843

Man in costume with white coat, hat and cane, standing full-length, back view, 1810-1857. Creator: Otto Wallgren
Man in costume with white coat, hat and cane, standing full-length, back view, 1810-1857

Man in suit, 1850. Creator: Per Sodermark
Man in suit, 1850

Wedding in Delsbo, Hälsingland, 1880-1929. Creator: C Rudolphi
Wedding in Delsbo, Halsingland, 1880-1929. Group photo with the bride and groom standing in the middle

Apparel - man in full figure in profile. Creator: Otto Wallgren
Apparel - Man in costume with white coat, hat and cane full figure in profile

"Commandeur Grand-Croix de l'Ordre de Wasa", 1780s. Creator: Johan Abraham Aleander
"Commandeur Grand-Croix de l'Ordre de Wasa", 1780s. Costume for commander with the large cross of the Royal Order of Vasa

"Commandeur de l'Ordre de l'Etoile polaire", 1780s. Creator: Johan Abraham Aleander
"Commandeur de l'Ordre de l'Etoile polaire", 1780s. Costume for Commander of the Order of the Polar Star

Man in fur jacket and top hat sits at the far end of a chair "L. Wiede". (c1850s). Creator: Fritz von Dardel
Man in fur jacket and top hat sits at the far end of a chair "L. Wiede". (c1850s)

"Chevalier de l'Ordre des Seraphins en petit habit", 1780s. Creator: Johan Abraham Aleander
"Chevalier de l'Ordre des Seraphins en petit habit", 1780s. Knight of the Order of Seraphim in Little Seraphim Costume

Serge Witte and his staff out for a Sunday morning walk, 1905. Creator: Unknown
Serge Witte and his staff out for a Sunday morning walk, 1905. U.S. Secret Service agent William Flynn at far left in light-colored hat

Komura and Takahira arriving at peace conference building, 1905. Creator: Unknown
Komura and Takahira arriving at peace conference building, 1905

Baron Komura and Kogaro Takahira in carriage, 1905. Creator: Unknown
Baron Komura and Kogaro Takahira in carriage, 1905

Simbirsk Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Simbirsk Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

A man poses in folk costume with a long coat and a top hat, 1880-1907. Creator: Helene Edlund
A man poses in folk costume with a long coat and a top hat, 1880-1907

The International Exhibition: a scene near the Eastern Dome on the closing day, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: a scene near the Eastern Dome on the closing day, 1862. Whether from accident or with a design to draw off some of the human pressure from the western portion of

"Chevalier de l'Ordre des Seraphins en grand habit", 1780s. Creator: J F Martin
"Chevalier de l'Ordre des Seraphins en grand habit", 1780s. Knight of the Order of Seraphim in grand habit - The Great Seraphim Robe

"How do you do Mistress Martin?" Oscar Björnstjerna. (c1850s). Creator: Fritz von Dardel
"How do you do Mistress Martin?" Oscar Bjornstjerna. (c1850s)

Count Sandor, around 1890/1900. Creator: Ottokar Walter
Count Sandor, around 1890/1900. Probably a template for an illustration or art postcard. Count Sandor was a Hungarian nobleman, around whom anecdotes of his breakneck riding adventures revolved

Inauguration of the memorial statue to Mr. Herbert Ingram, M.P.…Boston, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Inauguration of the memorial statue to Mr. Herbert Ingram, M.P. in the Market-Place, Boston, [in Lincolnshire], 1862. View of the...ceremony of uncovering the Ingram Memorial Statue

The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862. European machine processing sugar cane from the colonies

The Wimbledon Prize Meeting: rifle match between the Lords and the Commons, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Wimbledon Prize Meeting: rifle match between the Lords and the Commons, 1862. View of a...match between eleven members of the House of Lords and an equal number of the House of Commons

The Northamptonshire Agricultural Society's show in Burghley Park, near Stamford, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Northamptonshire Agricultural Society's show in Burghley Park, near Stamford, [Lincolnshire], 1862. From the Lord Lieutenant to the gentle shepherd

The Statue of Sir Hugh Myddelton at Islington-green, sculptured by the late John Thomas, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Statue of Sir Hugh Myddelton at Islington-green [in London], sculptured by the late John Thomas, 1862....a fine public monument...to the memory of the great engineer, who

Iron figure castings by M. Ducel, of Paris, in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Iron figure castings by M. Ducel, of Paris, in the International Exhibition, 1862. Though exceedingly large - Diana and the female portrait statue being lifesize without the stand

The International Exhibition: the Roman Court, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: the Roman Court, 1862. The first statue on the right is the famous "Sibylla Libyca" of Story...Her ornaments are Oriental

The International Exhibition - View in the Natal Court, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
The International Exhibition - View in the Natal Court, 1862. Visitors inspecting horns, skins, and stuffed animals from South Africa. Note model of covered wagon

The Preston Guild Festival: the mayor laying the foundation-stone of the...new townhall, 1862. Creator: E. Skill
The Preston Guild Festival: the mayor laying the foundation-stone of the north-east corner of the new townhall, 1862. The first stone was...laid with masonic honours...the cortege presented a very

The Preston Guild Festival: the Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Society's dinner, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Preston Guild Festival: the Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Society's dinner, 1862. The dinner on Wednesday afternoon was a grand success, so far as attendance was concerned

Presentation of Lord Palmerston's portrait to the inhabitants of Dover... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Presentation of Lord Palmerston's portrait to the inhabitants of Dover - the Premier addressing the town council in the Maison Dieu Hall

The International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - Writing Room; Telegraph Office; Smoking Room; Post Office; Police Office, 1862. In the centre of the Letter-writing Room are tables

The International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862. The collection of tools first met with on entering the annexe is that of Mr. Whitworth

Trial-trip on the Metropolitan (underground) Railway: the train passing Portland-road station, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Trial-trip on the Metropolitan (Underground) Railway: the train passing the Portland-road station, [London], 1862. This railway...has been bored successfully amidst a complicated network of gaspipes

Half-crown Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Half-crown Day at the International Exhibition, 1862. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held in South Kensington, London

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"From Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Fred Astaire: The Timeless Elegance of the Top Hat" Step back in time and explore the fascinating history of the iconic top hat. First popularized by English engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, this distinguished headwear symbolizes sophistication and class. In a captivating image, we see Brunel standing proudly before the launching chains of his masterpiece, the Great Eastern. But it wasn't just engineers who donned this stylish accessory. Entertainers like Fred Astaire and Harpo Marx brought their own flair to the top hat. Astaire's graceful moves in "Top Hat" (1935) left audiences mesmerized, while Marx's comedic antics in "Duck Soup" (1933) added a touch of whimsy. The top hat even found its way into political cartoons, portraying England as an imperialist octopus grabbing land across continents. Meanwhile, old sea dogs and influential figures like Mrs Lloyd George, David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, and Mr Clarke were often seen sporting these timeless hats. Literature also embraced this fashion statement; Lewis Carroll's Alice joined the Mad Hatter for a topsy-turvy tea party immortalized by Sir John Tenniel's wood engraving in "Alice Adventures in Wonderland" (1865). J. M. W Turner captured its elegance with his pencil drawing that showcased both artistry and refinement. Not limited to individuals alone, institutions such as LLOYDs OF LONDON featured grand rooms where gentlemen gathered wearing their finest attire – including their beloved top hats – as depicted in an exquisite line engraving from 1890. Even Hollywood recognized the allure of this headpiece; Marlene Dietrich exuded glamour when she wore it in Josef von Sternberg's "The Blue Angel" (1930), adding an air of mystery to her character. Through centuries and across various realms.